LIBROS DEL AUTOR: david roberts

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  • Restoration Acting and Other Business
    David Roberts
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    27,35 €

  • Sweet Poison
    David Roberts
    A must-read classic whodunit set in 1930s England, where murder, political intrigue, and high-society secrets collide.It is August 1935 and the Duke of Mersham is hosting one of his influential parties, bringing together public figures interested in improving Anglo-German relations. One of his guests is General Sir Alistair Craig VC, who swallows poison in the duke’s excellent ...
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    20,37 €

  • Frumious Bandersnatch
    David Hensley / James Arthur Donzella / William Joseph Roberts
    FRUMIOUS BANDERSNATCH Cryptids are real. And they’re hungry.In the shadows of forgotten forests and dying towns, something ancient stirs. Tracks appear where no creature should walk. Screams echo where no one should be.From blood-soaked bayous to mountain mist, Frumious Bandersnatch delivers a collection of cryptid horror that drags you deep into the dark-where myths hunt, lege...
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    19,97 €

  • An Apology for the Life of Mr Colley Cibber, Comedian and Late Patentee of the Theatre Royal
    David Roberts
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    40,84 €

  • Scrubber McDade
    David W Roberts
    ’Ever thought of joining up yourself, Norman? You’re the right age, fit and healthy.I reckon you’d do well in the army.’I laughed. ’There’s one big problem, Sarge;I’m illiterate.’Norman McDade struggled at school. Despite the best efforts of his teachers, Norman left school at fifteen unable to read or write. Illiterate young men in the 1960s Australia faced a world of limited ...
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    18,26 €

  • The Disappearance
    David W Roberts
    Coming of age in 1960s England...It is 1959 in the picturesque Cotswold village of West Dryton and a group of typical teenagers are exploring romance for the first time. Mystery, however, surrounds the father of one of the girls.The esteemed nuclear physicist was working at the Harwell Nuclear Power Research Station when he suddenly disappeared without trace. It was the height ...
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    18,08 €

  • White Rose
    David W Roberts
    Rolf was lying on his back, groaning, his eyes wide with terror, clutching his stomach. Three blood-red stains were spreading rapidly across his torso...In 1962, the villagers of Upper Bybridge are shocked to hear of the brutal murder of one of their residents. Then, there is a second gruesome murder! What’s going on?The police quickly identify a suspect, but establishing a mot...
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    18,28 €

  • The COVID Wars
    David John Roberts
    The COVID Wars by David John Roberts is a brilliantly observed, character-driven novel that captures the raw, unfiltered reality of everyday life during the pandemic. At the heart of the story is Derek, a modest café owner in Chiswick, who suddenly finds his world turned upside down by forces outside his control; namely government policy in response to the pandemic and how this...
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    17,41 €

  • Nota Bene
    David Roberts
    NOTA BENE ES UNA FRASE ITALIANA QUE SIGNIFICA 'TEN EN CUENTA. ES UN PRELUDIO A UNA ADVERTENCIA PARA NO INTERFERIR EN LOS ASUNTOS QUE EL CAPO DE UNA FAMILIA MAFIOSA LOCAL LE DA A BROWN. LO QUE COMENZÓ COMO UN SIMPLE CASO DE UN ARQUEÓLOGO DESAPARECIDO SE CONVIERTE EN UNA SERIE DE ACONTECIMIENTOS QUE LLEVAN A BROWN POR UN CAMINO AL INFIERNO. ...
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    24,35 €

  • Nota Bene
    David Roberts
    NOTA BENE EST UNE EXPRESSION ITALIENNE QUI SIGNIFIE 'PRENDS NOTE'. C’EST UN AVERTISSEMENT PRÉLIMINAIRE DONNÉ À BROWN PAR LE CHEF D’UNE FAMILLE MAFIEUSE LOCALE POUR QU’IL NE S’IMMISCE PAS DANS LEURS AFFAIRES. CE QUI COMMENCE COMME UNE SIMPLE ENQUÊTE SUR UN ARCHÉOLOGUE DISPARU DEVIENT UNE SÉRIE D’ÉVÉNEMENTS MENANT BROWN DROIT EN ENFER. ...
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    32,07 €

