【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】＜p＞Transference of orientalist images and identities to the American landscape and its inhabitants, especially in the Westーin other words, portrayal of the West as the “Orient”ーhas been a common aspect of American cultural history. Place names, such as the Jordan River or Pyramid Lake, offer notable examples, but the imagery and its varied meanings are more widespread and significant. Understanding that range and significance, especially to the western part of the continent, means coming to terms with the complicated, nuanced ideas of the Orient and of the North American continent that European Americans brought to the West. Such complexity is what historical geographer Richard Francaviglia unravels in this book.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Since the publication of Edward Said’s book, ＜em＞Orientalism,＜/em＞ the term has come to signify something one-dimensionally negative. In essence, the orientalist vision was an ethnocentric character...

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】＜p＞Before Canyonlands was a national park, before tourists discovered the wildness and wonder of the Maze and the Land of Standing Rocks, before the San Rafael Desert became a hive of the mineral exploration, the lands west of the Colorado and Green Rivers to the San Rafael Swell and from the Book Cliffs and San Rafael River south to the dirty Devil River and the Henry Mountains were pastures for the stock of hardscrabble cowboys and sheep ranchers.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Often based in the nearby villages of Green River or Hanksville, sometimes residing on remote ranches, such as the famous Robbers Roost Ranch or the Chaffin Ranch at the mouth of the San Rafael, the cowboys and ranchers spent much of their time camped out on the range with their stock. They herded under the Ledge, along the river south across Elaterite Basin, Ernie Country, and Waterhole Flat, and above on the flats, mesas,and head canyons running from the west.＜/p＞ ...

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】＜p＞＜strong＞In this nineteenth-century nautical memoir, a Harvard man sails around the tip of South America to Californiaーand returns with this classic tale of adventure.＜/strong＞＜br /＞ In 1834, nineteen-year-old Richard Henry Dana left Harvard University to enlist as a deckhand on a brig sailing from Boston to the California coast. For the next two years, he recorded the terrifying storms, awe-inspiring beauty, and dreadful hardships of the journey in a diary he would later expand into this riveting memoir of "the life of a common sailor at sea as it really is."＜/p＞ ＜p＞Dana spares no detail in portraying the wretched conditions he endured and the cruelty of the ship's captain, but he also paints vivid, unforgettable pictures of natural wonders such as icebergs and schools of migrating whales. His descriptions of the missions and presidios of pre?Gold Rush California captured the imagination of the country ...

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】＜p＞＜strong＞Winner of the Edgar Award: The gripping account of a gruesome mass murder in gritty 1980s New York and the relentless hunt for a coldblooded killer.＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞On a warm spring evening in 1982, thirty-seven-year-old accountant Margaret Barbera left work in New York City and walked to the West Side parking lot where she kept her BMW. Finding the lock on the driver's side door jammed, she went to the passenger's side and inserted her key. A man leaned through the open window of a van parked in the next spot, pressed a silenced pistol to the back of Margaret's head, and fired. She was dead before she hit the pavement.＜/p＞ ＜p＞It was a professional hit, meticulously plannedーbut the killer didn't expect three employees of the nearby CBS television studios to stumble onto the scene of the crime. "You didn't see nothin', did you?" he demanded, beforeshooting the first eyewitness in the head. Afte...

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】＜p＞Whilst the collapse of the Soviet Union and, with it, the associated Warsaw Pact, has greatly reduced the threat of a major conflict with Europe, the story of the involvement of the United Nations in so-called 'peace' operations over the past six years makes it abundantly clear that the world-wide incidence of low intensity, intra-state conflict will remain for us as far ahead as we can see and that the resources and procedures which are essential for the success of future UN operations are yet to be produced. Richard Connaughton has already published a philosophical treatise entitled Military Intervention in the 1990s- A New Logic of War in which he validated the nine principles emerging from a study of the conduct of military interventions between 1918 and 1990 against lessons emerging from the Golf War of 1990-91. A subsequent quadripartite conference held at the British Army Staff collage found that those principles ap...

