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  • About Time

    A History of Civilization in Twelve Clocks

    by David Rooney ...
    A captivating, surprising history of timekeeping and how it has shaped our world.For thousands of years, people of all cultures have made and used clocks, from the city sundials of ancient Rome to the medieval water clocks of imperial China, hourglasses fomenting revolution in the Middle Ages, the Stock Exchange clock of Amsterdam in 1611, Enlightenment observatories in India, and the high ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Big Hop

    The First Non-stop Flight Across the Atlantic Ocean and Into the Future

    by David Rooney ...
    The inspiring story of a pathbreaking 1919 flight and the courageous fliers who risked their lives to make aviation history.In 1919, in Newfoundland, four teams of aviators came from Britain to compete in “the Big Hop”: an audacious race to be the first to fly, nonstop, across the Atlantic Ocean. One pair of competitors was forced to abandon the journey halfway, and two pairs never made it into ... Read more

    $20.59 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Mad Mike

    A Life of Brigadier Michael Calvert

    by David Rooney ...
    This penetrating biography tells the story of his life including his exploits in Norway and the early Commandos. It also uncovers new evidence revealing that his court martial was unjust. ... Read more

    $9.89 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Surrender at New Orleans

    General Sir Harry Smith in the Peninsula and America

    by David Rooney, Michael Scott ...
    A history of the marriage of Sir Harry Smith to Lady Smith, who accompanied him on British military campaigns throughout the world in the 19th century.General Sir Harry Smith, respected and beloved by the Duke of Wellington, famously married the Spanish beauty, Juana, after the siege of Badajoz in 1812. Juana choose to stay with her husband for the remaining battles of the Peninsula war. With the ... Read more

    $11.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • In Love & War

    The Lives and Marriage of General Harry and Lady Smith

    by David Rooney, Michael Scott ...
    An absorbing historical biography of the couple wed amid the chaos of the Napoleonic wars and their adventures from Europe to Asia to South Africa.The manner of their meeting was unprecedented. In 1812, during the lawless mayhem that followed the capture of Badajoz, Spain, by Wellington, a fourteen-year-old Spanish girl sought the protection of Captain Harry Smith. They fell in love and married ... Read more

    $9.89 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A History of Guerilla Warfare

    Insurgents, Patriots and Terrorists from Sun Tzu to Bin Laden

    by David Rooney ...
    A must-read for those intrigued by the ever-shifting landscape of unconventional warfare and its profound impact on contemporary global dynamics Throughout history, conflicts have given rise to unconventional forms of warfare, often propelled by personal, religious, tribal, or national ambitions. Historian David Rooney highlights pivotal figures such as the Maccabees, Napoleon, the Boer Wars, ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Stilwell the Patriot

    Vinegar Joe, the Brits, and Chiang Kai-Shek

    by David Rooney ...
    Joe Stilwell, known as Vinegar Joe” for his caustic personality, was stationed in Burma during World War II and famously differed in strategy from other commanders in his division. In retrospect analyses, it’s said that if he had gotten his way, the United States might have defeated the Communists in 1945 and changed the course of history.This meticulously-reached biography of Vinegar Joe presents ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Guerrilla Warfare

    Insurgents, Rebels, and Terrorists from Sun Tzu to Bin Laden

    by David Rooney ...
    The history of the world's most brutal surprise attacks: guerrilla warfare.Since man's earliest days, there has been conflict and, also from that point, unconventional forms of action where the norm was abandoned and the unorthodox employed. Here, historian David Rooney selects examples of the leaders who, for personal, religious, tribal, or national ambitions, have been trailblazers in this form ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • The Wine of Certitude

    A Literary Biography of Ronald Knox

    by David Rooney ...
    A well written and in-depth overview of the life and literary accomplishments of Ronald Knox, the famous Catholic convert and apologist from England who was a major figure in the English Catholic literary revival in the first half of the twentieth century.Rooney presents a look at the full range of Knox's writings including his apologetics, detective fiction, satire and other genres, offering an ... Read more

    $9.59 USD

  • Spaces of Congestion and Traffic

    Politics and Technologies in Twentieth-Century London

    by David Rooney ...
    Series series Transport and Mobility
    This book provides a political history of urban traffic congestion in the twentieth century, and explores how and why experts from a range of professional disciplines have attempted to solve what they have called ‘the traffic problem’.It draws on case studies of historical traffic projects in London to trace the relationship among technologies, infrastructures, politics, and power on the capital’s ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • Wisdom and Management in the Knowledge Economy

    by David Rooney, Bernard McKenna, Peter Liesch ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Strategic Management
    Today there are more technology, technologists, knowledge and experts than at any time in human history; but from a global perspective, it is difficult to argue that this accumulation of knowledge and technology has put the world in an unambiguously better position than it was in the past. Business is not getting any easier to do and major corporate collapses based on poor decisions, poor conduct, ... Read more

    $67.99 USD

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    About Time

    A History of Civilization in Twelve Clocks

    by David Rooney ...
    Narrated by David Rooney ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 57 min

    A captivating, surprising history of timekeeping and how it has shaped our world.For thousands of years, people of all cultures have made and used clocks, from the city sundials of ancient Rome to the medieval water clocks of imperial China, hourglasses fomenting revolution in the Middle Ages, the Stock Exchange clock of Amsterdam in 1611, Enlightenment observatories in India, and the high ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook