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The Stars are Dark

By: Peter Cheyney

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Quayle, the master of a British spy ring in World War II, is faced with the task of dealing with a man who has come from Morocco with what he says is important information about German troops there. But is the man what he seems? Quayle puts his agents into action, not hesitating to risk their lives to discover the answer, but it is Quayle who ends up doing most of the work—and who is prepared to sacrifice everything for the cause of war. Cheyney does an excellent job of conveying the world of spying, with all its twists and double crosses. No one is what he seems, and everyone knows that; but no one is sure just what anyone else really is. Quayle tells his people no more than they need to know. "Readers of John Le Carre and William Haggard would recognize Cheyney’s world at once." —mysteryfile.com.

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Delphi Collected Works of Peter Cheyney (Illustrated)

By: Peter Cheyney

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Delphi Collected Works of Peter Cheyney (Illustrated)

By: Peter Cheyney

The British crime fiction writer Peter Cheyney is the creator of the American FBI agent Lemmy Caution and the English detective Slim Callaghan. These characters were constructed as a British response to the hardboiled detectives of American fiction. In later years Cheyney’s style matured with the ‘Dark’ books, drawing wide praise during World War II for bringing more realism to espionage fiction. Although his works have suffered neglect in recent times, the fame of Cheyney’s novels in the post-war period cannot be underestimated, having sold over 5 million copies. This eBook presents Cheyney’s collected works, with numerous illustrations, rare texts, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Cheyney’s life and works * Concise introductions to the major texts * All 29 novels available in the US public domain, with individual contents tables * Features rare novels and story collections * The complete short stories * Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting of the texts * Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the short stories * Rare uncollected tales appearing here for the first time in digital publishing * Easily locate the stories you want to read * Ordering of texts into chronological order and genres Please note: due to US copyright restrictions, 12 novels cannot appear in this edition. When new works enter the public domain, they will be added to the collection as a free update. CONTENTS: The Lemmy Caution Novels This Man is Dangerous (1936) Poison Ivy (1937) Dames Don’t Care (1937) Can Ladies Kill? (1938) Don’t Get Me Wrong (1939) You’d be Surprised (1940) Never a Dull Moment (1942) You Can Always Duck (1943) G-Man at the Yard (1946) The Slim Callaghan Stories The Urgent Hangman (1938) Dangerous Curves (1939) You Can’t Keep the Change (1940) It Couldn’t Matter Less (1941) Sorry You’ve Been Troubled (1942) Calling Mr. Callaghan (1953) The Dark Series Dark Duet (1942) The Stars are Dark (1943) The Dark Street (1944) Dark Hero (1946) Dark Bahama (1950) Ladies Won’t Wait (1951) Other Novels The Vengeance of Hop Fi (1928) The Curiosity of Etienne MacGregor (1928) The Gold Kimono (1931) Death Chair (1931) The Deadly Fresco (1932) The Sign on the Roof (1935) Another Little Drink (1940) Night Club (1945) The Short Story Collections You Can’t Hit a Woman (1937) Knave Takes Queen (1939) Mr. Caution — Mr. Callaghan (1941) Making Crime Pay (1944) No Ordinary Cheyney (1948) Velvet Johnnie (1952) The Adventures of Julia (1954) He Walked in Her Sleep (1954) The Mystery Blues (1954) Miscellaneous Stories The Short Stories List of Short Stories in Chronological Order List of Short Stories in Alphabetical Order

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Modernisms

A Literary Guide, Second Edition

By: Peter Nicholls

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Modernisms

A Literary Guide, Second Edition

By: Peter Nicholls

Peter Nicholls provides original analytic accounts of the main Modernist movements. Close readings of key texts monitor the histories of Futurism, Expressionism, Cubism, Dadaism and Surrealism. This new edition includes discussion of the recent research trends, examination of developments in the US, and a new chapter on African-American Modernisms.

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The Famous James Military Lightweight

By: Peter Miller

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The Famous James Military Lightweight

By: Peter Miller

The full story of the famous James ML military motorcycle used at the D-Day landings

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Communication in History

Stone Age Symbols to Social Media

By: Peter Urquhart,Paul Heyer

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Communication in History

Stone Age Symbols to Social Media

By: Peter Urquhart,Paul Heyer

Now in its 7th edition, Communication in History reveals how media has been influential in both maintaining social order and as powerful agents of change. Thirty-eight contributions from a wide range of voices offer instructors the opportunity to customize their courses while challenging students to build upon their own knowledge and skill sets. From stone-age symbols and early writing to the Internet and social media, readers are introduced to an expansive, intellectually enlivening study of the relationship between human history and communication media.

