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Sir William Davenant (1606-1668) was in his time widely known as 'Davenant the Poet'.

This is the amazing story of one of Elizabeth England's most remarkable adventurers.

Most people have always been interested in sex, love and marriage. Now, this entertaining and informative book explores the surprisingly varied and energetic sex and love lives of the women and men of Queen Elizabeth's England.

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Excerpt from Health Hints, And, Health TalksThe greatest wealth is health. The health of a peo ple is its most precious asset. Health is priceless and yet without price. Therefore health knowledge, the knowledge that enables us to avoid needless sickness, is without doubt, the most valuable knowledge we can have.In Health Hints and Health Talks, this sort of information is given in language so plain and simple that all may understand and profi...

Thomas Coryate (1576-1617) was one of the great early travellers. In 1608 he set out to travel - mostly on foot - through France and Italy to Venice, returning through Switzerland, Germany and the Netherlands. His book reporting on what he had seen and experienced, 'Coryats Crudites', was published in 1611.

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What was life like in Shakespeare's time - or what did people then say it was like? This volume provides a picture of the age through a selection of Elizabethan and Jacobean writing taken from books, plays, poems, letters, diaries and pamphlets by and about Shakespeare's contemporaries.

Peter Mundy was a seventeenth-century merchant trader who spent most of his life travelling the world. Historians and lovers of travel literature alike will find this extraordinary account of one man's adventures across the globe a compelling read and an invaluable resource.

Today's high altitude endurance (HAE) reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are extremely complex and capable systems. They are only as good as the quality of their implementation, however. Mission planning is rapidly increasing in complexity to accommodate the requirements of increasing aircraft and information control capabilities. Effective mission planning is the key to effective use of our airborne reconnaissance assets. Global H...

The history of Shakespeare's England

Tells the story of the most hedonistic, loose-living court in English history

Based on contemporary sources and modern historical studies, Scandalous Liaisons provides a richly varied and entertaining picture of a most extraordinary time.

This is the first modernized edition of the poems of Lady Mary Wroth.