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Every Man Will Do His Duty: An Anthology of Firsthand Accounts from the Age of Nelson
Manufacturer: Henry Holt & Company ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0805046089 |
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The story of Great Britain was written in seawater, and no period was more important than the two decades under scrutiny in Dean King's Every Man Will Do His Duty. This collection of memoirs, diaries, and accounts written by Royal Navy personnel (both English and American) during the Napoleonic period will be a sure hit with any reader who has devoured the Aubrey-Maturin novels of Patrick O'Brian. Every Man Will Do His Dutythe title is, of course, Admiral Lord Nelson's famous admonition to his sailors at Trafalgarpulses with the vividness, immediacy, and honesty that only primary sources can supply. The book is filled with intriguing details of war as it was practiced on the high seas from 1793 to 1815. Editor King has done an excellent job selecting his sources; in addition to views from the captain's quarters, Every Man Will Do His Duty boasts plenty of material penned by mariners of a much humbler station; their accounts provide the bulk of the book's humor. Fans of the nautical novel will find this book a worthy addition to their library, and so will students of English history.Customer Reviews:
A wonderful glimpse of Iron men on wooden ships.......2001-10-09
I loved this book. Each selection was entertaining and well chosen, both for the glimpses the provide into the lives of the officers and men who served on such ships, and for their historical context (Such as Dr. William Beatty's account of the death of Horatio Nelson).
I'd strongly suggest it to anyone who enjoys Naval History, or historical fiction (Such as Forrester or O'Brian) on the subject. Give it a read, it's worth it.
A wonderful glimpse of Iron men on wooden ships.......2001-10-09
I loved this book. Each selection was entertaining and well chosen, both for the glimpses the provide into the lives of the officers and men who served on such ships, and for their historical context (Such as Dr. William Beatty's account of the death of Horatio Nelson).
I'd suggest it to anyone who enjoys Naval History, or historical fiction (Such as Forrester or O'Brian) on the subject.
22 Great True Stores from the Napoleonic Era.......2000-08-08
If all you read in this book is "The Audacious Cruise of the Speedy", you will have gotten your money's worth.
If the only stories you read are the two chapters from the Nagle Journel, "For the Good of My Soul, 1795," and "Mad Dickey's Amusement, 1798-1800", you will have gotten your money's worth.
But you get more than this. You get a total of 22 stories picked from many to capture the history and character of the times.
If you like Patrick O'Brien, and C.S. Forester, you will enjoy the history that gave seed to these stories. You will recognize the events of Lucky Jack Aubrey's fiirst cruise in the cruise of the Speedy, and be amazed.
Index of stories:
1. In the King's Service, 1793-1794
2. Commence the Work of Destruction: The Glorious First of June, 1794
3. The Noted Pimp of Lisbon and an Unwanted Promotion in Bull Bay, 1794
4. For the Good of My Own Soul, 1795
5. The Would as Soon Have Faced the Devil Himself as Nelson, 1796
6. The Battle of Cape St. Vincent, 1797
7. Mad Diskey's Amusement, 1798-1800
8. The Fortune of War, 1799
9. The Audacious Cruise of the Speedy, 1800-1801
10. Bermuda in the Peace, 1802-1803
11. The Battle of Trafalgar, 1805
12. The Death of Lord Nelson, 1805
13. An Unequal Match, 1807-1808
14. With Stopford in the Basque Roads, 1808-1809
15. When I Beheld These Men Spring from the Ground, 1809
16. "Damn'em, Jackson, They've Spoilt My Dancing," 1809-1812
17. The Woodwind Is Mightier than the Sword, 1809-1812
18. HMS Macedonian vs. USS United States, 1812
19. An Unjustifiable and Outrageous Pursuit, 1812-1813
20. A Yankee Cruiser in the South Pacific, 1813
21. Showdown at Valparaiso, 1814
22. We Discussed a Bottle of Chateau Margot Together, 1812-1815
Down to the Sea in Ships.......2000-06-24
This anthology of first hand accounts covers events in both the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, including the War of 1812, in which the Royal Navy getting some very nasty surprises, and even nastier defeats, at the hands of the small, but expert United States Navy.
