Captain Richards' journal is an account of three survey seasons on Vancouver Island aboard two British Navy ships, the HMS Plumper and the HMS Hecate. Between 1860 and 1862 Richards and his...
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Author: Dorricott, Linda, Cullon, DeidreSummary:
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Author: Halpern, PaulSummary:
In 1939, Richard Feynman, a graduate of MIT, arrived in John Wheeler's Princeton office to report for duty as his teaching assistant. The soft-spoken Wheeler was a raging nonconformist full of...
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Author: CORNWELL, BernardSummary:
A welcome return to Richard Sharpe finds him fighting his old enemies, the French, at the extraordinary battle of Barossa in 1811. Richard Sharpe has been sent by Wellington on a mission to Cadiz...
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Author: Feynman, Richard P.Summary:
A collection of the best short works of Richard P. Feynman, from interviews and speeches to lectures and printed articles.
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Author: Proenneke, RichardSummary:
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Author: Preston, Richard J.Summary:
A Kindly Scrutiny of Human Nature is a collection of essays honouring Richard (Dick) Slobodin, one of the great anthropologists of the Canadian North. A short biography is followed by essays...
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Author: CORRIS, PeterSummary:
This humorous novel is set against the backdrop of Hollywood in the 1920's and follows the adventures of actor Richard Browning as he gets caught between the FBI and the Ku Klux Klan, and makes a...
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Author: Marquis, GregSummary:
Truth and Honour explores the 2011 murder of Saint John businessman Richard Oland, of the prominent family that owns Moosehead Breweries, the ensuing police investigation and the arrest, trial,...
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Author: Marquis, GregSummary:
Truth and Honour explores the 2011 murder of Saint John businessman Richard Oland, of the prominent family that owns Moosehead Breweries, the ensuing police investigation and the arrest, trial,...
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Author: Pitt, SteveSummary:
In 1812, a 67-year-old black United Empire Loyalist named Richard Pierpoint helped raise "a corps of Coloured Men to stand and fight together" against the Americans who were threatening to invade...
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Author: Marquis, Greg, Halavrezos, CostasSummary:
Truth and Honour explores the 2011 murder of Saint John businessman Richard Oland, of the prominent family that owns Moosehead Breweries, the ensuing police investigation and the arrest, trial,...
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Author: CORNWELL, BernardSummary:
Sharpe has lost his command but is determined to win it back in an assault on the fortress town of Badajoz. Heroism and action in the Napolenoic wars by a masterful storyteller.
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Author: Haddix, Margaret PetersonSummary:
Jonah, Katherine, Chip, and Alex suddenly find themselves in 1483 at the Tower of London, where they discover that Chip and Alex are Prince Edward V and Richard of Shrewsbury, imprisoned by their...
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Author: Gregory, PhilippaSummary:
Gregory weaves the second installment of the Cousins' War trilogy that follows Lady Margaret Beaufort as she desperately tries to ensure her son Henry VII becomes the rightful heir to the throne...
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Author: Gregory, PhilippaSummary:
A knight's widow in 1461, Elizabeth employs her considerable charms to reel in the biggest catch of all--virile King Edward IV. When their clandestine marriage comes to light, powerful enemies eye...