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Cover of Our American Holidays, Lincoln's Birthday
by Robert Haven Schauffler
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

A series of Anthologies upon American Holidays, each volume a collectionof writings from many sources, historical, poetic, religious, patriotic,etc., presenting each American festival as seen through the eyes of therepresentative writers of many ages and nations.
Cover of Henry the Sixth Part Two, Bilingual edition (in English with line numbers and in French translation)
by William Shakespeare
Language: French
Release Date: December 15, 2009

Shakespeare history play, Henry VI Part Two, in English with line numbers and in French translation. According to Wikipedia: "Henry VI, Part 2 or The Second Part of Henry the Sixt (often written as 2 Henry VI) is a history play by William Shakespeare believed to have been written in 1591, and set during...
Cover of Letters to Dead Authors
by Andrew Lang
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

Classic collection of essays, including: Of Modern English Poetry, Of Modern English Poetry, Fielding, Longfellow, A Friend of Keats, On Virgil, Aucassin and Nicolette, Plotinus (A.D. 200-262), Lucretius, To a Young American Book-Hunter, Rochefoucauld, Of Vers de Societe, On Vers de Societe, Richardson,...
Cover of Cambridge Pieces
by Samuel Butler
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

According to Wikipedia: "Samuel Butler (4 December 1835 - 18 June 1902) was an iconoclastic Victorian author who published a variety of works, including the Utopian satire Erewhon and the posthumous novel The Way of All Flesh, his two best-known works, but also extending to examinations of Christian...
Cover of The Complete Home (1907)
by Clara E. Laughlin
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

"Blessed indeed are they who are free to choose where and how they shall live. Still more blessed are they who give abundant thought to their choice, for they may not wear the sackcloth of discomfort nor scatter the ashes of burned money…"
Cover of The Pleasures of England
by John Ruskin
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

According to Wikipedia: "John Ruskin (8 February 1819 20 January 1900) is best known for his work as an art critic, stage writer, and social critic, but is remembered as an author, poet and artist as well. Ruskin's essays on art and architecture were extremely influential in the Victorian and Edwardian eras."
Cover of Little Wars (a game for boys from twelve years of age to one hundred fifty and for that more intelligent sort of girl who likes boys' games and books) (1913)
by H. G. Wells
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

According to Wikipedia: "Little Wars is a set of rules for playing with toy soldiers, written by H. G. Wells in 1913. Its full title is Little Wars: a game for boys from twelve years of age to one hundred and fifty and for that more intelligent sort of girl who likes boys' games and books. Little Wars...
Cover of Reflections or Sentences and Moral Maxims
by François de La Rochefoucauld
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

According to Wikipedia: "François VI, duc de La Rochefoucauld, prince de Marcillac (September 15, 1613 March 17, 1680), was a noted French author of maxims and memoirs, as well as an example of the accomplished 17th-century nobleman. He was born in Paris in the Rue des Petits Champs, at a time when...
Cover of Andria: the Fair Andrian, a Comedy
by Terence
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

Classic Roman comedy play. With active table of contents. According to Widipedia, "Andria (The Girl from Andros) (166 BC) Andria (English: The Girl from Andros) is a comedy by Terence, a Roman playwright. It was Terence's first play, and he wrote it when he was approximately 19 years old. Terence adapted...
Cover of The Fifth String, a novel
by John Philip Sousa
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

According to Wikipedia: "John Philip Sousa (November 6, 1854 March 6, 1932) was an American composer and conductor of the late Romantic era known particularly for American military and patriotic marches. Because of his mastery of march composition and resultant prominence, he is known as "The March King". In public he was typically referenced by his full name."
Cover of The Barrier
by Rex Beach
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

According to Wikipedia: "Rex Ellingwood Beach (September 1, 1877 December 7, 1949) was an American novelist, playwright, and Olympic water polo player. Rex Beach was born in Atwood, Michigan to a prominent family and pursued a career as a lawyer before being drawn to Alaska at the time of the Klondike...
Cover of Dream Days
by Grahame, Kenneth
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2015

According to Wikipedia: "Kenneth Grahame (July 20, 1859 July 6, 1932) was a British writer, most famous for The Wind in the Willows (1908), one of the classics of children's literature. He also wrote The Reluctant Dragon, which was much later adapted into a Disney film."
Cover of Twelfth Night/ Le Jour des Rois ou ce que Vous Voudrez, Bilingual edition (English with line numbers and French translation)
by William Shakespeare
Language: French
Release Date: December 15, 2009

Shakespeare comedy in English with line numbers and translated to French by Francois Pierre Guillaume Guizot (1787 - 1874), French historian, and statesman. Published in 1862. According to Wikipedia: "Twelfth Night; or, What You Will is a comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written...
Cover of Under the Chilian Flag, A Tale of War Between Chili and Peru
by Collingwood, Harry
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2015

19th century adventure novel, set during the 1870s war between Chile and Peru.
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