Matthew Archibald's Books

Once a Jolly Swagman

The Ballad of Waltzing Matilda

By: Matthew Richardson

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Once a Jolly Swagman

The Ballad of Waltzing Matilda

By: Matthew Richardson

Banjo' Paterson's 'Waltzing Matilda' is the one song that has been bringing people together spontaneously since 1895, and the one song that belongs to all Australians.Generations of experts have argued about the original story that Paterson immortalised, about the origins of the tune, and about what Paterson meant by his almost parodic over-use of Australian colloquialisms.Once a Jolly Swagman takes readers off the score sheet into the story of the song, and tells of its evolution up until the twenty-first century. It tries to answer the riddles within the song, and unpick its inherent contradictions: where's the heroism in a suicidal thief? What was jolly about the jumbuck? Is 'Waltzing Matilda' the key to Australian values? What does it mean that a beloved song about Australia's pioneering past is written by a city lawyer?In this age of economic rationalism and a globalised world, how does a voice from the billabong saying, 'You'll come a waltzing matilda with me' still matter, and what does it tell us about ourselves?

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

252

Publisher

Melbourne Univ. Publishing

Published Date

ISBN 10

0522853080

ISBN 13

9780522853087

Analecta: Or, Materials For a History of Remarkable Providences; Mostly Relating to Scotch Ministers and Christians

Vol. III

By: Robert Wodrow,Matthew Leishman

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Analecta: Or, Materials For a History of Remarkable Providences; Mostly Relating to Scotch Ministers and Christians

Vol. III

By: Robert Wodrow,Matthew Leishman

Reprint of the original, first published in 1842.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

538

Publisher

BoD – Books on Demand

Published Date

ISBN 10

338512963X

ISBN 13

9783385129634

The Language of Mineralogy

John Walker, Chemistry and the Edinburgh Medical School, 1750-1800

By: Matthew D. Eddy

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Language of Mineralogy

John Walker, Chemistry and the Edinburgh Medical School, 1750-1800

By: Matthew D. Eddy

Classification is an important part of science, yet the specific methods used to construct Enlightenment systems of natural history have proven to be the bête noir of studies of eighteenth-century culture. One reason that systematic classification has received so little attention is that natural history was an extremely diverse subject which appealed to a wide range of practitioners, including wealthy patrons, professionals, and educators. In order to show how the classification practices of a defined institutional setting enabled naturalists to create systems of natural history, this book focuses on developments at Edinburgh's medical school, one of Europe's leading medical programs. In particular, it concentrates on one of Scotland's most influential Enlightenment naturalists, Rev Dr John Walker, the professor of natural history at the school from 1779 to 1803. Walker was a traveller, cleric, author and advisor to extremely powerful aristocratic and government patrons, as well as teacher to hundreds of students, some of whom would go on to become influential industrialists, scientists, physicians and politicians. This book explains how Walker used his networks of patrons and early training in chemistry to become an eighteenth-century naturalist. Walker's mineralogy was based firmly in chemistry, an approach common in Edinburgh's medical school, but a connection that has been generally overlooked in the history of British geology. By explicitly connecting eighteenth-century geology to the chemistry being taught in medical settings, this book offers a dynamic new interpretation of the nascent earth sciences as they were practiced in Enlightenment Britain. Because of Walker's influence on his many students, the book also provides a unique insight into how many of Britain's leading Regency and Victorian intellectuals were taught to think about the composition and structure of the material world.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

220

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

1351887149

ISBN 13

9781351887144

Atlas of Butterflies and Diurnal Moths in the Monsoon Tropics of Northern Australia

By: Michael Braby,Donald Franklin,Deborah Bisa,Matthew Williams,Andrew Williams,Carly Bishop,Rebecca Coppen

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Atlas of Butterflies and Diurnal Moths in the Monsoon Tropics of Northern Australia

By: Michael Braby,Donald Franklin,Deborah Bisa,Matthew Williams,Andrew Williams,Carly Bishop,Rebecca Coppen

