Sarah Bolton: 16 books

"With the great, one's thoughts and manners easily become great; ... what this country longs for is personalities, grand persons, to counteract its materialities," says Emerson. Such lives as are sketched in this book are a constant inspiration, both to young and old. They teach Garfield's...

With the great, one's thoughts and manners easily become great; ... what this country longs for is personalities, grand persons, to counteract its materialities, says Emerson. Such lives as are sketched in this book are a constant inspiration, both to young and old. They teach Garfield's oft-repeated...

Napoleon said, "My maxim has always been, a career open to talent without distinction of birth." It will be seen in these pages that most of these men rose to leadership by their own efforts. Napoleon was poor, and often without employment in early life, but his industry, good judgment,...

Collection of 7 Works Sarah Knowles Bolton   A Country Idyl and Other Stories Famous American Statesmen Famous European Artists Famous Givers and Their Gifts Famous Men of Science Lives of Girls Who Became Famous Lives of Poor Boys Who Became Famous  

Famous European Artists written by Sarah K. Bolton who  was an American writer.  This book was published in 1890. And now republish in ebook format. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally enhance the original...

IN THE midst of New England mountains, covered with pine and cedar, lies the quiet town of Nineveh, looking towards the sea. Years ago it had mills where lumber was sawed and grain was ground; but now the old wheels alone are left, the dams are broken, and the water falls over the scattered rocks,...

Finally available, a high quality book of the original classic edition of Famous American Statesmen. This is a new and freshly published edition of this culturally important work by Sarah Knowles Bolton, which is now, at last, again available to you. Enjoy this classic work today. These selected...

This holiday, we are offering to you our own Christmas box - filled up to the top with the best Christmas novels, classics to read during holidays, magical Christmas tales, legends, most famous carols and the unique poetry of the giants of literature dedicated to this one and only holiday: The Gift...

Harriet Beecher Stowe Helen Hunt Jackson Lucretia Mott Mary A Livermore Margaret Fuller Ossoli Maria Mitchell Louisa M Alcott Mary Lyon Harriet G Hosmer Madame de Staël Rosa Bonheur Elizabeth Barrett Browning "George Eliot" Elizabeth Fry Elizabeth Thompson Butler Florence Nightingale Lady Brassey Baroness Burdett-Coutts Jean Ingelow

Bodies surface and disappear, seduce and corrupt in these original stories by bestselling, award-winning female crime writers from the Killer Women crime-writing collective. Keep your eyes peeled, your ears cocked and your wits about you as twenty deliciously twisted tales take you to surprising places...   'A...

These characters have been chosen from various countries and from varied professions, that the youth who read this book may see that poverty is no barrier to success. It usually develops ambition, and nerves people to action. Life at best has much of struggle, and we need to be cheered and stimulated...

Napoleon said, "My maxim has always been, a career open to talent without distinction of birth." It will be seen in these pages that most of these men rose to leadership by their own efforts. Napoleon was poor, and often without employment in early life, but his industry, good judgment,...

Garfield said, "No page of human history is so instructive and significant as the record of those early influences which develop the character and direct the lives of eminent men." These sketches show how young men have overcome difficulties, sometimes poverty, sometimes illness; how they have made...