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Vygotsky's Developmental and Educational Psychology

By: Peter E. Langford

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Vygotsky's Developmental and Educational Psychology

By: Peter E. Langford

Vygotsky's Developmental and Educational Psychology demonstrates how we can come to a new and original understanding of Vygotsky's theories through knowledge of their cultural, philosophical and historical context.

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The Opacity of Mind

An Integrative Theory of Self-Knowledge

By: Peter Carruthers

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The Opacity of Mind

An Integrative Theory of Self-Knowledge

By: Peter Carruthers

Do we have introspective access to our own thoughts? Peter Carruthers challenges the consensus that we do: he argues that access to our own thoughts is always interpretive, grounded in perceptual awareness and sensory imagery. He proposes a bold new theory of self-knowledge, with radical implications for understanding of consciousness and agency.

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Handbook of Reading Research, Volume V

By: Elizabeth Birr Moje,Peter P. Afflerbach,Patricia Enciso,Nonie K Lesaux

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Handbook of Reading Research, Volume V

By: Elizabeth Birr Moje,Peter P. Afflerbach,Patricia Enciso,Nonie K Lesaux

In a time of pressures, challenges, and threats to public education, teacher preparation, and funding for educational research, the fifth volume of the Handbook of Reading Research takes a hard look at why we undertake reading research, how school structures, contexts and policies shape students’ learning, and, most importantly, how we can realize greater impact from the research conducted. A comprehensive volume, with a "gaps and game changers" frame, this handbook not only synthesizes current reading research literature, but also informs promising directions for research, pushing readers to address problems and challenges in research design or method. Bringing the field authoritatively and comprehensively up-to-date since the publication of the Handbook of Reading Research, Volume IV, this volume presents multiple perspectives that will facilitate new research development, tackling topics including: Diverse student populations and sociocultural perspectives on reading development Digital innovation, literacies, and platforms Conceptions of teachers, reading, readers, and texts, and the role of affect, cognition, and social-emotional learning in the reading process New methods for researching reading instruction, with attention to equity, inclusion, and education policies Language development and reading comprehension Instructional practices to promote reading development and comprehension for diverse groups of readers Each volume of this handbook has come to define the field for the period of time it covers, and this volume is no exception, providing a definitive compilation of current reading research. This is a must-have resource for all students, teachers, reading specialists, and researchers focused on and interested in reading and literacy research, and improving both instruction and programs to cultivate strong readers and teachers.

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Robespierre

A Revolutionary Life

By: Peter McPhee

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Robespierre

A Revolutionary Life

By: Peter McPhee

For some historians and biographers, Maximilien Robespierre (1758–94) was a great revolutionary martyr who succeeded in leading the French Republic to safety in the face of overwhelming military odds. For many others, he was the first modern dictator, a fanatic who instigated the murderous Reign of Terror in 1793–94. This masterful biography combines new research into Robespierre's dramatic life with a deep understanding of society and the politics of the French Revolution to arrive at a fresh understanding of the man, his passions, and his tragic shortcomings. Peter McPhee gives special attention to Robespierre's formative years and the development of an iron will in a frail boy conceived outside wedlock and on the margins of polite provincial society. Exploring how these experiences formed the young lawyer who arrived in Versailles in 1789, the author discovers not the cold, obsessive Robespierre of legend, but a man of passion with close but platonic friendships with women. Soon immersed in revolutionary conflict, he suffered increasingly lengthy periods of nervous collapse correlating with moments of political crisis, yet Robespierre was tragically unable to step away from the crushing burdens of leadership. Did his ruthless, uncompromising exercise of power reflect a descent into madness in his final year of life? McPhee reevaluates the ideology and reality of "the Terror," what Robespierre intended, and whether it represented an abandonment or a reversal of his early liberalism and sense of justice.

