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Author : Jean Baptiste Henri Savigny
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 390 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)
Download or read book Narrative of a Voyage to Senegal in 1816 written by Jean Baptiste Henri Savigny and published by . This book was released on 1818 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Evan L. Balkan
Publisher : Menasha Ridge Press
ISBN 13 : 0897328442
Total Pages : 792 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (973 download)
Download or read book Shipwrecked! written by Evan L. Balkan and published by Menasha Ridge Press. This book was released on 2010-05-10 with total page 792 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For readers who relish the image of clinging to a sinking makeshift raft while fighting off sword-wielding and delirious mutineers wrenching the last cask of water from a sailor's sun-scorched hands (while sharks circle in famished anticipation), Shipwrecked! Adventures and Disasters at Sea is an irresistible read. A heady voyage through human suffering at the hands of unforgiving oceans, cruel captains, and implacable fate, this latest collection of Evan Balkan's impeccably researched true adventures details 14 major maritime disasters. Included are such legendary stories as the 1629 maiden voyage of the Batavia that ended in mutiny and murder, and the dramatic destruction of the majestic three-masted barquentine Endurance in ice-clogged Antarctic waters in 1912. A vast spectrum of human emotion and activity is featured in these exciting profiles, from deadly incompetence and brutish cannibalism to surprising self-sacrifice and quiet heroism.
Author : Matthew D. Zarzeczny
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1443843105
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (438 download)
Download or read book Meteors that Enlighten the Earth written by Matthew D. Zarzeczny and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2012-11-16 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Napoleon promoted and honored great men throughout his reign. In addition to comparing himself to various great men, he famously established a Legion of Honor on 19 May 1802 to honor both civilians and soldiers, including non-ethnically French men. Napoleon not only created an Irish Legion in 1803 and later awarded William Lawless and John Tennent the Legion of Honour; he also gave them an Eagle with the inscription “L’Indépendence d’Irlande.” He awarded twenty-six of his generals the marshal’s baton from 1804 to 1815, and in 1806, he further memorialized his soldiers by deciding to erect a Temple to the Glory of the Great Army, modeled on Ancient designs. From 1806 to 1815, Napoleon had more men interred in the Panthéon in Paris than any other French leader before or after him. In works of art depicting himself, Napoleon had his artists allude to Caesar, Charlemagne, and even Moses. Although the Romans had their legions, Pantheon, and temples in Ancient times and the French monarchy had their marshals since at least 1190, Napoleon blended both Roman and French traditions to compare himself to great men who lived in ancient and medieval times and to recognize the achievements of those who lived alongside him in the nineteenth century. Analyzing Napoleon’s ever-changing personal cult of “great men,” and his recognition of contemporary “great men” who contributed to European or even human civilization and not just French civilization, is original. While work does exist on the French cults of Greco-Roman antiquity and of “great men” prior to 1800, Napoleon appears only fleetingly in other discussions of the cult of great men. None of the bourgeoning historiography adequately takes Napoleon’s place in the story of this cult into perspective. This book serves as a further exploration of the cult of great men, including its place in Napoleonic and European history and the alleged efforts of its members to enlighten the earth.
Author : Clive Alfred Spinage
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3642228720
Total Pages : 1582 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (422 download)
Download or read book African Ecology written by Clive Alfred Spinage and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-01-28 with total page 1582 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In view of the rapidly changing ecology of Africa ,this work provides benchmarks for some of the major, and more neglected, aspects, with an accent on historical data to enable habitats to be seen in relation to their previous state, forming a background reference work to understanding how the ecology of Africa has been shaped by its past. Reviewing historical data wherever possible it adopts an holistic view treating man as well as animals, with accent on diseases both human and animal which have been a potent force in shaping Africa’s ecology, a role neglected in ecological studies.
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Total Pages : 578 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)
Download or read book The British Review, and London Critical Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1818 with total page 578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jeffrey T. Roesgen
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 0826429165
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (264 download)
Download or read book The Pogues' Rum, Sodomy and the Lash written by Jeffrey T. Roesgen and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2008-09-19 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Jeff Roesgen's celebration of Rum, Sodomy & the Lash intertwines a seafaring fictional narrative with the band-informed accounts of the creation of this unique and enduring album"--Back cover.