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】＜p＞In 1913 Lieutenant General Sir Francis Lloyd was appointed to the supreme position reserved for Guardsmen, the command of the London Districts. The war saw an extension of his responsibilities to include the hospitals and main railway termini in the metropolis. He was also put in charge of the construction of the defensive circle of trenches around London. Whether it was meeting hospital trains returning from the front with wounded soldiers, or visiting areas of the City that had suffered from the Zeppelin and Gotha Bomber air raids, Francis Lloyds presence would help to revive the populations flagging morale. This led him to be described by newspapers as The Man who runs London.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】＜p＞With war on the horizon, his path to greatness will be revealed.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Bristol, England, 1618. ＜strong＞Kit Faulkner＜/strong＞ is a young vagrant orphan, taking life as he finds it in the rough world of the docks. But after a chance encounter with two men while out scavenging for food, his fortunes are changed forever.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Kit is taken aboard the ＜em＞Swallow＜/em＞, a large merchant ship partly owned by the two men, and after spotting some promising qualities in him they decide to train the boy for a life at sea.＜/p＞ ＜p＞And so begin the adventuresof Kit, which see him rise through the ranks and risk all on the high seas. Meanwhile, England edges ever closer to civil war, and very soon Kit must choose which side he will fight for…＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞A scintillating adventure at sea, based in detailed historical research, perfect for fans of Patrick O'Brian, C. S. Forrester and Julian Stockwin.＜/strong...

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】＜p＞＜strong＞A study and reassessment of the major World War II battle in the South Atlantic between the British and German navies.＜/strong＞＜br /＞ The Battle of the River Plate was the first major naval confrontation of the Second World War, and it is one of the most famous. The dramatic sea fight between the German pocket battleship ＜em＞Admiral Graf Spee＜/em＞ and the British cruisers ＜em＞Exeter＜/em＞, ＜em＞Ajax,＜/em＞ and ＜em＞Achilles＜/em＞ off the coast of South America caught the imagination in December 1939. Over the last sixty years the episode has come to be seen as one of the classics of naval warfare. Yet the accepted interpretation of events has perhaps been taken for granted and is ripe for reassessment, and that is one of the aims of Richard Woodman's enthralling new study.＜br /＞ ＜strong＞Praise for ＜em＞The Battle of the River Plate: A Grand Delusion＜/em＞＜br /＞ "This author has made it...

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】＜p＞＜strong＞A fortune in art awaits the master thief clever enough to steal it in this action-packed noir novel.＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞Foreword by Terry Teachout＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞Between Parker's 1961 debut and his return in the late 1990s, the whole world of crime changed. Now fake IDs and credit cards had to be purchased from specialists; increasingly sophisticated policing made escape and evasion tougher; and, worst of all, money had gone digitalーthe days of cash-stuffed payroll trucks were long gone.＜/p＞ ＜p＞But cash isn't everything, not when acollection of priceless paintings is ripe for picking. In ＜em＞Firebreak＜/em＞, Parker travels to a palatial Montana "hunting lodge" where a dot-com millionaire hides a gallery of stolen old mastersーwhich will fetch Parker a pretty penny if his team can just get it past the mansion's tight security. The forests of Montana are an inhospitable place for...

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】＜p＞＜strong＞A young man's rebellion lands him in a Mexican prison, where theater becomes a lifeline in this memoir of angst, crime, friendship and redemption.＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞Richard Jewkes was in his senior year as a University of Utah theater student when he became disenchanted with his strict Mormon upbringing. Over Christmas break, he and a college friend took off for Mexico seeking adventure. If the adventure hadn't included smuggling drugs, it might have just been another college road trip. But after a disastrous encounter with a drug cartel, the two young men ended uparrested by Mexican Federales while trying to make it to the US border.＜/p＞ ＜p＞When Jewkes and his friend are tossed into a Mexican prison, they anticipate torture, assault, and even death. After a fight with a notorious killer and struggles with tormenting guards, they make a disastrous escape attempt. But ultimately, Jewkes finds his path to s...

