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  • John Talbot & the War in France, 1427–1453

    by A. J. Pollard ...
    John Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury was the last of the celebrated English commanders of the Hundred Years' War. In his lifetime his reputation for audacity and courage gave him an unrivalled fame among the English, and he was feared and admired by the French. A.J. Pollard, in this pioneering and perceptive account, reconstructs the long career of this extraordinary soldier and offers a fascinating ... Read more

    $1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Crone's Class

    by J. A. Pollard ...
    So, why's an "old lady," calling herself Crone, taking a course at a local college in Maine? Well, she's thumbing her nose at anyone who believes that being old and female means being "weird and witchlike." But when two classmates are raped and murdered on campus, her own daughter's being stalked in faraway Kenya, and a biracial friend called Thug is blamed for everything gone wrong, how can she ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Edward IV (Penguin Monarchs)

    The Summer King

    by A J Pollard ...
    Series series Penguin Monarchs
    In 1461 Edward earl of March, an able, handsome, and charming eighteen-year old, usurped the English throne from his feeble Lancastrian predecessor Henry VI. Ten years on, following outbreaks of civil conflict that culminated in him losing, then regaining the crown, he had finally secured his kingdom. The years that followed witnessed a period of rule that has been described as a golden age: a ... Read more

    $6.09 USD

  • Richard III and the Princes in the Tower

    by A.J. Pollard ...
    Richard III has divided opinion for over 500 years. Traditionally, he has been perceived as a villain, a bloody tyrant and the monstrous murderer of his innocent nephews. To others he was and remains a wronged victim who did his best for kingdom and family; a noble prince and enlightened statesman tragically slain.Richard III and the Princes in the Tower explores the story of Richard III and the ... Read more

    $17.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Henry viii

    by Albert Pollard ...
    It is perhaps a matter rather for regret than for surprise that so few attempts have been made to describe, as a whole, the life and character of Henry VIII. No ruler has left a deeper impress on the history of his country, or done work which has been the subject of more keen and lasting contention. Courts of law are still debating the intention of statutes, the tenor of which he dictated; and the ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Mastering the Moment

    Perfecting the Skills and Processes of Exceptional Presentation Delivery

    by Tim Pollard ...
    "Comprehensive and arresting, original and generous. Tim Pollard teaches you everything you need to know about making presentations that get the results you want—and some things you ought to know about being a human being worthy of getting them.”—David Murray, executive director, Professional Speechwriters Association; publisher, Vital Speeches of the DayFor most people, delivering a presentation ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • The Rise and Fall of Alexandria

    Birthplace of the Modern World

    by Justin Pollard, Howard Reid ...
    "A lively history of the legendary ancient city, from creation to destruction." -- Kirkus ReviewsA short history of nearly everything classical. The foundations of the modern world were laid in Alexandria of Egypt at the turn of the first millennium. In this compulsively readable narrative, Justin Pollard and Howard Reid bring one of history's most fascinating and prolific cities to life, creating ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Culloden

    The History and Archaeology of the Last Clan Battle

    by Tony Pollard ...
    A team of historians and archaeologists re-examine what happened at the Battle of Culloden between the Scottish Jacobites and Great Britain.In battle at Culloden Moor on April 16, 1746, the Jacobite cause was dealt a mortal blow. The power of the Highland clans was broken. And the image of sword-wielding Highlanders charging into a hail of lead delivered by the red-coated battalions of the ... Read more

    $9.89 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Modern Fairies

    A Novel

    by Clare Pollard ...
    **Winner of the Tadeusz Bradecki Prize • A BookPage Best Historical Fiction Book of the Year • “Artfully composed…keenly alive…this memorable novel reminds the reader of the enduring power of storytelling to transform and even save lives.” —The New York TimesLauren Groff’s Matrix meets Ophelia Field’s The Favourite in this wry and “bawdy” (Los Angeles Times) historical novel—inspired by true ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Kid's Treasury: 99 Classic Children's Books to Enlighten and Educate

    A Treasury of Fairy Tales, Adventures, Nature Studies, Myths, and Moral Classics

    by C. E. Smith, Louey Chisholm, Harrison Weir, Harriet Putnam, Thomas Lambert Sappington, Carl Sandburg, Patten Beard, Margaret Warner Morley, Hector Malot, Charles Dickens, Catharine Shaw, Evelyn Sharp, Johanna Spyri, Heinrich Hoffmann, Roy Rutherford Bailey, Pamela Grey, E. Nesbit, Edward Stratemeyer, Loïs Bates, Kathleen Fitzpatrick, Josephine Daskam Bacon, John Habberton, James Otis, Padraic Colum, Charles Lamb, Mary Lamb, E. Louise Smythe, F. J. Cross, Vesta J. Farnsworth, Douglas English, Francis Rolt-Wheeler, Ella Rodman Church, H. Lee M. Pike, Luna May Ennis, Claire Martha Coburn, Florence Emma Voigt Mendel, Mary F. Nixon-Roulet, Mary Hazelton Blanchard Wade, Wm. H. Meadowcroft, Etta Blaisdell McDonald, James H. Shaw, Georgia Eldridge Hanley, W. Harcourt Bath, Paul B. Du Chaillu, Norman F. Langford, Jean M. Thompson, W. Warde Fowler, Katharine Elizabeth Dopp, Joseph Grinnell, Elizabeth Grinnell, Alfred John Church, Homer, A. L. O. E., C. M. Stevens, Francis La Flesche, Karl Friedrich Becker, George P. Upton, Paul Hume, Ruth Fox Hume, Rebecca Deming Moore, Helen Mildred Owen, L. Würdig, Elisha Noyce, Julia Dalrymple, Henry C. McCook, Jim Kjelgaard, William Shakespeare, Mary Elting, Edith M. Patch, Mary Proctor, Olive Thorne Miller, Kathrine Lois Scobey, Olive Brown Horne, H. R. Hall, Ray Stannard Baker, Bernadine Bailey, E. F. Buckley, Rupert Sargent Holland, Benjamin Brewster, Neltje Blanchan, Burren Laughlin, L. L. Flood, Sarath Kumar Ghosh, Dorothy Crain, Oliver Optic, Dillon Wallace, Charles H. L. Johnston, G. E. Mitton, Mary Macgregor, John Bunyan, Jesse Lyman Hurlbut, Josephine Pollard, May Farinholt Jones, Harriet Pearl Skinner ...
    Kid's Treasury: 99 Classic Children's Books to Enlighten and Educate surveys the capacious educational imagination of children's literature, bringing together moral tales, folklore, adventure narratives, animal studies, historical retellings, poetry, drama, and popular fiction. Its range moves from domestic realism and cautionary fantasy to natural-history writing and inherited classical ... Read more

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  • Puget Sound Whales for Sale

    The Fight to End Orca Hunting

    by Sandra Pollard ...
    A look at the history of the commercial capturing of orcas in Washington's Puget Sound, the whales taken, and the efforts to save them.In November, 2005, Washington's iconic killer whales, known as Southern Resident orcas, were placed on the endangered species list. It was a victory long overdue for a fragile population of fewer than one hundred whales. Author and certified marine naturalist ... Read more

    $9.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Henry V: pocket GIANTS

    by A.J. Pollard ...
    Series series pocket GIANTS
    Henry V is the best-known military hero in English history: better known than Marlborough or Wellington, or his grandfather, Edward III. He enjoyed more success against the French than any of them, coming tantalisingly close to conquering that vast country and imposing an English dynasty; this in a reign of just nine years, in only seven of which he was at war. Even before he died the heroic myth, ... Read more

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