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The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex - II Charles Darwin, english naturalist and geologist (1809-1882) This ebook presents «The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex - II», from Charles Darwin. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the...

My father's autobiographical recollections, given in the present chapter, were written for his children,—and written without any thought that they would ever be published. To many this may seem an impossibility; but those who knew my father will understand how it was not only possible, but natural....

His Life in an Autobiographical Chapter Charles Darwin, english naturalist and geologist (1809-1882) This ebook presents «His Life in an Autobiographical Chapter», from Charles Darwin. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected. Table of...

Introduced to readers in the novels The Atrocity Archive and The Jennifer Morgue, the Laundry is a secret British government agency charged with preventing dark interdimensional entities from destroying the human race. Now, in "Overtime," the Laundry is on a skeleton staff for Christmas—leaving...

*Includes medieval depictions of Saladin and important people, places, and events in his life. *Includes a Bibliography for further reading.*Includes a Table of Contents. It is equally true that his generosity, his piety, devoid of fanaticism, that flower of liberality and courtesy which had been the...

*Discusses the legend of Betsy Ross and the Flag, including arguments for and against Betsy Ross being the first designer of the American Flag.*Includes pictures.*Includes a Bibliography for further reading.*Includes a Table of Contents. "A nation thrills, a nation bleeds,A nation follows where it leads,And...

A panoramic chronicle of Napoleon Bonaparte’s rise to power—excerpted from celebrated historian Charles Esdaile’s masterwork Napoleon’s Wars Napoleon’s Wars offers a definitive account of the violent conflicts that seethed within Europe from the end of the Peace of Amiens in 1803...

Charles Marion Russell (1864–1926),also known as Charlie Russell, and "Kid" Russell, was an artist of the Old American West. Russell created more than 2,000 paintings of cowboys, Indians, and landscapes set in the Western United States and in Alberta, Canada, in addition to bronze sculptures....

The men in Charles Kenney's family have been drawn to firefighting since his grandfather Charles "Pops" Kenney joined the Boston Fire Department in 1932. In his working class, Irish-Catholic neighborhood, there were other jobs that offered a decent wage, but none had the sense of belonging...

*Includes pictures of Wellington and important people, places, and events in his life.*Includes a Bibliography for further reading.*Includes a Table of ContentsBelieve me, nothing except a battle lost can be half so melancholy as a battle won. Duke of Wellington, at WaterlooA lot of ink has been spilled...

**Soon to be a NETFLIX film directed by Martin Scorsese, starring Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Joe Pesci and Harvey Keitel, and written by Steven Zaillian. Updated with a 57-page Conclusion by the author that features new, independent corroboration of Frank Sheeran's revelations about the killing...

Weakened by hunger, thirst and ill-treatment, author Charles McCormac, then a World War Two prisoner-of-war in Japanese-occupied Singapore, knew that if he did not escape he would die. With sixteen others he broke out of Pasir Panjang camp and began an epic two-thousand-mile escape from the island...

Includes:•Charles River Editors original biography of Joshua Chamberlain• The Passing of the Armies: An Account of the Final Campaign of the Army of the Potomac by Chamberlain•Chamberlains Account of the Battle of GettysburgFor much of the 20th century, Joshua Lawrence Chamberlains life and career...

*Includes a list of dozens of Emerson's most inspirational quotes.*Includes pictures of Emerson and important people and places in his life.*Includes a Bibliography of Emerson's works and books about Emerson for further reading.*Includes a Table of Contents. "Standing on the bare ground, my head bathed...