Author: Harry Lowerison
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780331652116
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
Excerpt from From Paleolith to Motor Car, or Heacham Tales If you look at the north-west corner of a map of you will see a village called New Hunstanton. Two miles south Of it along the coast is a smaller but much more ancient place. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
From Paleolith to Motor Car, Or Heacham Tales (Classic Reprint)
Author: Harry Lowerison
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780331652116
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
Excerpt from From Paleolith to Motor Car, or Heacham Tales If you look at the north-west corner of a map of you will see a village called New Hunstanton. Two miles south Of it along the coast is a smaller but much more ancient place. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780331652116
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
Excerpt from From Paleolith to Motor Car, or Heacham Tales If you look at the north-west corner of a map of you will see a village called New Hunstanton. Two miles south Of it along the coast is a smaller but much more ancient place. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The Secrets of Q Central
Author: Paul Brown
Publisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0750962771
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
A quiet market town with no military presence was chosen as the secret communications centre for Britain as the country prepared for war with Germany in 1937. When hostilities began, ' Q Central' attracted a dozen other clandestine operations set up to defend the country or designed to confuse and undermine enemy morale. The headquarters of radar, RAF Group 60, also came to Leighton Buzzard to be hidden from German attack and to be close to the telephone and radio communications needed to run its vast chain of radar stations. These directed the defending fighters that saved the country in the Battle of Britain and then took the bombing war to Germany. Close by, for the same reasons of secrecy and safety, were the satellite stations of Bletchley Park, the now famous code-breaking centre; the Met Office at Dunstable, which gave the all clear for the D-Day landings; Black Ops units that set up false radio stations and wrote propaganda to confuse the enemy; and airfields used for dropping agents behind enemy lines. At Q Central itself was the largest telephone exchange in the world, with more than 1,000 teleprinters communicating with all the armed services in every theatre of war and directing the operations of the secret services. Now the restrictions of the Official Secrets Act have been lifted, enabling eight members of the Leighton Buzzard and District Archaeology and History Society to piece together this compelling story for the first time.
Publisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0750962771
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
A quiet market town with no military presence was chosen as the secret communications centre for Britain as the country prepared for war with Germany in 1937. When hostilities began, ' Q Central' attracted a dozen other clandestine operations set up to defend the country or designed to confuse and undermine enemy morale. The headquarters of radar, RAF Group 60, also came to Leighton Buzzard to be hidden from German attack and to be close to the telephone and radio communications needed to run its vast chain of radar stations. These directed the defending fighters that saved the country in the Battle of Britain and then took the bombing war to Germany. Close by, for the same reasons of secrecy and safety, were the satellite stations of Bletchley Park, the now famous code-breaking centre; the Met Office at Dunstable, which gave the all clear for the D-Day landings; Black Ops units that set up false radio stations and wrote propaganda to confuse the enemy; and airfields used for dropping agents behind enemy lines. At Q Central itself was the largest telephone exchange in the world, with more than 1,000 teleprinters communicating with all the armed services in every theatre of war and directing the operations of the secret services. Now the restrictions of the Official Secrets Act have been lifted, enabling eight members of the Leighton Buzzard and District Archaeology and History Society to piece together this compelling story for the first time.
Journey from the Dawn
Author: Donald C. Johanson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
The paleoanthropologist who discovered "Lucy" teamed up with the artist Kevin O'Farrell to re-create, as closely as the facts allow, what life was like for the world's first family more than 3 million years ago.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
The paleoanthropologist who discovered "Lucy" teamed up with the artist Kevin O'Farrell to re-create, as closely as the facts allow, what life was like for the world's first family more than 3 million years ago.
King's Counsellor
Author: Alan Lascelles
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN: 9781474618205
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description
As Assistant Private Secretary to four monarchs, 'Tommy' Lascelles had a ringside seat from which to observe the workings of the royal household and Downing Street during the first half of the 20th century. These fascinating diaries begin with Edward VIII's abdication and end with George VI's death and his daughter Elizabeth's Coronation. In between we see George VI at work and play, a portrait more intimate than any other previously published. This compelling account also includes Princess Margaret's relationship with Peter Townsend, and throws an intriguing new light on the way in which King George VI and Winston Churchill worked together during the Second World War.
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN: 9781474618205
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description
As Assistant Private Secretary to four monarchs, 'Tommy' Lascelles had a ringside seat from which to observe the workings of the royal household and Downing Street during the first half of the 20th century. These fascinating diaries begin with Edward VIII's abdication and end with George VI's death and his daughter Elizabeth's Coronation. In between we see George VI at work and play, a portrait more intimate than any other previously published. This compelling account also includes Princess Margaret's relationship with Peter Townsend, and throws an intriguing new light on the way in which King George VI and Winston Churchill worked together during the Second World War.
Stone Age Boy
Author: Satoshi Kitamura
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
When a modern young boy is transported back in time to a Stone Age village, he learns all about a new way of life.
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
When a modern young boy is transported back in time to a Stone Age village, he learns all about a new way of life.
The Evolution Man
Author: Roy Lewis
Publisher: Corgi Books
ISBN: 9780552993463
Category : Glacial epoch
Languages : en
Pages : 159
Book Description
Publisher: Corgi Books
ISBN: 9780552993463
Category : Glacial epoch
Languages : en
Pages : 159
Book Description
The Last of the Icelandic Commonwealth
Author: Eiríkr Magnússon
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 38
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 38
Book Description
Annual Report and Balance Sheet
Author: Banco de la Nación Argentina
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Banks and banking
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Banks and banking
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Yvain
Author: Chretien de Troyes
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300187580
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
The twelfth-century French poet Chrétien de Troyes is a major figure in European literature. His courtly romances fathered the Arthurian tradition and influenced countless other poets in England as well as on the continent. Yet because of the difficulty of capturing his swift-moving style in translation, English-speaking audiences are largely unfamiliar with the pleasures of reading his poems. Now, for the first time, an experienced translator of medieval verse who is himself a poet provides a translation of Chrétien’s major poem, Yvain, in verse that fully and satisfyingly captures the movement, the sense, and the spirit of the Old French original. Yvain is a courtly romance with a moral tenor; it is ironic and sometimes bawdy; the poetry is crisp and vivid. In addition, the psychological and the socio-historical perceptions of the poem are of profound literary and historical importance, for it evokes the emotions and the values of a flourishing, vibrant medieval past.
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300187580
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
The twelfth-century French poet Chrétien de Troyes is a major figure in European literature. His courtly romances fathered the Arthurian tradition and influenced countless other poets in England as well as on the continent. Yet because of the difficulty of capturing his swift-moving style in translation, English-speaking audiences are largely unfamiliar with the pleasures of reading his poems. Now, for the first time, an experienced translator of medieval verse who is himself a poet provides a translation of Chrétien’s major poem, Yvain, in verse that fully and satisfyingly captures the movement, the sense, and the spirit of the Old French original. Yvain is a courtly romance with a moral tenor; it is ironic and sometimes bawdy; the poetry is crisp and vivid. In addition, the psychological and the socio-historical perceptions of the poem are of profound literary and historical importance, for it evokes the emotions and the values of a flourishing, vibrant medieval past.
Chrysostom
Author: Frederic Henry Chase
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bible
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bible
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description