Some of the subjects covered are the Battle of Cape St. Vincent in 1797, the sea fight between HMS Macedonian and the USS United States in 1812, the cruise into the Pacific of the USS Essex, and such esoteric subject as 'the noted pimp of Lisbon' and Bermuda in time of peace.
This book is an enjoyable read, an outstanding primary source, and one of the best books available on this often neglected subject.
A window on the age of sail.......2000-06-06
This book is an anthology of first hand accounts of naval life in the age of sail. The stories are dramatic and gripping, though I wished the they were longer. The editors have helpfully added some diagrams and maps, though I would have prefered even more.
It is very interesting to see the overlap with the O'Brian books. As O'Brian points out in one of his forwards, at least sometimes he did not need to invent the plot, but merely re-arrange and sort out the pacing.
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Religio Medici, Hydriotaphia, and The Garden of Cyrus (Oxford Paperback English Texts)
Thomas Browne Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 019871064X |
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A Curious Knight.......2005-01-02
Great writer, awful edition (Robin Robbins, Oxford UP).......2003-06-20
While this edition may be adequate for the casual reader, it's entirely unsuitable as a scholarly edition:
1) The editor has translated nearly all of Browne's notes without giving them in the original.
2) He has moved these notes from the margin to the foot of the page without bothering to number them. The reader will often find himself finishing a page, discovering a footnote and trying to backtrack to figure out where it fit in. Confusing to say the least, especially because Robbins intermingles his own commentary with Browne's, indicating the latter's with the initial B.
3) Protracted discussions of the text are confined to an appendix (and by protracted, I mean three or four sentences at most). They might as well be incorporated into the body of the text as footnotes, since he only provides six of these for Hydriotaphia, eight for the Garden of Cyrus.
4) The editor has modernized the spelling, despite Browne's well known preference for certain archaic forms. While updating the orthography is helpful (substituing 'j' for 'i,' 'v' for 'u,' etc.), Browne's occasionally unorthodox spelling should hardly present a problem to anyone with half a brain, and if you can't figure out that 'sceleton' means 'skeleton,' you probably won't understand why 'Man is a great and true amphibium.'
5) And obviously, modernizing the spelling vitiates the impact of Hydriotaphia, Browne's meditation on mutability, language and identity, and the anonymity of the grave.
6) Lastly, for such a shoddy edition, it's a pricey, slender paperback. The editor could at least have included Letter to a Friend or a selection from Christian Morals to round it out.
Unfortunately, there are no popular editions of Browne's work available at this time, and it's doubtful whether any shall be in the near future. Search out something used, and avoid this one if you can.
What song the Syrens sang; meditations on time and eternity.......2001-03-24
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B.B. King Anthology (Guitar Recorded Versions) (Guitar Recorded Versions)
B.B. King Manufacturer: Hal Leonard Corporation ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0634030582 |
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The All Music Guide praises B.B. King in no uncertain terms as "the single most important electric guitarist of the last half century." This outstanding new book in our Guitar Recorded Versions series provides note-for-note transcriptions with tab for 35 hits from this living legend from 1950 to 2000, including: Ask Me No Questions * B.B. Blues * Bad Luck Soul * Chains and Things * Five Long Years * I Want You So Bad * King of Guitar * Lucille * Paying the Cost to Be the Boss * Riding with the King * Sweet Sixteen * The Thrill Is Gone * Watch Yourself * and more.
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Every Man Will Do His Duty: An Anthology of Firsthand Accounts from the Age of Nelson, 1793-1815
Manufacturer: Owl Books ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0805046097 |
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This book is a keeper, buy the hardcover.......2000-08-08
If all you read in this book is "The Audacious Cruise of the Speedy", you will have gotten your money's worth.
If the only stories you read are the two chapters from the Nagle Journel, "For the Good of My Soul, 1795," and "Mad Dickey's Amusement, 1798-1800", you will have gotten your money's worth.
But you get more than this. You get a total of 22 stories picked from many to capture the history and character of the times.
If you like Patrick O'Brien, and C.S. Forester, you will enjoy the history that gave seed to these stories. You will recognize the events of Lucky Jack Aubrey's fiirst cruise in the cruise of the Speedy, and be amazed.
