Thornton: 700 books

The selection of Mr. Fleming to prepare this history of Pittsburgh, and the region round about, was most fortunate for the city. He was not only a sturdy grubber after facts but had the ability to dress them up in pleasing style and set them in graceful order. This book is valuable not only as a narrative...

The days are now past when students were content to take their history at second hand, and there is therefore the less reason to apologise for introducing to the reader, in an English dress, the letters of one who was an eyewitness and actor in some of the most important events in the sixteenth century....

This is the first comprehensive guide to the 57 nations that have submarines as part of their fighting force.

Warfare in Atlantic Africa, 1500-1800 investigates the impact of warfare on the history of Africa in the period of the slave trade and the founding of empires. It includes the discussion of:: * the relationship between war and the slave trade * the role of Europeans in promoting African wars and supplying African armies * the influence of climatic

Wireless networking has become standard in many business and government networks. This book is the first book that focuses on the methods used by professionals to perform WarDriving and wireless pentration testing.Unlike other wireless networking and security books that have been published in recent...

Life for Maisie Jackson has been far from happy for a number of years - ever since her mother re-married after her beloved father's death, and her new stepfather and stepbrother moved into their small terraced house in Armley, Leeds. Suffering abuse at her cruel stepbrother's hand, and mercilessly...

William Moon’s heart swells with pride at the achievements of his daughter, Maddy. When, at eleven, she won the talent contest held by the Pierrots on Scarborough beach, William knew it wouldn’t be long before she asked to join their touring company. Now that day has come; his talented young daughter...

It is 1945 and the charming market town of Middlebeck is thriving once more. For fifteen-year-old Maisie Jackson, life could not be better; school is going well, her best friend Audrey is a constant source of fun and Maisie's mum is finally free from the cruel clutches of her now ex-husband. Best...

“Readers who found refuge with Father Tim in Jan Karon’s Mitford series may also enjoy getting to know the people of Aberthwaite.” —Booklist Happily married to the Reverend Simon Norwood, with a small daughter and another baby on the way, Fiona Norwood’s happiness should be complete....

A British college student and her birth mother each struggle with questions of love and loyalty in this novel set in the early 1970s.   Eighteen-year-old Debbie Hargreaves is heading to agricultural college in Leeds, England, where she’ll be sharing digs with three girls she’s never met before....

Kathy Leigh never knew her mother, who she'd been told had died many years ago in a freak accident. Raised by her reserved father, Albert, and loving Aunty Win in 1950s Blackpool, she leads a happy childhood. It is a time of glamour and excitement for the town, but although optimism fills the air,...

“A heartwarming portrait of three young women transitioning from fiancé to wife and mother.” —Booklist England, 1957. Newlywed Val Walker is looking forward to starting a family. Her best friend Cissie—who used to be the flighty one—is now expecting her second child, and their mutual...

Great Shakespeareans offers a systematic account of those figures who have had the greatest influence on the interpretation, understanding and cultural reception of Shakespeare, both nationally and internationally. In this volume, leading scholars assess the contribution of Orson Welles, Akira...

Quiet gentleman or rakish adventurer? Lady Angelica Lennard wanted her brother brought out of France, and Benoît Faulkener was just the man to do it. Fully expecting a piratical smuggler, Angelica was mortified to discover a respectable shipowner. Some things about him still didn’t...