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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Ever have that shiver run down your spine just before something was
going to happen. That feeling just woke me from the usual daze of
scanning the instruments and the ever graying sky outside in the
cold winter sky. I don't know about you, but I have learned by hard
experience that when this happens, watch out. It's often said that
the sea is unforgiving of mistakes, so too it is of the sky. In the
unforgiving sky a calm day may suddenly become a maelstrom striving
to swat the people in the small tube who's arrogance took them into
the air. The Lonely Hours is a tale of the decisions which must be
made when the tigress awakens to play with the small mouse which
dared invade it's territory. Memory is a funny thing. Sometimes the
past is so distant, but when things conspire just right, yesterday
can be as clear and vibrant as if all of the years have fallen away
and the engines drone once again as those Lonely Hours require once
again the hard decisions be made once again.
Parisian Pauline Guyot (1805-1886), who wrote under the nom de
plume Camille Lebrun, published many novels, translations,
collections of tales, and articles in French magazines of her day.
Yet she has largely been forgotten by contemporary literary critics
and readers. Among her works is a hitherto-untranslated 1845 French
novel, Amitie et devouement, ou Trois mois a la Louisiane, or
Friendship and Devotion, or Three Months in Louisiana, a
moralizing, educational travelogue meant for a young adult
readership of the time. Lebrun's novel is one of the few
perspectives we have by a mid-nineteenth-century French woman
writer on the matters of slavery, abolition, race relations, and
white supremacy in France's former Louisiana colony. E. Joe Johnson
and Robin Anita White have recovered this work, providing a
translation, an accessible introduction, extensive endnote
annotations, and period illustrations. After a short preface meant
to educate young readers about the geography, culture, and history
of the southern reaches of the Louisiana Purchase, the novel tells
the tale of two teenaged, orphaned Americans, Hortense Melvil and
Valentine Arnold. The two young women, who characterize one another
as "sisters," have spent the majority of their lives in a Parisian
boarding school and return to Louisiana to begin their adult lives.
Almost immediately upon arrival in New Orleans, their close
friendship faces existential threats: grave illness in the form of
yellow fever, the prospect of marriage separating the two, and
powerful discrimination in the form of racial prejudice and
segregation.
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Only Three (Hardcover)
J.E. Johnson; Illustrated by Michael L. Miller
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R532
Discovery Miles 5 320
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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Tempest Pilot (Paperback)
C.J. Sheddan, Norman Franks; Foreword by J.E. Johnson
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R284
R230
Discovery Miles 2 300
Save R54 (19%)
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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Jimmy Sheddan was one of the many New Zealanders who joined the
RNZAF, then left his native land to come to England to fight the
enemies of Great Britain and her Empire during World War Two.
Through his recollections we can share some of the trials and
wartime tribulations they faced. Yet we can read too of the
enormous amount of fun these men had despite the dangers and
sacrifices of war. It is this quality which endears his book to us
as well as the achievements of the airmen with whom he served.
During the war, Jim Sheddan rose from the rank of sergeant pilot
to squadron leader with 486 Squadron, a considerable achievement.
After starting with Spitfires, then going onto the Typhoon, Jim
became an expert exponent of the Hawker Tempest, winning the DFC.
In many ways his is a very special account as, amongst other
things, he survived 19 hours in a dinghy off the French coast, a
crash landing in a Tempest after a battle with a V1 flying bomb,
and the advance across northern Europe in the final weeks of the
war.
Few Tempest pilots have told their story - but Jim has, and in
an honest, self-effacing way that will astound and enthrall. With a
foreword by AVM J E 'Johnnie' Johnson, CB, CBE, DSO and 2 bars, DFC
and bar; and an appreciation by Group Captain Johnny Iremonger
DFC.
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Pele - The King of Soccer (Paperback)
Eddy Simon; Illustrated by Vincent Brascaglia; Contributions by E. Joe Johnson
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R465
R361
Discovery Miles 3 610
Save R104 (22%)
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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This collection centers on the remarkable life and career of the
writer and actor Elizabeth Inchbald (1753-1821), active in Great
Britain in the late eighteenth century. Inspired by the example of
Inchbald's biographer, Annibel Jenkins (1918-2013), the
contributors explore the broad historical and cultural context
around Inchbald's life and work, with essays ranging from the
Restoration to the nineteenth century. Ranging from visual culture,
theater history, literary analyses, to historical investigations,
the essays not only present a fuller picture of cultural life in
Great Britain in the long eighteenth century, but also reflect a
range of disciplinary perspectives. The collection concludes with
the final scholarly presentation of the late Professor Jenkins, a
study of the eighteenth-century English newspaper The World
(1753-1756).
Parisian Pauline Guyot (1805-1886), who wrote under the nom de
plume Camille Lebrun, published many novels, translations,
collections of tales, and articles in French magazines of her day.
Yet she has largely been forgotten by contemporary literary critics
and readers. Among her works is a hitherto-untranslated 1845 French
novel, Amitie et devouement, ou Trois mois a la Louisiane, or
Friendship and Devotion, or Three Months in Louisiana, a
moralizing, educational travelogue meant for a young adult
readership of the time. Lebrun's novel is one of the few
perspectives we have by a mid-nineteenth-century French woman
writer on the matters of slavery, abolition, race relations, and
white supremacy in France's former Louisiana colony. E. Joe Johnson
and Robin Anita White have recovered this work, providing a
translation, an accessible introduction, extensive endnote
annotations, and period illustrations. After a short preface meant
to educate young readers about the geography, culture, and history
of the southern reaches of the Louisiana Purchase, the novel tells
the tale of two teenaged, orphaned Americans, Hortense Melvil and
Valentine Arnold. The two young women, who characterize one another
as "sisters," have spent the majority of their lives in a Parisian
boarding school and return to Louisiana to begin their adult lives.
Almost immediately upon arrival in New Orleans, their close
friendship faces existential threats: grave illness in the form of
yellow fever, the prospect of marriage separating the two, and
powerful discrimination in the form of racial prejudice and
segregation.
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