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  • Frigates-Sloops & Brigs

    by James Henderson ...
    Series series Pen & Sword Military Classics
    Admiral Nelson's most frequent cry was for more frigates. Though not ships of the line these fast and powerful warships were the 'eyes of the fleet'. They enabled admirals to find where the enemy lay and his likely intentions, as well as patrolling vital trade routes and providing information from far-flung colonies. Together with their smaller cousins, the sloops and brigs of the Royal Navy, they ... Read more

    $9.89 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Frigates

    An Account of the Lighter Warships of the Napoleonic Wars

    by James Henderson ...
    A naval history of the ships and personalities of the Nelson period. The sources used include accounts of the Napoleonic Wars, ships' logs, Admiralty documents, private and official reports, letters and contemporary descriptions. ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A History of the Brazil

    by James Henderson ...
    On the morning of the 14th of April, we discovered the high peaks of three of the Canary Islands at a great distance, Grand Canary bearing south-west, and Lanzarote and Fortaventura south-east. The world of waters which had hitherto, from its varied and sometimes terrific agitation, filled the imagination with awe, was now changed into a pacific, but grand expanse, that soothed and absorbed the ... Read more

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  • A history of the Brazil

    Geography, commerce, colonization, native inhabitants

    by James Henderson ...
    In "A History of Brazil," James Henderson meticulously chronicles the complex tapestry of Brazil's past from its pre-colonial roots to the contemporary socio-political landscape. The book employs a compelling narrative style, interweaving primary sources with critical analysis, which not only makes the historical events accessible but also profoundly engaging. Henderson's scholarship dives deep ... Read more

    $1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Black Holes: Exploring the Mysteries of the Universe for Children (Everything You Need to Know About Black Holes and Black Hole Physics)

    by James Henderson ...
    This is not just another physics book. It’s a definitive, accessible guide for anyone fascinated by space, time, and the fabric of reality. With ten essential concepts every aspiring astrophysicist should master, and forward-looking insights into upcoming antimatter missions, you’ll gain both clarity and excitement for what lies ahead in the cosmos. Don’t just observe the universe—understand it. ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Fears of the Vampire

    Two sides of life

    by James Henderson ...
    In 8100 BC Egypt, the God Amunna yanked 15-yearold Miko’s soul from his body to save him from an early death. Miko is now Jebel Barkal, a vampire living in the United States of America with his vampire family. Using his mind to slip in and out of times and dimensions of space, sometimes bringing people with him, Jebel has been waging a battle against evil since the days of the pharaohs in Egypt. ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Richard Wagner His Life and His Dramas: A Biographical Study of the Man and an Explanation of His Work

    by William James Henderson ...
    The purpose of this book is to supply Wagner lovers with a single work which shall meet all their needs. The author has told the story of Wagner's life, explained his artistic aims, given the history of each of his great works, examined its literary sources, shown how Wagner utilised them, surveyed the musical plan of each drama, and set forth the meaning and purpose of its principal ideas. The ... Read more

    $6.29 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Exhortations to Philosophy

    The Protreptics of Plato, Isocrates, and Aristotle

    by James Henderson Collins, II ...
    This book is a study of the literary strategies which the first professional philosophers used to market their respective disciplines. Philosophers of fourth-century BCE Athens developed the emerging genre of the "protreptic" (literally, "turning" or "converting"). Simply put, protreptic discourse uses a rhetoric of conversion that urges a young person to adopt a specific philosophy in order to ... Read more

    $100.79 USD

  • Family Thang

    by james henderson ...
    Comedy: a fractured family's dirty laundry is aired, soiled, stained, muddied, fumigated and declared a health hazard when their patriarch succumbs to undercooked neck bones laced with arsenic. ... Read more

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  • How Music Developed: A Critical and Explanatory Account of the Growth of Modern Music

    by William James Henderson ...
    IN reading any history of the development of music as an art one must ever bear in mind the fact that music was also developing at the same time as a popular mode of expression, and that the two processes were separate. The cultivation of modern music as an art was begun by the medieval priests of the Roman Catholic Church, who were endeavoring to arrange a liturgy for their service, and it is due ... Read more

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  • Some Forerunners of Italian Opera

    by William James Henderson ...
    The modern entertainment called opera is a child of the Roman Catholic Church. What might be described as operatic tendencies in the music of worship date further back than the foundation of Christianity. The Egyptians were accustomed to sing "jubilations" to their gods, and these consisted of florid cadences on prolonged vowel sounds. The Greeks caroled on vowels in honor of their deities. From ... Read more

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  • International Partnership in Russia

    Conclusions from the Oil and Gas Industry

    by James Henderson, Alastair Ferguson ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    International Partnership in Russia provides a unique insight into the joint ventures formed by international oil companies in Russia during the post-Soviet era. It outlines the highs and lows in their fortunes and analyses the reasons for their successes and failures. ... Read more

    $49.49 USD