David W Shaw: 11 books

Book cover of Sea Wolf of the Confederacy

Sea Wolf of the Confederacy

The Daring Civil War Raids of Naval Lt. Charles W. Read

by David W. Shaw
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2004

In June 1863, just days before the epic clash at Gettysburg ended the last rebel land invasion of the North, a small party of the Confederate Navy mounted a devastating series of raids on the New England coast, culminating in a battle off Portland, Maine. Veteran author David W. Shaw brilliantly re-creates...
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Flying Cloud

The True Story of America's Most Famous Clipper Ship and the Woman Who Guided Her

by David W Shaw
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009

Flying Cloud is the riveting and thoroughly researched tale of a truly unforgettable sea voyage during the days of the California gold rush. In 1851, navigator Eleanor Creesy set sail on the maiden voyage of the clipper ship Flying Cloud, traveling from New York to San Francisco in only 89 days. This...
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Gynaecology E-Book

Expert Consult: Online and Print

by Robert W. Shaw, CBE, MBChB
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2010

Long recognized as the standard general reference work providing a complete overview of contemporary gynaecological practice, this new edition of Shaw, Gynaecology provides all the information that trainees need to master in order to successfully take their professional certification exams as well...
Book cover of The Historical Animal
by Jason Colby, Abraham H. Gibson, Sandra Swart
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2015

The conventional history of animals could be more accurately described as the history of human ideas about animals. Only in the last few decades have scholars from a wide variety of disciplines attempted to document the lives of historical animals in ways that recognize their agency as sentient beings...
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The Ghost behind the Masks

The Victorian Poets and Shakespeare

by W. David Shaw
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2014

In The Ghost behind the Masks, W. David Shaw traces Shakespeare’s influence on nine Victorian poets: Alfred Lord Tennyson, Robert Browning, Christina Rossetti, Thomas Hardy, Matthew Arnold, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Algernon Swinburne, Arthur Hugh Clough, and George Meredith. Often, he writes, the...
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World's Greatest Classics in One Volume

Les Misérables, Hamlet, Jane Eyre, Ulysses, Huck Finn, Walden, War and Peace, Art of War, Siddhartha, Faust, Don Quixote, Arabian Nights, Bushido…

by Herman Hesse, Marcel Proust, Leo Tolstoy
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2018

Musaicum Books presents to you this unique collection, designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Les Misérables (Victor Hugo) The Call of the Wild (Jack London) Walden (Henry David Thoreau) Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy) War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)...
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Secrets of the Oracle

A History of Wisdom from Zeno to Yeats

by W. David Shaw
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2009

What is wisdom? Where does it come from? Where can we find it? And what does it mean in our lives? In Secrets of the Oracle, David Shaw explores these questions by turning to the works of wisdom writers, whose words retain their meaning and transformative power even centuries after they were written. Wisdom...
Book cover of The Ultimate Summer Read Collection

The Ultimate Summer Read Collection

150 Everlasting Masterpieces of the World Literature

by Jane Austen, C. S. Lewis, H. G. Wells
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2019

e-artnow presents to you this unique collection of the greatest books ever written, perfect for the long summer days, the time for rejuvenation and brain revival! American: Huckleberry Finn Tom Sawyer The Call of the Wild White Fang Moby-Dick The Scarlet Letter Little Women My Antonia The Age of Innocence...
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The Supernatural Revamped

From Timeworn Legends to Twenty-First-Century Chic

by Simon Bacon, Jessica Birch, Scott Culpepper
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2016

This book is the logical continuation of a series of collected essays examining the origins and evolution of myths and legends of the supernatural in Western and non-Western tradition and popular culture. The first two volumes of the series, The Universal Vampire: Origins and Evolution of a Legend...
Book cover of Toward a 21st-Century School Library Media Program
by Doug Achterman, Marlene Asselin, Steven M. Baule
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2007

This collection of enlightening and stimulating articles, written by some of the most important figures in school librarianship, demonstrates how teacher-librarians, classroom teachers, and administrators can work together to create a 21st century school library media program. With topics that emphasize...
Book cover of The Bucket List Collection: Masterpieces You Should Read Before You Die

The Bucket List Collection: Masterpieces You Should Read Before You Die

Leaves of Grass, Siddhartha, Dubliners, Les Misérables, Don Quixote, Art of War, Middlemarch, Swann's Way…

by Henry David Thoreau, Walt Whitman, Kahlil Gibran
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2019

Invest your time in reading the true masterpieces of world literature, the greatest works of the greatest masters of their craft, the revolutionary works, the timeless classics and the eternally grand storylines every person should experience in their lifetime: British: Hamlet Romeo and Juliet Macbeth...
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