Author : Jason E. Hill
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000211320
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (2 download)
Download or read book Getting the Picture written by Jason E. Hill and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-09-09 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Powerful and often controversial, news pictures promise to make the world at once immediate and knowable. Yet while many great writers and thinkers have evaluated photographs of atrocity and crisis, few have sought to set these images in a broader context by defining the rich and diverse history of news pictures in their many forms. For the first time, this volume defines what counts as a news picture, how pictures are selected and distributed, where they are seen and how we critique and value them. Presenting the best new thinking on this fascinating topic, this book considers the news picture over time, from the dawn of the illustrated press in the nineteenth century, through photojournalism’s heyday and the rise of broadcast news and newsreels in the twentieth century and into today’s digital platforms. It examines the many kinds of images: sport, fashion, society, celebrity, war, catastrophe and exoticism; and many mediums, including photography, painting, wood engraving, film and video. Packed with the best research and full colour-illustrations throughout, this book will appeal to students and readers interested in how news and history are key sources of our rich visual culture.
Author : Paul Moon
Publisher : Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited
ISBN 13 : 1742287050
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (422 download)
Download or read book This Horrid Practice written by Paul Moon and published by Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited. This book was released on 2008-08-04 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Though stronger evidence of this horrid practice prevailing among the inhabitants of this coast will scarcely be required, we have still stronger to give.' - Captain James Cook This Horrid Practice uncovers an unexplored taboo of New Zealand history - the widespread practice of cannibalism in pre-European Maori society. Until now, many historians have tried to avoid it and many Maori have considered it a subject best kept quiet about in public. Paul Moon brings together an impressive array of sources from a variety of disciplines to produce this frequently contentious but always stimulating exploration of how and why Maori ate other human beings, and why the practice shuddered to a halt just a few decades after the arrival of Europeans in New Zealand. The book includes a comprehensive survey of cannibalism practices among traditional Maori, carefully assessing the evidence and concluding it was widespread. Other chapters look at how explorers and missionaries saw the practice; the role of missionaries and Christianity in its end; and, in the final chapter, why there has been so much denial on the subject and why some academics still deny that it ever happened. This Horrid Practice promises to be one of the leading works of New Zealand history published in 2008. It is a highly original work that every New Zealand history enthusiast will want to own and read.
Author : Valerie Curtis
Publisher : Academic
ISBN 13 : 0199579482
Total Pages : 211 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (995 download)
Download or read book Don't Look, Don't Touch written by Valerie Curtis and published by Academic. This book was released on 2013-09-26 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Every flu season, sneezing, coughing, and graphic throat-clearing become the day-to-day background noise in the workplace. And coworkers tend to move as far--and as quickly--away from the source of these bodily eruptions as possible. Instinctively, humans recoil from objects that they view as dirty and even struggle to overcome feelings of discomfort once the offending item has been cleaned. These reactions are universal, and although there are cultural and individual variations, by and large we are all disgusted by the same things. In Don't Look, Don't Touch, Don't Eat, Valerie Curtis builds a strong case for disgust as a 'shadow emotion'--less familiar than love or sadness, it nevertheless affects our everyday lives. In disgust, biological and sociocultural factors meet in dynamic ways to shape human and animal behavior. Curtis traces the evolutionary role of disgust in disease prevention and hygiene, but also shows that it is much more than a biological mechanism. Human social norms, from good manners to moral behavior, are deeply rooted in our sense of disgust. The disgust reaction informs both our political opinions and our darkest tendencies, such as misogyny and racism. Through a deeper understanding of disgust, Curtis argues, we can take this ubiquitous human emotion and direct it toward useful ends, from combating prejudice to reducing disease in the poorest parts of the world by raising standards of hygiene. Don't Look, Don't Touch, Don't Eat reveals disgust to be a vital part of what it means to be human and explores how this deep-seated response can be harnessed to improve the world."--Jacket.
