History in Photographs – serie
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11 produkter
Titanic
Av David Ross
Inbunden, 2023
225 kr
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On 14 April 1912, less than a week into a transatlantic trip from Southampton to New York, the largest luxury cruise liner in the world struck an iceberg off the coast of Labrador, causing the hull to buckle. The massive 50,000 ton ship hailed as ‘unsinkable’ was soon slipping into the cold …
Pharaohs
The Rulers of Ancient Egypt for Over 3000 Years
Inbunden, 2023
228 kr
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Ancient Egypt is one of the great wellsprings of human civilization, first developing around the city of Memphis on the Nile River in the fourth millennium BCE. Egyptian life was centred on a complex system of religious rituals, with the pharaoh (king) seen as a living god among the people. Mighty …
History of Ireland
Culture, Art, Landscape and Architecture
Inbunden, 2025
249 kr
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The history of the island of Ireland is both complex and connected to the wider world: it was the first place in the British and Irish archipelago to be settled by Christian monks, and has suffered Viking invasion, Norman colonization, British decimation, mass migration to the New World, civil war …
Ancient Egypt
A Photographic History
Inbunden, 2024
249 kr
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First appearing around the mighty River Nile in the fourth millennium BC, Ancient Egypt is one of the great wellsprings of human civilization. Egyptian culture developed around a complex system of religious rituals tied to the agricultural seasons, with the pharaoh a living deity at the centre. …
Cold War
Inbunden, 2023
225 kr
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“From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the Continent. Behind that line lie all the capitals of the ancient states of Central and Eastern Europe. Warsaw, Berlin, Prague, Vienna, Budapest, Belgrade, Bucharest and Sofia” – Winston Churchill, 5 …
Pearl Harbor
Av Andrew Wiest
Inbunden, 2023
295 kr
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“A date which will live in infamy.”—US President Franklin Delano Roosevelt Sunday, December 7, 1941, was supposed to be a day of rest for the military personnel at Hawaii’s Pearl Harbor naval base on the island of Oahu. But at 7:55 a.m., Japanese carrier-based planes launched a surprise attack on …
Afghanistan
Inbunden, 2023
357 kr
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“The United States of America will use all our resources to conquer this enemy. We will rally the world. We will be patient. We’ll be focused, and we will be steadfast in our determination.” – President George W. Bush, September 12, 2001 On September 11, 2001, Islamic terrorists hijacked four …
D-Day
Av Stephen Hart
Inbunden, 2024
225 kr
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“You are about to embark upon the Great Crusade, toward which we have striven these many months. The eyes of the world are upon you. The hope and prayers of liberty-loving people everywhere march with you.” – General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Order of the Day, June 6, 1944 By May 1944, more than 2.8 …
History of Scotland
Inbunden, 2024
225 kr
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Discover more about Robert the Bruce and other unforgettable figures that made Scotland the great nation it is today. Through fascinating images and expert text, A History of Scotland takes you through each decade of Scotland’s varied and dramatic past up to the present day. A History of Scotland …
Pyramids
Tombs, Temples and Sacred Places from Ancient Egypt to Mesoamerica
Inbunden, 2027
286 kr
Kommande
Pyramids is a unique compilation that brings together all the main aspects and examples of pyramids and other sacred stone structures and the stories of their creators, along with the mythology and cult status that surrounds these fascinating stairways to heaven. Humans have been building pyramids, …
Pompeii
The Volcanic Eruption that Rocked the Roman World
Inbunden, 2027
295 kr
Kommande
In the autumn of 79 AD, Mount Vesuvius on the coast of Campania in Italy erupted releasing gases, molten rock, pumice and ash at 1.5 million tons per second. This has become known as one of the deadliest eruptions in history, releasing 100,000 times the thermal energy of the atomic bombings of …
