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Rivers of Gold: The Rise of the Spanish Empire, from Columbus to Magellan
Hugh Thomas
Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2005
The Spanish Empire: Glorious and Devastating
Rivers of Gold is an extraordinary book on the rise of the Spanish Empire from 1492 to 1522, which deals particularly with Spain's discovery and conquest of the Americas. Written by one of the most formidable and respected historians on the subject, Hugh Thomas, this ...
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Edward VII: The Last Victorian King
Christopher Hibbert
Palgrave Macmillan, 2007
The Playboy King
He waited in the wings while his illustrious mother ruled on and on. And when his time came to strut across the kingly stage the performance was all too brief. But it was not merely a cameo role that "Bertie" was to play as Edward V11, as this portait by Christopher ...
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Cover Her Face (Adam Dalgliesh Mystery Series #1) (4-Full Cast BBC Radio Dramatisation)
P. D. James
BBC Audiobooks Ltd, 2002
A BBC Radio 4 dramatization of an Adam Dalgliesh mystery. Called in to investigate a murder at an Elizabethan manor house, Dalgliesh soon discovers that there is no shortage of motives. As he investigates, the complex secrets and powerful passions of village and family life come into play.
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Conquest: Cortes, Montezuma, and the Fall of Old Mexico
Hugh Thomas
Simon & Schuster, 1995
I've underlined ever page
Thomas' "Conquest" was, along with Bernal Diaz del Castillo's first hand account, my primary research source for my novels on the Conquest of Mexico, SKULL RACK and HUMMINGBIRD GOD. It has been some time since I picked up this book but as I look through it I see that ...
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The History of England (Penguin Classics)
Thomas Babington Macaulay
Penguin Classics, 1979
Inspiration and Reality
This was my first taste of Macaulay and I'm an aficianado! I was exhilirated by the accounts of English unanimity and activism in the face of a royal tyrant. I was refreshed by a volume of history that, for its honesty, scholarship and its spirit of freedom, was so ...
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The Spanish Civil War: Revised Edition (Modern Library Paperbacks)
Hugh Thomas
Modern Library, 2001
An easy to understand narrative of the Spanish Civil War
Hugh Thomas account of the Spanish Civil War is the most thorough version of the events written to date. His writing style makes the reader believe the entire account could be fiction. It is very easy to read and you hardly feel like you are reading history at all. ...
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Physical Examination of the Spine and Extremities
Stanley Hoppenfeld
Appleton & Lange, 1976
Great buy...
This book was very helpful during my ortho rotation.
I would highly recommend getting this book if you don't feel comfortable with your ortho physical exam skills.
Definitely a book that I will keep for future reference.
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Beaumarchais in Seville: An Intermezzo
Hugh Thomas
Yale University Press, 2009
For diletanttes only
This is a detailed catelogue of what Beaumarchais did while in Seville and not much else. I had hoped to gain some insight as to how the Barber of Seville and The Marriage of Figaro might have been inspired by his experiences there but did not.
If you are ...
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The SLAVE TRADE: THE STORY OF THE ATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE: 1440 - 1870
Hugh Thomas
Simon & Schuster, 1999
Wonderful book about a dreadful subject
This is a history of the Atlantic slave trade, from 1440 to 1870. It is very long; it is over 700 pages of text alone. While its sheer length will put off many readers, the book is absolutely fabulous. First, it is meticulously researched. Although Thomas covers an ...
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The Monk (Modern Library Classics)
Matthew Lewis
Modern Library, 2002
Gothic Horror Defined
I recently came across the phrase "gothic horror" while reading the reviews of the somewhat mediocre novel, The Keep, by Jennifer Egan, and after doing a little digging around, determined that if one were interested in such a thing--or even what such a thing was--The ...
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Cover Her Face (Adam Dalgliesh Mystery Series #1) (4-Full Cast BBC Radio Dramatisation)
P. D. James
BBC Audiobooks Ltd, 2002
A BBC Radio 4 dramatization of an Adam Dalgliesh mystery. Called in to investigate a murder at an Elizabethan manor house, Dalgliesh soon discovers that there is no shortage of motives. As he investigates, the complex secrets and powerful passions of village and family life come into play.
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WHO'S WHO OF THE CONQUISTADORS (Cassell Military Trade Books)
Hugh Thomas
Cassell, 2000
In 1519 Herna'n Corte's arrived in Mexico with an army of six hundred men. Over the next two years waves of conquistadors followed him, bringing horses and weapons with them in order to brutally subjugate both the Mayan and Aztec Empires. In this clear and comprehensive reference work Hugh Thomas lists everyone connected with the conquest of ...
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The Spanish Civil War
hugh thomas
Harper Colophon Books, 1961
"Mr. Thomas has understood it incredibly well and has written it superbly. Seldom indeed is it offered to mankind to review the recent past in this manner....A full, vivid, and deeply serious treatment of a great subject."
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The murder of Rudolf Hess
W. Hugh Thomas
Harper & Row, 1979
The "Rudolf Hess" Cover-Up
This book was written while Prisoner Number 7 at Spandau was still alive. The author came to the conclusion that the real Rudolf Hess had been murdered after examining the Spandau prisoner in his role as a consultant surgeon and discovering that this man had no ...
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Lean Enterprise Value: Insights from MIT's Lean Aerospace Initiative
Earll Murman, Thomas Allen, ...
Palgrave Macmillan, 2002
Opening the mind
This value of this book is the ability to open the mind to who wants to move from a product excellence-based company to a total product lifecycle value-based company; do not expect any magic receipe but only good principles, guidelines, examples and high-level ...
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