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[ekbell]

amazon.ca kindle deals is having an sale on educational themed books https://www.amazon.ca/b/ref=mh_s9_ac..._i=10235505011

[Dngrsone]

Originally Posted by Little.Egret

academic, free

Animals and the Shaping of Modern Medicine: One Health and its Histories (Medicine and Biomedical Sciences in Modern History) by Abigail Woods and Michael Bresalier

This book breaks new ground by situating animals and their diseases at the very heart of modern medicine. In demonstrating their historical significance as subjects and shapers of medicine, it offers important insights into past animal lives, and reveals that what we think of as ‘human’ medicine was in fact deeply zoological.

Each chapter analyses an important episode in which animals changed and were changed by medicine. Ranging across the animal inhabitants of Britain’s zoos, sick sheep on Scottish farms, unproductive livestock in developing countries, and the tapeworms of California and Beirut, they illuminate the multi-species dimensions of modern medicine and its rich historical connections with biology, zoology, agriculture and veterinary medicine.

Abigail Woods is Professor of the History of Human and Animal Health and Head of the Department of History at King’s College London, UK.

Michael Bresalier is Lecturer in the History of Medicine at Swansea University, UK.


https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B078QL8RGN

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B078QL8RGN

https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B078QL8RGN

Thanks!

[GtrsRGr8]

WarGameVault is a website for gamers, especially (or maybe exclusively) for those gamers doing war games. I'm not interested in any of that. But occasionally WarGameVault will offer, in their deal of the day, historical military books (I think that the rationale for them selling them is that many gamers want to make their reenactments as accurate as possible, and books like that help them to do so). And _that_ is something that greatly interests me. Well, today's WarGameVault is offering one such ebook in their deal of the day.

The title is _The British in China: Gallant Deeds in the Reign of Queen Victoria. The ebook is a _watermarked_ PDF. The price is only $1.00. That's 80% or so off of the regular price of $4.99.

Frankly, I never knew that Great Britain had ever bèen in China. How about you?

Here is part of the website's blurb:
"A Matomaton [the publisher, G] military history reference book.
A compilation of WHG Kingston's writings on British actions in China during the reign of Queen Victoria.
This PDF gathers together Kingston's articles written for two volumes that charted the wars and campaigns fought by Great Britain in various parts of the world.
Details
The PDF contains:
-- Four pages for the cover and legalese, a short biography of WHG Kingston and the table of contents (with active links to each section of the text).
-- Fifteen articles describing and discussing particular actions, campaigns and wars fought by the British Army and Navy in China.
-- Each of the four major sections is preceded by a title page illustrated with an image or map appropriate to the subject."

Here's the URL where you can go to get the ebook: _http://www.wargamevault.com/m/product/196110_.

[Little.Egret]

Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8

WarGameVault is a website for gamers,


The title is _The British in China: Gallant Deeds in the Reign of Queen Victoria. The ebook is a _watermarked_ PDF. The price is only $1.00. That's 80% or so off of the regular price of $4.99.

Frankly, I never knew that Great Britain had ever bèen in China. How about you?

Hee!

Asking a Chinese would be like asking an Irish person about Britain and Ireland.

Do you want a reading list from the Opium Wars to the Boxer Rebellion with excursions to Hong Kong and Female Pirate Admirals?

The Siege at Peking by Peter Fleming (brother of) is good but not an ebook.

[Ricky D'Angelo]

Mexislang: The key to understanding what the hell your mexican friends are saying is free at amazon.

[GtrsRGr8]

Originally Posted by Little.Egret

Hee!

Asking a Chinese would be like asking an Irish person about Britain and Ireland.

Do you want a reading list from the Opium Wars to the Boxer Rebellion with excursions to Hong Kong and Female Pirate Admirals?

The Siege at Peking by Peter Fleming (brother of) is good but not an ebook.

My knowledge of the history and geography of the East leaves a lot to be desired. But, after making that post, I did think about Singapore and Hong Kong.

