”A bold & imaginative page-turner that challenges ideas about the world of antiquity.” (Peter Frankopan (The Silk Roads)). ” This vivid & engaging book brings to life some of the most important moments in ancient history, moments that have shaped not only the politics & culture of bygone eras, but the institutions, thoughts & fantasies of our time.” (Yuval Noah Harari (Sapiens)). ” As panoramic as it is learned, this is ancient history for our globalised world.” (Tom Holland (Dynasty, Rubicon)). Acclaimed historian & TV presenter Michael Scott guides us through an epic story spanning ten centuries to create a bold new reading of the classical era for our globalised world. Scott challenges our traditionally western-focused perception of the past, connecting Greco-Roman civilisation to the great rulers & empires that swept across Central Asia to India & China
- resulting in a truly global vision of ancient history. With stunning range & richness Ancient Worlds illustrates how the great powers & characters of antiquity shared ambitions & crises, ways of thinking & forms of governing: connections that only grew stronger over the centuries as political systems evolved, mighty armies clashed, universal religions were born & our modern world was foreshadowed. Scott focuses on three epochal `moments` across the ancient globe, & their profound wider significance: from 509-8 BCE (birth of Athenian democracy & Rome`s republic, also the age of Confucius` teachings in China); to 218 BCE (when Hannibal of Carthage challenged Rome & China saw its first emperor); to 312 CE, when Constantine sought to impose Christianity on the Roman world even as Buddhism was pervading China via the vast trading routes we now know as the ` Silk Roads.` A major work of global history, Michael Scott`s enthralling journey challenges the way we think about our past, re-draws the map of the classical age to reveal its hidden connections, & shows us how ancient history has lessons for our own times.
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Ancona at 1:7, 500 on indexed street plan from Litografia Artistica Cartografica. 40 monuments including historic buildings & churches, cultural or educational institutions, & important municipal buildings or facilities are numbered & listed next to the plan. An inset at 1:10, 000 extends coverage further south to Tavernelle & the city ...

Ancona at 1:8, 500 on indexed street plan from Litografia Artistica Cartografica in their Global Map imprint. 34 monuments including historic buildings & churches, cultural or educational institutions, & important municipal buildings or facilities are numbered & listed next to the plan. An inset extends coverage further along the coast to Collemarino & Palombina Nuova, & on the reverse the city’s Baraccola industrial zone is sho 0wn in black & white at 1:10, 000. Litografia Artistica Cartografica (LAC) are Italy’s leading publishers of street plans with an extensive range of titles. Where appropriate, the plans include an enlargement showing the historic centre in greater detail. On each plan monuments including historic buildings & churches, archaeological sites, cultural or educational institutions, & important municipal buildings or facilities are numbered & listed next to the plan. Unless indicated to the contrary in the individual description, one way streets are not marked. Street index is on the reverse. ...

Ancona Province in a series of handy size road maps from Litografia Artistica Cartografica (LAC) with more minor local roads & tracks than can be found on most regional maps. The series is gradually being changed to a new style of digitally derived cartography, so presentation of adjoining titles may vary. All the maps have hill shading to represent the general relief with spot heights for selected peaks, & show a few more local roads & rough tracks than the other road map series. Intermediate road distances are indicated. Regional, provincial & communal borders are marked, & railways, funiculars, airports, sea ferry links & campsites are shown. The legend is in Italian only. The new, digitally produced editions are indexed & have enhanced, more finely drawn cartography: the hill-shading is less bold, motorway service areas are marked, natural parks are highlighted & an expanded range of symbols indicates various landmarks & sites, e.g. antiquities, churches, etc. Two styles of the new cartography are produced, differing only in the colour of the predominant background shading: grey or yellow/green. Some of the new editions include geographical coordinates for the map corners. The index of localities is on the reverse. This title is still produced in the traditional cartographic style. ...

