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A Dialogue Concerning Oratory, or the Causes of Corrupt Eloquence - The Works of Cornelius Tacitus, Volume 8 (of 8); With an Essay on His Life and Genius, Notes, SupplementsXI. Maternus defends his favourite studies; the pleasures arising from poetry are in their nature...

A Dialogue in Hades - A Parallel of Military Errors, of Which the French and English Armies Were Guilty, During the Campaign of 1759, in Canada[The original of this manuscript is deposited in the French war archives, in Paris; a copy was, with the...

A Diary from Dixie - As written by Mary Boykin Chesnut, wife of James Chesnut, Jr., United States Senator from South Carolina, 1859-1861, and afterward an Aide to Jefferson Davis and a Brigadier-General in the Confederate ArmyIn Mrs. Chesnuts Diary are vivid pictures of...

A Diary Kept by Mrs. R. C. Germon, at Lucknow, Between the Months of May and December, 1857The Writer of the following Diary has frequently been requested to have a few copies printed for circulation amongst her friends; she has now acceded to their...

Editor Susanna Wright offers this updated edition of a Christian devotional classic--invoking the daily prayers and timeless imagery of the original text through modern, accessible language. In this wonderful collection, famed theologian Dr. John Baillie shares personal prayers for people who are seeking a...

A Diary Without Dates"It is one of the most charming little books among the many that owe their genesis to the war. The letters might be described as a lyric of married love; and their beauty and passion are enhanced by the exquisite setting...

A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines - containing a clear exposition of their principles and practiceIt is the business of operative industry to produce, transform, and distribute all such material objects as are suited to satisfy the wants of mankind. The primary production...

A Dictionary of Cebuano VisayanThis work is a dictionary of Cebuano Visayan, here called Cebuano for short. Cebuano is spoken in the central portions of the Philippines: on the islands of Cebu and Bohol, on the eastern half of Negros, western half of Leyte,...

A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous or Parallel Expressions - Designed as a Practical Guide to Aptness and Variety of PhraseologyThe main design of this Dictionary is to provide a ready means of assistance when one is at a loss for a word...

A Dictionary of Islam - Being a cyclopedia of the doctrines, rites, ceremonies, and customs, together with the technical and theological terms, of the Muhammadan religion.The increased interest manifested in relation to all matters affecting the East, and the great attention now given to...

A Dictionary of Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words - Used at the Present Day in the Streets of London; the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge; the Houses of Parliament; the Dens of St. Giles; and the Palaces of St. James.If any gentleman of a...

A Dictionary of the First or Oldest Words in the English Language - From the Semi-Saxon Period of A.D. 1250 to 1300The present publication may be considered as the foundation-stone of the Historical and Literary portion of the Philological Societys proposed English Dictionary. Its...

Dive into the fantastical world and vocabulary of J. R. R. Tolkien with this deluxe edition that will stand out on your bookshelf. J. R. R. Tolkien created characters and a world so unique and so rich with details that they warranted a whole...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - From the former prime minister of New Zealand, then the world's youngest female head of government and just the second to give birth in office, comes a deeply personal memoir chronicling her extraordinary rise and offering inspiration to a...

A definitive collection of new and selected stories by a master of the form"Comparisons might be drawn to writers ranging from Jorge Luis Borges and Haruki Murakami to Margaret Atwood and J. D. Salinger. All of Lethem's stories are enlivened by his wit and...

A longtime professor of Ethnic Studies at the University of California at Berkeley, Ronald Takaki was recognized as one of the foremost scholars of American ethnic history and diversity. When the first edition of A Different Mirror was published in 1993, Publishers Weekly called...

Ronald Takaki's beloved revisionist history of America, praised by Howard Zinn as "a bold and refreshing new approach to our national history," now featuring a foreword from Clint Smith, author of the award-winning #1 bestseller How the Word Is Passed. Ronald Takaki's "brilliant revisionist...

A 2018 Caldecott Honor Book that Kirkus Reviews calls "a must-read for our times," A Different Pond is an unforgettable story about a simple event - a long-ago fishing trip. Graphic novelist Thi Bui and acclaimed poet Bao Phi deliver a powerful, honest glimpse...

A Difficult Problem - 1900 I looked up and was at once impressed by the grace and beauty of the person thus introduced to me. She cast me a child-like look full of trust and candor as she seated herself in the chair I...

A Digit of the Moon: A Hindoo Love Story The better to illustrate how, in Hindoo mythology, the ideas of a beautiful woman, the Moon, and the Sea, dissolve and disappear into one another, I have placed on the fly-leaf of this edition a...