Bøger af David Howarth

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The Valley Of Gold: A Tale Of The Saskatchewan

""The Valley of Gold: A Tale of the Saskatchewan"" by David Howarth is a historical fiction novel set in the late 1800s in the Canadian prairies. The story follows the lives of two families, the Stuarts and the McRaes, who are both struggling to make a living in the harsh and unforgiving landscape of Saskatchewan.The Stuarts are a wealthy family from England who have come to Canada to start a new life. They settle in the valley of the Saskatchewan River and begin to build a prosperous farm. However, their success is threatened by the harsh climate and the constant threat of raids by the local Cree Indians.The McRaes, on the other hand, are a poor family of Scottish immigrants who have been living in the valley for generations. They are struggling to survive and are constantly at odds with the Stuarts over land and resources.As tensions between the two families escalate, a new threat emerges in the form of a group of gold prospectors who have come to the valley in search of riches. The Stuarts and the McRaes must put aside their differences and work together to protect their land and their way of life.""The Valley of Gold"" is a gripping tale of adventure, romance, and survival in the Canadian wilderness. It is a story of two families who must overcome their differences and band together to face the challenges of an untamed land.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

This book examines the response of financial regulators to the problem of banks being 'too big to fail'. David Howarth and Scott James explore the politics of bank structural reform across six key jurisdictions, and propose a novel framework for analysing the influence of financial industry influence.

From the author of We Die Alone, The Shetland Bus recounts the hundreds of crossings of small boats from the Shetland Islands to German-occupied Norway to supply arms to the Resistors and to rescue refugees-all under constant threat by German U-boats and winter storms.

Gripping true tale how of men who patrolled by dogsleds a stark 500-mile stretch of Greenland fought capture or death by outwitting and outlasting the Nazis.

A World War II chronicles of Jan Baalsrud's escape from Nazi-occupied arctic Norway. We Die Alone is an astonishing true story of heroism and endurance. Like Slavomir Rawicz's The Long Walk, it is also an unforgettable portrait of the determination of the human spirit.

This is the seventh edition of the classic casebook on Tort. Taking a broadly contextual approach the book addresses all the main topics in tort law, is up-to-date, doctrinally sound, stimulating and highly readable.

The Invention of Spain explores cultural relations between Britain and Spain during the century 1770-1870; a dynamic and often troubled relationship between two Imperial powers at a period of turbulence and change. -- .

Provides introduction to French society and institutions with a particular focus on political issues. This work covers basic information, concepts and facts, while giving students a fundamental understanding of political analysis. It analyses country's political and institutional traditions, distinct forms of nationalism and citizenship, and more.

Utilizes theoretical perspectives to describe and explain central dimensions of the democratic transition in South Africa during the late-1980s and early-1990s. This text includes changes in the politics of gender and education, and the political discourses of the ANC, NP and the white right.

In a survey which ranges widely from the building of Henry VII's palaces to the proposed monument to Charles I by Wren, David Howarth examines aspects of the visual arts in the English Renaissance to consider what they meant for those who commissioned them and those at whom they were directed.

The concept of discourse is used in a variety of disciplines in the humanities and social sciences. By drawing upon existing empirical accounts, this book shows how this conception of discourse theory is used to analyse central issues in social science research.