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Fanny Crosby's Life Story: Autobiography of a Christian Poet, Lyricist and Mission Worker Blind from Infancy

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Report copyright infringementby Fanny Crosby (Author)Fanny Crosby's celebrated autobiography chronicles her life and achievements writing Christian poetry and hymnals in amazing quantity. Renowned as one of the 19th century's greatest hymn writers and lyricists, Fanny Crosby was the victim of grave misfortune during her infancy. As a baby only a few weeks old, her eyes became inflamed - the doctor visited by her family suggested a procedure to alleviate the symptoms, but it was a failure: Fan...

The Negro In Chicago: How He And His Race Kindred Came To Dwell In Great Numbers In A Northern City (1916) - Paperback

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by Junius Boyd Wood (Author)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 commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work. Number of Pages: 36 Dimensions: 0.09 x 11 x 8.5 ...

Lyrical Poems By Henrik Ibsen (1902) - Paperback

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by Henrik Ibsen (Author), Richard Alexander Streatfeild (Translator)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 commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work. Number o...

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Report copyright infringementby John a. Widtsoe (Author)Joseph Smith as Scientist-A Contribution to Mormon Philosophy is a classic religios biography by John A. Widtsoe. In the life of every person, who receives a higher education, in or out of schools, there is a time when there seems to be opposition between science and religion; between man-made and God-made knowledge. The struggle for reconciliation between the contending forces is not an easy one. It cuts deep into the soul and usually l...

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by Jane Shaw Ward (Author)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 commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work. Number of Pages: 32 Dimensions: 0.08 x 11 x 8.5 IN...

A Few Observations On A Work By The Late Robert Barclay Of Reigate, Entitled The Inner Life Of Of The Religious Societies Of The Commonwealth - Paperback

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by William Hodgson (Author)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 commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work. Number of Pages: 20 Dimensions: 0.05 x 11 x 8.5 I...

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by N. C. Hanks (Author)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 commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work. Number of Pages: 36 Dimensions: 0.09 x 11 x 8.5 IN Pu...

The York Rite And The Allied Degrees - Paperback

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by J. S. M. Ward (Author)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 commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work. Number of Pages: 20 Dimensions: 0.05 x 11 x 8.5 IN ...

The Spiritual Diary Of Emanuel Swedenborg: Or, A Brief Record, During Twenty Years, Of His Supernatural Experience

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Report copyright infringementby Emanuel Swedenborg (Author)Emanuel Swedenborg's Spiritual Diary provides an intimate glimpse into the author's spiritual experiences over a twenty-year period. The entries offer deep insights into his journey of spiritual growth and discovery, making this book essential reading for anyone interested in the relationship between spirituality and personal growth.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge bas...

Fanny Crosby's Life Story: Autobiography of a Christian Poet, Lyricist and Mission Worker Blind from Infancy (Hardcover)

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Report copyright infringementby Oscar Wilde (Author)The Best Known Works of Oscar Wilde is a collection of some of the most famous and beloved pieces of writing by the renowned Irish author, Oscar Wilde. This book includes a selection of Wilde's plays, essays, and novels, all of which showcase his wit, humor, and profound insights into the human condition.The collection features some of Wilde's most celebrated works, including The Picture of Dorian Gray, a novel that explores the dark side of...

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Report copyright infringementby Saint Augustine (Author), Edward Bouverie Pusey (Translator)This soul-stirring autobiography, The Confessions of St. Augustine, was masterfully translated by E.B. Pusey in 1838. Originally written in Latin in the 4th century, this timeless classic explores St. Augustine's spiritual quest, wrestling with faith, sin and redemption. Pusey's eloquent translation brings to life for English readers the profound introspection of one of Christianity's greatest thinkers...

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Report copyright infringementby Siera Shroyer (Author)A book of poetry, some of them short, and some long, some of them simple, some of them wrong. Each unique and different, compiled over twenty-one days, and derived from life lessons. Manifested, are they, within my mind, these thoughts, collaborated throughout all time; Created from thoughts, songs, memories, fears, regrets, accomplishments, laughs, and tears .... but in the end, they are all pieces of me. Number of Pages: 44 ...

