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Prelude: 1799, 1805, 1850 (Norton Critical Edition) 4 reviews
William Wordsworth, Jonathan Wordsworth, ...
W. W. Norton & Company, 1978
Wordsworth: Poet of Anxiety
I entirely disagree with the prevailing reviews on The Prelude. We have no other secular poem about the futile search for meaning in a meaningless world so fine as the Prelude: it is the Paradise Lost of those who search or long for a fleeting significance. What is significant about the poem is not that we believe what Wordsworth claims about the power of nature and the mind, but that he ...
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No Man Knows My History: The Life of Joseph Smith 161 reviews
Fawn M. Brodie
Vintage, 1995
Well, I'm number 160
159 Amazon reviewers have come before me to say what they think about this book by Fawn Brodie, No Man Knows My History: The Life of Joseph Smith.
Before I read this book, I knew nothing about Joseph Smith and only a little more about Fawn Brodie, as I was once a graduate student studying American history.
After reading this book, I am sure of one thing: Joseph Smith was a truly American ...
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The Pirate Coast: Thomas Jefferson, the First Marines, and the Secret Mission of 1805 59 reviews
Richard Zacks
Hyperion, 2006
It Will Hold You Captive
I have been a fan of Zacks since reading his Pirate Hunter, and this book has reinforced my patronage. I am a firm believer in the fact that you really need to read history from several sources and viewpoints to get a reasonable picture of the reality. Zacks has underlined that philosophy by telling the story of the Philadelphia and resulting events, and he has done it with energy in a very ...
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Diary of an Early American Boy: Noah Blake 1805 (Dover Books on Americana)10 reviews
Eric Sloane
Dover Publications, 2004
Not really a diary
Like the previous reviewer, this book was not what I was expecting. Thinking that most teenage boys hundreds of years ago are just like teenage boys today, I was very surprised to find a published diary of a kid who was willing to write down his thoughts on life. With many entries consisting entirely of one or two words like "Plowed today." and "Do." (ditto), this book does little to offer the ...
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George Muller of Bristol (1805-1898) (Hendrickson Classic Biographies) 4 reviews
Arthur T. Pierson
Hendrickson Publishers, 2008
A Glorious Biography! Shows how Muller's faith moved mountains!
This powerful biography gets to the real story behind the legendary sinner-turned-saint, George Muller. This bio is a reader's dream! The author has a masterful way of turning a phrase and more importantly he shows us how and what and who made Muller who he became--a man of God extraordinaire. I was deeply moved by his story. The faith that distinguished his Christianity from mediocre believers ...
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In Sacred Loneliness: The Plural Wives of Joseph Smith33 reviews
Todd Compton
Signature Books, 1997
have you every pondered the question
The information that is presented in the book will give a perspective into the lives of early mormons that will open your eyes to the trials and problems associated with polygamy and polyandry. Modern mormons will find their eyes opened to information that the church would rather leave buried. The secret lives lived by these early mormons will sadden and inspire as you read the day to day ...
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Ramage at Trafalgar (The Lord Ramage Novels)4 reviews
Dudley Pope
McBooks Press, 2002
Fascinating
After a good deal of interesting matters on shore, Ramage and his faithful crew (already rich with prize money but faultlessly loyal to their captain) race off to join Admiral Lord Nelson before Cadiz in Spain, and the great naval battle of Trafalgar in 1805. More than any other nautical novel I've read, this one makes clear just how revolutionary were Nelson's killer tactics. It is worth reading ...
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Six Frigates: The Epic History of the Founding of the U.S. Navy76 reviews
Ian W. Toll
W. W. Norton, 2008
Great History lesson
The author did considerable research. Not only do we get a great history lesson but we get a story that keeps us involved. Wonderful reading.
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Sharpe's Trafalgar: Richard Sharpe & the Battle of Trafalgar, October 21, 1805 (Richard Sharpe's Adventure ...46 reviews
Bernard Cornwell
HarperCollins, 2002
Great change of pace after the India books
An homage to Patrick O'Brian's "Master and Commander", the series based on the British Navy of the same period. The fan of both will see numerous similarities.
Sharpe's new friend, Captain Joel Chase, is the spitting image of Jack Aubrey. He's a bluff, good-natured fighting captain whose men would follow him through the gates of Hell, and he personally feels the same way about Admiral Lord ...
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George Mueller: The Guardian of Bristol's Orphans (Christian Heroes: Then & Now) (Christian Heroes: Then & ...7 reviews
Geoff Benge, Janet Benge
YWAM Publishing, 1999
God is good!
shared this book with my teen and pre-teen boys to show how God worked in Mueller's life! amazing!