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0300183674

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The Cinematographic Activities of Charles Rider Noble and John Mackenzie in the Balkans (Volume Two)

By: Peter Ivanov Kardjilov

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The Cinematographic Activities of Charles Rider Noble and John Mackenzie in the Balkans (Volume Two)

By: Peter Ivanov Kardjilov

Following on from the first volume, this book details the engrossing story of the two camera operators sent out to the Balkans by the American film producer Charles Urban, who had established his company in London in the early 20th century. The first of them, the Englishman Charles Rider Noble, filmed as many as 38 short living pictures in Bulgaria in 1903 and 1904. The second, the Scot John Mackenzie, travelled with his bioscope through Croatia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Bulgaria and Romania in 1905. Thus, thanks to the two Britons, the first sequences of films depicting the landscapes, historical and archaeological monuments, architectural landmarks, cultural traditions and ethnographic features of the region, as well as some of its public events of the time, were shown in the peninsula. This book provides an exciting trip ‘through savage Europe’, tracing the amazing adventures of its ‘main characters’ and their life paths to their very end. Therefore, it makes absorbing reading, while preserving its status as a unique scientific work, intended for film historians, early cinema researchers, film and television archives experts, college and university lecturers, students and schoolchildren. It will be of interest to everyone who, regardless of their age, loves the ‘Seventh Art’ and adores the secrets its early history still holds.

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1527558746

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Revelation 1-11 (ITC)

By: Peter J. Leithart

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Revelation 1-11 (ITC)

By: Peter J. Leithart

The Book of Revelation is the last book in the canon of the New Testament, and its only apocalyptic document, though there are short apocalyptic passages in various places in the gospels and the epistles. This first of two volumes on Revelation offers systematic and thorough interpretation of the book of Revelation. Revelation brings together the worlds of heaven, earth and hell in a final confrontation between the forces of good and evil. Its characters and images are both real and symbolic, spiritual and material, and it is frequently difficult to know the difference between them. Revelation's cryptic nature has ensured that it would always be a source of controversy. This commentary focuses on the theological content, gleaning the best from both the classical and modern commentary traditions and showing the doctrinal development of Scriptural truths. Scholarship on the book of Revelation has nonetheless not only endured, but even captured the imagination of generations of Bible students, both professionals and laypeople alike. Through its focus on the message of the book through scholarly analysis, this International Theological Commentary reconnects to the ecclesial tradition of biblical commentary as an effort in ressourcement, though not slavish repetition.

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0567683206

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Delphi Complete Paintings of Anthony van Dyck (Illustrated)

By: Anthony van Dyck,Peter Russell

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Delphi Complete Paintings of Anthony van Dyck (Illustrated)

By: Anthony van Dyck,Peter Russell

The most prominent Flemish Baroque artist of the seventeenth century, Anthony van Dyck was a prolific painter of portraits of European aristocracy, most notably for Charles I and his family. He also executed religious and mythological works and was a fine draftsman and etcher. Along with his contemporary Diego Velázquez, van Dyck revolutionised the genre of portraiture, elevating its status in the arts. Through his evolution of style, the Fleming master would become the dominant influence on English portrait-painting for the next 150 years. Delphi’s Masters of Art Series presents the world’s first digital e-Art books, allowing readers to explore the works of great artists in comprehensive detail. This volume presents van Dyck’s complete paintings in beautiful detail, with concise introductions, hundreds of high quality images and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * The complete paintings of Anthony van Dyck – over 600 paintings, fully indexed and arranged in chronological and alphabetical order * Includes reproductions of rare works * Features a special ‘Highlights’ section, with concise introductions to the masterpieces, giving valuable contextual information * Enlarged ‘Detail’ images, allowing you to explore van Dyck’s celebrated works in detail, as featured in traditional art books * Hundreds of images in colour – highly recommended for viewing on tablets and smart phones or as a valuable reference tool on more conventional eReaders * Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the paintings * Easily locate the paintings you wish to view * Features three bonus biographies – discover van Dyck's artistic and personal life Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting e-Art books CONTENTS: The Highlights Christ Crowned with Thorns The Betrayal of Christ Portrait of Susanna Fourment and her Daughter Clara Susanna and the Elders Portrait of Isabella Brant Portrait of Elena Grimaldi The Three Ages of Man Saint Rosalia Interceding for the Plague-Stricken of Palermo Rinaldo and Armida Portrait of Nicholas Lanier Charles I with M. de Saint Antoine Portrait of the Earl of Pembroke and his Family Charles I at the Hunt Portrait of James Stuart, Duke of Lennox and Richmond Charles I in Three Positions Portrait of the Children of Charles I Portrait of the Earl of Denbigh Cupid and Psyche The Paintings The Complete Paintings Alphabetical List of Paintings The Biographies Sir Anthony van Dyck by Henri Simon Hymans Sir Anthony van Dyck by Lionel Henry Cust Van Dyck by Percy M. Turner Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles or to buy the whole Art series as a Super Set

