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Admiral Albert Hastings Markham

A Victorian Tale of Triumph, Tragedy & Exploration

By: Frank Jastrzembski

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Admiral Albert Hastings Markham

A Victorian Tale of Triumph, Tragedy & Exploration

By: Frank Jastrzembski

The story of a 19th-century adventurer who battled pirates, hunted buffalo, sailed the Arctic, and was “one of the most arresting figures of his time” (The Globe). Few men have lived such an extraordinary life as Admiral Albert Hastings Markham. Besides dedicating five decades of his career to Britain’s Royal Navy, Markham was a voracious reader, prolific writer, keen naturalist, and daring explorer. He battled Chinese pirates during the Second Opium War and Taiping Rebellion; chased down Australian blackbirding ships in the South Pacific; trekked to within 400 miles of the North Pole; hunted buffalo and visited Indian reservations in the United States; observed a bloody war in South America; canoed Canada’s remote Hayes River; and explored the icy waters of Baffin Bay and the Arctic Ocean archipelago of Novaya Zemlya. At the time of his death in 1918, The Globe declared that Markham had been “one of the most arresting figures of his time.” While Markham’s life was filled with adventure, it was also marred by tragedy. Regrettably, Markham is best remembered for his role in the sinking of HMS Victoria in 1893. This one incident has tarnished his legacy until now. This book follows Markham through his adventures and misfortunes—and reassesses the life of this forgotten yet fascinating admiral.

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Pen and Sword

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1526725932

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9781526725936

Valentine Baker's Heroic Stand at Tashkessen 1877

A Tarnished British Soldier's Glorious Victory

By: Frank Jastrzembski

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Valentine Baker's Heroic Stand at Tashkessen 1877

A Tarnished British Soldier's Glorious Victory

By: Frank Jastrzembski

There are moments in the past of many a man's career that stand out clear and defined after the lapse of even many years: life pictures, the very memory of which brings back a glorious thrill of pride and pleasure. This is the feeling which vibrates through me still, when I recall that last and closing scene that crowned the hard-fought fight at Tashkessen.History has best remembered Valentine Baker for his embarrassments. In 1875, he was accused of sexual assault and dismissed from the British Army. In 1884, he suffered an embarrassing defeat at the Battle of El Teb. But what about Baker's positive achievements?The most underappreciated event that took place in his controversial life came during the Russo-Turkish War in 1877. The exiled Baker, in command of 3,000 Ottoman soldiers, was dispatched to the village of Tashkessen to stall 25,000 advancing Russian soldiers. Through his superb leadership and brilliant disposition of his troops, Baker was able to score a victory.The Spartan stand of Baker and his command has gained little recognition. Despite this modern obscurity, Baker's performance at Tashkessen was applauded by his contemporaries as a model of tactical leadership and heroism. This is the exhilarating tale of how Valentine Baker was able to find redemption at Tashkessen.

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259

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Casemate Publishers

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1473866820

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9781473866829

Dostoevsky

The Years of Ordeal, 1850-1859

By: Joseph Frank

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Dostoevsky

The Years of Ordeal, 1850-1859

By: Joseph Frank

Volume two of one of the greatest literary biographies of our time Joseph Frank’s award-winning, five-volume Dostoevsky is widely recognized as the best biography of the Russian novelist in any language and one of the greatest literary biographies ever written. In this monumental work, Frank blends biography, intellectual history, and literary criticism to illuminate Dostoevsky’s works and set them in their personal, historical, and ideological context. More than a biography in the usual sense, this is a cultural history of nineteenth-century Russia, providing both a rich picture of the world in which Dostoevsky lived and a major reinterpretation of his life and work. This volume opens with the detention of the bookish young writer for membership in the radical Petrashevsky Circle and closes with his return to the capital ten years later as an ex-convict and former soldier who now proclaims himself an ardent supporter of the czar and the Russian imperial dynasty.

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Princeton University Press

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0691209383

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9780691209388

Foundations for Designing User-Centered Systems

What System Designers Need to Know about People

By: Frank E. Ritter,Gordon D. Baxter,Elizabeth F. Churchill

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Foundations for Designing User-Centered Systems

What System Designers Need to Know about People

By: Frank E. Ritter,Gordon D. Baxter,Elizabeth F. Churchill

Foundations for Designing User-Centered Systems introduces the fundamental human capabilities and characteristics that influence how people use interactive technologies. Organized into four main areas—anthropometrics, behaviour, cognition and social factors—it covers basic research and considers the practical implications of that research on system design. Applying what you learn from this book will help you to design interactive systems that are more usable, more useful and more effective. The authors have deliberately developed Foundations for Designing User-Centered Systems to appeal to system designers and developers, as well as to students who are taking courses in system design and HCI. The book reflects the authors’ backgrounds in computer science, cognitive science, psychology and human factors. The material in the book is based on their collective experience which adds up to almost 90 years of working in academia and both with, and within, industry; covering domains that include aviation, consumer Internet, defense, eCommerce, enterprise system design, health care, and industrial process control.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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1447151348

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9781447151340

Admiral Albert Hastings Markham

A Victorian Tale of Triumph, Tragedy & Exploration

By: Frank Jastrzembski

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A Victorian Tale of Triumph, Tragedy & Exploration

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Admiral Albert Hastings Markham

Admiral Albert Hastings Markham

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Valentine Baker's Heroic Stand at Tashkessen 1877

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Foundations for Designing User-Centered Systems

Foundations for Designing User-Centered Systems

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