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The Harold Lloyd Encyclopedia


Free Download Annette D’Agostino Lloyd, "The Harold Lloyd Encyclopedia"
English | ISBN: 0786446749 | 2010 | 439 pages | PDF | 58 MB
Harold Lloyd, born in 1893, became one of the greatest comic actors in America. This is a compendium of all things Lloyd, with entries on noteworthy persons, recurring themes, crucial elements of Lloyd’s life (birth, education, marriage, family, hobbies, death, etc.), his prime co-stars and co-workers, the films that made him a legend (201 of them), and numerous other topics covering every facet of the man and the actor, all fully cross-referenced and accompanied by a vast collection of images and advertisements.

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The Age of Lloyd George The Liberal Party and British Politics, 1890-1929


Free Download Kenneth O. Morgan, "The Age of Lloyd George: The Liberal Party and British Politics, 1890-1929"
English | 2023 | ISBN: 1032043717, 1032043644 | EPUB | pages: 236 | 0.4 mb
Originally published in 1971, this book traces the revival, triumph, division and decline of the British Liberal Party in the late 19th & 20th centuries. It does so by focusing on the career of David Lloyd George, itself the decisive agent for change in this period. The first part of the book is an extended critical essay; the second part consists of primary documentary material which is intimately linked to the commentary in the first section. The major phases of the period are covered: The tension between the Old Liberalism and the New; the challenges confronting the Liberal government of 1905-15; the impact of world war and Lloyd George’s wartime premiership; the Lloyd George coalition in 1918-22 and the reasons for its downfall; and the slow decline of the Liberals between 1922 and 1929.

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David Lloyd George Great Britain


Free Download Alan Sharp, "David Lloyd George: Great Britain"
English | 2009 | ISBN: 1905791615 | EPUB | pages: 288 | 1.5 mb
David Lloyd George (1863-1945). The end of the First World War saw Britain at the height of its power. Its fleet and air force were the largest in the world. Its armies had triumphed in the Middle East and spearheaded the final attacks in Western Europe that had driven the defeated Germans to seek an armistice. Britain now had to translate this military victory into the achievement of its war aims and future security and prosperity. Its main negotiator at the forthcoming peace conference would be its prime minister, the ebullient and enigmatic David Lloyd George, the "Welsh Wizard" and "the man who had won the war." Lloyd George’s energy had maintained the war effort through the dark days of 1917 and early 1918, but now he anticipated, with relish, the prospect of winning the peace. Few were better equipped. He was a skilled and accomplished negotiator with the knack of reconciling the apparently irreconcilable. His admirers, of whom there were many, pointed to his brilliant and agile mind, his rapid grasp of complex questions and his powers of persuasion. His critics, who were also numerous, distrusted his sleight of hand, fleetness of foot and, frankly, his word. His six months in Paris in 1919, as he pitted his wits against formidable world leaders like Woodrow Wilson and Georges Clemenceau, were among the most enjoyable but exhausting of his life. This study investigates the extent to which Lloyd George succeeded in his aims and evaluates the immediate and longer-term results of his negotiations for Britain.

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Frank Lloyd Wright’s Martin House Architecture as Portraiture


Free Download Jack Quinan, "Frank Lloyd Wright’s Martin House: Architecture as Portraiture"
English | 2004 | ISBN: 1568984197 | PDF | pages: 247| 285.0 mb
The Darwin D. Martin House in Buffalo, New York, is one of Frank Lloyd Wright’s earliest and most important masterpieces. Built in the prairie style, this large residential complex was designed, landscaped, and extensively furnished by the architect. The history of its creation, recorded in over 400 letters exchanged between Wright and Martin, forms a fascinating biography not only of the house but of its architect and client.

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Big and Little Poison Paul and Lloyd Waner, Baseball Brothers


Free Download Clifton Blue Parker, "Big and Little Poison: Paul and Lloyd Waner, Baseball Brothers"
English | 2002 | pages: 334 | ISBN: 0786414006 | EPUB | 2,6 mb
The Waner brothers, Paul and Lloyd-also known as "Big Poison" and "Little Poison"-played together for fourteen seasons in the same Pittsburgh outfield in the 1920s and 1930s. More than half a century after retiring, they still rank as the best-hitting brothers in major league history with a combined 5,611 hits-517 more than the three Alou brothers, 758 more than the three DiMaggio brothers, and 1,400 more than the five Delahanty brothers. And both Waners are in the Hall of Fame, the only playing brothers so honored.

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