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Malcolm – Soldier, Diplomat, Ideologue of British India

The Life of Sir John Malcolm (1769 - 1833)

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Malcolm – Soldier, Diplomat, Ideologue of British India

The Life of Sir John Malcolm (1769 - 1833)

By: John Malcolm

Highly regarded in India and Persia to this day, Sir John Malcolm is remarkably little known in his native Scotland. This book describes his extraordinary journey from modest origins to become a leading player in the transformation of the East India Company from a largely commercial enterprise into an agent of imperial government, during a crucial period of British and Indian political history. Born in 1769, Malcolm was one of seventeen children of a tenant farmer in the Scottish Borders. Leaving school, family and country at thirteen, he achieved distinction in India over the next half-century. A quintessential all-rounder, he excelled in many fields: as a professional soldier he campaigned with Wellington in south India and rose to Major-General; as an administrator, he pacified Central India and later became Governor of Bombay. He led three Company missions to Persia in the early stages of diplomatic rivalry between Britain and Russia, the Great Game. He was fluent in several languages, and wrote nine influential books, including The History of Persia. Based on extensive research in Britain, India and Iran, this biography brings to life the story of a talented and ambitious man living in a dramatic era of imperial history.

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Birlinn

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1907909249

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9781907909245

In a Rebellious Spirit

The Argument of Facts, the Liberty Riot, and the Coming of the American Revolution

By: John P. Reid

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In a Rebellious Spirit

The Argument of Facts, the Liberty Riot, and the Coming of the American Revolution

By: John P. Reid

A fresh view of the legal arguments leading to the American Revolution, this book argues that rebellious acts called "lawless" mob action by British authorities were sanctioned by "whig law" in the eyes of the colonists. Professor Reid also holds that leading historians have been misled by taking both sides' forensic statements at face value. The focus is on three events. First was the Malcom Affair (1766), when a Boston merchant and his friends faced down a sheriff's party seeking smuggled goods, arguing that the search warrant was invalid. Second was a parade in Boston to celebrate the second anniversary (1768) of the repeal of the Stamp Act—an occasion when some revenue officials were hanged in effigy. Third was the Liberty "riot" (1768), when customs officers boarded John Hancock's ship and were carried off by a crowd including the aforementioned Malcom. Legal inquires into the three events were marked by hyperbole on both sides. Whigs depicted Crown officials as lawless trespassers serving a foreign tyrant. Tories painted the Sons of Liberty as lawless mobs of almost savage ferocity. Both sides, as the author shows, had extralegal motives: whigs to enlist supporters in the other colonies for the cause of independence; tories to bring British troops and warships to Massachusetts in support of the status quo. Both succeeded in their polemical aims, and both have gulled most historians.

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181

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Penn State Press

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0271072954

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9780271072951

Who Am I

By: John D. McCray

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Who Am I

By: John D. McCray

Brent Edward Miles is a thirty-two year old confused male who is trying to discover his true identity. Brent transitions from Augusta, Georgia to Brooklyn, New York, to work in a new position for a striving company. He meets two people in his life, Michael Davis and Renee Jones, whom he takes an interest in, along with people who he thought he could trust. Can Brent look deep in his heart to see what God is showing him or will he continue to see what he wants to see and continue down the same road to destruction, and lose focus of the real reason why he moved to New York in the first place.

