|
Longman–History Today Awards
The Longman–''History Today'' Awards is the name of an annual awards ceremony, run by Longman and '' History Today'' magazine, in which prizes are presented in various categories "to promote the study, publication and accessibility of history to a wide audience." The awards, given in memory of one of the founding editors of ''History Today'', Sir Peter Quennell, are announced at a gala event in London each January. The award categories are: *The Trustees Award: given to a person or organisation that has done most to promote history over the last year or years. *Book of the Year: given for an author’s first or second book. *Picture Researcher of the Year: given to a researcher who has done outstanding work to enhance a text with the creative, imaginative and wide-ranging selection of appropriate images. *Undergraduate Dissertation of the Year: for the best dissertation presented by a final-year undergraduate at a British university. Past winners (note: in 2012 the decision ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Longman
Longman, also known as Pearson Longman, is a publishing company founded in London, England, in 1724 and is owned by Pearson PLC. Since 1968, Longman has been used primarily as an imprint by Pearson's Schools business. The Longman brand is also used for the Longman Schools in China and the ''Longman Dictionary''. History Beginnings The Longman company was founded by Thomas Longman (1699 – 18 June 1755), the son of Ezekiel Longman (died 1708), a gentleman of Bristol. Thomas was apprenticed in 1716 to John Osborn, a London bookseller, and at the expiration of his apprenticeship married Osborn's daughter. In August 1724, he purchased the stock and household goods of William Taylor, the first publisher of ''Robinson Crusoe'', for 9s 6d. Taylor's two shops in Paternoster Row, London, were known respectively as the '' Black Swan'' and the ''Ship'', premises at that time having signs rather than numbers, and became the publishing house premises. Longman entered into part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Great War And Modern Memory
''The Great War and Modern Memory'' is a book of literary criticism written by Paul Fussell and published in 1975 by Oxford University Press. It describes the literary responses by English participants in World War I to their experiences of combat, particularly in trench warfare. The perceived futility and insanity of this conduct became, for many gifted Englishmen of their generation, a metaphor for life. Fussell describes how the collective experience of the "Great War" was correlated with, and to some extent underlain by, an enduring shift in the aesthetic perceptions of individuals, from the tropes of Romanticism that had guided young adults before the war, to the harsher themes that came to be dominant during the war and after. Genres Fussell's criticism crosses genre boundaries, attempting to describe how the experience of the war overwhelmed its participants and forced them to share a common atmosphere in their essays, letters home, novels, humor, and poetry. This exper ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Sea (1995 Book)
''Black Sea'' is a non-fiction book of travel and history by the Scottish writer Neal Ascherson. Its subject is the Black Sea and its surrounding lands. On its publication in 1995, the book received high praise from critics such as Richard Bernstein, Timothy Garton Ash, Karl Miller Karl Fergus Connor Miller FRSL (2 August 1931 – 24 September 2014) was a Scottish literary editor, critic and writer. Miller was born in the village of Loanhead, Midlothian, and was educated at the Royal High School of Edinburgh and Downi ... and Noel Malcolm. ''Black Sea'' won the Saltire Award for Literature in 1995 and the ''Los Angeles Times'' Book Award for History in 1996. References {{reflist British travel books 1995 non-fiction books 1995 in Scotland Scottish non-fiction books ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cambridge University Press
Cambridge University Press is the university press of the University of Cambridge. Granted letters patent by Henry VIII of England, King Henry VIII in 1534, it is the oldest university press A university press is an academic publishing house specializing in monographs and scholarly journals. Most are nonprofit organizations and an integral component of a large research university. They publish work that has been reviewed by schola ... in the world. It is also the King's Printer. Cambridge University Press is a department of the University of Cambridge and is both an academic and educational publisher. It became part of Cambridge University Press & Assessment, following a merger with Cambridge Assessment in 2021. With a global sales presence, publishing hubs, and offices in more than 40 Country, countries, it publishes over 50,000 titles by authors from over 100 countries. Its publishing includes more than 380 academic journals, monographs, reference works, school and uni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Craig Koslofsky
__NOTOC__ Craig may refer to: Geology * Craig (landform), a rocky hill or mountain often having large casims or sharp intentations. People (and fictional characters) *Craig (surname) *Craig (given name) Places Scotland *Craig, Angus, aka Barony of Craigie United States *Craig, Alaska, a city * Craig, Colorado, a city *Craig, Indiana, an unincorporated place *Craig, Iowa, a city *Craig, Missouri, a city *Craig, Montana, an unincorporated place * Craig, Nebraska, a village * Craig, Ohio, an unincorporated community * Craig County, Virginia * Craig County, Oklahoma * Craig Township (other) (two places) Other uses * Craig (song) * Craig Electronics, a consumer electronics company * Craig Broadcast Systems, later Craig Media and finally Craig Wireless, a defunct Canadian media and communication company * Clan Craig, a Scottish clan * Craig tube, a piece of scientific apparatus See also *''Craig v. Boren'', a U.S. Supreme Court case * Justice Craig (other) Justice Cr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gordon Campbell (scholar)
Gordon Campbell FBA (born November 29rd 1944) is a professor of Renaissance Studies at the University of Leicester known for his work on Milton and on the King James Bible. Campbell is one of the "world's leading authorities on the King James Bible." He has published extensively in a number of areas. Work ''The Guardian'' called Campbell's book on Milton the "definitive biography" of our era. In 2021, in a new book and an article for ''Time'', Campbell discusses the Norse colonization of North America as being distorted for political ends, including some which promote white supremacy. Books * (With Thomas Corns) ''John Milton: Life, Work and Thought'' (Oxford University Press, 2008) * ''Bible: the Story of the King James Version 1611-2011'' (Oxford University Press, 2010) * ''The Hermit in the Garden: from Imperial Rome to Ornamental Gnome'' (Oxford University Press Oxford University Press (OUP) is the university press of the University of Oxford. It is the larges ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenneth Powell (writer) (Kendall J. Powell, born c. 1950), American businessman; chief executive officer of General Mills
{{hndis, Powell, Kenneth ...
