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Author : Robert K. Massie
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 1076 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2012-06-27
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780307819932

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Dreadnought by Robert K. Massie Pdf

A gripping chronicle of the personal and national rivalries that led to the twentieth century’s first great arms race, from Pulitzer Prize winner Robert K. Massie With the biographer’s rare genius for expressing the essence of extraordinary lives, Massie brings to life a crowd of glittery figures: the single-minded Admiral von Tirpitz; the young, ambitious Winston Churchill; the ruthless, sycophantic Chancellor Bernhard von Bülow; Britain’s greatest twentieth-century foreign secretary, Sir Edward Grey; and Jacky Fisher, the eccentric admiral who revolutionized the British navy and brought forth the first true battleship, the H.M.S. Dreadnought. Their story, and the story of the era, filled with misunderstandings, missed opportunities, and events leading to unintended conclusions, unfolds like a Greek tragedy in this powerful narrative. Intimately human and dramatic, Dreadnought is history at its most riveting. Praise for Dreadnought “Dreadnought is history in the grand manner, as most people prefer it: how people shaped, or were shaped by, events.”—Time “A classic [that] covers superbly a whole era . . . engrossing in its glittering gallery of characters.”—Chicago Sun-Times “[Told] on a grand scale . . . Massie [is] a master of historical portraiture and anecdotage.”—The Wall Street Journal “Brilliant on everything he writes about ships and the sea. It is Massie’s eye for detail that makes his nautical set pieces so marvelously evocative.”—Los Angeles Times

Author : Lisi Harrison
Publisher : Poppy
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2008-08-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780316041690

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The Clique by Lisi Harrison Pdf

Mean Girls meets Middle School in The Clique... The only thing harder than getting in, is staying in. Enter Claire Lyons, the new girl from Florida in Keds and two-year-old Gap overalls, who is clearly not Clique material. Unfortunately for her, while they look for a new home, Claire's family is staying in the guesthouse of the one and only Massie Block -- Queen Bee of Octavian Country Day School. Claire's future looks worse than a bad Prada knockoff. But with a little luck and a lot of scheming, Claire might just come up smelling like Chanel No. 19. Meet the rest of the Clique: Massie Block - With her glossy brunette bob and laser-whitened smile, Massie is the uncontested ruler of The Clique and the rest of the social scene at Octavian Country Day School, an exclusive private girls' school in Westchester County, New York. Massie knows you'd give anything to be just like her. Dylan Marvil - Massie's second in command who divides her time between sucking up to Massie and sucking down Atkins Diet shakes. Alicia Rivera - As sneaky as she is beautiful, Alicia floats easily under adult radar because she seems so "sweet." Would love to take Massie's throne one day. Just might. Kristen Gregory - She's smart, hardworking, and will insult you to tears faster than you can say "my haircut isn't ugly!"

Author : Robert K. Massie
Publisher : Random House
Page : 663 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2011-11-08
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780307788474

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Nicholas and Alexandra by Robert K. Massie Pdf

A “magnificent and intimate” (Harper’s) modern classic of Russian history, the spellbinding story of the love that ended an empire—from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Peter the Great, The Romanovs, and Catherine the Great “A moving, rich book . . . [This] revealing, densely documented account of the last Romanovs focuses not on the great events . . . but on the royal family and their evil nemesis. . . . The tale is so bizarre, no melodrama is equal to it.”—Newsweek In this commanding book, New York Times bestselling author Robert K. Massie sweeps readers back to the extraordinary world of the Russian empire to tell the story of the Romanovs’ lives: Nicholas’s political naïveté, Alexandra’s obsession with the corrupt mystic Rasputin, and little Alexis’s brave struggle with hemophilia. Against a lavish backdrop of luxury and intrigue, Massie unfolds a powerful drama of passion and history—the story of a doomed empire and the death-marked royals who watched it crumble.

