Speeches that Changed the World: The Stories and Transcripts of the Moments that Made History

Presents a collection of more than fifty important speeches from all periods of history along with an explanation detailing why each speech was significant and its impact on world events.

Speeches That Changed the World: The Stories and Transcripts of the Moments That Made History

Reference

Words, Language & Grammar

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The Book of Saints

Castleden, Rodney

Encyclopedias & Subject Guides

London: Quercus Publishing Ltd., 2006. First Edition. Elephant Folio - a seriously large book. 224 pp. Illustrated from photographs. Stupendous photographs. Fine book in a jacket whose mammoth size has allowed a bit of curl at one edge, else is also fine. No flaws. A book for which the term "mind-boggling" was invented. If the aspect and implications of the Hubble Deep Field photograph are your cup of tea - they are mine - you can't not have this one in your collection. With the correct first edition dustjacket, showing the Sombrero Galaxy on the front cover. Extra shipping will apply for this big 'un, to most destinations. LBBE

Cosmos

Arts & Photography

SPARROW, GILES

Photography & Video

Serial Killers

They are probably the most notorious and infamous of all multiple murders, yet these are the very same criminals that continue to fascinate us more than any other. Sometimes it is the sheer callous deliberation that seems to capture the public's attention; other times, the macabre double-life led by many such slaughterers. Although the phenomenon has probably existed throughout human history, it is only the advancement of modern police detection methods and psychological profiling, as explained throughout this book, that have identified the deadly category now known as serial killers. From Jack the Ripper, Erszabet Batory, the countess vampire, and Big and Little Harpe to Ted Bundy, the Son of Sam and Jeffrey Dahmer, the whole era of the serial killer is unveiled here. These killers transfix us with an image of an apparently civilized society within which extremely intelligent and rational individuals can commit seemingly random, utterly savage acts of cruelty and depravity. It may well be the darkest side of human activity, but there can be little doubt that the killers listed and described in these pages remain horribly fascinating - sometimes enigmatic and inexplicable - but always terrifyingly gripping.

Biographies & Memoirs

Innes,Brian

True Crime

Take a journey into the past, to a world where exotic beasts and even stranger locals stalk cartographic voids, where sea monsters and floating islands lurk beyond uncertain shores, where the borders between myth and reality are blurred. Here, gathered from five centuries of exploration, are over 200 maps of oceans and continents, mountains and forests, cities and shires. Presented in chronological order, these maps record the adventures and discoveries - not to mention fantasies and outright lies - of explorers, merchants and travelers. Taken together, they chart our discovery of the world as science, legend, politics and art are blended together by the cartographer's craft. Presenting an illustrated history of the Age of Discovery, New Worlds displays our finest maps and tells the stories of the explorers, rulers, scientists, artists and charlatans who created them.

New Worlds: Maps from the Age of Discovery

Baynton-Williams, Ashley

Baynton-Williams, Miles

Travel

Text and period photographs trace the history of the First World War, from its causes and campaigns to its long-term implications, in a visual study of a defining event in modern history.

World War I in Photographs

Andriessen, J. H. J.

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