Resultados da Pesquisa: Autores começando com U de Mikhail Barkovskiy

Polish text, summary in English and German. 20,5x29, Hb, laminated, new copy, 412pp, well illustrated. Descr. the Upper Silesian Canal (the Gliwice Canal), connecting the Oder (Odra) River to the city of Gliwice, which was built from 1935 to 1939 to replaced the old Klodnitz Canal (Klodnitzkanal). In 1939 it was renamed the Adolf Hitler Canal (Adolf-Hitler-Kanal). Incl.: foreword; PART I: history of the Upper Silesian Canal: historic and economic background, construction and operation of the Adolf Hitler Canal: the beginning of construction 1933-34, construction progress in 1935, construction progress in 1936, construction progress in 1937, construction progress in 1938, commissioning and beginning of operation, WWII period, postwar reconstruction and operation; afterword: modernization of locks on the Gliwice Canal; PART II: Heritage of the Gliwice Canal: the Gliwice Canal and its water infrastructure: route and waterway technical parameters, water barrages and locks, road and railroad bridges, weirs… Ler mais

Text in Polish. 17x24 cm, Hb, laminated, new copy, 142pp. Well illustrated: near 100 color photographs (incl. sevelar full-page). Descr. dozens of hunting knives from Poland, Czech Republic, Germany and Scandinavia. Each knife's description includes short text, type, overall length, blade length, back-of-blade thickness, steel hardness, hilt, scabbard and weight. Incl.: introduction; what makes a good hunting knife; the design of a knife; leading knives manufactures in Europe: Spain, France, Italy, Switzerland; hunting knives from Central Europe and Scandinavia: Poland, Germany, Czech Republic, Sweden, Norway, Finland; Polish laws regulating the sale and possession of knives as compared to other EU countries