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Ruth Smyth
Meet James, a 12-year-old boy, whose plan to win the annual go-cart tournament goes terribly wrong.
A fun escapade bursting with danger, thrills, and enough old-world charm Suitable for ages…
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Britain in the 1950s had a distinctive political and intellectual climate. Jim Smyth shows that, despite being allergic to McCarthy-style vulgarity, British intellectuals in the 1950s operated within powerful Cold…
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A collection of letters written through the ages from historical figures who have been incarcerated, including Anne Boleyn, Bertrand Russell, Sylvia Pankhurst and Al Capone.
Jim Smyth
A study of the popular dimensions of Irish radicalism in the age of the French revolution. It focuses on the lower-class secret society, the Defenders, and the Society of United…
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A study of the popular dimensions of Irish radicalism in the age of the French Revolution. The picture which emerges is of a revolutionary movement which was both more radical…
The story of the life of Henry Joy McCracken is fused with the history and environs of eighteenth-century Belfast.
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This essay collection explores United Irish propaganda and organisation, and look at the forces of revolution before and during the 1798 rebellion. Their scope ranges from high to low politics…
Essays on United Irish propaganda and organisation before and during the 1798 rebellion.
These essays explore the ways in which competing social or collective memories of Northern Ireland’s Troubles continue to shape the post-conflict political landscape, in light of history, Irish and British…
Gerry Smyth
Music and Sound in the Life and Literature of James Joyce: Joyces Noyces offers a fresh perspective on the Irish writer James Joyce’s much-noted obsession with music.
James Smythe
How far would you go to save your family from an invisible threat? A terrifyingly original thriller from the author of The Machine.
Shortlisted for the Arthur C Clarke Award 2014, this is a Frankenstein tale for our time from one of the UK’s brightest new literary talents.
James Smyth
The effect of the nitrous vapour in preventing and destroying contagion - With an introduction respecting the natur is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1799. Hansebooks…
When journalist Cormac Easton is selected to document the first manned mission into deep space, he dreams of securing his place in history as one of humanity’s great explorers. But…
The stunning sequel to James Smythe’s critically acclaimed literary sci-fi novel THE EXPLORER
A tense, claustrophobic and gripping science fiction thriller from the author of The Testimony.
A global thriller presenting an apocalyptic vision of a world on the brink of despair and destruction.
Sharp, gripping, and disturbing, THE EDGE is the third book in The Anomaly Quartet.
Join an awe-inspiring journey through a world where death has stopped in the finale of James Smythe’s acclaimed Anomaly Quartet.
‘The best fictional treatment of the possibilities and horrors of artificial intelligence that I’ve read’ Guardian In 1997 Laura Bow invented Organon, a rudimentary artificial intelligence.
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either…
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing’s Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because…
Get set for an unexpected adventure in this fun escapade, full of danger, excitement, and old-world charm.
All James wanted was to win the annual go-cart tournament. But when his…
James P Smythe
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
This work is in the "public…
James Carmichael-Smyth
This book (hardcover) is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS. It contains classical literature works from over two thousand years. Most of these titles have been out of print and off…
Explore the history of topographical representation with James Carmichaelsmyth's Memoir Upon the Topographical System of Colonel Van Gorkum. This insightful work provides an in-depth analysis of various methods used to…
James Carmichael Smyth
James-Moore Smythe
The girl had never known a mother’s care, and it was affecting to see how willing she was to be mothered by the chance kindness of a stranger. She probably…
This detailed history of the wars between Great Britain and France over Canada in the 18th and early 19th centuries offers a wealth of information on the military and political…
The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the…
James P. Smythe
Life was simple on the Australia: you fight or you die. On Earth, however, things are a lot more complicated.
This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic, timeless works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an…
James W Smyth
William James Smythe
Title: Ten Months in the Fiji Islands … With an introduction and appendix by … W. J. Smythe. Illustrated by chromolithographs and woodcuts … With maps by Arrowsmith.Publisher: British Library…
James Smyth Wallace
Summarizes the history of firearms and ammunition as it relates to the development of modern weapons. This book details chemical aspects of forensic firearms casework with particular emphasis on the…
