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  • The Beggar's Benison

    Sex Clubs of Enlightenment Scotland

    Two clubs, dedicated to proclaiming the joys of libertine sex, thrived in mid and late 18th-century Scotland. The Beggar's Benison (1732), starting from local roots in Fife, became large and sprawling, with branches in Edinburgh, Glasgow - and St Petersburg. As a toast "The Beggar's Benison" was drunk at aristocratic dinners in London as a coded reference to sex, and the Prince of Wales (later ... Read more

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  • Managing Your Investment Portfolio For Dummies, UK Edition

    Achieve positive returns on your investments, in any marketWith Managing Your Investment Portfolio FD you can build and manage a portfolio of investments that’s flexible enough to provide positive returns, no matter what the market is doing. Inside you’ll find a wealth of strategies and techniques to help you take your investments to the next level. Lean to track and predict volatility; hedge your ... Read more

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  • Life of Robert Stevenson, Civil Engineer

    Pioneering Contributions to Engineering and Lighthouse Construction

    In "Life of Robert Stevenson, Civil Engineer," David Stevenson offers a meticulously researched and compelling narrative that delves into the professional journey and personal life of his grandfather, Robert Stevenson, a pivotal figure in the development of civil engineering in the 19th century. Through a rich tapestry of biographical detail, the book marries literary craftsmanship with a ... Read more

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  • Life of Robert Stevenson Civil Engineer

    Life of Robert Stevenson, Civil Engineer by David Stevenson chronicles the life and achievements of Robert Stevenson, one of Scotland's most revered civil engineers, best known for his innovative lighthouse designs. Written by his son, this biography provides a detailed look into Stevenson’s dedication to public safety and his remarkable contributions to civil engineering during the early 19th ... Read more

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  • With Our Backs to the Wall

    Victory and Defeat in 1918

    With so much at stake and so much already lost, why did World War I end with a whimper-an arrangement between two weary opponents to suspend hostilities? After more than four years of desperate fighting, with victories sometimes measured in feet and inches, why did the Allies reject the option of advancing into Germany in 1918 and taking Berlin? Most histories of the Great War focus on the ... Read more

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  • 1917

    War, Peace, and Revolution

    1917 was a year of calamitous events, and one of pivotal importance in the development of the First World War. In 1917: War, Peace, and Revolution, leading historian of World War One, David Stevenson, examines this crucial year in context and illuminates the century that followed. He shows how in this one year the war was transformed, but also what drove the conflict onwards and how it continued ... Read more

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  • Cataclysm

    The First World War as Political Tragedy

    David Stevenson's widely acclaimed history of World War I changes forever our understanding of that pivotal conflict. Countering the commonplace assumption that politicians lost control of events, and that the war, once it began, quickly became an unstoppable machine, Stevenson contends that politicians deliberately took risks that led to war in July 1914. Far from being overwhelmed by the ... Read more

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  • Financial Times Guide to Exchange Traded Funds and Index Funds, The

    How To Use Tracker Funds In Your Investment Portfolio

    Series series Financial Times Series
    David Stevensonis a columnist for the Financial Times Weekend edition and authors the Adventurous Investor section where he writes about everything from investing in Mongolia through to using ETFs in your portfolio. He’s also a columnist for the Investors Chronicle (based around his SIPP) and before that was a columnist for Citywire. David writes extensively about ETFs for the FT and has developed ... Read more

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  • Secrets of Wealthy People: 50 Techniques to Get Rich

    Series Book 3 - Secrets of Success series
    What do wealthy people know that the rest of us don't?Do they have a secret recipe for success?Is there a special alchemy to make it work?The Secrets of Wealthy People reveals the 50 things you need to know to build your wealth, capital and investments. Some will surprise you, and all will inspire you. Put these 50 simple strategies together and you have a great recipe for a better life, a formula ... Read more

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  • Revolution and Counter-revolution in Scotland, 1644-51

    In 1644 a massive Scottish army of Scottish Covenanters moved over the border into England, claiming they were not invading their neighbour but acting to save its liberties, by helping ensure that the absolutist King Charles I did not win the civil war he was fighting with the English parliament. It was a daring move but the Covenanters believed it a necessary for defensive reasons, for if Charles ... Read more

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  • The Scottish Revolution 1637-44

    In 1637 Scotland exploded in rebellion against King Charles I. The rebellion sought not only to undo hated anglicising policies in the Church, but to reverse the wholesale transfer of power to London which had followed the 1603 Union of the Crowns. The Covenanters fought for a Scottish parliament free from royal control as well as for a Presbyterian Church. Their success was staggering. When the ... Read more

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  • Warnings against Myself

    Meditations on a Life in Climbing

    From his youthful second ascent of the north ridge of Mount Kennedy in the Yukon’s Saint Elias Range, an in-and-out on skis for which he had not entirely learned how to ski, to a recent excursion across the Harding Icefield conceived under the influence of rain and whiskey, David Stevenson chronicles several decades of a life unified by a preoccupation with climbing. Reflective and literary, and ... Read more

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