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Association and Enlightenment

Scottish Clubs and Societies, 1700-1830

de David Allan, Bob Harris, Jacqueline Jenkinson, Ralph McLean, James J. Caudle, Rhona Brown, Corey Andrews, Martyn Powell, Rosalind Carr ...

Series series Studies in Eighteenth-Century Scotland
Social clubs as they existed in eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century Scotland were varied: they could be convivial, sporting, or scholarly, or they could be a significant and dynamic social force, committed to improvement and national regeneration as well as to sociability. The essays in this volume examine the complex history of clubs and societies in Scotland from 1700 to 1830. Contributors ... Leer más

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Social clubs as they existed in eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century Scotland were varied: they could be convivial, sporting, or scholarly, or they could be a significant and dynamic social force, committed to improvement and national regeneration as well as to sociability. The essays in this volume examine the complex history of clubs and societies in Scotland from 1700 to 1830. Contributors
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The Mystery Fiction Vault: 75 Books

The Coast of Chance, Deep Moat Grange, Under Cover, As We Forgive Them, The Avenger, etc.

de Louis Tracy, F. Marion Crawford, E. W. Hornung, John Ironside, Esther Chamberlain, Lucia Chamberlain, S. R. Crockett, Wyndham Martyn, Roi Cooper Megrue, E. Phillips Oppenheim, Emile Gaboriau, James French Dorrance, E. S. Dorrance, Wilkie Collins, Edwin Balmer, William MacHarg, Cornelia Meigs, George Barr McCutcheon, Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton, Absalom Martin, Edgar Pangborn, Bannister Merwin, Marjorie Douie, William Le Queux, Valentine Williams, Oliver Fleming, Albert M. Treynor, Tom Gallon, John R. Carling, Nicholas Carter, John R. Watson, Arthur J. Rees, Fred M. White, Ethel Cook Eliot, Burt L. Standish, A. H. Vesey, John T. McIntyre, Alex. McVeigh Mrs. Miller, Agatha Christie, Katharine Newlin Burt, Mildred A. Wirt, Frederick Gordon, Howard Roger Garis, Richard Marsh, Angela Brazil, Amy Bell Marlowe, Van Powell, Edward Stratemeyer, George Barton, Margaret Penrose, Helen M. Persons, Ross Kay, Grace May North, E. J. Craine, Andy Adams, James A. Braden, Don Palmer, Elbert M. Hoppenstedt, Percy Keese Fitzhugh, Helen Randolph, Roy J. Snell, Archibald Lee Fletcher, Augusta Huiell Seaman ...

The Mystery Fiction Vault: 75 Books is a profound exploration of mystery and intrigue, stitching together an elaborate tapestry of suspense-filled narratives and enticing plots. This anthology is a treasure trove of literary innovation, showcasing a compelling array of narrative stylesâ€"ranging from the gothic tension of Wilkie Collins to the pioneering detective mystique found in Agatha Christie ... Leer más

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The Mystery Fiction Vault: 75 Books is a profound exploration of mystery and intrigue, stitching together an elaborate tapestry of suspense-filled narratives and enticing plots. This anthology is a treasure trove of literary innovation, showcasing a compelling array of narrative stylesâ€"ranging from the gothic tension of Wilkie Collins to the pioneering detective mystique found in Agatha Christie
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Liberty's Dawn

A People's History of the Industrial Revolution

de Emma Griffin ...

"Emma Griffin gives a new and powerful voice to the men and women whose blood and sweat greased the wheels of the Industrial Revolution" (Tim Hitchcock, author of Down and Out in Eighteenth-Century London).This "provocative study" looks at hundreds of autobiographies penned between 1760 and 1900 to offer an intimate firsthand account of how the Industrial Revolution was experienced by the working ... Leer más

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"Emma Griffin gives a new and powerful voice to the men and women whose blood and sweat greased the wheels of the Industrial Revolution" (Tim Hitchcock, author of Down and Out in Eighteenth-Century London).This "provocative study" looks at hundreds of autobiographies penned between 1760 and 1900 to offer an intimate firsthand account of how the Industrial Revolution was experienced by the working
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Acts of Union and Disunion

de Linda Colley ...