Author : Allan Massie
Publisher : Sceptre
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2016-06-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781473636996

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Tiberius by Allan Massie Pdf

Habitually vilified as a monstrous tyrant, Emperor Tiberius has been one of history's enigmas. Now he speaks for himself - a proud, secretive, troubled man, a great general yet reluctant ruler, disgusted by the degeneracy which surrounds him. In this sequel to Augustus, Allan Massie combines a compelling study in public power and private tragedy with a vibrant portrait of the Roman world.

Author : John P. Rosa
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2014-08-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9780824840211

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Local Story by John P. Rosa Pdf

The Massie-Kahahawai case of 1931–1932 shook the Territory of Hawai‘i to its very core. Thalia Massie, a young Navy wife, alleged that she had been kidnapped and raped by “some Hawaiian boys” in Waikīkī. A few days later, five young men stood accused of her rape. Mishandling of evidence and contradictory testimony led to a mistrial, but before a second trial could be convened, one of the accused, Horace Ida, was kidnapped and beaten by a group of Navy men and a second, Joseph Kahahawai, lay dead from a gunshot wound. Thalia’s husband, Thomas Massie; her mother, Grace Fortescue; and two Navy men were convicted of the lesser charge of manslaughter, despite witnesses who saw them kidnap Kahahawai and the later discovery of his body in Massie’s car. Under pressure from Congress and the Navy, territorial governor Lawrence McCully Judd commuted their sentences. After spending only an hour in the governor’s office at ‘Iolani Palace, the four were set free. Local Story is a close examination of how Native Hawaiians, Asian immigrants, and others responded to challenges posed by the military and federal government during the case’s investigation and aftermath. In addition to providing a concise account of events as they unfolded, the book shows how this historical narrative has been told and retold in later decades to affirm a local identity among descendants of working-class Native Hawaiians, Asians, and others—in fact, this understanding of the term “local” in the islands dates from the Massie-Kahahawai case. It looks at the racial and sexual tensions in pre–World War II Hawai‘i that kept local men and white women apart and at the uneasy relationship between federal and military officials and territorial administrators. Lastly, it examines the revival of interest in the case in the last few decades: true crime accounts, a fictionalized TV mini-series, and, most recently, a play and a documentary—all spurring the formation of new collective memories about the Massie-Kahahawai case.

Author : Merle Massie
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2020-08-29
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 088977739X

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A Radiant Life by Merle Massie Pdf

Award-winning author Merl Massie brings to the page the life and career of Sylvia Fedoruk (1927-2012), which encompassed some of the most ground-breaking scientific, athletic and public transformations of the twentieth century. A pioneer in leading-edge cancer research, primarily in the field of nuclear medicine, she was the first woman to join the Atomic Energy Board of Canada. Sylvia was an outstanding athlete, competing at an elite level in women's softball and curling. Elected as the first woman chancellor of the University of Saskatchewan, she went on to be the first woman to serve as Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan, coaching two premiers through potential legislative and constitutional crises. With support from the University, the provincial government and the media, she withstood a major outing controversy, revealing a particular provincial touchpoint around issues of homosexuality, artistic activism, and power dynamics in the midst of the AIDS crisis of the 1990s. Known for a warm but no-nonsense style, Sylvia Fedoruk built a legacy which drew Saskatchewan's north into the provincial consciousness, advocated for equal education for all, pushed for support for women in science, technology, engineering, and math, and worked tirelessly as the University of Saskatchewan and the province's most vocal cheerleader.

Author : Robert K. Massie
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Hemophilia
ISBN : OCLC:1374353591

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Journey by Robert K. Massie Pdf

Author : Lisi Harrison
Publisher : Poppy
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2008-04-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0316032107

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The Clique Summer Collection #1: Massie by Lisi Harrison Pdf

Massie gets BE-yoo-tiful: After Massie Block gets kicked off her high horse and out of her ultra exclusive Westchester riding camp, her parents force her to do the unthinkable-find a summer job. Not one for dog-walking or brat-sitting, Massie comes up with the ah-bvious solution: She'll be a sales rep for the cosmetics brand Be Pretty. Massie fully hearts her new role as fairy gawdmother of makeup-until she discovers transforming LBRs into glam-girls takes more than a swish of her royal purple mascara wand.

