Описание: On a January afternoon in 1893, men hunkered down behind sandbagged emplacements in the streets of Honolulu, with rifles, machine guns, and cannon ready to open fire. Troops and police loyal to the queen of the sovereign nation of Hawaii faced off against a small number of rebel Honolulu businessmen-American, British, German, and Australian. In between them stood hundreds of heavily armed United States sailors and marines. Just after 2:00 p.m., the first shot was fired, and a military coup began. This is the true, tragic, and at times amazing story of the 1893 overthrow of Queen Liliuokalani of Hawaii and her government. It's also the story of a five-year police state regime in Hawaii following the overthrow, an attempted counter-coup by Hawaiians in 1895, and of how Hawaii became a United States possession. In Taking Hawaii, award-winning author Stephen Dando-Collins (Standing Bear Is a Person, Legions of Rome, Tycoon's War) reveals previously little-known facts uncovered during years of research on several continents, in the most dramatic and comprehensive chronicle of the end of Hawaii's monarchy ever published. Using scores of firsthand accounts, this often minute-by-minute narrative also shows for the first time how the queen's overthrow teetered on a knife's edge, only to come about purely through bluff. Taking Hawaii reads like an exciting novel, yet this tale of a grab for power, of misjudgment and injustice, truly took place. Judge for yourself whether you think the queen of Hawaii was wronged, or was wrong. Australian-born novelist Stephen Dando-Collins trained as a graphic artist and worked as a designer, copywriter, and later senior executive with leading advertising agencies before serving as chief operating officer for Australia at a US market research group. He has been a full-time author, editor, and researcher since 1996, dealing mostly with historical subjects. His acclaimed work of American history, Standing Bear Is a Person, telling the true story of an 1879 Nebraska legal case, was published in 2004. The first in his series of definitive histories of the Roman legions, Caesar's Legion, based on more than thirty years of research, has found a broad audience around the world since it was published in 2002. The second in the series, Nero's Killing Machine, was published in 2005, followed by Cleopatra's Kidnappers in 2006 and Mark Antony's Heroes in 2007. The Inquest, his debut novel, benefits from his expert knowledge of Rome and the Romans of the first century
Автор: Kelle Alexander, Nixdorff Kathryn, Dando Malcolm Название: Preventing a Biochemical Arms Race ISBN: 080478275X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780804782753 Издательство: Wiley EDC Рейтинг: Цена: 7722.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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Preventing a Biochemical Arms Race responds to a growing concern that changes in the life sciences and the nature of warfare could lead to a resurgent interest in chemical and biological weapons (CBW) capabilities. By bringing together a wide range of historical material and current literature in the field of CBW arms control, the book reveals how these two disparate fields might be integrated to precipitate a biochemical arms race among major powers, rogue states, or even non-state actors.
It seeks to raise awareness among policy practitioners, the academic community, and the media that such an arms race may be looming if developments are left unattended, and to provide policy options on how it—and it's devastating consequences—could be avoided. After identifying weaknesses in the international regime structures revolving around the Biological Weapons and Chemical Weapons Conventions, it provides policy proposals to deal with gaps and shortcomings in each prohibition regime individually, and then addresses the widening gap between them.
Автор: Dando-Collins Stephen Название: Caligula: The Mad Emperor of Rome ISBN: 1684422868 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781684422869 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 4137.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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Explore all of the murder, madness and mayhem in Ancient Rome during the reign of the mad emperor, Caligula.
In this book about Rome's most infamous emperor, expert author, Stephen Dando-Collins' chronicles all the palace intrigues and murders that led to Caligula becoming emperor, and details the horrors of his manic reign and the murderous consequences brought about at the hand of his sister Agrippina the Younger, his uncle Claudius and his nephew Nero.
Skillfully researched, Dando-Collins puts the jigsaw pieces together to form an accurate picture of Caligula's life and influences. Dando-Collins' precise and thorough examination of the emperor's life puts Caligula's paranoid reign into perspective, examining the betrayals and deaths he experienced prior to his time in power and the onset of a near-fatal illness believed to have affected his mental-health.
Автор: Dando-Collins Stephen Название: Conquering Jerusalem ISBN: 1684425484 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781684425488 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 4964.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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For the first time, in Conquering Jerusalem, author and historian Stephen Dando-Collins devotes a single book to the First Jewish Revolt - the Great Revolt as the Jews still call it, the Judean War as Romans called it. In this book, Dando-Collins details the background, people and events of the revolt, and enables readers to draw upon the numerous archeological and forensic discoveries made since 2002, discoveries that have often shone fascinating new light on those people and events.
Neither side comes out well in this story. Both were at times equally heroic, and often equally brutal and barbaric. In the end, the Jewish freedom fighters lost their war, and lost their holy city, the focus of the revolt and of the Roman military campaigns to end that revolt. Yet, today, Jerusalem is once more the heart of the Jewish faith, while, thanks to Christianity, an offshoot of Judaism, the Roman Empire and its gods have long gone. It just goes to show that, sometimes, faith can have its rewards, and the tables can be turned, if you wait long enough.
Автор: Dando-Collins Stephen Название: Caesar the War Dog: Operation Black Shark ISBN: 0857988638 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780857988638 Издательство: Edward Elgar Publishers Рейтинг: Цена: 2532.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: When Sergeant Ben Fulton's family joins him on a cruise ship holiday, Ben, Josh, Maddie, and Nan travel in luxury among the islands of the Caribbean while Caesar is in quarantine. But a gang who have broken out of a Cuban prison have other ideas. They hijack the massive ship and hold its 3,000 passengers for ransom. With passengers of all nationalities in danger, only the United Nations can step in to help. Ben's best friend, Charlie, and the rest of the GRRR team, assemble. Charlie will need super-sniffing explosive detection dog Caesar with him as he parachutes in to sneak aboard the ship. Will Caesar and Ben be reunited in time to find the hidden explosive devices that threaten the ship? Can Operation Black Shark capture the modern-day pirates before it's too late?
Автор: Dando-Collins Stephen Название: Cyrus the Great ISBN: 1684424380 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781684424382 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 3861.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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Cyrus the Great was a brilliant general who founded the Persian Empire, greatest empire of its day. He was also the king who freed the Jews from exile at Babylon and allowed them to return to Jerusalem, with the Bible describing him as the only non Jew "anointed by god." Cyrus influenced the US Bill of Rights, and is the biblical figure to whom US President Donald Trump has been favorably compared by Christian evangelicals and the Prime Minister of Israel.
In this first ever modern biography of Cyrus, noted historical biographer and author of 43 books Stephen Dando-Collins describes Cyrus' fraught youth, his rise to power via rebellion, his dashing military campaigns that destroyed the Median, Lydian and Babylonian empires, and his uniquely magnanimous reign.
With his usual depth of research and highly readable narrative Dando-Collins cuts through myth and folklore to deliver a fascinating account of a fascinating life.
Автор: Dando-Collins Stephen Название: Constantine at the Bridge ISBN: 1684426820 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781684426829 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 2482.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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"A marvelous book. Constantine at the Bridge is an engaging and beautifully written study of a pivotal moment in Roman and European history." --Mark Felton, author of Castle of the Eagles: Escape from Mussolini's Colditz
The AD 312 Battle of the Milvian Bridge, just outside Rome, marked the start of a monumental change for Rome and her empire. This battle was the figurative bridge between old pagan Rome and new Christian Rome. And once Constantine had crossed that bridge, there was no turning back.
After winning this battle against his brother-in-law Maxentius and taking power at Rome, Constantine the Great--strongly influenced by his mother--forcefully steered Romans away from the traditional worship of their classical gods toward Christianity, setting Rome on two paths: the adoption of Christianity as the state religion, and the relegation of the city of Rome to obscurity as the Western Roman Empire collapsed within 175 years.
Автор: Hutchinson-Gray Cora-Leigh Название: Circle Time With Dando ISBN: 0578665980 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780578665986 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 1648.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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Dando goes to school in Africa with his good friends Evakelly and Ethan. When Dando feels shy in Miss Tina's classroom, his friends help him feel better. And when Ethan feels shy, Dando helps Ethan find his confidence. Learn all about circle time, dancing, and how great friends will always make you feel like part of the group
Описание: This book offers an analysis of how the Chemical and Biological Weapons (CBW) regime has responded in the immediate aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Автор: David A. Ebert, Marc Dando, Sarah Fowler Название: Sharks of the World: A Complete Guide ISBN: 069121087X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780691210872 Издательство: Walter de Gruyter Рейтинг: Цена: 17656.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Автор: David A. Ebert, Marc Dando, Sarah Fowler Название: Pocket Guide to Sharks of the World: Second Edition ISBN: 0691218757 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780691218755 Издательство: Walter de Gruyter Рейтинг: Цена: 7429.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Автор: Clarke, Ronald Название: Become a Problem-Solving Crime Analyst ISBN: 0954560701 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780954560706 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 7042.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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