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At approximately 5:15 P.M. on the afternoon of May 11, 1812, Spencer Perceval, the all powerful prime minister of Great Britain, was fatally shot at short range in the lobby of Parliament by John Bell
Patriot, traitor, general, spy: James Wilkinson was a consummate contradiction. Brilliant and precocious, at age twenty he was both the youngest general in the revolutionary Continental Army, and priv
The first modern biography of the greatest traitor—and one of the most colorful characters—in American history. Patriot, traitor, general, spy: James Wilkinson was a consummate contradict
An evocative and highly original narrative that redefines America’s character and identity.With the same mix of compelling narrative history and captivating historical argument that made his previous
In 1790, America was in enormous debt, having depleted what little money and supplies the country had during its victorious fight for independence. Before the nation's greatest asset, the land west o
The dramatic story of real-life lovers brought together and separated by World War II describes the experiences of RAF officer Donald Hill and Pamela Kirrage, who were separated by Hill's capture and
This book presents a series of challenging mathematical problems which arise in the modeling of Non-Newtonian fluid dynamics. It focuses in particular on the mathematical and physical modeling of a va
With the overthrow of the Batista dictatorship in 1958, say Salazar-Carillo and Nodarse-Leon, Cuba was on the threshold of becoming a major economic and political player on the world stage, then Fidel
This series reports on new developments in mathematical research and teaching - quickly informally and at a high level.The timelines of a manuscripts is sometimes are important than its form, which ma