Northern Australia is one of few tropical places left on Earth in which biodiversity—and the ecological processes underpinning that biodiversity—is still relatively intact. However, scientific knowledge of that biodiversity is still in its infancy and the region remains a frontier for biological discovery. The butterfly and diurnal moth assemblages of the area, and their intimate associations with vascular plants (and sometimes ants), exemplify these points. However, the opportunity to fill knowledge gaps is quickly closing: proposals for substantial development and exploitation of Australia’s north will inevitably repeat the ecological devastation that has occurred in temperate southern Australia—loss of species, loss of ecological communities, fragmentation of populations, disruption of healthy ecosystem function and so on—all of which will diminish the value of the natural heritage of the region before it is fully understood and appreciated. Written by several experts in the field, the main purpose of this atlas is to compile a comprehensive inventory of the butterflies and diurnal moths of northern Australia to form the scientific baseline against which the extent and direction of change can be assessed in the future. Such information will also assist in identifying the region’s biological assets, to inform policy and management agencies and to set priorities for biodiversity conservation.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

463

Publisher

ANU Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1760462330

ISBN 13

9781760462338

The Fatal Land

War, Empire, and the Highland Soldier in British America

By: Matthew P. Dziennik

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Fatal Land

War, Empire, and the Highland Soldier in British America

By: Matthew P. Dziennik

Matthew P. Dziennik has written a compelling account of the Scottish Highland soldier and his service in Great Britain's American colonies during the French and Indian War and America's Revolutionary War. In the middle to the late decades of the eighteenth century, the British state recruited more than twelve thousand soldiers from the Highlands of Scotland for the purpose of expanding and defending Britain's American empire, thereby transforming the most maligned region of the British Isles into a key sustainer of British imperialism. Dziennik's fascinating history corrects the mythologized image of the Highland soldier as a noble savage, a primitive if courageous relic of clanship, revealing instead how the Gaels used their military service to further their own interests in terms of material security and social status. Using both English and Gaelic sources, the author re-creates the experiences and the mindset of the Highland soldier in the New World and demonstrates in the process how a periphery of the British Isles became a center of the British Empire." -- [Tiré de la jaquette].

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

314

Publisher

Yale University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0300196725

ISBN 13

9780300196726

Athens, Thrace, and the Shaping of Athenian Leadership

By: Matthew A. Sears

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Athens, Thrace, and the Shaping of Athenian Leadership

By: Matthew A. Sears

This book explores the social, political, and cultural importance of Thrace to prominent Athenian individuals from the mid-sixth to the mid-fourth century BCE. It examines the unique opportunities that ties with Thrace afforded these important men, and the resulting significance of Thrace to the political, cultural, and social history of Athens.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

345

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1107030536

ISBN 13

9781107030534

Scottish Soldiers in France in the Reign of the Sun King

Nursery for Men of Honour

By: Matthew Glozier

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Scottish Soldiers in France in the Reign of the Sun King

Nursery for Men of Honour

By: Matthew Glozier

This study of Scottish soldiers in France in the age of the Sun King provides fascinating information about the visicitudes suffered by the brave personnel of the regiment of George Douglas, Earl of Dumbarton. Hardly the heirs of an 'auld' alliance amity, they became the playthings of a king intent on transforming the nature of war in his era.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

313

Publisher

BRILL

Published Date

ISBN 10

900413865X

ISBN 13

9789004138650

The Art of Exegesis

An Analysis of the Life and Work of Martin Hans Franzmann

By: Matthew E. Borrasso

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Art of Exegesis

An Analysis of the Life and Work of Martin Hans Franzmann

By: Matthew E. Borrasso

Although he loomed large during his lifetime, Martin Hans Franzmann has faded away in the minds of American Lutherans. Memories of him typically orbit around an appreciation for his hymnody. He was, however, more than a hymn writer. To only understand or appreciate his hymns is to only understand or appreciate a part of him. This book seeks to shine a light on a brilliant and gifted poet of the church by unpacking and analyzing his life and work. In so doing, it is hoped that he will loom large once again. Franzmann’s hymns have endured for a reason, namely because he was singularly focused on teaching people to hear the voice of God in the text of the Scriptures.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