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178877969X

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Peter Williams Designed To Race

By: Peter Williams

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Peter Williams Designed To Race

By: Peter Williams

On his day, Peter Williams was the best motorcycle road racer in the world and is one of that small band of sportsmen, 'the best never to win a World Championship'. Peter's unique career in the 1960s and 1970s as racer, designer and development engineer culminated in many great victories on bikes from 125cc to 750cc. For two months in 1967 he lead the 500cc class of the World Championship on his single cylinder 500cc MkI Arter Matchless Special against the much more powerful Honda and MV Augusta multis of Mike Hailwood and Giacomo Agostini. Just when he was, perhaps, due for a 'works' ride, the Japanese withdrew from Grand Prix road racing and Peter joined the re-emergent manufacturers of Norton. Peter had two consuming passions; riding his motorcycles at 10/10ths of the limit, and for Britain to regain motorcycle supremacy. Indeed, the latter was his mission, his crusade, and so he rode almost exclusively British motorcycles but, interestingly, won his only Grand Prix on a foreign one. Peter's engineering designs gave him advantage on the race track and set the trends for what motorcycles are today. He was one of the first to design and race with disc brakes, the first in the world to design and use cast magnesium wheels and tubeless tyres. Peter won the 1970 500cc class British Championship and was the first in motorcycle racing to benefit from tobacco sponsorship. The 1973 John Player Norton 'Monocoque' incorporated all his previous experiments and the first twin spar frame. The pinnacle of his career came on this machine when he won the Formula 750 TT in the Isle of Man with record race and lap speeds. Peter's racing career came to an end in 1974 with a terrible crash at Oulton Park but his engineering continued with work at Cosworth Engineering and Lotus Engineering. Motorcycle innovation continues, too, with his true monocoque design, his Shell Chassis, which, in its electric drive form, finished 5th in its very first outing in the 2010 TT Zero.

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185520956X

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Chasing Cezanne

A Novel

By: Peter Mayle

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Chasing Cezanne

A Novel

By: Peter Mayle

Hanky-panky on the international art scene is the source of the hilarity and fizz in Peter Mayle's new novel. He flies us back to the south of France (a region some readers of his irresistible best-sellers believe him to have invented), on a wild chase through galleries, homes of prominent collectors, and wickedly delectable restaurants. There are stopovers in the Bahamas and England, and in New York, where that glossiest of magazines, Decorating Quarterly, reflects the cutting-edge trendiness of its editor, Camilla Jameson Porter. (Camilla has recently broken new ground in the world of power lunches by booking two tables on the same day, and shuttling between them, at the city's trendiest restaurant.) It is Camilla who has sent our hero, Andre Kelly, to Cap Ferrat to take glamorous photo-graphs of the houses and treasures of the rich, famous, and fatuous. He happens to have his camera at the ready when he spots a Cézanne being loaded onto a plumber's truck near the home of an absent collector. Odd, thinks Andre. And in no time he's on the trail of a state-of-the-art art scam, chasing Cézanne. It's a joy to follow him and the crowds intent on speeding or foiling his quest--including a beautiful agent; a super-savvy art dealer attracted to the finer things in life, especially if they promise the payoff of a lifetime; an awesome Dutch forger; some outstandingly greedy New York sophisticates; and, invisible in the background, the parade of remarkable chefs whose mouthwatering culinary masterpieces periodically soothe the hero and tantalize the reader of Chasing Cézanne.