Wilde V. Whistler: Being an Acrimonious Correspondence on Art Between Oscar Wilde and James A. McNeill Whistler

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Report copyright infringementby James McNeill 1834-1903 G. Whistler (Created by)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, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that...

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Report copyright infringementby William Walker Atkinson (Author)""Mental Influence and Telepathy"" by William Walker Atkinson is a comprehensive guide to understanding the power of the human mind and how it can be harnessed to influence others. The book explores the concept of telepathy, which is the ability to communicate with others using only the power of the mind. Atkinson delves into the science behind this phenomenon and provides practical exercises for readers to develop their own tele...

Direct Spirit Writing, Psychography: A Treatise on One of the Objective Forms of Psychic or Spiritual Phenomena

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Report copyright infringementby William Stainton Moses (Author)This Is A New Release Of The Original 1878 Edition. Number of Pages: 156 Dimensions: 0.33 x 9.02 x 5.98 IN Publication Date: March 30, 2014

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Report copyright infringementby Horatius Bonar (Author)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, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important...

The Hour of Land: A Personal Topography of America's National Parks - Paperback

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by Terry Tempest Williams (Author)Longlisted for an Andrew Carnegie Medal for ExcellenceA Washington Post Notable Book of the YearAmerica's national parks are breathing spaces in a world in which such spaces are steadily disappearing, which is why more than 300 million people visit the parks each year. Now Terry Tempest Williams, the New York Times bestselling author of the environmental classic Refuge and the beloved memoir When Women Were Birds, returns with The Hour of Land, a literary cel...

Love, Me: A Daughter's Journey Through Loss, Loneliness and Love

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Report copyright infringementby Shannon Hogan Cohen (Author), Tristen Vance Henderson Lmft (Contribution by) Number of Pages: 288 Dimensions: 0.65 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN Publication Date: September 04, 2025

The Book of Greek and Roman Folktales, Legends, and Myths - Paperback

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by William Hansen (Editor), William Hansen (Translator), William Hansen (Introduction by)The first anthology to present the entire range of ancient Greek and Roman stories--from myths and fairy tales to jokes Captured centaurs and satyrs, incompetent seers, people who suddenly change sex, a woman who remembers too much, a man who cannot laugh--these are just some of the colorful characters who feature in the unforgettable stories that ancient Greeks and Romans told in their daily lives. Toget...

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by Oscar Wilde (Author), Richard Allen Cave (Introduction by), Richard Allen Cave (Commentaries by)The crowning plays of one of Ireland's most heralded artists Oscar Wilde was at once a family man and a homosexual outsider, a socialite, socialist, and Irish nationalist. His contradictions inspired him to ponder the roles and masks donned in conventional society, and his acute and wry insights are wonderfully displayed in this collection of his essential plays. Known not only for his brilliant...

Six Young Women Putting on a Play - A Diary of Theatre and War: Kyiv, Winter 2025

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Report copyright infringementby Richard Nelson (Author), John Lahr (Foreword by)"I am more than what has happened to me."With the world's politics in a mess, with an American President leading that charge, American playwright, Richard Nelson, wrote and directed a play for Theater on Podil in Kyiv, Ukraine. Throughout the ten weeks of rehearsals for When the Hurlyburly's Done, he kept a diary. Day after day he was inspired by his six young actresses, some as young as twenty-one, and so they ha...

Heretic: A Queer Revolt Against Evangelicalism, Empire, and the Lies We Are Sold

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Report copyright infringementby Jeanna Kadlec (Author)A memoir of leaving the evangelical church and the search for radical new ways to build community. Jeanna Kadlec knew what it meant to be faithful--in her marriage to a pastor's son, in the comfortable life ahead of her, in her God--but there was no denying the truth that lived under that conviction: she was queer and, if she wanted to survive, she would need to leave behind the church and every foundational building block she knew. Here...