Kenneth Powell may refer to: Sports * Kenneth Powell (sprinter) (1940–2022), Indian sprinter * Kenneth Powell (tennis) (1885–1915), British tennis player * Kenneth Powell (hurdler), British hurdler and champion at the Inter-Empire Championships Others * Kenneth J. W. Powell, Bishop Primus of the Free Church of England * Kenneth R. Powell (1915–1987), U.S. Air Force officer See also * Ken Powell Kendall J. Powell (born c. 1954) is an American businessman. He is the former Chairman of General Mills from 2008 to 2017, and chief executive officer (CEO) from 2007 to 2017. Early life and education Powell was born circa 1954 in Denver, Colora ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oxford University Press
Oxford University Press (OUP) is the university press of the University of Oxford. It is the largest university press in the world, and its printing history dates back to the 1480s. Having been officially granted the legal right to print books by decree in 1586, it is the second oldest university press after Cambridge University Press. It is a department of the University of Oxford and is governed by a group of 15 academics known as the Delegates of the Press, who are appointed by the vice-chancellor of the University of Oxford. The Delegates of the Press are led by the Secretary to the Delegates, who serves as OUP's chief executive and as its major representative on other university bodies. Oxford University Press has had a similar governance structure since the 17th century. The press is located on Walton Street, Oxford, opposite Somerville College, in the inner suburb of Jericho. For the last 500 years, OUP has primarily focused on the publication of pedagogical texts and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Schwarz
Bill Schwarz (born 1951) is an English historian, who is a Professor in the School of English and Drama at Queen Mary, University of London, his research focusing on postcolonial history."Bill Schwarz, BA (York), Professor of English" Queen Mary, University of London. Schwarz is the author of ''Memories of Empire: The White Man's World'', which was Book of the Year at the Longman/History Today Awards in 2013. He is literary executor, with Catherine Hall, of cultural theorist Stu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pevsner Architectural Guides
The Pevsner Architectural Guides are a series of guide books to the architecture of Great Britain and Ireland. Begun in the 1940s by the art historian Sir Nikolaus Pevsner, the 46 volumes of the original Buildings of England series were published between 1951 and 1974. The series was then extended to Scotland, Wales and Ireland in the late 1970s. Most of the English volumes have had subsequent revised and expanded editions, chiefly by other authors. The final Scottish volume, ''Lanarkshire and Renfrewshire'', was published in autumn 2016. This completed the series' coverage of Great Britain, in the 65th anniversary year of its inception. The Irish series remains incomplete. Origin and research methods After moving to the United Kingdom from his native Germany as a refugee in the 1930s, Nikolaus Pevsner found that the study of architectural history had little status in academic circles, and that the amount of information available, especially to travellers wanting to inform themselv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Historypin
Historypin is a digital, user-generated archive of historical photos, videos, audio recordings and personal recollections. Users are able to use the location and date of their content to "pin" it to Google Maps. Where Google Street View is available, users can overlay historical photographs and compare it with the contemporary location. This content can be added and explored online. There were formerly a series of smartphone applications, but these were discontinued as of 2015 latest. The project was created by the non-profit company Shift (formerly We Are What We Do), as part of their inter-generational work, with funding and support from Google as part of a series of commitments to digital inclusion. The website has over 200,000 assets and recollections "pinned" to the Historypin map around the world, with higher contributions in the UK, USA and Australia. The beta version of the website was launched in June 2010 at the Royal Institute in London by Nick Stanhope, CEO of Shift an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dialogue Concerning The Two Chief World Systems
The ''Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems'' (''Dialogo sopra i due massimi sistemi del mondo'') is a 1632 Italian-language book by Galileo Galilei comparing the Copernican system with the traditional Ptolemaic system. It was translated into Latin as ''Systema cosmicum'' ( en, Cosmic System) in 1635 by Matthias Bernegger. The book was dedicated to Galileo's patron, Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, who received the first printed copy on February 22, 1632. In the Copernican system, the Earth and other planets orbit the Sun, while in the Ptolemaic system, everything in the Universe circles around the Earth. The ''Dialogue'' was published in Florence under a formal license from the Inquisition. In 1633, Galileo was found to be "vehemently suspect of heresy" based on the book, which was then placed on the ''Index of Forbidden Books'', from which it was not removed until 1835 (after the theories it discussed had been permitted in print in 1822). In an acti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
.jpg "Click for more on -> Oxford University Press")
