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“andro linklater”

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  • Owning the Earth

    The Transforming History of Land Ownership

    by Andro Linklater ...
    From the author of the acclaimed Measuring America, a dazzling chronicle, through history and across cultures, about how the ability to own the land we inhabit has shaped modern society.Barely two centuries ago, most of the world's productive land still belonged either communally to traditional societies or to the higher powers of monarch or church. But that pattern, and the ways of life that went ... Read more

    $14.79 CAD

  • Why Spencer Perceval Had to Die

    The Assassination of a British Prime Minister

    by Andro Linklater ...
    At approximately 5:15pm on the afternoon of May 11, 1812, Spencer Perceval, the all-powerful Prime Minister of Great Britain, was fatally shot at short range in the lobby of Parliament. His assailant was John Bellingham, a man who blamed his government for not intervening when he was unjustly imprisoned in Russia. The killer made no effort to escape in the confusion; remarkably, he firmly believed ... Read more

    $20.99 CAD

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    Fabric of America

    by Andro Linklater ...
    Narrated by Nelson Runger ...

    Unabridged

    14 hours 25 min

    Using the same blend of narrative and rhetorical brilliance that made his critically acclaimed debut history so successful, Andro Linklater begins with premier U.S. surveyor Andrew Ellicott calculating the Pennsylvania-Virginia border in 1784- using telescope, chronograph, and astronomical tables. As pioneers move westward, Ellicott and his kind create property which hastens the formation of ... Read more

    $35.72 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Measuring America

    How the United States Was Shaped by the Greatest Land Sale in History

    by Andro Linklater ...
    Narrated by Alan Sklar ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 4 min

    "This expertly written and eminently enjoyable chronicle is highly recommended for history and history of science collections." —Library Journal"Make room on the library shelf for the never-before-told saga of the survey that converted the vast wilderness west of the Ohio River into a commodity marked out for government sale." —Booklist, Starred ReviewHow we ultimately gained the American ... Read more

    $35.72 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus