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Atrocious Judges: Lives of Judges Infamous as Tools of Tyrants and Instruments of Oppression

by John Campbell & Baron Campbell ...

The text of the following Book of Judges has been derived from Lord Campbell’s Lives of the Chief Justices, and Lives of the Chancellors, with only a few verbal alterations for the sake of connection, some transpositions, the omission of some details of less interest to the American reader, and the insertion of a few paragraphs, enclosed in brackets, thus. Most biographers have been arrant ... Read more

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The text of the following Book of Judges has been derived from Lord Campbell’s Lives of the Chief Justices, and Lives of the Chancellors, with only a few verbal alterations for the sake of connection, some transpositions, the omission of some details of less interest to the American reader, and the insertion of a few paragraphs, enclosed in brackets, thus. Most biographers have been arrant
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Financial Times Guide to Investment Trusts, The

Unlocking The City'S Best Kept Secret

by John Baron ...

Series series The FT Guides
The Financial Times Guide to Investment Trusts is your concise and jargon free introduction to one of the City’s best kept secrets. It explains how investment trusts differ from unit trusts and OEICs and explores the pros and cons of investment trusts including their superior performance. It also helps you identify your investment objectives, discusses the basic principles of successful investing, ... Read more

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The Financial Times Guide to Investment Trusts is your concise and jargon free introduction to one of the City’s best kept secrets. It explains how investment trusts differ from unit trusts and OEICs and explores the pros and cons of investment trusts including their superior performance. It also helps you identify your investment objectives, discusses the basic principles of successful investing,
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Atrocious Judges : Lives of Judges Infamous as Tools of Tyrants and Instruments of Oppression

Enriched edition. Unveiling the Dark Side of Judicial Corruption and Tyranny

by John Campbell Baron Campbell, Everett Cole ...

In "Atrocious Judges: Lives of Judges Infamous as Tools of Tyrants and Instruments of Oppression," John Campbell Baron Campbell exposes the notorious judges throughout history who have subverted justice to serve oppressive regimes. Employing a biographical style intertwined with historical critique, Campbell delves into the lives and decisions of these figures, revealing a tapestry of legal abuses ... Read more

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In "Atrocious Judges: Lives of Judges Infamous as Tools of Tyrants and Instruments of Oppression," John Campbell Baron Campbell exposes the notorious judges throughout history who have subverted justice to serve oppressive regimes. Employing a biographical style intertwined with historical critique, Campbell delves into the lives and decisions of these figures, revealing a tapestry of legal abuses
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The History of Freedom, and Other Essays (Annotated)

Enriched Edition. Essays on Liberty, Conscience, Power, and the Moral Foundations of Liberal History

by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Baron Acton, Verity Eastmere ...

The History of Freedom, and Other Essays gathers Lord Acton's major reflections on liberty as a historical achievement rather than an abstract slogan. Moving from antiquity and Christianity to nationalism, revolution, and religious persecution, the essays combine Victorian moral seriousness with a dense, aphoristic, and comparative historical style. Acton situates freedom within the long conflict ... Read more

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The History of Freedom, and Other Essays gathers Lord Acton's major reflections on liberty as a historical achievement rather than an abstract slogan. Moving from antiquity and Christianity to nationalism, revolution, and religious persecution, the essays combine Victorian moral seriousness with a dense, aphoristic, and comparative historical style. Acton situates freedom within the long conflict
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How to Invest

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Narrated by David M. Rubenstein, Ray Dalio, Marc Andreessen, Stan Druckenmiller, Sam Zell, Mike Novogratz, Larry Fink, Mary Callahan Erdoes, Seth Klarman, Ron Baron0, John W. Rogers Jr1, Bill Miller2, Jon Gray3, Dawn Fitzpatrick4, Paula Volent5, Kim Lew6, Kathryn Hall7, Britt Harris8, Jim Simons9, John Paulson0, Bill Ackman1, Sandra Horbach2, Orlando Bravo3, Bruce Karsh4, Jim Breyer5, Betsy Cohen6, Adebayo Ogunlesi7, David Blood8 ...