Author : New York Public Library. Research Libraries
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Total Pages : 598 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Dictionary Catalog of the Research Libraries of the New York Public Library, 1911-1971 written by New York Public Library. Research Libraries and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 598 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 722 pages
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Download or read book Joint Acquisitions List of Africana written by and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 722 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Smithsonian Institution. Libraries. National Museum of African Art Branch
Publisher : G. K. Hall
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 832 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Catalog of the Library of the National Museum of African Art Branch of the Smithsonian Institution Libraries written by Smithsonian Institution. Libraries. National Museum of African Art Branch and published by G. K. Hall. This book was released on 1991 with total page 832 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jean Baptiste Henry Savigny
Publisher : e-artnow
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (64 download)
Download or read book Narrative of a Voyage to Senegal in 1816 written by Jean Baptiste Henry Savigny and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2020-04-09 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Narrative of a Voyage to Senegal in 1816 tells a story of the shipwreck of the Medusa frigate, its aftermath, and the tales of its survivors. Later in the book the author, Jean Baptiste Henri Savigny, describes the area where the shipwreck took place as well as his thoughts about colonization and about the practice of slavery.
Author : Jean Baptiste Henri Savigny
Publisher : Gale and the British Library
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 428 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Narrative of a Voyage to Senegal in 1816 written by Jean Baptiste Henri Savigny and published by Gale and the British Library. This book was released on 1818 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comprising an Account of the Shipwreck of the Medusa, the Sufferings of the Crew, and the Various Occurrences on Board the Raft, in the Desert of Zaara, at St. Louis Ans at the Camp of Daccard: To Which Are Subjoined Observations Respecting the Agriculture of the Western Coast of Africa, from Cape Blanco to the Mouth of the Gambia: by J. B. Henry Savingny, and Alexander Correard; Illustrated with the Notes of M. Bredif, and Embellished with a Plan of the Raft, and a Portrait of King Zaide
Author : Jonna Bornemark
Publisher : LIT Verlag Münster
ISBN 13 : 3643904673
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (439 download)
Download or read book Monument and Memory written by Jonna Bornemark and published by LIT Verlag Münster. This book was released on 2015 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A century after the World War I, studies on the politics of memory and commemoration have grown into a vast and vital academic field. This book approaches the theme "monument and memory" from architectural, literary, philosophical, and theological perspectives. Drawing on diverse sources - from Augustine to Freud, from early photographs to contemporary urban monuments - the book's contributors probe the intersections between memory and trauma, past and present, monuments and memorial practices, religious and secular, remembrance and forgetfulness. (Series: Nordic Studies in Theology / Nordische Studien zur Theologie - Vol. 1) [Subject: Philosophy, Religious Studies, History]
Author : Christine Riding
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 0500239053
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (2 download)
Download or read book Turner and the Sea written by Christine Riding and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2013-11-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A beautifully produced book showcasing Turner’s depictions of the sea, published to coincide with a major exhibition This is the first publication to focus on J. M. W. Turner’s lifelong fascination with the sea, from his Royal Academy debut in 1796, Fishermen at Sea, to his iconic maritime subjects of the 1830s and 1840s such as Staffa, Fingal’s Cave. It places Turner and his work firmly in the broader field of maritime painting that flourished in nineteenth-century Britain, France, Germany, Holland, and America. The majority of the works illustrated here—paintings, watercolors, sketches, sketchbooks, and engravings—are by Turner, but there are also comparative works by some forty other artists including Winslow Homer, James McNeill Whistler, John Constable, Benjamin West, and Gustave Courbet. The book is organized thematically and chronologically, and the subjects range from “Contested Waters,” which examines what was at stake for marine painting during the Napoleonic Wars, to “New Wave,” an exploration of Turner’s international and often surprising legacy for the art of the sea.
Author : G. K. Chesterton
Publisher : The Floating Press
ISBN 13 : 1775414728
Total Pages : 291 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (754 download)
Download or read book The Napoleon of Notting Hill written by G. K. Chesterton and published by The Floating Press. This book was released on 2009-04-01 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Napoleon of Notting Hill is a futuristic novel set in London in 1984. Chesterton envisions neither great technological leaps nor totalitarian suppression. Instead, England is ruled by a series of randomly selected Kings, because people have become entirely indifferent. The joker Auberon Quin is crowned and he instates elaborate costumes for every sector of London. All the city's provosts are bored with the idea except for the earnest young Adam Wayne - the Napoleon of Notting Hill.