  • Nota Bene
    David Roberts
    NOTA BENE IST EIN ITALIENISCHER AUSDRUCK, DER BEACHTE ODER MERK DIR' BEDEUTET. ES IST EINE VOR WARNUNG, DIE DEM ERMITTLER BROWN VOM BOSS EINER ÖRTLICHEN MAFIAFAMILIE GEGEBEN WIRD, UM SICH NICHT IN DEREN GESCHAFTE EINZUMISCHEN. WAS ALS EINFACHER FALL EINES VERMISSTEN ARCHÄOLOGEN BEGANN, ENTWICKELT SICH ZU EINER REIHE VON EREIGNISSEN, DIE BROWN DIREKT IN DIE HÖLLE FÜHREN. ...
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    32,04 €

  • The Military Adventures of Johnny Newcome
    David Roberts / Thomas Rowlandson
    'The Military Adventures of Johnny Newcome: With an Account of his Campaign on the Peninsula and in Pall Mall' offers a unique glimpse into the life of a British Army soldier during the Napoleonic Wars. This engaging narrative poem, penned by David Roberts, follows Johnny Newcome’s experiences during the Peninsular War.Through satire and verse, the poem vividly depicts military...
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    17,23 €

  • The Paper Man
    David James Roberts
    Matthias Sindelar was arguably the greatest soccer player of his generation. He won numerous trophies for his club and country, and as Captain of Austria, he led the National Team on an unprecedented unbeaten streak and even represented his nation in the World Cup. He was immortalized, however, not for his playing ability, but instead for his defiance of his nation’s conquer...
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    14,52 €

  • Science Fiction and Narrative Form
    Andrew Milner / David Roberts / Peter Murphy
    Establishing science fiction as its own distinct and increasingly important narrative form, this book explores how the genre challenges pervasive perceptions of society as they appear in the conventional modern novel. Inspired by, and building upon, Georg Lukács’s criticism of the orthodox novel for its depiction of life as alienating and disjointed, Milner, Murphy and Roberts ...
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    51,13 €

  • GUNK
    Noah David Roberts
    'NDR’s GUNK is ugly, and within all of this ugliness there is such passion. This book is almost upsetting in how much the speaker, at times, hates themselves, though this is balanced out by the deft romance in NDR’S language. NDR screams ’MY BODY IS DISGUSTING & I AM MADE OF SHIT,’ but concedes that a ’HALO ADORNS [THEIR] BROKEN SKULL,’ showing a duality that runs throughout GU...
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    10,62 €

  • Blood, Sweat, and Steel
    David Drake / Kevin Ikenberry / William Joseph Roberts
    Invincibility lies in the defense, the possibility of victory in the attack. ~Sun Tzu But war never changes...Sure, men fight for their beliefs, their country, and their ways of life. And often times the battles are hard fought and devastating. But more often than not, the outcome is decided by who has the better gear.Really, what good is a grunt if you have a main battle tank ...
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    17,44 €

  • The Military Adventures of Johnny Newcome; With an Account of his Campaign on the Peninsula and in Pall Mall
    David Roberts
    The Military Adventures of Johnny Newcome; With an Account of his Campaign on the Peninsula and in Pall Mall by David Roberts has been regarded as significant work throughout human history, and in order to ensure that this work is never lost, we have taken steps to ensure its preservation by republishing this book in a contemporary format for both current and future generations...
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    23,16 €

  • History of the Present
    David Roberts
    This book poses the question of contemporary historical consciousness across a wide spectrum of cultural phenomena ranging from historiography to heritage and museum studies, from the globalization of the novel to the rise of science fiction, and from the aestheticization of everyday life to the question of the meaning of the present. ...
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    80,46 €

  • Eve
    David W Roberts
    This is the true story of Eve, an English woman, who lived during the turbulent years of the twentieth century. Born into a working-class family, Eve determined early in life to do whatever was necessary to lift herself out of her working-class origins by marrying well and above her station. Blessed with good looks and a vivacious personality, she was largely successful, but al...
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    23,20 €

