Master of Seapower: a Biography of Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King 9781612512105, 1612512100

A Life of Admiral of the Fleet Andrew Cunningham: A Twentieth Century Naval Leader 0203504968, 0714651974, 0714684600, 9780203504963

Cunningham was the best-known and most celebrated British admiral of the Second World War. He held one of the two major

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Tempestuous Genius: The Life of Admiral of the Fleet Lord Fisher

No man ever made his mark on the British Navy the way that Lord Fisher did. While many of his contemporaries considered

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A Political Biography of William King 1848930100, 9781848930100

William King (1650–1729) was perhaps the dominant Irish intellect of the period from 1688 until his death in 1729. An An

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Ernest Gellner: An Intellectual Biography 9781844677580, 1844677583

Ernest Gellner was a multilingual polymath who set the agenda in the study of nationalism and the sociology of Islam for

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Navigating the Fiction of Ernest J. Gaines: A roadmap for readers 9780807173398, 2019040508, 9780807171042, 9780807173381

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From Libau to Tsushima: A Narrative of the Voyage of Admiral Rojdestvensky's Fleet to Eastern Seas, Including a Detailed Account of the Dogger Bank Incident 1396318747, 9781396318740

Politovsky takes you on a voyage that literally drove its crew insane. While steering the boat from Russia to Japan,

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Wrestling Angels into Song: The Fictions of Ernest J. Gaines and James Alan McPherson 9781512800852

Herman Beavers offers a richly nuanced study of Ernes J. Gaines, James Alan McPherson, and Ralph Ellison as writers who

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Master of Galactic Astronomy: A Biography of Jan Hendrik Oort 9783030555474, 9783030555481

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Robert J. Flaherty: A Biography [Reprint 2016 ed.] 9781512818512

Traces the life of the American explorer and documentary filmmaker, and describes the difficulties he faced in creating

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William J. Seymour and the Origins of Global Pentecostalism: A Biography and Documentary History

In 1906, William J. Seymour (1870–1922) preached Pentecostal revival at the Azusa Street mission in Los Angeles. From th

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