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Providing a comprehensive view of Golden Age piracy, this edition
includes descriptions of the actions of individuals alongside
contemporary discussions of the piracy problem through books,
journals, newspaper articles, essays, reviews, proposals, pamphlets
and sermons from Britain and its colonies.
Through rare primary resources and new editorial matter, this
four-volume facsimile edition moves away from the personality cult
of the pirate to encourage a more comprehensive view of Golden Age
piracy. This new approach explores how and why crews actually arose
and how they responded to the complexities of 18th century life.
Providing a comprehensive view of Golden Age piracy, this edition
includes descriptions of the actions of individuals alongside
contemporary discussions of the piracy problem through books,
journals, newspaper articles, essays, reviews, proposals, pamphlets
and sermons from Britain and its colonies.
Providing a comprehensive view of Golden Age piracy, this edition
includes descriptions of the actions of individuals alongside
contemporary discussions of the piracy problem through books,
journals, newspaper articles, essays, reviews, proposals, pamphlets
and sermons from Britain and its colonies.
Providing a comprehensive view of Golden Age piracy, this edition
includes descriptions of the actions of individuals alongside
contemporary discussions of the piracy problem through books,
journals, newspaper articles, essays, reviews, proposals, pamphlets
and sermons from Britain and its colonies.
Life in the trenches for German soldiers during World War I was
every bit as hellish as it was for Allied troops. Arthur Boer
survived almost four years of continual fighting on both the
Eastern and Western fronts as a sapper (combat engineer) who found
himself in the thick of major battles. He laid barbed wire in
no-man's land under machine gun fire, bet money on aerial combat
above the trenches between Baron von Richthofen and the English,
faced starvation and crushing boredom. His war diary describes all
in gritty detail, including the horror of gas warfare, doomed
vainglorious charges and his return home to a ruined Germany.
Dieser Buchtitel ist Teil des Digitalisierungsprojekts Springer
Book Archives mit Publikationen, die seit den Anfangen des Verlags
von 1842 erschienen sind. Der Verlag stellt mit diesem Archiv
Quellen fur die historische wie auch die disziplingeschichtliche
Forschung zur Verfugung, die jeweils im historischen Kontext
betrachtet werden mussen. Dieser Titel erschien in der Zeit vor
1945 und wird daher in seiner zeittypischen politisch-ideologischen
Ausrichtung vom Verlag nicht beworben.
Dieser Buchtitel ist Teil des Digitalisierungsprojekts Springer
Book Archives mit Publikationen, die seit den Anfangen des Verlags
von 1842 erschienen sind. Der Verlag stellt mit diesem Archiv
Quellen fur die historische wie auch die disziplingeschichtliche
Forschung zur Verfugung, die jeweils im historischen Kontext
betrachtet werden mussen. Dieser Titel erschien in der Zeit vor
1945 und wird daher in seiner zeittypischen politisch-ideologischen
Ausrichtung vom Verlag nicht beworben.
Rising pop singer Shannon Kistler never expected to see college
student Kevin Derow on a Manhattan street wearing her concert
shirt. But she offers gratitude in her own way, leaving her biggest
fan in shock. When the two teenagers meet again six days later,
Shannon slips Kevin her phone number, and the unlikely romance
begins. Soon they find they have several things in common: lonely
childhoods, a passion for music, and making unpopular choices about
their own lives. The public cannot take Shannon seriously as a
teenaged recording artist, but she risks her sudden success by
making some public mistakes after breaking into a soulless music
industry with unusual ease. Meanwhile Kevin loses the respect of
family, friends and coworkers over the girl he idolizes-and
unwittingly blows the lid off a payola scheme devised by Shannon's
record label, threatening her career and possibly his own freedom.
A Song Apart revolves around two young people from distinct
backgrounds who choose to follow their hearts rather than their
peers and find a greater reward at the end of their paths.
