Catálogo de libros: john wilson

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  • The Alchemist’s Dream
    John Wilson
    "…impressive…fast-paced…The high calibre of writing, together with the thoroughly researched historical detail, make The Alchemist’s Dream a compelling read." Quill & QuireIn the fall of 1669, the Nonsuch returns to London with a load of fur from Hudson Bay. It brings something else, too—the lost journal from Henry Hudson’s tragic search for a passage to Cathay in 1611. In the ...
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    14,24 €

  • North with Franklin
    John Wilson
    "…a richly re-imagined fable which goes far beyond anything the historical record alone might suggest." Russell A. Potter, Arctic Book ReviewPerhaps, on a barren Arctic shore in the summer of 1849, knowing he was dying, a British Naval officer wrapped his journal in sailcloth and buried it beneath a lonely pile of frost-shattered stones. He was the last of the 129 doomed men of...
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    16,17 €

  • The Final Alchemy
    John Wilson
    An old man sits by the dying embers of a fire in London of 1669. The ghosts of the past surround him and a decades old guilt weighs him down. As a young man, Robert Bylot did it all: journeyed to the magical Spice Islands on a quest for the alchemist John Dee, communicated with angels through Crystallomancy, and searched for the fabled Northwest Passage with Henry Hudson. He ha...
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    16,09 €

  • Wings of War
    John Wilson
    "…fast-paced and gripping" CCBC MagazineIt is 1913 and Edward Simpson is enthralled by his German uncle, Horst, who designs and builds simple—and extremely dangerous—planes in his barn. Fascinated by flight and dreaming of a life in the air, Edward helps his uncle whenever he can. In return, Horst teaches his nephew the rudiments of flight and, one magical day, lets him take hi...
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    10,94 €

  • A Dangerous Game
    John Wilson
    '…a strong, engaging read.' CM Magazine'A Dangerous Game is a pleasure to read. It’s a fast-paced, exciting story with lots of accurate historical information…a great read [and] a refreshing change from zombies, nasty girls and dystopian survivor novels…it showcases ordinary people at their best, bravely working together in terrible times.' Historical Novel Society An enthralli...
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    10,86 €

  • Germania
    John Wilson
    "This riveting, haunting tale will leave readers clamoring for more." Best BooksIt’s A.D. 79 on the slopes of Vesuvius. With no warning the mountain has erupted into violent, terrifying life. Those who can, flee, but one old man, Lucius Quintus Claudianus, sits in an abandoned villa in Herculaneum, struggling to finish a story only he can tell. Seventy years before, Lucius was ...
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    13,83 €

  • Dark Terror
    John Wilson
    "Dark Terror is part adventure and part history, with just a touch of romance. It’s a fast-moving, gripping take on a little-explored side of the [First World] war effort." CBRIn June 1915, young Alex Shorecross is trapped by a cave-in at a copper mine in Newfoundland. Facing possible death for a mere 13 cents an hour, Alec swears that if he survives he will find a different di...
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    10,86 €

  • Heretic
    John Wilson
    "…astonishingly nuanced and masterfully told…"—Quill & QuireIn the style of Bernard Cornwell, The Heretic's Secret Trilogy is a rollicking historical adventure set during the bloody 13th century wars against the Cathar Heretics of Languedoc. When the armoured knights of Pope Innocent III swept south in 1209, most thought they would be gone by summer's end but, led by th...
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    14,01 €

  • Quest
    John Wilson
    "…a brave book, an unsettling book, and one that is very much needed at this time."—The Globe and Mail The Heretic’s Secret Trilogy is a rollicking historical adventure set during the bloody 13th century wars against the Cathar Heretics of Languedoc. When the armoured knights of Pope Innocent III swept south in 1209, most thought they would be gone by summer’s end but, led by t...
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    14,06 €

  • Rebirth
    John Wilson
    "…an astonishingly nuanced and masterfully told story…"—Quill & QuireThe Heretic’s Secret Trilogy is a rollicking historical adventure set during the bloody 13th century wars against the Cathar Heretics of Languedoc. When the armoured knights of Pope Innocent III swept south in 1209, most thought they would be gone by summer’s end but, led by the fanatical Arnaud Aumery and the...
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    14,11 €

