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Richard J. King
What compels a person to set out to sea? A solo sailor explores the exhilarating and frightening world of the wide ocean
Sailing on a boat by yourself out at…
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"A masterfully curated collection...You don't have to be a sailor to be blown away by this fascinating, bighearted book." -Nathaniel Philbrick, author of In the Heart of the Sea, Travels…
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Richard J King
Title: Handbook for Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk, and Cambridgeshire. [By Richard J. King.] With maps and plans.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United…
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For genealogists and history buffs alike, Warsop Parish Registers offers a rich and detailed look at the history of this Nottinghamshire town. With church records dating back to the 16th…
A journey through the history, biology, and culture of the misunderstood cormorant
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Imagine that you are an average American man. You work hard and love football. Your present is a highway of unbounded opportunity, your future a far horizon unclouded by doubt…
The book ""Warsop Parish Registers: With Notes And Illustrations"" was written by Richard J. King and published in 1884. It is a comprehensive record of the parish registers of Warsop…
Warsop Parish Registers: With Notes And Illustrations (1884) is a historical book written by Richard J. King. The book is a collection of parish registers from Warsop, a village in…
Richard J. King takes us on a journey through the history, biology, cuisine and culture of lobsters, and their economic and environmental status worldwide. He also explores how the animal…
How observing our inner selves and synchronistic events can guide our biography and provide a philosophical foundation for our lives.
King lays bare the background to Moby-Dick by moving through the voyage of the Pequod, exploring topics in marine biology, oceanography, and the science of navigation as Ishmael raises them…
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Exploring everything from giant squid to sea birds, sharks to sperm whales, this epic voyage with scholar and seafarer Richard J. King provides a new way of approaching Melville’s classic…
A delightful A-to-Z menagerie of the sea-whimsically illustrated, authoritative, and thought-provoking.
For millennia, we have taken to the waves. And yet, for humans, the ocean remains our planet's most inaccessible…
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…
John Jensen
Join little Skipper, a curious puppy in an orange life preserver, as she meets a galaxy of sea dogs from past and present. Inspired by the exhibit Sea Dogs! Great…
Richard J King,Elysa R Engelman
Ruth, with her stuffed shark, explores a museum exhibit about women and the sea. She goes from painting to photographs learning about the different roles women have had with the…
This one-of-a-kind, lavishly illustrated anthology celebrates Audubon’s connection to the sea through both his words and art.
The American naturalist John James Audubon (1785-1851) is widely remembered for his iconic…
Richard J Hill
In A Glimpse of the Coming King, author Richard J. Dick Hill explores what the Word of God teaches about the second coming of the Lord Jesus Christ. He invites…
Richard J. Mouw
Widely respected for his perspectives on faith in the modern world, Richard J. Mouw has long stood at the forefront of the Christ and culture debate. In When the Kings…
J. Chris Roselius
They call Richard Petty The King because no one has won as many races200 of them! And only Dale Earnhardt, Sr., has won as many Cup championships (seven). For all…
Margaret J Howell
William J Rolfe
Shakespeare’s tragedy of King Richard the Third This book, Shakespeare’s tragedy of King Richard the Third, by William J. Rolfe, is a replication of a book originally published before 1904…
Robert J Harris
Richard Hannay returns to action in this new spy thriller set in wartime Paris, as John Buchan’s famed hero (from The 39 Steps) races to rack down a mysterious figure…
Richard E Kuhn,Thomas J King
Tests have been conducted in the Langley high speed 7- by 10-foot tunnel over a Mach number range from 0.40 to 0.91 to determine the stability and control characteristics of…
Culture is a vexed concept within anthropology. From their earliest studies, anthropologists have often noted the emotional attachment of people to their customs, even in cases where this loyalty can…
This book considers the state of the culture concept in anthropology and finds fault with a ‘love it or leave it’ attitude. Rather than pledging undying allegiance or summarily dismissing…
Richard J Weiss (Formerly Of King's College London, Uk)
This text traces the interplay of forces in the history of light from the 17th century to the 1990s. It provides portraits of many of the scientists whose achievements constituted…
Since the complexity of electron arrangements leads to subtle property changes in atoms, molecules and solids, theory and experiment have generally differed by about 1 per cent. This work traces…
This text traces the interplay of the forces in the history of light from the 17th century to the 1990s. It provides portraits of many of the scientists whose achievements…
Mike Pitts,Debra J. DeWitte
Take a cast of archaeologists and historians who inhabit different worlds. Add a medieval king who died in battle, and was revived by Shakespeare as the ultimate anti-hero. Throw in…
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To Which Is Added The Conclusion Of The History Of King Richard III, As Given In The Continuation Of Hardyngs Chronicle, London, 1543.
William Richard
This edition of Shakespeare's Richard III includes extensive notes and commentary by J. Hunter, making it an ideal resource for both scholastic and private study. Whether you're a student of…
Richard Alfred Davenport
Ramin Jahanbegloo
Ramin Jahanbegloo elucidates the central concepts in the moral and political thought of Martin Luther King Jr., bringing out the subtlety, potency, and universal importance of his concepts of Agape…
Covering topics from pop music in Korea to TV commercials in Malaysia, this collection shows how imported cultural forms have been invested with fresh meaning and transformed by local artists…
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…
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