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This volume consists mainly of letters exchanged between Sir Ernest Satow (1843-1929) and his former subordinate John Harington Gubbins (1852-1929) in their retirement, from 1906 to 1927.There are also some letters from Satow to the Japanese art collector and businessman the Hon. Henry Marsham (1845-1908) in the period 1894-1907. An expert foreword by Dr. J.E. Hoare, formerly of HM Diplomatic Service and a teaching fellow at SOAS, is included. Volume I consists of Satow's correspondence with William George Aston and Frederick Victor Dickins, and is mainly on Japanology. Volume III consists of Satow's correspondence with Lord Reay, on international law and the social, political and economic situation in Europe and the UK before, during and after World War One.
Title: The Records of the Borough of Northampton ... Illustrated. Preface by the Lord Bishop of London M. Creighton], introductory chapter on the history of the town by W. R. D. Adkins ... The first volume edited by C. A. Markham ... The second volume edited by the Rev. J. C. Cox. L.P.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC.The HISTORY OF BRITAIN & IRELAND collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. As well as historical works, this collection includes geographies, travelogues, and titles covering periods of competition and cooperation among the people of Great Britain and Ireland. Works also explore the countries' relations with France, Germany, the Low Countries, Denmark, and Scandinavia. ++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library Adkins, William Ryland Dent; Cox, John Charles Rector; Creighton, Mandell; 1898. 2 vol.; 8 . 10369.v.6.
The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars.The Age of Enlightenment profoundly enriched religious and philosophical understanding and continues to influence present-day thinking. Works collected here include masterpieces by David Hume, Immanuel Kant, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau, as well as religious sermons and moral debates on the issues of the day, such as the slave trade. The Age of Reason saw conflict between Protestantism and Catholicism transformed into one between faith and logic -- a debate that continues in the twenty-first century.++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++British LibraryT007146Rev. Robert Markham died 25th September 1786.London: printed by T. Bayley; and to be had of Mr. John Trapp; Mr Luke Flood; Mr. Samuel Leventhorp and of John Marks, 1786]. 22p.; 8
When Meg Addams lived in Glenhaven Park as a teenager, she couldn't wait to leave. But after 15 years, a Broadway career, a marriage, a daughter and a divorce she can't wait to get back. Beaten to the lead of a hot new musical by a hotter and newer starlet, Meg packs up her daughter and goes home. She's shocked to see the small town she remembers is now full of 'Yummy Mummies', olive bars, yoga studios and diners serving sushi but even more unsettling is that the only place Meg can afford is the town's haunted house! Sam Rooney can't believe someone else is moving in next door and the last thing he wants is to get involved - as a widower with two children, a bunch of students and a soccer team counting on him, he has enough on his plate already. But when it turns out that the beauty next door is Meg from high school, he softens a little. As two Glenhaven natives in a sea of transplants, why not be neighbourly? Between the soccer team, the school play and a growing closeness between their families, Sam and Meg's lives become closely intertwined. But can true love blossom between a newfound soccer mom and the sexy soccer coach?
Ralphie Chickalini is on the verge of living happily ever after with the perfect woman. His fiancee is a curvaceous, fun-loving brunette. His late father adored her homemade pesto sauce and declared her a "keeper," his brothers think she's a hoot, his sisters adore her, and his nephews and niece already call her "aunt." But as the wedding date approaches, Ralphie begins to question his love. When Ralphie bumps into two psychic sisters at a New Year's Eve party, his life will be thrown in an unexpected direction. Daria and Tammy have more than just a maternal bloodline in common. They both have a psychic gift. Tammy or "Madame Tamar" is a storefront psychic who predicted the marriage between Ralphie's brother Dominic's marriage and an unlikely bride. Now, Daria is channeling a spirit with a message for Ralphie: his father has returned to guide him to true love. But Daria has her own life to live, and she plans to move back to Arizona, messages from another world aside. Despite contrary inclinations, Daria and Ralphie will soon realize that their paths are destined to collide.
This magnificent reconstruction of Napoleon's life and legend, written by a distinguished Oxford scholar, is based on intimate documents--including the personal letters of Marie-Louise and the decoded diaries of Grand Marshal Bertrand, who accompanied Napoleon to his final exile on St. Helena. It has been hailed as the most important single-volume work in Napoleonic literature.