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C. S Forester
In the midst of his wedding reception, Hornblower receives orders to report the next day to his command in the Channel Fleet and help protect England against Napoleon’s threatened invasion.
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C S Forester
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C. S. Forester
For all his young life Albert Brown had known that he was to join the Navy, and the beginning of the First World War finds him a Leading Seaman. Alone…
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Hornblower returns in command of a small but powerful squadron. His mission is so delicate that the fate of Europe hangs on the outcome. Often outgunned and outmanned, but never…
Sanford Sternlicht
Newly revised edition of Sanford Sternlicht’s full-length biographical and critical study of C. S. Forester and the Hornblower Saga. Focuses on the writing, character models, historical background, and nautical veracity…
C.S. Forester
Mr Marble is in serious debt, desperate for money to pay his family’s bills, until the combination of a wealthy relative, a bottle of Cyanide and a shovel offer him…
Includes the stories Hornblower and the Atropos , The Happy Return , and A Ship of the Line .
Forester’s masterpiece of suspense. A middle-aged bank clerk with a mountain of debt and an extravagant wife commits a murder in secret. Later, a profitable investment brings him a fortune…
The book John Kelly reads every time he gets a promotion to remind him of ‘the perils of hubris, the pitfalls of patriotism and duty unaccompanied by critical thinking’ The…
A prim and strait-laced missionary persuades a gin-swilling riverboat captain to use his boat to attack a German warship
""The Barbary Pirates"" is a historical non-fiction book written by C.S. Forester. The book covers the history of piracy in the Mediterranean Sea during the 16th and 17th centuries, with…
Cecil Louis Troughton Smith
The African Queen was adapted for cinema in 1951, starring Humphrey Bogart and Katherine Hepburn, and has become known as one of the great works of classic cinema.
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Edward C Peck,U S Forest Service,U S Forest Service
Wood bending is an ancient craft that is of key importance in many industries today, especially in those that manufacture furniture, boats and ships, agricultural implements, tool handles, and sporting…
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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…
U S Forest Service,John C Hendee,Et Al
This book is the first text and reference that specifically addresses the issues and problems of wilderness management. The material is organized into six sections, each intended to present a…
This book is designed to help landowners and forestry professionals develop, implement, and monitor programs to manage both deer and forests with emphasis on resolving deer impact issues. The book…
John S. C. Abbott
A chronicle of the life of Robert de la Salle, explorer and Catholic missionary among the Indians. The contents of this book include: The Enterprise of James Marquette; The First…
John S C Abbott
This book has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in…
The Adventures of the Chevalier de La Salle and his Companions - in their explorations of the prairies, forests, lakes, and rivers, of the New world, and their interviews with…
David M. Smith,Bruce C. Larson,Matthew J. Kelty,P. Mark S. Ashton
This is the premier source of ecologically and econimically sound information on the long-term treatment of forests. It provides the information necessary to understand, analyze, and apply the various techniques…
Ryan C. L. Bullock (University of Saskatchewan, Canada),Kevin S. Hanna
Providing an incisive examination of community forestry, this book highlights both the possibilities and challenges associated with its implementation. It studies complex issues in local forest governance, community sustainability and…
D S O Lieut Colonel W C Oates
The 2/8th Battalion of the Sherwood Foresters was a Territorial unit which spent the early part of the Great War on garrison duty in Newark, Luton, Dunstable and Watford. Rushed…
Illustrated. A chronicle of the life of Robert de la Salle, explorer and Catholic missionary among to the Indians. Contents: The Enterprise of James Marquette; The First Exploration of the…
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…
Biological control has long been used against invasive plants and, less often, invasive insects, in forests, aquatic systems, grasslands, coastal areas, riparian areas, islands, and other biomes or habitats of…
