The Admiral Benbow: The Life and Times of a Naval Legend, Paperback - Sam Willis

Admiral John Benbow was an English naval hero, a fighting sailor of ruthless methods but indomitable courage. Benbow was a man to be reckoned with....

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Reducere. Donald Sutherland Swanson was born in the remote far north of Scotland, leaving for London in 1867 at the age of 19 and initially working as a City...

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In the early twentieth century, when many US unions disgracefully excluded black and Asian workers, the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) warml...

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Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Hank UmemotoIn 1942, fourteen-year-old Hank Umemoto gazed out a barrack window at Manzanar Internment Camp, saw the silhoue...

The Temagami region of northern Ontario has been a magnet for recreational canoeists since the 1890s, when city dwellers began embarking on long, g...

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Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: S. T. JoshiHoward Phillips Lovecraft was born to a well-to-do family in Providence, Rhode Island. As a child, he revealed r...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: S. T. JoshiAs the second volume of S. T. Joshi's comprehensive biography of H. P. Lovecraft begins, we find Lovecraft dwell...

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Publisher: Princeton University PressAuthor(s): Gene Andrew JarrettIllustration(s): 44 b/w illus.Number of pages: 560Publication date: 2022Dimensio...

Reducere. The against-all-odds story of a World War II era steam locomotive and the determination of two generations of volunteers to keep it running comes a...

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Publisher: Kube Publishing LtdAuthor(s): John ButtNumber of pages: 400Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 141 x 216 x 31Cover type: Paperback / softb...

An unprecedented look at the life of Rose Kennedy reveals the private woman who became a political legend.Publisher: WW Norton & CoAuthor(s): Barba...

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Reducere. A penniless migr who made a fortune and became one of the great philanthropists of the twentieth century, George Soros has led a remarkable life. T...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: George F. Hommell JrOther: M. E. Hommell-ChidiacGeorge Hommell Jr. shares a remarkable memoir surrounding his life and adve...

A deeply personal tale of young life in a superpower haunted by its past.

Reducere. Jack Malloch was Rhodesia's principal pioneer in aviation. He was an aviator and entrepreneur who left his mark on Rhodesia in a number of ways. He...

Publisher: 241 Media LimitedAuthor(s): William WallaceNumber of pages: 272Publication date: 2013Dimensions: 236 x 158 x 25Cover type: HardbackRedes...

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Explores how music and the muse intertwine in work and in life. This title includes stories, anecdotes, jokes, absurdities, the odd informal homily...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Mary HoneyballNumber of pages: 280Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 241 x 165 x 29Cover type: Hardba...

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With new commentary and Insights on the life and times of Jesse Livermore Reminiscences of a Stock Operator is the fictionalized biography of perha...

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