Overlanding: How to explore the world on four wheels

JOHN STEELE GORDON

Harper&Row

<p>Offers an original view of American history and insights into those who have influenced and charted our economic progress</p>

Hamilton's Blessing: The Extraordinary Life and Times of Our National Debt

Business & Money

Economics

Penguin??Books

<p>This book recounts the dream of one American business man, Cyrus Field, to revolutionise communications forever. His endevour joined joined America to Europe with the first Transatlantic Telegraph Cable. It took a decade of effort, millions of dollars, the solution of innumerable technological problems and uncommon physical, financial, and intellectual courage to complete.</p>

A Thread across the Ocean: The Heroic Story of the Transatlantic Cable

History

Simon & Schuster, Australia

A Thread Across the Ocean: The Heroic Story of the Transatlantic Cable

Walker&Company

Today, in a world in which news flashes around the globe in an instant, time lags are inconceivable. In the mid-nineteenth century, communication between the United States and Europe -- the center of world affairs -- was only as quick as the fastest ship could cross the Atlantic, making the United States isolated and vulnerable. But in 1866, the Old and New Worlds were united by the successful laying of a cable across the Atlantic. John Steele Gordon's book chronicles this extraordinary achievement -- the brainchild of American businessman Cyrus Field and one of the greatest engineering feats of the nineteenth century. An epic struggle, it required a decade of effort, numerous failed attempts, millions of dollars in capital, a near disaster at sea, the overcoming of seemingly insurmountable technological problems, and uncommon physical, financial, and intellectual courage. Bringing to life an overlooked story in the annals of technology, John Steele Gordon sheds fascinating new light on this American saga that literally changed the world.

Science & Math

Technology

The Great Game: The Emergence of Wall Street as a World Power (1653-2004)

CITIC Publishing House

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