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Fordham University Press
Pub. Date
[2009]
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English
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"A philosopher of religion examines contemporary conceptions of God through close readings of three modern Jewish thinkers. For centuries, the traditional God of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam has been under pressure to conform to the scientific worldview, giving rise to a "liberal" conception of God compatible with a naturalism. For many, this liberal "new" God is the only credible God. But is it a useful God? Does belief in so malleable a deity...
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English
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It was 1786 when Arthur Phillip, an ambitious captain in the Royal Navy, was assigned the formidable task of organizing an expedition to Australia in order to establish a penal colony. The squalid and turbulent prisons of London were overflowing, and crime was on the rise. Even the hulks sifting at anchor in the Thames were packed with malcontent criminals and petty thieves. So the English government decided to undertake the unprecedented move of...
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English
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This collection of short mysteries by the international-bestselling author of Dust and Shadow "belongs on the top shelf with the very best of Doyle's" (Nicholas Meyer, author of The Seven-Per-Cent Solution ). Inspired by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson, Edgar Award-finalist Lyndsay Faye has masterfully woven these quintessential characters into her own works of fiction-from her acclaimed debut novel, Dust and Shadow ,...
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Publisher
The History Press
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Arthur: mythical hero, legendary king. But was he, as the legends claimed, an actual Dark-Age Briton? From Glastonbury and Tintagel to the supposed sites of Arthur's Camelot and his famous battles, this book investigates how archaeologists have interpreted the evidence. Might new discoveries and the latest theories finally reveal the real King Arthur? For 800 years the controversy over Arthur's existence has ebbed and flowed. Rusty swords, imposing...
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English
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Celebrated historian Winston Groom tells the uniquely American tales of George Patton, Douglas MacArthur, and George Marshall, from World War I to World War II. These three remarkable men-of-arms who rose from the gruesome hell of the First World War to become the finest generals of their generation during World War II redefined America's ideas of military leadership and brought forth a new generation of American soldier. Their efforts revealed to...
Author
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"Much has been published about how Britain's ruling circle came to its decision for war in 1914 but little about what rank and file Members of Parliament thought and did as the continental 'Armageddon' drew closer. Fatal Fortnight tells the story of Arthur Ponsonby, and his backbench Liberal Foreign Affairs Committee. The book describes the suspense around Parliament as the skies darkened. It tells how, after the Foreign Secretary made his proposal...
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Warlord chronicles volume 1
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
1996
Language
English
Description
This story begins in Dark Age Britain, a land where Arthur has been banished and Merlin has disappeared, where a child-king sits unprotected on the throne, and where religion vies with magic for the souls of the people.
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Series
Warlord chronicles volume 2
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
1997
Language
English
Description
King Arthur, having ended the civil war in Britain and united the kingdom, must now deal with the dangers of religious strife, Britain's war against the Saxons, Merlin's unceasing quest for the last of the Thirteen Treasures, and enemies who pose as friends.
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Publisher
Pen & Sword Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"It was Tuesday, 15 July 1919 and for the residents of Clifden on Ireland's west coast this was not to be a normal day. Just before 08.40 hours, descending out of the gloom, came a large, twin-engine airplane lining up for final approach. One or two onlookers recognized the danger straight away for this was an area of soft bog, but their attempts to alert the pilot were in vain. The aircraft began to sink and, with a squelch, came to a sudden stop,...
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Series
Warlord chronicles volume 3
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
1998
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of Arthur's desperate attempt to triumph over a ruined marriage, the Saxons' determination to destroy him, and of Merlin and Nimue's dangerous quest to summon the Gods back to Britain.
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Publisher
BARNES & NOBLE
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
When the young age Arthur pulls from the anvil an embedded sword that none of the knights of the kingdom can budge, his future as the King of England is foretold. This imaginative retelling of the classic Arthurian legends recounts the story of Arthur's formation of the Knights of the Round Table, his securing of the enchanted sword Excalibur, and his wooing of the Lady Guinevere. Included as well are the legends of Sir Pelleas, the story of Sir Gawaine's...
94) Reply Paid
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Publisher
MysteriousPress.com/Open Road
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
This ingenious reworking of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's infamous mysteries sends brilliant detective Mycroft Holmes to investigate a mystery in the deserts of the American West. His name is Mycroft, not Sherlock, although it's easy to understand why people get them mixed up. Both are brilliant detectives with minds that seem to contain every bit of information known to man. And both show remarkable interest in beekeeping, tobacco ash, and the fine of...
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Publisher
The History Press
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Did King Arthur really exist? The Reign of Arthur takes a fresh look at the early sources describing Arthur's career and compares them to the reality of Britain in the fifth and sixth centuries. It presents, for the first time, both the most up to date scholarship and a convincing case for the existence of a real sixth-century British general called Arthur. Where others speculate wildly or else avoid the issue, Gidlow, remaining faithful to the sources,...
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Publisher
The History Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
The remarkable biography of one of Britain's first black soldiers of World War I, including artwork by the soldierWhen the harrowing Great War diaries of one of Britain's first black soldiers were unearthed in a dusty Scottish attic nearly 100 years after they were written, they posed a bit of a mystery. The diary entries, which range from May 1917 until March 1918, were written by one Arthur Roberts while he served with the King's Own Scottish Borderers...
97) Arthur & George
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Publisher
Knopf
Pub. Date
2006, c2005
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IL: UG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 27
Language
English
Description
The lives of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and country lawyer George Edalji intersect when Doyle becomes interested in investigating the case of Edalji who has been wrongfully convicted of writing obscene letters and mutilating cattle in a case clearly influenced by racial prejudice.
Author
Publisher
The History Press
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
The man who created the concept of the Third Reich, had a great influence upon Hitler, and was horrified at what he unleashed This remarkable biography of the key figure in the formation of the political ideals behind the Third Reich charts the progress of a political activist as his theories became reality, and the repercussions that led to his suicide. Arthur Moeller van der Bruck's seminal work Das Dritte Reich (The Third Reich) was Hitler's main...
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