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India Impressions, With some notes of Ceylon during a winter tour, 1906-7India Impressions, With some notes of Ceylon during a winter tour, 1906-7.Although many books descriptive of India and Indian life have recently appeared, even a short visit to that wonderful country presents so extraordinary a series of spectacles to the European, especially to one...
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Ocean SteamshipsOcean Steamships - A popular account of their construction, development, management and appliancesSlow Growth of the Idea of Steam PropulsionModels Shown at the Liverpool Exhibition in 1886Claims of Precedence in the Invention of SteamboatsWhat Fulton AccomplishedThe ClermontThe Voyage of the Savannah in 1819The First...
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Narrative of the Operations of a Detachment in an Expedition to Candy, in the Island of Ceylon, in the Year 1804Narrative of the Operations of a Detachment in an Expedition to Candy, in the Island of Ceylon, in the Year 1804 - With Some Observations on the Previous Campaign, and on the Nature of Candian Warfare, etc., etc., etc. As it appears generally incumbent...
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Castes and Tribes of Southern India. Vol. 5 of 7Castes and Tribes of Southern India. Vol. 5 of 7MARAKKYAR.The Marakkyars are described, in the Madras Census Report, 1901, as a Tamil-speaking Musalman tribe of mixed Hindu and Musalman origin, the people of which are usually traders. They seem to be distinct from the...
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Memoir of Hendrick Zwaardecroon, commandeur of Jaffnapatam (afterwards Governor-General of Nederlands India) 1697Memoir of Hendrick Zwaardecroon, commandeur of Jaffnapatam (afterwards Governor-General of Nederlands India) 1697. - For the guidance of the council of Jaffnapatam, during his absence at the coast of Malabar.This Memoir of Commandeur Zwaardecroon was, as stated, compiled and left by him in 1697...
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Curiosities of the American StageCuriosities of the American StageThis book, as its name implies, is a series of chapters from the annals of the American Theatre; and it considers Plays and Players more particularly in their less familiar aspects. It does not pretend to be critical; and the...
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The Numerical Strength of the Confederate ArmyThe Numerical Strength of the Confederate Army - An examination of the argument of the Hon. Charles Francis Adams and othersThe distinguished soldier and critic whose name appears on the title page argues, as do various other Northern critics, that the usual Southern estimate...
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The Bright Side of Prison LifeThe Bright Side of Prison Life - Experience, In Prison and Out, of an Involuntary Soujouner in RebellionThe author's name and reputation may sell this bookmiracles have happened; but he does not intend to permit the possible deception of a confiding public into the...
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The Pearl of IndiaThe Pearl of IndiaThat many readers evince a growing satisfaction in contemplating foreign lands through the eyes of experienced travelers, the favor shown to previous books by the author of these pages abundantly testifies. Mutual profit is therefore the outcome of such a work;...
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The Coinages of the Channel IslandsThe Coinages of the Channel IslandsAuthor of Contributions on "The Coins and Tokens of Ceylon" (Numismatic Chronicle, Vol. XV.); "The XVIIth Century Tokens of Berkshire" (Williamson's Edition of Boyne's XVIIth Century Tokens); "Berkshire Dialect and Folk Lore, with Glossary" (the Publications of the English...
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A History of England Principally in the Seventeenth Century, Volume I (of 6)A History of England Principally in the Seventeenth Century, Volume I (of 6)'The History of England, principally during the Seventeenth Century,' which is here laid before the reader in an English form, is one of the most important portions of that cycle of works...
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An Historical Relation of the Island Ceylon in the East IndiesAn Historical Relation of the Island Ceylon in the East Indies - Together with an Account of the Detaining in Captivity the Author and Divers other Englishmen Now Living There, and of the Author's Miraculous EscapeHow much of the present Knowledge of the Parts...
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The Wars of the Jews Or, The History of the Destruction of JerusalemThe Wars of the Jews; Or, The History of the Destruction of Jerusalem 1. 1 Whereas the war which the Jews made with the Romans hath been the greatest of all those, not only that have been in our times, but, in a manner,...
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Zwischen 'Fuhrer' Und Freiheit: Bombenkrieg Und 'Befreiung' an Der RurDabei erhebt die Publikation den Anspruch, die Ereignisse um das Ende des Zweiten Weltkriegs im Raum Duren-Julich in einen uberregionaleren Kontext zu verorten. Dies bezieht sich zum einen auf die Einordnung der Geschehnisse in den Rahmen der Kriegshandlungen an der Westfront insgesamt, zum anderen...
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Zwingli: Third Man of the ReformationUlrich, or Huldrych, Zwingli of Zurich is the 'great unknown' of the Reformation in Europe, and yet his influence and ideas have penetrated into every part of the world where the Reformed tradition has been planted. He was neither a passionate man of religion...
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Zwingli: Third Man of the ReformationUlrich, or Huldrych, Zwingli of Zurich is the 'great unknown' of the Reformation in Europe, and yet his influence and ideas have penetrated into every part of the world where the Reformed tradition has been planted. He was neither a passionate man of religion...
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Yves Klein & Arman: Le Vide Et Le PleinA tale of two exhibitions: the first examination of the complementary practices of lifelong friends Yves Klein and ArmanIn 1958, Yves Klein (1928-62) held an exhibition in Paris' Iris Clert Gallery titled Le Vide ("The Void") in which he removed all of the art...
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Yearning for Immortality: The European Invention of the Ancient Egyptian AfterlifeHow our understanding of the ancient Egyptian afterlife was shaped by Christianity. Many of us are familiar with the ancient Egyptians' obsession with immortality and the great efforts they made to secure the quality of their afterlife. But, as Rune Nyord shows, even today,...
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Xerxes: Der Grosskonig in GriechenlandDer Griechenland-Feldzug des persischen Grosskonigs Xerxes I. ist bislang nicht aus einer konsequent ostlichen Perspektive untersucht worden. Die Inschrift des Xerxes aus Persepolis XPl bietet methodisch dafur eine Grundlage als Leitfaden einer achaimenidischen Programmatik. Die Neubewertung des Griechenlandfeldzuges anhand dieser Inschrift ist weder ein...
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World War Zoos: Humans and Other Animals in the Deadliest Conflict of the Modern AgeA new and heartbreaking history of World War II as told through the shocking experiences of zoos across the globe. As Europe lurched into war in 1939, zookeepers started killing their animals. On September 1, as German forces invaded Poland, Warsaw began with its...
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