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The Land That Slept Late

The Olympic Mountains in Legend and History

By: Robert L. Wood

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The Land That Slept Late

The Olympic Mountains in Legend and History

By: Robert L. Wood

Well after the first wave of pioneers settles the Northwest in the mid-1800s, the Olympic Mountains remained remote and mysterious. It wasn't until 1889 that The Press, Seattle's newspaper, sponsored an expedition?during the worst winter on record?from the first crossing of these rugged peaks. The Land That Slept Late examines that heroic effort and those that followed, most notably the in-depth explorations of Lt. Joseph P. O'Neil in 1890.

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The Mountaineers Books

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0898864402

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9780898864403

The Founder: Cecil Rhodes and the Pursuit of Power

By: Robert I. Rotberg

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The Founder: Cecil Rhodes and the Pursuit of Power

By: Robert I. Rotberg

A tall, robust-looking, imposing figure, Cecil John Rhodes was a man of many contradictions. Rhodes, the dreamy idealist, called his copy of The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius his "most precious possession," while Rhodes, the ruthless businessman, firmly believed in the adage, "every man has his price." He supported invidious racial laws in South Africa, and invented and sponsored the world-renowned Rhodes Scholarships. Although a man of unprepossessing intellectual talents, he became one of the leading figures in the English-speaking world, the confidant of Queen Victoria and Kaiser Wilhelm, a man of vast wealth and worldwide influence. Based on seventeen years of research, this monumental volume, written by a noted authority on Southern Africa, offers the definitive biography of one of the most controversial figures of the nineteenth century. Vividly capturing the life of a man who was truly larger than life, Robert Rotberg explores Rhodes' childhood and adolescence; depicts his life in mining camps around Kimberley and the Witwatersrand; traces the surreptitious stock buyouts and mergers that allowed Rhodes to gain control over ninety percent of the world's diamond production by age thirty-five; describes his campaigns against African populations that allowed him to establish Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) and Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia); and discusses the poorly planned, disastrous raid on the Transvaal that destroyed Rhodes' reputation. The Founder illuminates a complex and fascinating life of both evil and good.

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1504

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0199879206

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9780199879205

Modern Actuarial Theory and Practice

By: Philip Booth,Robert Chadburn,Steven Haberman,Dewi James,Zaki Khorasanee,Robert H Plumb,Ben Rickayzen

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Modern Actuarial Theory and Practice

By: Philip Booth,Robert Chadburn,Steven Haberman,Dewi James,Zaki Khorasanee,Robert H Plumb,Ben Rickayzen

In the years since the publication of the best-selling first edition, the incorporation of ideas and theories from the rapidly growing field of financial economics has precipitated considerable development of thinking in the actuarial profession. Modern Actuarial Theory and Practice, Second Edition integrates those changes and presents an up-to-date, comprehensive overview of UK and international actuarial theory, practice and modeling. It describes all of the traditional areas of actuarial activity, but in a manner that highlights the fundamental principles of actuarial theory and practice as well as their economic, financial, and statistical foundations.

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840

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CRC Press

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1420057308

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9781420057300

The Muse of History and the Science of Culture

By: Robert L. Carneiro

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The Muse of History and the Science of Culture

By: Robert L. Carneiro

Is history more than (in Boswell's words) a `chronological series of remarkable events'? Does it have a pattern? Is it fraught with `meaning'? Can we discern its trends? What determines its course? In short, can a substantial and coherent philosophy of history be devised that offers answers to these questions? These issues, which have intrigued -and bedeviled - historians for centuries, are explored in this thoughtful book.

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312

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Springer Science & Business Media

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0306471795

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9780306471797

A History of British Livestock Husbandry, 1700-1900

By: Robert Trow-Smith

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A History of British Livestock Husbandry, 1700-1900

By: Robert Trow-Smith

First Published in 2005. History books have told us for far too long that farming in Britain was, in the eighteenth century, Tull's drill, Townshend's turnips, and Bakewell's metamorphosis of the cow and sheep; in the nineteenth century, corn laws, Coke's enlightened Norfolk squire-dom, and the collapse of the cereal market; and in both centuries, enclosures. In this volume the author has taken the evidence, sieved and analysed it. The result of the analysis may, or may not, show the animal husbandry at least of these two centuries in a truer light. The present book is a sequel to the author’s History of British Livestock Husbandry to 1700.

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393

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Routledge

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1136601279

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9781136601279

The Corruption Cure

How Citizens and Leaders Can Combat Graft

By: Robert I. Rotberg

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The Corruption Cure

How Citizens and Leaders Can Combat Graft

By: Robert I. Rotberg

Corruption corrodes all facets of the world's political and corporate life, yet until now there was no one book that explained how best to battle it. Here, Rotberg puts some 35 countries under an anti-corruption microscope to show exactly how to beat back the forces of sleaze and graft.

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396

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Princeton University Press

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0691191573

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9780691191577

Ghosts of Berkshires

By: Robert Oakes

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Ghosts of Berkshires

By: Robert Oakes

“You’ll never look at the region the same way again after reading about the tunnel from hell, toe-tugging spirits, and the curse of the mummy.” —The Boston Globe Before it became a haven for arts and culture, the Berkshires was a rugged, sparsely populated frontier. From the early days of Revolutionary fervor and industrial enterprise to today’s tourism, many chilling stories remain. A lost girl haunts a cemetery in Washington, and mysterious spirits still perform at Tanglewood. From the ghostly halls of the Houghton Mansion to the eerie events at the Hoosac Tunnel, residents and visitors alike have felt fear and awe in these hills, telling tales of shadow figures, disembodied voices and spectral trains. Author Robert Oakes, who has given ghost tours at The Mount in Lenox for more than a decade, leads this spirited journey through history. “The rich history of this region—spanning more than two centuries—includes spine-tingling tales from almost every town in the county. Oakes culled many of them for his book, which touches on myriad metaphysicals, including ‘The Undead Hessian of Egremont,’ ‘Highwood’s Ghost at Tanglewood,’ and ‘The Ghostly Guest in 301: The Red Lion Inn’—each of which will inspire readers to ‘peer into the shadows beyond the beam of [their] flashlight.’” —The Berkshire Edge

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125

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Arcadia Publishing

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1439671206

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9781439671207

Popular Recreations in English Society 1700-1850

By: Robert W. Malcolmson

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Popular Recreations in English Society 1700-1850

By: Robert W. Malcolmson

Professor Malcolmson provides a full account of the sports, pastimes and festive celebrations of the English labouring people in the eighteenth century.

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CUP Archive

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0521295955

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9780521295956

Book's by Robert H. Plumb

The Land That Slept Late

The Land That Slept Late

The Founder: Cecil Rhodes and the Pursuit of Power

The Founder: Cecil Rhodes and the Pursuit of Power

Modern Actuarial Theory and Practice

Modern Actuarial Theory and Practice

The Muse of History and the Science of Culture

The Muse of History and the Science of Culture

A History of British Livestock Husbandry, 1700-1900

A History of British Livestock Husbandry, 1700-1900

The Corruption Cure

The Corruption Cure

Ghosts of Berkshires

Ghosts of Berkshires

Popular Recreations in English Society 1700-1850

Popular Recreations in English Society 1700-1850

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