Beethoven’s Conversation Books : Nos. 17 to 31: May 1822 to May 1823, Hardcov…

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Ludwig van Beethoven (1) is recognized the world over as a composer of musical masterpieces exhibiting heroic strength, particularly in the face of his increasing deafness from ca. 1798. By 1818, the Viennese composer had begun carrying blank booklets with him, for his acquaintances to jot their sides of conversations, while he answered aloud.

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Russian Colonization of Alaska : Baranov’s Era, 1799–1818, Hardcover by Grinë…

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Russian Colonization of Alaska : Baranov's Era, 1799–1818, Hardcover by Grinëv, Andrei Val’terovich; Bland, Richard L. (TRN), ISBN 1496222164, ISBN-13 9781496222169, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US "This first thorough examination of the origin and evolution of the Russian state and the subsequent colonization of Siberia and North America by Russians focuses on the politarist social and economic strategies that distinguished Russian colonization ofAlaska from similar processes occurring in the New World under the aegis of other European powers except Spain."--

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GEORGE ROGERS CLARK “I GLORY IN WAR” BY WILLIAM NESTER NEW

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William R. Nester resurrects the story of Clark's triumphs and his downfall in this, the first full biography of the man in more than 50 years. His interest in the natural world was an inspiration to lifelong friend Thomas Jefferson, who asked him in 1784 to lead a cross-country expedition to the Pacific and back.

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