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Vintage

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0307791963

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Delphi Complete Works of Peter Cheyney (Illustrated)

By: Peter Cheyney

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Delphi Complete Works of Peter Cheyney (Illustrated)

By: Peter Cheyney

The British crime fiction writer Peter Cheyney is the creator of the American FBI agent Lemmy Caution and the English detective Slim Callaghan. These characters were constructed as a British response to the hardboiled detectives of American fiction. In later years Cheyney’s style matured with the ‘Dark’ books, drawing wide praise during World War II for bringing more realism to espionage fiction. Although his works have suffered neglect in recent times, the fame of Cheyney’s novels in the post-war period cannot be underestimated, having sold over 5 million copies. For the first time in publishing history, this eBook presents Peter Cheyney’s complete works, with numerous illustrations, rare texts, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Cheyney’s life and works * Concise introductions to the major texts * All 41 novels, with individual contents tables * The complete Lemmy Caution and Slim Callaghan books * Features rare novels and story collections * Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting of the texts * Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the short stories * Rare uncollected tales appearing here for the first time in digital publishing * Easily locate the stories you want to read * Ordering of texts into chronological order and genres CONTENTS: The Lemmy Caution Novels This Man is Dangerous (1936) Poison Ivy (1937) Dames Don’t Care (1937) Can Ladies Kill? (1938) Don’t Get Me Wrong (1939) You’d be Surprised (1940) Your Deal, My Lovely (1941) Never a Dull Moment (1942) You Can Always Duck (1943) I’ll Say She Does! (1945) G-Man at the Yard (1946) The Slim Callaghan Stories The Urgent Hangman (1938) Dangerous Curves (1939) You Can’t Keep the Change (1940) It Couldn’t Matter Less (1941) Sorry You’ve Been Troubled (1942) They Never Say When (1944) Uneasy Terms (1946) Calling Mr. Callaghan (1953) The Dark Series Dark Duet (1942) The Stars are Dark (1943) The Dark Street (1944) Sinister Errand (1945) Dark Hero (1946) Dark Interlude (1947) Dark Wanton (1948) You Can Call It a Day (1949) Dark Bahama (1950) Lady, Behave! (1950) Ladies Won’t Wait (1951) Other Novels The Vengeance of Hop Fi (1928) The Curiosity of Etienne MacGregor (1928) The Gold Kimono (1931) Death Chair (1931) The Deadly Fresco (1932) The Sign on the Roof (1935) Another Little Drink (1940) Night Club (1945) Dance without Music (1947) Try Anything Twice (1948) One of Those Things (1949) The Short Story Collections You Can’t Hit a Woman (1937) Knave Takes Queen (1939) Mr. Caution — Mr. Callaghan (1941) Making Crime Pay (1944) No Ordinary Cheyney (1948) Velvet Johnnie (1952) The Adventures of Julia (1954) He Walked in Her Sleep (1954) The Mystery Blues (1954) Miscellaneous Stories The Short Stories List of Short Stories in Chronological Order List of Short Stories in Alphabetical Order

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1801701571

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Issues in Contemporary Critical Theory

A Selection of Critical Essays

By: Peter Barry

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Issues in Contemporary Critical Theory

A Selection of Critical Essays

By: Peter Barry

General Editor's Preface.- Introduction.- PART 1 EARLY MODERN VIEWPOINTS: CRITICAL BACKGROUND TO CONTEMPORARY DEBATES.- PART 2 THE MAJOR ISSUES IN CONTEMPORARY DEBATES.- Is Theory Necessary ? (Empiricism vs Theoreticism).- What Does the Literary Work Represent'.- Is Literature Language? (The Claims of Stylistics).- What is Deconstruction'.- What is the Reader's Place'.- PART 3 THE NEW THEORIES IN PRACTICE.- Fiction Poetry Drama.- Select Bibliography.- Notes on Contributors.- Acknowledgements.- Index.

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1350309788

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Royal Education

Past, Present, and Future

By: Peter Gordon,Denis Lawton

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Royal Education

Past, Present, and Future

By: Peter Gordon,Denis Lawton

Many people assume that kings and queens have generally received a "good education", perhaps the best that money could buy at the time. This book investigates the reality: what is known about the education of British sovereigns from the beginning of the Tudor period to the end of the 20th century. There have been enormous differences in the seriousness with which education was regarded at different points in history. For example Henry VIII and his children were educated at a high point in the Renaissance, when educational ideas were regarded as important as well as exciting. Queen Elizabeth I was by any standards extremely well educated; by contrast Queen Elizabeth II's education has been described as "undemanding", because her parents wanted her to have a happy childhood. Peter Gordon and Denis Lawton have traced changes in royal education through the centuries and related them not only to educational ideas and theories, but also to changing political, social and religious contexts. The monarchy itself has changed as an institution: from the semi-absolute authority of the Tudors to a much more limited kind of monarchy by the end of the Stuart period (after one king had been executed and another exiled) to the constitutional monarchy of the 20th century. To what extent have such changes made any difference to royal education? What is the most appropriate kind of education for future kings and queens in our present day democracy? In this book, the authors confront these and other such questions and explore some of the answers.

