Nathaniel's Nutmeg (Talking Book)
Author : Giles Milton
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Page : pages
File Size : 19,97 MB
Release : 2012
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Nathaniel's Nutmeg
Author : Giles Milton
Publisher :
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 22,38 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Indonesia
ISBN : 9781840328691
Book Description
Presented on audio, this is a story of how one man's courage changed the course of history.
Nathaniel's Nutmeg
Author : Giles Milton
Publisher : John Murray
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 38,33 MB
Release : 2012-04-12
Category : History
ISBN : 1444717715
Book Description
'To write a book that makes the reader sit in a trance, lost in his passionate desire to pack a suitcase and go to the fabulous place - that, in the end, is something one would give a sack of nutmeg for' Philip Hensher, The Spectator In 1616, an English adventurer, Nathaniel Courthope, stepped ashore on a remote island in the East Indies on a secret mission - to persuade the islanders of Run to grant a monopoly to England over their nutmeg, a fabulously valuable spice in Europe. This infuriated the Dutch, who were determined to control the world's nutmeg supply. For five years Courthope and his band of thirty men were besieged by a force one hundred times greater - and his heroism set in motion the events that led to the founding of the greatest city on earth. A beautifully told adventure story and a fascinating depiction of exploration in the seventeenth century, NATHANIEL'S NUTMEG sheds a remarkable light on history
Talking Book Topics
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 19,36 MB
Release : 2005-07
Category : Talking books
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Book Description
Curious Tales from Chemistry
Author : Lars Öhrström
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 47,47 MB
Release : 2013-11-28
Category : Science
ISBN : 019163705X
Book Description
This is a book about discovery and disaster, exploitation and invention, warfare and science - and the relationship between human beings and the chemical elements that make up our planet. Lars Ohrstrom introduces us to a variety of elements from S to Pb through tales of ordinary and extraordinary people from around the globe. We meet African dictators controlling vital supplies of uranium; eighteenth-century explorers searching out sources of precious metals; industrial spies stealing the secrets of steel-making. We find out why the Hindenburg airship was tragically filled with hydrogen, not helium; why nail-varnish remover played a key part in World War I; and the real story behind the legend of tin buttons and the downfall of Napoleon. In each chapter, we find out about the distinctive properties of each element and the concepts and principles that have enabled scientists to put it to practical use. These are the fascinating (and sometimes terrifying) stories of chemistry in action.
Moby-Dick
Author : Herman Melville
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 660 pages
File Size : 13,54 MB
Release : 2016-03-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1439117209
Book Description
Enriched Classics offer readers accessible editions of great works of literature enhanced by helpful notes and commentary. Each book includes educational tools alongside the text, enabling students and readers alike to gain a deeper and more developed understanding of the writer and their work. Herman Melville's peerless allegorical masterpiece is the epic saga of the fanatical Captain Ahab, who swears vengeance on the mammoth white whale that has crippled him. Often considered to be the Great American Novel, Moby-Dick is at once a starkly realistic story of whaling, a romance of unusual adventure, and a searing drama of heroic courage, moral conflict, and mad obsession. It is world-renowned as the greatest sea story ever told. Moby-Dick, widely misunderstood in its own time, has since become an indubitable classic of American literature.
Books Out Loud
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Page : 3214 pages
File Size : 31,14 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Audiobooks
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Book Description
The Last Alchemist in Paris
Author : Lars Öhrström
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 26,44 MB
Release : 2013-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 019966109X
Book Description
La 4eme de couv. indique : "This is a book about discovery and disaster, exploitation and invention, warfare and science, and the relationship between human beings and the chemical elements that make up our planet. It is an introduction to chemistry as you never thaught it at school."
Diamonds
Author : Jack Ogden
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 403 pages
File Size : 35,49 MB
Release : 2018-01-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0300215665
Book Description
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- PREFACE -- 1 The Diamond -- 2 The Ancient World -- 3 Early Persia and the East -- 4 Medieval Europe -- 5 The Dawn of Diamond Cutting in Europe -- 6 The Fifteenth-Century Technical Revolution -- 7 Renaissance Table and Point Cuts -- 8 Renaissance Multifaceted Cuts -- 9 The Early Brilliant Cut -- 10 Diamond Cutting in London -- 11 The Value and Assessment of Diamonds -- 12 The Indian Diamond Mines -- 13 The Diamond Trade in India -- 14 Diamond Cutting in India and the East -- 15 The Eclipse of Indian Diamonds -- Epilogue -- APPENDIX: A 1675 Description of the Diamond Mines -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- T -- V -- W -- Y -- Z
Words on Cassette
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Publisher :
Page : 2468 pages
File Size : 15,66 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Audiobooks
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