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The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, Vol. 31
Volume 31: November 1, 1779, through February 29, 1780
Volume 31 of The Papers of Benjamin Franklin is the fourth volume in the sequence dealing with Franklin's tenure as sole minister to the French court, and it is the ninth of a projected twenty volumes covering Franklin...
The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, Vol. 32
Volume 32: March 1 through June 30, 1780
During the spring of 1780, Benjamin Franklin was midway through an eight-and-a-half-year mission to France. He was in good health, energetic, and occupied with a variety of important ministerial tasks and private pursuits. In...
The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, Vol. 33
Volume 33: July 1 through November 15, 1780
This volume, which covers the late summer and autumn of 1780, shows Franklin responding to adversity with courage, dedication, and resilience. During this period Franklin finds himself "terrified and vexed" by the "Storm of...
The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, Vol. 19
Volume 19: January 1 through December 31, 1772
The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, Vol. 39
Volume 39, January 21 through May 15, 1783
In the four months following the January 20, 1783, armistice that ended the War for American Independence, Franklin was remarkably energetic as he helped oversee the transition to peace and waged a multifaceted campaign to...
Excavations at the Indian Creek Site, Antigua, West Indies
The Vision of Rome in Late Renaissance France
The extraordinary richness of ancient Rome was a recurring inspiration to writers, artists, scholars, and architects in sixteenth-century France. This engrossing book explores the ways in which the perception of Rome as...
Conservation Research 1995
Vishnu's Crowded Temple
India since the Great Rebellion
A lively new history of India, a nation struggling to resolve its colonial legacy and paradoxical extremes As it enters its sixtieth year of independence, India stands on the threshold of superpower...
The Carbon Crunch
Revised and Updated
Second Edition
In a new edition of his hard-hitting book on climate change, economist Dieter Helm looks at how and why we have failed to tackle the issue of global warming and argues for a new, pragmatic rethinking of energy policy. ...