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Richard Taylor
As stability and familiarity disappear from his and his compatriots’ lives, Jerome is unwillingly transfigured by the chaos of war and the efforts of an ambitious journalist into Sue Mundy…
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A snake had stolen one of the eggs from Harold and Polly’s nest and was thought to have been eaten while they waited eagerly for their other egg to hatch…
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Reverend Richard Taylor (1805-1873) was an English missionary based in New Zealand. This volume, first published in 1855, provides a detailed account of Maori mythology and culture together with a…
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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…
English radicalism has been a persistent and important, though minority, strand in English political culture since at least the English Civil War. This book explores, in historical context, the nature…
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe…
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…
Samuel Seabury offers insight and wisdom on a variety of subjects in this collection of his most famous discourses.
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This highly literate account by the son of President Zachary Taylor follows the author’s Confederate commands in all three major theatres of the war, and provides a unique view of…
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…
An exploration of an affair and it’s consequences, it offers an understanding of why people become involved in extramarital affairs, and ways to lessen the marital damage an affair can…
This is a story about one man’s struggle to overcome class discrimination, poverty, and abandonment in order to achieve success, wholeness, and recognition. It does not always make light reading…
Benji and Rufus are back again in this sequel to An American Vampire In Jamaica. See what happens when Benji’s dream of flying to America finally comes true when he…
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high…
In an era of packaged paradises and cyber surfers, Taylors mid-life blues seduced him into recapturing his youthful romance with surfing.
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Eden Lost is a romantic novel of 85,000 words cast in a historic setting of grand events and deep human adversity. This story will appeal to those who enjoy the…
Taylor’s series resumes in 1941 with Joe Armand-Joshua’s son in Eden Lost-in Manila to purchase a ship. While there, he goes to the grave of Isabella from Eden Lost and…
An evocative look of the economic, social, and cultural transformation of Kentucky.
Finally, a book that will make readers laugh as they have never laughed before. Even if you are a miserable person and do not like laughing at all, you surely…
Rejects the popular notion that all people are equal, embracing instead the idea that some people are simply better than others as human beings. This work explains what it means…
Here are three tragedies from early Kentucky history: the defeat of a small army of Kentuckians by Indians at Blue Licks in 1782, the murder of a slave by two…
Based on numerous interviews with people from both good and failed marriages, his own experience, philosopher/marriage counsellor Richard Taylor has developed a set of proposals for reforming marriage.
Provides an analysis of the purpose, justification, and legitimacy of government.
To ancient Greek and Roman philosophers, ethics was chiefly the study of how individuals attain personal excellence, or ‘virtue’, defined as intellectual sophistication, wisdom, and creativity. Evaluating Western ethics, this…
Explores the principal features of a church or cathedral and what each represents, such as the significance of church layout, the importance of such details as the use of colors…
Young men flew off to Vietnam, alone. They grew up-fast-and, if lucky survived the first encounters with a battle-hardened enemy. Lieutenant Taylor expected the adventure of his life, and got…
A Thousand Fates explores the afterlife of medieval monasticism in England and Wales.
A thousand years of monasticism came to an abrupt end in the mid-sixteenth century with the Dissolution…
An analysis of the various political and apolitical groups which made up the nuclear disarmament movement of the late 1950s and early 1960s and formed the basis for the subsequent…
Giving advice for those wishing to capture the beauty of the urban landscape, this guide annotates artworks in a range of styles and media to demonstrate techniques and details. It…
The latest edition of bible of IFR flight has complete, up-to-date information about every facet of instrument flying, from airways to Zulu time.
Fully illustrated complete history of British armoured warfare from the pioneering tanks for the First World War through to the start of the Second World War.
