Famous Adventures And Prison Escapes of the Civil War by Richards, A. E., 1844-1920 (Adolphus Edwards)

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Quaint Gleanings from Ancient Poetry A Collection of Curious Poetical Compositions of the XVIth, XVIIth, and XVIIIth Centuries by Goldsmid, Edmund

“…Beauties fort -- My bonny lass, thine eye -- Anthony Munday's poem on the captivity of John Fox -- Care for thy soul -- Megliora spero -- A letter from the Duke of Monmouth to the King -- The King's answer -- An epitaph on Dundee -- The robber r…”
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Pirate nation Elizabeth I and her royal sea rovers by Childs, David 1947-

Table of Contents: “…Protestants in pursuit of profit -- Apprentice to a pirate -- Pirate ships of war at sea -- Arms and actions -- Piracy in the Pacific -- The American dream -- The Azores and the first battle of the Atlantic -- A preference for pirates: the failure of the Spanish Armada -- The land rats -- The duke's denial -- Disturbing the world -- Low water -- Appendices: Letters of reprisal and bonds for good behaviour, 1591-95 -- Commission issued by Queen Elizabeth to the Early of Cumberland, 28 March 1595 -- John Donne, 'The storm' and 'The calm', 1600 -- Inventory of Malice Scourge, 1600 -- Estimated costs of equipping a pirate vessel -- Authorisation to equip a vessel of war under the admiralty of Zealand, 1582 -- Tennyson, 'The little Revenge, A ballad of the fleet' -- Cargo unloaded at Seville, 1593 -- The appraisement of prizes -- Notes from state papers concerning piracy, 1578 -- Complaints of the Dutch concerning English piracy, 1589.…”

Women judges in the Muslim world a comparative study of discourse and practice

Table of Contents: “…/ Najibah Mohd Zin -- Tunisian female judges and 'The mobilization of the emancipative potential of the Tunisian family law' / Maaike Voorhoeve -- Lady judges of Pakistan : embodying the cangig living tradition of Islam / Rubya Mehdi -- The politics of exclusion : women public prosecutors and criminal court judges in Syria (1975-2009) / Monique C. …”

The war that ended peace how Europe abandoned peace for the First World War by MacMillan, Margaret 1943-