Lokalhistorie

In this book, Leslie Poole delves into the stories of explorers and travelers who came to Florida during the past five centuries, looking at their words and the paths they took from the perspective of today.

A combined guidebook to, and history of, Roman London.

In this kaleidoscopic portrait, John Geraint captures with a filmmaker''s eye the exuberant life of this former mining community in changing times. Comic and evocative, the book shows how the values the valley has lived by could guide the Rhondda - and the wider world - towards a better future.

The San Francisco Calamity, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work and hence the text is clear and readable.

Peter Stuyvesant, the Last Dutch Governor of New Amsterdam, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work and hence the text is clear and readable.

Um das Jahr 1155 beginnen im damaligen Wackersberger Gebiet umfangreiche Rodungen. Gute 100 Jahre später erscheint erstmals ein Neuburger Amt im Isarwinkel.Welche Spuren der ehemaligen Burganlage sind noch zu finden? Wie könnte die Burg einmal ausgesehen haben?Was haben ein Zwist zwischen dem Bischof von Freising und dem Kloster Tegernsee mit der Entstehung der Burg zu tun? Wer und was hat zu ihrem Untergang geführt?Mit diesem Büchlein wollen wir die bisher wenig beachtete Neuburg / Schellenburg im Isarwinkel genauer betrachten und versuchen etwas mehr Licht ins Dunkel zu bringen.Der erste Abschnitt widmet sich der Ruine, ihrer Lage und dem möglichen Aussehen der ehemaligen Burg. Der zweite Abschnitt behandelt den aktuell gebräuchlichen NamenSchellenburg und ob dieser überhaupt zutreffen kann, sowie die möglichen Bewohner der Anlage.

The shocking true story of Nazi Germany's naval assault against American coastal waters told through the eyes of seafarers who experienced it off New Jersey.