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Peter RobbPeter Robb has an uncanny ability to get under the skin of his profile subjects: to show them in a new light, to home on what makes them tick.
M: The Man Who Became Caravaggio
Peter RobbA bold, fresh biography of the world's first modern painter As presented with "blood and bone and sinew" (Times Literary Supplement) by Peter Robb, Caravaggio's wild and tempestuous life was a provocation to a culture in a state of siege.
Street Fight in Naples: A City's Unseen History
Peter RobbPeter Robb's Street Fight in Naples ranges across nearly three thousand years of Neapolitan life and art, from the first Greek landings in Italy to his own less auspicious arrival thirty-something years ago.
South Asia: An Environmental History
Christopher V. Hill... I hope they all know how much their support and assistance has meant to me: Daud Ali, Rich Barnett, Peter Brumlik, ... Jim and Becky Menlove, Rila Muckerjee, Pashendra Satyal Pravat, Peter Robb, Pushkar Sahoni, Peter Schmitthenner, ...
Midnight In Sicily
Peter RobbThe book takes as its starting point the ongoing trial of seven-times Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti.
Legends of Big Creek
Beverly RobbBeverly Robb. Steve rode till he came to what used to be an Indian camp long before. The ruins were still vivid upon the landscape. Steve had been coming to this exact spot since his childhood. It was warm & comfortable for him. It felt like ...
Black Dog Daze: Public Life, Private Demons
Andrew RobbAndrew Robb lived with an unspoken fear that what he passed off as 'not being good in the mornings' was something darker: a black dog whose daily visit lasted longer as the years passed.
Sentiment and Self: Richard Blechynden’s Calcutta Diaries, ...
Peter RobbThis book will interest scholars and students of modern Indian history, gender studies, cultural studies, and British Imperialism, as well as those interested in biographies.
Sex and Sensibility: Richard Blechynden’s Calcutta Diaries, ...
Peter RobbThis book will interest scholars and students of modern Indian history, gender studies, cultural studies, and British Imperialism, as well as those interested in biographies.
Rambles of a Runaway from Southern Slavery
Henry GoingsRipley, C. Peter,MaryAliceHerrle, and PaulA. Cimbala, eds.TheBlack AbolitionistPapers.Vol. 2,Canada,1830–1865. ChapelHill: University ofNorthCarolinaPress, 1986. Robb,Phyllis.The RobbsofMitchell, Ontario, Canadaand DerrynooseParish, ...
A History of India
Peter RobbA History of India, Second Edition • examines the relationships between politics, religious belief, social order, environment and economic change • assesses, from c. 1860, British colonialism, Indian nationalism and nation-building, ...
Local Agrarian Societies in Colonial India: Japanese ...
Peter RobbThe first systematic attempt to introduce a full range of Japanese scholarship on the agrarian history of British India to the English-language reader.
Ancient Rights and Future Comfort: Bihar, the Bengal Tenancy ...
Peter RobbIn a recent study of the eighteenth century as an age of transition, John R. McLane has shown Bengal to have been a fragmented polity, characterised by hierarchical harmony and by conflict.23 It was undergoing change, in the political sphere ...
The Virginia Historical Register, and Literary Note Book
ReadDaniel Barraud, James Mills, David Jameson, Charles Duncan, John YVayles, James Bell, Thomas Adams, Henry Taylor, Alexander Shaw, John Banister, Thomas Bailey, William ... Josiah Granbery, James Robb, Neil Jamieson, Walter Peter.
The Kershner families of Maryland, 1731-1977
Mary Kershner MaxwellPeter Peter Peter Peter (M) Nicholas Nicholas *l20 ac Nicholas *128 ac Nicholas *l28 ac Nicholas Nicholas Nicholas *5 persons Peter Peter* Anth'y* blksmith l50 a Peter *l76 a Peter* BPS Anthony *l50 a Anthony *150 a Anthony Martin *0 ...
Peter's Quotations: Ideas for Our Times
Laurence J. PeterFrom the author of the multimillion-selling The Peter Principle, and The Peter Prescription, here is a timeless collection of some of history's greatest and best-expressed thoughts.
Peter's Quotations: Ideas for Our Times
Dr. Laurence J. PeterFrom the author of the multimillion-selling The Peter Principle, and The Peter Prescription, here is a timeless collection of some of history's greatest and best-expressed thoughts.
Britney Spears
Jackie RobbRecounts the life and rise to success of the popular singer, and describes her music and her likes and dislikes
Bat
Jackie RobbBat doesn't like to follow fashion, and is ridiculed by his friends until everyone starts copying his look
Peter Pan - Hello, my name is Peter
Robert SteinerSixty years after the original story, Wendy must face her fears and weaknesses and return to Neverland to rescue Peter from certain doom in this final and most touching chapter of the ever youthful legend of Peter Pan.
Before I Met You: A Novel
Lisa JewellPeter Lawler. He sounded like he might be a financial adviser. Or a solicitor. The intercom crackled, and the sound of an elderly lady's voice emerged. “Yes?” “Oh, hello. I'm looking for a Peter Lawler.” “Who?” “Peter Lawler.” “Peter Morler?” “No ...
The Turtle in Our Class
Kathleen TracyA special visitor was coming to Ms. Robb’s class as Mr. Brody walked in carrying a small green box.
Encyclopedia of American family names
H. Amanda RobbLists the five thousand most common surnames in the United States and provides etymologies, variations, published genealogies, and information on prominent Americans bearing each name
Operation Hollywood: How the Pentagon Shapes and Censors the ...
David L. RobbDirectors of war and action movies receive access to billions of dollars worth of military equipment and personnel, but it comes with a hidden cost.
The Peter Principle: Why Things Always Go Wrong
Dr. Laurence J. PeterWith the wit of Mark Twain, the psychological acuity of Sigmund Freud, and the theoretical impact of Isaac Newton, Dr. Laurence J. Peter and Raymond Hull’s The Peter Principle brilliantly explains how incompetence and its accompanying ...
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