Author : Henry COOKE (President of Assembly's College, Belfast.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 8 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1837
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0023078197

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Reply of Rev. Dr. Cooke to Rev. Mr. Massie, Minister of the Perth Congregation of Independents. [Reprinted from the “Ulster Times.”] by Henry COOKE (President of Assembly's College, Belfast.) Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 62 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1822
Category : Law
ISBN : LLMC:ACSVHRE3QK0M

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BOULDIN AND WIFE v. MASSIE'S HEIRS AND OTHERS, 20 U.S. 122 (1822) by Anonim Pdf

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Author : Robert K. Massie
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 798 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2013-09-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781781856697

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Castles of Steel by Robert K. Massie Pdf

On the eve of the war in August 1914, Great Britain and Germany possessed the two greatest navies the world had ever seen: two fleets of dreadnoughts – gigantic 'castles of steel' able to hurl massive shells at an enemy miles away – were ready to test their terrible power against each other. They skirmished across the globe before Germany, suffocated by an implacable naval blockade, decided to definitively strike against the British ring of steel. The result was Jutland, a titanic clash of fifty-eight dreadnoughts, each holding of a thousand men. When the German High Seas Fleet retreated, the Kaiser unleashed unrestricted U-boat warfare, which, in its indiscriminate violence, brought a reluctant America into the war: the German effort to "seize the trident" led to the fall of the German empire. Massie's portrayals of Winston Churchill, the British admirals Fisher, Jellicoe, and Beatty, and the Germans Scheer, Hipper, and Tirpitz are stunning in their veracity and artistry.

Author : Bettina Helen Massie
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781430306771

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The Poetry of Bettina Helen Massie by Bettina Helen Massie Pdf

Author : Milkyway Media
Publisher : Milkyway Media
Page : 61 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-26
Category : History
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Summary of Robert K. Massie's Catherine the Great by Milkyway Media Pdf

Get the Summary of Robert K. Massie's Catherine the Great in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Catherine the Great by Robert K. Massie chronicles the life of Sophia, later Catherine, born to Prince Christian Augustus and Princess Johanna Elizabeth. Sophia's early life was marked by neglect from her mother and warmth from her governess. Her intelligence and charm led to a marriage proposal from Peter Ulrich, heir to the Russian throne...

Author : Merle Massie
Publisher : Univ. of Manitoba Press
Page : 547 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2014-04-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9780887554544

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Forest Prairie Edge by Merle Massie Pdf

Saskatchewan is the anchor and epitome of the ‘prairie’ provinces, even though half of the province is covered by boreal forest. The Canadian penchant for dividing this vast country into easily-understood ‘regions’ has reduced the Saskatchewan identity to its southern prairie denominator and has distorted cultural and historical interpretations to favor the prairie south. Forest Prairie Edge is a deep-time investigation of the edge land, or ecotone, between the open prairies and boreal forest region of Saskatchewan. Ecotones are transitions from one landscape to another, where social, economic, and cultural practices of different landscapes are blended. Using place history and edge theory, Massie considers the role and importance of the edge ecotone in building a diverse social and economic past that contradicts traditional “prairie” narratives around settlement, economic development, and culture. She offers a refreshing new perspective that overturns long-held assumptions of the prairies and the Canadian west.

Author : Robert Massie
Publisher : Nan A. Talese
Page : 970 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015039911964

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Loosing the Bonds by Robert Massie Pdf

In the aftermath of World War II, South Africa's white government decreed a brutal system of segregation at the very moment when the United states began wresting with the civil rights movement. In "Loosing the Bonds", Robert Massie recreates the passions and struggles of these years, deftly exposing the way politics and personalities, money and morality interact in modern America. 40 photos. National print ads, media.