221

Publisher

Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published Date

ISBN 10

1532672004

ISBN 13

9781532672002

Symbols of Freedom

Slavery and Resistance Before the Civil War

By: Matthew J. Clavin

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Symbols of Freedom

Slavery and Resistance Before the Civil War

By: Matthew J. Clavin

In the early United States, the language and symbols of American freedom inspired enslaved people and their allies to wage a real and revolutionary war against slavery"--

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

285

Publisher

NYU Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1479823244

ISBN 13

9781479823246

Literature After Euclid

The Geometric Imagination in the Long Scottish Enlightenment

By: Matthew Wickman

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Literature After Euclid

The Geometric Imagination in the Long Scottish Enlightenment

By: Matthew Wickman

Literature After Euclid tells the story of the creative adaptation of geometry in Scotland during and after the long eighteenth century. Analyzing the work of Scottish literati, Matthew Wickman challenges how we perceive the Scottish Enlightenment and the modernist ethos that relegated "classical" Enlightenment to the dustbin of history.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

304

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0812247957

ISBN 13

9780812247954

Allenby and British Strategy in the Middle East, 1917-1919

By: Matthew Hughes

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Allenby and British Strategy in the Middle East, 1917-1919

By: Matthew Hughes

Examines British military, political and imperial strategy in the Middle East during and immediately after the First World War, in relation to General Allenby's command of the Egypt Expeditionary Force from June 1917 to November 1919.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

252

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

1136323953

ISBN 13

9781136323959

The Isle of Man

Stone Age to Swinging Sixties

By: Matthew Richardson

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Isle of Man

Stone Age to Swinging Sixties

By: Matthew Richardson

The reader will perhaps be surprised to learn that the tiny Isle of Man, midway between the coasts of Lancashire and Northern Ireland, is one of the richest historic landscapes in Europe. Packed into its 225 square miles are dramatic stories of Bronze Age conflict, Viking warriors, Medieval kings, smugglers, maritime and railway history, wartime airfields and even a pirate radio station. Add to that the Island's unique motorsport heritage (on two, three and four wheels), and you have a combination unrivalled anywhere in the British Isles. Whatever your passion, or whichever historical period appeals to you, the Isle of Man will have something fascinating to offer. Packed with illustrations, and using first-hand accounts to enhance the narrative, this book takes the reader on a chronological journey through the island's history, before offering a series of guided tours which pick up the highlights of each district. From Bronze Age hill forts, to Medieval castles. From heritage railways, to historic quaysides. From award-winning museums, to country mansions, the Isle of Man has it all. Let this book be your guide to historic Britain's best-kept secret, as you explore a place untouched by the hectic pace of 21st century life, where heritage is, quite literally, to be found around every corner.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

161

Publisher

Pen and Sword History

Published Date

ISBN 10

1526720809

ISBN 13

9781526720801

Down by the Bay

San Francisco's History between the Tides

By: Matthew Booker

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Down by the Bay

San Francisco's History between the Tides

By: Matthew Booker

San Francisco Bay is the largest and most productive estuary on the Pacific Coast of North America. It is also home to the oldest and densest urban settlements in the American West. Focusing on human inhabitation of the Bay since Ohlone times, Down by the Bay reveals the ongoing role of nature in shaping that history. From birds to oyster pirates, from gold miners to farmers, from salt ponds to ports, this is the first history of the San Francisco Bay and Delta as both a human and natural landscape. It offers invaluable context for current discussions over the best management and use of the Bay in the face of sea level rise.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

294

Publisher

University of California Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0520355563

ISBN 13

9780520355569

Impact of Technology in Sport

By: Matthew Anniss

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Impact of Technology in Sport

By: Matthew Anniss

How have science and technology helped today's athletes and sportspeople perform better for longer? And how could this change in the future? From the development of carbon fibre composites for para-athletes to improvements in sports nutrition, our performance in competitive events has been vastly improved by contemporary science and technology. This book looks at historical, current and emerging examples of sport technology. We look at technology in training, athletic performance, sports nutrition, sports equipment, sports medicine and how sport is shown on TV.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

Publisher

Raintree

Published Date

ISBN 10

1406298778

ISBN 13

9781406298772

Jacaranda Humanities Alive 9 Australian Curriculum 3e learnON and Print

By: Robert Darlington,Matthew Richardson,Ashley Wood,Cathy Bedson,Denise Miles,Simon Phelan

