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by Felix Speiser
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2013
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CONTENTS
Introduction
I. Nouméa and Port Vila
II. Maei, Tongoa, Epi and Malekula
III. The Segond Channel—Life on a Plantation
IV. Recruiting for Natives
V. Vao
VI. Port Olry and a “Sing-Sing”
VII. Santo
VIII. Santo...
Slavery and Four Years of War
A Political History of Slavery in the United States together with a Narrative of the Campaigns and Battles of the Civil War in Which the Author Took Part: 1861-1865
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2013
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
Slavery: Its Political History in the United States, (I.) Introductory — (II.) Introduction of Slavery into the Colonies — (III.) Declaration of Independence — (IV.) Continental Congress: Articles of Confederation — (V.) Ordinance of 1787 — (VI.) Constitution of the United...
by S. M. Hussey, Home Gordon, Editor
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2013
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CONTENTS
PREFACE
I. ANCESTRY
II. PARENTAGE AND EARLY YEARS
III. EDUCATION
IV. FARMING
V. LAND AGENT IN CORK
VI. FAMINE AND FEVER
VII. FENIANISM
VIII. MYSELF, SOME FACTS, AND MANY STORIES
IX. THE HARENC ESTATE
X....
by George Saintsbury
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2013
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CONTENTS
CHAPTER I THE END OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
The Starting-point—Cowper—Crabbe—Blake—Burns—Minor Poets—The Political Satirists—Gifford—Mathias—Dr. Moore, etc.—Paine—Godwin—Holcroft—Beckford, etc.—Mrs. Radcliffe...
A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone’s Expedition to the Zambesi and Its Tributaries
And the Discovery of Lakes Shirwa and Nyassa 1858-1864
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2013
A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone’s Expedition to the Zambesi and Its Tributaries: And the Discovery of Lakes Shirwa and Nyassa 1858-1864
This edition features a linked Table of Contents and Footnotes. CONTENTS INTRODUCTION Objects of the Expedition — Personal Interest shown...
by Thomas J. Wertenbaker
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2013
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CONTENTS
CHAPTER I: ENGLAND IN THE NEW WORLD
CHAPTER II: THE INDIAN WEED
CHAPTER III: THE VIRGINIA YEOMANRY
CHAPTER IV: FREEMEN AND FREEDMEN
CHAPTER V: THE RESTORATION PERIOD
CHAPTER VI: THE YEOMAN IN VIRGINIA...
by William Roughead, Editor
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2013
"Mary Blandy (1720 – April 6, 1752) was a female murderer in 18th century England. In 1751, she poisoned her father, Francis Blandy, with arsenic. She claimed that she thought the arsenic was a love potion that would make her father approve of her relationship with William Henry Cranstoun,...
Scotland Yard
The Methods and Organisation of the Metropolitan Police
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2013
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CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I. The Silent Machine
CHAPTER II. Matters of Organisation
CHAPTER III. The Real Detective
CHAPTER IV. On the Trail
CHAPTER V. Making a Detective
CHAPTER VI. More about Investigation
CHAPTER VII. The "Crooks'" Clearing-House
CHAPTER...
Histoire des Sarrazins en France, et de France en Savoie, en Piémont et dans la Suisse
pendant les 8e, 9e et 10e siècles de notre ère, d'après les auteurs chrétiens et mahométans
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
Histoire des Sarrazins en France, et de France en Savoie, en Piémont et dans la Suisse,
pendant les 8e, 9e et 10e siècles de notre ère, d'après les auteurs chrétiens et mahométans
TABLE DES MATIÈRES.
Dédicace
Introduction
Première partie. Premières invasions des Sarrazins en France,...
by Frederick Gookin
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2013
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Contents
JAPANESE COLOUR-PRINTS AND THEIR DESIGNERS
CATALOGUE OF A LOAN COLLECTION OF JAPANESE COLOUR-PRINTS
INTRODUCTION
CATALOGUE
Illustrations
HARUNOBU. Lovers walking in Snow.
MORONOBU. Nobleman and two Ladies...
by Franklin Hichborn
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2013
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CONTENTS
I. The Union Labor Party Movement
II. The Ruef Board of Supervisors
III. The San Francisco Ruef Ruled
IV. San Francisco After the Fire of 1906
V. Graft Prosecution Opens
VI. Ruef’s Fight to Take the District Attorney’s...
by Charles Baudelaire, James Huneker, Editor
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2012
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CONTENTS (abridged)
CHARLES BAUDELAIRE by James Huneker
THE FLOWERS OF EVIL
The Dance of Death
The Beacons
The Sadness of the Moon
Exotic Perfume
Beauty
...
The Accursed
La Beatrice
The Soul of Wine
The Wine of Lovers
The...
by John Philip Sousa
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2013
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CONTENTS
The President's Embarrassing Demand.
President Cleveland's Veto.
A Chorus of Ten Thousand.
A Tuneful Locomotive.
A Tale of the White House
About the Author
"John Philip Sousa (1854 – 1932) was an American composer and conductor...
by Dorothy Menpes, Mortimer Menpes, Illustrator
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2013
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CONTENTS
Arrival and First Impressions
History
A Glimpse into Bohemia
Architecture
St. Mark's
Painters of the Renaissance
Streets, Shops, and Courtyards
The Islands of the Lagoon
Social Ups and Downs
Gondolas and Gondoliers