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA master class on investing featuring conversations with the biggest names in finance, from the legendary cofounder of The Carlyle Group, David M. Rubenstein.What do the most successful investors have in common? David M. Rubenstein, cofounder of one of the world’s largest investment firms, has spent years interviewing the greatest investors in the world to discover the ... Read more

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA master class on investing featuring conversations with the biggest names in finance, from the legendary cofounder of The Carlyle Group, David M. Rubenstein.What do the most successful investors have in common? David M. Rubenstein, cofounder of one of the world’s largest investment firms, has spent years interviewing the greatest investors in the world to discover the
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PYRAMID PRINCIPLE, THE

A Battle-Tested Hall-of-Famer Discovers UCLA Coach John Wooden’s True Meaning of Success

by John Vallely, Paul Weissenstein ...

Narrated by Ryan Barone ...

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5 hours 42 min

A Heart-Gripping Story of Championship Resilience in Life's Toughest Battles“Read it in 5 hours and was moved to tears!”The Pyramid Principle is based on the true and never before told story of Hall-of-Famer John Vallely. Filled with miraculous triumphs and hellacious heartbreaks, The Pyramid Principle masterfully depicts the impact of UCLA Coach John Wooden and his legendary “Pyramid of Success” ... Read more

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A Heart-Gripping Story of Championship Resilience in Life's Toughest Battles“Read it in 5 hours and was moved to tears!”The Pyramid Principle is based on the true and never before told story of Hall-of-Famer John Vallely. Filled with miraculous triumphs and hellacious heartbreaks, The Pyramid Principle masterfully depicts the impact of UCLA Coach John Wooden and his legendary “Pyramid of Success”
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The Satire Compendium: 70 Must-Reads

The Misanthrope, The Flying Doctor, The Satyricon, The Headswoman, dise Garden, The Absentee, etc.

by Molière, St. John Hankin, Elizabeth F. Guptill, Petronius Arbiter, Anthony Trollope, Kenneth Grahame, Thomas Carlyle, George Gibbs, Richard Head, Francis Kirkman, Herman Melville, Maria Edgeworth, Marietta Holley, Anatole France, Nelson Lloyd, Voltaire, Samuel Brunt, Archibald Marshal, Gilbert Knox, H. H. Sir Bashford, P. G. Wodehouse, Susan Fenimore Cooper, Thomas Love Peacock, William Carlos Williams, Terry Southern, Hilaire Belloc, Iris Barry, C. M. Westmacott, Desiderius Erasmus, I. J. Potter, Montague Glass, Edwin Abbott Abbott, Elkanah Settle, Samuel Pordage, Bernard Mandeville, James Thomson, G. W. Foote, Marie Corelli, William Herman, Mark Twain, Ingersoll Lockwood, Jonathan Swift, T. Smollett, Thomas Mann, H. G. Wells, Bertram Gayton, George S. Schuyler, Eugen Richter, Walter Harte, Aristophanes, Bill Nye, John Arbuthnot, Thomas Bridges, James Bramston, Ambrose Bierce, Franklin P. Adams, John Hervey Baron Hervey, An M. D., Frank Chapman Bliss ...

The Satire Compendium: 70 Must-Reads offers a rich tapestry of wit, irony, and cultural critique, spanning centuries and showcasing the evolution of satirical literature. With its diverse range of styles from the sharp societal observations of the Enlightenment to the tongue-in-cheek modernity of the 20th century this anthology captures the spirit and scope of satire's unyielding challenge to ... Read more

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The Satire Compendium: 70 Must-Reads offers a rich tapestry of wit, irony, and cultural critique, spanning centuries and showcasing the evolution of satirical literature. With its diverse range of styles from the sharp societal observations of the Enlightenment to the tongue-in-cheek modernity of the 20th century this anthology captures the spirit and scope of satire's unyielding challenge to
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Concert Life in Nineteenth-Century New Orleans

A Comprehensive Reference

by John H. Baron ...

