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James Grant founded Grant’s Interest Rate Observer, a financial markets journal, and authored Bagehot and The Forgotten Depression, which won the Hayek Prize. His writing has appeared in the Financial Times and the Wall Street Journal. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.




62 Ebooks by James Grant

James Grant: Plymouth Brethren
Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. The zplymouth …
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James Grant: Scottish Tartans in Full Color
The tartans of 72 Highland clans are presented in full-page, full-color, large-format illustrations. With a new introduction to tartans by J. Charles Thompson, Fellow of the Scottish Tartan Society …
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€26.88
James Grant: Bernard Baruch
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James Grant: The Cavaliers of Fortune
The biographies or sketches which compose this volume are prepared from memoranda, the result of historical reading for my military romances. The Memoir of Colonel John Cameron first appeared, …
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James Grant: Critical Imagination
The Critical Imagination is a study of metaphor, imaginativeness, and criticism of the arts. Since the eighteenth century, many philosophers have argued that appreciating art is rewarding because it …
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€69.71
Harry Browne: How You Can Profit From The Coming Devaluation
LESSONS FROM THE 1970s, MORE RELEVANT THAN EVER IN 2012, BY HARRY …
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James Grant: Forgotten Depression
James Grants story of Americas last governmentally untreated depression: A bible for conservative economists, this carefully researched historymakes difficult economic concepts easy to understand, …
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€17.60
Bob Carruthers: Crimean War
This remarkable work features the Crimean War as depicted by the late Victorian military writer James Grant. The materialhere was first published in 1894, only 40 years after the end of the Crimean …
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€6.24
Bob Carruthers: Crimean War
This remarkable work features the Crimean War as depicted by the late Victorian military writer James Grant. The materialhere was first published in 1894, only 40 years after the end of the Crimean …
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€6.24
James Grant: Mysteries of All Nations
Join archaeologist James Grant on a global tour of cultures to discover the often unusual origins behind common beliefs and practices, ranging from fairies and magical creatures, to funerary …
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James Grant: Mysteries of All Nations
Join archaeologist James Grant on a global tour of cultures to discover the often unusual origins behind common beliefs and practices, ranging from fairies and magical creatures, to funerary …
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€3.37
James Grant: Mysteries of All Nations
This book describes the rise and progress of superstition, laws against and trials of witches, ancient and modern delusions, together with strange customs, fables and …
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James Grant: Under the Red Dragon
James Grant (1822-87) was a Scottish novelist and historian. This novel set during the Crimean War of 1853-56 was first published in book form in 1872, having previously been serialised in Tinsley’s …
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James Grant: Bagehot: The Life and Times of the Greatest Victorian
“Excellent… and written in a gripping style.” —The Economist During the upheavals of 2007–09, the chairman of the Federal Reserve had the name of one Victorian icon on the tip of his tongue: Walter …
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James Grant: Under the Red Dragon
Under the Red Dragon is a historical fiction based upon the journeys of several veterans and set against the backdrop of the Crimean War of 1853-1856. It was published in 1872 by James Grant …
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James Grant: The Romance of War; or, The Highlanders in France and Belgium, A Sequel to the Highlanders in Spain
This work follows the experiences of a young Scottish Highlander, Ronald Stuart, who enters the 92nd regiment of foot, the Gordon Highlanders as an ensign. He joins the division in Spain soon after …
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James Grant: The Captain of the Guard
The Captain of the Guard is a historical novel by James Grant. Grant was a Scottish novelist who delved into the history of Scotland and its legends. Excerpt: ‘Even in that age of pride, vain of his …
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James Grant: One of the Six Hundred
‘One of the Six Hundred: A Novel’ by James Grant is a fiction book that takes much inspiration from Grant’s Scottish heritage and love of history. In the book, readers are thrown into an army draft …
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James Grant: The Cavaliers of Fortune; Or, British Heroes in Foreign Wars
‘The Cavaliers of Fortune; Or, British Heroes in Foreign Wars’ by James Grant. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known …
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John Hanning Speke: Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile
This classic book is Speke’s firsthand account of his second expedition, an exciting blend of adventure, exploration, and geographic and ethnographic data. The book begins with the expedition’s …
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James Grant: The Yellow Frigate