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Psychology Press

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0714683868

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The Guilty Abroad: The Mark Twain Mysteries #4

By: Peter J. Heck

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The Guilty Abroad: The Mark Twain Mysteries #4

By: Peter J. Heck

Mark Twain is in merry old England to see his family. Wentworth Cabot, Twain's assistant, is looking forward to seeing the sights, and hopefully finding some peace and quiet -- when not helping his boss with a new lecture series. But peace is the last thing they find when they bump into Slippery Ed, a con man from New Orleans and an acquainatnce of Twain's. Ed convinces Twain and his family to attend a seance. The famed author is skeptical of "spooks." But when another attendee is murdered, Twain must discover whether the killer is one of the flesh-and-blood members of the audience -- or a specter from the beyond!

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1479428884

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Renaissance Clothing and the Materials of Memory

By: Ann Rosalind Jones,Peter Stallybrass

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Renaissance Clothing and the Materials of Memory

By: Ann Rosalind Jones,Peter Stallybrass

This 2001 interpretation of literature and arts reveals how clothing and costume were critical to Renaissance culture.

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0521786630

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A New Landlord and Tenant

By: Peter Sparkes

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A New Landlord and Tenant

By: Peter Sparkes

This book is designed to complement the author's A New Land Law,integrating with that work in its simplified terminology, and emphasising a three-fold functional classification of leases – short residential tenancies, long residential leases and commercial leases. Rented housing is treated as a unified whole, with particular prominence being given to shorthold arrangements. The book includes reference to the changes to the allocation and homelessness regimes proposed by Part II of the Homes Bill 2000. It also considers the impact of the Human Rights Act 1998, the changes to repossession procedures implemented by the Woolf Reforms, and the year 2000 bumper crop of decisions on housing law. Leasehold tenure is undergoing dramatic changes. The book draws a functional distinction between long residential leases and rental arrangements, based on the registrability of long leases, their freedom from rent controls and security of tenure, special controls of management and forfeiture, and enfranchisement rights. Extensive coverage is given to the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill 2000, introduced into the House of Lords in December 2000, and promising improvements in the enfranchisement schemes, additional management controls, and a commonhold scheme. Topics on commercial leases (business and agricultural) given special attention include the reasonable recipient principle for the construction of notices, a decision on the effect on a sub-tenant of an upwards notice to quit by his head tenant, and Law Commission proposals on the Termination of Tenancies (1999).

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1847311725

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Deja Vu To The Nth

Stuart Johnson Chronicles 111

By: Peter Apps

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Deja Vu To The Nth

Stuart Johnson Chronicles 111

By: Peter Apps

p { margin-bottom: 0.21cm; text-align: justify; }p.cjk { font-size: 10pt; } The asteroid heading for Earth is nearly a mile wide. It could destroy all life on Earth but diverting it is all in a day's work for Stuart and his team. Then he has to do it again on a parallel Earth, then again and again. Hoping each time is the last Stuart despairs as yet another Earth needs his help and he is drawn inexorably into the heart of the crisis. Are the asteroids an accident or an attack on Earth? Was his Earth the real target or just collateral damage? The feeling that he is being guided doesn't help. Who is guiding him and why? Enjoy the third of the Stuart Johnson Chronicles as Stuart struggles to find out what's going on in an increasingly complex universe.

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0957220529

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Omdurman

By: Peter Ziegler

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Omdurman

By: Peter Ziegler

A you-are-there account of the 19th-century battle against the army of Abdullah al-Taashi that established British dominance in the Sudan. The death of General Gordon in Khartoum at the hand of the Dervishes is one of the most celebrated events in the history of the 19th century. Equally dramatic, but perhaps less well-known, is the extraordinary battle 14 years later in which Sir Herbert Kitchener avenged the murder of Gordon at Omdurman. Personal accounts of the legendary battle seen through the eyes of Private George Teigh and Lieutenant Samuel FitzGibbon Cox are included. Both the private and the officer kept diaries, both recorded the same events, but with vastly differing views. Difficulties with boots, bullets and gunboats are described, but it is the eye-witness accounts that give full flavor to a fascinating campaign, which saw the last full cavalry charge.

