New Releases by John Grigg

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars. Medical theory and practice of the 1700s developed rapidly, as is evidenced by the extensive collection, which includes descriptions of diseases, their conditions, and treatments. Books on science and technology, agriculture, military technology, natural philosophy, even cookbooks, are all contained here. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library T090617 Pp. 257-319 contain the appendix. Bath: printed by S. Hazard, and sold by him and the booksellers in Bath; G.G.J. & J. Robinson, London; Mills and Bulgin, Bristol, 1789. viii,319, [1]p.; 8°

When Europeans first arrived in the Americas in 1492, they encountered hundreds of distinct peoples, each with its own fascinating history.

On June 6 1944 - ''D-Day'' - Allied troops landed in France, opening a way to eventual victory. In this provocative reappraisal of the Second World War, John Grigg suggests that the Allied invasion could have been launched successfully in the previous year, reducing considerably the scale of the war''s human tragedy. ''By 1943, Grigg notes, we already had air supremacy in the ETO and more than enough trained troops to launch a cross-Channel invasion; besides, with the Wehrmacht still deep in Russia, German supply lines would have been stretched to the breaking point. Had the Western Allies liberated only France and Belgium in 1943, speculates Grigg, they could have negotiated with Stalin from a position of strength.'' Kirkus Review ''A forceful, argumentative, disputatious book, intended to make people think over old prejudices and discard them.'' Economist