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| Seize the Fire: Heroism, Duty, and Nelson's Battle of Trafalgar
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Adam Nicolson.
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| Publisher: Harper Perennial. Format: paperback.
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| ISBN: 9780060753627. Daedalus Item Code: 14178 |
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| The author of God's Secretaries here uses the battle of Trafalgar to examine ideas of heroism and the heroic. Is violence a necessary aspect of the hero? And daring? Why did the cult of the ... (Read More)
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| Seizing Destiny: How America Grew from Sea to Shining Sea
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Richard Kluger.
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| Publisher: Knopf. Format: hardcover.
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| ISBN: 9780375413414. Daedalus Item Code: 93773 |
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| As Pulitzer Prize winner Richard Kluger has it in this sweeping history, America's surge to dominion was equally admirable and appalling. The nation's pioneer generations were, to be sure, blessed ... (Read More)
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| Shadow of the Titanic: The Extraordinary Stories of Those Who Survived
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Andrew Wilson.
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| Publisher: Atria. Format: hardcover.
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| ISBN: 9781451671568. Daedalus Item Code: 32147 |
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| In a "captivating read that begins where most other Titanic books end" (Library Journal, starred review), the biographer of Patricia Highsmith and Harold Robbins here profiles the ... (Read More)
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| Ships and Shipping in Medieval Manuscripts
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Joe Flatman.
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| Publisher: British Library. Format: hardcover.
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| ISBN: 9780712349604. Daedalus Item Code: 31075 |
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| The ship loomed large in the medieval world and mind; both upstream and downstream, inland and offshore, ships of every size and shape provided a vital means of travel, transport, and trade, linking ... (Read More)
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| Ships Visual Encyclopedia: More Than 1000 Color Illustrations
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David Ross.
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| Publisher: Amber. Format: laminated cover.
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| ISBN: 9781907446153. Daedalus Item Code: 31754 |
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| This at-a-glance guide presents color profile views of more than 1200 of history's most important ships, from the earliest times to the Viking longship, from 16th-century gunships to 21st-century ... (Read More)
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| Shocking Bodies: Life, Death and Electricity in Victorian England
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Iwan Rhys Morus.
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| Publisher: History Press. Format: paperback.
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| ISBN: 9780752458007. Daedalus Item Code: 30446 |
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| Although electricity was known to the ancient Egyptians, it was not until the Victorian era that its potential truly began to be realized and embraced as a science of spectacle and of wonder. Luigi ... (Read More)
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| The Siege of Derry, 1689: The Military History
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Richard Doherty.
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| Publisher: History Press. Format: hardcover.
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| ISBN: 9780752455365. Daedalus Item Code: 31343 |
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| "No Surrender," the Irish Unionist war cry, was first used in 1689 by the Protestant defenders of Londonderry as James II's army laid siege to the city for 105 days. There were astonishing acts of ... (Read More)
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| Sieges: From the Siege of Jerusalem to the Gulf War
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Bruce Allen Watson.
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| Publisher: Stackpole. Format: paperback.
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| ISBN: 9780811736015. Daedalus Item Code: 12955 |
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| In this provocative study, Bruce Allen Watson examines seven historic sieges in detail: Jerusalem at the end of the First Crusade in 1099, Malta in 1565, Sebastopol during the Crimean War, ... (Read More)
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| The Significance of the Frontier in American History
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Frederick Jackson Turner.
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| Publisher: Penguin. Format: paperback.
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| ISBN: 9780141042572. Daedalus Item Code: 31126 |
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| When historian Frederick Jackson Turner presented his landmark paper, "The Significance of the Frontier in American History" to the American Historical Association in 1893, it marked a turning point ... (Read More)
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| Simple Courage: A True Story of Peril on the Sea
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Frank Delaney.
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| Publisher: Random House. Format: paperback.
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| ISBN: 9780812975956. Daedalus Item Code: 31290 |
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| Here the author of Ireland relates an amazing saga of bravery and endurance at sea. In December 1951, laden with passengers and thousands of tons of cargo, the SS Flying Enterprise was ... (Read More)
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| Sisters of Fortune: America's Caton Sisters at Home and Abroad
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Jehanne Wake.
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| Publisher: Touchstone. Format: hardcover.
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| ISBN: 9781451607611. Daedalus Item Code: 23939 |
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| As gripping as any great historical novel, this is the true story of Marianne, Bess, Louisa, and Emily Caton, the exuberant American sisters who enthralled English Regency society. Descended from ... (Read More)
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