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54 produkter
Madly, Deeply
The Alan Rickman Diaries
Häftad, 2023
165 kr
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A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERA WATERSTONES PAPERBACK OF THE YEAR 2023A WATERSTONES BEST BOOK OF 2022: ENTERTAINMENTA MAIL ON SUNDAYS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022Alan Rickman remains one of the most beloved actors of all time across almost every genre, from his breakout role as Die Hard's villainous Hans …
American Revolutions
A Continental History, 1750-1804
Av Alan Taylor
Häftad, 2017
209 kr
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Often understood as a high-minded, orderly event, the American Revolution grows in this masterful history like a ground fire overspreading Britain’s mainland colonies, fuelled by local conditions and resistant to control. Emerging from the rivalries of European empires and their allies, the …
Tower Hill
A Plantation on the Edge of Rebellion
Av Alan Taylor
Inbunden, 2026
342 kr
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Tower Hill draws on an untapped family archive to reveal the history of a struggling slave plantation, mired by debt, volatile climate, disease and social isolation, whose local merchant family, the Blows, were driven to family turmoil and madness. The enslaved Blacks at Tower Hill endured by …
William Cooper's Town
Av Alan Taylor
E-bok, 2018
128 kr
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William Cooper and James Fenimore Cooper, a father and son who embodied the contradictions that divided America in the early years of the Republic, are brought to life in this Pulitzer Prize-winning book. William Cooper rose from humble origins to become a wealthy land speculator and U.S. …
Thomas Jefferson's Education
Av Alan Taylor
Häftad, 2020
191 kr
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By turns entertaining and tragic, this beautifully crafted history reveals the origins of a great university in the dilemmas of Virginia slavery. Thomas Jefferson shares centre stage with his family and fellow planters, all dependent on the labour of enslaved black families. With a declining …
American Colonies
The Settlement of North America to 1800
Häftad, 2003
192 kr
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AMERICAN COLONIES starts with the earliest years of human colonization of the American continent and environs with the Siberian migrations across the Bering Strait 15,000 years ago. It ends in around 1800 when the rough outline of the contemporary North America could be perceived.Dropping the usual …
Colonial America
A Very Short Introduction
Av Alan Taylor
Häftad, 2012
116 kr
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By long convention, "American history" began during the early seventeenth century along the Atlantic Seaboard with the English colonies at Jamestown in Virginia and Plymouth in New England. From that eastern origin, America supposedly expanded westward, reaching only the Appalachian mountains by …
Colonial America
A Very Short Introduction
Av Alan Taylor
E-bok, 2012
95 kr
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In the traditional narrative of American colonial history, early European settlements, as well as native peoples and African slaves, were treated in passing as unfortunate aberrations in a fundamentally upbeat story of Englishmen becoming freer and more prosperous by colonizing an abundant …
Colonial America
A Very Short Introduction
Av Alan Taylor
E-bok, 2012
95 kr
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In the traditional narrative of American colonial history, early European settlements, as well as native peoples and African slaves, were treated in passing as unfortunate aberrations in a fundamentally upbeat story of Englishmen becoming freer and more prosperous by colonizing an abundant …
Divided Ground
Indians, Settlers, and the Northern Borderland of the American Revolution
Av Alan Taylor
E-bok, 2007
158 kr
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From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of William Cooper''s Town comes a dramatic and illuminating portrait of white and Native American relations in the aftermath of the American Revolution. The Divided Ground tells the story of two friends, a Mohawk Indian and the son of a colonial clergyman, …
Civil War of 1812
American Citizens, British Subjects, Irish Rebels, & Indian Allies
Av Alan Taylor
E-bok, 2010
217 kr
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In this deeply researched and clearly written book, the Pulitzer Prize–winning historian Alan Taylor tells the riveting story of a war that redefined North America. During the early nineteenth century, Britons and Americans renewed their struggle over the legacy of the American Revolution. …
Imagination of Experiences
Musical Invention, Collaboration, and the Making of Meanings
Av Alan Taylor
Inbunden, 2021
1025 kr
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Aimed at lay, student, and academic readers alike, this book concerns the imagination and, specifically, imagination in music. It opens with a discussion of the invalidity of the idea of the creative genius and the connected view that ideas originate just in the individual mind. An alternative view …
Imagination of Experiences
Musical Invention, Collaboration, and the Making of Meanings
Av Alan Taylor
Häftad, 2022
396 kr
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Aimed at lay, student, and academic readers alike, this book concerns the imagination and, specifically, imagination in music. It opens with a discussion of the invalidity of the idea of the creative genius and the connected view that ideas originate just in the individual mind. An alternative view …
Internal Enemy
Slavery and War in Virginia, 1772-1832
Av Alan Taylor
Häftad, 2014
191 kr
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Frederick Douglass recalled that slaves living along Chesapeake Bay longingly viewed sailing ships as "freedom’s swift-winged angels." In 1813 those angels appeared in the bay as British warships coming to punish the Americans for declaring war on the empire. Over many nights, hundreds of slaves …
