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(0)Mike Dean
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English
Description
The brightest colors woven on historys tapestry are those that teach us how to overcome trials and serve others in such a way as to elevate their lives to great heights of human accomplishment while, in the process, giving glory to our Maker. Part novel, part memoir, part history lesson, Send Me: A Soldiers Story seeks to draw you in, inform you, and then inspire you. Every soldiers story is unique. This one is mine. What I offer you is the story...
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Publisher
The History Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Upon publication The Law Quarterly Review praised this book, noting that "great learning is manifest in these pages" (cited in Marke). McIlwain [1871-1968] examines of the rise of constitutionalism from the "democratic strands" in the works of Aristotle and Cicero through the transitional moment between the medieval and the modern eras. He concludes with a discussion of the forces of despotism that were threatening constitutionally based individual...
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Language
English
Description
Did you know that Somerset has one of the oldest engineered roads in the world? Or that a future king of England almost fell to his death in Cheddar Gorge? Or that Glastonbury Abbey was the last in the country to close at the Dissolution?
There's so much to find out in this little book that's big on facts. Starting from the earliest times when prehistoric man made his home in the county we would come to later know as Somerset, to the more recent...