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Secret Dartmouth explores the lesser-known history of the town of Dartmouth in Devon through a fascinating selection of stories, unusual facts and attractive photographs.
Author : Christine Donnelly
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 22,42 MB
Release : 2021-09-15
Category : Photography
ISBN : 1398104116
Secret Dartmouth explores the lesser-known history of the town of Dartmouth in Devon through a fascinating selection of stories, unusual facts and attractive photographs.
Author : Kathleen Ryan Comiskey Roberts
Publisher :
Page : 147 pages
File Size : 46,34 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Dartmouth (Mass.)
ISBN : 9780982507551
Secrets of Old Dartmouth is a an exciting step backwards in our nation's history, especially the history of "Old Dartmouth" in colonial New England. Kathleen Ryan Comiskey Robert's book, originally published in 1963, provides a rich account of what life in Old Dartmouth (encompassed what is now Dartmouth, New Bedford, Fairhaven, Westport, and Acushnet) was like. It vividly details how the Native American, first inhabitants of the area lived. It also provides a rich history of how our colonial ancestors forged a new life in Old Dartmouth, upon arriving on Massachusetts' shores from England in the early 1600's.
Author : Eric Simons
Publisher : Abrams
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 27,61 MB
Release : 2013-04-04
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1468307584
In this accessible study, a journalist examines the science, philosophy, and sociology behind being a sports fan. Sports fandom is either an aspect of a person's fundamental identity, or completely incomprehensible to those who aren’t fans at all. What is happening in our brains and bodies when we feel strong emotion while watching a game? How do sports fans resemble political junkies, and why do we form such a strong attachment to a sports team? Journalist Eric Simons presents in-depth research in an accessible and brilliant way, sure to interest readers of Malcolm Gladwell. Through reading the literature and attending neuroscience conferences, talking to fans, psychologists, and scientists, and working through his issues as part of a collaboration with the NPR science program RadioLab, Eric Simons hoped to find an answer that would explain why the attractive force of this relationship with treasured sports teams is so great that we can’t leave it. Praise for The Secret Lives of Sports Fans “Adroitly mixing research with feature reporting, Simons unveils some intriguing discoveries. . . . There’s a lot of science to digest, but Simons’s affable writing style—and his great eagerness to profile actual people, including himself—infuses the data with heart and soul.” —Publishers Weekly “An intriguing ride through “all the wondrous quirks and oddities in human nature.” —Kirkus Reviews
Author : Enid M. G. Routh
Publisher :
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 49,51 MB
Release : 1912
Category : British
ISBN :
"The story of the English occupation of Tangier in the reign of Charles II is to be found among hundreds of contemporary documents and letters, most of which have never been published. By far the most important source of information is the large collection of official correspondence preserved at the Public Record Office, under the heading "Colonial Office, 279", which contains many letters and reports written by the English Governors of Tangier between 1662-1684. The present work is based principally on these manuscript letters, from which a number of extracts are printed. Of many other valuable authorities, the most interesting, perhaps is a journal written at Tangier by John Luke ... this journal, which gives many details concerning social life, is, so far as I can ascertain, generally known"--Preface (p. vii).
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Publisher :
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 27,47 MB
Release : 1898
Category : Manuscripts
ISBN :
Author : Jon Kukla
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 22,91 MB
Release : 2017-07-04
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 143919081X
"An authoritative biography of founding father Patrick Henry that restores him to his important place in our history and explains the formative influence on his thought and character of Virginia, where he lived all his life."--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher :
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 45,8 MB
Release : 1912
Category : College publications
ISBN :
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Publisher :
Page : 508 pages
File Size : 12,98 MB
Release : 1904
Category : Literature
ISBN :
Author : Brooks Richards
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 30,1 MB
Release : 2004-08-02
Category : Education
ISBN : 1135774439
With the fall of France, almost the entire coastline of Western Europe was in German hands. Clandestine sea transport operations provided lines of vital intelligence for wartime Britain. These 'secret flotillas' landed and picked up agents in and from France, and ferried Allied evaders and escapees. This activity was crucial to the SIS (Secret Intelligence Service) and the SOE (Special Operations Executive). This authoritative publication by the official historian, the late Sir Brooks Richards, vividly describes and analyses the clandestine naval operations that took place during World War Two.
Author : Marlborough College (Marlborough, England). Natural History Society
Publisher :
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 22,48 MB
Release : 1869
Category : Natural history
ISBN :