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The Book of Saints and Friendly Beasts is a collection of stories written by Abbie Farwell Brown, first published in 1900. The book contains twelve stories, each featuring a different saint and a friendly animal. The stories are written in a simple, accessible style...

Bronte Poems: Selections From The Poetry Of Charlotte, Emily, Anne And Branwell Bronte is a book published in 1915 by Arthur C. Benson. It is a collection of poems written by the famous Bronte siblings - Charlotte, Emily, Anne, and Branwell. The book features...

Author: Dixon P. DowneyISBN-10: 1436343852ISBN-13: 9781436343855Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/19/2008Pages: 316Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.36lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.88d

Jens Larsen was a young Virgin Islander who within his short lifetime of 18 years was able to capture the island of St. Croix with a Kodak box camera around the period 1935-1937. As St.Croix's fastest male swimmer and an all around athlete, Jens...

Edgar Degas the Realist Artist with his contemporaries including, Monet, Renoir, Gauguin, Cesanne, Cassatt, Morrisot, Pissaro and others rebelled from the harsh criticism of the Salon Judges. These artists started their own breakthrough in art called the "Impressionist School." Mary Cassatt and American Painter...

It's all here. The complete collection of C. R. Crane II. The semi-autobiography of poetry and song. Short stories in rhyme. Highly entertaining and provocative, dark and mysterious. Follow the footsteps of a teenager right on through adulthood. From first true love to that...

This book is an attempt to make something unified of the accumulations of a lifetime of thoughts and impressions can be likened unto an archeologist piecing together random shards and bones in an effort to establish the culture of an ancient society.Author: William F....

The Myers cabin still sits on the original cornerstones where it has stood for over 130 years. The cabin's logs were cut from red beech that were numerous then. It was built around 1870 by Louis Myers with the help of Alvis and Samuel...

Based on a true story, Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places is about the trials I went through from age six through adulthood. Having children and being on my own by the time I was thirteen years old, experiencing molestation, domestic violence,...

""The Sculptor of Bruges"" by Maria Hall is a historical fiction novel set in the city of Bruges, Belgium during the late 15th century. The story follows the life of a young sculptor named Colin who dreams of creating a masterpiece that will make...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our...

""Goethe, Man and Poet"" is a biographical work written by Henry W. Nevinson about the life and work of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, a German writer, poet, and philosopher. The book provides an in-depth analysis of Goethe's literary works, including his famous novel ""The...

The Communistic Societies Of The United States: From Personal Visit And Observation is a book written by Charles Nordhoff. The book provides a detailed account of the various communist societies that existed in the United States during the 19th century. Nordhoff visited and observed...

""John Milton and His Times"" is a historical novel written by Max Ring that explores the life and times of the famous English poet, John Milton. The novel takes readers on a journey through Milton's life, from his early years as a struggling writer...

""Charles Dickens As Editor"" is a collection of letters written by the famous author to his sub-editor, William Henry Wills. The book provides a unique insight into Dickens' editorial process, as well as his personal and professional relationship with Wills. The letters cover a...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our...

This is what this is to you, because this is how I sing, how I paint, how I dance, how I live. It is freedom in the limitless space that allows words to unrestraint the self through slanted blacks, that became, become; people, places,...

When the struggle ended in the Rwenzori region of Uganda in 1982 after twenty years of fighting, four short years of unprecedented development followed. It affected many areas of the people's lives, but it especially impacted education. In this combination history and memoir, author...

The Proper Criticism of Some Decent People A Candid, Unblinking, Unapologetic, Uncompromising Look at the Leadership Crisis in Black America and the Impact on the Leadership of America By Dr. Theophilus Green _____________________________________________ "None of us are born with prejudice. It is not a...

Stones Stand, Waters Flow is a story of change and endurance. The Perkins farm, where the author spent his boyhood, stood as a silent monument to history. Hancock and Adams had fled there from Lexington, assisted in their escape by a widow, a minister,...

Mary Corbishley pioneered an unorthodox method of teaching young deaf children speech, lipreading and English from an early age for higher education, colleges, universities and after-school life in the hearing world. A devout Christian, she ran her school on the basis of her Bible...

How Caesar's attack on Bibulus marked the beginning of the end of the Roman free state and the descent of the Republic into violence and civil war.The year 59 BC--when Gaius Julius Caesar and Marcus Calpurnius Bibulus served as joint consuls--marked a major turning...

""Twenty-Two Years A Slave And Forty Years A Freeman"" is a memoir written by Austin Steward, detailing his life as a slave and his eventual freedom. The book covers his experiences as a slave in Virginia, his escape to Canada, and his life as...

The Naturalist in La Plata is a book written by W. H. Hudson. It is a detailed account of the author's travels and experiences in the La Plata region of South America, which encompasses parts of Argentina, Uruguay, and Brazil. The book is a...

Letters From America is a collection of letters written by the English poet Rupert Brooke during his travels across the United States in 1913. The letters were originally published in The Westminster Gazette and The New Statesman, and are now compiled in this book....

Melville by Geoffrey Stone is a comprehensive biography of the celebrated American author Herman Melville. The book delves into Melville's life, from his childhood in New York to his early years at sea, and his experiences as a sailor and whaler that inspired his...

Author: Harrell S. SpruillISBN-10: 1412202248ISBN-13: 9781412202244Publisher: Trafford PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/29/2007Pages: 124Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.68lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.44d

The trials and joys of a lifetime of Bob Dylan concerts. 93 concerts over 30 years and a world of travel. Come find out how to become a Dylanomaniac.Author: Paul Marcel LevesqueISBN-10: 141208332XISBN-13: 9781412083324Publisher: Trafford PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/10/2006Pages: 488Format: PaperbackWeight: 2.40lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.25w...

We all have our stories to tell of where we were the morning of September 11, 2001. This is one of them. In "That Day In September" Artie Van Why gives an eyewitness account of that fateful morning. From the moment he heard "a...

An inquiry into how, in Victorian England, Abraham Hayward, a man from a modest rural background, without a university education, makes his mark in London Society, becomes a barrister and a Queen's Counsel and a successful writer, political commentator, journalist and essayist. The book...

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.Author: Mary LawtonISBN-10: 1406768499ISBN-13: 9781406768497Publisher: Marton...

This classic book is Lord Dunsany's 1937 sketch of Ireland, "My Ireland". A fantastic description if the history and people of the Emerald Isle, this volume offers a unique insight into the state of the country in the mid twentieth century, and will appeal...

This biography presents readers with a great history of the life and career of Bob Fosse. Trivia boxes reinforce interesting information, while striking photographs convey the style and unique powers of this dance giant.Author: Jenai CutcherISBN-10: 1404204466ISBN-13: 9781404204461Publisher: Rosen CentralLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/30/2005Pages: 48Format: Library...

A personal account of growing up in the centre of a large city with a rich heritage in aviation, ship building, trade and engineering having to rebuild itself after being the fifth most heavily bombed British city in World War Two. After the war,...

Autobiography of Tom Dirsa from his beginnings on Cape Cod to his time in Alberta, Canada.Author: Tom DirsaISBN-10: 1387125559ISBN-13: 9781387125555Publisher: Lulu.comLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/26/2017Pages: 140Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.03lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.36d

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

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