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Hans Christian Andersen: The Complete Fairy Tales and Stories (Anchor Folktale Library)6 reviews
Hans Christian Andersen, Erik Christian Haugaard
Anchor, 1983
The best there is
It is a pity that most people only know Hans Christian Andersen for a few of his "easiest" fairy tales. What springs to mind for almost everyone is stories like "The Emperor's New Clothes", "The Ugly Duckling" and perhaps "The Snowqueen". But Hans Christian Andersen has written a vast array of profoundly touching tales. In Odense, Denmark the Danish actor Troels Møller said (two years ago in a ...
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Too Great A Lady: The Notorious, Glorious Life of Emma, Lady HamiltonA Novel12 reviews
Amanda Elyot
NAL Trade, 2007
fascinating story aout a remarkable woman
This is a fascinating story about a remarkable woman. Amanda Elyot has done her research deeply and well, and it shows (she has even delved enough to come up with her own explanation of how Emma came by a personal pet phrase); the carefully detailed portrait of England (and Italy) at that time is vivid and persuasive. But the heart of the tale, of course, lies in one of the most (in)famous ...
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Victory in Tripoli: How America's War with the Barbary Pirates Established the U.S. Navy and Shaped a Nation25 reviews
Joshua E. London
Wiley, 2005
Great read
Compared to other books on the subject of the Tripolitan War published around the same time Victory in Tripoli is a superior read. The author strikes a great balance between providing penetrating detail and keeping the story moving along. In other words, it's engaging, insightful, and detailed but, not boring.
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Release the Power of Prayer3 reviews
George Muller
Whitaker House, 2005
Either Or
I set out to read this book after I had read his Autobiography. If you too found yourself in this situation you already know what I found out... They are essentially the same testimony. This book contains large excerpts from the autobiography, but exculding a timeline of Mr. Mullers Life in the front, nothing substantially new. However, it is to date one of the most outstanding testimonies of ...
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A Season of Joy (Work and the Glory, Vol 5)10 reviews
Gerald N. Lund
Bookcraft, 1994
I love this series!
I love this series. I have read the first 4 books so far and my testimony of the Gospel has grown so much. I'm sixteen years old and I recommend this series to anyone and everyone, even if you aren't a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. They are wonderful books and everyone should read them.
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The Trafalgar Companion: The Complete Guide to History's Most Famous Sea Battle and the Life of Admiral Lord ...8 reviews
Mark Adkin
Aurum Press, 2005
A GREAT book on Nelson's Navy
The Trafalgar Companion is probably the best reference book on the Royal Navy in the time of the Napoleonic Wars. It has about 550 pages of small type and is jam packed with information. However, it is much more than its title suggests.
This book could probably be divided into three main parts: the life of Nelson, the Trafalgar campaign, and the background of the Royal Navy. There are nine ...
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Jefferson's War: America's First War on Terror 1801-180520 reviews
Joseph Wheelan
PublicAffairs, 2004
Readable account of America trying (literally) to get its sea legs
Joseph Wheelan tackles the story of America fighting (occasionally) a war in the early 19th Century against Tripoli for its habit of attacking U.S. shipping in the Mediterranean, taking the ships for its own, and making slaves out of the crews - your basic piracy.
The writing itself is fairly average, but the book is worth reading for a couple of reasons. First, it's fascinating to focus in ...
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Joseph Smith: Rough Stone Rolling93 reviews
Richard Lyman Bushman
Knopf, 2005
A Historical and Biographical Tour De Force
Dr. Richard Bushman is to be commended for writing one of the best, most balanced biographies of perhaps the most controversial man in American history. The fact that Mormon Mullahs and rabidly hateful Mormon detractors both dislike this book sez something good. Dr. Bushman's work is as objective as possible without the polemics, charactor assassinations, deifications, etc. that are found in ...
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Victory vs Redoutable: Ships of the line at Trafalgar 1805 (Duel)2 reviews
Gregory Fremont-Barnes
Osprey Publishing, 2008
The action at Trafalgar comes to life
Gregory Fremont-Barnes' VICTORY VS. REDOUTABLE: SHIPS OF THE LINE AT TRAFALGAR 1805 covers the combined British, French and Spanish fleets who clashed off Cape Trafalgar on the Spanish coast in a duel of bravery. The action at Trafalgar comes to life in a series of studies of ships, crews, and naval warfare.
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By His Own Hand Upon Papyrus: A New Look at the Joseph Smith Papyri52 reviews
Charles M. Larson
Inst for Religious Research, 1992
Apologist Mormons are on the run!
As an ex Mormon, I know the real story about how the "Book of Abraham" was "translated". The current crop of "Mormon intellectuals and apologists" are running for the border to escape the reality of Joe Smith's ongoing fraud. They cannot dodge the vast amount of evidence that clearly states that Joe Smith "TRANSLATED by revelation" the scrolls that make up his "Book of Abraham". Problem is that ...
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