  • The Heretic’s Secret
    John Wilson
    "…a brave book, an unsettling book, and one that is very much needed at this time."—The Globe and Mail"…an astonishingly nuanced and masterfully told story…"—Quill & QuireNot all the Crusades were fought on the far edges of Christendom. In the thirteenth century, a bloody Holy War was fought against a sect of heretical Christians, the Cathars, who lived in Languedoc around the ...
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    31,93 €

  • In Praise of Folly
    Desiderius Erasmus / John Wilson
    Considered one of the most important works of literature in Western Civilization, Desiderius Erasmus’s essay In Praise of Folly is a classic satirical work in the style of the ancients, in which the Goddess of Folly extols the virtues of frivolousness and indulgence of one’s passions and then turns to a satirical examination of Christian piousness. In a humorously satirical way...
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    30,89 €

  • In Praise of Folly
    Desiderius Erasmus / John Wilson
    Considered one of the most important works of literature in Western Civilization, Desiderius Erasmus’s essay In Praise of Folly is a classic satirical work in the style of the ancients, in which the Goddess of Folly extols the virtues of frivolousness and indulgence of one’s passions and then turns to a satirical examination of Christian piousness. In a humorously satirical way...
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    12,88 €

  • A History of Virginia From its Discovery Till the Year 1781. With Biographical Sketches of all the Most Distinguished Characters That Occur in the Colonial, Revolutionary, or Subsequent Period of our
    John Wilson Campbell / Moses Hoge
    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 domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the wor...
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    37,50 €

  • The Elements of Punctuation
    John Wilson
    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 domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the wor...
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    21,03 €

  • A History of Virginia From its Discovery Till the Year 1781. With Biographical Sketches of all the Most Distinguished Characters That Occur in the Colonial, Revolutionary, or Subsequent Period of our
    John Wilson Campbell / Moses Hoge
    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 domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the wor...
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    26,18 €

  • Memoirs of the Embassy of the Marshal de Bassompierre to the Court of England in 1626
    John Wilson Croker ... de Bassompierre
    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 domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the wor...
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    34,70 €

  • A History of the Scottish Highlands, Highland Clans and Highland Regiments, Volume 2,&Nbsp;Part 1
    John Scott Keltie / John Wilson / Thomas Maclauchlan
    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 domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the wor...
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    35,67 €

  • Letters of Mary Lepel, Lady Hervey
    John Wilson Croker Mary Lepell Hervey
    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 domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the wor...
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    37,36 €

  • Noctes Ambrosian
    John Wilson
    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 domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the wor...
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    42,30 €

  • The Elements of Navigation; Containing the Theory and Practice. With the Necessary Tables, and Compendiums for Finding the Latitude and Longitude at Sea. To Which is Added, a Treatise of Marine Fortif
    J. (John) 1712-1776 Robertson / James M.D. of London Wilson / William 1734?-1798 Wales
    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 domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the wor...
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    28,92 €

  • Essentials of Electrical Engineering
    John Fay Wilson
    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 domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the wor...
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    39,43 €

  • On the Interpretation of Plato’s Timaeus
    John Cook 1849-1915 Wilson
    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 domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the wor...
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    21,16 €

  • The Elements of Punctuation
    John Wilson
    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 domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the wor...
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    34,66 €

  • Animal Experimentation
    John Wilson
    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 domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the wor...
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    34,66 €

  • John Lyly
    John Dover Wilson
    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 domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the wor...
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    33,75 €

  • The Lost Solar System of the Ancients Discovered; Volume 1
    John Wilson
    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 domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the wor...
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    28,77 €

  • History Of Switzerland, From B.c. 110, To A.d. 1830
    John Wilson
    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 domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the wor...
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    36,43 €

  • A History of the Scottish Highlands, Highland Clans and Highland Regiments, Volume 1, part 1
    John Scott Keltie / John Wilson / Thomas Maclauchlan
    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 domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the wor...
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    35,50 €

  • The Lost Solar System of the Ancients Discovered; Volume 2
    John Wilson
    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 domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the wor...
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    42,30 €


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