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The Windsors in exile
Pocketbok. Hamlyn. 1982. 260 sidor.
ISBN 9780600205937
Gott skick. Engelsk text.
Gulnade blad, hanterad.
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The Edge of the World
Inbunden bok. Penguin Books Ltd. 2014. 394 sidor.
Nyskick. Skyddsomslag i nyskick. "A closely ´researched and fascinating characterization of the peoples all around tyhe medieval ánd early modern North Sed. A real page-turner." Chris Wickham, University of Oxford … läs mer
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- ISBN
- 9780670922321
- Titel
- The Edge of the World
- Författare
- Michael Pye
- Förlag
- Penguin Books Ltd.
- Utgivningsår
- 2014
- Omfång
- 394 sidor
- Bandtyp
- Inbunden
- Mått
- 163 x 240 mm Ryggbredd 35 mm
- Vikt
- 676 g
- Språk
- English
- Baksidestext
- Michael Pye's The Edge of the World is an epic adventure: from the Vikings to the Enlightenment, from barbaric outpost to global centre, it tells the amazing story of northern Europe's transformation by sea. "An utterly beguiling journey into the dark ages of the north sea. A complete revelation...Pye writes like a dream. Magnificent". (Jerry Brotton, author of A History of the World in Twelve Maps). This is a story of saints and spies, of fishermen and pirates, traders and marauders - and of how their wild and daring journeys across the North Sea built the world we know. When the Roman Empire retreated, northern Europe was a barbarian outpost at the very edge of everything. A thousand years later, it was the heart of global empires and the home of science, art, enlightenment and money. We owe this transformation to the tides and storms of the North Sea. The water was dangerous, but it was far easier than struggling over land; so it was the sea that brought people together. Boats carried food and raw materials, but also new ideas and information. The seafarers raided, ruined and killed, but they also settled and coupled. With them they brought new tastes and technologies - books, clothes, manners, paintings and machines. In this dazzling historical adventure, we return to a time that is largely forgotten and watch as the modern world is born. We see the spread of money and how it paved the way for science. We see how plague terrorised even the rich and transformed daily life for the poor. We watch as the climate changed and coastlines shifted, people adapted and towns flourished. We see the arrival of the first politicians, artists, lawyers: citizens. From Viking raiders to Mongol hordes, Frisian fishermen to Hanseatic hustlers, travelling as far west as America and as far east as Byzantium, we see how the life and traffic of the seas changed everything. Drawing on an astonishing breadth of learning and packed with human stories and revelations, this is the epic drama of how we came to be who we are. "A closely-researched and fascinating characterisation of the richness of life and the underestimated interconnections of the peoples all around the medieval and early modern North Sea. A real page-turner". (Chris Wickham, author of The Inheritance of Rome: A History of Europe from 400 to 1000). "Elegant writing and extraordinary scholarship...Miraculous". (Hugh Aldersey-Williams, author of Periodic Tales and Anatomies). "Splendid. A heady mix of social, economic, and intellectual history, written in an engaging style. It offers a counterpoint to the many studies of the Mediterranean, arguing for the importance of the North Sea. Exciting, fun, and informative". (Michael Prestwich, Professor of History, Durham University). Michael Pye has written eleven previous books, translated into eleven languages, including two British bestsellers and two New York Times Notable Books of the Year. He took a First and various prizes in Modern History at Oxford, and was then for many years a highly successful journalist, columnist and broadcaster in London and New York. He now lives between London and rural Portugal.
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John in the factory - textbok för tekniska sk...
Häftad bok. Svenska Bokförlaget / Bonniers. 2 uppl. 1967. 82 sidor.
Mycket gott skick. Med enbart lättare ytslitage ter sig häftet nytt och oläst.
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The Pieces from Berlin
Häftad bok. Vintage Books New York. First uppl. 2004. 335 sidor.
ISBN 0375714162
Nyskick. Förlagsny
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Taking Lives
Häftad bok. Vintage. 2004. 295 sidor.
ISBN 1400075734
Mycket gott skick. Mycket fint skick. Kanter lite svagt gulnade. Paperback, boken är skriven på engelska
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Everyday Japanese Characters
Häftad bok. 1977. 76 sidor.
Nära nyskick. The Hokuseido Press. 1977. 76 s. Häftad. Mycket gott skick. Skyddsomslag finns i mycket gott skick.
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- ISBN
- 0893460095
- Titel
- Everyday Japanese characters
- Författare
- Pye, Michael
- Förlag
- Tokyo : Hokuseido
- Språk
- English
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THE DROWNING ROOM - THE STORY OF THE FIRST WH...
ISBN 0140141200
First UK ed. 87:o. Pbd. m skyddsomslag. 252 s. Granta Books. UK 1995. I nyskick.
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Maximum city : the biography of New York
Sinclair-Stevenson, cop. 1991 Mjuka pärmar, limbunden, 437s. 600g. Illustrerad.
Mycket gott skick. ISBN: 1856190935
Inrikes enhetsfrakt Sverige: 62 SEK
- ISBN
- 1856190935
- Titel
- Maximum city : the biography of New York
- Författare
- Pye, Michael
- Förlag
- London : Sinclair-Stevenson
- Språk
- English
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