Burns: 965 books

Book cover of Complete Works of Robert Burns (Delphi Classics)
by Robert Burns, Delphi Classics
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

The Delphi Poets Series offers readers the works of literature's finest poets, with superior formatting. This volume presents the complete works of Scotland’s favourite son Robert Burns, with beautiful illustrations, superior indexing and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1)* Beautifully illustrated...
Book cover of The Canongate Burns
by Robert Burns
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2010

Edited by Andrew Noble and Patrick Scott Hogg. The Canongate Burns is the most comprehensive and challenging edition of the poems and songs of Robert Burns ever published. Drawing on extensive scholarship and the poet’s own inimitable letters, this definitive edition offers a wealth of information...
Book cover of Selected Poems
by Robert Burns
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

Scotsman and poet Robert Burns was born in 1796. His family didn't have much in terms of money, but Burns was still optimistic about life and love. His first poems were songs written to his many lovers, though those were not received well by the mistresses. In 1786, Burns' first anthology "Poems, Chiefly...
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John Kennedy

A Political Profile

by James MacGregor Burns
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2016

The authorized biography of John F. Kennedy offers a fresh and candid look at what shaped the man America came to love and admire, just as he was on the cusp of the presidency Historian, political scientist, and Pulitzer Prize–winning author James MacGregor Burns wrote Roosevelt: The Lion...
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The Visitors

Gripping thriller, you won’t see the end coming

by Catherine Burns
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2017

Can you escape the darkness within? Marion Zetland lives with her domineering older brother, John in a decaying Georgian townhouse on the edge of a northern seaside resort. A timid spinster in her fifties who still sleeps with teddy bears, Marion does her best to shut out the shocking secret...
Book cover of Robert Burns Songs (Collins Scottish Archive)
by Robert Burns
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2016

A small format gift book which is a reproduction of the popular book ‘Songs Robert Burns’ originally published by Collins in 1947. Selected by G.F. Maine and written by burns between 1759 and 1796. One of the most influential books of Robert Burns songs, compiled and introduced by G.F.Maine. These...
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The Lessons in Wrestling and Physical Culture

Grappling, Wrestling, Submission!!

by Martin "Farmer" Burns
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2012

Why Do Farmer Burns Students Win? The answer is plain and simple: BECAUSE FARMER BURNS KNOWS MORE ABOUT WRESTLING AND PHYSICAL TRAINING THAN ANY OTHER LIVING MAN AND HE KNOWS HOW TO TEACH THIS GREAT AND WONDERFUL SCIENCE TO OTHERS. This was Farmer Burns claim back in 1914 when he developed...
Book cover of Jump: Into The Valley Of The Shadow The War Memoires Of Dwayne Burns Communications Sergeant-508th P.I.R.

Jump: Into The Valley Of The Shadow The War Memoires Of Dwayne Burns Communications Sergeant-508th P.I.R.

The War Memories of Dwayne Burns Communications Sergeant—508th P.I.R.

by Burns Dwayne
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2006

When Dwayne Burns turned 18 during World War II he decided that he wanted to fight alongside America's best. He joined the paratroopers and was assigned to the 508th Regiment of the 82d Airborne Division. Little did he suspect that a year later he'd be soaring in a flak-riddled C-47 over Normandy...
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Fire and Light

How the Enlightenment Transformed Our World

by James MacGregor Burns
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2013

"With this profound and magnificent book, drawing on his deep reservoir of thought and expertise in the humanities, James MacGregor Burns takes us into the fire's center. As a 21st-century philosopher, he brings to vivid life the incandescent personalities and ideas that embody the best in Western...
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by Robert Burns
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2012

Poetry is a fascinating use of language. With almost a million words at its command it is not surprising that these Isles have produced some of the most beautiful, moving and descriptive verse through the centuries. In this series we look at individual poets who have shaped and influenced their craft...
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Before the Nation

Kokugaku and the Imagining of Community in Early Modern Japan

by Rey Chow, Harry Harootunian, Masao Miyoshi
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2003

Exploring the emergence and evolution of theories of nationhood that continue to be evoked in present-day Japan, Susan L. Burns provides a close examination ofthe late-eighteenth-century intellectual movement kokugaku, which means "the study of our country.” Departing from earlier studies of...
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Breaking Up and Bouncing Back

Moving On to Create the Love Life You Deserve

by Samantha Burns
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2018

"Breaking Up & Bouncing Back tackles heartbreak in a whole new way, using neuroscience and modern dating advice to inspire you to become a smarter dater." — John Gray, *New York Times *bestselling author of Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus   "In *Breaking Up &...
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Independent Ed

Inside a Career of Big Dreams, Little Movies, and the Twelve Best Days of My Life

by Edward Burns, Todd Gold
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2015

An entertaining and inspirational memoir by one of the most prominent practitioners and evangelists of independent filmmaking, and the acclaimed writer, director, and actor (Saving Private Ryan, Friends with Kids, Entourage) whose first film—The Brothers McMullen—has become an indie classic. At...
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Invasion of the Mind Snatchers

Television's Conquest of America in the Fifties

by Eric Burns
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2010

When the first television was demonstrated in 1927, a headline in The New York Times read, “Like a Photo Come to Life.” It was a momentous occasion. But the power of television wasn’t fully harnessed until the 1950s, when the medium was, as Eric Burns says, “At its most preoccupying, its most...
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