During the nineteenth century, New Orleans thrived as the epicenter of classical music in America, outshining New York, Boston, and San Francisco before the Civil War and rivaling them thereafter. While other cities offered few if any operatic productions, New Orleans gained renown for its glorious opera seasons. Resident composers, performers, publishers, teachers, instrument makers, and dealers ... Read more

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During the nineteenth century, New Orleans thrived as the epicenter of classical music in America, outshining New York, Boston, and San Francisco before the Civil War and rivaling them thereafter. While other cities offered few if any operatic productions, New Orleans gained renown for its glorious opera seasons. Resident composers, performers, publishers, teachers, instrument makers, and dealers
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Chamber Music

A Research and Information Guide

by John H Baron ...

Series series Routledge Music Bibliographies
Chamber Music: A Research and Information Guide is a reference tool for anyone interested in chamber music. It is not a history or an encyclopedia but a guide to where to find answers to questions about chamber music. The third edition adds nearly 600 new entries to cover new research since publication of the previous edition in 2002. Most of the literature is books, articles in journals and ... Read more

$73.99 USD

Chamber Music: A Research and Information Guide is a reference tool for anyone interested in chamber music. It is not a history or an encyclopedia but a guide to where to find answers to questions about chamber music. The third edition adds nearly 600 new entries to cover new research since publication of the previous edition in 2002. Most of the literature is books, articles in journals and
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A Lecture on the Study of History

by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Baron Acton ...

I look back to-day to a time before the middle of the century, when I wasUNITY OF MODERN HISTORY reading at Edinburgh, and fervently wishing to come to this University. At three colleges I applied for admission, and, as things then were, I was refused by all. Here, from the first, I vainly fixed my hopes, and here, in a happier hour, after five-and-forty years, they are at last fulfilled. ... Read more

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I look back to-day to a time before the middle of the century, when I wasUNITY OF MODERN HISTORY reading at Edinburgh, and fervently wishing to come to this University. At three colleges I applied for admission, and, as things then were, I was refused by all. Here, from the first, I vainly fixed my hopes, and here, in a happier hour, after five-and-forty years, they are at last fulfilled.
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The Sword Of Welleran And Other Stories

by Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett Baron Dunsany ...

Series series Classics To Go
An influential fantasy writer and a key figure in the Irish literary renaissance, Edward J. M. D. Plunkett, the eighteenth Baron Dunsany (1878-1957) produced a trove of gems of the imagination. The 12 stories here are some of his best. They will take you on a remarkable journey to places that sometimes seem soft and pleasant, sometimes bleak and ominous — but always surprising. Ten magnificent ... Read more

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An influential fantasy writer and a key figure in the Irish literary renaissance, Edward J. M. D. Plunkett, the eighteenth Baron Dunsany (1878-1957) produced a trove of gems of the imagination. The 12 stories here are some of his best. They will take you on a remarkable journey to places that sometimes seem soft and pleasant, sometimes bleak and ominous — but always surprising. Ten magnificent
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Lectures on the French Revolution

by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Baron Acton, Reginald Vere Laurence, John Neville Figgis ...

The revenue of France was near twenty millions when Lewis XVI., finding it inadequate, called upon the nation for supply. In a single lifetime it rose to far more than one hundred millions, while the national income grew still more rapidly; and this increase was wrought by a class to whom the ancient monarchy denied its best rewards, and whom it deprived of power in the country they enriched. As ... Read more

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The revenue of France was near twenty millions when Lewis XVI., finding it inadequate, called upon the nation for supply. In a single lifetime it rose to far more than one hundred millions, while the national income grew still more rapidly; and this increase was wrought by a class to whom the ancient monarchy denied its best rewards, and whom it deprived of power in the country they enriched. As
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