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Author: Max Adams Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1681772736 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 362
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A cultural exploration of the Dark Age landscapes of Britain that poses a significant question: Is the modern world simply the realization of our ancient past? The five centuries between the end of Roman Britain and the death of Alfred the Great have left few voices save a handful of chroniclers, but Britain's "Dark Ages" can still be explored through their material remnants: architecture, books, metalwork, and, above all, landscapes. Max Adams explores Britain's lost early medieval past by walking its paths and exploring its lasting imprint on valley, hill, and field. From York to Whitby, from London to Sutton Hoo, from Edinburgh to Anglesey, and from Hadrian's Wall to Loch Tay, each of his ten walking narratives form free-standing chapters as well as parts of a wider portrait of a Britain of fort and fyrd, crypt and crannog, church and causeway, holy well and memorial stone. Part travelogue, part expert reconstruction, In the Land of Giants offers a beautifully written insight into the lives of peasants, drengs, ceorls, thanes, monks, knights, and kings during an enigmatic but richly exciting period of Britain’s history.
Author: Diana Appelbaum Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ISBN: 9780618033058 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 36
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"The felling and transporting of behemoth New England oak and white pine trees, destined to become masts of 18th-century British ships, is gracefully recounted in this elegant picture book."--"School Library Journal, " starred review. An ALA Notable Children's Book, "Booklist" Youth Nonfiction Top of the List, "School Library Journal" Best Book, NCSS-CBC Notable Children's Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies. Illustrations.
Author: Ole Edvart Rølvaag Publisher: ISBN: Category : Dakota Territory Languages : en Pages : 506
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A narrative of pioneer hardship and heroism on the boundless Dakota prairie, as a Norwegian-American immigrant family passed through Ellis Island and worked to eke out a living in America's midwest.
Author: Ken Follett Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 1101543558 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 1010
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Ken Follett’s magnificent historical epic begins as five interrelated families move through the momentous dramas of the First World War, the Russian Revolution, and the struggle for women’s suffrage. A thirteen-year-old Welsh boy enters a man’s world in the mining pits. . . . An American law student rejected in love finds a surprising new career in Woodrow Wilson’s White House. . . . A housekeeper for the aristocratic Fitzherberts takes a fateful step above her station, while Lady Maud Fitzherbert herself crosses deep into forbidden territory when she falls in love with a German spy. . . . And two orphaned Russian brothers embark on radically different paths when their plan to emigrate to America falls afoul of war, conscription, and revolution. From the dirt and danger of a coal mine to the glittering chandeliers of a palace, from the corridors of power to the bedrooms of the mighty, Fall of Giants takes us into the inextricably entangled fates of five families—and into a century that we thought we knew, but that now will never seem the same again. . . .
Author: Irwin Allen Publisher: ISBN: 9781932563436 Category : Comics & Graphic Novels Languages : en Pages : 0
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"It's back, the comic book adaptation of one of the most famous and popular sci-fi television series of the late 1960's: Irwin Allen's Land of the Giants. This collection presents the complete reprint of the entire series of Gold Key comic books featuring Captain Steve Burton, Dan Erikson, Mark Wilson, Valerie Scott, Betty Hamilton, Alexander Fitzhugh, Barry Lockridge, and the Spindrift."--Cover.
Author: William Mitchell Publisher: Thomas Nelson Publishers ISBN: 9780785280941 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 264
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In biblical times, the children of Israel wandered around the wilderness for 40 years, intimidated and disappointed, because of their grasshopper mentality. Dr. Mitchell believes that's exactly how many people live life today. He shows readers how to conquer grasshopper mentality and develop the courage, confidence, commitment and attitudes of a giant slayer.
Author: Ms Anna Grzeskowiak-Krwawicz Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. ISBN: 1409482995 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 192
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Józef Boruwlaski was the most famous dwarf of the Enlightenment age. Polish-born, he travelled extensively throughout Europe, appearing and performing at royal courts and salons, before settling in Durham in his later life until his death at the age of 97. He was described in Diderot's Encyclopédie and the press of his day - both on the continent and in the UK - sustained an interest in him and kept tabs on his life and experiences. His memoirs, published in a bilingual (French and English) version in 1788, show him to have been an intelligent and sharp observer of the world he inhabited. The life story of this miniature gentleman is not only highly interesting in its own right, but also offers a new perspective on the culture of the Enlightenment. Through a meticulous survey of source materials in Poland, France, and the United Kingdom, the author has managed to unearth and reconstruct many heretofore unknown details about Boruwlaski's life and adventures, about his travels first on the continent and then in the United Kingdom. It is not typical biography, but rather an attempt at identifying certain social roles that were imposed upon Boruwlaski: a plaything of the salons, a source of entertainment for the masses, an adventurist against his own wishes. At the same time, his story is that of a man who spent his whole life trying to escape from such roles imposed upon him. Boruwlaski's memoirs are included in full, containing many of the letters he sent to his wife, with critical annotation. The author also investigates for the first time the sizeable differences between the many different versions of the memoirs published during his own lifetime. This monograph offers not only an opportunity to rediscover the fascinating life story of an intriguing man, but also gives a unique point of view on Europe's uppermost elite in the Enlightenment age - as people who remained deeply fascinated with deformities and oddities despite their own self-professed 'refined' tastes.
Author: David Peters Publisher: Random House Children's Books ISBN: Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 80
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Discusses body size in the animal kingdom and depicts giants from past and present, both individual specimens and those belonging to large species such as the prehistoric giants. Includes gate-fold pages showing the very largest animals.
Author: David Lavender
Author: David Lavender
Author: Max Adams
Author: Diana Appelbaum
Author: Ole Edvart Rølvaag
Author: Ken Follett
Author: Leareil Buys
Author: Irwin Allen
Author: William Mitchell
Author: Ms Anna Grzeskowiak-Krwawicz
Author: David Peters