I knew that the Brits were in Singapore until it was taken by the Japanese near the beginning of WW II. I assume that Britain must have gotten it back for a while after hostilities ceased. I think that Britain had a 99-year lease on Hong Kong from the Chinese. Britain returned it to the Chinese, perhaps earlier than stipulated in the lease; at any rate, it was returned about 25 years ago. I think that it was a ceremony connected with that I watched then on live TV.

But _that_ is about all that I know about the subject.

[sufue]

I took a class in college from a prof named Peter Fay, who wrote an excellent (IMO) book about the Opium Wars. In typical undergraduate fashion, I barely cracked the book when in his class, but years later "found" it again while moving, read it without the pressure of other classes, term papers, problem sets, quizzes, etc., and really enjoyed it. Until reading it, I didn't really realize much about Great Britain in China either...

Unfortunately the book is a little pricey ($16-ish) at Kindle. There is an $0.99 edition at Kobo (and a $25-ish) edition. I bought the $0.99 version, and it's pretty poor as an e-book (odd formatting, no workable TOC, etc.) - or at least it was several years ago when I bought it. You'd have to take a look and see if it's fixed (or bearable). Both the Kobo versions are coupon/VIPable.

Links for The Opium War, 1840-1842: Barbarians in the Celestial Empire in the Early Part of the Nineteenth Century and the War by which They Forced Her Gates Ajar (crazy long title) by Peter Ward Fay;

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/Opium-War-184...dp/B00AFENCD8/
Kobo US (0.99 version): https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/opi...rced-her-gates

Originally Posted by Little.Egret

Hee!

Asking a Chinese would be like asking an Irish person about Britain and Ireland.

Do you want a reading list from the Opium Wars to the Boxer Rebellion with excursions to Hong Kong and Female Pirate Admirals?

The Siege at Peking by Peter Fleming (brother of) is good but not an ebook.

[Little.Egret]

Free - Endeavour - The Odyssey Press

The Grand Tour: A History of the Golden Age of Travel by Geoffrey Trease

First published in 1967 by Holt, Rinehart and Winston.

Drawing on travel books and diaries spanning four hundred years, Geoffrey Trease illustrates the fascinating journey of the European Grand Tour.

This was a tradition rich with history from Elizabethan times down to the middle of the nineteenth century and the later introduction of railroads and tourism.
With tours often lasting as long as three or four years, they were sine qua non for the scions of the richest and most powerful British families.
Originally intended to supply young aristocrats with a proper background for statecraft and diplomacy — occasionally for espionage — the Grand Tour developed into an event of considerable cultural and educational significance.

Finally, by the middle of the eighteenth century, it had transformed into a social convention.

Wherever grand tourists went, by boat, barge, coach, horseback, sedan chair, and even by foot, they never forgot they were Englishmen.


Geoffrey Trease (1909-1998) was the author of more than one hundred books, including children’s books. He revolutionised children’s literature and was one of the first authors to deliberately appeal to both boys and girls through strong leading characters of both genders.


https://www.amazon.com/Grand-Tour-Hi...dp/B06XKQ49Y4/

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Grand-Tour-...dp/B06XKQ49Y4/

https://www.amazon.ca/Grand-Tour-His...dp/B06XKQ49Y4/

[Little.Egret]

Charles River Editors, free

The Phaistos Disc: The History of the Indecipherable Ancient Minoan Artifact Found on Crete

The Samurai: The History and Legacy of Japan’s Military Elite


https://www.amazon.com/s/?url=search...+river+editors

https://www.amazon.co.uk/s/?url=sear...+river+editors

https://www.amazon.ca/s/?url=search-...+river+editors

[bfisher]

Originally Posted by sufue

I took a class in college from a prof named Peter Fay, who wrote an excellent (IMO) book about the Opium Wars. In typical undergraduate fashion, I barely cracked the book when in his class, but years later "found" it again while moving, read it without the pressure of other classes, term papers, problem sets, quizzes, etc., and really enjoyed it. Until reading it, I didn't really realize much about Great Britain in China either...

