Platt's Smuggler's Guide
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ISBN | : 9780874315080 |
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Author | : Daniel Wallace |
Publisher | : Chronicle Books |
Total Pages | : 163 |
Release | : 2019-09-17 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1452182353 |
Part of the bestselling Jedi Path series by Daniel Wallace, Star Wars®: Smuggler's Guide reveals previously untold stories of the galaxy's underworld. Recovered from a strongbox on the Millennium Falcon, this guide started as a simple logbook with a piece of valuable information. But it was soon stolen, traded, and smuggled around the outer rim and shady ports, until it ultimately ended up in the hands of the outlaw Han Solo. • The infamous logbook passed through the hands of such notorious characters as Maz Kanata, Hondo Ohnaka, Drydon Vos, and Lando Calrissian • With each pirate, thief, gambler, and criminal who took possession of the book, new insights and details were added • The result is a coveted collection of hidden treasure locations, advice, and hard-earned data A must-have handbook to the galaxy's underworld, Star Wars®: Smuggler's Guide is a crucial and hugely entertaining read for fans seeking a deeper understanding of the saga. Readers explore the checkered pasts of the galaxy's smugglers, thieves and pirates, with numerous tie-ins to the films. • Reveals secrets and other juicy morsels of new information in the Star Wars® lore • Perfect gift for Star Wars® fans of all ages who are eager to learn more about the Star Wars® universe • Great for those who loved Star Wars: The Visual Encyclopedia by Adam Bray, Star Wars Encyclopedia of Starfighters and Other Vehicles by Landry Q. Walker, and Star Wars: 5-Minute Star Wars Stories by Disney Lucasfilm Press © & TM LUCASFILM LTD. Used Under Authorization.
Author | : Peter Schweighofer |
Publisher | : West End Games |
Total Pages | : 160 |
Release | : 1995-02-01 |
Genre | : Okeefe, Platt (Fictitious character) |
ISBN | : 9780874312249 |
Author | : Richard Platt |
Publisher | : History Press Limited |
Total Pages | : 224 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : Smuggling |
ISBN | : 9780752463599 |
The term 'smuggling' conjures up the image of a sailor in long boots and a striped jersey, rolling barrels of brandy up a moonlit Cornish beach and into a hidden cave, while the excise men fruitlessly search in the wrong places. Although romanticised, this picture is not entirely inaccurate, and, because of high and unpopular taxes, smuggling was quite common in Britain during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Indeed, it is estimated that at one point import duty had been paid on only 20 per cent of the tea drunk here, and there was so much illegally imported gin in Kent that people were using it to clean their windows. In Smuggling in the British Isles, maritime history specialist Richard Platt tells the full story of the smuggling trade, revealing who the smugglers were, why they did it, how contraband was transported and how they avoided detection. Anyone with an interest in the sea and its history will be drawn to this enlightening book.
Author | : Helen Hollick |
Publisher | : Pen and Sword |
Total Pages | : 178 |
Release | : 2019-04-30 |
Genre | : True Crime |
ISBN | : 1526727145 |
Perfect for maritime historians and fans of Poldark, a look at the true history behind the legends built around smugglers. “Brandy for the parson, baccy for the clerk . . .” We have an image, mostly from movies and novels, of a tall ship riding gently at anchor in a moonlit, secluded bay with the “Gentleman” cheerfully hauling kegs of brandy and tobacco ashore, then disappearing silently into the night shadows to hide their contraband from the excise men in a dark cave or a secret cellar. But how much of the popular idea is fact and how much is fiction? Smuggling was big business—it still is—but who were these derring-do rebels of the past who went against paying taxes on the importation of luxury goods? Who purchased the illicit contraband? How did smugglers operate? Where were the most notorious locations? Was it profitable, or just an inevitable path to arrest and the hangman’s noose? Author Helen Hollick attempts to answer these queries and more.
Author | : John Rattenbury |
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Total Pages | : 126 |
Release | : 1837 |
Genre | : Smugglers |
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Author | : Stephen R. Platt |
Publisher | : Vintage |
Total Pages | : 592 |
Release | : 2018-05-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0307961745 |
As China reclaims its position as a world power, Imperial Twilight looks back to tell the story of the country’s last age of ascendance and how it came to an end in the nineteenth-century Opium War. As one of the most potent turning points in the country’s modern history, the Opium War has since come to stand for everything that today’s China seeks to put behind it. In this dramatic, epic story, award-winning historian Stephen Platt sheds new light on the early attempts by Western traders and missionaries to “open” China even as China’s imperial rulers were struggling to manage their country’s decline and Confucian scholars grappled with how to use foreign trade to China’s advantage. The book paints an enduring portrait of an immensely profitable—and mostly peaceful—meeting of civilizations that was destined to be shattered by one of the most shockingly unjust wars in the annals of imperial history. Brimming with a fascinating cast of British, Chinese, and American characters, this riveting narrative of relations between China and the West has important implications for today’s uncertain and ever-changing political climate.
Author | : Margaret Weis |
Publisher | : Spectra |
Total Pages | : 452 |
Release | : 1988 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780553276008 |
/Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman An absolutely essential book for all role-players. Very appealing to the hundreds of thousands of kids who have read the novels and want to create gaming scenarios of their own. In addition to its value as a gaming tool, Darksword Adventures will be of interest to anyone who wants to learn more about the world of the Darksw
Author | : Clive R. Hardy |
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Release | : 1977 |
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Author | : Richard Platt |
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Total Pages | : 222 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : Coasts |
ISBN | : 9780304341832 |