Category Archives: Travel Guides
The New Industrial Revolution: Consumers, Globalization and the End of Mass Production
The rapid emergence of China and India as prime locations for low-cost manufacturing has led some analysts to conclude that manufacturers in the “old economies” – the U.S., U.K., Germany, and Japan – are being edged out of a profitable future. But if countries that have historically been at the forefront of events in manufacturing
Suspended Sentences: Three Novellas
Although originally published separately, Patrick Modiano`s three novellas form a single, compelling whole, haunted by the same gauzy sense of place and characters. Modiano draws on his own experiences, blended with the real or invented stories of others, to present a dreamlike autobiography that is also the biography of a place. Orphaned children, mysterious parents,
Aberdeenshire: North and Moray Pevsner Architectural Guide
The north-east of Scotland is one of the least known areas of the country but has an architectural heritage as rich as the Highlands and Angus with which it shares its borders. This volume is the first of two to illuminate its buildings and covers not only the historic districts of Formartine, Buchan and Banff
The Danube: A Journey Upriver from the Black Sea to the Black Forest
The magnificent Danube both cuts across and connects central Europe, flowing through and alongside ten countries: Romania, Ukraine, Moldova, Bulgaria, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Slovakia, Austria and Germany. Travelling its full length from east to west, against the river`s flow, Nick Thorpe embarks on an inspiring year-long journey that leads to a new perspective on Europe
Ayrshire and Arran Pevsner Architectural Guide
Cambridgeshire Pevsner Architectural Guide, in a series of publications begun with the express aim of providing up-to-date guides to the most significant buildings in every part of the country, suitable for both general reader and specialist. Each volume provides an introductory overview of the architecture of the area, followed by a descriptive gazetteer arranged alphabetically
Dundee and Angus Pevsner Architectural Guide
Dundee is the fourth largest of Scotland`s cities and has some of the finest ecclesiastical, public, commercial and industrial buildings in the country, evidence of its Victorian pre-eminence as a port and manufacturing centre. But beyond the city lies rural Angus, possessing fine Pictish and early Christian monuments, major medieval ecclesiastical survivals at Brechin and
Hull Pevsner Architectural Guide
Hull Pevsner Architectural Guide, in a series of publications begun with the express aim of providing up-to-date guides to the most significant buildings in every part of the country, suitable for both general reader and specialist. Each volume provides an introductory overview of the architecture of the area, followed by a descriptive gazetteer arranged alphabetically
The First Day of the Blitz
On September 7, 1940, the Blitz began. The strategic bombing of London, by over one thousand planes on that night alone, was recognised at the time as being a direct measure to break the country`s resistance, `softening` Britain`s shores for the planned Operation Sealion. It was a day long feared and anticipated, but the physical,
Venice – An Architectural Guide
Each year, millions of visitors travel to Venice to admire the architectural marvels of this famed city. In this brief yet comprehensive volume, distinguished architect and critic Richard Goy offers a convenient and accessible guide to the city`s piazzas, palazzos, basilicas, and other architectural points of interest, as well as pertinent historical details regarding Venice`s
Hitler, The Germans, And The Final Solution
This book is the culmination of more than three decades of meticulous historiographic research on Nazi Germany by one of the period`s most distinguished historians. The volume brings together the most important and influential aspects of Ian Kershaw`s research on the Holocaust for the first time. The writings are arranged in three sections: Hitler and
A Little History of the World
A Little History of the World” presents Ernst Gombrich’s lively and involving history to English-language readers for the first time.In 1935, with a doctorate in art history and no respect of a job, the twenty-six-year-old Ernst Gombrich was invited to attempt a history of the world for younger readers. Amazingly, he completed the task in
Britons – Forging The Nation 1707-1837
How was Great Britain made? And what does it mean to be British? This brilliant and seminal book examines how a more cohesive British nation was invented after 1707 and how this new national identity was nurtured through war, religion, trade, and empire. Lavishly illustrated and powerful, “Britons” remains a major contribution to our understanding
Victorian Bloomsbury
While Bloomsbury is now associated with Virginia Woolf and her early-twentieth-century circle of writers and artists, the neighbourhood was originally the undisputed intellectual quarter of nineteenth-century London. Drawing on a wealth of untapped archival resources, Rosemary Ashton brings to life the educational, medical, and social reformists who lived and worked in Victorian Bloomsbury and who
Pakistan: Eye Of The Storm
This thoroughly revised and updated edition of Bennett Jones` market-leading account of this critical modern state includes fresh material on the Taliban insurgency, the Musharraf years, the return and subsequent assassination of Benazir Bhutto, and the unlikely election as president of Asif Ali Zardari. Praise for the first edition The world has a stake in
Serbs
Journalist Tim Judah`s classic account, now brought fully up to date to include the overthrow of Milosevic, the assassination of Zoran Djindic, the breakaway of Kosovo, and the arrest of Radovan Karadzic.”A lively and balanced history of the Serbs.” Aleksa Djilas, New York Times Book Review”Judah writes splendidly…The story he tells does much to explain
The Hell-Fire Clubs
The Hell-Fire Clubs scandalized eighteenth-century English society. Rumours of their orgies, recruitment of prostitutes, extensive libraries of erotica, extreme rituals, and initiation ceremonies circulated widely at the time, only to become more sensational as generations passed. This thoroughly researched book sets aside the exaggerated gossip about the secret Hell-Fire Clubs and brings to light the
Fallen Giants
The first successful ascent of Mount Everest in 1953 by Sir Edmund Hillary and his Sherpa teammate Tenzing Norgay is a familiar saga, but less well known are the tales of many other adventurers who also came to test their skills and courage against the world`s highest and most dangerous mountains. In this lively and
The Persians
In recent years, Iran has gained attention mostly for negative reasons – for its authoritarian religious government, disputed nuclear programme, and controversial role in the Middle East – but there is much more to the story of this ancient land than can be gleaned from the news. This authoritative and comprehensive history of Iran, written
Lancashire North Pevsner Architectural Guide
Lancashire North Pevsner Architectual Guide, in a series of publications begun with the express aim of providing up-to-date guides to the most significant buildings in every part of the country, suitable for both general reader and specialist. Each volume provides an introductory overview of the architecture of the area, followed by a descriptive gazetteer arranged
Czechoslovakia: The State That Failed
This book, the most thoroughly researched and accurate history of Czechoslovakia to appear in English, tells the story of the country from its founding in 1918 to partition in 1992 – from fledgling democracy through Nazi occupation, Communist rule, invasion by the Soviet Union to – at last – democracy again. The common Western view
