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Across the Oceans
In the early 19th century, the only way to transmit information was to send letters across the oceans by sailing ships or across land by horse and coach. Growing world trade created a need and technological development introduced options to improve general information transmission. Starting in the 1830s, a network of steamships, railways, canals and telegraphs was gradually built to connect different parts of the world. The book explains how the rate of information circulation increased many times over as mail systems were developed. Nevertheless, regional differences were huge. While improvements on the most significant trade routes between Europe, the Americas and East India were considere...
The Ketcheson Family
William K. Ketchison was born 7 July 1759 in Howden, Yorkshire, England. His parents were William Ketchison (1736-1763) and Sally Ayr. He emigrated in 1775 and settled in Virginia. He fought with the British in the American Revolution. He married Mary Rull (1761-1842) 16 March 1779 in Bedford, New York. They had ten children. They migrated to Canada in 1783 and settled first in Nova Scotia and then moved to Sidney, Ontario. William died in 1848 in Belleville, Ontario. Descendants and relatives lived throughout Ontario.
Stamping Through Astronomy
Stamps and other postal documents are an attractive vehicle for presenting astronomy and its development. Written with expertise and great enthusiasm, this unique book offers a historical and philatelic survey of astronomy and some related topics on space exploration. It contains more than 1300 color reproductions of stamps relating to the history of astronomy, ranging from the earliest observations of the sky to modern research conducted with satellites and space probes. Featured are the astronomers and astrophysicists who contributed to this marvelous story – not only Ptolemy, Copernicus, Kepler, Newton, Herschel, and Einstein but also hundreds of other minor protagonists who played an important role in the development of this, the most ancient yet the most modern of all the sciences. The book also examines in depth the diverse areas which have contributed to the history of astronomy, including the instrumentation, the theories, and the observations. Many stamps illustrate the beauty and the mystery of celestial objects: galaxies, nebulae, stars, planets, satellites, comets, and minor celestial bodies.
Douce vie du Capitalisme
Plus de cent mille emplois furent détruis entre 2003 et 2008. Grâce à sa faillite, la dette du nouveau GM fut ramenée de 288 millards à 5 millards de dollars.Jean-Claude Fresson est chef d'une entreprise familiale dans le Sud-Ouest de la France. Il n'a jamais entendu parler des Subprimes ou du niveau d'endettement de General Motor. Bien malgré lui, il sera victime de la crise financière. Richard Harper est américain et travaille pour une société funéraire internationale à Atlanta qui sera directement impactée para la crise.L'histoire prend pour toile de fond la société de consommation, livrant une vision des dommages subis sur les deux continents.
Mémoires du chef des services secrets de la France libre
Juin 1940: le capitaine Dewavrin, jeune polytechnicien, se retrouve en Angleterre avec les restes du corps expeditionnaire francais en Norvege. C'est l'un des rares officiers d'active a opter alors pour la France Libre. Autour de De Gaulle, tout est a faire. Dewavrin a vingt-neuf ans. Il ne connait rien aux services secrets. Il n'en deviendra pas moins, sous le nom de colonel Passy, l'une des figures legendaires de la lutte contre l'occupant allemand. C'est lui en effet qui, a Londres, creera et dirigera d'une main de fer un service de renseignements, de contre-espionnage et d'operations capable de piloter l'action de resistance sur le continent, mais aussi de tenir la dragee haute aux Britanniques. Bref: d'incarner une France souveraine. Il y contribuera sans relache, jusqu'en avril 1944. Voici un document exceptionnel sur ce combat, dans une nouvelle edition presentee et annotee par Jean-Louis Cremieux-Brilhac.
