Author: William Hodges
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 030010376X
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
William Hodges is well known as the artist who accompanied Cook's second voyage to the South Pacific as official landscape painter. This book forms a major reappraisal of his career and reputation, arguing a central place for him in the development of British art. The nine essays included in this catalogue are by some of the foremost scholars in the area. They consider Hodges's work comparatively, in terms of the rise of ethnology, the investigation of Indian history, the encounter with peoples 'without history' and the development of empirical science and rationalism.
William Hodges 1744-1797
Author: William Hodges
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 030010376X
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
William Hodges is well known as the artist who accompanied Cook's second voyage to the South Pacific as official landscape painter. This book forms a major reappraisal of his career and reputation, arguing a central place for him in the development of British art. The nine essays included in this catalogue are by some of the foremost scholars in the area. They consider Hodges's work comparatively, in terms of the rise of ethnology, the investigation of Indian history, the encounter with peoples 'without history' and the development of empirical science and rationalism.
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 030010376X
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
William Hodges is well known as the artist who accompanied Cook's second voyage to the South Pacific as official landscape painter. This book forms a major reappraisal of his career and reputation, arguing a central place for him in the development of British art. The nine essays included in this catalogue are by some of the foremost scholars in the area. They consider Hodges's work comparatively, in terms of the rise of ethnology, the investigation of Indian history, the encounter with peoples 'without history' and the development of empirical science and rationalism.
Mr. Mercedes
Author: Stephen King
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1476754462
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 560
Book Description
Watch the complete MR. MERCEDES series on Peacock WINNER of the EDGAR AWARD for BEST NOVEL and #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! In a high-suspense race against time, three of the most unlikely heroes Stephen King has ever created try to stop a lone killer from murdering thousands. “Mr. Mercedes is a rich, resonant, exceptionally readable accomplishment by a man who can write in whatever genre he chooses” (The Washington Post). The stolen Mercedes emerges from the pre-dawn fog and plows through a crowd of men and women on line for a job fair in a distressed American city. Then the lone driver backs up, charges again, and speeds off, leaving eight dead and more wounded. The case goes unsolved and ex-cop Bill Hodges is out of hope when he gets a letter from a man who loved the feel of death under the Mercedes’s wheels… Brady Hartsfield wants that rush again, but this time he’s going big, with an attack that would take down thousands—unless Hodges and two new unusual allies he picks up along the way can throw a wrench in Hartsfield’s diabolical plans. Stephen King takes off on a “nerve-shredding, pulse-pounding race against time” (Fort Worth Star-Telegram) with this acclaimed #1 bestselling thriller.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1476754462
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 560
Book Description
Watch the complete MR. MERCEDES series on Peacock WINNER of the EDGAR AWARD for BEST NOVEL and #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! In a high-suspense race against time, three of the most unlikely heroes Stephen King has ever created try to stop a lone killer from murdering thousands. “Mr. Mercedes is a rich, resonant, exceptionally readable accomplishment by a man who can write in whatever genre he chooses” (The Washington Post). The stolen Mercedes emerges from the pre-dawn fog and plows through a crowd of men and women on line for a job fair in a distressed American city. Then the lone driver backs up, charges again, and speeds off, leaving eight dead and more wounded. The case goes unsolved and ex-cop Bill Hodges is out of hope when he gets a letter from a man who loved the feel of death under the Mercedes’s wheels… Brady Hartsfield wants that rush again, but this time he’s going big, with an attack that would take down thousands—unless Hodges and two new unusual allies he picks up along the way can throw a wrench in Hartsfield’s diabolical plans. Stephen King takes off on a “nerve-shredding, pulse-pounding race against time” (Fort Worth Star-Telegram) with this acclaimed #1 bestselling thriller.
Genealogical Record of the Hodges Family in New England
Author: Almon Danforth Hodges
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 90
Book Description
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Languages : en
Pages : 90
Book Description
Travels in India, During the Years 1780, 1781, 1782, & 1783
Author: William Hodges
Publisher:
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Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
Stephen King's The Bill Hodges Trilogy Concordance
Author: Robin Furth
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1501165917
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
A detailed guide to Stephen King's The Bill Hodges Trilogy—Mr. Mercedes, Finders Keepers, and End of Watch.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1501165917
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
A detailed guide to Stephen King's The Bill Hodges Trilogy—Mr. Mercedes, Finders Keepers, and End of Watch.
The Life and Works of William Hodges
Author: Isabel Combs Stuebe
Publisher: Garland Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 576
Book Description
Publisher: Garland Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 576
Book Description
Empire, Barbarism, and Civilisation
Author: Harriet Guest
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521881943
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 16
Book Description
An original and richly illustrated study of the pictorial and written representations of Cook's voyages.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521881943
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 16
Book Description
An original and richly illustrated study of the pictorial and written representations of Cook's voyages.
The Artificial Empire
Author: Giles Henry Rupert Tillotson
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 0700712828
Category : Cities and towns
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
This book discusses the role of the visual arts in the assertion of European colonial power, examining the representation of Indian scenery and architecture by British artists in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 0700712828
Category : Cities and towns
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
This book discusses the role of the visual arts in the assertion of European colonial power, examining the representation of Indian scenery and architecture by British artists in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.
Genealogical Record of the Hodges Family in New England, Containing the Names of Over 1500 Persons, from 1633 to 1853
Author: Almon D. HODGES
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 82
Book Description
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Languages : en
Pages : 82
Book Description
Broadway Register - Marriages Begin 1539
Author:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 36
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