Blue-Water Empire is Robert Holland's magnificent narrative of Britain's military and cultural ties with the Mediterranean Sea, in the style of the epic naval histories of N. A. M. Rodger. Britain has been a major presence in the Mediterranean from the Battle of the Nile to the end of empire, as both a military and a colonizing force on the islands and coastlines of the sea. Robert Holland traces the fascinating story of that presence, from its legacies in culture, language, and law to the Mediterranean's own influence on Britain. Evoking the conflicts and contrasts between British and local societies caught up in dramatic events, as well as their mutual resilience under pressure, Blue-Water Empire charts with vigor, flair, and clarity the British experience in the Mediterranean in the age of empire.

Blue-Water Empire: The British in the Mediterranean Since 1800

History

Holland, Robert

Europe

Penguin

This is the first in-depth reconstruction of a major British decolonization based fully on original documentation. It is essential reading for anybody interested in the response of policy makers to the challenge of 'terrorism' overseas after 1945, the liquidation of the British Empire, the breakdown of ethnic co-existence under intense pressure, and the effects of regional destabilization on the wider international system.

Britain and the Revolt in Cyprus, 1954-1959

Clarendon Press

The British and the Hellenes: Struggles for Mastery in the Eastern Mediterranean 1850-1960

The age of nationalism in the eastern Mediterranean world began with the Greek revolt against Turkish rule in the 1820s. This book explores the power struggles which followed, focusing in particular on Britain's role in the expansion of Greece as an independent nation-state. The book traces events from these nineteenth-century origins right up to the travails of British colonial rule in Cyprus and its ending in 1960.

Markides, Diana

Oxford University Press

An evocative exploration of the impact of the Mediterranean on British culture, ranging from the mid-eighteenth century to today Ever since the age of the Grand Tour in the eighteenth century, the Mediterranean has had a significant pull for Britons—including many painters and poets—who sought from it the inspiration, beauty, and fulfillment that evaded them at home. Referred to as “Magick Land” by one traveler, dreams about the Mediterranean, and responses to it, went on to shape the culture of a nation. Written by one of the world’s leading historians of the Mediterranean, this book charts how a new sensibility arose from British engagement with the Mediterranean, ancient and modern. Ranging from Byron’s poetry to Damien Hirst’s installations, Robert Holland shows that while idealized visions and aspirations often met with disillusionment and frustration, the Mediterranean also offered a notably insular society the chance to enrich itself through an imagined world of color, carnival, and sensual self-discovery.

The Warm South: How the Mediterranean Shaped the British Imagination

Literature & Fiction

British & Irish

Yale University Press

Travel

Traces the career of the controversial rock guitarist who started with the Amboy Dukes, and includes his outspoken opinions on music and life

Ac/Dc Hell Ant No Bad Place to Be

Biographies & Memoirs

Arts & Literature

Omnibus Pr & Schirmer Trade Books

This book provides guidance on appraisal and repair of reinforced concrete building structures. It addresses the problems related to reinforced concrete, corrosion of reinforcement, cracking, cathodic protection and protective coatings, and it highlights the advantages and/or problems of each while explaining the methods and options available.

Appraisal and Repair of Reinforced Concrete (Appraisal and Repair of Building Structures)

Engineering & Transportation

Engineering

Thomas Telford, Ltd.

Here is the truth about the concerted effort of the Big Government, Big Education and Big Business establishments to restructure America's schools into centers of groupthink and conformity to programmed "outcomes".

Not With My Child, You Don't: A Citizens' Guide to Eradicating OBE and Restoring Education

Education & Teaching

Schools & Teaching

Chesapeake Capital Services

A novel of adventure and mystery set in the wilderness of northern Maine during the time the river drives were ending and the roads were coming in. Jared MacBurron, 16, is the last school age kid in the village of Bear River, a way station for the loggin crews moving up and down the river. From time to time there are prize fights among the loggers and Jared has taught himself to box by watching the fights from the loft of the big barn where they are held. He learns a gret deal more when an old has-been professional fighter turns up and challenges for the Bear River Championship.This story is rich with the stories of the wilderness, and includes an encounter with a rogue bear and a sasquatch.

The Last Champion (Books for Boys)

Frost Hollow Pubns

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Blue-Water Empire: The British in the Mediterranean Since 1800

Britain and the Revolt in Cyprus, 1954-1959

The British and the Hellenes: Struggles for Mastery in the Eastern Mediterranean 1850-1960

The British and the Hellenes: Struggles for Mastery in the Eastern Mediterranean 1850-1960

The Warm South: How the Mediterranean Shaped the British Imagination

The Warm South: How the Mediterranean Shaped the British Imagination

Ac/Dc Hell Ant No Bad Place to Be

Appraisal and Repair of Reinforced Concrete (Appraisal and Repair of Building Structures)

Not With My Child, You Don't: A Citizens' Guide to Eradicating OBE and Restoring Education

The Last Champion (Books for Boys)