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33 produkter
My War On Wilshire
Black Flag vs. the Federal Building�and the Vex
Inbunden, 2026
247 kr
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Those Damned Rebels
The American Revolution As Seen Through British Eyes
Häftad, 2000
231 kr
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Using firsthand accounts,journals, letters from British officers in the field, reports from colonial governors in the colonies,Michael Pearson has provided a contemporary report of the Revolution as the British witnessed it. Seen from this perspective, some of the major events of the war are given …
Michael Pearson's Traditional Knitting
Aran, Fair Isle and Fisher Ganseys, New & Expanded Edition
Häftad, 2015
350 kr
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After visiting the remote fishing villages of Scotland and England, Michael Pearson compiled this extensive record of unique, centuries-old patterns. His sources include oral traditions, documents, family albums, and photos. Pearson combines a social history of the villages and the living history …
Archaeology in Antarctica
Av Andres Zarankin, Michael Pearson m. fl.
Inbunden, 2022
2197 kr
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Archaeology in Antarctica outlines the history of archaeology in the Antarctic and sub-Antarctic.The book details for the first time all past archaeological work in Antarctica, relating to both its use for conservation and research purposes, drawing on published, unpublished and oral information. …
Archaeology in Antarctica
Av Andres Zarankin, Michael Pearson m. fl.
Häftad, 2022
637 kr
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Archaeology in Antarctica outlines the history of archaeology in the Antarctic and sub-Antarctic.The book details for the first time all past archaeological work in Antarctica, relating to both its use for conservation and research purposes, drawing on published, unpublished and oral information. …
Indian Ocean
Inbunden, 2003
2332 kr
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In this stimulating and authoritative overview, Michael Pearson reverses the traditional angle of maritime history and looks from the sea to its shores - its impact on the land through trade, naval power, travel and scientific exploration. This vast ocean, both connecting and separating nations, …
Indian Ocean
Häftad, 2007
757 kr
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In this stimulating and authoritative overview, Michael Pearson reverses the traditional angle of maritime history and looks from the sea to its shores - its impact on the land through trade, naval power, travel and scientific exploration. This vast ocean, both connecting and separating nations, …
Archaeology in Antarctica
Av Melisa A. Salerno, Michael Pearson m. fl.
E-bok, 2022
749 kr
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Archaeology in Antarctica outlines the history of archaeology in the Antarctic and sub-Antarctic. The book details for the first time all past archaeological work in Antarctica, relating to both its use for conservation and research purposes, drawing on published, unpublished and oral information. …
Archaeology in Antarctica
Av Melisa A. Salerno, Michael Pearson m. fl.
E-bok, 2022
733 kr
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Archaeology in Antarctica outlines the history of archaeology in the Antarctic and sub-Antarctic. The book details for the first time all past archaeological work in Antarctica, relating to both its use for conservation and research purposes, drawing on published, unpublished and oral information. …
Millennial Dreams and Moral Dilemmas
Seventh-Day Adventism and Contemporary Ethics
Häftad, 2008
684 kr
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Technological developments on many fronts have created in our society some extremely difficult moral predicaments. Previous generations have not had to face the dilemmas posed by, for example, the availability of safe abortions, sperm banks and prostoglandins. They have not had to come to terms …
Pastoral Australia
Fortunes, Failures & Hard Yakka: A Historical Overview 1788-1967
Av Jane Lennon, Michael Pearson
E-bok, 2010
641 kr
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Pastoral Australia tells the story of the expansion of Australia''s pastoral industry, how it drove European settlement and involved Aboriginal people in the new settler society.The rural life that once saw Australia ''ride on the sheep''s back'' is no longer what defines us, yet it is largely our …
Pastoral Australia
Fortunes, Failures & Hard Yakka: A Historical Overview 1788-1967
Av Jane Lennon, Michael Pearson
E-bok, 2010
621 kr
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Pastoral Australia tells the story of the expansion of Australia''s pastoral industry, how it drove European settlement and involved Aboriginal people in the new settler society. The rural life that once saw Australia ''ride on the sheep''s back'' is no longer what defines us, yet it is largely our …
Dreaming of Columbus
A Boyhood in the Bronx
Häftad, 2016
202 kr
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In this memoir, Pearson renders time and place vividly through lyrical narrative and generous spirit toward his characters, juxtaposing descriptions of adolescent escapades with the grim discipline of parochial schools. In this Bronx, dreams of escape fuse with bittersweet memories.