In that broad and magnificent valley which separates chain of the Grampians from the Ochil Mountains, close by the margin of the Allan, and sequestered among venerable trees, lies the pleasant and …
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James Grant: The Phantom Regiment
This soldier, whose name, from the circumstances connected with his remarkable story, daring courage, and terrible fate, is still remembered in the regiment, in the early history of which he bears so …
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James Grant: Jack Manly, His Adventures by Sea and Land
Excerpt: "It was the evening of the sixteenth of March. Exactly six months had elapsed since I left my father’s snug villa at Peckham, with its walls shrouded by roses and honeysuckle; and now I …
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James Grant: Captain of the Guard
Excerpt: "On the evening of the 22nd November, 1440, the report of a brass carthoun, or cannon-royale, as it pealed from the castle of Edinburgh, made all who were in the thoroughfares below …
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James Grant: Adventures of an Aide-de-Camp, Or, A Campaign in Calabria, Volume 1, 2, 3
Excerpt: "On the evening of the last day of June 1806, the transports which had brought our troops from Sicily anchored off the Italian coast, in the Bay of St. Eufemio, a little to the …
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James Grant: Bothwell, Or, The Days of Mary Queen of Scots, Volume 1, 2, 3
Excerpt: "It was the autumn of a bleak day in the September of 1566. Enveloped in murky clouds, through which, at times, its red rays shot along the crested waves, the Norwegian sun was verging …
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James Grant: Only an Ensign Volume 1, 2, 3
Excerpt: ""Le jour viendra-it is the motto of our family-given to us by Henry VI. ‘The day will come, ‘" said old Lord Lamorna, proudly, as he lay back in his easy chair, with his …
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James Grant: One of the Six Hundred
Excerpt: "Regimental Orders.-Head-quarters, Maidstone, December 31st. "As the regiment is to be held in readiness for foreign service in spring, captains of troops will report to Lieutenant …
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James Grant: Secret Dispatch, Or, The Adventures of Captain Balgonie
Excerpt: ""Heaven aid me! here am I now-which way shall I turn-advance or retire?" exclaimed Balgonie, as his horse came plunging down almost on its knees, amid wild gorse and matted …
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James Grant: Legends of the Black Watch, or, Forty-Second Highlanders
Excerpt: "This soldier, whose name, from the circumstances connected with his remarkable story, daring courage, and terrible fate, is still remembered in the regiment, in the early history of …
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James Grant: Writing Your Own Will
For anyone, the process of producing a will and ensuring that their affairs after death are catered for is a complex task. In addition, the process of probate and administration of estates is an area …
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James Grant: Yellow Frigate
Excerpt: "By the fragment of a log-book, which was found among the MSS. just referred to, we are informed that on Beltane day, in the year of Grace 1488, two Scottish ships of war, the Yellow …
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James Grant: Derval Hampton, A Story of the Sea, Volume 1 and Vol 2 Complete
Excerpt: "There was an air of great refinement in both husband and wife, an air that contrasted strongly and strangely with their plain attire and circumscribed dwelling. Greville Hampton’s face …
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James Grant: Romance of War, or, the Highlanders in Spain
Excerpt: "In the Highlands of Perthshire a deadly feud had existed, from time immemorial, between the Lisles of Inchavon and the Stuarts of Lochisla. In the days when the arm of the law was …
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James Grant: Morley Ashton, A Story of the Sea Volume 1, 2, 3
Excerpt: "It was the evening of one of the last days of spring, when that delightful season is blending with the approaching summer, and when the sun was setting on one of those green and …
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James Grant: Philip Rollo, Vol. 1 and Vol. 2
Excerpt: "I was born in the year after King James VI. acquired the dominion of England, at my father’s tower of Craigrollo, which overlooks the great bay of Cromartie. The youngest of four sons, …
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James Grant: Cavaliers of Fortune, Or, British Heroes in Foreign Wars
Excerpt: "Among the many gallant Irishmen, and those descended from the Irish race, who served in the armies of France, and sought there those honours and distinctions which political misfortune …
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James Grant: Jane Seton, or, The King’s Advocat
Excerpt: "On the 19th of May, 1537, the bells of Edinburgh rang joyously. It was a day of loyalty and merriment such as never more may gladden Scotland’s ancient capital. After a nine months’ …
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James Grant: Adventures of an Aide-de-Camp (Vol. 1-3)
Adventures of an Aide-de-Camp follow the exploits of Lieutenant Claude Dundas, personal assistant to Sir John Stewart, of his Britannic Majesty’s 62nd Regiment, in their campaign against Napoleon’s …
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James Grant: The Romance of War
‘The Romance of War: The Highlanders in Spain’ – Ronald Stuart is a young Scottish Highlander from Perthshire who joins the Gordon Highlanders as an ensign in 1811. He joins the regiment in Spain …
