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Cover of The Etiquette of To-Day (1918)
by Edith B. Ordway
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

"The customs of social life need frequent restating and adaptation to new needs. They are customs because they are the best rules of conduct that have been garnered from the experiences of succeeding generations under common conditions. To know them, to catch their spirit, and to follow them in an intelligent...
Cover of Constance Dunlap
by Arthur B. Reeve
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

According to Wikipedia: "Arthur Benjamin Reeve (October 15, 1880 - August 9, 1936) was an American mystery writer. He is best known for creating the series character Professor Craig Kennedy, sometimes called "The American Sherlock Holmes," and his Dr Watson-like sidekick Walter Jameson, a newspaper reporter,...
Cover of Serapis, in English translation
by Georg Ebers
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

According to Wikipedia: "Georg Moritz Ebers (Berlin, March 1, 1837 Tutzing, Bavaria, August 7, 1898), German Egyptologist and novelist, discovered the Egyptian medical papyrus, of ca 1550 BCE, named for him (see Ebers papyrus) at Luxor (Thebes) in the winter of 187374. Now in the library of the University...
Cover of Complete Short Stories, in English translation
by Georg Ebers
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

This book includes: In the Blue Pike, A Question, The elixir, The Greylock, and The Nuts. According to Wikipedia: "Georg Moritz Ebers (Berlin, March 1, 1837 Tutzing, Bavaria, August 7, 1898), German Egyptologist and novelist, discovered the Egyptian medical papyrus, of ca 1550 BCE, named for him (see...
Cover of Black Ivory
by R. M. Ballantyne
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

According to Wikipedia: "R. M. Ballantyne (April 24, 1825 February 8, 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer. Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's...
Cover of A Thorny Path
by Georg Ebers
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

According to Wikipedia: "Georg Moritz Ebers (Berlin, March 1, 1837 Tutzing, Bavaria, August 7, 1898), German Egyptologist and novelist, discovered the Egyptian medical papyrus, of ca 1550 BCE, named for him (see Ebers papyrus) at Luxor (Thebes) in the winter of 187374. Now in the library of the University...
Cover of The Pianoforte Sonata: Its Origin and Development
by J. S. Shedlock
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

"In history we find certain names associated with great movements: Luther with the Reformation, or Garibaldi with the liberation of Italy. Luther certainly posted on the door of the church at Wittenberg his famous Theses, and burnt the Papal Bull at the gates of that city; yet before Luther there lived...
Cover of A Popular History of the Art of Music: From the Earliest Times Until the Present
by W. S. B. Mathews
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

"… I have attempted to cover the same extent of history, in treating of which the standard musical histories of Naumann, Ambros, Fetis and others have employed from three times to ten times as much space. In the nature of the case there will be differences of opinion among competent judges concerning...
Cover of Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood
by MacDonald, George
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2015

According to Wikipedia: "George MacDonald (10 December 1824 18 September 1905) was a Scottish author, poet, and Christian minister. Known particularly for his poignant fairy tales and fantasy novels, George MacDonald inspired many authors, such as W. H. Auden, J. R. R. Tolkien, C. S. Lewis, E. Nesbit...
Cover of The Bride of the Nile
by Georg Ebers
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

According to Wikipedia: "Georg Moritz Ebers (Berlin, March 1, 1837 Tutzing, Bavaria, August 7, 1898), German Egyptologist and novelist, discovered the Egyptian medical papyrus, of ca 1550 BCE, named for him (see Ebers papyrus) at Luxor (Thebes) in the winter of 187374. Now in the library of the University...
Cover of The Pirate City
by R.M. Ballantyne
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

According to Wikipedia: "R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer... For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young...
Cover of A New Philosophy: Henri Bergson
by Edouard Le Roy
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

Analysis of Henri Bergson's philosophy, first published in 1912. According to Wikipedia: "Henri-Louis Bergson (French pronunciation: [bɛʁksɔn] 18 October 18594 January 1941) was a major French philosopher, influential especially in the first half of the 20th century. Bergson convinced many thinkers...
Cover of Robert Falconer
by MacDonald, George
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2015

According to Wikipedia: "George MacDonald (10 December 1824 18 September 1905) was a Scottish author, poet, and Christian minister. Known particularly for his poignant fairy tales and fantasy novels, George MacDonald inspired many authors, such as W. H. Auden, J. R. R. Tolkien, C. S. Lewis, E. Nesbit...
Cover of England's Antiphon
by MacDonald, George
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2015

According to Wikipedia: "George MacDonald (10 December 1824 18 September 1905) was a Scottish author, poet, and Christian minister. Known particularly for his poignant fairy tales and fantasy novels, George MacDonald inspired many authors, such as W. H. Auden, J. R. R. Tolkien, C. S. Lewis, E. Nesbit...
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