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Alan Taylor

    Alan Shaw Taylor is a historian specializing in early American history. His work focuses on colonial America, the American Revolution, and the Early American Republic. Taylor examines these pivotal periods in American history, emphasizing their complexity and diverse perspectives. His deep insight into the formation of the United States offers readers a fresh perspective on crucial moments of American development.

    Alan Taylor
    The Civil War of 1812: American Citizens, British Subjects, Irish Rebels, & Indian Allies
    William Cooper's Town
    American Republics
    The Internal Enemy: Slavery and War in Virginia, 1772-1832
    American Revolutions
    Writing Early American History
    • 2025

      Road to Rose Street

      A Friendship with Edinburgh

      A unique, personal reflection on Edinburgh by one Scotland's best-known journalists

      Road to Rose Street
    • 2024

      Edinburgh: The Autobiography

      • 368 pages
      • 13 hours of reading

      The book offers a vibrant exploration of Edinburgh's history, capturing the city's essence through the perspectives of both notable figures and everyday citizens. It highlights the contributions of ordinary people who, while not historically prominent, have played a vital role in shaping the rich and diverse narrative of the city. This eclectic collection of testimonies creates a multifaceted portrait of Edinburgh, celebrating its unique cultural tapestry.

      Edinburgh: The Autobiography
    • 2024

      A Pulitzer Prize winner's masterful history of the American Civil War and its reverberations across the continent

      American Civil Wars
    • 2022

      Alan Rickman remains one of the most beloved actors of all time across almost every genre, from his breakout role as Die Hard's villainous Hans Gruber to his heart-wrenching run as Professor Severus Snape, and beyond. His air of dignity, his sonorous voice and the knowing wit he brought to each role continue to captivate new audiences today. But Rickman's artistry wasn't confined to just his performances. Fans of memoirs at large will delight in the intimate experience of reading Rickman detailing the extraordinary and the ordinary in a way that is 'anecdotal, indiscreet, witty, gossipy and utterly candid'. He grants us access to his thoughts, not only on plays, films and the craft of acting, but also politics, friendships and life. The Rickman Diaries was written with the intention to be shared, and reading it is like listening to Rickman chatting to a close friend.

      Madly, deeply : the Alan Rickman diaries
    • 2021

      Healthcare Technology in Context

      Lessons for Telehealth in the Age of COVID-19

      • 320 pages
      • 12 hours of reading

      Focusing on the interplay between technology and healthcare, this book explores how telehealth services influence medical practices and how human agency shapes these technologies in return. Drawing from extensive field research conducted in Australia and Brazil, it uncovers insightful conclusions about the collective power of individuals to impact societal structures and healthcare delivery.

      Healthcare Technology in Context
    • 2021

      Dorset's Black Gold

      • 96 pages
      • 4 hours of reading

      The fascinating story of Dorset's oil industry. This is an essential book for those interested in Dorset's industrial history.

      Dorset's Black Gold
    • 2021

      American Republics

      • 544 pages
      • 20 hours of reading
      4.2(599)Add rating

      From a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, the powerful story of a precarious United States as it expands across a contested continent

      American Republics
    • 2021

      Aimed at lay, student, and academic readers alike, this book concerns the imagination, and specifically imagination in music. It opens with a discussion of the invalidity of the idea of the creative genius and the connected view that ideas originate just in the individual mind.

      The Imagination of Experiences
    • 2020

      Lost Folkestone

      • 96 pages
      • 4 hours of reading

      Fully illustrated description of Folkestone's well known, and lesser known, places that have been lost over the years.

      Lost Folkestone
    • 2019

      Thomas Jefferson's Education

      • 448 pages
      • 16 hours of reading
      3.7(197)Add rating

      From the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, a brilliant, absorbing study of Jefferson and his campaign to save Virginia through education. číst celé

      Thomas Jefferson's Education