Author: Geoffrey WaltonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
A Northern Miscellany
Author: Geoffrey WaltonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
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Author: Northern Miscellany
Author: The Northern Miscellany of Literary Criticism
Author: A Military Miscellany
Author: Thomas AyresPublisher: Bantam
ISBN: 030748825X
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
For armchair generals, history buffs, and military enthusiasts everywhere, A Military Miscellany is an essential and entertaining collection of fascinating and little-known facts, anecdotes, lists, and stories from America’s rich military legacy. Forgotten heroes, amazing blunders, surprising trivia, and strange-but-true stories overlooked by historians, it’s all here in a book that will enlighten and amaze even the most avid student of American military history. Did you know that American soldiers have been sent to invade foreign nations or their territories more than two hundred times since Thomas Jefferson dispatched troops to North Africa in 1803 to punish Muslim pirates? Or that during the Vietnam War a can opener was called a John Wayne? Or that a downed World War II airman once trekked across Germany, through occupied France, and across the mountains into Spain to avoid capture–only to be treated as a spy because Allied military intelligence said it couldn’t be done? Open this book anywhere and you’ll find yourself instantly captivated. From the "peace president" who was our most frequent practitioner of gunboat diplomacy to the Revolutionary War hero whose refusal to cut his hair set off a four-year rebellion that went all the way to the White House, there’s plenty of fascinating lore here–from the monumental to the trivial–in an indispensable encyclopedic work that takes up where ordinary history books leave off.
The North American Miscellany
Author: The North American Miscellany, 1851, Vol. 2
Author: Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780364044803
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 624
Book Description
Excerpt from The North American Miscellany, 1851, Vol. 2: A Weekly Magazine of Choice Selections From the Current Literature of This Country and Europe This, it must be allowed, was a singular beginning of counubial felicity; but there is no doubt that Johnson, though he thus showed a manly firmness, proved a most aflectionate and indulgent husband to the last moment of Mrs. Johnson's life; and in his Prayers and Meditations' we find very remarkable evidence that his regard and fondness for her never ceased, even after her death. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The Bedside Book of Beasts
Author: Graeme GibsonPublisher: Nan a Talese
ISBN: 0385524595
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
A lavishly illustrated companion to The Bedside Book of Birds explores the relationships between predators and prey, drawing on mythology, nature writings, and other sources to provide coverage of both real and fictional creatures.
The Shakespeare Miscellany
Author: David CrystalPublisher: Harry N. Abrams
ISBN: 9781585677160
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Presents miscellaneous facts about William Shakespeare's work and life, with insights into his plays and poems and the Elizabethan theatrical world in which he worked.
Lady of Desire
Author: Gaelen FoleyPublisher: Ballantine Books
ISBN: 0345494113
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 475
Book Description
With the smashing success of Lord of Fire and Lord of Ice, Gaelen Foley has confirmed her place as one of historical romance’s hottest talents. Now with Lady of Desire, a sizzling tale in which a fiery young temptress tames the king of thieves, she delivers her most enthralling–and smoldering–novel yet. . . . Impetuous Lady Jacinda Knight is the daughter of a scandalous woman. Though society predicts she’ll follow in her mother’s footsteps, the spirited beauty stands unashamed of her passionate nature. Then one night, in flight from a safe but loveless marriage arranged by her strict older brother, Jacinda finds herself alone on a dark and dangerous street face-to-face with Billy Blade, the notorious leader of a band of thieves. His stolen kisses awaken in her a longing for a man she can never possess. A handsome scoundrel running from a secret past, Billy Blade has never met a woman like Jacinda–her fiery innocence and blossoming sensuality set his rebel’s heart ablaze. Having turned his back on the privilege and power of his tyrannical father’s house years before, he vows to return to his rightful place and reclaim his title, Earl of Rackford–to win the love of the ravishing beauty who has stolen his heart . . .