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David Greenway, a journalist’s journalist in the tradition of Michael Herr, David Halberstam, and Dexter Filkins. In this vivid memoir, he tells us what it’s like to report a war up close. Reporter David Greenway was at the White House the day Kennedy was assassinated. He was in the jungles...

A Mid Nineteenth Century trip along the recently completed Catawissa Railroad in Rural Pennsylvania.

William Henry, Prince of Orange and Count of Nassau, a ruler destined to play a greater part in shaping the destinies of modern England than any of her native sovereigns, was born at the Hague on the 4th of November 1650. By blood and ancestral tradition he was well fitted for the work to which he...

This book is a collection of fascinating short stories, photos, and documents furnished by the heroic and courageous men that served as air or ground crew members in Vietnam. The chopper units were located throughout Vietnam. During the course of the war, we lost at least 5,139 helicopter air crew...

First Published in 1966. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834) wrote the famous poems “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” and “Kubla Khan,” but he was also an influential philosopher, literary critic, and forerunner of transcendentalism. This 1884 biographical study explores his life and works, divided into Coleridge’s “Poetical,” “Critical,” and “Metaphysical and Theological” periods.

An ancient dragon nears the end of hope after ten thousand years of slavery at the hands of elves. After her latest master dies, she prepares to receive a new master, expecting yet another in a long line of cruel owners. However, she soon realizes that her new master is like none she has known before.

Successful lawyer Russell Bennett struggles with three issues -- he’s alone, having lost his immediate family to cancer; he’s also susceptible to the disease; and he’s infatuated with his doctor, who represents everything he could ever dream of in a partner.Dr. Peter Wilson has realised his dream...

Es ist die Chance ihres Lebens! Rose hat gerade ihr Studium am MIT beendet und ihren ersten Job in Miami begonnen, als sie nach L.A. fliegen muss, um dort die wichtigste Präsentation des Jahres bei dem weltweit angesagtesten Modelabel zu übernehmen.   Doch L.A. wäre nicht L.A., wenn...

Confrontation over Taiwan: Nineteenth Century China and the Powers is a full and detailed account of international relations of Taiwan during the nineteenth century and specifically, the period between 1840 and 1895. During this time the western powers and Japan were engaged in imperialist designs...

The second edition of Gesser’s classic Applied Chemistry includes updated versions of the original 16 chapters plus two new chapters on semiconductors and nanotechnology. This textbook introduces chemistry students to the applications of their field to engineering design and function across a wide...

THE PILLARS OF HERCULES, ALGIERS, MALAGA, BARCELONA, MARSEILLES, NICE, THE RIVIERA, GENOA, THE TUSCAN COAST, VENICE, ALEXANDRIA, MALTA, SICILY, NAPLES,

This 1897 collection of essays discusses veteran authors, schools of fiction, and criticizes two then-rising authors: Stephen Crane and Arthur Morrison. Chapters include “The Political Novel,” “The Politics of Literature,” “Matthew Arnold,” and “The Future of Humour,” among others.

Analysing six Greek tragedies - the Orestes triology, Ajax, Antigone and Philoctetes - and Hamlet, this book also contains a chapter on the Greek and the Elizabethan dramatic forms and one on religious drama. This is an important work from an author respected for a constructive and sensitive quality of criticism.