Title: The American war: a poem in six books: in which the names of the officers who have distinguished themselves during the war are introduced.Author: George CockingsPublisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U.S. Civil War and other military actions, Native Americans, slavery and abolition, religious history and more.Sabin Americana offers an up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere, encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North America in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides access to documents from an assortment of genres, sermons, political tracts, newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature and more.Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of original works are available via print-on-demand, making them readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars, and readers of all ages.++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++SourceLibrary: Huntington LibraryDocumentID: SABCP04191300CollectionID: CTRG03-B20PublicationDate: 17810101SourceBibCitation: Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to AmericaNotes: Attributed to George Cockings by Sabin.Collation: 181 p., 1] leaf of plates: ill

Title: War: an heroic poem, from the taking of Minorca by the French: to the reduction of the Havannah ... The second edition, to the raising the siege of Quebec: With large amendments and additions. By the author (G. Cockings). (Britannia's Call, to her Brave Troops, and hardy Tars with other poems].)Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC.The POETRY & DRAMA collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. The books reflect the complex and changing role of literature in society, ranging from Bardic poetry to Victorian verse. Containing many classic works from important dramatists and poets, this collection has something for every lover of the stage and verse. ++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library Cockings, George 1765 xvi. 240 p.; 8 . 11643.h.21.

Title: Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce: a poem.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC.The POETRY & DRAMA collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. The books reflect the complex and changing role of literature in society, ranging from Bardic poetry to Victorian verse. Containing many classic works from important dramatists and poets, this collection has something for every lover of the stage and verse. ++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library Cockings, George; 1769.]. iv. 36 p.; 8 . 1651/1817.

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Title: The conquest of Canada, or, The siege of Quebec: an historical tragedy of five acts.Author: George CockingsPublisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U.S. Civil War and other military actions, Native Americans, slavery and abolition, religious history and more.Sabin Americana offers an up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere, encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North America in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides access to documents from an assortment of genres, sermons, political tracts, newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature and more.Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of original works are available via print-on-demand, making them readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars, and readers of all ages.++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++SourceLibrary: Huntington LibraryDocumentID: SABCP00968300CollectionID: CTRG93-B326PublicationDate: 17660101SourceBibCitation: Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to AmericaNotes: A play.Collation: v, 76 p

Containing Meditations Among The Tombs; Reflections On A Flower Garden; A Descant On Creation; Contemplations On The Night; On The Starry Heavens; And A Winter Piece.

Title: The American War; a poem in six books, etc. By G. Cockings.]Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC.The POETRY & DRAMA collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. The books reflect the complex and changing role of literature in society, ranging from Bardic poetry to Victorian verse. Containing many classic works from important dramatists and poets, this collection has something for every lover of the stage and verse. ++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library Anonymous; Cockings, George; 1781. 181 p.; 8 . 992.k.26.(1.)

Containing Meditations Among The Tombs; Reflections On A Flower Garden; A Descant On Creation; Contemplations On The Night; On The Starry Heavens; And A Winter Piece.

Un roman passionnant mele d'embruns et d'amour qui unit Mathieu, un jeune marin, a sa femme Eloise, au-dela des brisants et de la ligne d'horizon. Ils s'ecrivent des lettres d'amour pour raviver la flamme qui ne s'eteint pas malgre la distance. Mais avant son premier depart, Eloise va cacher une lettre dans son sac comportant une nouvelle a laquelle il ne s'attend pas... Une histoire d'amour epoustouflante ou la mer comme une amante, une maitresse, souhaite elle aussi mordre sa part du bonheur

