The Travels of Robert Lyall, 1789–1831: Scottish Surgeon, Naturalist and British Agent to the Court of Madagascar 3030516474, 9783030516475

Arctic Ordeal: The Journal of John Richardson, Surgeon-Naturalist with Franklin, 1820-1822 9780773564923

Only a handful of the original members of Sir John Franklin's first Arctic expedition returned. John Richardson was

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Robert Paul and the Origins of British Cinema 9780226610115

The early years of film were dominated by competition between inventors in America and France, especially Thomas Edison

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Chattanooga's Robert Sparks Walker : The Unconventional Life of an East Tennessee Naturalist 9781625845672, 9781626191136

The legend that was Robert Sparks Walker began in a log cabin outside Chattanooga called Spring Frog Cabin, a humble abo

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The Surgeon of Crowthorne 9780141942049, 0141942045

Hidden within the rituals of the creation of the Oxford English Dictionary is a fascinating mystery. Professor James Mur

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Scottish Romanticism and Collective Memory in the British Atlantic 9781474455480

Charts the transatlantic movements of Scottish literature in the Age of Revolution Offers an in-depth examination of Sco

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The Road of a Naturalist 9781595341693

The Road of a Naturalist is a fascinating autobiographical wonder written by one of America's most beloved naturali

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Charles Darwin : British naturalist 9781422228449, 1422228444

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The End of Family Court: How Abolishing the Court Brings Justice to Children and Families 9781479814107

Explores the failures of family court and calls for immediate and permanent change At the turn of the twentieth century

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Dressing the Scottish Court, 1543-1553: Clothing in the Accounts of the Lord High Treasurer of Scotland 1783272627, 9781783272624

Analysis of accounts disbursed by the royal treasury, alongside text and translation in excerpt, provides richly detaile

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The New Natural History of Madagascar 9780691229409

A marvelously illustrated reference to the natural wonders of one of the most spectacular places on earth Separated fro

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