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James Grant: The Highlanders
‘The Highlanders’ – Ronald Stuart is a young Scottish Highlander from Perthshire who joins the Gordon Highlanders as an ensign in 1811. He joins the regiment in Spain soon after and remains with them …
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James Grant: Adventures of an Aide-de-Camp (Historical Novel of Napoleonic Wars)
Adventures of an Aide-de-Camp follow the exploits of Lieutenant Claude Dundas, personal assistant to Sir John Stewart, of his Britannic Majesty’s 62nd Regiment, in their campaign against Napoleon’s …
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James Grant: From Dixmoor to Iowa. Cast of a dark shadow
The reason for writing this book is to pinpoint the poverty levels in lower-class communities across America—in the minority communities and jobless areas in the late 1980s and early 1990s. These are …
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James Grant: The Mysteries of All Nations (Annotated)
  • This edition includes the following editor’s analysis: The origin of superstitions
Originally published in 1880, ‘The Mysteries of All Nations’ is a study by British …
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James Grant: Voyage of Discovery to N.S.W. in the Lady Nelson in 1800
‘Voyage of Discovery to N.S.W. in the Lady Nelson in 1800’ is a historical account of the journey to Hunter’s River and Ash Island by Lieutenant James Grant, a Scottish-born British Royal Navy …
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James Grant: Laura Everingham; or, The Highlanders of Glen Ora
At the beginning of the story, Allan Mac Innon (the storyteller) and his adoptive brother Callum Dhu are in the Highlands of Scotland, observing a party of English tourists who are attempting to …
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James Grant: Under the Red Dragon
Under the Red Dragon is a historical fiction based upon the journeys of several veterans and set against the backdrop of the Crimean War of 1853-1856. It was published in 1872 by James Grant …
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James Grant: Cameronians A Novel Volume 1, 2, 3
Excerpt: "The old Scottish regiment from which the following story takes its title, and of which the hero is described as a member, is on the point of losing its identity, and after the July of …
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James Grant: Arthur Blane; or, The Hundred Cuirassiers
‘Arthur Blane; or, The Hundred Cuirassiers’ by James Grant. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary …
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James Grant: Dulcie Carlyon (Vol. 1-3)
Dulcie Carlyon is a historical novel set in Europe and Africa against the Anglo-Zulu war between British Empire and the Zulu Kingdom. It follows the story of a British regiment that goes to war and a …
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James Grant: The Captain of the Guard
James Grant’s ‘The Captain of the Guard’ is a historical narrative that mesmerizes readers with its vivid portrayal of leadership and duty. Digi Cat Publishing has meticulously restored this classic, …
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James Grant: The Power of God’s Consciousness
The Power of God’s Consciousness was written to transform the lives and consciousness of mankind. It was written to transform mankind from a sinful nature and more into fellowship with God. When we r …
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James Grant: The King’s Own Borderers (Vol. 1-3)
The King’s Own Borderers is a historical romance set in the time of Napoleonic Wars and it follows the career of a volunteer soldier, serving with a line regiment. Quentin Kennedy was saved, as a …
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James Grant: The dead tryst
‘The dead tryst’ by James Grant. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to …
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James Grant: A haunted life
‘A haunted life’ by James Grant. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to …
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James Grant: The adventures of Rob Roy
‘The adventures of Rob Roy’ by James Grant. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and …
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James Grant: The Queen’s cadet, and other tales
‘The Queen’s cadet, and other tales’ by James Grant. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and …
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James Grant: The Mysteries of All Nations
The Mysteries of All Nations" by James Grant is a captivating exploration of mysteries, legends, and cultural traditions from various corners of the world. In this work, Grant takes readers on a …
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Leo Tolstoy & Alexandre Dumas: Napoleon’s Legacy: A 20-Volume Journey Through History
This edition is dedicated to the great classics of world literature that the tumultuous and dramatic era of the Napoleonic Wars inspired and spawned. Spanning various landscapes and characters, the …
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Alexandre Dumas & Arthur Conan Doyle: The Aftermath of Napoleonic Wars: 20 Historical Novels
E-artnow presents a unique collection that immerses readers in the tumultuous and dramatic era of the Napoleonic Wars. This anthology weaves together an intricate tapestry of historical fiction, …
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James Grant: Oliver Ellis, or, The Fusiliers
Excerpt: ""In regard to prefaces, " says the author of "Curiosities of Literature, "-"ladies consider them so much space for a love story lost, though the Italians call …
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