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408

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Xlibris Corporation

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1477122184

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9781477122181

Scumbags

By: John W Buttner

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Scumbags

By: John W Buttner

Scumbags is a crime thriller and drama with an underlying romantic subplot about four teenagers in a small working-class city where only the strongest, smartest, and sometimes dirtiest survive. Two of the four boys are brothers, while all four of them have suffered less-than-ideal circumstances on the home front. The four Scumbags, as they come to be called, do any and everything necessary to survive. One night, the four lifelong friends attempt to carjack a drunken stranger to help advance their small-time marijuana business. When the stranger decides to try his luck, he is accidentally shot. The boys flee in the stolen car but end up in a terrible car accident, where the driver, who happened to have planned the crime himself, ends up stuck in the wreckage. He tells the others to run and to save themselves, as the police sirens in the distance are rapidly approaching. They reluctantly do as he wishes and leave him to the police. He is sentenced to four years for aggravated assault and grand theft auto. In his absence, the remaining Scumbags take their criminal activities to the next level, swapping out their marijuana for heroin. They also involve themselves in a kidnapping and extortion ring, where they target rich and powerful men with dirty and dark secrets. They use the secrets, along with the kidnapping of their target's child or children, to extort large sums of money and make sure they stay silent. Once their fourth member is released at the age of eighteen, he is quickly thrown into the fire with both of their new business dealings. They pick a rich and powerful man for their last target. By then, they'll have earned enough money to gracefully bow out of the streets for good and turn to legitimate ways of earning income. Their target has other plans than to concede to them and has his men prepare for war, while the leader of the Scumbags unwillingly falls in love with their target's daughter, who happens to be their hostage. The two form a bond that is undeniable and causes them to question everything they know about themselves. The drama reaches its boiling point during the hostage and money exchanges when an old jailhouse beef resurfaces and causes the death toll the quickly rise. In the end, there are only two survivors. The two young lovebirds must quickly decide what they will choose to do with their suddenly at-risk lives. Do they part ways and listen to their brains, or do they run off together, following their hearts to wherever that may take them? There is a sequel to Scumbags, titled "Scumbags 2 LIAR (Loyalty Isn't Always Real)" that I have written, and it needs only to be edited for the final draft if there should be interest in one.

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333

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Page Publishing Inc

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1645445917

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9781645445913

Speak Now Against The Day

The Generation Before the Civil Rights Movement in the South

By: John Egerton

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Speak Now Against The Day

The Generation Before the Civil Rights Movement in the South

By: John Egerton

Speak Now Against the Day is the astonishing, little-known story of the Southerners who, in the generation before the Supreme Court outlawed school segregation and before Rosa Parks refused to surrender her seat on a Montgomery bus, challenged the validity of a white ruling class and a “separate but equal” division of the races. The voices of the dissenters, although present throughout the South’s troubled history, grew louder with Roosevelt’s election in 1932. An increasing number of men and women who grappled daily with the economic and social woes of the South began forcefully and courageously to speak and to work toward the day when the South—and the nation—would deliver on the historic promises in the country’s founding documents. This is the story of those brave prophets—thhe ministers, writers, educators, journalists, social activists, union members, and politicians, black and white, who pointed the way to higher ground. Published forty years after the Brown v. Board of Education ruling of the Supreme Court, this compelling book is not only a rich trove of forgotten history—it also speaks profoundly to us in the context of today’s continuing racial and social conflict.

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1173

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Knopf

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0307834573

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9780307834577

Atlantic Voyages

The East India Company and the British Route to the East in the Age of Sail

By: John McAleer

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Atlantic Voyages

The East India Company and the British Route to the East in the Age of Sail

By: John McAleer

As he prepared to embark for India in 1774, Alexander Mackrabie's excitement at the sights to be seen and novelties to be experienced was palpable. Mackrabie's journey was conducted under the auspices of the London-based East India Company and was one of the many thousands of Company voyages that brought Europeans into contact with Asian countries and cultures, as well as numerous people and places along the way. Atlantic Voyages tells the story of travellers like Mackrabie as they navigated the waters of the Atlantic Ocean, reflecting on who and what they had left behind in Europe, looking forward to new challenges in Asia, and evaluating the sights and smells, sounds and tastes, hopes and expectations, fears and regrets, that regaled their senses and played on their minds as they sailed along the way. It charts the tension between tedium and terror on the one hand, and exhilaration and excitement on the other, attempting to understand the maritime space of the Atlantic as it was experienced by the people who traversed its waters. The lives of the people carried by East Indiamen were deeply affected by their Atlantic experiences. They confronted the reality of shipboard life: its seasickness and boredom, its cramped living conditions, its questionable dining fare, and its severely restricted privacy. They acclimatised to the rhythms of the ocean and the vicissitudes of the weather. They encountered rites of passage and ceremonies of initiation on the high seas. They prepared themselves for cultural disorientation and a host of unusual sights and sensations. And they wondered at the extraordinary beauty of the elements around them - the sea, the sky, the islands - and the strangeness of their inhabitants, human and animal alike. The ship's passage played a crucial role in shaping the responses and experiences of those individuals surrounded by its wooden walls. Their words bring to life this maritime journey, illuminate the experiences of the people who undertook it, and contribute to our understanding of the place of the Atlantic Ocean in wider histories of the East India Company and the British Empire in this period.

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273

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Oxford University Press

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0192647601

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9780192647603

Twelve Years in the Saddle with the Texas Rangers

By: W. John L. Sullivan

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Twelve Years in the Saddle with the Texas Rangers

By: W. John L. Sullivan

Sullivan recalls his time spent as sergeant of the legendary Texas Rangers during the years from 1889 to 1901, and his most intriguing memories that include hanging murderers, wrestling buffalo, and rounding up cattle poachers.