The Worlds of Jane Austen: The Influences and Inspiration Behind the Novels

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Report copyright infringementby Helena Kelly (Author)The Worlds of Jane Austen invites readers to see one of Britain's most beloved authors in a completely new light. Far from the quiet world of country houses and tea parties, Austen lived through revolution, war and major social change, and her sharp, observant fiction reveals just how engaged she was with the issues of her time. This lively and accessible guide explores the people, politics and places that shaped Austen's life and work. It ...

How to Tell When We Will Die: On Pain, Disability, and Doom

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Report copyright infringementby Johanna Hedva (Author)From one of the most influential voices in disability activism comes an essay collection that detonates a bomb in our collective understanding of care and illness, showing us that sickness is a vibrant part of life. In the wake of the 2014 Ferguson riots, and sick with a chronic condition that rendered them housebound, Johanna Hedva turned to the page to ask: How do you throw a brick through the window of a bank if you can't get out of be...

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Report copyright infringementby Pope Pius X. (Author)This Is A New Release Of The Original 1918 Edition. Number of Pages: 824 Dimensions: 1.64 x 10 x 7.01 IN Publication Date: March 30, 2014

The Three Dialogues of M. T. Cicero on the Orator

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Report copyright infringementby Cicero (Author), W. Guthrie (Translator)This Is A New Release Of The Original 1857 Edition. Number of Pages: 350 Dimensions: 0.73 x 9.02 x 5.98 IN Publication Date: March 30, 2014

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Report copyright infringementby Theodore Thayer (Author)""Israel Pemberton: King of the Quakers"" is a biography written by Theodore Thayer that chronicles the life of Israel Pemberton, a prominent figure in the Quaker community during the 18th century. The book explores Pemberton's upbringing in a Quaker family, his involvement in the American Revolution, and his role in shaping the Quaker religion. Thayer delves into Pemberton's personal life, including his marriage, family, and friendships...

The Laws Of Radiation And Absorption: Memoirs By Prevost, Stewart, Kirchhoff, And Kirchoff And Bunsen (1901)

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Report copyright infringementby D. B. Brace (Translator)The Laws of Radiation and Absorption: Memoirs by Prevost, Stewart, Kirchhoff, and Kirchoff and Bunsen (1901) is a book edited by D.B. Brace that contains a collection of scientific memoirs written by some of the most prominent physicists of the 19th century. The book focuses on the laws of radiation and absorption, which are fundamental principles in the study of thermodynamics and electromagnetism.The first memoir, written by Pierre Pre...

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Report copyright infringementby Berkeley (Author)Piquet and Rubicon Piquet is a book written by Berkeley in 1891. The book is a guide to playing the card games Piquet and Rubicon Piquet. It provides a comprehensive explanation of the rules, strategies, and tactics of these two games. The book is divided into two parts, the first part covers Piquet, and the second part covers Rubicon Piquet. In the first part, the author explains the basic rules of Piquet and how to play the game. He then goes...

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Report copyright infringementby Izumi Shikibu (Author), Murasaki Shikibu (Author), Sugawara No Takasue No Musume (Author)Step back in time to the elegant Heian period of Japan with "Diaries of Court Ladies of Old Japan." This collection offers an intimate glimpse into the lives, thoughts, and emotions of women within the Japanese court. Featuring "The Sarashina Diary," "The Diary of Murasaki Shikibu," and "The Diary of Izumi Shikibu," this volume showcases the unique perspectives of three rem...

Memoirs Of Augustus Hermann Francke (1831)

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Report copyright infringementby August Hermann Francke (Author), Rezeau Brown (Author)Memoirs of Augustus Hermann Francke is a book written by August Hermann Francke, originally published in 1831. The book is an autobiographical account of the life and experiences of Francke, who was a German Pietist theologian and philanthropist. Francke was known for his work in establishing the Francke Foundations, a group of institutions in Halle, Germany, that provided education and social services to th...