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Diplomat and author George Payne Rainsford James was well versed in historical research methods, even serving for a time as Britain's Historiographer Royal. In the sweeping epic The King's Highway, James unfurls a classic tale of two friends and the young boy who brings them together amidst tragic circumstances.

This book deals with various facets of cultures and civilization of north-east India. It contains valuable information about the pre-historic megalithic cultures of the hill tribes, the genesis and growth of tribal culture, their exposure to civilization Aryanisation and Sanskritization, especially in...

The news of attack on school children flashed in news papers, TV and Radio. The incident gave everyone anguish. Yet two American teenagers from Los Angeles decided to fly down to Kolkata in search of the golden goose.... Shankar and Siddarth were on a secret mission, which meant spending three months...

Author George Payne Rainsford James was renowned for his ability to weave carefully researched historical facts into compelling narrative formats. James even served as the official British Historiographer Royal for a time. This sweeping historical romance blends keen insight into human behavior with a deliciously dry wit.

A fantastic historical novel about the adventures of a highwayman.

Danny was taken completely by surprise when a plastic bag was thrust over his head causing his whole body to scream out for air. Time seemed to slow down while he thought quickly about his situation, he knew he only had micro seconds before losing consciousness and that struggling would only exacerbate...

College friends fret on the eve of separation. Going into the world, they feel that the future sparkles with limitless possibility and that their bond is unbreakable. Quickly a sort of social gravity catches them out, revealing that for adults choices are few and ties are tenuous. Their trajectories—pulling apart, drawing calamitously close—plot the erratic orbit of modern existence.

The four stories in this collection explore the vagaries of intimate human relationships. The subjects—a freshly retired couple with a no-longer-young daughter whose behavior still vexes them, two stoic men working adjacent farms in the American Midwest, a pair on the cusp of middle age facing a...

A Cambridge man wakes to find his home rendered strange, as if everything in it has been moved a fraction of a centimeter while he slept. In an irrational state he flees to the nearby international airport and purchases a ticket, certain that he is outrunning some horribly present danger. At the security...

This classic of the mathematical literature forms a comprehensive study of the inequalities used throughout mathematics. First published in 1934, it presents clearly and exhaustively both the statement and proof of all the standard inequalities of analysis. The authors were well known for their powers...

Die Sonnengeschichten spielen im zehnten bis sechsten vorchristlichen Jahrtausend. Sie führen zurück in eine Zeit, die für die Entwicklung der menschlichen Gesellschaft vergleichbar atemberaubend war wie der Übergang eines Kindes vom Baby- ins Kleinkindalter. Die Sonnengeschichten definieren Gesellschaft...

This is a romantic fiction written by 19th century writer G.P.R. James, a well-known British writer during the Victorian Era. This is one of his most famous works, and here is an excerpt from the intro: Picking up a novel by the historical novelist G. P. R. James, with Virginia as subject and...

Given the Debye temperature of an elemental superconductor (SC) and its Tc, BCS theory enables one to predict the value of its gap Δ0 at T = 0, or vice versa. This monograph shows that non-elemental SCs can be similarly dealt with via the generalized BCS equations (GBCSEs) which, given any two parameters...