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Heaven's Command

Heaven's Command

Jan Morris

Jan Morris tells the epic story of the rise of the British Empire, from the accession of Queen Victoria in 1837 to her Diamond Jubilee in 1897.
Coast to Coast

Coast to Coast

Jan Morris

Fresh from her successful scoop reporting the first ascent of Everest in 1953, Jan Morris spent a year journeying across the United States, by car, train, ship and aeroplane.
Oxford

Oxford

Jan Morris

'Few cities,' Jan Morris observes, 'have been much more loved, loathed, and celebrated.' This book has become a classic account of the character, history, mores, buildings, climate, and people of one of Britain's most fascinating cities.
A Writer's World

A Writer's World

Jan Morris

Jan Morris's collection of travel writing and reportage spans over five decades and includes such titles as Venice, Coronation Everest, Hong Kong, Spain, Manhattan '45, A Writer's World and the Pax Britannica Trilogy.
Who's who in the Theatre

Who's who in the Theatre

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Morris, Jack, Actor, died 4 May, 1948 (61), 10th Ed. Morris, William, Actor, died 11 Jan., 1936 (75), 8th Ed. Morrissey, John F., ... died 19 Jan., 1964 (72), 11th Ed. Mulholland, J. B., Manager, Former Actor, died 2 June, 1925 (66), 5th Ed. Mullaly,  ...
Morris

Morris

Jan Reid

Children all over the world will be able to identify with Morris, the teddy bear; a most special friend of childhood.
Contact!: A Book of Glimpses

Contact!: A Book of Glimpses

Jan Morris

In Contact! Jan turns her brilliantly observant eye to the human contacts she made, across the globe and though the decades.
Internal and external operations of the California ...

Internal and external operations of the California ...

Edgar Gillenwaters

Morris : Walker : Morris : Walker : Morris : Walker: Morris : Walker : Morris : Walker : Morris ; Walker : That he was ruthless? No, it was just political conflict. Nelson Rockefeller got up and gave his speech and people booed him, you know.
The Navy List

The Navy List

Great Britain. Admiralty

1 Jan cumbert Everard Brmey John Robert Davison (tompy) 1 Jan 1 (MW) -- ._ . .. 1 Jan William Geoffrey. Moore 1 Jan ' _ E'iz'rjgy) Stewart CUP?! 1 Jan George Hancock Rad 1 Jan i Bernard Cyril Windeler Thomas Vaughan Lister 1 Jan 1 ...
The Journal of the William Morris Society

The Journal of the William Morris Society

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40-43. William Morris's Kelmscott Connections, Frank C. Sharp, pp. 44-55. William Morris: Art and Life, R. Marc Fasanella, pp. 56-63. 'She and He': Morris or Cockerell?, Susan Mooney, pp. 64-68. Reviews, pp. 69-85. Notes on Contributors, pp ...
Mark Morris

Mark Morris

Joan Ross Acocella

Mark Morris emerged in the 1980s as America's most exciting young choreographer. Two decades later, his position remains unchallenged. Morris was born in Seattle in 1956. His Mark Morris Dance Group began performing in New York in 1980.
Army Air Force Victories

Army Air Force Victories

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... ROBERT J MEYER, ROBERT J MILES, ROBERT E MONCRIEFF, REX E MONTGOMERY, ROBERT P MONTGOMERY, ROBERT P MORRIS, JAMES M MORRIS, JAMES M MORRIS, JAMES M MORRIS, JAMES M MORRIS, JAMES M 1LT ...
Austin Fire Dept. 1916-2006

Austin Fire Dept. 1916-2006

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KENNEDY CHARLIE J 17-Mar-85 25 10 21 KEY JIM THOMAS 20-Apr-02 29 10 8 KIEKE JOHN H 04-Jan-87 2<) 0 1 ... 26 5 6 LANE WILLIAM 05-Jan-74 4S 1 13 LANG LESTER 30-Jan-77 34 8 13 LANGE ROBERT II 03-Jan-86 25 2 6 ...
Old House Interiors

