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In the battle for empire that was the Seven Years War France s Sugar Islands G... In the battle for empire that was the Seven Years War France s Sugar Islands Guadeloupe and Martinique were stakes as important as the Dominion of Canada. This book sketches the background strategy that led William Pitt to send an expedition to... more

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is p... 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 domain in the United States of America and possibly other nations. Within the United... more

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is p... 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 domain in the United States of America and possibly other nations. Within the United... more

Originally published in 1976 the sixth book in the Princeton-Cambridge Studies... Originally published in 1976 the sixth book in the Princeton-Cambridge Studies in Chinese Linguistics series was one of the first in any language to apply the techniques of acoustic phonetics to Mandarin Chinese. The present volume describes the... more

Covering a period of nearly 40 years work by the author this collection of ess... Covering a period of nearly 40 years work by the author this collection of essays brings the perspective of a Drama academic and practitioner of early English plays to the understanding of how medieval plays and Robin Hood games of the fifteenth and... more

Covering a period of nearly 40 years work by the author this collection of ess... Covering a period of nearly 40 years work by the author this collection of essays brings the perspective of a Drama academic and practitioner of early English plays to the understanding of how medieval plays and Robin Hood games of the fifteenth and... more

For nearly a year Marshall D. Sahlins lived in villages on the Fijian island o... For nearly a year Marshall D. Sahlins lived in villages on the Fijian island of Moala learning the way of the land as the Moalans call their customs. From this experience he has written a book that is at once an intensive field study and a new... more

The 34 islands that comprise the Marshall group lie in the Pacific Ocean some ... The 34 islands that comprise the Marshall group lie in the Pacific Ocean some half way between Hawaii and New Guinea. This study incorporating landscape habitation sites chronologies and material culture is a detailed archaeological survey of Utrôk... more

This case study examines emigrants from Namoluk Atoll in the Eastern Caroline ... This case study examines emigrants from Namoluk Atoll in the Eastern Caroline Islands of Micronesia in the Western Pacific. Most members of the Namoluk community do not currently live there. The question is how (and why) those expatriates continue... more

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is p... 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 domain in the United States of America and possibly other nations. Within the United... more

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is p... 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 domain in the United States of America and possibly other nations. Within the United... more

I grew up on Canvey Island in the 1950s when life back then was very different... I grew up on Canvey Island in the 1950s when life back then was very different from today - unhurried and easy going and although times were hard we got by - we had to. School was no fun for me due to the name calling and mockery I both endured and... more

Notes on the Archeology of Margarita Island Venezuela is a seminal work in the... Notes on the Archeology of Margarita Island Venezuela is a seminal work in the field of archaeology. Published in 1912 it presents the findings of an important archaeological expedition to Margarita Island which yielded significant insights into the... more

This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significan... This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. So that the book is never forgotten we have represented this book in a print... more

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is p... 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 domain in the United States of America and possibly other nations. Within the United... more

Beautiful Joe s Paradise: Or The Island Of Brotherly Love is a novel written b... Beautiful Joe s Paradise: Or The Island Of Brotherly Love is a novel written by Marshall Saunders in 1902. The book is a sequel to the original Beautiful Joe which tells the story of a dog named Joe who was rescued from abuse and finds a loving... more

I must tell you though that this is not a history lesson but a story-book. The... I must tell you though that this is not a history lesson but a story-book. There are many facts in school histories that seem to children to belong to lessons only. Some of these you will not find here. But you will find some stories that are not to... more

This children s history of the British Isles begins with the early tribal lege... This children s history of the British Isles begins with the early tribal legends of Albion and takes us through the Roman period the Dark Ages Medieval times and the Tudor Stuart and later monarchs. A delightful and compelling narration of Britain... more

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is p... 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 was reproduced from the original artifact and remains as true to the original work as possible.... more

A surprising page-turner full of humour and startling details THE TIMES If I r... A surprising page-turner full of humour and startling details THE TIMES If I read a better history this year I will be lucky TOM HOLLAND An astonishing tour de force SPECTATOR Shortlisted for the HWA Nonfiction Crown Award Longlisted for the... more