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】＜p＞＜strong＞A master criminal has three art thefts on his plateーand a side dish of vengeance in this hard boiled crime novel.＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞Foreword by Charles Ardai＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜em＞"Hearing the click behind him, Parker threw his glass straight back over his right shoulder, and dove off his chair to the left."＜/em＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞When a job looks like amateur hour, Parker walks away. But even a squad of seasoned professionals can't guarantee against human error in a high-risk scam. Can an art dealer with issues unload a truck of paintings with Parker's aid? Or will the heist end up too much of a human interest story, as luck runs out before Parker can get in on the score?＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞"Richard Stark's Parker crime novels are the ultimate page-turners." ー＜/strong＞ ＜em＞＜strong＞Boston Globe＜/strong＞＜/em＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞"Whatever Stark writes, I read. H...

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】＜p＞Sir Richard Haking commanded the British XI Corps from 1915 to 1918 mainly in France, but also in Italy (December 1917-March 1918). This first study of Haking takes the form of a review and analysis of his career as a Corps Commander, placing the activities of XI Corps in the context of events on the Western and Italian Fronts. It has three aims. First, it is intended to make a balanced assessment of Haking as a Corps Commander in the light of an established popular reputation, which places him firmly in the donkey category of First World War generals. The second aim is to examine how Haking carried out his role as a Corps Commander, and the third aim is to relate the experiences of Haking and XI Corps to a number of important topics connected with the conduct of the war: trench warfare on the Western Front, with particular reference to the much-criticized attack at Fromelles in July 1916; the British involvement in Italy;...

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】＜p＞＜strong＞"Reveals the extent of MI5's methodical and implacable investigation into the lives of such people as the writer George Orwell." ー ＜em＞UK Historian＜/em＞＜/strong＞＜br /＞ During the 1930s, the British intelligence agencies became increasingly concerned about Communist influence in the country. They reacted by spying on thousands of ordinary British citizens. Amongst them were many artists and writers who, in tune with "the spirit of the times," had become sympathetic to left-wing causes, most notably the Spanish Civil War. Telephones were bugged, post opened, homes searched and people encouraged to report suspicious behaviorーall reminiscent of the East German Stasi.＜br /＞ This book has been written in the light of previously secret files, now available in The National Archives, which indicate the extent of the surveillance and the consequences for those being watched. It focuses on a si...

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】＜p＞＜strong＞An "impressive" overview of the history of surgery based on the five-part BBC series, featuring tales of medical advances and deadly errors (＜/strong＞ ＜em＞＜strong＞Financial Times＜/strong＞＜/em＞ ＜strong＞).＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞"A whistle-stop tour of a gruesome and fascinating field. . . . What better medical history than one that recounts both successes and failures with honesty and gratitude." ー＜/strong＞ ＜em＞＜strong＞Publishers Weekly＜/strong＞＜/em＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞Today, astonishing surgical breakthroughs are making limb transplants, face transplants, and a host of other previously undreamed-of operations possible. But getting here has not been a simple story of medical progress. In ＜em＞Blood and Guts＜/em＞, veteran science writer Richard Hollingham weaves a compelling narrative from the key moments in surgical history. We have a ringside seat in the operating the...

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】＜p＞The life of many combatants in The Great War was often short and brutish. But there were choices for some. Taking to the air was an attractive alternative to the slime, stench and gore of the trenches. The prospect of flying in the Royal Navy, the Senior Service, Nelson's Navy, must have beenirresistible to any adventurous teenager the best aeroplanes on the best ships with the best sailors that ever existed or so he might have been led to believe. The Royal Naval Air Service was sorely tested, and not necessarily by the enemy. The casualties of the sea and its perils, and of accident and mechanical failure, were catastrophic. But this critical battle between young pilots in their infant flying machines and unpredictable events forged the pathway for our modern conceits of war missiles, drones, giant aircraft carriers, weapons of space. A hundred years ago a young pilot took illicit photographs with his pocket camera and l...