Old House Interiors

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For contemporary Morris interiors: William Morris and the Arts and Crafts Home by Pamela Todd [Chronicle, 2005]. Another with contemporary interiors is William Morris and Morris & Co. by Lucia van der Post and Linda Parry [V& A, 2003].
Conundrum

Conundrum

Jan Morris

On first publication in 1974, the book generated enormous interest and curiosity around the world, and was subsequently chosen by The Times as one of the '100 Key Books of Our Time'.
William Morris on Art and Socialism

William Morris on Art and Socialism

William Morris

For the Victorian sage William Morris, the subjects of art and society were inseparable. This outstanding collection of 11 lectures and an essay illustrates Morris’s convictions. Includes: "Art: A Serious Thing," "Useful Work vs.
Lincoln: A Foreigner's Quest

Lincoln: A Foreigner's Quest

Jan Morris

This remarkable book, blending fact, narrative and imagination, is the result. 'A little jewel-box of a book ... there are passages here which are pure gold.
My America

My America

Christopher Morris

"Photographer Christopher Morris is a founding member of the photojournalist agency VII, based in New York. Morris produced My America while covering the first and second administrations of U.S. President George W. Bush for TIME magazine.
Oxford

Oxford

Jan Morris

' An entertaining blend of fact and anecdote, this is a classic account of the character, history, mores, buildings, climate, and people of a unique city, which has given its name to a marmalade, bags, a grey, shoes, a Group, a Movement, a ...
Venice

Venice

Jan Morris

'The best book about Venice ever written' Sunday Times 'No sensible visitor should visit the place without it . . . Venice stands alone as the essential introduction, and as a work of literature in its own right.' Observer
Journeys

Journeys

Jan Morris

A collection of essays about journeys across Europe and China, the folkways of rural Texas, the streets of Bombay, and impressions of such diverse sites as Las Vegas, Stockholm, and the Athenian Acropolis
The Collected Letters of William Morris, Volume I: 1848-1880

The Collected Letters of William Morris, Volume I: 1848-1880

William Morris

See CW, 10, 3. Morris's translation is one of the additional works in Three Northern Love Stories. * Harry Leigh Douglas Ward (1825-1906), medievalist and assistant in the department of manuscripts at the British Museum (1849– 1893), ...
The Scrapbook of Old Tom Morris

The Scrapbook of Old Tom Morris

Old Tom Morris

The Scrapbook of Old Tom Morris, by David Joy, is truly a unique presentation of the life and golf career of this legendary figure.
Out of Time & Place: An Anthology of Plays by the Women's ...

Out of Time & Place: An Anthology of Plays by the Women's ...

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Ippolito Paul. Aldo peeks in. Jan Shit. Ippolito Simon. Jan Tongue. Ippolito Thomas. Jan Blood tits. Aldo You speak Czech to him? Jan Blood. Tits. Aldo What's he saying? Jan Tits. Ippolito We're talking about the Twelfth Apostle. “ Blood tits.
Morris the Mouse Hunter

Morris the Mouse Hunter

Vivian French

Morris is ginger and very fat.
The Descendants of the Presidents of the United States of ...

The Descendants of the Presidents of the United States of ...

Walter Lewis Zorn

3 Mary Jane Harrison b 1835 m Apr 14 1859 d Sep 14 1867 m Samuel Vance Morris b 1833 d 1913 (subsequently m to ... Morris b 1863 S 4 Elizabeth Irwin Morris b 1863 m 1903 d 1940 nc m Edmund Gordon Reel 3 Anna Symmes Harrison b ...
Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office

Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office

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Ward, Peter Arthur, Mullins, John Albert, and Morris, Geoffrey Wi1liam,3,532,129. Morris, Robert B.: SeeMorrill, Stephen A., Price, Donald J., Morris, Robert B., and Cannon, John G.,3,532,878. Morton, James E.: SeeGelfand, Benjamin L., ...
Jan Morris: around the world in eighty years : a tribute

Jan Morris: around the world in eighty years : a tribute

Paul Clements

By revisiting more than 50 years of descriptions of her travels, her epic three-volume history of the British Empire, and her startling and thoughtful memoir about her sex change, the volume contains many full, intimate insights into her ...

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