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John Henry King
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
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Friedman, a leading expert in geopolitical forecasting, turns his eye to the future. Drawing on a profound understanding of history and geopolitical patterns, The Next 100 Years is a compelling…
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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…
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishings Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because…
In Pirate Kings from the East, composer Scott Watson re-imagines the legendary journey of the Three Kings, musically transporting the action from the desert to the high seas, swapping the…
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John Bate
The Mysteryes of Nature and Art; Conteined in foure severall Tretises, The first of water workes, The second of Fyer workes, The third of Drawing, Colouring, Painting, and Engraving, The…
William Shakespeare
Mad world, mad kings, mad composition!
-King John
In one volume, eminent Shakespearean scholars Jonathan Bate and Eric Rasmussen provide fresh new editions of two classic histories: Henry VIII and…
This edition containing two of Shakespeare’s important historical plays features a criticism of Shakespeare’s life, world, and theater by outstanding scholars; clear, readable text and commentaries; and more. Reissue.
Eric Rasmussen,Jonathan Bate,William Shakespeare
From the Royal Shakespeare Company - a modern, definitive edition of Shakespeare’s most unusual and provocative histories.
William Shakespeare,David M. Bevington
Presents the texts of two of Shakespeare’s historical dramas, with notes on the text.
Accessibly presented in four comprehensive parts, this Handbook offers an important resource to critical and appreciative exploration of the person, writings, controversies, and legacy of Newman.
John Donne, Henry King
The Trial of Charles Random de Berenger, Sir Thomas Cochrane, commonly called Lord Cochrane, the Hon. Andrew Cochrane Johnstone, Richard Gathorne Butt, Ralph Sandom, Alexander M'Rae, John Peter Holloway, and…
This book brings John Henry Newman into conversation with important themes relating to modernity: the role of doubt, modern views of reason, Newman’s university ideal, secularity, and religious diversity.
Originally published in 1988. Arranged by play, the essays presented here focus first on production and then on a range of other issues such as characters, imagery, textual problems and…
Henry Melville King
John Paul Davis
This is the story of how the varying actions of two very different kings both threatened and created the English way of life, and ultimately put England on the path…
A Summer Visit of Three Rhode Islanders to the Massachusetts Bay in 1651 - An account of the visit of Dr. John Clarke, Obadiah Holmes and John Crandall, members of…
John Glover
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 was reproduced from the…
THIS 26 PAGE ARTICLE WAS EXTRACTED FROM THE BOOK: Initiation: The Perfecting of Man, by Annie Besant. To purchase the entire book, please order ISBN 1564596184.
John Henry Parker
The book ""The Primitive Fortifications Of The City Of Rome: And Other Buildings Of The Kings"" by John Henry Parker was published in 1878. The book is a detailed account…
William Shakespeare,John Glover
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…
Jack Vance
Five intergalactic criminal masterminds raid the tranquil world of Mount Pleasant, leaving behind only ruin and slaughter - and the orphaned child Kirth Gersen, who comes to manhood swearing to…
John Stevens Cabot Abbott
Abraham Lincoln raved that this series of historical biographies gave him just that knowledge of past men and events which I need. I have read them with the greatest interest…
Edited and introduced by John Margeson, King Henry VIII appears here for the first time in a New Cambridge Shakespeare edition. In his introduction Margeson explores the political and religious…
John Henry Hobart Burge
In this address, Burge discusses the state of medical science in the late 19th century and the challenges facing physicians in providing quality care to their patients. He also reflects…
John Henry Newman
The Family of St. Richard, The Saxon is a book written by John Henry Newman and published in 1844. The book is a collection of biographies of four saints who…
In their introduction to this play, the editors show how the young Shakespeare, working closely from his chronicle sources, nevertheless freely shaped his complex material to make it both theatrically…
James Morrissey
An active approach to Shakespeare in the classroom.
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Combines historical and literary data in this discussion of the sources and background of Shakespeare’s plays.