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Pen and Sword

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1473816858

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The Canadian Iroquois and the Seven Years' War

By: D. Peter MacLeod,Canadian War Museum

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The Canadian Iroquois and the Seven Years' War

By: D. Peter MacLeod,Canadian War Museum

The participation of the Iroquois of Akwasasne, Kanesetake (Oka), Kahnawake and Oswegatchie in the Seven Years' War is a long neglected topic. The consequences of this struggle still shape Canadian history. The book looks at the social and economic impact of the war on both men and women in Canadian Iroquois communities.The Canadian Iroquois provides an enhanced appreciation both of the role of Amerindians in the war itself and of their difficult struggle to lead their lives within the unstable geopolitical environment created by European invasion and settlement.

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Dundurn

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1459700899

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9781459700895

London Past and Present

Its History, Associations, and Traditions

By: Henry Benjamin Wheatley,Peter Cunningham

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London Past and Present

Its History, Associations, and Traditions

By: Henry Benjamin Wheatley,Peter Cunningham

This fascinating topographical dictionary of London, published in 1891, provides a valuable record of many places now lost to development.

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Cambridge University Press

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110802808X

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A Short History of Early Modern England

British Literature in Context

By: Peter C. Herman

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A Short History of Early Modern England

British Literature in Context

By: Peter C. Herman

A Short History of Early Modern England presents the historical and cultural information necessary for a richer understanding of English Renaissance literature. Written in a clear and accessible style for an undergraduate level audience Gives an overview of the period’s history as well as an understanding of the historiographic issues Explores key historical and literary events, from the Wars of the Roses to the publication of John Milton’s Paradise Regained Features in depth explanations of key terms and concepts, such as absolutism and the Elizabethan Settlement

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John Wiley & Sons

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1405195606

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Tudor and Stuart Britain

1485-1714

By: Roger Lockyer,Peter Gaunt

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Tudor and Stuart Britain

1485-1714

By: Roger Lockyer,Peter Gaunt

Tudor and Stuart Britain charts the political, religious, economic and social history of Britain from the start of Henry VII’s reign in 1485 to the death of Queen Anne in 1714, providing students and lecturers with a detailed chronological narrative of significant events, such as the Reformation, the nature of Tudor government, the English Civil War, the Interregnum and the restoration of the monarchy. This fourth edition has been fully updated and each chapter now begins with an introductory overview of the topic being discussed, in which important and current historical debates are highlighted. Other new features of the book include a closer examination of the image and style of leadership that different monarchs projected during their reigns; greater coverage of Phillip II and Mary I as joint monarchs; new sections exploring witchcraft during the period and the urban sector in the Stuart age; and increased discussion of the English Civil War, of Oliver Cromwell and of Cromwellian rule during the 1650s. Also containing an entirely rewritten guide to further reading and enhanced by a wide selection of maps and illustrations, Tudor and Stuart Britain is an excellent resource for both students and teachers of this period.

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Routledge

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0429861958

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Prognostics and Remaining Useful Life (RUL) Estimation

Predicting with Confidence

By: Diego Galar,Kai Goebel,Peter Sandborn,Uday Kumar

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Prognostics and Remaining Useful Life (RUL) Estimation

Predicting with Confidence

By: Diego Galar,Kai Goebel,Peter Sandborn,Uday Kumar

Maintenance combines various methods, tools, and techniques in a bid to reduce maintenance costs while increasing the reliability, availability, and security of equipment. Condition-based maintenance (CBM) is one such method, and prognostics forms a key element of a CBM program based on mathematical models for predicting remaining useful life (RUL). Prognostics and Remaining Useful Life (RUL) Estimation: Predicting with Confidence compares the techniques and models used to estimate the RUL of different assets, including a review of the relevant literature on prognostic techniques and their use in the industrial field. This book describes different approaches and prognosis methods for different assets backed up by appropriate case studies. FEATURES Presents a compendium of RUL estimation methods and technologies used in predictive maintenance Describes different approaches and prognosis methods for different assets Includes a comprehensive compilation of methods from model-based and data-driven to hybrid Discusses the benchmarking of RUL estimation methods according to accuracy and uncertainty, depending on the target application, the type of asset, and the forecast performance expected Contains a toolset of methods and a way of deployment aimed at a versatile audience This book is aimed at professionals, senior undergraduates, and graduate students in all interdisciplinary engineering streams that focus on prognosis and maintenance.