  • Easytimes
    David W Roberts
    The erection of a new retirement village in suburban Adelaide is proceeding well and an eclectic mix of retirees take up residence as the well-appointed retirement units become available. The kind of carefree, comfortably relaxed lifestyle that retirees look forward to is soon established and friendships are forged. There is even some late blooming romance.However, after a few ...
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    23,33 €

  • MENZIES IN HIS OWN WORDS
    David Furse-Roberts
    From the Foreword:lt is clear that David Furse-Roberts has done a prodigious amount of work: researching, thinking, writing. It is hard to believe that he never met my father, or heard him speak. I wish he had.This book gives the reader a very good understanding of what Menzies was like, and what he thought. What it can’t do is make it possible to hear him, and feel the atmosph...
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    34,82 €

  • Graham’s Story
    David W Roberts
    This is the story of Graham, a nine-year-old lad living in country New South Wales around 1960. Life on the family farm is far from idyllic for Graham though, as he is confronted by a series of challenges; dealing with the realisation that he has been adopted, a difficult relationship with hisphilandering father and the tragic decline of the health of his much adored younger si...
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    14,61 €

  • The Echoing Bomb Blast
    Sigismund David Roberts
    You can never be a hundred-percent protected from an accident that could take your life away. You could be asleep in bed and a moon rock come through your roof and take you to eternity. At eight years old, it was my first time hearing an explosion of the magnitude of the explosion in the Hope riverbed on the tenth of March 1962. The earth quaked, and the explosion went up the r...
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    16,49 €

  • Healing Conversations
    David Roberts
    Through compelling stories, Healing Conversations brings to life the seven elements of deep, fulfilling conversations and shows how to connect healthily to awaken healing within these conversations. ...
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    15,23 €

  • One Thing Leads to Another
    David W Roberts
    It’s 1970s Adelaide, an elderly transport magnate, living in a retirement village with his much younger attractive wife, dies suddenly from a heart attack. The family is furious, when they discover he has left his fortune entirely to the young wife, whom the family regard as nothing more than a high class call girl.Three years later, a surprising death-bed confession, results i...
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    17,75 €

  • George Farquhar
    David Roberts
    George Farquhar (1677-1707) is one of the most successful and enduringly popular Restoration playwrights. His two masterpieces, The Recruiting Officer and The Beaux’ Stratagem, are still regularly performed today. Yet aspects of Farquhar’s biography, and in particular his Irish roots and family life, have remained obscure. This is the first study to treat Farquhar’s works as do...
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    57,66 €

  • Deaths Reported by the Long Islander 1878-1890
    David Roberts
    This book offers researchers an alphabetical listing of abstracts of reported deaths taken from a New York newspaper, the Long Islander from the years 1878-1890. Entries are listed in alphabetical order by full name. In most cases, the age of the person at death is included, as well as the date, cause of death, place of death, and surviving family members. Also included in many...
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    29,23 €

  • The Making of a Tory Evangelical
    David Furse-Roberts
    As one of Victorian Britain’s pre-eminent social reformers, Lord Shaftesbury (1801-85) exerted a lasting impact surpassing all of his parliamentary contemporaries. Despite being born into one of England’s aristocratic families, a combination of early childhood deprivation, an earnest Evangelical faith, and an abiding sense of noblesse oblige made him a champion of the poor. His...
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    36,97 €

  • Fascist Interactions
    David D Roberts
    Although studies of fascism have constituted one of the most fertile areas of historical inquiry in recent decades, more and more scholars have called for a new agenda with more research beyond Italy and Germany, less preoccupation with definition and classification, and more sustained focus on the relationships among different fascist formations before 1945. Starting from a cr...
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    44,16 €

  • Paternalism in Early Victorian England
    David Roberts / F David Roberts
    First published in 1979. This book studies the social outlook which historians today call paternalism. It was an ideology which informed social attitudes at all levels of society and expressed itself in countless ways. In this work, David Roberts provides a comprehensive examination of the revival, amplification, and transformation of the ideals of paternalism as a social remed...
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    72,77 €


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