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The Central Australian Expedition 1844-1846 / The Journals of Charles Sturt

By: Charles Sturt

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The Central Australian Expedition 1844-1846 / The Journals of Charles Sturt

By: Charles Sturt

In August 1844 a heavily-laden party led by Captain Charles Sturt set out from Adelaide to head into the unexplored vastness of central Australia. Amongst their equipment was a boat: as well as carrying out his mission of scientific investigation and mapping the topography, Sturt was convinced he would find the inland sea that was reputed to lie in the middle of the continent and so make his reputation. This is the first full publication of Sturt's original journals of the trip. They record the hardships of the journeying through the parched landscape, but also show how his efforts helped reveal the nature of much of the mysterious interior of Australia, and how, in a manner uncharacteristic of his times, he established respectful and co-operative relations with the Aborigines he encountered along the way.

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803

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Taylor & Francis

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1317039270

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9781317039273

The Letters of Dr. Charles Burney

By: Stewart Cooke,Charles Burney

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The Letters of Dr. Charles Burney

By: Stewart Cooke,Charles Burney

This volume of letters by Charles Burney, the first to be published since 1991, runs from 1794 to 10 January 1800, beginning with his recovery from a debilitating attack of rheumatism, continuing with the death of his wife in 1796, and ending with the shocking death of his daughter Susanna. Certain leitmotifs, typical of Burney's concerns, stand out throughout the volume: his trepidation over the war with France and its effect on domestic politics, his exhausting social life, his travels, and his publication of the memoirs of the poet and lyricist Metastasio. A staunch monarchist and a self-confessed 'allarmist', Burney is haunted 'day and night' by the French Revolution and the threat that Republican France poses to 'religion, morals, liberty, property, & life'. He frets frequently over those he considers to be domestic Jacobins, a word he uses forty-seven times in the course of the volume to describe anyone whose politics differ from his own conservative values. Although Burney turns sixty-eight in April 1794, in this volume he barely slows down his habitual hectic pace of teaching and publishing. In the summer of 1795, he publishes his final book, Memoirs of the Life and Writings of the Abate Pietro Metastasio, despite a hectic social life that sees him hobnobbing with the elite in society and politics and a love of travel that takes him to the homes of friends in Hampshire and Cheshire and into his past on a nostalgic visit to Shrewsbury, his childhood home.

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632

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Oxford University Press

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0198739842

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9780198739845

The Book of Common Prayer: A Guide

By: Charles Hefling

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The Book of Common Prayer: A Guide

By: Charles Hefling

The Book of Common Prayer is a remarkable book, a sacred book in more than one sense. It is primarily a liturgical text, meant to be used in corporate worship, and at the same time a literary landmark, a cultural icon, and a focus of identity for Anglican Christianity. This brief, accessible account of the Prayer Book, as it is often called, describes the contents of the classical version of the text, with special emphasis on the services for which it has been used most frequently since it was issued in 1662. Charles Hefling also examines the historical and theological context of the Prayer Book's origins, the changes it has undergone, the controversies it has touched off, and its reception in England, Scotland, and America. Readers are introduced to the political as well as the spiritual influence of the Book of Common Prayer, and to its enduring place in English-speaking religion.

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256

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Oxford University Press

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0190689706

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9780190689704

The Boy in Grey

By: Charles Kingsley

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The Boy in Grey

By: Charles Kingsley

Henry Kingsley (1830-1876) was an English novelist, brother of the better known Charles Kingsley. He wrote several well-regarded novels, including "Geoffrey Hamlyn" (1859), "The Hillyars and the Burtons" (1865), "Ravenshoe" (1861), and "Austin Elliot" (1863).

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Wildside Press LLC

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1434461114

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9781434461117

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The Central Australian Expedition 1844-1846 / The Journals of Charles Sturt

The Central Australian Expedition 1844-1846 / The Journals of Charles Sturt

The Letters of Dr. Charles Burney

The Letters of Dr. Charles Burney

The Book of Common Prayer: A Guide

The Book of Common Prayer: A Guide

The Boy in Grey

The Boy in Grey

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