Bøger af Andrew Pickering

Introducing a wide range of contemporary historical sources, this book explores the fascinating history of England during an era of political turmoil and religious upheaval. Following an introductory section that outlines the social and economic context of events in the second half of the fifteenth century, it covers the history of the Wars of the Roses and the Tudor monarchy. A final chapter provides an overview of English society and culture in the sixteenth century. The author, Andrew Pickering, is the Programme Manager for a Plymouth University BA (Hons) degree in History, Heritage and Archaeology delivered at Strode College in Street, Somerset. He also is also a Senior Examiner for OCR A Level History.

This book, fully colour illustrated, tells the fascinating story of Bruton, a small town in Somerset, England, and its environs from the earliest times to the present day. An important ecclesiastical centre since the seventh century, notable individuals in Bruton's history include Sir John Fitzjames, standard bearer serving three monarchs and a co-founder of Bruton's free grammar school, Stephan Batman, an eminent Tudor author and cleric, Sir Hugh Sexey, the town's great benefactor, and Gabriel Felling and Ernst Blensdorf, two of its most admired artist-craftsmen. R. D. Blackmore, author of Lorna Doone was schooled in Bruton and, for most of 1959, it was home to the great American novelist, John Steinbeck. The lives of ordinary folk raising families, working on the land and in the town's mills, are revealed in a host of parochial records and in the fabric of the buildings in which they lived and worked, prayed and played.

Explore the secret history of Frome and the surrounding area through a fascinating selection of stories, facts and photographs.

Cybernetics is often thought of as a grim military or industrial science of control. This title follows the history of cybernetics' impact on the world, from contemporary robotics and complexity theory to the Chilean economy under Salvador Allende.

Recounts the history of the post-war conceptual development of elementary-particle physics. Inviting a reappraisal of the status of scientific knowledge, the text suggests that scientists are not mere passive observers and reporters of nature.

An engaging range of period texts and theme books for AS and A Level history.