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Seekers in Sicily: Being a Quest for Persephone by Jane and PeripateticaSeekers in Sicily: Being a Quest for Persephone by Jane and PeripateticaWhen this book was writtenin the spring of the yearthe Land of the Older Gods was unmarred by the terrible seismic convulsions which wrought such ruin in the last days of 1908. Very...
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Signers of the DeclarationSigners of the Declaration - Historic Places Commemorating the Signing of the Declaration of IndependenceNearly two hundred years have passed since America proclaimed her independence. Yet this action and the beliefs and hopes motivating those responsible for it are as central to us as...
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Richard Judkins' Wooing: A Tale of Virginia in the RevolutionRichard Judkins' Wooing: A Tale of Virginia in the RevolutionI was sitting in an arm chair with my feet upon the hand rail of the verandahvery much at my easewhen Major Bullbeggor rode around the bend of the turnpike and came into view. I...
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La reine Victoria intimeLa reine Victoria intime - Ouvrage illustré de 60 gravures d'après des photographies et des documents inéditsJolie fleur de mai.Sur les fonds dor de la Tour de Londres.Ni un nom ni lautre, Victoria.Claremont.Lorpheline de Sydmouth.La Cour de poupes de la princesse Drina.Poupes vivantes.150.000 francs...
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From Dan to BeershebaFrom Dan to Beersheba - A Description of the Wonderful Land, with Maps and Engravings and a Prologue by the Author Containing the Latest Explorations and Discoveries This book was written in a period when many words had not become standardized in their spelling....
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Jongens van Oudt-HollandJongens van Oudt-HollandEr bestaat over het verblijf van Czaar Peter den Grooten te Zaandam reeds een uitgebreide litteratuur. De Heer Jac. Scheltema, die als vrederechter in deze stad heeft gewoond, vond er belangrijke aanteekeningen door den Zaandammer lakenkoopman en vroedschap Jan Cornelisz Noomen over...
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The Squirrel Hunters of Ohio or, Glimpses of Pioneer LifeThe Squirrel Hunters of Ohio; or, Glimpses of Pioneer LifeAs an actor and interested witness of the marvelous changes which have occurred in the settlement and civilization of the North-west Territory, the author places before the reader this book, entitled, The Squirrel Hunters of...
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Recollections of a Peninsular VeteranRecollections of a Peninsular VeteranTHE following pages have been selected from the autobiography of my grandfather, the late Colonel Joseph Anderson, who was born in Sutherlandshire, Scotland, on June 1, 1790, and died on July 18, 1877. It should be stated that this narrative...
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Mosaic of New Mexico's Scenery, Rocks, and HistoryMosaic of New Mexico's Scenery, Rocks, and HistoryPrevious Scenic Trips to the Geologic Past have emphasized scenic tours of local areas in New Mexico. This book lays out a mosaic of facts and fancies concerning the states landscapes, the rocks that underlie and make...
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"Out of the East": Reveries and Studies in New Japan"Out of the East": Reveries and Studies in New JapanThe hotel seemed to me a paradise, and the maids thereof celestial beings. This was because I had just fled away from one of the Open Ports, where I had ventured to seek comfort in...
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Zeven kleine AustraliërsZeven kleine AustraliërsSeven little Australians heeft Miss Ethel Turner het boek genoemd, dat thans in Nederlandsche vertaling verschijnt. Zeven kleine Australirs heb ik dus boven het verhaal geschreven, dat de geschiedenis bevat der kinderen van den bij Sidney wonenden kapitein Woolcot. Steeds verdiept onze...
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Greeks and BarbariansGreeks & BarbariansThere have been many explanations of ancient Greece and its peculiar spirit. If I may say so, the only original thing about the explanation offered in this book is its want of originality; for it is the explanation of the Greeks themselves....
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Willem Adriaan Van Der Stel, and Other Historical SketchesWillem Adriaan Van Der Stel, and Other Historical SketchesThe discovery of an ocean route from Europe to India, followed by the establishment of the Portuguese as the preponderating power in the East, is one of the greatest events in the history of the world....
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Historical and descriptive narrative of twenty years' residence in South America (Vol 2 of 3)Historical and descriptive narrative of twenty years' residence in South America (Vol 2 of 3) - Containing travels in Arauco, Chile, Peru, and Colombia; with an account of the revolution, its rise, progress, and resultsFORMERLY PRIVATE SECRETARY TO THE PRESIDENT AND CAPTAIN GENERAL OF...
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Historical and descriptive narrative of twenty years' residence in South America (Vol 3 of 3)Historical and descriptive narrative of twenty years' residence in South America (Vol 3 of 3) - Containing travels in Arauco, Chile, Peru, and Colombia; with an account of the revolution, its rise, progress, and resultsFORMERLY PRIVATE SECRETARY TO THE PRESIDENT AND CAPTAIN GENERAL OF...
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Historical and Descriptive Narrative of Twenty Years' Residence in South America (Vol 1 of 3)Historical and Descriptive Narrative of Twenty Years' Residence in South America (Vol 1 of 3) - Containing travels in Arauco, Chile, Peru, and Colombia; with an account of the revolution, its rise, progress, and resultsThe interest which the late successful revolution in Spanish America...
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The Peddler Spy or, Dutchmen and Yankees. A Tale of the Capture of Good HopeThe Peddler Spy; or, Dutchmen and Yankees. A Tale of the Capture of Good HopeFew writers of sea stories throw around the personages of his narratives so much that is novel in character as this pleasing author. His plot and incidents, too, are widely...
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A Colored Man Round the WorldA Colored Man Round the WorldThe Author of this book, though a quadroon, is pleased to announce himself the Colored man around the world. Not because he may look at a colored mans position as an honorable one at this age of the world,...
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Outpost in the Wilderness: Fort Wayne, 1706-1828Outpost in the Wilderness: Fort Wayne, 1706-1828Early Fort Wayne played an important and definite role in the history of the old Northwest. Its unique position as a portage site between the Wabash and Maumee rivers made the Wabash route one of the natural waterways...
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The Boys' and Girls' HerodotusThe Boys' and Girls' Herodotus - Being Parts of the History of Herodotus, Edited for Boys and GirlsImagine yourself in the city of Athens near the close of the year 446 B.C. The proud city, after many years of supremacy over the whole of...
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