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Although the period of active life of San Francisco has been a short one, as historical periods go, it has been crowded with incident. Enough of the latter could be found to present a vivid picture of the career of the metropolis of the Pacific coast, but in this work something more has been attempted...

The preparation of a "History of Seattle" has been the exploration of a new field and the amount of patient research and careful investigation involved has been a task of colossal proportions. The printed and written records of the first twenty years of Seattle's existence are scanty almost...

'The City of Detroit' is a milestone work on the history of the Michigan metropolis. Burton's work covers more than two hundred years of events and facts and had to be split into four volumes due to its size. There is hardly a more detailed book dealing with Detroit's past. This is volume one, covering the early years and the political and civic history.

The objects of this book are: (1) To alter your mental attitude (2) To direct your thoughts into those channels which lead to success, achievement, health, happiness and perfect good (3) The arousing of the inward POWER (4) The overcoming of bad habits (5) The building up of character (6) The discovery and development of the creative faculty.

In his preface to this volume the author says that "the moral virtues are the foundation and support of prosperity as they are the soul of greatness. They endure forever, and all the works of man which endure are built upon them. Without them there is neither strength, stability, nor substantial...

Novalis, eigentlich Georg Philipp Friedrich Freiherr von Hardenberg, war ein deutscher Schriftsteller der Frühromantik, Philosoph, Jurist und Bergbauingenieur. Dieser Band beinhaltet seine wichtigsten Werke: Die Lehrlinge zu Sais Aphorismen Europa (oder die Christenheit) Heinrich von Ofterdingen Hymnen an die Nacht Gedichte Lieder

Zu den beliebtesten Lektüren des späten Mittelalters zählten die Ritterromane, besonders der Roman Amadis von Gallien. Steigende Nachfrage der Leserschaft führte zu einer Flut neuer Fortsetzungen, in denen immer fantastischere, unglaubwürdigere Abenteuer geschildert wurden, die - nach Meinung...

Der Idiot gehört zu den fünf bekanntesten Romanen Fjodor Dostojewskis, die zur Weltliteratur gezählt werden. Er wurde von Dostojewski in Genf 1867 begonnen und in Mailand 1868 beendet und erschien von Januar 1868 bis Februar 1869 in der Zeitschrift Russki Westnik. Der junge Fürst Myschkin, Titelheld...

Dies ist Band 6 der historischen Romane aus den Zeiten der Völkerwanderung. Dahns Popularität gründete vor allem auf den historischen Romanen, die sich in den Gründerjahren des Deutschen Reiches außerordentlicher Beliebtheit erfreuten.

The book which put Stevenson's name in the mouth of the ' man in the street,' lifted him at a single bound to a place among men of the time and, by the still greater sensation which it created in America, led to the large income which soon afterwards he drew from the United States. The ear of a great...

Meine Kinderjahre ist der Titel eines autobiographischen Romans von Theodor Fontane, der erstmals 1893 erschien. Die Erinnerungen beginnen mit der Beschreibung der Eltern. Gegensätzlicher konnten sie kaum sein. Der Vater, ein stattlicher Mann, voll Bonhomie, dabei Phantast und Humorist, Plauderer...

Jenseit des Tweed handelt von einer Reise nach Schottland, die Fontane mit seinem Freund, dem Schriftsteller Bernhard von Lepel, im Sommer 1858 unternahm. Dabei schildert Fontane den Verlauf der Reise chronologisch. Von London reisen sie in die schottische Hauptstadt Edinburgh. Die ersten 13 Kapitel...

The Sisters of Albano is an Italian romance. As with all of Shelley's writings the biographical element is deeply interwoven. The story itself deals with class and gender issues in her time.

Ingersoll's book basically consists of three parts: the first and second parts offer a brief history of California and Los Angeles county and are given as a preface to the local history in order that the reader may have a connected story from the date of the discovery of the country. Included here...