Mackenzie: 844 books

The initial Australian and British victory over Rommels Afrika Korps on Easter Monday 1941 at Tobruk was Germanys first defeat in World War II. Incongruously the vital actions of Queenslands 2-15 Battalion on that day have been generally ignored. For the first time, this investigation places that...

The Prophecies of the Brahan Seer contains a brief history, and discusses the prophecies of Coinneach Odhar.

A compilation of lore, legend, tradition and incident from the Isle of Skye. It contains a large amount of information on the geography of the island (particularly the north) along with sections on crofting, the Church, local superstitions, sayings, second sight and even local characters past and...

"The United States finds itself at a pivotal point in its history. Indeed, following the track of collapsed civilizations as described by John Glubb in The Fate of Empires, our nation is exhibiting many of the symptoms of accelerating decline. Why? Because the very leaders we have trusted and...

ArchiCAD 19 The Definitive Guide ensures that you are equipped with the knowledge and skills required to take up any construction project, empowering you to successfully create your own projects.You will create two complete projects right from scratch, including a residential and a healthcare...

The inspiring stories of 6 people who changed history. Contents:Harriet Tubman, the slave who helped hundreds of other slaves to escapeEmmeline Pankhurst who wanted women to be able to voteMaria Montessori, the doctor who found a new way to teach childrenHelen Keller, the deaf and blind woman who...

The inspiring stories of 6 people who changed history. Contents:Marco Polo who taught the world about ChinaIbn Battuta who travelled to 44 countriesChristopher Columbus who discovered new worldsJames Cook, first to sail around the world in both directionsDavid Livingstone who explored AfricaYuri Gagarin,...

The inspiring stories of 6 people who changed history. Contents:Edward Jenner, the man who fought the terrible disease, smallpoxFlorence Nightingale, the nurse known as ‘the lady with the lamp’Elizabeth Garrett, England’s first female doctorCarl Jung, the doctor who wanted to understand the...

The inspiring stories of 6 people who changed history. Contents:Confucius, the great Chinese philosopherSocrates, the great Greek philosopherAristotle, the first to organize scientific knowledgeWilliam Wilberforce who ended the British slave tradeKarl Marx who wrote The Communist Manifesto and Das...

The inspiring stories of 6 people who changed history. Contents:Voltaire, the French writer who believed in equality for allCharlotte Brontë, the British novelist who wrote Jane EyreMark Twain, the American who wrote Huckleberry Finn and Tom SawyerJacques Prévert, the writer known in France as ‘the...

The inspiring stories of 6 people who changed history. Contents:William the Conqueror, the first Norman King of EnglandSaladin, historic Muslim leaderGenghis Khan, famous leader of the Mongol empireCatherine the Great, the woman who turned Russia into an empireAbraham Lincoln who stopped slavery in...

The inspiring stories of 6 people who changed history. Contents:Galileo who wanted to show that the earth went around the sunRené Descartes, the Frenchman who famously said ‘I think, therefore I am’Sir Isaac Newton who proved how gravity worksCarl Friedrich Gauss, ‘the Prince of Mathematicians’Charles...

The inspiring stories of 6 people who changed history. Contents:Joseph-Michel Montgolfier, who helped humans to flyLouis Blériot, the first person to cross the sea in an aeroplaneCharles Lindbergh, first to cross the Atlantic aloneAmelia Earhart, the first woman to fly alone across the AtlanticAmy...

Originally published in 1935. In this volume the folk-lore of Scotland is given intensive study and its characteristic features bought into prominence. Comparative notes are provided along with a historical summary which deals chiefly with intrusions, settlements or expulsions of aliens; and there...