Portillo's Hidden History of Britain - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Portillo's Hidden History of Britain write by Michael Portillo. This book was released on 2018-11-01. Portillo's Hidden History of Britain available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A compelling and wonderfully evocative history of Britain through the stories of its 'lost' or abandoned buildings.
Great American Railroad Journeys
Great American Railroad Journeys - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Great American Railroad Journeys write by Michael Portillo. This book was released on 2017-01-26. Great American Railroad Journeys available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Great American Railroad Journeys sees the famous brand of social-history-cum-travelogue venture to the New World. Across multiple programmes and using Appleton's General Guide To The United States & Canada as reference, Michael Portillo now undertakes an epic trip by train from New York and Boston on the East Coast down to the Deep South of Atlanta and New Orleans, then on to Chicago, Colorado, New Mexico and ultimately finishing in San Francisco. This lavishly illustrated official tie-in covers each journey Portillo makes across North America and captures the colour, beauty, history and exhilaration experienced when journeying through this incredible continent. Packed with new maps, as well as originals from Appleton's General Guide, this book explores the construction of rail routes across the continent in the 1800s, as a new nation was built by the immigrant masses. Truly this is a colourful and exciting enterprise, with vignettes of revealing social history displaying the rich tapestry of the peoples who established themselves in this vast new world. Great American Railroad Journeys is a must-have purchase for any fan of this unique and award-winning travel series.
Great Continental Railway Journeys
Great Continental Railway Journeys - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Great Continental Railway Journeys write by Michael Portillo. This book was released on 2015-10-22. Great Continental Railway Journeys available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Great Continental Railway Journeysis now a firmly established series on BBC2, following in the illustrious tracks of its predecessor - Great British Railway Journeys. Both series are fronted by ex-politician Michael Portillo and in this European odyssey he travels around continental Europe, using George Bradshaw's1913 Continental Railway Guide. Now coming up for its fourth instalment this autumn, Portillo guides the train-travelling fan across Europe arriving at a myriad of magical and historically fascinating cities we all dream of travelling to by train. From London, to Paris, Bordeaux, Lyon, Copenhagen, Oslo, Lisbon, Madrid, Berlin, Monte Carlo, Prague, Munich, Zurich, Rome, Budapest, St Petersburg; all the way down to Constantinople, Haifa and Jerusalem - Portillo describes the great feats of engineering that built the various railway lines connecting Europe and further afield and the men and women who made these journeys famous through their deeds and words. The new series (6x1-hour) will transmit in early November 2015, and this book will be the official, lavishly illustrated tie-in covering every single journey Portillo has undertaken across Europe. Capturing all the colour, beauty, excitement and fervour of journeying across this historic continent can muster. A must-have purchase for any armchair fan of unique and award-winning travel programming.
Bradshaw’s Handbook
Bradshaw’s Handbook - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Bradshaw’s Handbook write by George Bradshaw. This book was released on 2012-06-20. Bradshaw’s Handbook available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Collector's item, landmark in the history of the tour guide, snapshot of Britain in the 1860s – Bradshaw's Handbook deserves a place on the bookshelf of any traveller, railway enthusiast, historian or anglophile. Produced as the British railway network was reaching its zenith, and as tourism by rail became a serious pastime for the better off, it was the first national tourist guide specifically organized around railway journeys, and to this day offers a glimpse through the carriage window at a Britain long past. This is a facsimile of the actual book – often referred to as 'Bradshaw's Guide' – that inspired the 'Great British Railway Journeys' television series, possibly the only surviving example of the 1863 edition. It is an exact copy with a removable belly-band.
The Difficult Task of Peace
The Difficult Task of Peace - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Difficult Task of Peace write by Francisco Rojas Aravena. This book was released on 2019-09-05. The Difficult Task of Peace available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book provides a holistic view on the topics of peace and conflict, peace education, international relations and regional studies during the end of the second decade of the twenty-first century. It collects the studies, experience and analysis of faculty members of the University for Peace presented in three sections: regional and institutional outlook, and common challenges and interventions. Some of the topics in this book include the complex concept of peace; governance and security in Africa; peace and conflict in the Middle East; maritime security conflicts in South China Sea, the European Union in a multipolar world, religious fundamentalism and violent extremism; food security, climate change; and participatory action research in the culture of peace. Scholars, capacity building trainers, policy makers, politicians, lawyers, and individuals interested in international affairs among others might find in this book a diverse academic source for further analysis in their respective fields.