The United Kingdom; Great Britain; the British Isles; the Home Nations: such a wealth of different names implies uncertainty and contention - and an ability to invent and adjust. In a year that sees a Scottish referendum on independence, Linda Colley analyses some of the forces that have unified Britain in the past.She examines the mythology of Britishness, and how far - and why - it has faded. ... Leer más

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The United Kingdom; Great Britain; the British Isles; the Home Nations: such a wealth of different names implies uncertainty and contention - and an ability to invent and adjust. In a year that sees a Scottish referendum on independence, Linda Colley analyses some of the forces that have unified Britain in the past.She examines the mythology of Britishness, and how far - and why - it has faded.
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Classic Mystery Collection: Illustrated - Crime, Suspense, Detective fiction. (100+ works) including Sherlock Holmes, Wilkie Collins, Agatha Christie, Sax Rohmer & more Mobi Collected Works

de Various ...

Table of ContentsHonore de Balzac: An Historical MysteryJohn Buchan: The Thirty-Nine StepsEgerton Castle: The Baron's QuarryEdmund Clerihew Bentley: Trent's Last CaseGilbert Keith Chesterton:The Man Who Knew Too MuchThe Man Who Was ThursdayFather Brown:The Innocence of Father BrownThe Wisdom of Father BrownRobert Erskine Childers: Riddle of the SandsAgatha Christie:The Mysterious Af... ... Leer más

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Table of ContentsHonore de Balzac: An Historical MysteryJohn Buchan: The Thirty-Nine StepsEgerton Castle: The Baron's QuarryEdmund Clerihew Bentley: Trent's Last CaseGilbert Keith Chesterton:The Man Who Knew Too MuchThe Man Who Was ThursdayFather Brown:The Innocence of Father BrownThe Wisdom of Father BrownRobert Erskine Childers: Riddle of the SandsAgatha Christie:The Mysterious Af...
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Customs in Common

Studies in Traditional Popular Culture

de E. P. Thompson ...

The "meticulously researched, elegantly argued and deeply humane" sequel to the landmark volume of social history, The Making of the English Working Class ( The New York Times Book Review).This remarkable study investigates the gradual disappearance of a range of cultural customs against the backdrop of the great upheavals of the eighteenth century. As villagers were subjected to a legal system ... Leer más

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The "meticulously researched, elegantly argued and deeply humane" sequel to the landmark volume of social history, The Making of the English Working Class ( The New York Times Book Review).This remarkable study investigates the gradual disappearance of a range of cultural customs against the backdrop of the great upheavals of the eighteenth century. As villagers were subjected to a legal system
... Leer más
Adam Smith

An Enlightened Life

de Nicholas Phillipson ...

Adam Smith is celebrated all over the world as the author of The Wealth of Nations and the founder of modern economics. A few of his ideas - that of the 'Invisible Hand' of the market and that 'It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest' - have become icons of the modern world. Yet Smith saw himself ... Leer más

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Adam Smith is celebrated all over the world as the author of The Wealth of Nations and the founder of modern economics. A few of his ideas - that of the 'Invisible Hand' of the market and that 'It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest' - have become icons of the modern world. Yet Smith saw himself
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The Georgians

The Deeds and Misdeeds of 18th-Century Britain

de Penelope J. Corfield ...

A comprehensive history of the Georgians, comparing past views of these exciting, turbulent, and controversial times with our attitudes todayThe Georgian era is often seen as a time of innovations. It saw the end of monarchical absolutism, global exploration and settlements overseas, the world’s first industrial revolution, deep transformations in religious and cultural life, and Britain’s role in ... Leer más

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A comprehensive history of the Georgians, comparing past views of these exciting, turbulent, and controversial times with our attitudes todayThe Georgian era is often seen as a time of innovations. It saw the end of monarchical absolutism, global exploration and settlements overseas, the world’s first industrial revolution, deep transformations in religious and cultural life, and Britain’s role in
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An Everyday Life of the English Working Class

Work, Self and Sociability in the Early Nineteenth Century

de Carolyn Steedman ...

This book concerns two men, a stockingmaker and a magistrate, who both lived in a small English village at the turn of the nineteenth century. It focuses on Joseph Woolley the stockingmaker, on his way of seeing and writing the world around him, and on the activities of magistrate Sir Gervase Clifton, administering justice from his country house Clifton Hall. Using Woolley's voluminous diaries and ... Leer más

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This book concerns two men, a stockingmaker and a magistrate, who both lived in a small English village at the turn of the nineteenth century. It focuses on Joseph Woolley the stockingmaker, on his way of seeing and writing the world around him, and on the activities of magistrate Sir Gervase Clifton, administering justice from his country house Clifton Hall. Using Woolley's voluminous diaries and
... Leer más
50 Mystery & Investigation Masterpieces (Active TOC) (ABCD Classics) vol: 2

de Mark Twain, Agatha Christie, Arthur Conan Doyle, Edgar Allan Poe, Dorothy Leigh Sayers, G.K Chesterton, Charles Dickens, Jules Verne, Wilkie Collins, Joseph Smith Fletcher, R. Austin Freeman, Maurice Leblanc, Sax Rohmer, ABCD Classics ...

