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A.B. Mitford and the birth of Japan as a modern state : letters home
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ISBN: 1898823537 1898823480 Year: 2017 Publisher: Kent : Renaissance Books,

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Mitford (later to become the first Lord Redesdale) was an urbane aristocrat, had charm, looks and excellent manners. He was always in the right place at the right time, almost drowned, could have burned to death, was shot at, and was nearly cut down by samurai swords. But 'Bertie', as he was known, was never fazed by events. He stood face-to-face with the new, teenage Emperor when almost everybody else, including the Shogun, could only talk to him behind a screen. He became friendly with the last Shogun and witnessed a hara-kiri, his atmospheric account of which is now a classic. An accomplished linguist and writer, Mitford was the outstanding chronicler of the Meiji Restoration, complementing the writings of his contemporary Ernest Satow. This book will be of particular interest to students and readers of Japanese history, as well as readers of nineteenth-century biography in general. It will also have special appeal to those who are familiar with the Mitford family history.


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A life of Sir Harry Parkes : British Minister to Japan, China and Korea, 1865-1885
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ISBN: 1912961172 1912961164 Year: 2021 Publisher: Folkestone : Renaissance Books,

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Harry Parkes was at the heart of Britain's relations with the Far East from fourteen, to his death at fifty-seven. In his day, he was seen as both a hero and a monster and is still bitterly resented in China for his part in the country's humiliations at Western hands, but largely esteemed in Japan for helping it to industrialise.


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A.B. Mitford and the birth of Japan as a modern state
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ISBN: 9781898823537 9781898823483 1898823537 1898823480 Year: 2017 Publisher: Kent Renaissance Books

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Mitford (later to become the first Lord Redesdale) was an urbane aristocrat, had charm, looks and excellent manners. He was always in the right place at the right time, almost drowned, could have burned to death, was shot at, and was nearly cut down by samurai swords. But 'Bertie', as he was known, was never fazed by events. He stood face-to-face with the new, teenage Emperor when almost everybody else, including the Shogun, could only talk to him behind a screen. He became friendly with the last Shogun and witnessed a hara-kiri, his atmospheric account of which is now a classic. An accomplished linguist and writer, Mitford was the outstanding chronicler of the Meiji Restoration, complementing the writings of his contemporary Ernest Satow. This book will be of particular interest to students and readers of Japanese history, as well as readers of nineteenth-century biography in general. It will also have special appeal to those who are familiar with the Mitford family history.


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A life of Sir Harry Parkes
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ISBN: 9781912961177 9781912961160 Year: 2021 Publisher: Folkestone Renaissance Books

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An ephemeris for the year of our Lord 1662 : with several observations concerning physick and chyrurgery ... also very necessary rules for gaging ...
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Year: 1662 Publisher: London : Printed by Simon Dover for the Company of Stationers,

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The nature, quality, and most excellent vertues of coffee.
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A life of Sir Harry Parkes
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Teaching children arithmetic: primary, intermediate, upper grades.
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Year: 1953 Publisher: New York : Silver Burdett,

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Geschlechtskrankheiten : tabuierte Infektionen
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Year: 1969 Publisher: Reinbek bei Hamburg : Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verlag,

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Wildlife : the nature paintings of Carl Brenders
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ISBN: 0810939770 Year: 1994 Publisher: New York, N.Y. Harry N. Abrams

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Carl Brenders is one of the world's most accomplished nature painters. Specializing in wildlife, Brenders in no way neglects the natural settings in which mammals and birds live. Meticulously realistic, brilliantly observed, and exquisitely composed, his paintings take their place in an artistic tradition that goes back to John James Audubon, Louis Agassiz Fuertes, and Wolfgang Kuhnhert. With his growing reputation, he stands as equal beside such distinguished contemporaries as Roger Tory Peterson, Guy Coheleach, and Robert Bateman.&#13;&#13;Fifty of Carl Brenders' finest paintings of North American wildlife - deer, wolves, cougars, foxes, squirrels, bears, and many different species of birds - make up this collection of recent work of the highly regarded and extremely successful nature painter. His first retrospective book, it is certain to become a collector's item.&#13;&#13;Here, along with the fifty full-color reproductions of Brenders' works, are a tantalizing selection of his preliminary sketches. All are accompanied by an introduction and complete captions for the paintings written by the artist himself. Brenders freely discusses his sources of inspiration, describes his field experiences observing and photographing his animal subjects, and shares his own deep convictions about the importance of wildlife preservation and wilderness area conservation. In addition to these texts, the book offers a brief biography, with photographs of the painter, by Dana Cooper, who has written about numerous other contemporary nature artists.

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