Catálogo de libros: mortimer john

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  • Angel in the house
    John Mortimer
    Seeking independence from her family in Brewer Street, Soho, London in 1858, Elizabeth Susanna Browning responds to an advertisement placed by ’Zeta’ in The Times newspaper. Within days, Elizabeth is appointed housekeeper to ’Zeta’, a strange but charismatic American engineer and newspaper editor, Zerah Colburn. Before long, ’Lizzy’ as she is called by Mr. Colburn, and her new ...
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    20,70 €

  • The nearly engine
    John Mortimer
    This book traces the post-war development of gas turbine engines for use in passenger cars and commercial vehicles in the UK, Germany, Italy and the USA. It is based on interviews with leading engineering figures of the day as well as reports by journalists. The work also contains photographs of engines and vehicles as well as diagrams of various gas turbine engines. ...
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    46,43 €

  • Industrial Lancashire
    John Mortimer
    Industrial Lancashire: Some Manufacturing Towns And Their Surroundings, written by John Mortimer and published in 1897, is a historical account of the industrial revolution in Lancashire, England. The book provides an in-depth study of the manufacturing towns and their surrounding areas, including their social and economic conditions during the late 19th century. The author exp...
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    32,21 €

  • American Game Bird Shooting (1892)
    John Mortimer Murphy
    American Game Bird Shooting is a comprehensive guidebook written by John Mortimer Murphy in 1892. The book is a detailed account of the techniques, equipment, and strategies used in hunting game birds in the United States during the late 19th century. The book covers a wide range of topics related to game bird hunting, including the different types of birds hunted, the best loc...
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    37,51 €

  • Rambles In Northwestern America
    John Mortimer Murphy
    Rambles In Northwestern America: From The Pacific Ocean To The Rocky Mountains is a travelogue written by John Mortimer Murphy in 1879. The book describes Murphy’s journey through the northwestern region of the United States, from the Pacific Ocean to the Rocky Mountains. Murphy provides vivid descriptions of the landscapes, flora, and fauna he encounters along the way, as well...
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    38,54 €

  • Manchester Literary Club
    John Hibbert Swann / John Mortimer
    ''Manchester Literary Club: Some Notes On Its History, 1862-1908'' is a historical book written by John Hibbert Swann in 1908. The book provides a comprehensive account of the Manchester Literary Club, a society that was established in 1862 to promote literature and the arts in Manchester, England. Swann’s book is divided into several chapters, each of which covers a different ...
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    23,02 €

  • Zerah Colburn - Spirit of Darkness
    John Mortimer
    Zerah Colburn was a well-known nineteenth century locomotive engineer, journalist and publisher. In life he mixed with the famous men of engineering in America and Britain. And he was among 200 leading Americans nominated for New York University's Hall of Fame. But Colburn was an enigma, a dark and irascible man with a violent temper. His work colleagues in London called him th...
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    43,30 €

  • Zerah Colburn the Spirit of Darkness
    John Mortimer
    Zerah Colburn was a well-known nineteenth century locomotive engineer, journalist and publisher. In life he mixed with the famous men of engineering in America and Britain. Ans he was among 200 leading Americans nominated for New York University's Hall of Fame. But Colburn was an enigma, a dark and irascible man with a violent temper. His work colleagues in London called him ...
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    68,40 €

  • John Mortimer
    John Mortimer
    Includes the playsA Voyage Around My Father, The Collaborators, The Dock Brief, Lunch Hour, and What Shall We Tell Caroline?An unsuccessful barrister and even more unsuccessful murderer are the subject of Mortimer’s first play, The Dock Brief. This was followed by What Shall We Tell Caroline? and then Lunch Hour, another short play, about love and lies in the lunch-hour. The Co...
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    32,67 €

  • Why Smart People Do Dumb Things
    John Tarrant / Mortimer Feinberg
    Culled from business headlines and corporate files, this examination of the ultimate in boardroom breakdown describes, in entertaining anecdotes, the mega-mistakes made by highly regarded leaders in business and public life. ...
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    17,27 €


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