Название: Exploring the Poles: The History of the Initial Expeditions that Attempted to Reach the North Pole and South Pole
Автор: Charles River Editors
Издательство: Charles River Editors
Год: 2024
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 231
Размер: 23,1 МБ
Язык: Английский

The exploration of Earth’s wilderness areas became an international obsession in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, as economically advantaged nations, in particular European powers and the United States were well equipped to mount exhaustive expeditions.

Название: Secret Rovers: The Missing History of P8 and P9
Автор: James Taylor, Douglas Cooke
Издательство: The Crowood Press
ISBN: 0719844894
Год: 2025
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 352
Размер: 132,5 МБ
Язык: Английский

In the late 1960s, the old Rover Company put everything it knew into a complex luxury saloon codenamed P8. At the same time, it planned to branch out into a new sector of the market with a stunningly advanced mid-engined sports car prototype that became a formal project with the codename of P9.

Название: Extreme Loading of Structures: With a Focus on Earthquake Ground Motion
Автор: Tim Huff
Издательство: CRC Press
ISBN: 1032885483
Год: 2025
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 216
Размер: 14,0 МБ
Язык: Английский

Extreme Loading of Structures serves as a valuable resource for graduate studies or as a reference for practicing engineers and covers various topics, including tornado and tornado‑generated missiles, vehicular collision, vessel collision, blast, ice load, earthquake ground motion and more.

Название: Taking Manhattan: The extraordinary events that created New York and shaped America, UK Edition
Автор: Russell Shorto
Издательство: Swift Press
ISBN: 1800754965
Год: 2025
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 416
Размер: 14,4 МБ
Язык: Английский

In 1664, England decided to invade the Dutch-controlled city of New Amsterdam on Manhattan Island. Charles II and his brother, the Duke of York, had dreams of empire, and their arch-rivals, the Dutch, were in the way. But Richard Nicolls, who led the English flotilla bent on destruction, changed his strategy once he began parleying with Peter Stuyvesant, the Dutch leader on Manhattan.

Название: "The Bullets Flew Like Hail": Cutler's Brigade at Gettysburg, from McPherson's Ridge to Culp's Hill
Автор: James L. McLean Jr.
Издательство: Savas Beatie
ISBN: 1611216672
Год: 2023
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 240
Размер: 23,6 МБ
Язык: Английский

On July 1, 1863, Brigadier General Lysander Cutler commanded the first Union infantry to relieve Brigadier General John Buford’s hard-pressed cavalry on the western outskirts of Gettysburg. The brigade’s stubborn defense along McPherson’s Ridge and the arrival of the famous Iron Brigade stopped the Confederate advance on the town and set the tone for the three-day battle.

Название: Bombing Hitler's Hometown: The Untold Story of the Last Mass Bomber Raid of World War II in Europe
Автор: Mike Croissant
Издательство: Citadel
ISBN: 1804369586
Год: 2025
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 416
Размер: 82,4 МБ
Язык: Английский

In April 1945, Linz was one of Nazi Germany’s most vital assets: a crucial transportation hub and communications centre, its railyards brimming with war materiel destined for the front lines. Linz was also the town Hitler claimed as home. Inevitably, it was one of the most heavily defended targets remaining in Europe.

Название: Sours: A History of the World's Most Storied Cocktail Style - A Cocktail Book
Автор: Philip Greene
Издательство: Union Square & Co.
ISBN: 1454946024
Год: 2025
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 275
Размер: 20,9 МБ
Язык: Английский

This book is an informative celebration of one of the most beloved cocktail categories: sours. This collection of 100 beautifully balanced recipes for both classic and new cocktails demonstrates the irresistible allure of citrus and sours when paired with spirits.

Название: Moments at Home: Interior Inspiration for Every Room
Автор: Steve Cordony
Издательство: Quadrille
ISBN: 1784887420
Год: 2025
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 256
Размер: 78,5 МБ
Язык: Английский

Moments at Home celebrates the signature aesthetic of one of Australia's leading interiors stylist, Steve Cordony, in order to inspire home lovers globally. Steve seeks to share insightful interior styling and tablescaping ideas as well as small, everyday details which are the soul of the home. Including sumptuous photography of his clients' homes as well as Steve's own beautiful property, Rosedale farm, he wants to empower readers to create their own moments of reflection and connection.

Название: McAllen Architecture: A Visual Journey
Автор: Pino Shah, Geoff Alger
Издательство: Art By Pino
ISBN: 1948049082
Год: 2018
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 60
Размер: 20,2 МБ
Язык: Английский

McAllen Architecture: A Visual Journey reveals the heritage and history of Texas's southernmost industrial hub city as told by its buildings. Outstanding architectural images by Pino Shah show the influence of diverse cultures and regional styles that have shaped the border city's built environment since the early 1900s.

Название: Menander, New Comedy and the Visual (Cambridge Classical Studies)
Автор: Antonis K. Petrides
Издательство: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107068436
Год: 2014
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 334
Размер: 4,0 МБ
Язык: Английский

This book argues that New Comedy has a far richer performance texture than has previously been recognised. Offering close readings of all the major plays of Menander, it shows how intertextuality - the sustained dialogue of New Comedy performance with the diverse ideological, philosophical, literary and theatrical discourses of contemporary polis culture - is crucial in creating semantic depth and thus offsetting the impression that the plots are simplistic love stories with no political or ideological resonances.