Index of stories:
1. In the King's Service, 1793-1794
2. Commence the Work of Destruction: The Glorious First of June, 1794
3. The Noted Pimp of Lisbon and an Unwanted Promotion in Bull Bay, 1794
4. For the Good of My Own Soul, 1795
5. The Would as Soon Have Faced the Devil Himself as Nelson, 1796
6. The Battle of Cape St. Vincent, 1797
7. Mad Diskey's Amusement, 1798-1800
8. The Fortune of War, 1799
9. The Audacious Cruise of the Speedy, 1800-1801
10. Bermuda in the Peace, 1802-1803
11. The Battle of Trafalgar, 1805
12. The Death of Lord Nelson, 1805
13. An Unequal Match, 1807-1808
14. With Stopford in the Basque Roads, 1808-1809
15. When I Beheld These Men Spring from the Ground, 1809
16. "Damn'em, Jackson, They've Spoilt My Dancing," 1809-1812
17. The Woodwind Is Mightier than the Sword, 1809-1812
18. HMS Macedonian vs. USS United States, 1812
19. An Unjustifiable and Outrageous Pursuit, 1812-1813
20. A Yankee Cruiser in the South Pacific, 1813
21. Showdown at Valparaiso, 1814
22. We Discussed a Bottle of Chateau Margot Together, 1812-1815
THE REAL DEAL!.......2000-04-07
brilliant account of history.......1999-01-10
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El Dia Del Rey Dragon/ the Day of the Dragon King (La Casa Del Arbol / Magic Tree House)
Mary Pope Osborne Manufacturer: Lectorum Publications ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 1933032200 |
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B.B. King Anthology
Music Sales Corporation Manufacturer: Amsco Publications ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0825613175 Release Date: 1992-12-31 |
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A compilation of the King of the Blues best songs with detailed transcriptions of his solos. A must for anyone who wants to master the style of this unique guitarist. In standard notation and tablature. Includes: The Thrill Is Gone, and When Loves Comes to Town.
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The Classical Novels (Recovered Classics) (Recovered Classics)
Mary Butts Manufacturer: McPherson ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0929701429 |
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Alexander the Great and Queen Cleopatra stand shrouded in myth and mystery at opposite ends of a Greek epoch, symbols of the Hellenizing conquests of Egypt and Persia, the ascendancy of Alexandria, and the final absorption of Ptolemaic Egypt into the Roman Empire. Many authors have exploited their lives as the very stuff of legend, beyond human dimension. By contrast, and with penetrating insight, Mary Butts brings Alexander and Cleopatra alive as human beings in two vivid novels, shattering their conventional masks to explore motivations of power, the allure of "the sacred," and the clashes of cultures. In dramatic vignettes from various angles, the lives of Alexander and Cleopatra are separately presented with their extraordinary entourages, including Aristotle, Callisthenes, Julius Caesar, Mark Antony and Cicero. Combined for the first time in this volume, The Macedonian and Scenes from the Life of Cleopatra form a unified work, richly imagined, thoroughly researched, and augmented by three classical stories not previously collected.Customer Reviews:
An old romantic-era gem.......1998-10-23
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Distant Journeys: An Illustrated Anthology of Fantasy & Fiction
Manufacturer: Sovereign Seal Books ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0962703060 |
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Dragons: A Celebration of the Greatest of Mythical Creatures
Manufacturer: Sovereign Seal Books ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0962703044 |
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Miracles at an Angle
Godwill B. King Manufacturer: Holy Fire Publishing ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0977424219 |
Book Description
This book takes you through ways of looking at life from a different angle in Gods words. How Christians can fall and rise again with words of encouragement, guilt, prayers and praises. It is almost like reading the Psalms and Proverbs all over again. Updated, in modern vernacular.Download Description
This book takes you through ways of looking at life from a different angle in Gods words. How Christians can fall and rise again with words of encouragement, guilt, prayers and praises. It is almost like reading the Psalms and Proverbs all over again. Updated, in modern vernacular.Customer Reviews:
Inspirational poetries for the mind of a Xtian.......2005-12-16
The true poetries for life.......2005-12-10
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