Author: Joan Conquest
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 388

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Author: Carolyn Keene
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101077239
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 193

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When Nancy is asked to find a professional dancer who disappeared several years before, the young detective becomes involved in a mystery reaching far beyond a missing-person’s case. During Nancy’s investigation at Heath Castle, she and her friends Bess and George realize that its crumbling walls contain a secret, but what is it? And who are their enemies that try to foil their every attempt to unravel the intricate puzzle? Danger lurks in a castle tower and throughout the vine-tangled grounds of the estate. The girls’ gripping adventures culminate in a dramatic climax when Nancy exposes a sinister plot to defraud the dancer of her inheritance.

Author: Justine Randers-Pehrson
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595265820
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 284

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Audax the hero is a convinced military defender of the Roman Empire. The disasters that he undergoes (serious wound, captivity, loss of wife and children, and conflict with Aetius, his commanding officer) force him to flee to Visigoth territory and the protection of his former captor, King Theodoric. With a new life companion in his new surroundings, Audax becomes a powerful personage among the barbarians, and discovers unanticipated aspects of responsibilities and allegiances. His complicated life brings him into contact with such historic figures as Germanus of Auxerre, Lupus of Troyes, Hilary of Arles, as well as the mysterious Vortigern in Britain. In a stirring finish, Audax accompanies Theodoric to the battle of Mauriac, where Romans and barbarians join in thrusting back the invader, Attila the Hun.

Author: Hans A. Baer
Publisher:
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 184

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This book presents a corrective to conventional portrayals of East German society, both before and after the opening of the Wall in 1989, based largely upon data obtained through participant observation in the German Democratic Republic and the new German states of the Federal Republic of Germany. This account is coupled with an analytical interpretation of the failure to develop socialism in the GDR and the impact of the unification of 1990 on East German social life. The book also examines the legitimization crisis in the GDR, the factors that contributed to the collapse of the GDR state, life inside the Socialist Unity Party from below, the role of the Protestant and Catholic churches in the GDR, and the existential and financial crises within the Protestant churches following unification. The work assesses the contradictions of the 40-year history of the GDR, not only in terms of its shortcomings but also its achievements.

Author: Tania de Rozario
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780999451403
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 144

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Author: Laura Strandt
Publisher: Orange Publishing LLC
ISBN: 0988748010
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 265

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Author: John M. Oesterreicher
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 393

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Author: Joan CONQUEST
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 382

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Author: Baroness Emmuska Orczy Orczy
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 338730448X
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 318

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Author: Hume Nesbit
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 247

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"The Empire Makers" is a novel by James Nisbet, popular for his romance, colonial adventure, and crime. As a writer, Nisbet traveled extensively to British colonies and based his works on real-life experiences. He was a strong proponent of British Imperialism and saw the new lands as the "ultimate civilization of ignorant savages," which needed to be emancipated and enlightened. Being inspired by the work of Cecil Rhodes, the Prime Minister of the Cape Colony who colonized the southern African territory of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe and Zambia), Nisbet wrote this novel. It describes the adventures of three young men who went out to South Africa. The protagonists have different adventures, including troubles with the government, discovering ancient nations, and getting into a local war.