Rosette, une marchande de mabi de la rue Frebault a Pointe-a-Pitre en Guadeloupe, voit sa vie basculer un matin par un tragique accident. Elle va doucement remonter la pente, pour se retrouver impliquee dans une affaire de meurtre juste sur le pas de sa porte. Mais quand l'amour et la vengeance semblent avoir une part de responsabilite dans cette affaire, le commissaire Florent devra mener une enquete delicate, rebondissante et de longue haleine. Va-t-il pouvoir rendre l'evidence aussi claire quand le coupable ne cesse de changer de visage ? Un roman policier palpitant dont les scenes se deroulent dans les arteres de Pointe-a-Pitre quelques annees apres le cyclone 28. Suspens garantie. Ne en 1975 a Saint-Martin, Georges Cocks est un poete et romancier a part entiere qui sait parfaitement conjuguer le passe pour remarier le lecteur au bon gout de l'antan. Apres Souvenirs d'antan de la Guadeloupe, ce roman vous replongera dans le passe magnifique de l'ile avec ses histoires, ses scenes de vie et ses lieux emblematiques.

Miracule de l'ouragan Zita, Mathieu va commencer une nouvelle vie aupres de sa femme et de sa fille Ruth. Il accede a la demande d'Eloise de ne plus repartir en mer sauf que l'appel du grand bleu se fait de plus en plus fort. Depuis, il s'accroche au bonheur et a l'amour sans fin que lui donnent maintenant ses deux femmes de c ur. C'est alors qu'un veritable tsunami s'abat sur la famille. Entre verite et mensonge et une belle-mere possessive, l'amour est mise a l'epreuve jusqu'a son point de rupture. Desormais unis pour le meilleur et pour le pire, il semblerait bien que le pire est encore a venir... Une histoire d'amour epoustouflante qui vous fera battre le c ur a un rythme effrene. Eloise et Mathieu voila deux prenoms qui pourraient rejoindre celui de Tristan et Yseult, Romeo et Juliette, Paul et Virginie ou Ulysse et Penelope et bien d'autres encore... Les lettres d'Eloise une magnifique histoire d'amour tel qu'il n'en n'existe plus.

Souvenirs d'antan brosse des sc nes de la vie quotidienne guadeloup enne, au fil du temps du 19 me si cle jusqu' l'aube du 20 me. Parfum d'expressions cr oles et d'une prose tr s pr cise, le lecteur entreprend un voyage qui le conduit vers les sentiers de sa jeunesse. On y trouve des t moignages de rescap s du cyclone 1928 qui a ravag l' le l' poque. Un livre lire absolument en famille ou seul, une m moire pour la nouvelle g n ration.

Carnet de route vous embarque sur un vol sp cial dans la r alit de la vie africaine, un voyage troublant et la fois passionnant.Fermez les yeux et laissez-vous transporter. Sentez les odeurs des pices sur un march, une vieille souche que le temps va user pour chaque nouveau regard, des f lins qui font oublier le danger, des enfants qui donnent joyeusement un sourire, des traditions vieilles comme le monde . Plus de 50 po mes vous couper le souffle, un safari po tique dans les contr es africaines, pas besoin de flash, la m moire sera le temple de vos souvenirs .

24 d cembre 1854: L'Aur lie d barque en Guadeloupe avec 344 passagers. Des hommes et des femmes arrach s leur terre natale l'Inde vont vivre l'enfer de l'esclavage dans les colonies des Antilles. Une main d' uvre bon march productive et docile tel est la d finition m me de l'homme par ces colons. Kala Pani ( eau noire) raconte la travers e de l'oc an vers le rivage de l'infortune o la mort n'est jamais trop loin....

Le Ramdam des mots, traduit en anglais est le messager, le r conciliateur, la voix du solitaire, l'avocat des opprim s, des d sarm 's et le consolateur des afflig s. Le chant lointain de l'Afrique r sonne dans ses pages avec des titres comme: Je suis un n gre, exil, Sang-m l ...Il rend aussi hommage quelques hommes tels que A. C saire, N. Mandela, ou encore S. D terville.A 36 ans, Georges Cocks auteur guadeloup en d'origine Saint-Martinoise contrarie le silence des mots avec ce recueil bilingue. Comme un chant de tambours, la candeur de ses mots vous invite la danse.