A Book of the West. Volume I Devon
Author: Sabine Baring-Gould
Publisher: Litres
Published: 2021-12-02
Total Pages: 399
ISBN-13: 5040658885
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Author: Sabine Baring-Gould
Publisher: Litres
Published: 2021-12-02
Total Pages: 399
ISBN-13: 5040658885
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Victor Clinton Clinton-Baddeley
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Published: 1928
Total Pages: 332
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Published: 1882
Total Pages: 274
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Published: 1906
Total Pages: 464
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Suze Gardner
Publisher: The History Press
Published: 2021-03-12
Total Pages: 183
ISBN-13: 0750996897
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTraditionally, Devon was seen as unimportant because of its distance from London and its bad roads – lesser, it was thought, than the historical capital or culturally rich home counties. How wrong could non-Devonians have been? The county is all about its splendid prehistoric and historic remains, its myths, and its maritime legacy. That's not to forget the tenacious people who have lived there for thousands of years: wreckers, misbehaving clergymen, eccentrics and determined women who bucked the trends. From stories of early man right up to modern times and every period in-between, Devon (and this book) has it all.
Author: John Kiste
Publisher: The History Press
Published: 2007-08-31
Total Pages: 347
ISBN-13: 0752493663
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEighth-century martyr St Boniface, tennis player and TV presenter Sue Barker, painter Sir Joshua Reynolds, scholar Sir Thomas Bodley, actor Sir Donald Sinden, Boer War commander Sir Redvers Buller, radio and TV presenter Ed Stewart and round-the-world yachtsman Sir Francis Chichester are among personalities through the ages who have been born in Devon. The county can claim many more who were either born or lived here for a major part of their lives, including Scott of the Antarctica, Agatha Christie, Parson Jack Russell (of terrier fame) and Wayne Sleep. The Elizabethan explorers Sir Francis Drake, Sir Humphrey Gilbert and Sir Walter Raleigh were all Devonians, as were party leaders Michael Foot and David Owen. This book, by renowned local author John Van der Kiste, features mini-biographies of all these and many more.
Author: Joy McCullough
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2023-08-29
Total Pages: 40
ISBN-13: 1665903856
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA book goes from new to well-loved to finding a new purpose at last in this love letter to how a book can be special to so many different people--for so many different reasons.
Author: SI CLARKE
Publisher: White Hart Fiction
Published: 2020-01-20
Total Pages: 289
ISBN-13: 1916287816
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is a work of neurodiverse, culturally diverse, gender-bendy, socio-politico-economic, drunken-arguments-in-the-pub science fiction – not bang-bang-pew-pew science fiction. Other stories will take you to Mars. This one will take you inside the boardroom, the pub, and the bedroom with the people planning the mission. Gurdeep is an engineer and a soldier. Georgie’s a food scientist. One is pragmatic with a tough outer shell; the other's an optimist, a person of ideas and compassion. In the span of a single afternoon, the couple find themselves in charge of planning a self-sustaining colony on Mars. Together, they’re humanity’s last hope for survival. They have 160 slots to fill with experts from all over the world as they set about designing an all-new society with its own government, economy, and culture – and that’s just the tip of the iceberg. Among those chosen for the mission is Devon, an autistic scientist with a unique skill set who finds life on Earth strange and alienating. Maybe a whole new planet is exactly what's needed. With 1,114 days until the launch, excitement and tensions run high. Earth’s second chance hangs in the balance. Between strict genetic requirements and the dangers of the dystopian almost-present, will everyone make it to the final countdown? REVIEWS 'This book is tailor-made for armchair scientists who enjoy the process of world building. Devon’s Island is a surprisingly topical book for our moment, and I look forward to seeing where Clarke takes the story next.' Miranda, The Lesbian Review 'It reminded me of Becky Chambers but a bit more sciencey.' Sarah, GoodReads 'No character is who you expect them to be.' Caroline, Amazon UK * * * * * * * * * Fans of these other spec-fic authors may also enjoy this series: Gareth Powell, Robert J Sawyer, Becky Chambers, Charlie Jane Anders, Lindsay Buroker, John Scalzi, John Wilker, Matthew Metzger, Kaia Sønderby, Corinne Duyvis, Mary Robinette Kowal, Dave Walsh, Mike Chen, P. Djèlí Clark, Charles Stross, Laura Lam, Elizabeth May, Temi Oh File under: fully automated luxury gay space communism, hard science fiction, feminist sci-fi, quirky characters, misfit characters, Canadian, British, strong female characters, lesbian characters, asexual, autistic characters, found family, outsiders, London, Scotland, near-future, impending disaster, queer fiction, Mars colony, planning for disaster, pandemic fiction, multicultural, fictional pubs
Author: Lady Rosalind Lucy Northcote
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Published: 1908
Total Pages: 470
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Published: 1909
Total Pages: 176
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