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Stephen Harris
An exciting journey through history, this beautifully illustrated new edition tells the stories of fifty plants that have been key to the development of the western world.
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Stephen A. Harris
This beautiful book reproduces eighteenth-century naturalist and artist Mark Catesby's stunning illustrations of flora and fauna from North America and the Caribbean.
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Can you avoid any law you do not consent to? Can you avoid paying taxes by declaring yourself sovereign? Do courts operate under admiralty or maritime law? No. But welcome…
John Singletary
Traces is a multidisciplinary project that evokes the joys and tragedies of life through a collage of original, historical, and animated imagery. The artist explores the way we construct internal…
Why have so many radical thinkers advocated for the abolition of prisons and punishment and why have their ideas been so difficult to communicate and garner widespread support? This book…
Stephen A Harris
Featuring superb and rare images, The Beauty of the Flower reveals the fascinating stories behind botanical illustration.
Santideva's 8th century Mahayana Buddhist classic, the Guide to the Practices of Awakening (Bodhicaryavatara), has been a source of philosophical inspiration in the Indian and Tibetan traditions for over a…
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Stephen L Harris
The year is 1917 and the United States has just declared war on Germany. What is called "The Great War" has been raging for quite a while, but seems to…
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Jonathan Stephen Harris
A fresh and exciting drawing guide for young artists who seek projects that are out of the ordinary.
Are you tired of drawing the same boring stuff? Artist and author…
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Harry Lushington Stephen
State Trials, Political and Social. Volume 1, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions…
State Trials, Political and Social. Volume 2, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions…
Dan Keeling,Mark Andrew
Think you know about wine? Think again. With their signature irreverence and wit, let the founding-winos of Noble Rot magazine and restaurant re-enlighten you on all things vinous.
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One in five adults and one in six youth experience a mental health illness within a year. These common conditions are often managed within complex public and private care provision…
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The Collateral Ancestry of Stephen Harris follows the genealogy of one of early America's lesser-known figures. This fascinating work tracks Stephen Harris's ancestry through several generations and provides insight into…
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Sunflowers unravels the interplay between the biology of sunflowers and human cultures over the last 6,000 years. It explores our fascination with the family and how our uses of the…
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Taking us on a chronological journey, Stephen Harris identifies fifty plants that have been key to the development of the Western world, discussing trade, politics, medicine, travel and chemistry along…
This generously illustrated book is the first history of the garden and arboretum for more than a century and provides an essential introduction to one of Oxford’s much-loved haunts.
Oxford has an outstanding collection of plant specimens, botanical illustrations and rare books on plant classification, collecting and plant biology. Celebrating 400 years of Oxford botany, this book profiles the…
By exploring a range of social justice issues from first-hand perspectives, this book reframes our understanding of knowledge production. It demonstrates that when lived experience experts lead the way, their…
Planet of Death is an adventure that YOU control, in the best traditions of 'interactive fiction'. The story within is controlled by the reader, participating as the main protagonist and…
Inca Curse is an adventure that YOU control, in the best traditions of 'interactive fiction'. The story within is controlled by the reader, participating as the main protagonist and deciding…
Humble yet vital, grasses are the ultimate staple crop, influencing our lives throughout humanity’s biological, sociological and cultural history. This book explains the profound and oft-neglected importance of the botanical…
The beautiful, sleepy hamlet of Clydesdale, Maryland is a birdwatcher's paradise. But this particular autumn, all birds are falling from the sky, their bodies mangled and torn, with no obvious…
Queen's Bridge, South Carolina, is a sleepy Southern town nestled along the banks of the Black River. Raleigh Myers has just closed his first major case as the newly-elected Sheriff…
What makes English literature English ? This question inspires Stephen Harris’s wide-ranging study of Old English literature. From Bede in the 8th century to Geoffrey of Monmouth in the 12th…
First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
In this Young Adult novel, 16-year-old Skeets Stearns is a farm boy from Vermont’s rural Northeast Kingdom who finds refuge in the rugged mountain behind his family farm. Roaming the…
16-year-old Skeets Stearns is a farm boy from Vermont’s rural Northeast Kingdom who finds refuge in the rugged mountain behind his family farm. Roaming the mountain has made him strong…
‘Under a Bomber’s Moon’ reaches across the divide of years, of geography and nationality, to tell the stories of two wartime pilots an RAF navigator-air bomber from NZ and a…
Designed for the introductory Biblical studies course, this text surveys both the Old and New Testaments. It takes a presentation of the passages in the Bible from the legacy of…
Stephen M. Harris
Focuses purely on British military intelligence operations during the Crimean War. It details the beginnings of the intelligence operations as a result of the British Commander, Lord Raglan’s need for…
Stephen C Harry
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…
This is the first scholarly work to focus purely on British military intelligence operations during the Crimean War.
Stephen L. Harris
The legendary Fighting 69th took part in five major engagements during World War I. This unit was inspired by its chaplain, Father Francis Duffy, and commanded by the future leader…
The stirring account of the Third U.S. Infantry Division in the Second Battle of the Marne
where the tide of World War 1 finally turned …The soldiers of the…
Stephen J. Harris
Asks why Christians in Britain around the year 700 enjoyed Latin poetry. What did they see in it? What did they get from it? This book attempts to reconstruct the…
The 369th became one of the few U.S. units that American commanding general John J. Pershing agreed to let serve under French command. Donning French uniforms and taking up French…
Stephen Carlos
In a city gripped by fear, FBI Special Agent Catherine Harris faces a chilling mystery when a series of high-profile murders rock the tech industry.
Each victim, linked to a…
In the midst of the Great Depression in tiny Roxboro, Alabama, Sara and her son, Sam, struggle to make ends meet within a community where Christian values are preached but…
This is an adventuresome, humorous story of a father and son that takes place in yesteryear of Florida. The story entails fishing tales, fish tails, hunting, and wild, unbridled revelry…
In The Price of Brotherhood, Mr. Stephen Moore, a successful lawyer and mystery writer, returned to his alma mater, Ivory College, on homecoming weekend to solve a homicide. Darnell Ellis…
The New Testament is designed for undergraduates beginning their first systematic study of the Christian Greek Scriptures. This introductory text familiarises readers with the major themes of the New Testament…
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Tim Nichol
Taking a light-hearted and humorous look at life through the eyes of an eleven-year-old boy, this book recounts the everyday problems that are faced by children with Developmental Co-ordination Disorders…
