Search:

Results 11 to 20 of 336 | « previous |

The history of forts & castles / by Hogg, Ian V.,1926-2002.(CARDINAL)150150;
Includes bibliographical references (page 252).The ancient world -- The Norman tradition -- The path of the Crusades -- Medieval Spain and Italy -- Germany and central Europe -- Castles and cannon -- Classical fortification -- The age of Vauban -- Girdle forts and national protection -- Rifles and wrought iron -- Coastal defence -- Concrete and high explosive -- Field fortification -- The great defensive lines -- A war of improvisation -- The modern world.Traces the development of fortifications from the first primitive mud walls, through the great castles of the Middle Ages, to the Atlantic Wall and right up to today with the defenses to nuclear silos.
Subjects: Fortification;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
unAPI

Bunker : building for the end times / by Garrett, Bradley L.,author.(CARDINAL)404688;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Since prehistory, bunkers have been built as protection from cataclysmic social and environmental forces, and as places of power and transformation. Today, the bunker has become the extreme expression of our greatest fears- from pandemics to climate change and nuclear war. And once you look, it doesn't take long to start seeing bunkers everywhere. In Bunker, acclaimed urban explorer and cultural geographer Bradley Garrett explores the global and rapidly growing movement of 'prepping' for social and environmental collapse, or 'Doomsday'. From the 'dread merchants' hustling safe spaces in the American mid-West to eco-fortresses in Thailand, from geoscrapers to armoured mobile bunkers, Bunker is a brilliant, original and never less than deeply disturbing story from the frontlines of the way we live now, an illuminating reflection on our age of disquiet and dread that brings it into new, sharp focus. The bunker, Garrett shows, is all around us, in malls, airports, gated communities, the vehicles we drive. Most of all, he shows, it's in our minds.
Subjects: Survival; Survivalism.; Fortification.;
Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 6
unAPI

American Civil War fortifications. by Dennis, Peter,illustrator.(CARDINAL)649945; Field, Ron,author.(CARDINAL)207676; Hook, Adam,illustrator.(CARDINAL)273527; Konstam, Angus,author.(CARDINAL)283275;
Includes bibliographical references and index.V.1. Costal brick and stone forts/A. Konstam -- V.2. Land and field fortificaitons/Ron Field -- v.3. The Mississippi and River Forts/Ron Field.The Mississippi River played a decisive role in the American Civil War. The Confederate fortifications that controlled the lower Mississippi valley were put to the test in the lengthy Federal campaign of 1862-63. Vicksburg was a fortress city, known as the "Gibraltar of the Confederacy," whose capture is often seen as the key to victory in the war. This book explores the fortifications of the river valley, focusing on Vicksburg and its defenses which boasted a network of forts, rifle pits, and cannon embrasures surrounding the city and examining the strengths and weaknesses of the fortifications when under siege. Also examined are numerous other fortified strongholds, including New Orleans, Port Hudson, New Madrid and, forts Henry and Donelson, all lavishly illustrated with full color artwork and cutaways. --
Subjects: Fortification;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
unAPI

The history of castles : fortifications around the world / by Gravett, Christopher,1951-(CARDINAL)377971;
Subjects: Castles; Fortification;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 5
unAPI

Efficient action in the construction of field fortification : a study of the Civil War defenses of Raleigh, North Carolina / by Higgins, Thomas F.(CARDINAL)856342;
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 69-74).
Subjects: Academic theses.; Fortification;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
unAPI

A monster moved in! / by Knapman, Timothy,author.(CARDINAL)348613; Schauer, Loretta,illustrator.(CARDINAL)619052;
"It's raining, and Ben is stuck inside with nothing to do. Then he comes up with a wonderful idea: he will build a fort! "But a monster might move in!" say Mom and Dad. After playing for a while, Ben wishes that a monster would move in. BIG MISTAKE!"--Provided by publisher.AD530L
Subjects: Fiction.; Fortification; Monsters;
Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 5
unAPI

A treatise on field fortification : containing instructions on the methods of laying out, constructing, defending, and attacking intrenchments; with the general outlines also of the arrangement, the attack and defence of permanent fortifications/ by Mahan, D. H.(Dennis Hart),1802-1871.(CARDINAL)187126;
Subjects: Defensive (Military science); Fortification.; Offensive (Military science); Siege warfare.; Old State Library Collection.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
unAPI

Castle / by Macaulay, David.;
Subjects: Castles; Fortification;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
unAPI

Castle / by Macaulay, David.(CARDINAL)327876;
Text and detailed drawings follow the planning and construction of a "typical" castle and adjoining town in thirteenth-century Wales.1180LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Castles; Fortification;
Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 5
unAPI

The world of castles and forts / by Day, Malcolm.(CARDINAL)361669;
An illustrated history of castles and forts through the ages, from Mycenaean citadels to bomb shelters.
Subjects: Fortification; Castles;
Available copies: 7 / Total copies: 8
unAPI

Results 11 to 20 of 336 | « previous |