Ardkinglas: The Biography of a Highland Estate - Christina Noble

DescriptionArdkinglas is a 45, 000-acre estate in Cairndow, a beautiful area of the Highlands at the head of Loch Fyne. Sir Andrew Noble, the autho...

A woman's haunting past and inspiring dream that led her to rescue the street children of Vietnam

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Weaves political, social and art history of Florence into a lively whole. This book features photographs and illustrations and line drawings that d...

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A guide to the use of the avian embryo in studies of vertebrate development. It includes approaches to analysis of the chick genome, gene knock-out...

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The Babylonians invented it, the Greeks banned it, the Hindus worshiped it, and the Church used it to fend off heretics. Today, zero lies at the he...

Designated a World Heritage Site, the landscape around Avebury in north Wiltshire contains a remarkable wealth of archaeological remains, including...

In this book Geert Mak returns to the small Frisian village of his childhood, Jorwert (pop. Jowert has more in common with an English village than ...

Reducere. This book, a National Book Award nominee in 1988, is the life of Thomas Jefferson as seen through the prism of his love affair with Monticello. For...

The story of the famous painting by Picasso and its diverse meanings from its conception to the present day

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To be effective, sovereignty must be secured through force or consent by those living in a territory, and accepted externally by other sovereign st...

Reducere. Anthony J Randall examines the life of Joan Clarke and her role in breaking the Naval Enigma at Bletchley Park, alongside Alan Turing. An outstandi...

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Burundi is a small Central African country with a complex history of ethnic tension. This book traces the origins of its political crises, sheds li...

While his early childhood was unimpressive, Einstein later earned the respect of the entire world and won the coveted Nobel Prize. His name is the ...

In this widely hailed book, NPR correspondent Tom Gjelten fuses the story of the Bacardi family and their famous rum business with Cuba's tumultuou...

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How did Christmas become today's bulging stocking of goodies?

Written between 1845 and 1854 the memoirs contained in this book were intended for Elizabeth's family. These records of life in the early nineteent...

Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama is an American lawyer and writer who was First Lady of the United States from 2009 to 2017. She is married to the ...

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Diana, Princess of Wales (Diana Frances; n e Spencer; 1 July 1961 - 31 August 1997), was the first wife of Charles, Prince of Wales, who is the eld...

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This easy-to-read biography tells the story of Richard Humphrey - from his early days growing up in San Francisco's Fillmore District to the many o...

The biography of Jane Digby, an 'enthralling tale of a nineteenth-century beauty whose heart - and hormones - ruled her head.' Harpers and QueenA c...

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