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Richard The Lionheart : The Mighty Crusader David Miller
Book Description In a biography as compelling and controversial as its subject, Richard I of England, “the Lionheart,” comes bursting to vivid life. Richard’s personality was as imposing as his legend, and his far-ranging adventuresmake fascinating reading. Travel with Richard through a lifetime dedicated to chivalric warfare, from his campaigns in France to his fearsome battles with the Muslim hero Saladin for control of the Holy Land. A commander who led from the front, Richard devised tactically brilliant military operations that are among the finest examples of the early use of combined arms; they are discussed in detail here. An extensive collection of maps, diagrams, and illustrations, as well as a special section featuring Richard in his own words, enhance the story of his dramatic life....
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Godfrey de Bouillon : Defender of the Holy Sepulchre Tom Tozer
Book DescriptionThis is the story of Godfrey de Bouillon, Frankish nobleman and warrior. His father Eustace fought with William the Conqueror, and his mother Ida was sainted by the Roman Catholic Church. In 1082, Godfrey became Duke of Lower Lorraine making his capital at Bouillon. Renowned for his adventures, ferocity, and piety, Godfrey became the hero of many songs and poems. Joined by his brothers, Godfrey led the First Crusade. In July of 1099, Godfrey captured Jerusalem. He refused the title King of Jerusalem, saying, ?No man should wear a crown of gold where Jesus wore a crown of thorns.? He took the title Defender of the Holy Sepulchre. In August 1099, an enormous Egyptian force attacked, but Godfrey?s small army defeated them at Ascalon. On July 18, 1100, Godfrey died and was buried in the Holy Sepulchre, where tradition holds Jesus was?for a short while?buried after his crucifixion....
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Henri De Toulouse-Lautrec 1864-1901: El teatro de la vida Matthias Arnold
Book DescriptionDespite his physical handicap, Henri Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901) became one of the great portrayers of the human figure. Fascinated by life in the cafes, cabarets, dance halls, and bordellos around Montmartre ? "the theater of life" ? Toulouse-Lautrec captured the belle epoque's dizzy pursuit of fleeting pleasure like no one before or since in the paintings and posters featured in this Spanish-language study of the artist's work.....
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Modern Law of Contracts (American Casebook) Bruce W. Frier
Book DescriptionThis compact and yet sophisticated casebook is designed for a four-hour introductory course on contract law. In addition to covering the fundamentals of the standard course, it devotes special attention to contemporary judicial methods for dealing with contracts, particularly standard form contracts. The authors have endeavored to be frank about their ideological differences and give insight into a range of possible disputes. The discussion and the problems are meant to amplify the themes presented in the cases....
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One Sunday Morning : A Novel Amy Ephron
Book Description Amy Ephron navigates the social contradictions of New York society, a world in which freedom was celebrated even while Prohibition and the strictest social conventions were in force. She brings to life this time and place through the stories of five socialites whose lives are irrevocably changed because of gossip, indiscretion, secrets, and betrayal. Four women at a bridge party in the elegant Gramercy Park Hotel see a beautiful young woman, whom they all know, leaving a nearby hotel with a man who is not her husband. The sight of twenty-year-old Lizzie Carswell with Billy Holmes is shocking and potentially ruinous, and though they do not know the whole story and despite their mutual promise to keep what they've seen to themselves, it is only a matter of time before one of them talks -- with heartbreaking consequences for them all. One Sunday Morning is a drama of the strictures of polite society tragically coming to conflict with the......
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