Book Description
Traces the history of the disease of smallpox from its possible origins in prehistoric times to its eradication in 1977
Author : Donald R. Hopkins
Publisher :
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 42,61 MB
Release : 1983-01-01
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780226351766
Traces the history of the disease of smallpox from its possible origins in prehistoric times to its eradication in 1977
Author : Thomas S. Gladsky
Publisher : Univ of Massachusetts Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 27,79 MB
Release : 2009-06-30
Category : American literature
ISBN : 9781558497559
A study of the way in which ethnic identities are created and shaped by literature.
Author : Alex Storozynski
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 29,98 MB
Release : 2009-04-28
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1429966076
Thaddeus Kosciuszko, a Polish-Lithuanian born in 1746, was one of the most important figures of the modern world. Fleeing his homeland after a death sentence was placed on his head (when he dared court a woman above his station), he came to America one month after the signing of the Declaration of Independence, literally showing up on Benjamin Franklin's doorstep in Philadelphia with little more than a revolutionary spirit and a genius for engineering. Entering the fray as a volunteer in the war effort, he quickly proved his capabilities and became the most talented engineer of the Continental Army. Kosciuszko went on to construct the fortifications for Philadelphia, devise battle plans that were integral to the American victory at the pivotal Battle of Saratoga, and designed the plans for Fortress West Point—the same plans that were stolen by Benedict Arnold. Then, seeking new challenges, Kosciuszko asked for a transfer to the Southern Army, where he oversaw a ring of African-American spies. A lifelong champion of the common man and woman, he was ahead of his time in advocating tolerance and standing up for the rights of slaves, Native Americans, women, serfs, and Jews. Following the end of the war, Kosciuszko returned to Poland and was a leading figure in that nation's Constitutional movement. He became Commander in Chief of the Polish Army and valiantly led a defense against a Russian invasion, and in 1794 he led what was dubbed the Kosciuszko Uprising—a revolt of Polish-Lithuanian forces against the Russian occupiers. Captured during the revolt, he was ultimately pardoned by Russia's Paul I and lived the remainder of his life as an international celebrity and a vocal proponent for human rights. Thomas Jefferson, with whom Kosciuszko had an ongoing correspondence on the immorality of slaveholding, called him "as pure a son of liberty as I have ever known." A lifelong bachelor with a knack for getting involved in doomed relationships, Kosciuszko navigated the tricky worlds of royal intrigue and romance while staying true to his ultimate passion—the pursuit of freedom for all. This definitive and exhaustively researched biography fills a long-standing gap in historical literature with its account of a dashing and inspiring revolutionary figure.
Author : Martineau
Publisher :
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 26,47 MB
Release : 1856
Category :
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Author : Charles Stross
Publisher : Tor Books
Page : 690 pages
File Size : 38,4 MB
Release : 2014-01-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1466863943
The Traders' War -- an omnibus edition of the third and fourth novels in Charles Stross's Merchant Princes series. Miriam was an ambitious business journalist in Boston. Until she was fired—then discovered, to her shock, that her lost family comes from an alternate reality. And although some of them are trying to kill her, she won't stop digging up secrets. Now that she knows she's inherited the family ability to walk between worlds, there's a new culture to explore. Her alternate home seems located around the Middle Ages, making her world-hopping relatives top dogs when it comes to "importing" guns and other gadgets from modern-day America. Payment flows from their services to U.S. drug rings—after all, world-skipping drug runners make great traffickers. In a land where women are property, she struggles to remain independent. Yet her outsider ways won't be tolerated, and a highly political arranged marriage is being brokered behind her back. If she can stay alive for long enough to protest. "These books are immense fun."--Locus At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Author : Tom De Haan
Publisher : Random House (UK)
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 24,6 MB
Release : 1989
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780099581703
Author : Joseph W. Whitecotton
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 29,70 MB
Release : 2018
Category : Zapotec Indians
ISBN :
Author : Sharon Creech
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 34,20 MB
Release : 2014-05-28
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1408848031
One fairytale setting, two very different families and a lot of strange and magical happenings. From Carnegie Medal winner Sharon Creech
Author : Dina Gusejnova
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 393 pages
File Size : 10,81 MB
Release : 2016-06-16
Category : History
ISBN : 1107120624
Explores European civilisation as a concept of twentieth-century political practice and the project of a transnational network of European elites. This title is available as Open Access.
Author : Melanie Dickerson
Publisher : Zonderkidz
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 49,72 MB
Release : 2014-11-04
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 0310745756
In this historical fairy-tale romance book from bestselling author Melanie Dickerson, based on The Princess and the Frog, Margaretha hopes to find her prince … but when a man claiming to be an English lord arrives at the castle, she finds herself questioning her heart as she uncovers secrets about her current suitor that cast the mysterious lord in a new light. Margaretha has always been a romantic, and hopes her newest suitor, Lord Claybrook, will be her one true love. But then an injured man is brought to Hagenheim Castle, claiming to be an English lord Claybrook attacked and left for dead. And only Margaretha understands the wild story. Margaretha convinces herself “Lord Colin” is just addled. Then Colin retrieves an heirloom she lost and asks her to spy on Claybrook as repayment. Margaretha knows she could never be a spy—she unable to keep anything secret—though what she soon discovers changes her romantic notions not about Claybrook but possibly Colin as well. It is up to her to save her father and Hagenheim itself from a wicked plot. The Princess Spy is: Perfect for teen readers ages 13-18 and adults who enjoy historical romances A romantic, fast-paced read—sure to entrance fans of fairy tale retellings A stand-alone story that is also part of the Hagenheim series, featuring the daughter of Rose and Lord Hamlin A full-length clean and inspiring love story