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General Charles 'Chinese' Gordon is a legendary figure in British colonial history for his heroic death at the hands of the Mahdi's army after the fall of Khartoum in the Sudan. This book concerns an earlier phase in Gordon's career - the event that won him his nickname. The Taiping rebellion was a widespread revolt - partly social and partly religious in origin - by Chinese peasants. The uprising caused up to 30 million deaths before it was e...

A history of the narrow guage railways of North Wales

This is a photographic history of this Yorkshire village and the impact the railway had on its development. With the building of the main line to Carlisle, its importance as a railway center grew with two engine sheds, yards, and an increase in traffic. The heyday and decline are all recorded in the photographs and detailed captions.

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Hesperides Press are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Uses Derrida to read the Gospels of Mark.>

Originally published in 1911 this early works is a fascinating and informative look at the subject with much of the information still useful and practical today. Contents include, The Bashful Man, The Nervous System and Some of its Ways, Brain Cells and Nerve Cells, The Health of the Nervous System and How to Preserve It, Inheritance, The Will Power, Mesmerism, and Ghost-Seeing, and, Some Nervous Ills and Their Remedies........Many of the earl...

Excerpt from Practical Observations on the Action of Morbid Sympathies: As Included in the Pathology of Certain Diseases, In a Series of Letters to His Son, on His Leaving the University of Edinburgh, in the Year 1809 General observations On particular Morbid Sympathies On Febrile Diseases On a Febrile State, as excited By Gastric Irritation. 51 By Organic Obstruction 70 By Infection Including Typhus Fever 86 Intermitting Fever 1445. About t...

Rarely do academics and policymakers have the opportunity to sit down together and contemplate the broadest consequences of war. Our comprehension has traditionally been limited to war's causes, execution, promotion, opposition, and immediate political and economic ends and aftermath. But just as public health researchers are becoming aware of unexpected, subtle and powerful consequences of human economic action, we are beginning to realize th...

Incomparable explores sixty names and descriptions of our Creator. Each chapter is filled with profound biblical insights and revelations that will inspire and enrich your faith. Selah moments allow for a time of reflection and worship, and practical applications connect each truth with your daily life. Throughout, Incomparable unfolds the greatest wonder our minds and hearts will ever contemplate.

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

This work examines the impact of nationalism on the politics of Ukraine, arguably the most important of the non-Russian states to emerge from the collapse of the USSR in 1991.

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Demonstrating the commonality of the world's religions and our common humanity, this rich and varied anthology of scripture offers a highly useful collection of religious quotations, passages, and excerpts from the holy texts, representing a new, holistic approach to the world's religions.