1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910369258703321

Titolo

Sport in the greek and roman worlds / edited by Thomas F. Scanlon

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014

ISBN

978-0-19-921531-7

978-0-19-870378-5

Descrizione fisica

2 v. : ill. ; 22 cm

Collana

Oxford readings in classical studies

Disciplina

796.0937

796.0938

Locazione

FLFBC

Collocazione

796.093 SCA 1(1)

796.093 SCA 1(2)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

1.: Early Greece, the olympics, and contents 2.: Greek athletic identities and roman sports and spectacle



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910452635003321

Autore

Edmondson Chuck

Titolo

Fast car physics [[electronic resource] /] / Chuck Edmondson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Baltimore, MD, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011

ISBN

1-4214-0114-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (246 p.)

Disciplina

629.2/31

Soggetti

Automobiles - Dynamics

Automobiles - Equipment and supplies

Automobiles - Design and construction

Physics

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-224) and index.



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910817071303321

Autore

Brook-Shepherd Gordon <1918-2004, >

Titolo

Uncrowned emperor : the life and times of Otto von Habsburg / / Gordon Brook-Shepherd

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, [England] ; ; New York, [New York] : , : Hambledon and London, , 2003

©2003

ISBN

1-283-20178-X

9786613201782

0-8264-3280-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (285 p.)

Disciplina

940.5/092

943.605092

Soggetti

Pretenders to the throne - Austria

Austria Biography

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Illustrations; Introduction; 1 A Shaky Inheritance; 2 The Perfect Match; 3 Collapse: A Child's Eye View; 4 Exile at Home: Eckartsau; 5 Swiss Dramas; 6 'Your Majesty'; 7 The Conundrum of the Crown; 8 Meltdown in Vienna; 9 Fatal Encounter; 10 Takeover by Telephone; 11 Homecoming; 12 New Horizons; 13 Across the Water; 14 Dropping Anchor; 15 Mr Europe; 16 Balance Sheet; 17 Royal Endgame; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The Austro-Hungarian Empire dominated central Europe until 1918, when the last Habsburg Emperor, Karl, fled into exile. Karl's death in 1921 made his nine-year-old son Otto head of the Hapsburg family, a position he has now held for over eighty years. Born heir presumptive to an empire that stretched from the Tyrol to Transylvania, and from Poland to Sarajevo, Otto von Habsburg's life has both affected and been reflected in some of the most dramatic and historic events of the twentieth century. As a four year old in 1916, he walked in the funeral procession of the Emperor Franz Josef. Otto von