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' Before The Perfect Storm, before In the Heart of the Sea, Steven Callahan's dramatic tale of survival at sea was on the New York Times bestseller list for more than thirty-six weeks. In some ways the model for the new wave of adventure books, Adrift is an undeniable seafaring classic, a riveting firsthand account by the only man known to have survived more than a month alone at sea, fighting for his life in an inflatable raft after his small sloop...
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Pub. Date
2014.
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English
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The definitive biography of the great soldier-statesman by the New York Times bestselling author of The Storm of War and the first one-volume biography to take advantage of the recent publication of Napoleon's thirty-three thousand letters, which radically transform our understanding of his character and motivation.
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English
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Josephine Tascher de la Pagerie, born a Creole on the island of Martinique in the French West Indies, became one of the best known and most envied women who ever lived. Sent to France to make an advantageous marriage to a young aristocrat, her naiveté and lack of education left her ill prepared to deal with the sophisticated, if decadent, world of pre-Revolutionary Paris. Treated cruelly by her shallow young husband, her life had become a nightmare...
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Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 384 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm
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English
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From CNN's official royal historian, a highly praised young author with a doctorate from Oxford University, comes the extraordinary rags-to-riches story of the woman who conquered Napoleon's heart -- and with it, an empire.
Napoleon Bonaparte and his wife, Josephine, came to power during one of the most turbulent periods in the history of France. Williams draws back the curtain Josephine: her humble origins, her exorbitant appetites, and the tragic...
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Collier Books
Pub. Date
1986, c1936
Edition
1st Collier Books ed.
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302 p. ; 18 cm.
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English
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The discovery of a stolen red monoplane on the dry, flat bottom of Emu Lake meant many things for different folks. For Elizabeth Nettlefold, the chance to nurse its strangely ill meant renewed purpose in life. For Dr. Knowles, brilliant physician and town drunk, it meant the revival of a romantic dream. For some it meant a murder plan gone awry, and for Bonaparte, it meant one of the toughest cases of his career.
6) I, crocodile
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Pub. Date
1999
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1st ed.
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English
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When a Nile crocodile is brought back to Paris by the Emperor Napoleon, it must not only struggle to get enough to eat, but escape from being eaten, too!
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Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (208 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
Leo Tolstoy’s literary masterpiece comes to life in this epic film classic, featuring the talents of some of the greatest names from Hollywood’s Golden Age. Starring Audrey Hepburn as Natasha, Henry Fonda as Pierre, and Mel Ferrer as Prince Andrei, WAR AND PEACE is a compelling **Oscar**-nominated drama of international conflict, spectacular adventure, gripping intrigue and tragic romance set against the sweeping backdrop of Napoleon’s invasion...
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Grove Press
Pub. Date
2004, c2003
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xiii, 455 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
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English
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One of the most remarkable women of the modern era, Josephine Bonaparte was born Rose de Tasher on her family's sugar plantation in Martinique. She embodied all the characteristics of a true Creole-sensuality, vivacity, and willfulness. Using diaries and letters, Andrea Stuart expertly re-creates Josephine's whirlwind of a life, which began with an isolated Caribbean childhood and led to a marriage that would usher her onto the world stage and crown...
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English
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This is the true story of Waterloo. On the 18th June, 1815 the armies of France, Britain and Prussia descended upon a quiet valley south of Brussels. In the previous three days the French army had beaten the British at Quatre Bras and the Prussians at Ligny. The Allies were in retreat. The blood-soaked battle of Waterloo would become a landmark in European history, to be examined over and again, not least because until the evening of the 18th, the...
11) The torn branch
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Collier Books
Pub. Date
1986, c1959
Edition
1st Collier Books ed.
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155 p. : map ; 18 cm.
Language
English
12) Napoleon
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Publisher
New American Library
Pub. Date
[1964, c1963]
Physical Desc
292 p.
Language
English
14) Napoleon
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Publisher
J. Messner
Pub. Date
[1954]
Physical Desc
189 p. 22 cm.
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English
Description
A biography of the Frenchman whose empire dominated all of Europe in 1812, until his retreat from Moscow began his downfall.
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Publisher
Carroll & Graf
Pub. Date
c2001
Edition
1st Carroll & Graf ed.
Physical Desc
xviii, 206 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.
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English
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After his surrender to the Royal Navy, Napoleon became the object of massive English public interest. He would live out his last years on the island of St. Helena without ever admitting to being a prisoner. This close study of Napoleon in captivity attempts to reconstruct an authentic portrait of the fallen emperor by examining contemporary documents and records of public opinion. Napoleon worked hard to obfuscate his history of tyranny with a legend...
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Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
328 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
The bestselling author of The Hidden Diary of Marie Antoinette and The Last Wife of Henry VIII returns with an enchanting novel about one of the most seductive women in history: Josephine Bonaparte, first wife of Napoleon. Born on the Caribbean island of Martinique, Josephine had an exotic Creole appeal that would ultimately propel her to reign over an empire as wife of the most powerful man in the world. But her life is a story of ambition and danger,...
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Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
c1997
Physical Desc
229 p. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
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Brian Moore's suspenseful works, including The Statement, are international bestsellers, and three of his novels have been nominated for the Booker Prize. The Magician's Wife is an exotic tale of intrigue set in the age of Napoleon III. It received starred reviews in Publishers Weekly and Kirkus Reviews. Monsieur Henri Lambert is a world-famous magician. Because his carefully rehearsed performances astound even the most critical audiences, the Emperor...
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Publisher
Knopf
Pub. Date
1956.
Edition
[1st edition].
Physical Desc
199 pages ; 19 cm.
Language
English
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After fifty years of study, Napoleon appears to me as neither angel nor beast, but as human, all too human: our brother -- our Big Brother -- a creature of strong but ailing flesh, lean and sulphurous in youth, paunchy and lardy in middle life; not a very good husband, who married two not very good wives; a martinet, an incomparable efficiency manager, with an addiction to gambling and gigantic dreams. - Foreword.
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