Unfortunately the book is a little pricey ($16-ish) at Kindle. There is an $0.99 edition at Kobo (and a $25-ish) edition. I bought the $0.99 version, and it's pretty poor as an e-book (odd formatting, no workable TOC, etc.) - or at least it was several years ago when I bought it. You'd have to take a look and see if it's fixed (or bearable). Both the Kobo versions are coupon/VIPable.

Links for The Opium War, 1840-1842: Barbarians in the Celestial Empire in the Early Part of the Nineteenth Century and the War by which They Forced Her Gates Ajar (crazy long title) by Peter Ward Fay;

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/Opium-War-184...dp/B00AFENCD8/
Kobo US (0.99 version): https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/opi...rced-her-gates

It looks interesting, but a crazy price at amazon.ca - $CDN 31.99 - apparently marked down from $CDN 38.57
Is there any logic to geographic pricing?

[GtrsRGr8]

Originally Posted by sufue

I took a class in college from a prof named Peter Fay, who wrote an excellent (IMO) book about the Opium Wars. In typical undergraduate fashion, I barely cracked the book when in his class, but years later "found" it again while moving, read it without the pressure of other classes, term papers, problem sets, quizzes, etc., and really enjoyed it. Until reading it, I didn't really realize much about Great Britain in China either...

Unfortunately the book is a little pricey ($16-ish) at Kindle. There is an $0.99 edition at Kobo (and a $25-ish) edition. I bought the $0.99 version, and it's pretty poor as an e-book (odd formatting, no workable TOC, etc.) - or at least it was several years ago when I bought it. You'd have to take a look and see if it's fixed (or bearable). Both the Kobo versions are coupon/VIPable.

Links for The Opium War, 1840-1842: Barbarians in the Celestial Empire in the Early Part of the Nineteenth Century and the War by which They Forced Her Gates Ajar (crazy long title) by Peter Ward Fay;

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/Opium-War-184...dp/B00AFENCD8/
Kobo US (0.99 version): https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/opi...rced-her-gates

I notice that at least one edition was published by the University of North Carolina Press. The details are fuzzy in my mind, but the state of North Carolina often will digitize books of which state supported schools in North Carolina have published, and offer them free to the public, including for people who are not residents of the state. Many times the books are already digitized; many times you will need to request that ones that haven't yet been digitized will be digitized (sometimes you may have to wait for a few months for them to get to it).

I actually got them to digitize a book for me, a year or two ago. I bookmarked the relevant websites telling about this service, but I've been unexpectedly stranded out of town for several months with only a smartphone, and I hadn't sync'd my bookmarks on it with the bookmarks on my computer at home. I wrote extensively in posts on Mobileread about this service, however, but for some reason I never can get the information, that I'm trying to find, using Mobileread's search feature. Maybe you can, or someone can for you.

Good luck.

[bfisher]

I checked Kobo Canada. They are selling two versions of The Opium War. The more recent version - November 2000

The more recent version has a new preface by the author that reflects China's resumption of sovereignty over Hong Kong. It's $CAD 31.99

They are also selling the original version of the book for $CAD 1.32
It looks like a straight scan of the printed version. One hopes the newer version is more e-friendly.

I bought the older version. It does look interesting but I didn't want to blow 30 bucks on something that I probably will not get around to reading. It will probably die on the slopes of Mt TBR.

The Kobo Canada link -
https://www.kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/opi...rced-her-gates

[Dngrsone]

I can't recall if I've read this one (in paper) or not, but it's in my TBR now: The Adventure of English: The Biography of a Language is on sale at Amazon US for $1.99

[GA Russell]

Originally Posted by Dngrsone

I can't recall if I've read this one (in paper) or not, but it's in my TBR now: The Adventure of English: The Biography of a Language is on sale at Amazon US for $1.99

I read it a few weeks ago, and enjoyed it very much!

[MickeyC]

Originally Posted by Dngrsone

I can't recall if I've read this one (in paper) or not, but it's in my TBR now: The Adventure of English: The Biography of a Language is on sale at Amazon US for $1.99

Just got it from Kobo for the same price