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Jacaranda Humanities Alive 9 Australian Curriculum 3e learnON and Print

By: Robert Darlington,Matthew Richardson,Ashley Wood,Cathy Bedson,Denise Miles,Simon Phelan

Every lesson in the new Jacaranda Humanities Alive series has been carefully designed to support teachers and help students evoke curiosity through inquiry-based learning while developing key skills. Because both what and how students learn matter.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

979

Publisher

John Wiley & Sons

Published Date

ISBN 10

1394151020

ISBN 13

9781394151028

Defenseless Under the Night

The Roosevelt Years and the Origins of Homeland Security

By: Matthew Dallek

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Defenseless Under the Night

The Roosevelt Years and the Origins of Homeland Security

By: Matthew Dallek

In his 1933 inaugural address, Franklin D. Roosevelt declared that "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself." Yet even before Pearl Harbor, Americans feared foreign invasions, air attacks, biological weapons, and, conversely, the prospect of a dictatorship being established in the United States. To protect Americans from foreign and domestic threats, Roosevelt warned Americans that "the world has grown so small" and eventually established the precursor to the Department of Homeland Security - an Office of Civilian Defense (OCD). At its head, Roosevelt appointed New York Mayor Fiorello La Guardia; First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt became assistant director. Yet within a year, amid competing visions and clashing ideologies of wartime liberalism, a frustrated FDR pressured both to resign. In Defenseless Under the Night, Matthew Dallek reveals the dramatic history behind America's first federal office of homeland security, tracing the debate about the origins of national vulnerability to the rise of fascist threats during the Roosevelt years. While La Guardia focused on preparing the country against foreign attack and militarizing the civilian population, Eleanor Roosevelt insisted that the OCD should primarily focus on establishing a wartime New Deal, what she and her allies called "social defense." Unable to reconcile their visions, both were forced to leave the OCD in 1942. Their replacement, James Landis, would go on to recruit over ten million volunteers to participate in civilian defense, ultimately creating the largest volunteer program in World War II America. Through the history of the OCD, Dallek examines constitutional questions about civil liberties, the role and power of government propaganda, the depth of militarization of civilian life, the quest for a wartime New Deal, and competing liberal visions for American national defense - questions that are still relevant today. The result is a gripping account of the origins of national security, which will interest anyone with a passion for modern American political history and the history of homeland defense.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

361

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0190469544

ISBN 13

9780190469542

Scandalous Conduct

Canadian Officer Courts Martial, 1914–45

By: Matthew Barrett

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Scandalous Conduct

Canadian Officer Courts Martial, 1914–45

By: Matthew Barrett

Drunken disorderliness. Cowardice in battle. Writing bad cheques. Vulgarity. Sexual indecency. Adultery. Following courts martial for such disgraceful deeds, hundreds of Canadian officers lost their commissions during the First and Second World Wars. Scandalous Conduct investigates the forgotten experiences of these dismissed ex-officers to offer a new critical perspective on constructed notions of honour and dishonour. Matthew Barrett explores how changing definitions of scandalous behaviour shaped the quintessential honour crime known as “conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman.” As symbolized by the loss of commissioned rank, dishonour represented a direct challenge to the discredited officer’s prestige, livelihood, and sense of manhood. Drawing on fascinating court cases that have never before been studied, Scandalous Conduct convincingly demonstrates a surprising conclusion. The scope of officer misconduct revealed that the ideal of military honour was not nearly as stable as leaders preferred to believe; instead it depended on changing social circumstances and disciplinary requirements.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

274

Publisher

UBC Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0774867612

ISBN 13

9780774867610

Fighting Techniques of the Medieval World

Equipment, Combat Skills and Tactics

By: Matthew Bennett

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Fighting Techniques of the Medieval World

Equipment, Combat Skills and Tactics

By: Matthew Bennett

Describes the fighting techniques of soldiers in Europe and the Near East in an age before the widespread use of gunpowder.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

274

Publisher

Macmillan

Published Date

ISBN 10

0312348207

ISBN 13

9780312348205

Analecta: or Materials For a History of Remarkable Providences Mostly

By: Robert Wodrow,Matthew Leishman

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Analecta: or Materials For a History of Remarkable Providences Mostly

