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Ken Ward
When a body is discovered in a remote fenland field, D.I. Ray Keane finds himself embroiled in a murder investigation that exposes the dark underbelly of the local farming community…
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Zane Grey
This is the story of Ken and his friends exploring a river in the jungle south of Mexico. It is very descriptive as only Zane Grey can do…
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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
This work is in the "public…
General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1912 Original Publisher: Grosset
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Notion Press proudly brings to you timeless classics from ancient texts to popular modern classics. This carefully chosen collection of books is a celebration of literature, our tribute to the…
Pearl Zane Grey (1872 -1939) was an American author and dentist best known for his popular adventure novels and stories associated with the Western genre in literature and the arts…
This book aims to investigate the comparative development of the main forms of mass media in three societies - the United States, Great Britain and Germany - between 1890 and…
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"History of competition between the Denver Post and Rocky Mountain News, 1859-2009. Details founding of both papers, including key figures and strategies, and their competition for Denver's newspaper market until…
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The latest case for DI Keane is personal. A retired policeman is found murdered in amongst his flower beds, a second body turns up in a local church.
It is often said that no country is more important to Australia than Indonesia. Yet the execution of Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran is just the latest in a long…
Pearl Zane Grey was born January 31st, 1872, in Zanesville, Ohio. From an early age, he was intrigued by history, fishing, baseball, and writing, all of which would stimulate his…
K Ward-Harvey,Ken Ward-Harvey
Written by an architect with many years’ experience in practice and teaching, this book is a well-illustrated introduction to the great range of materials used in much of the world’s…
Ken Ward (Department of History, University of Ulster at Coleraine, Northern Ireland)
Originally published: Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell Southeast Asia Program Publications, 1970.
As one of Britain’s most original thinkers and writers Colin Ward wrote extensively about positive and practical examples from the past and present of the anarchist spirit or the ‘social…
Pearl Zane Grey (1872-1939) is a master storyteller who, according to critic Russell Nye, combined adventure, action, violence, crisis, conflict, sentimentalism, and sex in an extremely shrewd mixture. Consequently he…
Kenneth Cox,Ken Storm Jr.,Ian Baker
The Tsangpo Gorge in south-east Tibet is the world’s deepest gorge. First published in 1926, this work tells the story of its exploration and the rich plant and animal life…
Geoffrey C. Ward,Ken Burns
This text looks into the historical detail of this music genre. It gives background on early New Orleans music, and the developments of swing and bebop. Essays highlight elements of…
Enriched by maps and hundreds of photographs, the companion volume to the forthcoming PBS series, The War is the story of World War II captured in the hearts, minds, words…
Now in paperback–the bestselling companion volume to the acclaimed PBS television series on America’s celebrated contribution to music. Jazz takes readers from late-19th-century New Orleans to late-20th-century Europe, from ragtime…
A comprehensive look at the Vietnam War –
Based on the film series by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick.
Geoffrey C Ward,Ken Burns
The magnificent, bestselling companion volume to the 2007 PBS series: the American experience of World War II told through a brilliant weave of story and picture.
Geoffrey C. Ward,Ric Burns,Ken Burns
This magnificent pictorial history portrays the Civil War as never before, from the events leading to the firing of the first shot at Fort Sumter, through the battles at Shiloh…
This huge, magnificent pictorial history portrays the Civil War as never before, from the political events leading to the firing of the first shot as Fort Sumter to the surrender…
The essays in The California Republic explore the evolution of Progressivism in California and also its contemporary policy consequences. Designed to work in tandem with other texts or as a…