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260

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U of Nebraska Press

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0803292872

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9780803292871

Pissthisaway

A Love Story

By: John Coffman

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Pissthisaway

A Love Story

By: John Coffman

The story begins in 1790 with twenty-four Chinese railway workers and their families working on wooden rails in Germany. Follow them to the steel rails in Boston and then west to Ohio, where they become Indians; onto Indiana where, with the help of two white men, they develop one of the richest communities in southern Indiana by the mid 1800s. Find out how they influenced two modern American teenagers with special powers, even though the Indians had been dead for years. But most importantly, learn how the tribe and their lands came to be called Pissthisaway.

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Xlibris Corporation

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1503565718

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9781503565715

DD 891

By: John G. Denham

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DD 891

By: John G. Denham

DD 891 Captain John G. Denham, USN (Retired) There was no DD891. The Martin DD891, is a mythical Gearing class destroyer that represents nearly all of the "long-hull Sumner" class destroyers completed as Gearings; the last wartime designed "tin cans." Although 152 were originally ordered, only 98 were built and most were completed after WWII. The officers and enlisted personnel assigned to the Gearing class destroyers were impressed with the living and working spaces and the arrangement of the modern equipment installed. With an allowance of a dozen officers and over 300 in the crew, operational capability and working conditions were improved as was the "hotel" support features for all on board. The chiefs were still forward and the "snipes" were aft; no change. "New constructions" drew the best people and therefore the original crew of the Martin DD891 consisted of experienced leaders and qualified petty officers in all key position. As time passed, change was the only constant factor. The demands of naval operations required that the 25 hour day remain routine in destroyers. USS meant underway Saturday and Sunday. For 30 years the Martin aged and survived with competent leadership and dedicated crews. DD891, is not just about a ship, but its people and the families that support those who chose the Navy and its life. The Martin was a unit in a four ship destroyer division that was part of a squadron in a flotilla that made up the Pacific fleet destroyer force. As each crew member is a part of a team, each destroyer is part of a mission oriented task organization and must be ready when needed and prepared to function when called. The Martin and her people successfully fulfilled many missions for 30 years. The Martin, as were her cohorts, was commissioned to keep the peace, therefore the officers and men spent the majority of their time deterring those enemies threatening that objective. From beginning to end, " Ready" was the Martin's motto. The main characters are real, except for the names. The events and times are factual as are most of the scenarios however, some spice, humor and embellishment was added to preserve relevance.

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Xlibris Corporation

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1465321861

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9781465321862

The Otis Family in Provincial and Revolutionary Massachusetts

By: John J. Waters Jr.

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The Otis Family in Provincial and Revolutionary Massachusetts

By: John J. Waters Jr.

The Otis family was largely responsible for committing Barnstable to the revolutionary cause, a move that irrevocably undermined the placid, homogenous nature of their society. As he discusses the reactions of the Otises and their community to this crisis, Waters illuminates the causes of the Revolution itself. Originally published in 1968. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.

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250

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UNC Press Books

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0807838365

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9780807838365

Colliers Across the Sea

A Comparative Study of Class Formation in Scotland and the American Midwest, 1830-1924

By: John H. M. Laslett

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Colliers Across the Sea

A Comparative Study of Class Formation in Scotland and the American Midwest, 1830-1924

By: John H. M. Laslett

Charts the common ground and differences between two coal-mining communities: Lanarkshire, in the Clyde Valley of southwest Scotland, and the northern Illinois coalfield that became a prime destination for skilled Scottish migrant miners in the mid-nineteenth century.

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340

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University of Illinois Press

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0252068270

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9780252068270

Book's by John Malcom

Malcolm – Soldier, Diplomat, Ideologue of British India

Malcolm – Soldier, Diplomat, Ideologue of British India

In a Rebellious Spirit

In a Rebellious Spirit

Who Am I

Who Am I

Scumbags

Scumbags

Speak Now Against The Day

Speak Now Against The Day

Atlantic Voyages

Atlantic Voyages

Twelve Years in the Saddle with the Texas Rangers

Twelve Years in the Saddle with the Texas Rangers

Pissthisaway

Pissthisaway

DD 891

DD 891

The Otis Family in Provincial and Revolutionary Massachusetts

The Otis Family in Provincial and Revolutionary Massachusetts

Colliers Across the Sea

Colliers Across the Sea

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