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Report copyright infringementby John Woolman (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 e...

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Report copyright infringementby Joseph Wortis (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 ...

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Report copyright infringementby Walter W. Liggett (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 import...

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Report copyright infringementby Richard Russo (Author)A marvelous new essay collection from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Somebody's Fool and The Destiny Thief Life and Art--these are the twin subjects considered in Richard Russo's twelve masterful new essays--how they inform each other and how the stories we tell ourselves about both shape our understanding of the world around us. In "The Lives of Others," he reflects on the implacable fact that writers use people, insisting that what...

It All Felt Impossible: 42 Years in 42 Essays

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Report copyright infringementby Tom McAllister (Author)In this meditative and lyrical collection, Tom McAllister challenges himself to write a short essay for every year he's been alive. With each piece strictly limited to a maximum of 1,500 words, these 42 essays move fluidly through time, taking poetic leaps and ending up in places the reader does not expect. Funny, insightful, and open-hearted, It All Felt Impossible aims to tell the story of McAllister's life through brief glimpses, anecd...

Letters to Mom: A World War II Soldier's Account of Sacrifice, Courage, and Love

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Report copyright infringementby Roy C. Meyer (Author), Tara Meyer Harper (Author) Number of Pages: 382 Dimensions: 0.85 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: May 08, 2025

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Report copyright infringementby Alfred Antoine Furman (Author)""Philip of Pokanoket"" is a historical novel written by Alfred Antoine Furman and published in 1894. The book tells the story of Philip, a Wampanoag Native American chief who lived in what is now Massachusetts in the 17th century. The novel traces Philip's life from his early years as a young warrior to his eventual leadership of his tribe and his tragic death in the King Philip's War of 1675-1676.Through the eyes of the book's na...

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Report copyright infringementby Samuel H. Golter (Author)The City of Hope is a novel written by Samuel H. Golter that tells the story of a young man named David who travels to a small town called Hope in search of a new beginning. David has just been released from prison and is determined to turn his life around. Hope seems like the perfect place for him to start over, but he soon realizes that the town is hiding a dark secret.As David begins to settle into his new life, he becomes friends wi...

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Report copyright infringementby Michael D. Burke (Author)What is it like to train as a whitewater guide? What special skills do you need to forage for fiddlehead ferns? What do a handful of Maine auction houses have in common? Why did a village suddenly form on a frozen lake? What is it like to devote a summer to attending county fairs?The Art of the Myth answers questions like these, and others, about life in Maine. A collection of essays on topics from sea kayaking to maple sugaring, from r...

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Report copyright infringementby M. Thomas Inge (Editor)Will Eisner's innovations in the comics, especially the comic book and the graphic novel, as well as his devotion to comics analysis, make him one of comics' first true auteurs and the cartoonist so revered and influential that cartooning's highest honor is named after him. His newspaper feature The Spirit (1940-1952) introduced the now-common splash page to the comic book, as well as dramatic angles and lighting effects that were influen...

The New Testament: Translated From The Latin In The Year 1380 By John Wiclif (1810)

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Report copyright infringementby John Wycliffe (Author), Henry Hervey Baber (Author)The New Testament: Translated From The Latin In The Year 1380 By John Wiclif (1810) is a book that includes the New Testament of the Christian Bible, translated from Latin into English by John Wycliffe in the year 1380. Wycliffe was a theologian and reformer who believed that the Bible should be accessible to all people, not just the clergy. His translation was one of the earliest English translations of the Ne...

Descendants of William Russell, Cambridge, Massachusetts, about 1640 (1900)

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Report copyright infringementby Hezekiah Stone Russell (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. ...

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Report copyright infringementby Carleton Putnam (Author), T. R. Waring (Foreword by)Race and Reason: A Yankee View is a book written by Carleton Putnam, first published in 1961. The book is a controversial examination of the issue of race and its impact on American society. Putnam argues that race is a biological reality, and that differences in intelligence and behavior between races are largely determined by genetics. He also contends that the civil rights movement is misguided and that eff...

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Report copyright infringementby Gano Dunn (Author)""Peter Cooper: A Mechanic Of New York"" is a biography written by Gano Dunn, detailing the life and achievements of Peter Cooper, a prominent American inventor, industrialist, and philanthropist. The book chronicles Cooper's rise from humble beginnings as a young apprentice in a New York City coach-making shop to become one of the most successful businessmen of his time. The author explores Cooper's various inventions and innovations, includi...

