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Richard Holmes
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A classic reissue of Richard Holmes's brilliant book on Samuel Johnson's friendship with the poet Richard Savage, which won the James Tait Black Prize for Biography. Dr. Johnson & Mr. Savage is the story of a mysterious eighteenth-century friendship. Richard Savage was a poet, playwright and convicted murderer who roamed through the brothels and society salons of Augustan England creating a legend of poetic injustice. Strangest of all his achievements...
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In 1643 and again in 1644 the forces of King Charles I and Parliament clashed at Newbury in a bloody fight. Each time the fate of the country hung in the balance. Chris Scott retells the story of these two complex and exciting battles and provides a fascinating guided tour of the surviving battlefields.
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In 1719, sixteen families left Ireland for America and founded a community called Nutfield, which evolved into modern Derry. For centuries, Derry retained its small-town character, but the 1963 opening of Interstate 93 changed the town forever. Within a decade, its population doubled. Derry is now the state's most populous town. This charming collection of over two hundred photographs presents Derry in its quieter years, when trolleys crisscrossed...
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You can survive your life's storms!
In this book, you will understand and learn from the issues, thoughts, motivations, and dynamics in Noah's life that transformed him from a nobody into the one man that God chose to use for the survival of humanity.
Not only that, you will uncover...
- what you need to be and do to be a person used by God
- how to leave a legacy for the saving of your family, friends, city, and nation.
Discover how to build an...
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When the Ulster Scots arrived in New Hampshire in 1719, there were no roads in Derry (then called Nutfield). Led by the Reverend James McGregor, the "Moses of the Scotch-Irish in America," the entire congregation of Aghadowey had trekked from their home county of Londonderry, Ireland, to start their lives anew, undeterred by British prejudice or Anglican intolerance. These hardy men and women were great walkers, and during the eighteenth century a...
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Australia is unique in that it is the home of 95% of the world's known black opal reserves, all buried beneath the dry Outback soil in a small area of New South Wales known as Lightning Ridge. Under existing laws an individual can hold only two mining claims that measure 50 meters, or roughly one acre in size. These restrictions do not exist in other parts of Australia. This adventure story centers around two leading characters: Rusty, a 40-year old...
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Richard Holmes supo que se había convertido en biógrafo cuando le devolvieron un cheque: sin darse cuenta, lo había fechado en 1772. Es que son muchos años dedicado a seguir los pasos de los protagonistas de sus libros, viajando en el tiempo y en el espacio. En estas páginas, recorre las Cevenas francesas siguiendo los "Viaje con una burra" de Stevenson. Viaja a París en pleno mayo del 68 y descubre allí las aventuras revolucionarias y sentimentales...
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The Never Never is the name of a vast, remote area of the Australian Outback, as described in Barroft Boake's poem:
"Where the Dead Men Lie":
Out on the wastes of the Never Never -
That's where the dead men lie!
There were the heat-waves dance forever -
That's where the dead men lie!
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Due to the level of detail, maps are best viewed on a tablet. Controversial and revisionist history of America's first civil war. Published with hugely successful accompanying four-part BBC TV series - written and presented by star military historian, Richard Holmes. Most people view the American Revolutionary War of the 1775-83 (also known as the War of Independence) as a popular struggle for liberty against an oppressive colonial power. REBELS &...
11) Treasure Too Far
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Treasure Too Far tells the story of geologist Bob Collins who struggles throughout his life to become financially free by working on a single project, the story includes the people and adventures he encounters along the way.
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Andre Deutsch
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2019.
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"Holmes relives Napoleon's life and times in this extraordinary period by examining letters, military maps, reports, proclamations, ship's logs and coded messages, which were previously filed away or exhibited in archives in Europe. Napoleon was a charismatic and astute military leader who built an empire in a series of astounding campaigns from 1796 to 1812, in which he won many of the most famous battles of all time - the Pyramids, Marengo, Austerlitz,...