This book contains the following works arranged alphabetically by authors last names A Royal Prisoner [Marcel Allain] The Man Who Knew Too Much,The Man Who Was Thursday: a Nightmare [G.K Chesterton] The Hound of the Baskervilles,The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes [Arthur Conan Doyle] The Nebuly Coat [John Meade Falkner] The Chestermarke Instinct,The Middle of Things,The Orange-Yellow Diamond,The ... Leer más

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This book contains the following works arranged alphabetically by authors last names A Royal Prisoner [Marcel Allain] The Man Who Knew Too Much,The Man Who Was Thursday: a Nightmare [G.K Chesterton] The Hound of the Baskervilles,The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes [Arthur Conan Doyle] The Nebuly Coat [John Meade Falkner] The Chestermarke Instinct,The Middle of Things,The Orange-Yellow Diamond,The
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50 Eternal Masterpieces of Detective Stories Vol: 2 (Golden Deer Classics)

de Mark Twain, Agatha Christie, Arthur Conan Doyle, Edgar Allan Poe, Dorothy Leigh Sayers, G.K Chesterton, Charles Dickens, Jules Verne, Wilkie Collins, Joseph Smith Fletcher, R. Austin Freeman, Maurice Leblanc, Sax Rohmer, Golden Deer Classics, Marcel Allain, Gilbert Keith Chesterton, John Meade Falkner, Émile Gaboriau, Thomas W. Hanshew, Ernest William Hornung, Herbert George Jenkins, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, William Le Queux, Harold MacGrath, George Barr McCutcheon, John T. McIntyre, Arthur Morrison, Edward Phillips Oppenheim, Allan Pinkerton, Melville Davisson Post, Arthur John Rees, Mary Roberts Rinehart, Harrington Strong, Louis Tracy, Louis Joseph Vance, Carolyn Wells, Herman Whitaker, George F. Worts, Israel Zangwill ...

This book contains the following works arranged alphabetically by authors last names A Royal Prisoner [Marcel Allain] The Man Who Knew Too Much,The Man Who Was Thursday: a Nightmare [G.K Chesterton] The Hound of the Baskervilles,The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes [Arthur Conan Doyle] The Nebuly Coat [John Meade Falkner] The Chestermarke Instinct,The Middle of Things,The Orange-Yellow Diamond,The ... Leer más

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This book contains the following works arranged alphabetically by authors last names A Royal Prisoner [Marcel Allain] The Man Who Knew Too Much,The Man Who Was Thursday: a Nightmare [G.K Chesterton] The Hound of the Baskervilles,The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes [Arthur Conan Doyle] The Nebuly Coat [John Meade Falkner] The Chestermarke Instinct,The Middle of Things,The Orange-Yellow Diamond,The
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50 Mystery and Detective Masterpieces you have to Read Before you Die vol: 2

2020 Edition [newly updated]

de Mark Twain, Agatha Christie, Arthur Conan Doyle, Edgar Allan Poe, Dorothy Leigh Sayers, G.K Chesterton, Charles Dickens, Jules Verne, Wilkie Collins, Joseph Smith Fletcher, Maurice Leblanc, Sax Rohmer, Golden Deer Classics, Marcel Allain, Pierre Souvestre, Emile Gaboriau, John Meade Falkner, Thomas W. Hanshew, Ernest William Hornung, Herbert George Jenkins, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, Sheridan Le Fanu, William Le Queux, Harold MacGrath, George Barr McCutcheon, John T. McIntyre, Arthur Morrison, Edward Phillips Oppenheim, Allan Pinkerton, Melville Davisson Post, Arthur John Rees, Mary Roberts Rinehart, Harrington Strong, Louis Tracy, Louis Joseph Vance, Carolyn Wells, Herman Whitaker, George F. Worts, Israel Zangwill ...

This book, newly updated, contains now several HTML tables of contents that will make reading a real pleasure! The first table of contents (at the very beginning of the ebook) lists the titles of all novels included in this volume. By clicking on one of those titles you will be redirected to the beginning of that work, where you'll find a new TOC that lists all the chapters and sub-chapters of ... Leer más

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This book, newly updated, contains now several HTML tables of contents that will make reading a real pleasure! The first table of contents (at the very beginning of the ebook) lists the titles of all novels included in this volume. By clicking on one of those titles you will be redirected to the beginning of that work, where you'll find a new TOC that lists all the chapters and sub-chapters of
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