The Family Y Aguilar: A Story Of Jewish Heroism During The Spanish Inquisition

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Report copyright infringementby Marcus Lehmann (Author), Jacob Breuer (Editor)The Family Y Aguilar: A Story of Jewish Heroism During the Spanish Inquisition is a historical fiction novel written by Marcus Lehmann. The book tells the story of a Jewish family living in Spain during the 15th century, a time when the Spanish Inquisition was at its peak. The Y Aguilar family is forced to flee their home in Segovia after being accused of practicing Judaism in secret. The family's journey takes them...

The Gabriel Moraga Expedition Of 1806: The Diary Of Fray Pedro Munoz

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Report copyright infringementby Pedro Munoz (Author), Robert G. Cleland (Editor), Haydee Noya (Translator)""The Gabriel Moraga Expedition of 1806: The Diary of Fray Pedro Munoz"" is a historical account of the journey undertaken by a group of Spanish explorers led by Gabriel Moraga in 1806. The book is based on the diary of Fray Pedro Munoz, a Franciscan friar who accompanied the expedition. Munoz's diary provides a detailed and fascinating account of the journey, which took the group from th...

Genealogy Of The Denny Family In England And America: Descendants Of John Denny Of Combs, Suffolk, England, In 1439 (1886)

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Report copyright infringementby Christopher Columbus Denny (Author)""Genealogy Of The Denny Family In England And America: Descendants Of John Denny Of Combs, Suffolk, England, In 1439"" is a book written by Christopher Columbus Denny and published in 1886. The book is a comprehensive genealogical record of the Denny family, tracing their lineage from John Denny of Combs, Suffolk, England in the year 1439. The author has meticulously researched and documented the family history, including inf...

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Report copyright infringementby Lawrence A. Marsden (Author)""Attack Transport: The Story of the U.S.S. Doyen"" is a historical account of the naval vessel USS Doyen and its role in World War II. Written by Lawrence A. Marsden, a former crew member of the ship, the book details the ship's construction, deployment, and participation in various battles and operations throughout the war. The USS Doyen was a key player in the Pacific theater, transporting troops, equipment, and supplies to variou...

The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle: According To The Several Original Authorities (1861)

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Report copyright infringementby Benjamin Thorpe (Editor)The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle: According To The Several Original Authorities is a historical book written by Thorpe, Benjamin in 1861. The book is a compilation of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, which is a collection of annals in Old English chronicling the history of the Anglo-Saxons. The chronicle covers the period from the Roman occupation of Britain to the late 12th century, with the bulk of the entries focusing on the period between the 9th...

The Journal Of A Voyage From Charlestown, South Carolina, To London: Undertaken During The American Revolution (1906)

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Report copyright infringementby Louisa Susannah Wells (Author)The Journal of a Voyage from Charlestown, South Carolina, to London: Undertaken During the American Revolution is a historical book written by Louisa Susannah Wells and originally published in 1906. The book is a first-hand account of a voyage from the American colonies to England during the American Revolution. The author, Louisa Susannah Wells, was a young woman who embarked on this journey in 1782 at the age of 19. She kept a de...

Life Of Frederick Courtenay Selous (1919)

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Report copyright infringementby John Guille Millais (Author)The Life of Frederick Courtenay Selous is a biography written by John Guille Millais and published in 1919. The book tells the story of Frederick Selous, a renowned British explorer, hunter, and naturalist who lived from 1851 to 1917. Selous was known for his travels throughout Africa, where he hunted big game and collected specimens for museums and scientific study. He also played a significant role in the Anglo-Boer War, serving as...

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Report copyright infringementby Lee Milazzo (Editor), Joyce Carol Oates (Author)These twenty-five interviews with Joyce Carol Oates from early in her career to the present are the first such collection to be published. In these conversations from sources as diverse as major news magazines and small scholarly journals, Oates candidly talks about her work, her concepts of literature, her methods of writing, and many other topics.Throughout this anthology, Oates discusses how her writing paints ...

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Report copyright infringementby Damien Thompson (Author)As a child in the 1980s, Damien lived an idyllic life as the only son to two highly creative parents. He idolized his larger-than-life father, the unemployed musician. His mother, the artist, painted the neighbor children's portraits and sometimes worked two jobs to pay the mortgage and put food on the table.When Damien's mother asked for a divorce, his father initiated a long journey of vengeance with Damien at the center, weaponizing t...

