“gregory david roberts”

In 1978 Gregory David Roberts committed a series of robberies while adducted to heroin, and was sentenced to nineteen years in prison. After two years, he escaped from a maximum-security prison in broad daylight, and became Australia’s most wanted man. Hiding in Mumbai,... More

The crisis of tradition early in the twentieth century-signaled by the collapse of perspective in painting and tonality in music and evident in the explosive ferment of the avant-garde movements-opened a new stage of modern art, which aesthetic theory is still struggling to comprehend. David Roberts... More

In 1856, 3,000 Mormons, most of them impoverished immigrants, trudged from Iowa to Utah. More than 220 of them perished along the way. Roberts offers the dramatic story of this disaster--a catastrophe, the author contends, that Brigham Young might have easily prevented.The Mormon handcart tragedy of... More

1930. Dr. Roberts explains that the object and purpose for this booklet is to explain in clear, concise and simple language how to care for livestock; how to keep them in good condition; how to prevent disease; how to know disease when it does appear, and how to treat and overcome disease. The presc... More

Using first-person accounts in historical archives, David Roberts presents many sides of the Indian rebellion that began in the mid-1800s. Here is the epic and tragic story of Indian heroes--men and women--fighting for their land, their lives, and their freedom. 16 pages of photographs.... More

When world-renowned artist David Roberts was commissioned to paint scenes of biblical lands, the nineteenth-century painter was overjoyed. The dazzling detail and color of his paintings brought Egypt, Palestine, and Lebanon into focus for the first time to audiences all over the world. His rich illu... More

Roberts and the editors of "Outside" have gathered the most enduring adventure literature of the century into one heart-stopping volume. By turns charming and tragic, whimsical and nerve-racking, this extraordinary collection gets to the heart of why adventure stories enthrall readers.From Robert fa... More

Roberts recreates the expeditions of the American West by John C. Fremont and Kit Carson, done between 1842 and 1854, in this riveting narrative. Roberts portrays the triumph of opening the West, while reminding the reader of the cultural tragedy this inflicted on the Native American. of photos.Betw... More

Find places quicker than before with DKs new atlas that features comprehensive, high-caliber mapping, created with the very latest digital technology. The text is prefaced by a world overview that discusses the Earths place in the Universe, its physical forms and processes, the living world, and the... More