Brown, Gordon:My Scotland, Our Britain: A Future Worth Sharing
- gebunden oder broschiert 2015, ISBN: 9781471137488
London England: Little Brown and Company. Near Fine/Near Fine. 2015. 3rd Impression. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall Octavo 0316200603 Hardcover Hardcover The Wi… Mehr…
London England: Little Brown and Company. Near Fine/Near Fine. 2015. 3rd Impression. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall Octavo 0316200603 Hardcover Hardcover The Witches Salem, 1692 9780316200608 Stacy Schiff A Historical Fiction Novel The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Cleopatra, the #1 national bestseller, unpacks the mystery of the Salem Witch Trials.t began in 1692, over an exceptionally raw Massachusetts winter, when a minister's daughter began to scream and convulse. It ended less than a year later, but not before 19 men and women had been hanged and an elderly man crushed to death. As psychologically thrilling as it is historically seminal, THE WITCHES is Stacy Schiff's account of this fantastical story-the first great American mystery unveiled fully for the first time by one of our most acclaimed historians.he panic spread quickly, involving the most educated men and prominent politicians in the colony. Neighbors accused neighbors, parents and children each other. Aside from suffrage, the Salem Witch Trials represent the only moment when women played the central role in American history. In curious ways, the trials would shape the future republic.(We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. Academic and Scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Educational Reference Literature.) ., Little Brown and Company, 2015, 4, London England: Viking, 1991. Hardback. First Edition. Slight foxing to end inside covers and edge. Price clipped to D/J. This encyclopedia provides a compact guide to the events and developments of the past 140 years, covering the principal wars, campaign, battles and personalities of the period, along with descriptions of evolving strategy, tactics, intelligence handling, logistics, weapons and technology. it also supplies background information about such matters as military philosophy, law and the laws of war, training and educational methods, which will be invaluable to students of world history, as well as of the art of war. To those for whom knowledge of current affainst and a look into the future is necessary, or those involved with science and industry - indeed for anybody interested in how the modern world is shaped by the application of armed force - this easily assimilated, authorative reference work is essential. The encyclopedia is fully and clearly cross-referenced and indexed to make it simple to research less familiar subjects with relative ease and in considerable detail. To assis, there are eighty maps and diagrams, plus a chronology. And for those who wish to study in yet greater depth there is an entry on bibliography, plus a bibliography of major reference works and bibliographies. 373 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Academic Literature.). First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardback., Viking, 1991, 3, UK: Simon & Schuster, 2014. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 6 x 1.1 x 9.2 inches. Book Description My Scotland, Our Britain: A Future Worth Sharingis a highly personal account of Gordon Brown's Scotland, the nation he was born in, and our Britain, the multinational state that the Scots, English, Welsh and Northern Irish have created and share. Laying bare his family's ancestry over 300 years of the Union and explaining how it shaped his background, Brown charts what it was like growing up in Scotland in the 1950s and 1960s, and explains the influence of religion, education and Scotland's unique industrial structure on the shaping of his and Scotland's identity. He sets out the dramatic economic, social and cultural changes of the past fifty years and the vastly different prospects his children will face, demonstrating that a sense of Scottish national identity has always remained strong and how Scottish institutions have always fiercely guarded their independence. The referendum should not be seen as a battle between Scotland and Britain, he argues, but one between two visions of Scotland's future: one that sees Scotland prosper with a strong Scottish Parliament that is part of the UK, and one that severs all the political links Scots have with the UK. Brown puts forward his proposal for a constitutional settlement that could unite the country, and argues that in tune with Scotland's history of deep engagement with the wider world -as inventors, explorers, traders, missionaries, business leaders and aid workers -the best future for Scots is not to leave Britain, but to continue to shape it., Simon & Schuster, 2014, 3<
