Sentences with phrase «fascinating war history»

There are Aboriginal heritage items, buildings dating back to the early 1800s and a fascinating war history.

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It's the greatest war in human history, and so its history is filled with many fascinating details.

Alfonso Gomez - Rejon's «The Current War» tackles a fascinating pivot point in technological and commercial history: the late 19th century battle between Thomas Alva Edison and George Westinghouse to fully electrify the United States.

««Free State of Jones» is a well - intentioned slog through a potentially fascinating bit of Civil War history, brought to life only by Matthew McConaughey «s performance, and then only occasionally.

The seemingly innocuous structure of Kiarostami's film, a series of apparently mundane conversations with wildly spinning depths that over time accumulate such weight, such possibility, that builds to a crescendo with the year's most shattering momentum, wins out over Boal's screenplay that is more than just the effective distillation of a decade of history, but a radical (for Hollywood at least) rethinking of character and a fascinating, open - ended exploration of what counts as evidence and certainty in the post-Iraq War world.

Louisiana in World War II Teacher Professional Development Webinar November 8, 2017 Teacher Programs & Curriculum Specialist Joshua Goodman, PhD, explores fascinating stories, primary sources, and teaching tools to enhance your curriculum about this critical time in Louisiana's history.

This is fascinating — ripe, if you will — with wars and revolutions, history and literature, business and politics, and enough colorful characters and events for a half - dozen movies.

- Nicholas Meyer, New York Times Best Seller and Screenplay Academy Award nominee for The Seven Percent Solution; screenwriter, The Human Stain; director of Star Trek II — The Wrath of Khan «Juliana Maio's City of the Sun belongs in the «one percent» of new novels to read, not only because of the way she weaves suspense to keep you turning pages, but because she has married it all to a fascinating point in World War Two history with Middle East setting descriptions that will have you swearing you've been there.

No reader interested in twentieth - century history and the Second World War will want to miss this collection of fascinating essays.

Orlean's fascinating book not only tells the story of Rin Tin Tin, but it also captures the story of silent movies and old Hollywood, as well as the history of dogs in war.

Delve into the region's fascinating World War II history in Unalaska, visit the incredible wildlife sanctuaries of Alaska's Pribilof Islands, and spy brown bears on the Alaska Peninsula.

From its inception as a military fortress during the Civil War era, to the revolutionary 18 - month occupation by the Indians of All Tribes during the 1960s, to its standing today as one of the country's most popular National Park sites, the history of Alcatraz is fascinating to discover.

Encounter relics of Europe's greatest empires — from the Romans and Austro - Hungarians to the Dutch — and delve into World War II history in fascinating cities like Nuremberg, Salzburg, and Budapest.

This is a fascinating site that serves as a great educational outing for kids interested in learning about World War history and about how life was in the old days.

This fascinating and multiple award - winning museum aims to educate visitors by accurately recreating the sights, sounds and atmosphere of wartime Britain, with each of the camp's original huts recounting the history of the war from its origins to its conclusion.

The ship, which is now a hotel, has a fascinating history as a luxury ocean liner and as a U-boat dodging, high - speed troop carrier during the Second World War.

Whether you have close or distant relatives who fought in the conflict, you want to pay your respects to the sacrifices of those that lost their lives, or simply have an interest in the history of the war, our battlefields tours offer a fascinating insight into this dark period of world history for every visitor.

Ubud has an extremely strong culture and a fascinating history of royal presence that continues to this day and has been one of the courses of Ubud's deep cultural roots, war and the artistic history of the area.

Other reasons are the presence of the royal family through history, the sacred mother temple in the area and the fascinating history of war and artistic communities.

Total War: China has been on the cards for a while now, boasting as it does a fascinating period of history where the feuding states need to be brought together into an Empire, so we'll be shocked if the new game isn't that since it's perfect for Total War.

The history of this invisibility in the US right after the war has been thoroughly examined by Serge Guilbaut in a fascinating article published in French on the occasion of the artist's 1989 retrospective at the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris, entitled Bram van Velde in America: the invisible painting.

The book starts with the fascinating history of the orange industry in florida; it was not a juice industry until after World War II, when processors finally figured out how to make frozen concentrated juice that actually tasted good.