Written from the perspective of the project archaeologist, this is
the story of a remarkable, albeit accidental, discovery of a
Spanish vessel on a secret mission carrying a unique cargo bound
from Peru to the King of Spain, circa 1659. The San Miguel de
Archangel carried a sample of the vaunted 'Star of Lima' coinage,
minted illegally by the Count Alba de Liste. The ship wrecked with
little note in the annals of Florida's history... until now.
Between the years 1925 and 1931 the publishing tycoon, William
Randolph Hearst acquired six Medieval Period structures in the
United Kingdom and Spain. Hearst dismantled all, or portions, of
these buildings, with the intention of rebuilding some, and using
others as 'fabric' for other construction projects in the United
States, most notably, Hearst Castle at San Simeon, California and
another residence, St. Donats's Castle in Wales. The Lost
Monasteries of William Randolph Hearst is the story of Dr. Robert
Baer's quest to document this little known, and little researched
period in the life of WRH, within the wider context of Hearst's
life as a builder and collector.
A Republished and Annotated Edition of "Passing It On: Short Talks
on Tribal Fighting on the North-West Frontier of India" with new a
Forward and Lessons Learned. Republished by the Foreign Military
Studies Office, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Illustrated. From the
foreword: "This book, originally published as a guide for British
lieutenants and captains, demonstrates that improvements in
technology-much of it available to both sides - have had only a
modest impact on infantry fighting in this rugged terrain. However,
it also demonstrates that the key to enhancing basic infantry
effectiveness is using the terrain effectively, maintaining force
security and understanding the mountain people. General Sir Andrew
Skeen spent decades dealing with this frontier. His combat
experience in the Afghanistan frontier region was extensive, but he
also saw action against the Boxers in China, in Somaliland,
Gallipoli and the trenches of the Western Front in World War I. His
final field posting was as the Chief of the General Staff of the
Army of India. "Passing it on" is about passing on his experience
in this turbulent region to the lieutenants and captains who were
then dealing with the problems of mountain combat against Pushtun
tribesmen. His advice is still relevant to what our soldiers are
facing today. The mission of the Foreign Military Studies Office is
to esearch and present foreign ideas and perspectives to better
understand present and future problems. Occasionally we visit the
past to find those ideas and perspectives. This 1932 book is not so
much a step backwards as the (re)discovery of a useful map for now
and the future. We hope it will be of value to our readers."
Here's the story of Anomaly 27, a section of mystery wreckage which
lays more than 2000 feet from the hulk of the S.S. Copenhagen, a
vessel which grounded near Pompano Beach, Florida at the turn of
the last century. A professional archaeologist, Dr. Robert Baer
describes the anomaly, how it was located, and, finally, how the
anomaly is proven to be the missing bow section of the S.S.
Copenhagen. The author explains the details of the discovery and
the methods used to confirm the identity of the wreckage. This is a
story of modern-day exploration at its finest. A great read for
wreck divers and academics alike Fully illustrated with
magnetometric charts, wreck site maps, bathymetric charts,
contemporary underwater photos as well as classic photos of the
Copenhagen as she sits stranded just after the wreck event. 90
pages, B&W, with an index containing more than 500 citations.
Reference listings along with figure citations in classic monograph
style.
Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2004 im Fachbereich Germanistik - Neuere
Deutsche Literatur, Note: 1,7, Universitat Potsdam, Veranstaltung:
Nachkriegsliteratur, 23 Quellen im Literaturverzeichnis, Sprache:
Deutsch, Anmerkungen: Uberzeugende Anlage, Textanalysen waren
ausbaufahig. 19 Seiten Hausarbeit plus Anhang. Dichter Text -
einzeiliger Zeilenabstand., Abstract: Fur die deutschsprachige
Literatur der unmittelbaren Nachkriegszeit haben sich Bezeichnungen
wie Trummerliteratur, Heimkehrerliteratur oder Literatur des
Kahlschlags eingeburgert, die in jedem Fall das Programm einer
realistischen, auf die Probleme der unmittelbaren Gegenwart
bezogenen Literatur meinen. Ihre Entwicklung muss unter
Berucksichtigung der territorialen Bedingungen gesehen werden.