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】＜p＞＜strong＞The fascinating history of turnpikes, steamboats, canals, railroads, and trolleys in Connecticut＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜em＞Post Roads &Iron Horses＜/em＞ is the first book to look in detail at the turnpikes, steamboats, canals, railroads, and trolleys (street railroads) that helped define Connecticut and shape New England. Advances in transportation technology during the nineteenth century transformed the Constitution State from a rough network of colonial towns to an industrial powerhouse of the Gilded Age. From the race to build the Farmington Canal to the shift from water to rail transport, historian and transportation engineer Richard DeLuca gives us engaging stories and traces the significant themes that emerge as American innovators and financiers, lawyers and legislators, struggle to control the movement of passengers and goods in southern New England. The book contains over fifty historical images a...

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】＜p＞Coal fuels about 50 percent of US electricity production and provides a quarter of the country's total energy. China and India's ferocious economic growth is based almost entirely on coal-generated electricity.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Coal currently looks like a solution to many of our fast-growing energy problems. However, while coal advocates are urging full steam ahead, increasing reliance on the dirtiest of all fossil fuels has crucial implications for the global climate, energy policy, the world economy, and geopolitics.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Drawbacks to a coal-based energy strategy include:＜/p＞ ＜ul＞ ＜li＞Scarcity ? new studies suggest that the peak of world coal production may actually be less than two decades away.＜/li＞ ＜li＞Cost ? the quality of produced coal is declining, while the expense of transport is rising, leading to spiraling costs and increasing shortages.＜/li＞ ＜li＞Climate impacts - our ability to deal with the hist...

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】＜p＞This is the first volume in a three-volume illustrated history of the evolution of armored manoeuvre warfare in the British army, covering the period from 1914 until 1939. Author Dick Taylor's tour de force covers the evolution of the tank and armored cars in response to the specific conditions created by trench warfare, the history of the use of tanks during the war, as well as the critical period between the wars in which the tank was both refined and neglected. He also looks in detail at the amalgamations and mechanization of the horsed cavalry which led to the formation of the Royalarmored Corps in 1939. His detailed and absorbing narrative covers the social and human aspects of the story as well as the technology, and explains how the nation that invented and first fielded the tank in 1916 struggled to maintain the lead after the Armistice.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ペー...

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】＜p＞The Second World War saw many people consigned to long periods of exile, far from home. How did the exiled keep in touch with home? Why were some exiles silent when others wrote frequently and at length? Posted in Wartime explores the nature of such exile and considers what could be written in diaries and letters, given that letters were censored and diaries were, at best, frowned upon. At the books heart are the stories of three very different exiles: a Liberty Ship captain; a doctor in the Royal Army Medical Corps; and an airman in Iraq and Palestine. Set alongside those are the experiences of a number of celebrated wartime exiles whose diaries and letters are both extensive and detailed, and whose stories loosely connect with the journeys of the three main protagonists; they include the travel writer Freya Stark, the photographer Cecil Beaton, and the playwright Nol Coward.* Exhibition of Cecil Beaton photography (of th...

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】＜p＞The generation of young men and women who joined the British Army during the mid to late 1980s would serve their country during an unprecedented period of history. Unlike the two world war generations, they would never face total war ? there was never any declaration of war and there was no one single country to defeat. In fact, it was supposed to have been the end of war, a time of peace and stability. Politicians started to use the term, Peace Dividend, with government officials even planning on how and where it should be spent. But for those in the military, the two decades followingthe end of the Cold War would not be a time of peace. Government spending and the size of the military was reduced but the Army's commitments increased exponentially. Those serving not only faced continuous deployment in overseas operations, they would also be involved in immense upheavals that took place within the army. When the Berlin Wal...