Author: Matthew Forster ConollyPublisher:
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Category : Celebrities
Languages : en
Pages : 526
Book Description
Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Men of Fife
Author: Matthew Forster ConollyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Celebrities
Languages : en
Pages : 526
Book Description
Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Men of Fife, etc
Author: Matthew Forster CONOLLYPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 518
Book Description
Cornell Studies in English
Author: A Register of Bibliographies of the English Language and Literature
Author: Clark Sutherland NorthupPublisher:
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Category : Bibliographical literature
Languages : en
Pages : 532
Book Description
Scot. Text S.
Author: A Bibliography of Middle Scots Poets
Author: Publisher:
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Category : Dialect poetry, Scottish
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
A Bibliography of Middle Scots Poets
Author: William GeddiePublisher:
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Category : English poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 490
Book Description
Catalogue of books added to the library of Congress
Author: AnonymousPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 336811980X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1871.
Observing God
Author: William J. AstorePublisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1351914189
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
Scottish theologian, educator, astronomer and popularizer of science, Thomas Dick (1774-1857) promoted a Christianized form of science to inhibit secularization, to win converts to Christianity, and to persuade evangelicals that science was sacred. His devotional theology of nature made radical claims for cultural authority. This book presents the first detailed analysis of his life and works. After an extended biographical introduction, Dick's theology of nature is examined within the context of natural theology, and also his views on the plurality of worlds, the nebular hypothesis and geology. Other chapters deal with Dick's use of aesthetics to shape social behaviour for millennial purposes, and with the publishing history of his works, their availability and their reception. In the final part, the author explores Dick's influence in America. His pacifism won him Northern evangelical supporters, while his writings dominated the burgeoning field of popular science, powerfully shaping science's cultural meaning and its uses.
The Sinking of RMS Tayleur
Author: Gill HoffsPublisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 147383189X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
“A truly wonderful social history of a tragic and unexplained shipping disaster. Five Stars.”—Scottish Field The wrecking of the RMS Tayleur made headlines nearly 60 years before the Titanic. Both were run by the White Star Line, both were heralded as the most splendid ships of their time and both sank in tragic circumstances on their maiden voyages. On 19 January 1854 the Tayleur, a large merchant vessel, left Liverpool for Australia; packed with hopeful emigrants, her hold stuffed with cargo. More than a century after the tragedy, Gill Hoffs reveals new theories behind the disaster and tells the stories of the passengers and crew on the ill-fated vessel: Captain John Noble, record breaking hero of the Gold Rush era. Ship surgeon Robert Hannay Cunningham and his young family, on their way to a new life among the prospectors of Tent City. Samuel Carby, ex-convict, returning to the gold fields with his new wife and a fortune sewn into her corsets. But the ship’s revolutionary iron hull prevented its compasses from working. Lost in the Irish Sea, a storm swept the Tayleur and the 650 people aboard towards a cliff, studded with rocks “black as death.” What happened next shocked the world. “Hoffs has recounted this awful tragedy with such description and dedicated research that you can almost imagine yourself on the deck of this unfortunate vessel . . . An excellent read.”—Suzie Lennox, author of Bodysnatchers “A little masterclass in how to hold a reader enthralled by a tale of long-ago tragedy at sea.”—Diver Net