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CRC Press

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1000518264

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9781000518269

The Stuart Age

England, 1603–1714

By: Barry Coward,Peter Gaunt

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The Stuart Age

England, 1603–1714

By: Barry Coward,Peter Gaunt

The Stuart Age provides an accessible introduction to England's century of civil war and revolution, including the causes of the English Civil War; the nature of the English Revolution; the aims and achievements of Oliver Cromwell; the continuation of religious passion in the politics of Restoration England; and the impact of the Glorious Revolution on Britain. The fifth edition has been thoroughly revised and updated by Peter Gaunt to reflect new work and changing trends in research on the Stuart age. It expands on key areas including the early Stuart economic, religious and social context; key military events and debates surrounding the English Civil War; colonial expansion, foreign policy and overseas wars; and significant developments in Scotland and Ireland. A new opening chapter provides an important overview of current historiographical trends in Stuart history, introducing readers to key recent work on the topic. The Stuart Age is a long-standing favourite of lecturers and students of early modern British history, and this new edition is essential reading for those studying Stuart Britain.

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Routledge

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1351985418

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9781351985413

Rebellion: The History of England from James I to the Glorious Revolution

By: Peter Ackroyd

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Rebellion: The History of England from James I to the Glorious Revolution

By: Peter Ackroyd

Examines the Stuart dynasty during a turbulent seventeenth century marked by civil war, the execution of Charles I, the rule of Oliver Cromwell, and the deposition and exile of James II.

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Macmillan

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1250003636

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9781250003638

Civil War

The History of England Volume III

By: Peter Ackroyd

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Civil War

The History of England Volume III

By: Peter Ackroyd

Step into the tumultuous age of Stuart England with Peter Ackroyd's enlightening Civil War. Beginning with James I, the first Scottish king of England, it tracks an era of massive upheaval, ending with the dramatic flight of his grandson, James II, into exile. Civil War transports you to the heart of the 17th-century Britain, where you meet figures like James I with his shrewd perspectives on diverse matters, and Charles I, whose inept rule ignited the flames of the English Civil War. Ackroyd offers a brilliant – warts and all – portrayal of Charles's nemesis Oliver Cromwell, Parliament's great military leader and England's only dictator, who began his career as a political liberator but ended it as much of a despot as the king he executed. Beyond this political turmoil, Ackroyd also explores the rich cultural and literary contributions of the Jacobean era. This was a world where Shakespeare's masterpieces were penned, John Donne weaved his poetry and Thomas Hobbes crafted his philosophical marvel, Leviathan. Most importantly, get a glimpse of the extraordinary lives of common English men and women, their existence seeped in constant disruption and uncertainty. Civil War is a stirring account of a pivotal epoch, making it a must-read for history enthusiasts.

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Pan Macmillan

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144727170X

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9781447271703

Scoring for Britain

International Football and International Politics, 1900-1939

By: Peter J. Beck

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Scoring for Britain

International Football and International Politics, 1900-1939

By: Peter J. Beck

This work studies the links between international football and politics in Britain between 1900 and 1939. It shows how the British government saw sport as an instrument of policy and cultural propaganda.

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Routledge

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1135230307

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9781135230302

VCs of the First World War: The Air VCs

By: Peter G. Cooksley,Peter F. Batchelor

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VCs of the First World War: The Air VCs

By: Peter G. Cooksley,Peter F. Batchelor

Of more than 600 Victoria Crosses awarded to British and Empire servicemen during the First World War, nineteen were awarded to airmen of the newly formed Royal Flying Corps and Royal Naval Air Service. Of these, four were posthumous awards and all but one of the total were to officers. Some of these valorous airmen were from humble backgrounds and with limited education; others were collegiate men from wealthy families. But in the words of one senior officer they all had in common 'the guts of a lion'. Each VS winner's act of bravery is recorded here in intricate detail, along with their backgrounds and their lives after the war.

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The History Press

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0752493922

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9780752493923

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