By: Robert Wodrow,Matthew Leishman

Reprint of the original, first published in 1843.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

406

Publisher

BoD – Books on Demand

Published Date

ISBN 10

338511859X

ISBN 13

9783385118591

Subscription Theater

Democracy and Drama in Britain and Ireland, 1880-1939

By: Matthew Franks

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Subscription Theater

Democracy and Drama in Britain and Ireland, 1880-1939

By: Matthew Franks

Subscription Theater asks why turn-of-the-century British and Irish citizens spent so much time, money, and effort joining subscription lists. Matthew Franks argues that subscribers have been responsible for how we value audience and repertoire today, offering a new account of the relationship between ephemera, drama, and democracy.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

264

Published Date

ISBN 10

0812252470

ISBN 13

9780812252477

Chosen By Song: Part I of the Saga of Song

By: Matthew Medsger

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Chosen By Song: Part I of the Saga of Song

By: Matthew Medsger

Max always thought going on an adventure would be fun; he had read about them in stories his entire life. He didn't expect the danger or terror of actually going on one to be so complete. Now Max finds he is far from home, in a land filled with fairies and dragons, dwarves and robots. The Emperor of the mighty Imperium hunts him for unknown reasons, a powerful and ancient witch bargains for his immortal soul, and a talkative, southern-gentleman cat bosses him around, but all Max wants is to go home. In the end, Max will have a choice to make; to run away, like he always does, or to stand and fight for those who need him. No matter what he does, no matter how far he runs, for better or worse, Maximus Wyatt Goodspeed is: Chosen By Song. By Matthew Medsger Illustrated by John Corey Luebbers Chosen By Song is the first part of the Saga of Song. www.SagaofSong.com

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

237

Publisher

Lulu.com

Published Date

ISBN 10

132956619X

ISBN 13

9781329566194

The City Game

Triumph, Scandal, and a Legendary Basketball Team

By: Matthew Goodman

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The City Game

Triumph, Scandal, and a Legendary Basketball Team

By: Matthew Goodman

The powerful story of a college basketball team who carried an era’s brightest hopes—racial harmony, social mobility, and the triumph of the underdog—but whose success was soon followed by a shocking downfall “A masterpiece of American storytelling.”—Gilbert King, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Devil in the Grove NAMED ONE OF THE BEST SPORTS BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW The unlikeliest of champions, the 1949–50 City College Beavers were extraordinary by every measure. New York’s City College was a tuition-free, merit-based college in Harlem known far more for its intellectual achievements and political radicalism than its athletic prowess. Only two years after Jackie Robinson broke the Major League Baseball color barrier—and at a time when the National Basketball Association was still segregated—every single member of the Beavers was either Jewish or African American. But during that remarkable season, under the guidance of the legendary former player Nat Holman, this unheralded group of city kids would stun the basketball world by becoming the only team in history to win the NIT and NCAA tournaments in the same year. This team, though, proved to be extraordinary in another way: During the following season, all of the team’s starting five were arrested by New York City detectives, charged with conspiring with gamblers to shave points. Almost overnight these beloved heroes turned into fallen idols. The story centers on two teammates and close friends, Eddie Roman and Floyd Layne, one white, one black, each caught up in the scandal, each searching for a path to personal redemption. Though banned from the NBA, Layne continued to devote himself to basketball, teaching the game to young people in his Bronx neighborhood and, ultimately, with Roman’s help, finding another kind of triumph—one that no one could have anticipated. Drawing on interviews with the surviving members of that championship team, Matthew Goodman has created an indelible portrait of an era of smoke-filled arenas and Borscht Belt hotels, when college basketball was far more popular than the professional game. It was a time when gangsters controlled illegal sports betting, the police were on their payroll, and everyone, it seemed, was getting rich—except for the young men who actually played the games. Tautly paced and rich with period detail, The City Game tells a story both dramatic and poignant: of political corruption, duplicity in big-time college sports, and the deeper meaning of athletic success.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

450

Publisher

Ballantine Books

Published Date

ISBN 10

1101882859

ISBN 13

9781101882856

The 1647 Westminster Confession of Faith - KJV

By: The Westminster Assembly,C. Matthew McMahon

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The 1647 Westminster Confession of Faith - KJV

