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This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days Felix Knutsson is nearly thirteen, lives with his mother and pet gerbil Horatio, and is brilliant at memorising facts and trivia. So far, pretty normal. But Felix and his mom Astrid have a secret: they are living in a van. Astrid promises it's only for a while until she finds a new job, and begs Felix not to breathe a word about it. So when Felix starts at a new school, he does his very best to hide the fact that most of his clothes are in storage, he only showers weekly at the community centre, and that he doesn't have enough to eat. When his friends Dylan and Winnie ask to visit, Felix always has an excuse. But Felix has a plan to turn his and Astrid's lives around: he's going to go on his favourite game show Who, What, Where, When and win the cash prize. All he needs is a little luck and a lot of brain power... Susin Nielsen deftly combines humour, heartbreak, and hope in this moving story about people who slip through the cracks in society, and about the power of friendship and community to make all the difference. Features Summary Felix Knutsson is nearly thirteen, lives with his mother and pet gerbil Horatio, and is brilliant at memorising facts and trivia. So when Felix starts at a new school... Author Susin Nielsen Publisher Andersen Press Ltd Release date 20181004 Pages 288 ISBN 1-78344-721-4 ISBN 13 978-1-78344-721-3

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days The Battle of Saratoga in 1777 ended with British general John Burgoyne's troops surrendering to the American rebel army commanded by General Horatio Gates. Historians have long seen Burgoyne's defeat as a turning point in the American Revolution because it convinced France to join the war on the side of the colonies, thus ensuring American victory. But that traditional view of Saratoga overlooks the complexity of the situation on the ground. Setting the battle in its social and political context, Theodore Corbett examines Saratoga and its aftermath as part of ongoing conflicts among the settlers of the Hudson and Champlain valleys of New York, Canada, and Vermont. This long, more local view reveals that the American victory actually resolved very little. In transcending traditional military history, Corbett examines the roles not only of enlisted Patriot and Redcoat soldiers but also of landowners, tenant farmers, townspeople, American Indians, Loyalists, and African Americans. He begins the story in the 1760s, when the first large influx of white settlers arrived in the New York and New England backcountry. Ethnic and religious strife marked relations among the colonists from the outset. Conflicting claims issued by New York and New Hampshire to the area that eventually became Vermont turned the skirmishes into a veritable civil war. These pre-Revolution conflicts--which determined allegiances during the Revolution--were not affected by the military outcome of the Battle of Saratoga. After Burgoyne's defeat, the British retained control of the upper Hudson-Champlain valley and mobilized Loyalists and Native allies to continue successful raids there even after the Revolution. The civil strife among the colonists continued into the 1780s, as the American victory gave way to violent strife amounting to class warfare. Corbett ends his story with conflicts over debt in Vermont, New Hampshire, and finally Massachusetts, where the sack of Stockbridge--part of Shays's Rebellion in 1787--was the last of the civil disruptions that had roiled the landscape for the previous twenty years. "No Turning Point "complicates and enriches our understanding of the difficult birth of the United States as a nation. Features Summary The Battle of Saratoga in 1777 ended with British general John Burgoyne's troops surrendering to the American rebel army commanded by General Horatio Gates... Author Theodore Corbett Publisher University of Oklahoma Press Release date 20140717 Pages 436 ISBN 0-8061-4661-3 ISBN 13 978-0-8061-4661-4

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 15 working days Both Braddock's epic march and subsequent destruction are brought to life by Thomas E. Crocker in Braddock's March, his impeccably researched account of an important but largely forgotten chapter in American history...It all adds up to a stirring tale."--Washington Times In 1755, Major General Edward Braddock was sent by Great Britain on a mission to drive France from the New World. Accompanied by the largest expeditionary force ever sent to North America, Braddock planned to seize Fort Duquesne and then march north to Canada. Braddock was joined on the expedition by George Washington and others who would later play roles in the future revolution, including Horatio Gates, Thomas Gage, and Charles Lee; among those driving the wagons were Daniel Boone and Daniel Morgan. Less than a day's march from Fort Duquesne, Braddock's exhausted column was annihilated by a combined French and Indian force. Braddock himself fell mortally wounded, while George Washington miraculously escaped harm. With this battle, North America was drawn into a global war between Britain and France. In Braddock's March: How the Man Sent to Seize a Continent Changed American History, Thomas E. Crocker uses a wealth of sources to tell the story of one of the most important events in the American colonial period. Features Summary Crocker uses a wealth of sources to tell the story of one of the most important events in the American colonial period--the failed attempt by the British to drive the French from the New World... Author Thomas E. Crocker Publisher Westholme Publishing, U.S. Release date 20110921 Pages 352 ISBN 1-59416-152-6 ISBN 13 978-1-59416-152-0

April 1803. The Peace of Amiens is breaking down. Napoleon is building ships and amassing an army just across the Channel. Horatio Hornblower-who, at age twenty-seven, has already distinguished himself as one of the most daring and resourceful officers in the Royal Navy-commands the three-masted Hotspur on a dangerous reconnaissance mission that evolves, as war breaks out, into a series of spectacular confrontations. All the while, the introspective young commander struggles to understand his new bride and mother-in-law, his officers and crew, and his own "accursed unhappy temperament"-matters that trouble him more, perhaps, than any of Bonaparte's cannonballs.[contact-form][contact-field label='Name' type='name'required='1'/][contact-field label='Email' type='email' required='1'/][contact-field label='Inquire about this book' type='textarea'required='1'/][/contact-form]

Paperback. English. In fair condition. In the basement of a large Victorian house in London, Charles Cleasby painstakingly re-enacts the great sea battles of his hero, Horatio Nelson. He is also writing a faithful biography of the great man, as a true English hero for an age without idols, a 'bright angel' to Charles's dark shadow. But as Charles's visiting typist, Miss Lily, begins to question Nelson's heroism, and as Charles unearths evidence which tarnishes the image of his icon, his own precarious sense of identity is undermined and the battle raging inside him -- between darkness and light, reality and fantasy -- threatens to overwhelm him.

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days Lord Commander Horatio Frederick Wallington Nincompoop Maximus Pimpleberry the Third (or Horace, for short) has been a statue on a plinth in Princes Park for hundreds of years. But now he's friends with Harriet and every time he leaves his pedestal he's ready for all sorts of adventures. It's the day of the Sports Spectacular and once Harriet, Fraser, and Megan convince Horace that his park isn't being invaded, he soon gets into the spirit of the games. But will his winning streak land Horace in trouble, especially when crafty Coach Whipston wants a share of his success? Packed with splendiferous pictures this is a rollicking read for children of five and up. Features Summary Harriet is seven. And three quarters. Horace is seventeenth century. And a STATUE! It's the day of the Sports Spectacular and once Harriet manages to convince Horace that his park isn't being invaded... Author Clare Elsom Publisher Oxford UniversityPress Release date 20180705 Pages 128 ISBN 0-19-275878-0 ISBN 13 978-0-19-275878-1

 Sampson Low, London. 1899   Hard Cover, blue cloth boards, Front and rear hinge have cracked. Corners and edges scuffed and bumped, at corners cloth has worn through. Gilt on front and spine is faded, ex-libris, thus it has usual library stamps and residue where library stickers were removed, book block is un-trimmed, head of book block is gilt, has a gift inscription. Tissue protected b/w engraved portrait frontispiece of Vice Admiral Sir Horatio Nelson and a further 4 full-page engraved photogravure plates also tissue protected, plus 7 full page illustrations. Profuse in text illustrations, Maps, Charts, etc. Has some foxing throughout. A rather heavy book for shipping.