Our Lives in Pieces: A Collection of Flash Memoir Essays

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Report copyright infringementby Tracie Adams (Author)Our Lives in Pieces is a collection of essays, tiny microcosms of insight into the author's experiences with traumatic life events and loss. With raw honesty, she writes about losing loved ones to suicide and cancer. Her battle with addiction and Anorexia is woven throughout the pages as she courageously explores the detrimental, destructive effects of childhood abuse. Topics like motherhood, adoption, and marriage examine the underbelly of...

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Report copyright infringementby Marie Fratoni (Author)Inspiring women form the integral threads in the vast and intricate tapestry of life. Each thread is woven with purpose, strength, and resilience, contributing to the creation of a world rich in opportunity and possibility. These remarkable women do not simply navigate through life; they carve paths where none existed before, breaking barriers and paving the way for future generations.Through unwavering determination and an unshakable comm...

World Without End: Essays on Apocalypse and After

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Report copyright infringementby Martha Park (Author)For fans of Margaret Renkl and Lisa Wells's Believers, World Without End circles the connections between climate change and faith in the fear and fascination of the end of the world.When Martha Park's father announces he is retiring from the ministry after forty-two years, she moves home to Memphis to attend his United Methodist church for his last year in the pulpit. She hopes to encounter a more certain sense of herself as secular or relig...

Shadman Diaries: In Pursuit of Western Civilization, 1933-1943 (Volume 2, Diaries in Persian)): In Pursuit of Western Civilization, 1933-1943 (Volume

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Report copyright infringementby Fakhr Al-Din Shadman (Author), Abbas Milani (Editor), Kioumars Ghereghlou (Editor)This volume contains nearly a decade of Shadman's diaries, spanning from his departure from Tehran in mid-December 1933 to March 1943 - almost two years before the end of his tenure as a delegate of the Imperial Government of Iran with the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company (AIOC) in London. During his time in London, Shadman took advantage of academic opportunities by enrolling at the Sor...

Greatest Hits of My Childhood Trauma - Autism Edition

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Report copyright infringementby Alex Dark (Author)Growing up with Autism is hard enough. Growing up with Autism when you're a little gay weirdo is almost impossible.Greatest Hits of my Childhood Trauma is the story of a boy fighting to exist in a world that would rather throw him away. From overly religious mothers to prison sentences, drug overdoses, psychiatric facilities, bizarre sexual encounters, and queer high school romance, this tale of 90s middle America is heartbreaking, hilarious, ...

Maligned Maverick: Michael Madhusudan Datta: Life, Letters and Literature

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Report copyright infringementby Nandan Dasgupta (Author)The playwright and poet, Michael Madhusudan Datta is easily one of the most important and controversial literary figures of nineteenth-century South Asia-characterized by radical socio cultural transformation. Despite countless discussions by commentators and biographers he remains an enigma among the literary giants who straddled nineteenth-century Bengal. By demystifying Datta's conversion to Christianity and by debunking myths of disi...

Johnson's Life of London: The People Who Made the City that Made the World

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Report copyright infringementby Boris Johnson (Author)The exhilarating story of how London came to be one of the most exciting and influential places on earth--from the city's colorful, witty, and well-known mayor.Once a swampland that the Romans could hardly be bothered to conquer, over the centuries London became an incomparably vibrant metropolis that has produced a steady stream of ingenious, original, and outsized figures who have shaped the world we know. Boris Johnson, the internationa...

Seeing As Your Shoes Are Soon to be on Fire: Essays

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Report copyright infringementby Liza Monroy (Author)Liza Monroy's new book is collection of deeply personal essays that tackle the universal themes of romantic and familial love, fate and chance, all told in a humorous and intelligent manner that keeps the reader yearning for more. Created in the wake of Liza's popular essays- including her piece for the Modern Love column in the New York Times -- Seeing As Your Shoes Are Soon To Be On Fire chronicles Liza's many misadventures in her quest fo...

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Report copyright infringementby Clarence A. Manning (Author), Hugh Gibson (Foreword by)This is a new release of the original 1945 edition. Number of Pages: 306 Dimensions: 0.64 x 9.02 x 5.98 IN Publication Date: October 27, 2013