Author: Kende Galleries at Gimbel Brothers
Publisher: Hassell Street Press
ISBN: 9781014378873
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
English and Continental Furniture
Author: Kende Galleries at Gimbel Brothers
Publisher: Hassell Street Press
ISBN: 9781014378873
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Publisher: Hassell Street Press
ISBN: 9781014378873
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Game of Spies
Author: Paddy Ashdown
Publisher: William Collins
ISBN: 9780008140823
Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"'Game of Spies' tells the story of a lethal spy triangle between 1942 and 1944 in Bordeaux - and of France's greatest betrayal by aristocratic and right-wing Resistance leader Andre Grandclement. The story centres on three men: one British, one French and one German and the duel they fought out in an atmosphere of collaboration, betrayal and assassination, in which comrades sold fellow comrades, Allied agents and downed pilots to the Germans, as casually as they would a bottle of wine. It is a story of SOE, treachery, bed-hopping and executions in the city labelled 'la plus collaboratrice' in the whole of France."--Publisher description.
Publisher: William Collins
ISBN: 9780008140823
Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"'Game of Spies' tells the story of a lethal spy triangle between 1942 and 1944 in Bordeaux - and of France's greatest betrayal by aristocratic and right-wing Resistance leader Andre Grandclement. The story centres on three men: one British, one French and one German and the duel they fought out in an atmosphere of collaboration, betrayal and assassination, in which comrades sold fellow comrades, Allied agents and downed pilots to the Germans, as casually as they would a bottle of wine. It is a story of SOE, treachery, bed-hopping and executions in the city labelled 'la plus collaboratrice' in the whole of France."--Publisher description.
A Brilliant Little Operation
Author: Paddy Ashdown
Publisher: Aurum
ISBN: 1781310831
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
The complete story of the remarkable canoe raid on German ships in Bordeaux Harbour – by the man who himself served in the Special Boat Squadron. In 1942, before El Alamein turned the tide of war, the German merchant fleet was re-supplying its war machine with impunity. So Operation Frankton, a daring and secret raid, was launched by Mountbatten’s Combined Operations and led by the enigmatic ‘Blondie’ Hasler – to paddle ‘Cockleshell’ canoes right into Bordeaux harbour and sink the ships at anchor. It was a desperately hazardous mission from the start – dropped by submarine to canoe some hundred miles up the Gironde into the heart of Vichy France, surviving terrifying tidal races, only to face the biggest challenge of all: escaping across the Pyrenees. Fewer than half the men made it to Bordeaux; only four laid their mines; just two got back alive. But the most damage was done to the Germans’ sense of impregnability. Paddy Ashdown, himself a member of the Royal Marines’ elite Special Boat Squadron formed as a consequence of Frankton, has always been fascinated by this classic story of bravery and ingenuity - as a young man even meeting his hero Hasler once. Now, after researching previously unseen archives and tracing surviving witnesses, he has written the definitive account of the raid. The real truth, he discovers – a deplorable tale of Whitehall rivalry and breakdowns in communication – serves only to make the achievements of the ‘Cockleshell’ heroes all the more heroic.
Publisher: Aurum
ISBN: 1781310831
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
The complete story of the remarkable canoe raid on German ships in Bordeaux Harbour – by the man who himself served in the Special Boat Squadron. In 1942, before El Alamein turned the tide of war, the German merchant fleet was re-supplying its war machine with impunity. So Operation Frankton, a daring and secret raid, was launched by Mountbatten’s Combined Operations and led by the enigmatic ‘Blondie’ Hasler – to paddle ‘Cockleshell’ canoes right into Bordeaux harbour and sink the ships at anchor. It was a desperately hazardous mission from the start – dropped by submarine to canoe some hundred miles up the Gironde into the heart of Vichy France, surviving terrifying tidal races, only to face the biggest challenge of all: escaping across the Pyrenees. Fewer than half the men made it to Bordeaux; only four laid their mines; just two got back alive. But the most damage was done to the Germans’ sense of impregnability. Paddy Ashdown, himself a member of the Royal Marines’ elite Special Boat Squadron formed as a consequence of Frankton, has always been fascinated by this classic story of bravery and ingenuity - as a young man even meeting his hero Hasler once. Now, after researching previously unseen archives and tracing surviving witnesses, he has written the definitive account of the raid. The real truth, he discovers – a deplorable tale of Whitehall rivalry and breakdowns in communication – serves only to make the achievements of the ‘Cockleshell’ heroes all the more heroic.
Haute Luxury Branding
Author: Philippe Mihailovich
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789791026277
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789791026277
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
North Korean Human Rights
Author: Andrew Yeo
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108425496
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 335
Book Description
This volume explores the emergence, evolution, and politics of North Korean human rights activism and its relevance for international policy.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108425496
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 335
Book Description
This volume explores the emergence, evolution, and politics of North Korean human rights activism and its relevance for international policy.
