books by The History Press     books:     The History Press      RMS Aquitania: The Ship Beautiful Mark Chirnside The History Press, 2009             Titanic - The Ship Magnificent Vol I Bruce Beveridge, Scott Andrews, ... The History Press Ltd, 2008 Belongs in every serious Titanic collectors library. I have previously raved about Volume II in this series (which came out before Volume 1) and I will do so again here. This is meticulously researched and photo/illustration rich. This volume covers the building and hardware fitting out of the TItanic. Most of the ...             Fashion & Fetishism: Corsets, Tight-Lacing and Other Forms of Body-Sculpture David Kunzle The History Press, 2006 A classic analysis of the corset and tightlacing I first heard of David Kunzle's book through a review written by Angela Carter. The book puts forward what was a novel argument at the time it was written - namely, that use of the corset and tightlacing was not simply a sign of the social oppression of women, but ...             A History of Whitewater Paddling in Western North Carolina: Water Wise Will Leverette The History Press, 2008 From the Chattooga to the Nantahala, the thrilling rapids and unparalleled scenery of Western North Carolina's rivers attract thousands of whitewater paddlers each year. Author and paddling instructor Will Leverette grew up in and around canoes. His grandfather, Frank Chief Bell, helped to popularize the sport through Camp Mondamin, the ...             Killing Time: Archaeology and the First World War Nicholas J. Saunders The History Press, 2007 At the dawn of the twenty-first century, the Great War stands at the furthest edge of living memory. There are a handful of men alive who fought in the trenches of the Somme and Flanders. Within their own lifetimes, their memories have become epic history. Hardly a month passes without some dramatic and sometimes tragic discovery being made along ...             Sea Girt, New Jersey: A Brief History Joseph G. Bilby The History Press, 2008 From the thunder of National Guard rifle practice squads to the applause of FDR's presidential campaign kickoff, Sea Girt sparkles with a dynamic history that belies its mystique as a quiet seaside resort. In the place that was once called the Summer Capital of New Jersey, a governor's parade could send a parachutist through the window and a ...             Aviation Disasters: The World's Major Civil Airliner Crashes Since 1950 David Gero The History Press, 2006 Aviation Disasters An exhaustive and thought provoking read - very hard to put down. Air travel is still, and by far, the safest mode of transportation available, and I would still take it over risking my life at the hands of...drivers on our freeways any day. However, in those rare ...             Atlanta's Druid Hills: A Brief History Robert, Jr. Hartle The History Press, 2008 The Druid Hills neighborhood is characterized by rolling hills, magnificent trees and shrubs and gorgeous, expansive houses. Its Ponce de Leon corridor bears the imprint of the founder of American landscape architecture, Frederick Law Olmsted. The brainchild of Joel Hurt, the neighborhood was brought to fruition by some of Atlanta's most ...             On Sherman's Trail: The Civil War's North Carolina Climax Jim Wise The History Press, 2008 Connect the Dots Most of us have stood in some little spot - maybe just a crossroads or a church - and studied a marker commemorating that place. We think about it for a bit and move on. Over time, we accumulate memories of a dot here, a dot there, each worthy in its own right, but ...             The Pendleton Disaster off Cape Cod: The Greatest Small Boat Rescue in Coast Guard History Theresa Mitchell Barbo, John Galluzzo, ... The History Press, 2007 Excellent insights into an historic rescue The Pendleton Disaster gives new and important insights into Bernard C. Webber's impossible rescue of the crew of the SS Pendleton stern in 1952. The authors have done in-depth interview with the rescue crew and what emerges is heart-touching as well as insightful. ...             Death Was Our Companion: The Final Days of the Third Reich Tony Le Tissier The History Press, 2007 Excellent Compilation of Personal Wehrmacht Recollections Author Tony Le Tissier's "With Our Backs to Berlin" was an outstanding collection of personal histories of German soldiers (and one Russian) fighting in and around Berlin at the end of World War II. The same author's "Death Was Our Companion" is a similar excellent, ...             Eugenie: The Empress and Her Empire Desmond Seward The History Press, 2005 A refreshing look Desmond Stewart's biography does an excellent job of rehabilitating Eugenie's reputation. In earlier accounts, she has been portrayed as a vicious airhead, a bigoted zealot, or a clueless encumbrance on the Second Empire. Stewart's elegantly written, well-organized ...             The Revolutionary War in Bennington County: A History and Guide Richard B. Smith The History Press, 2008 Journey back to the spring of 1775, when Bennington County, Vermont was no more than the wild frontier of the northern territory. It was from here that the first victory of the American Revolution was won, when Patriot Ethan Allen led the famed Green Mountain Boys to raid and capture towering Fort Ticonderoga from the British. Two years ...             The Great Irish Potato Famine James S. Donnelly The History Press, 2008 Was it Famine or Genocide? Although many have heard about the "Patato Famine" in Ireland in 1845-1847; they actually know and understand very little about what happened during those few years and more importantly the effects it had on Ireland right up till the end of the 19th Century. To ...             Ancient & Medieval Wargaming Neil Thomas The History Press, 2007 Great Book for Older Wargamers & Newbies. This book is great, I have dumped all my old wargmes rules and now am using this one extensively, it is simple enough for me to remember how to play when I like, unlike all my other sets, which I seem to have to re-read over and over again before being able to play ...          products you might be interested in search for books archaeology, bennington, body-sculpture, magnificent, revolutionary, tight-lacing      toavi.com    web we recommend Belongs in every serious Titanic collectors library. randomly chosen book: Microsoft Office 2007: Introductory Concepts and Techniques, Windows XP ...