This collection of stories shows passenger liners, large and small as well as famous and obscure, through the eyes of officers & crew, with tales of the great Cunarders, P&O, Holland America & Union Castle liners, providing added insight, understanding, and even color to these liners of another age. It is a voyage along maritime memory lane.
Pests, Knowledge, and Boundaries in South Africa, 1910-1948
A timely history of the connections between science, segregation, and species in twentieth-century South Africa. Throughout the twentieth century, rural South Africa was dominated by systems of racial segregation and apartheid that brutally oppressed its Black population. At the same time, the countryside was defined by a related settler ......
A magnificent private palace that can be visited by reservation, a crocodile mummy in a private library, a chocolate house, an alchemical ceiling in Schoenbrunn, one of the most beautiful pharmacies in the world.
Step off the beaten track with this fascinating Normandy guide book. Featuring over 150 unusual and unfamiliar locations, our local experts will show you the well-hidden treasures and hidden places of this amazing region in France. Ideal for local inhabitants, curious visitors and armchair travellers alike.
Let Secret Milan guide you around the unusual and unfamiliar. Step off the beaten track with this fascinating Milan travel guide book and let our local experts show you the well-hidden treasures of an amazing city. Ideal for local inhabitants, curious visitors and armchair travellers alike. The places included in our guides are unusual and ......
Step off the beaten track with this fascinating Louisiana travel guide book and let our local experts show you over 200 well-hidden treasures of an amazing city. Ideal for local inhabitants, curious visitors and armchair travellers alike. The places included in our guides are unusual and unfamiliar, allowing one to step off the beaten track.
Step off the beaten track with this fascinating London guide book to the unusual and unfamiliar places to eat and drink in London. Let our local experts Hannah Robinson and Rachel Howard show you the well-hidden treasures and hidden places to eat and drink in this amazing city.
Let Secret Edinburgh guide you around the unusual and unfamiliar. Step off the beaten track with this fascinating Edinburgh guide book, now in its 3rd edition. Featuring over 20 new locations, our local expert, Hannah Robinson, will show you the well-hidden treasures and hidden places of this amazing city. Featuring over 160 unusual and unfamiliar ......
