O N Ufrago Das Estrelas
DOWNLOAD
Download O N Ufrago Das Estrelas PDF/ePub or read online books in Mobi eBooks. Click Download or Read Online button to get O N Ufrago Das Estrelas book now. This website allows unlimited access to, at the time of writing, more than 1.5 million titles, including hundreds of thousands of titles in various foreign languages. If the content not found or just blank you must refresh this page
Manifest Perdition
DOWNLOAD
Author : Josiah Blackmore
language : en
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
Release Date : 2002
Manifest Perdition written by Josiah Blackmore and has been published by U of Minnesota Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Science categories.
Blackmore analyses narratives of the Portuguese Empire in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries through study of contemporary accounts of shipwrecks.
Historical Knowledge Historical Error
DOWNLOAD
Author : Allan Megill
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2007-02
Historical Knowledge Historical Error written by Allan Megill and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-02 with History categories.
In the past thirty years, historians have broadened the scope of their discipline to include many previously neglected topics and perspectives. They have chronicled language, madness, gender, and sexuality and have experimented with new forms of presentation. They have turned to the histories of non-Western peoples and to the troubled relations between “the West” and the rest. Allan Megill welcomes these developments, but he also suggests that there is now confusion among historians about what counts as a justified account of the past. In Historical Knowledge, Historical Error, Megill dispels some of the confusion. Here, he discusses issues of narrative, objectivity, and memory. He attacks what he sees as irresponsible uses of evidence while accepting the art of speculation, which incomplete evidence forces upon historians. Along the way, he offers succinct accounts of the epistemological road historians have traveled from Herodotus and Thucydides through Leopold von Ranke and Alexis de Tocqueville, and on to Hayden White, Natalie Zemon Davis, and Lynn Hunt.
The Practical Past
DOWNLOAD
Author : Hayden White
language : en
Publisher: Northwestern University Press
Release Date : 2014-09-30
The Practical Past written by Hayden White and has been published by Northwestern University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-09-30 with Literary Criticism categories.
Hayden White borrows the title for The Practical Past from philosopher Michael Oakeshott, who used the term to describe the accessible material and literary-artistic artifacts that individuals and institutions draw on for guidance in quotidian affairs. The Practical Past, then, forms both a summa of White’s work to be drawn upon and a new direction in his thinking about the writing of history. White’s monumental Metahistory: The Historical Imagination in Nineteenth-Century Europe (1973) challenged many of the commonplaces of professional historical writing and wider assumptions about the ontology of history itself. It formed the basis of his argument that we can never recover “what actually happened”in the past and cannot really access even material culture in context. Forty years on, White sees “professional history" as falling prey to narrow specialization, and he calls upon historians to take seriously the practical past of explicitly “artistic” works, such as novels and dramas, and literary theorists likewise to engage historians.
What Really Sank The Titanic
DOWNLOAD
Author : Jennifer Hooper McCarty
language : en
Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corp.
Release Date : 2012-03-01
What Really Sank The Titanic written by Jennifer Hooper McCarty and has been published by Kensington Publishing Corp. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-03-01 with History categories.
Was the ship doomed by a faulty design? Was the hull's steel too brittle? Was the captain negligent in the face of repeated warnings? On the night of April 14, 1912, the "unsinkable" RMS Titanic, with over 2,200 passengers onboard, struck an iceberg in the North Atlantic and plunged to a watery grave. For nearly a century, the shocking loss has haunted the world. Now the same CSI techniques that are used to solve modern murder cases have been applied to the sinking of history's most famous ship. Researchers Jennifer Hooper McCarty and Tim Foecke draw on their participation in expeditions to the ship's wreckage and experiments on recovered Titanic materials to build a compelling new scenario. The answers will astound you.. . . Grippingly written, What Really Sank the Titanic is illustrated with fascinating period photographs and modern scientific evidence reflecting the authors' intensive study of Titanic artifacts for more than ten years. In an age when forensics can catch killers, this book does what no other book has before: fingers the culprit in one of the greatest tragedies ever. "A fascinating trail of historical forensics." --James R. Chiles, author of Inviting Disaster>/I> "An essential facet of Titanic history. Five stars!" --Charles Pellegrino, author of Her Name Titanic With 16 pages of photos
Good As Gold
DOWNLOAD
Author : Louise Patten
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2013-07-18
Good As Gold written by Louise Patten and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-07-18 with Fiction categories.
Edie Quentance is the odd one out in her family, a rebellious brunette among blond conformists. For generations, Quentance Bank has managed the private wealth of its rich clients. When Edie is pushed into joining the family business, she finds the work tedious. As a diversion, she seeks to uncover the truth about her great-grandfather Kit. Branded a coward and a thief, Kit Quentance escaped from Titanic and was rumoured to have carried a fortune into the lifeboat with him. Edie's excavations reveal shocking truths about Titanic's sinking, as well as unearthing far more recent secrets suggesting that Quentance Bank is not the paragon of probity it appears to be. As she attempts to right her family's wrong-doings, Edie's position becomes increasingly dangerous. Her twin brother, her parents, her uncle - is there anyone out there she can trust?
Titanic 9 Hours To Hell
DOWNLOAD
Author : W. B. Bartlett
language : en
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Release Date : 2010-05-15
Titanic 9 Hours To Hell written by W. B. Bartlett and has been published by Amberley Publishing Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-05-15 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
A major new history of the disaster that weaves into the narrative the first-hand accounts of those who survived.
The American Voter Stupid And Ignorant
DOWNLOAD
Author : Walt Kienia
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date :
The American Voter Stupid And Ignorant written by Walt Kienia and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with categories.
Lost Voices From The Titanic
DOWNLOAD
Author : Nick Barratt
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2009-10-13
Lost Voices From The Titanic written by Nick Barratt and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-10-13 with History categories.
Starting from its original conception and design by the owners and naval architects at the White Star Line through construction at Harland and Wolff's shipyards in Belfast, Nick Barratt explores the pre-history of the Titanic. He examines the aspirations of the owners, the realities of construction and the anticipation of the first sea-tests, revealing that the seeds of disaster were sown by the failure to implement sealed bulkheads - for which the original plans are now available. Barratt then looks at what it was like to embark on the Titanic's maiden voyage in April 1912. The lives of various passengers are examined in more detail, from the first class aristocrats enjoying all the trappings of privilege, to the families in third-class and steerage who simply sought to leave Britain for a better life in America. Similarly, the stories of representatives from the White Star Line who were present, as well as members of the crew, are told in their own words to give a very different perspective of the voyage. Finally, the book examines the disaster itself, when Titanic struck the iceberg on 14 April and sunk hours later. Survivors from passengers and crew explain what happened, taking you back in time to the full horror of that freezing Atlantic night when up to 1,520 people perished. The tragedy is also examined from the official boards of enquiry, and its aftermath placed in a historic context - the damage to British prestige and pride, and the changes to maritime law to ensure such an event never took place again. The book concludes by looking at the impact on those who escaped, and what became of them in the ensuing years; and includes the words of the last living survivor, Millvina Dean.
Titanic 100th Anniversary Edition
DOWNLOAD
Author : Stephanie Barczewski
language : en
Publisher: A&C Black
Release Date : 2012-02-09
Titanic 100th Anniversary Edition written by Stephanie Barczewski and has been published by A&C Black this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-02-09 with History categories.
An anniversary edition of a highly-regarded account of the world's most notorious tragedy at sea.
Customs And Traditions In Britain
DOWNLOAD
Author : Stephen Rabley
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1996
Customs And Traditions In Britain written by Stephen Rabley and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Readers categories.