In early 1910s, two pioneering women entrepreneurs, Nadezhda Dobychina in St Petersburg and Klavdia Mikhailova in Moscow
set up two of the first art galleries in Russia. Skilfully balancing current art market trends and daring avant-garde
experimentations, Dobychina and Mikhailova soon transformed their establishments into vibrant centres of ......
This is an open and frank account of how someone from a railway family in a small East Midlands town went on to become a
Cabinet Minister serving in the Ministry of Defence as Britain conducted difficult and demanding operations in Sierra Leone,
Afghanistan and Iraq. It sets out his political career from his earliest days knocking on doors for the ......
Sir Robert Reid, how he transformed Britain's railways to be the best in Europe
Bob Reid’s Railway Revolution describes the life and career of the first Bob Reid, always known as Bob Reid One, and the
history of the railways since nationalisation. It shows how the organisational changes he forced through when Chief Executive
from 1980 to 1990 turned British Rail into one of the best railways in Europe. His reforms, described ......
To Heaven's Heights is an eclectic collection of ski stories from world famous authors from Leni Riefenstahl to Garrison Keiller, by way of Ian Fleming and Bill Bryson. Spanning one thousand years and with contributions from well over a hundred authors, the anthology celebrates skiing as a means of transport, communication, hunting, exploring, and ......
The nineteenth century saw the emergence of more professional women artists than ever before. But they still faced the age-old presumption: that a womans role in life was to marry and have children.
Greek Island Nature Diary is a lavish journal of highly detailed watercolours and accompanying pencil drawings of flora, fauna
and natural objects observed and collected during the author’s years living in Corfu and sailing the Ionian on her family’s
oceangoing catamaran.
This evocative diary is based on the author’s notes and sketches made in ......
Generations: The Fishing Families of Hastings is a photographic portrayal from the 1990s to the present day of the men and women of Britain's oldest beach-launched fishing community. Realised by the photojournalist and Hastings resident John Cole, the book portrays a unique community that may soon become extinct. Generations is in the tradition of ......
William III, From Prince of Orange to King of England tells the story of William of Orange before he became King of England, and tells of the clan, family, patron and client relationships across Europe on which the Prince's political and diplomatic influences rested. His skilful ability to put these at the disposal of the political elites in ......
This highly illustrated book, first published to mark the 75th anniversary of D-Day in 2019, will reconstruct the historic landings and the resultant battle for Normandy using artefacts, documents, interviews, film, art and photographs from the archives at IWM.
ISBN-13: 9781912423217
(Paperback)
Publisher: UNICORN PRESS Imprint: IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM
