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1.		A Most Damnable Invention : Dynamite, Nitrates and the Making of the Modern World from Penguin Books Canada, Limited Customer Review: This book is an excellent combination of many things: History,Biography,Business,Politics,Warfare,Sociology,Science,Advancementof Civilization,Human Nature,Greed,Oppression,Philanthrophy.Loneliness,Failure,Success,and even much more. The author covers the development of explosives from... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

2.		Scurvy: How a Surgeon, a Mariner, and a Gentlemen Solved the Greatest Medical Mystery of the Age of Sail from St. Martin's Griffin Price: $8.96 Customer Review: Few discoveries are truly the consequence of a `eureka!' type discovery by one person. Most are the consequences of incremental knowledge and some coincidence of timing, event or circumstance that enables possibilities to be explored. And so it is with the cure for scurvy. Unfortunately, progress is... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

3.		Madness, Betrayal and the Lash: The Epic Voyage of Captain George Vancouver from Douglas & McIntyre Price: $16.50 Customer Review: Madness, Betrayal and the Lash is one of silliest books I have not managed to finish in a very long time. Hoping for a reasonably scholarly biography of George Vancouver, I found Sunday-supplement journalism, sensationalism, sloppy writing, and a smug attitude in no way justified by Mr. Bown's own... more info	Customer Rating: 1.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

4.		Sightseers and Scholars: Scientific Travellers in the Golden Age of Natural History from Key Porter Books Price: $5.90	Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

5.		Merchant Kings: When Companies Ruled the World, 1600-1900 from Douglas McIntyre	Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

6.		The Age of Scurvy: How a Surgeon, a Mariner and a Gentleman Helped Britain Win the Battle of Trafalgar from Summersdale Publishers Price: $40.98	Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

7.		Forgotten Highways: Wilderness Journeys Down the Historic Trails of the Canadian Rockies from Brindle & Glass Price: $17.90	Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

8.	[no image]	Most Damnable Invention from Thomas Dunne Books	Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

9.	[no image]	A Most Damnable Invention - Dynamites Nitrates and the Making of the Modern World from Viking / Penguin Price: $86.23	Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

10.	[no image]	MOVING IN CANADA: What You Need to Know Before Relocating to a New Province or Territory from McGraw-Hill	Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

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