Now revised, updated, & with new recipes, & a Bottle of Rum tells the raucously entertaining story of this most American of liquors From the grog sailors drank on the high seas in the 1700s to the mojitos of Havana bar hoppers, spirits & cocktail columnist Wayne Curtis offers a history of rum & the Americas alike, revealing that the homely spirit once distilled from the industrial waste of the booming sugar trade has managed to infiltrate every stratum of New World society. Curtis takes us from the taverns of the American colonies, where rum delivered both a cheap wallop & cash for the Revolution; to the plundering pirate ships off the coast of Central America; to the watering holes of pre-Castro Cuba; & to the kitsch-laden tiki bars of 1950s America. Here are sugar barons & their armies conquering the Caribbean, Paul Revere stopping for a nip during his famous ride, Prohibitionists marching against ”demon rum, ” Hemingway fattening his liver with Havana daiquiris, & today`s bartenders reviving old favorites like Planter`s Punch. In an age of microbrewed beer & single-malt whiskeys, rum--once the swill of the common man--has found its way into the tasting rooms of the most discriminating drinkers. Complete with cocktail recipes for would-be epicurean time-travelers, this is history at its most intoxicating. ...

Aimée Crocker was an heiress to gold & railroad fortunes & a daughter of Judge Edwin B. Crocker (1818-1875), legal counsel for the Central Pacific Railroad, Justice of the California Supreme Court in 1865 & founder of the Crocker Art Museum. Her father was a brother of Charles Crocker, one of the `big four` California railroad barons. Aimée had a tale or two to tell. Aside from lavish parties, husbands & lovers, she travelled widely in the Far East. She tells of escaping headhunters in Borneo, poisoning in Hong Kong, & avoided murder by servants in Shanghai. While away, she was christened Princess Palaikalani Bliss of Heaven by King David Kalakaua, the last king of Hawaii, & then Princess Galitzine when she wed her fifth & final husb&, Prince Mstislav Galitzine. And I`d Do It Again is her autobiography. ...

With the world at her feet & Californian railroad fortunes in her purse, Aimee had a tale or two to tell. Here, she boldly delivers her hilarious memoirs of escaping headhunters in Borneo, avoiding poisoning in Hong Kong & outwitting murder in Shanghai. Not remotely cowered by her skirmishes with sin, shame or vice, Aimee celebrates her quintet of unfortunate husbands including a Russian prince almost forty years her junior & King Kalakaua of Hawaii, emboldened by her forcefulness to hold sway over the faint of heart. Aimee was a woman of means, not always a lady & never what you might call `proper`. In this laugh-out-loud story of her life, she recounts her adventures with flair, invincibility & unapologetic gusto. ...

Who is Radio 4`s `fourteen-stone budgie`? How did Phyllis Willis & Mavis Davis make announcer Charlotte Green lose her cool? What does ` Ruth` really think about The Archers? When did Today stop having a keep-fit spot? & who was the Spam Fritter Man, & what became of him? This wonderful history-cum-guide answers these & many other questions about the irreplaceable world of Radio 4. It is an essential reading for every devotee. ...

Peter Jefferson presented the Shipping Forecast for over 40 years, & his familiar voice continues to be heard reading"ations on Radio 4`s ”"e/ Unquote”. This book is both an affectionate memoir & an account of the science behind the forecast: Peter explains how it came about, who collects all the information & what it`s like to read this bulletin. Even though the information in the forecast is now readily available in many formats, the Shipping Forecast is something of a must listen for fans gathered over the decades. For reasons not quite understood, it has become a much-loved part of the British cultural landscape with an avid following of listeners who find its poetry is the perfect cure for insomnia. ...

Along with the fine art of queuing & proper tea, talking about the weather is the essence of Britishness. We`re all a little bit obsessed by it. Will it snow this Christmas? Was this year really the warmest on record? & where on earth did `raining cats & dogs` come from? According to recent research, 94 per cent of British people admit to having discussed the weather in the past six hours, while 38 per cent say they have in the past 60 minutes. Since Records Began is an almanac, a miscellany, & a celebration of our most famous obsession. Including beautiful illustrations, maps & line drawings, Since Records Began is a perfect gift for 2017. Features include: The Lore of Weather
- myths, legends & old wives tales about the weather; Lost in Translation
- Colloquial names for weather around the country, from Custard Winds to Mizzle; Extreme Weather
- Bizarre events in the history of British Weather including red rain & a downpour of frogs & fish; plus tables showing record breaking sunshine, wind speed, rainfall, heat etc.


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