By: The Westminster Assembly,C. Matthew McMahon

This volume is the original 1647 version of the Westminster Confession of Faith, and all Assembly documents which comprise the Solemn League and Covenant, the Larger and Shorter Catechisms, the Form of Presbyterial Church Government, and the directories for Public and Private Worship. Also is included are subordinate documents such as the Sum of Saving Knowledge as well as Thomas Manton's Introduction. The Confession and Larger and shorter Catechism are proved by Scripture using the Authorized Version (the King James) as published in 1647 by the Assembly. Some years later, in 1652, the Larger and Shorter Catechism were also published as proved by the KJV version of Scripture. The 1647 Westminster Confession of Faith is the most precise and theologically rich confession produced by the Christian Church. Though the Christian Church takes the whole Word of God alone as her only rule of faith, she must also frame and promote a statement of what she understands the Word of God to teach. Thus, the church of Jesus Christ, in contending for the faith once delivered to the saints, should rely on the BEST confession available. This is it! This work is not a scan or facsimile, has been carefully transcribed by hand being made easy to read, and has an active table of contents for electronic versions.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

687

Publisher

Puritan Publications

Published Date

ISBN 10

1937466426

ISBN 13

9781937466428

Black Redcoats

The Corps of Colonial Marines, 1814-1816

By: Matthew Taylor

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Black Redcoats

The Corps of Colonial Marines, 1814-1816

By: Matthew Taylor

Tells the story of the thousands of enslaved African Americans who fled to British forces during the war in what became the largest emancipation of enslaved Americans until the abolition of slavery in the United States. During the Anglo-American War of 1812, British forces launched hundreds of amphibious raids on the United States. The richest parts of the United States were slave-states, and thousands of enslaved African Americans fled to British forces in what was to be the largest emancipation of enslaved Americans until the abolition of slavery in the USA. From these refugees from slavery, the British built a force - the Corps of Colonial Marines. Black redcoats, they were a fusion of two great American fears, the return of the British King and an uprising by their own oppressed slaves. The Corps of Colonial Marines turned Britain's campaign on America's coasts from one of harassment to one of existential threat to the new nation. Although small in number, the Colonial Marines - fighting to liberate their own families as much as for Great Britain - exerted a massive psychological impact on the United States which paralysed American resistance with fear of a widespread slave uprising, and allowed British forces in the Chesapeake to burn down Washington DC. As well as examining this little-remembered part of British military and African-American history, this book will also look to the post-war history of the Colonial Marines, their continued survival as a unique ethnic group in the Caribbean today, and their involvement in the largest act of armed African-American resistance to slavery. The "Battle of Negro Fort" in 1816 was the only time American forces left American territory to destroy a fugitive slave community - a community led by former Colonial Marines who, when faced with American attack, raised the British flag. This book brings black history to the fore of the War of 1812, and gives a voice to those enslaved people who - amidst great power competition between a slave-holding Republic and a slave-holding Empire demonstrated exceptional bravery and initiative to gain precious freedom for themselves and their descendants.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

305

Publisher

Pen and Sword Military

Published Date

ISBN 10

1399034030

ISBN 13

9781399034036

Border-Crossing and Comedy at the Théâtre Italien, 1716–1723

By: Matthew J. McMahan

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Border-Crossing and Comedy at the Théâtre Italien, 1716–1723

By: Matthew J. McMahan

How do nationalized stereotypes inform the reception and content of the migrant comedian’s work? How do performers adapt? What gets lost (and found) in translation? Border-Crossing and Comedy at the Théâtre Italien, 1716-1723 explores these questions in an early modern context. When a troupe of commedia dell’arte actors were invited by the French crown to establish a theatre in Paris, they found their transition was anything but easy. They had to learn a new language and adjust to French expectations and demands. This study presents their story as a dynamic model of coping with the challenges of migration, whereby the actors made their transnational identity a central focus of their comedy. Relating their work to popular twenty-first century comedians, this book also discusses the tools and ideas that contextualize the border-crossing comedian’s work—including diplomacy, translation, improvisation, and parody—across time.

Average ratings

N/A