John H. Davies Bücher
John Davies ist ein britischer Kartensammler, dessen Faszination für sowjetische Kartografie während seiner Arbeit in Lettland Anfang der 2000er Jahre begann. Nach seiner Pensionierung aus einer Karriere im Bereich Informationstechnik widmet er sich nun dem Schreiben und Halten von Vorträgen über diese einzigartigen Karten. Davies ist außerdem Herausgeber von Sheetlines, dem Journal der Charles Close Society, das sich dem Studium von Ordnance Survey Maps widmet. Seine Arbeit befasst sich mit der historischen und kulturellen Bedeutung, die in kartografischen Unternehmungen steckt.






In Seven Days to Freedom, John Davies shows how the biblical story of Creation is all about liberation and demonstrates how it is relevant to many contemporary concerns, including housing and land-tenure, slavery, climate- change, and education.
The Land of Boudica
- 251 Seiten
- 9 Lesestunden
Modern Archaeology is showing Norfolk to be a distinct region of national and international significance. This book traces the story of this area from the Ice Age and the first appearance of people, to the end of Roman Britain.
Compiled by two highly respected authors and museum curators, this richly illustrated book features 100 objects - ranging from a Viking Thor's Hammer and Lord Nelson's funeral drape, to the whistle used during the Christmas truce of 1914.
Lift Up Your Heads
- 212 Seiten
- 8 Lesestunden
We are increasingly conscious of the significance of our body language in our everyday interactions. The writers of the Bible were also aware of the role this nonverbal form of communication played and have recorded aspects of this in their narratives, or used idioms based on such gestures as head or hand movements, eye contact, and modes of dress. As with spoken or written language, postures and gestures need to be interpreted against a cultural background. This book provides a comprehensive overview of this rich world of nonverbal communication in the Old and New Testaments for the general reader and scholar alike.
80 Graded Studies for Saxophone
- 22 Seiten
- 1 Lesestunde
80 Graded Studies for Saxophone brings together in two books a broad selection of 18th and 19th century repertory, with studies by Arban, Baermenn, Blatt, Brod and others. Also included are a number of specially composed studies by Paul Harris. The studies are arranged in increasing difficulty from elementary level to early intermediate, according to a carefully planned technical progression.
Hanes Cymru (A History of Wales in Welsh)
- 752 Seiten
- 27 Lesestunden
Yn ymestyn o'r Oesoedd Ia hyd y dwthwn hwn, mae'r gyfrol feistrolgar hon yn olrhain hanes gwleidyddol, cymdeithasol a diwylliannol y rhan honno o'r byd y daethpwyd i'w hadnabod fel Cymru. Dyma'r llyfr sy'n egluro pam, er gwaethaf pawb a phopeth, 'rydym yma o hyd'.
From earliest records to the present day in one easy-to-read volume
The Red Atlas
- 234 Seiten
- 9 Lesestunden
From 1950 to 1990, the Soviet Army conducted a global topographic mapping program, creating large-scale maps for much of the world that included a diversity of detail that would have supported a full range of military planning. For big cities like New York, DC, and London to towns like Pontiac, MI and Galveston, TX, the Soviets gathered enough information to create street-level maps. What they chose to include on these maps can seem obvious like locations of factories and ports, or more surprising, such as building heights, road widths, and bridge capacities. Some of the detail suggests early satellite technology, while other specifics, like detailed depictions of depths and channels around rivers and harbors, could only have been gained by actual Soviet feet on the ground. The Red Atlas includes over 350 extracts from these Cold War maps, exploring their provenance and cartographic techniques as well as what they can tell us about their makers and the Soviet initiatives that were going on all around us.