David Lyon
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Description
David Lyon was a naval ship historian and archaeologist. Lyon spent his working life at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, where for over twenty years he looked after the huge ships-plans collection before becoming Curator of Naval Ordnance, then Head of Enquiries and finally Chief of Research of the Maritime Information Centre. Lyon served in the Royal Navy Reserve and, having qualified as a diving officer, was instrumental in the development of underwater archaeology in Britain, diving on the Mary Rose amongst others. He was a member of the Council of the Society for Nautical Research and of the Nautical Museums Trust. He has written and lectured extensively both in Britain and abroad an his many publications include "The Sailing Navy List," "The Denny List," "Steam, Steel and Torpedoes," and "Sea Battles in Close-up: The Nelson Era."
Books
New England
The steeple's shadow
In The Steeple's Shadow, David Lyon argues that there is a fundamental fault in the sociology which predicts an inevitable withering away of the Church's influence in people's lives. He surveys the debate and shows that although secularization is an interesting concept for understanding the apparent decline and isolation of churches in the West, it is misleading to assume that religion itself is dying. Lyon distinguishes between the myths and realities of the process of secularization and shows that by developing a clear picture of the social world, Christians can understand both its challenges and its opportunities, and can determine for themselves what the place of religion should be in today's world. --From publisher's description.
Karl Marx
Washington, D.C.
A study of power and change in Washington, D.C. during the middle of the twentieth century.
Historic Boston
"Historic Boston includes the most rewarding and easily visited of its National Historic Landmarks"--
Firewall: Jonas Dahlberg. Ausstellung, Ausstellungshalle Zeitgen ossischer Kunst, M unster, 27.6. - 5.9.2004
118 pages : 24 x 25 cm