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Adriatic
The Battle of the Otranto Straits: Controlling the Gateway to the Adriatic in World War I (Twentieth Century ...
Paul G. Halpern
Indiana University Press
, 2004
Excellent window into an overlooked WWI battleground
In most histories of the naval conflicts of the First World War, the emphasis is primarily - if not exclusively - on the maneuverings and battles in the North Sea and the Atlantic. While this area was indeed the site of many of the important maritime struggles of the ...
Jester's Fortune (Alan Lewrie Naval Adventures)
Dewey Lambdin
McBooks Press
, 2002
a maturing of the author?
Disagreeing wholeheartedly with the reviews preceding this one, I find a more "thinking" Lewrie who has risen above his Ram-Catting somewhat. I think Lambdin has pursued excellence with diligence and obvious research to describe naval action in a little known corner of ...
Empire on the Adriatic: Mussolini's Conquest of Yugoslavia 1941-1943
H. James Burgwyn
Enigma Books
, 2005
An objective study
Professor Burgwyn's excellent study of the Italian invasion of Yugoslavia during World War II is likely to be the definitive work on the subject for some time to come. Chronicling Mussolini's invasion requires a great deal of patience and judiciousness, since the cast ...
Blue Guide Northern Italy: From the Alps to the Adriatic, Twelfth Edition
Paul Blanchard
W. W. Norton & Company
, 2005
Blue Guide Northern Italy: From the Alps to the Adriatic
Has all the information in the Baedeker Guides from the 20's and 30's but better maps and city diagrams. The best guide book for art, architecture and history available.
Jewel Of The Adriatic
K. M. Daughters
The Wild Rose Press
, 2008
AMAZING READ
I have been blessed to have this book enter my world. It was a recommendation from a famiy member, and let me tell you, I am recommending this book to ALL! It is truley and inspirational novel envolving God, Mary and her Son, and love. This book is not only for those ...
Croatian Adriatic
Naklada Naprijed
Naklada Naprijed
, 1999
A history of the Dalmatian Coast
The Adriatic coast of Croatia, known as Dalmatia, is made up of quaint fishing villages, 1000 islands, incredible beauty, and several thousand years of history. The area has been under the control of the Turks, the Italians, the Romans, the Greeks, the Venetians, ...
Croatia
Mario Novak
Not Avail
, 2007
"Croatia" is 340 pages, full color, 11x14 and cloth bound by hand, with superb printing in Italy by ArtGrafiche Amilcare Pizzi. Each book comes in an individual box. The quality of the photography is superb, all images were shot with large format film cameras. The poetic, in-depth, and informative text is by Damir Konestra. Besides English, also ...
Adriatic Pilot
T. Thompson; D. Thompson
Imray Laurie Norie & Wilson Ltd
, 2004
so far so good
My trip is not for another three weeks (May 07) - so i'll update this review after that. But flipping through it now -it looks good. This is s recent edition - and i've been told the croatian coast is developing fast that older pilots arent as good. It's in ...
La Cucina Di Lidia: Recipes and Memories from Italy's Adriatic Coast
Lidia Matticchio Bastianich
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Jay Jacobs
Broadway
, 2003
Peasant Cuisine from Europe's Crossroads
This first book by Lidia Bastianich is both cookbook of recipes from the Istrian peninsula and Felidia Ristorante in Manhatten and a memoir of Lidia's life and family in central Europe and in the United States. The recipes occupy by far the larger portion of the book ...
Euroregions: The Alps-Adriatic Context
Peter Lang Publishing
, 2007
The Northern Adriatic Ecosystem: Deep Time in a Shallow Sea (Critical Moments in Earth History & Paleontology)
Frank K. McKinney
Columbia University Press
, 2007
-- David J. Bottjer, University of Southern California
Goli Otok - Hell in the Adriatic
Josip Zoretic
Virtualbookworm.com Publishing
, 2007
I've bought 5 copies to hand out to friends
Most people know that the communist countries in central and eastern european oppressed political opponants throughout the latter half of last century. But it still remains abstract knowledge. By contrast, this book makes it tangible: By following the author's personal ...
BEYOND COURAGE: Air Sea Rescue by Walrus Squadrons in the Adriatic, Mediterranean and Tyrrhenian Seas ...
Norman Franks
Grub Street
, 2003
This new book covers the adventures of 283, 284, 293 and 294 Walrus Squadrons, operating from North Africa, Sicily, Italy and Sardinia. The pilots, like their counterparts in England, knew of the dangers of landing on the sea. It was a daunting task attempting to rescue downed airmen as they had often to operate in bad weather, and near hostile ...
Quattrocento Adriatico: Fifteenth-Century Art of the Adriatic Rim (Villa Spelman Colloquia, Vol 5)
Villa Spelman Colloquia
, 1996
The papers collected in this book provide many new observations about the artistic interrelationship between Italy and the cities of the Dalmatian coast during the fifteenth century, with special attention given to the influence on both sides of the Adriatic of the styles of Donatello in sculpture, Squarcione in painting, and Alberti in ...
Physical Oceanography of the Adriatic Sea: Past, Present and Future
Springer
, 2001
This monograph is the first book on the oceanography of the Adriatic Sea. It is a synthesis between the physical oceanography of the Adriatic Sea, its water masses, overall circulation and regional dynamics as well as its connection to the rest of the Mediterranean Sea. Topical coverage ranges from historical surveys to contemporary ...
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