Автор: Chainey, Dee Dee Название: Britain`s folklore - customs, legends and superstitions ISBN: 1911358391 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781911358398 Издательство: HarperCollins UK Рейтинг: Цена: 2058.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: An entertaining and engrossing collection of British customs, superstitions and legends from past and present.
Описание: From the most cavernous engine sheds, like Old Oak Common, through the eccentric country halts on the Tollesbury line and the gantries of the Liverpool Overhead Railway, to the soaring viaducts of Belah and Cumlin, Britain`s Lost Railways offers a sweeping celebration of our railway heritage. The selection of images and the removable facsimile memorabilia, including tickets, posters, timetables and maps, allows the reader to step into that past, serving as a testimony to an age of ingenuity and ambition when the pride we invested in our railways was reflected in the grandeur of the architecture we built for them.
Автор: Newland David Название: Britain`s Day-Flying Moths ISBN: 0691158320 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780691158327 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 2850.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
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This concise photographic field guide will help you identify any of the 100 or so day-flying moths found in Britain and Ireland. Combining stunning photographs, authoritative text, and an easy-to-use design, this book makes a perfect traveling companion--one that will increase your enjoyment of these colorful and intriguing creatures. Like butterflies, some moths fly regularly in sunshine, whereas others that usually fly only at night are readily disturbed from their resting places during the day. This guide describes all of these species, with at least one photograph of each in its natural, resting pose. The text includes a brief description of each moth, with details of its life history, where and when to look for it, its status, the food plants of its caterpillars, and its special features. Introductory sections cover many topics, including how to distinguish moths from butterflies; classification; life cycle and behavior; ecological importance; the impact of habitat and climate change; recording and monitoring; and conservation. Individual accounts for some 100 species Stunning photographs of every moth, as you see them Attractive, easy-to-use, and accessible design
Автор: Szechi Daniel Название: Britain`s Lost Revolution? ISBN: 1526106833 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781526106834 Издательство: NBN International Рейтинг: Цена: 11565.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Using newly discovered sources from the French and Scottish archives this exciting new book challenges our fundamental assumptions regarding the emergence of the fully British state in the early eighteenth century. -- .
Автор: Hannay David Название: Britain`s Quest for a Role ISBN: 1780760566 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781780760568 Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic Рейтинг: Цена: 8712.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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British post-imperial decline has been much examined. In these memoirs, David Hannay, one of Britain's leading behind-the-scenes players in this process, provides fascinating frontline information and insights into Britain's complex relations with Washington and Europe. From his early career in the Middle East to his role as a top diplomat, Hannay presents a detailed and authoritative narrative of British foreign policy in the second half of the 20th Century. A key player in European policy-making, he was directly involved in bringing about the UK's entry into the European Community, as well as being closely involved in the Annan plan while he was the UK's Special Representative in Cyprus. Hannay illuminates vital themes in the early relationship between Britain and the EU that are increasingly relevant today: British membership, EU enlargement and Britain's contribution to the European budget. From the complex relations between Margaret Thatcher and her diplomatic establishment to Britain's decisions leading up to the 1970s oil supply crisis, Hannay analyses the causes and consequences of major British foreign policy decisions over the past 50 years. An informed and balanced ringside view of diplomatic history over 50 years, this book will fascinate general readers and prove essential reading for specialists.
The only comprehensive photographic guide to the ferns, clubmosses, quillworts and horsetails of Britain
This is a comprehensive, lavishly illustrated and user-friendly photographic identification guide to the fifty-seven ferns and seventeen other pteridophytes that occur in Britain. It is the perfect companion for botanists, naturalists, professional ecologists and anyone else with an interest in this fascinating group of non-flowering vascular plants. Designed to appeal to beginners and experts alike, this authoritative book includes novel identification keys and comparison tables that have been carefully devised to present only essential, easily understood technical terms and descriptions, avoiding jargon as much as possible. Cross-referenced throughout to facilitate the comparison of similar species, this definitive field guide is the go-to source for identifying these species with confidence.
Features hundreds of stunning colour photographs
Comprehensive coverage of Britain's 57 species of ferns, 6 clubmosses, 3 quillworts and 8 horsetails
Includes novel, easy-to-use, jargon-free identification keys and comparison tables
Beautifully designed, user-friendly and accessible
Автор: Lenman Название: Britain`s Colonial Wars, 1688-1783 ISBN: 1138166502 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138166509 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 28327.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: From Europe to India and America, Britain`s Colonial Wars relates empire to the fortunes of war. In less than a century, between the Glorious Revolution of 1688 and the settlement following the War of the American Revolution, the modern British state was born.
Автор: June Burnham; Robert Pyper Название: Britain`s Modernised Civil Service ISBN: 0333945336 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780333945339 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 7647.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This comprehensively revised replacement volume for Pyper's popular text The British Civil Service provides a broad-ranging introduction to the civil service today. It explains and assesses the impact on the civil service of the historic Whitehall unitary model, the New Public Management of Thatcher and Major and Blair's modernisation.
Автор: Shepherd John Название: Britain`s First Labour Government ISBN: 113731186X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781137311863 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 4191.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This volume is the first major account for nearly fifty years to critically re-assess Labour`s first period in office in terms of domestic, foreign and imperial policy. It draws on a wide range of private papers and official sources and reconstructs the history of this forgotten government in the broader social and political context of the 1920s.
Автор: Harding Richard Название: Emergence of Britain`s Global Naval Supremacy ISBN: 1843838230 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781843838234 Издательство: Boydell & Brewer Рейтинг: Цена: 4750.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Discusses the lessons which Britain learned in the war of 1739-48 which, when applied in later wars, brought about Britain`s global naval supremacy.
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