Shohola Falls
A Novel
E-bok, 2018
241 kr
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With the death of his mother and the sudden disappearance of his father, teenager Tommy Blanks is left to live alone in the Bronx on the money his father left him and what he can steal. His shoplifting eventually lands him in Upstate New York in a Catholic Boys' Home run by a demonic priest. There …
Indian Ocean
E-bok, 2003
892 kr
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In this stimulating and authoritative overview, Michael Pearson reverses the traditional angle of maritime history and looks from the sea to its shores - its impact on the land through trade, naval power, travel and scientific exploration. This vast ocean, both connecting and separating nations, …
Trade, Circulation, and Flow in the Indian Ocean World
Inbunden, 2015
1467 kr
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Trade, Circulation, and Flow in the Indian Ocean World is a collection which covers a long time span and diverse areas around the ocean. Many of the essays look at the Indian Ocean before Europeans arrived, reminding the reader that there was a cohesive Indian Ocean. This collection includes …
Trade, Circulation, and Flow in the Indian Ocean World
E-bok, 2016
1896 kr
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Trade, Circulation, and Flow in the Indian Ocean World is a collection which covers a long time span and diverse areas around the ocean. Many of the essays look at the Indian Ocean before Europeans arrived, reminding the reader that there was a cohesive Indian Ocean. This collection includes …
End Game Burma 1945
Slim's Masterstroke at Meiktila
Häftad, 2022
167 kr
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When the Burma campaign is discussed, the turning point battles of Imphal and Kohima are most often thought of. However General Bill Slims bold but risky plan to outflank the Japanese on the Irrawaddy at Mandalay deserves far more credit.With the Japanese withdrawing, Slims 14 Army (with two Corps …
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Critical Debates
Av Jadwiga Wedzicha, Michael Pearson
E-bok, 2008
2567 kr
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This book brings a new approach to the subject of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, highlighting the current areas of controversy and debate. It addresses many of the key issues surrounding the diseases, its causes, clinical assessment and management. Internationally renowned experts …
The Burma Air Campaign
E-bok, 2021
127 kr
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The scene is set with an overview of the respective states of the RAF and Japanese Airforce, and an explanation of how the American Volunteer Group (The Flying Tigers) came to be in China. There is a concise description of air ops covering the Japanese invasion of Indo China, Malaya and Singapore, …
The Black Country in the Great War
E-bok, 2021
127 kr
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This is not a book about the Great War; it is about life during the war. Changes in people's lives: their work, home, food, entertainment and news. I used original research material including newspapers, to paint a picture of life in the Black Country. Manufacturing was vital; we were well-equipped …
Tracing Your Black Country Ancestors
A Guide For Family Historians
E-bok, 2021
127 kr
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The Black Country in the West Midlands is an important site for family historians. Many researchers, seeking to trace their ancestry back through the generations, will find their trail leads through it. And yet, despite the burgeoning interest in genealogy and the importance of the region in so …
Little Book of the Black Country
Häftad, 2023
186 kr
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Did you know?Butcher Keith Boxley of Wombourne made the longest continuous sausage in 1988. It was 21.12km in length! The first general strike in the Black Country took place in 1842. The widespread public unrest was regarded nationally as the first ever general strike. Hell Lane in Sedgley was …
End Game Burma 1945
The Battle at Meikila
E-bok, 2021
127 kr
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When the Burma campaign is discussed, the turning point battles of Imphal and Kohima are most often thought of. However General Bill Slim’s bold but risky plan to outflank the Japanese on the Irrawaddy at Mandalay deserves far more credit. With the Japanese withdrawing, Slim’s 14 Army (with two …
Ohio and Malta, The: the Legendary Tanker that Refused to Die
Häftad, 2011
160 kr
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During the dark days of WW2 Malta became the lynchpin of the Allied campaign in the Mediterranean and North African theatres and a vital base from which to attack Axis convoys supplying Rommel's Panzer Armee in Libya. Malta was, however, extremely difficult to keep supplied, (particularly with …
John McPhee
E-bok, 2014
99 kr
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In this first full-length study of McPhee, Michael Pearson argues that the writer successfully employs the techniques of fiction writing in his journalistic art while honoring his obligation to fact. In exceptionally lucid and entertaining prose, Pearson approaches his subject thematically, …
Imagined Places
E-bok, 2014
105 kr
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Michael Pearson writes about his travels to places of literary import: Frost''s Vermont, Faulkner''s Mississippi, Flannery O''Connor''s Georgia, Hemingway''s Key West, Steinbeck''s California, and Twain''s Missouri.
Place That's Known
E-bok, 2014
107 kr
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Following Imagined Places, Pearson continues exploring place and writing as he mentally revisits locations that have influenced him through his life—childhood home, family vacations, the various places he’s taught, etc.