Demnach unterscheidet man zwischen der westdeutschen Literatur und
der Literatur der sowjetischen Besatzungszone (SBZ). Johannes R.
Becher gehorte neben Bertolt Brecht, Friedrich Wolf, Arnold Zweig,
Stefan Heym, Bruno Apitz et al. zu jenen Autoren, die nach 1945 aus
dem Exil nach Deutschland und hier nahezu ausnahmslos in die
damalige sowjetische Besatzungszone zuruckkehrten und einen
bedeutenden Einfluss auf die Entwicklung der ostdeutschen Literatur
nahmen. Die deutsche Literatur der westlichen Zonen wurde
uberwiegend von den Autoren der so genannten Inneren Emigration
bestimmt, von Schriftstellern also, die Deutschland wahrend des
NS-Regimes nicht verlassen hatten. Die in dieser Zeit entstandene
Literatur, wie zum Beispiel die Naturlyrik von Gottfried Benn oder
Werke von Oskar Loerke und Elisabeth Langgasser, war in der Regel
apolitisch und bar jeglicher Kritik." Neben den inneren Emigranten
bestimmten auch Autoren der Jungen Generation das literarische
Leben in den westlichen Besatzungszonen. Zu ihnen zahlen nicht nur
die Anhanger der Gruppe 47 und Wolfgang Borchert, sondern auch der
Einzelganger Arno Schmidt sowie Ilse Aichinger und Peter Weiss, um
nur einige weitere Namen zu nennen. Zu ihren zentralen Themen
Over a mere three decades, the video game has become the
entertainment medium of choice for millions of people, who now
spend more time in the interactive virtual world of games than they
do in watching movies or even television. The release of new games
or game-playing equipment, such as the PlayStation 2, generates
great excitement and even buying frenzies. Yet, until now, this
giant on the popular culture landscape has received little in-depth
study or analysis.
In this book, Mark J. P. Wolf and four other scholars conduct
the first thorough investigation of the video game as an artistic
medium. The book begins with an attempt to define what is meant by
the term "video game" and the variety of modes of production within
the medium. It moves on to a brief history of the video game, then
applies the tools of film studies to look at the medium in terms of
the formal aspects of space, time, narrative, and genre. The book
also considers the video game as a cultural entity, object of
museum curation, and repository of psychological archetypes. It
closes with a list of video game research resources for further
study.
This volume provides an updated examination of student tracking
systems. It illustrates how policymakers, administrators, and
institutional researchers are using data to follow student paths
through postsecondary education and to measure student success.
Chapters discuss: OL {list-style: disc}P: {margin-left
60px}Using Transcripts in Analyses: Directions and
OpportunitiesRetention Tracking Using Institutional DataUsing
Student Tracking Data from an Institutional PerspectiveA Statewide
Student Unit Record System: Florida as a Case StudyThe National
Student Clearinghouse: The Largest Current Student Tracking
DatabaseTracking Low-Skill Adult Students Longitudinally Using
Research to Guide Policy and PracticeUsing State Student Unit
Record Data to Increase Community College Student SuccessBeyond
Higher Education: Other Sources of Data for Tracking Students
The focus in student tracking today has shifted away from an
examination of prospective students and students in academic
difficulty, and toward an understanding of student progress through
and beyond a single college or university. This new emphasis
results from a variety of pressures: state and public calls for
accountability, accreditation criteria that place greater attention
on learning outcomes, recognition that enrollment does not ensure
success, and an understanding that many students swirl through
multiple institutions.
This is the 143rd volume of the Jossey-Bass higher education
quarterly report series "New Directions for Community Colleges."
Essential to the professional libraries of presidents, vice
presidents, deans, and other leaders in today's open-door
institutions, "New Directions for Community Colleges" provides
expert guidance in meeting the challenges of their distinctive and
expanding educational mission.
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