Ian Collinson Boeken

"This book follows the trade winds, the trade routes, and the port cities across the East Indies and the Orient. High finance, piracy, greed, ambition, double dealing, exploitation all is here. Driven by the search for spices, silks, gold, silver, porcelains and other oriental goods the Portuguese trading monopoly was challenged by the Dutch East India Company and then the English East India Company, the worlds first joint stock and multi-national trading companies. The struggle for supremacy between the Portuguese, the Dutch and the English ranged across the Eastern Seas and in the settlements of Goa, Malacca, Ambon, Macao, Canton, Nagasaki, Solor, Batavia, Macassar, Johor and Singapore for 250 years. Visitors to these destination will be interested in this book. The story is told by the history of these port cities, beginning with Malacca -- one of the worlds largest trading ports in 16th century and ending with the founding of Singapore and Hong Kong." --Publisher description.

The only Social Work specific, pure study skills book on the market, which guides the student through every step of the qualifying degree.

Explores a decade of great change in South Shields in the 1950s.

The book explores the enduring significance of reading in a world increasingly dominated by visual media. It challenges the notion that book reading is in decline, highlighting the continued passion of millions of readers despite modern distractions. The author argues against the pessimistic view that cultural standards are falling, emphasizing the complexity of book culture that often goes unrecognized. Through this lens, the text examines the resilience of literature and its vital role in shaping cultural vitality across generations.

Making a case for Hamlet as the world's most frequently filmed text, and using specially commissioned interviews with cast, directors and screenwriters, 'Hamlet' and World Cinema reveals a rich history of cinematic production. This book will appeal to students studying Shakespeare in performance and film and media studies.

South Shields Pubs gives a unique and fascinating insight into some of South Shields famous and infamous pubs, taverns and inns.

This book follows the epic voyages of Joseph Banks, Charles Darwin, and Alfred Russel Wallace through the voyage of Continent Australia after it breaks away from Antarctica 50 million years ago - with its raft of Gondwanaland flora and fauna - and begins its journey north towards the equator. The voyage of Joseph Banks on the Endeavour, who with Daniel Solander became the first trained naturalists to describe the unique flora and fauna of Continent Australia that had evolved during its 30 million years of isolation. The voyage of Charles Darwin on the Beagle, who after his observations in South America and the Galapagos Islands, sat on the banks of the Coxs River in New South Wales and tried to rationalise his belief in the idea of biblical creation and understand the origin of species

A fascinating tour of South Tyneside's pub scene, charting the area's taverns, alehouses and watering holes, from past centuries to more recent times.