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The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars. Delve into what it was like to live during the eighteenth century by reading the first-hand accounts of everyday people, including city dwellers and farmers, businessmen and bankers, artisans and merchants, artists and their patrons, politicians and their constituents. Original texts make the American, French, and Industrial revolutions vividly contemporary. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library T097714 London: printed for J. Debrett, 1786. [2],23, [3]p.; 8°

The Portuguese of Wellington''s foreign legion raiders The Loyal Lusitanian Legion was part of the British Army. Though manned principally by Portuguese troops, there were also Germans and British soldiers among its ranks and, as one might expect, its commanding officer, Colonel Robert Thomas Wilson, was British. The creation of the unit was the initiative of two Portuguese army officers who were exiled after the domination and occupation of the Iberian peninsula by Napoleon''s French Army. This light infantry regiment, with a battery of artillery attached was, of course, to fight the invading French during the Peninsular War. The ''LLL'' had a comparatively short existence, between 1808 and 1811, but it fought in both Portugal and Spain most notably in battles at Busaco and Talavera. However, battlefields were not the best places to employ troops of this kind and their services were best performed in conducting raids behind enemy lines in concert with guerrilla and other Portuguese and Spanish forces-the covert operations of the day. Upon disbandment ''LLL'' troops were transferred into Caçadore battalions of the Portuguese Army where they continued to be a highly valued and efficient part of Wellington''s Army in the field. Leonaur editions are newly typeset and are not facsimiles; each title is available in softcover and hardback with dustjacket; our hardbacks are cloth bound and feature gold foil lettering on their spines and fabric head and tail bands.

Fairmount Avenue should have had 2000 houses but everytime the children counted they could only find 1999. Where was the missing house?

Long ago a drummer boy from another time had turned David''s life upside down. Years later, he thinks all that is over. David has a new life full of opportunity, and only his younger sister to cope with. But the Jungle Stones still call him back into the past and into the future.

"Corbie no era como los demás cuervos. Sus plumas eran blancas, y cuando salió del nido descibrió que ningún cuervo quería dirigirle la palabra"--Page 4 of cover.

Set in the Yorskhire Dales the story charts the misadventures of young Dorothy and her friends Anthea and Jean. They like to go fishing in a local river and play on the stepping stones, though one day they get a little more than they bargained for.

Tiger Malik, superintendent of railways in a small district in Eastern Europe, steals railway engines and has no compunction about doing so. His strange hobby lands him in some bizarre and amusing situations - and there is always the fear of being despatched to the salt mines.

Peggy, her brother and their friend solve the mystery of an old woman''s past, proving to her that she was never a changeling child. Grades 6-7.

The old church must be moved to another spot to make room for the new one, a gift to the queen from the neighboring island. It all involves work, but also a feast of celebration and an opportunity for competition.

A boy from another time appears in front of David and Keithand strange things begin to happen - When David vanishes Keith must search through time to find himo find him_