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A detailed illustrated history of the total solar eclipse.

Moonshadow: The Story of the Total Eclipse

Science & Math

Manners, Terry

Astronomy & Space Science

He was Sam Clemens, steamboat pilot, before he was Mark Twain, famous author. His better-known name originated with the lingo of navigation, and much of his writing was informed by his shipboard adventures on one of the world's great rivers. In this classic of American literature, Twain offers lively recollections ranging from his salad days as a novice pilot to views from the passenger deck in the twilight of the river culture s heyday.Under the tutelage of the most celebrated pilot on the Mississippi, young Twain acquires the skills to navigate a constantly changing riverscape, avoiding potential collisions with other boats and traversing winding channels in the dead of night. The vivid and ever-engaging narrative encompasses tales of riverside town feuds, the professional vicissitudes of a riverboat gambler, dramatic accounts of life in Vicksburg as the city lay under siege during the Civil War, and many other scenes from a now-vanished way of life. These antebellum visions take on a bittersweet cast with the author's postwar return to the region, when railroad competition has largely doomed the commercial steamboat and the old ways of life are passing into history.A testimonial to Twain's repute as the most popular humorist of his day, these reminiscences crackle with comic anecdotes and energetic witticisms. Engrossing and entertaining, this volume will captivate devotees of Twain, steamboat buffs, lovers of Americana, and students of American literature."

Life On The Mississippi (Oxford Pocket Classics)

Biographies & Memoirs

Mark, Twain

Historical

Palmistry

Religion & Spirituality

fred-gettings

Occult & Paranormal

<p>Japan is a country rich in myths, legends and folk tales, inspired by history, ghost stories and religion. Some of these are recounted in this book, such as that of Ameratasu, the sun goddess, who plunged the world into darkness in anger at the behaviour of Susano, the storm god.</p>

Japanese Mythology

History

JULIET PIGGOTT

Americas

Ayrton Senna: A Personal Tribute

Sutton, Keith

A Z of Keeping Snakes

Arts & Photography

Young, Lesley

MATTISON, Christopher

Photography & Video

<p>A fascinating account of the years 1900 to 1914 in the final days of an imperialist age.</p>

The New Century: A Changing World (20th Century, 1900-1914)

Furtado, Peter

SOLD (Sotheby's ceramics department have identified, valued and sold some of the world's finest pieces of porcelain. This guide informs the reader of the many centuries of porcelain and advises on important fakes and discoveries. Includes:Qing Imperial Porcelain, Chinese Export Porcelain, Japanese Porcelain, Early Continental Porcelain, English and Welsh Porcelain 1780 to 1820, Continental Porcelain 1780 to 1930, Late British and American Porcelain)

Sotheby's concise encyclopedia of porcelain

BATTIE, David (ed)

True accounts of ghostly places, houses and people linked with the world beyond.

Ghosts True Encounters With the World Be

Hans-holzer

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