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*The controversial autobiography of one of the most celebrated historians of our time schovat popis




*The controversial autobiography of one of the most celebrated historians of our time schovat popis
Or the True and Incredible Adventures of the Spice Trader Who Changed the Course of History
The tiny island of Run is an insignificant speck in the middle of the Indonesian archipelago--remote, tranquil, and now largely ignored. At the beginning of the seventeenth century, however, Run's harvest of nutmeg turned it into the most lucrative of the Spice Islands, precipitating a fierce and bloody battle between the all-powerful Dutch East India Company and a small band of ragtag British adventurers led by the intrepid Nathaniel Courthope . The outcome of the fighting was one of the most spectacular deals in history: Britain ceded Run to Holland, but in return was given another small island, Manhattan.A brilliant adventure story of unthinkable hardship and savagery, the navigation of uncharted waters, and the exploitation of new worlds, Nathaniel's Nutmeg is a remarkable chapter in the history of the colonial powers.
The only surviving member of his family after the 1994 Los Angeles earthquake, young Lewis Crane devotes his life to seismology and is terrified when he predicts "the big one." 40,000 first printing. $40,000 ad/promo.
"The mysterious StarGate is 10,000 years old. When a group of soldiers go through it they travel millions of miles to a world where they have to fight to stay alive. Will they live?"-- back cover