Thomas Jefferson's Education
Av Alan Taylor
Inbunden, 2019
297 kr
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By turns entertaining and tragic, this beautifully crafted history reveals the origins of a great university in the dilemmas of Virginia slavery. Thomas Jefferson shares centre stage with his family and fellow planters, all dependent on the labour of enslaved black families. With a declining …
William Cooper's Town: Power and Persuasion on the Frontier of the Early American Republic (Pulitzer Prize Winner)
Av Alan Taylor
Häftad, 1996
246 kr
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Liberty Men and Great Proprietors
Av Alan Taylor
Häftad, 1990
546 kr
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This detailed exploration of the settlement of Maine beginning in the late eighteenth century illuminates the violent, widespread contests along the American frontier that served to define and complete the American Revolution. Taylor shows how Maine's militant settlers organized secret companies to …
Writing Early American History
Av Alan Taylor
Häftad, 2006
342 kr
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"Whoever reads these essays-and whether they follow the book from cover to cover, or dip into chapters at random-will find the rich abundance and variety of early American scholarship set out before them. Readers new to the field will grasp a sense of its expansiveness and possibilities, but …
Imagination of Experiences
Musical Invention, Collaboration, and the Making of Meanings
Av Alan Taylor
E-bok, 2021
464 kr
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Aimed at lay, student, and academic readers alike, this book concerns the imagination and, specifically, imagination in music. It opens with a discussion of the invalidity of the idea of the creative genius and the connected view that ideas originate just in the individual mind. An alternative view …
Imagination of Experiences
Musical Invention, Collaboration, and the Making of Meanings
Av Alan Taylor
E-bok, 2021
464 kr
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Aimed at lay, student, and academic readers alike, this book concerns the imagination and, specifically, imagination in music. It opens with a discussion of the invalidity of the idea of the creative genius and the connected view that ideas originate just in the individual mind. An alternative view …
American Colonies
The Settling of North America (The Penguin History of the United States,Volume 1)
Av Alan Taylor
E-bok, 2002
177 kr
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A multicultural, multinational history of colonial America from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Internal Enemy and American Revolutions In the first volume in the Penguin History of the United States, edited by Eric Foner, Alan Taylor challenges the traditional story of colonial history by …
American Republics
A Continental History of the United States, 1783-1850
Av Alan Taylor
Inbunden, 2021
335 kr
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In this beautifully written history of America’s formative period, an eminent historian upends the traditional story of a young nation marching to its continent-spanning destiny.The newly constituted United States actually emerged as an internally fragile union of states that clashed over a tenuous …
American Republics
A Continental History of the United States, 1783-1850
Av Alan Taylor
Häftad, 2022
200 kr
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In this beautifully written history of America’s formative period, an eminent historian upends the traditional story of a young nation marching to its continent-spanning destiny.The newly constituted United States actually emerged as an internally fragile union of states that clashed over a tenuous …
American Civil Wars
A Continental History, 1850-1873
Av Alan Taylor
Inbunden, 2024
393 kr
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In a beautifully crafted narrative of soaring ideals and sordid politics, of civil war and foreign invasion, Alan Taylor presents a pivotal twenty-year period in which the United States, Mexico and Canada all transformed themselves into nations. The American Civil War stands at the centre of the …
American Civil Wars
A Continental History, 1850-1873
Av Alan Taylor
Häftad, 2025
213 kr
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In a fast-paced narrative of soaring ideals and sordid politics, of civil war and foreign invasion, the award-winning historian Alan Taylor presents a pivotal twenty-year period in which North America’s three largest countries—the United States, Mexico and Canada—all transformed themselves into …
BGE S1 S3 Mathematics & Numeracy: Fourth Level bridging to National 5
Av Kate McQuillan, Alan Taylor m. fl.
E-bok, 2021
149 kr
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Syllabus: CfE (Curriculum for Excellence, from Education Scotland) and SQA Level: BGE S1-3: Fourth Level Subject: Mathematics & Numeracy Aim high and build confidence with this rigorous approach. Pupils are guided through mathematical concepts with worked examples, plenty of practice and …
BGE S1–S3 Mathematics & Numeracy: Fourth Level bridging to National 5
Av Helen Kelly, Alan Taylor m. fl.
Häftad, 2021
335 kr
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Syllabus: CfE (Curriculum for Excellence, from Education Scotland) and SQALevel: BGE S1-3: Fourth LevelSubject: Mathematics & NumeracyAim high and build confidence with this rigorous approach. Pupils are guided through mathematical concepts with worked examples, plenty of practice and opportunities …
BGE S1–S3 Mathematics & Numeracy: Second Level
Av Helen Kelly, Kate McQuillan m. fl.
Häftad, 2022
335 kr
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Motivate and nurture every pupil with bespoke support and inclusive, age-appropriate content for those working towards Second Level Maths in secondary schools.This rigorous approach guides learners through mathematical concepts with worked examples, plenty of practice and opportunities to check …