China, 5000 Years
Author: Sherman E. Lee
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art, Chinese
Languages : en
Pages : 512
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art, Chinese
Languages : en
Pages : 512
Book Description
A Fortunate Life
Author: Paddy Ashdown
Publisher: Aurum
ISBN: 1845136470
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
Paddy Ashdown’s autobiography was hailed as one of the most readable and exciting political life stories ever written of all – precisely because it was so very much more. This is the autobiography of an old-fashioned Man of Action, an adventurer, to be compared more readily to Fitzroy Maclean than David Steel. Ashdown’s years as MP for Yeovil and leader of the Liberal Democrats pale alongside his time as a Royal Marine Commando, in the Special Boat squadron, as a spy, on military service in Northern Ireland and Indonesia, and then subsequently – perhaps his finest and most heroic role, as the UN’s High representative in war-torn Bosnia. As one reviewer remarked: “This must be the first political memoir to offer advice on the best way to execute a jungle ambush and on how to treat an open wound using red ants.” Ashdown’s appeal – which explains this books’s hardback bestseller status – is that he transcends party political allegiances, and is seen as a genuinely honest and decent man unafraid to take on the hardest challenges.
Publisher: Aurum
ISBN: 1845136470
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
Paddy Ashdown’s autobiography was hailed as one of the most readable and exciting political life stories ever written of all – precisely because it was so very much more. This is the autobiography of an old-fashioned Man of Action, an adventurer, to be compared more readily to Fitzroy Maclean than David Steel. Ashdown’s years as MP for Yeovil and leader of the Liberal Democrats pale alongside his time as a Royal Marine Commando, in the Special Boat squadron, as a spy, on military service in Northern Ireland and Indonesia, and then subsequently – perhaps his finest and most heroic role, as the UN’s High representative in war-torn Bosnia. As one reviewer remarked: “This must be the first political memoir to offer advice on the best way to execute a jungle ambush and on how to treat an open wound using red ants.” Ashdown’s appeal – which explains this books’s hardback bestseller status – is that he transcends party political allegiances, and is seen as a genuinely honest and decent man unafraid to take on the hardest challenges.
Jane Austen's Letters
Author: Jane Austen
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0199576076
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 695
Book Description
The fourth edition of Jane Austen's Letters incorporates the findings of new scholarship to enrich our understanding of Austen and give us the fullest view yet of her life and family. The biographical and topographical indexes have been updated, a new subject index has been created, and the contents of the notes added to the general index.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0199576076
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 695
Book Description
The fourth edition of Jane Austen's Letters incorporates the findings of new scholarship to enrich our understanding of Austen and give us the fullest view yet of her life and family. The biographical and topographical indexes have been updated, a new subject index has been created, and the contents of the notes added to the general index.
The Library of John Ruskin
Author: James S. Dearden
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780901420589
Category : Early printed books
Languages : en
Pages : 391
Book Description
James S. Dearden's Library of John Ruskin provides a comprehensive catalogue of almost three thousand books and manuscripts known to have been owned by Ruskin or to have passed through his hands. Based on more than sixty years of collecting and research, it draws on the author's unrivalled knowledge of Ruskin's writings and collections, as well as on extensive study of book-trade and library records. A substantial introduction describes Ruskin's habits as reader and collector, the changing form of his library over time and its eventual dispersal, surviving catalogues of Ruskin's books, and his bookplates.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780901420589
Category : Early printed books
Languages : en
Pages : 391
Book Description
James S. Dearden's Library of John Ruskin provides a comprehensive catalogue of almost three thousand books and manuscripts known to have been owned by Ruskin or to have passed through his hands. Based on more than sixty years of collecting and research, it draws on the author's unrivalled knowledge of Ruskin's writings and collections, as well as on extensive study of book-trade and library records. A substantial introduction describes Ruskin's habits as reader and collector, the changing form of his library over time and its eventual dispersal, surviving catalogues of Ruskin's books, and his bookplates.
Classical Chinese Furniture
Author: Marcus Flacks
Publisher: Vendome Press
ISBN: 9780865652910
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A brief history -- Trends in collecting Chinese furniture -- On the selection of pieces for this book -- Chairs -- Stools -- Cabinets and shelves -- Tables -- Reference: Restoration -- Original condition -- Relative sizes -- Joinery -- Map: origins of timbers -- Materials -- Artist index.
Publisher: Vendome Press
ISBN: 9780865652910
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A brief history -- Trends in collecting Chinese furniture -- On the selection of pieces for this book -- Chairs -- Stools -- Cabinets and shelves -- Tables -- Reference: Restoration -- Original condition -- Relative sizes -- Joinery -- Map: origins of timbers -- Materials -- Artist index.