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Cover of Arthur Conan Doyle: 7 Historical Novels
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

This book-collection file includes seven historical novels: Micah Clarke, 1888; The White Company, 1891; The Great Shadow and Other Napoleonic Tales, 1892; The Refugees, 1893; Rodney Stone, 1896; Uncle Bernac, 1897; and Sir Nigel, 1906. According to Wikipedia: "Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, DL (22...
Cover of Arthur Conan Doyle, 2 Challenger Novels
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

This book-collection file includes two Challenger novels: The Lost World and The Poison Belt. According to Wikipedia: "Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, DL (22 May 1859 7 July 1930) was an author most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major...
Cover of History of Prince Edward Island
by Duncan Campbell
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

First published in 1875. According to the preface: "The principal aim of the Author has been to produce a History of Prince Edward Island, which might claim some degree of merit as to conciseness, accuracy, and impartiality, from the period it became a British possession until its recent union with the other confederated provinces of British North America."
Cover of The History of Tasmania, volume 1 of 2
by John West
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

First published in 1852. "Nearly fifty years have elapsed, since Van Diemen's Land was numbered with the colonies of the British empire. A generation has risen up and is passing away. Thousands, while they venerate the land of their European ancestors, with an amiable fondness love Tasmania as their...
Cover of The History of Tasmania, volume 2 of 2
by John West
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

According to Wikipedia: "Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the mainland of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous other islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans.N4 Neighbouring countries include...
Cover of First Footsteps in East Africa or an Exploration of Harar
by Richard Burton
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

According to Wikipedia: "Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton KCMG FRGS (19 March 1821 20 October 1890) was a British explorer, translator, writer, soldier, orientalist, ethnologist, spy, linguist, poet, fencer and diplomat. He was known for his travels and explorations within Asia, Africa and the Americas...
Cover of Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia during the years 1837 to 1839, volume 1 of 2
by George Grey
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

According to Wikipedia: "Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the mainland of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous other islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans.N4 Neighbouring countries include...
Cover of Captain Cook, His Life, Voyages, and Discoveries
by Kingston, W.H.G.
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2015

This book is not a series of fictitious adventures of the great Captain Cook, the eighteenth century navigator and explorer, but a straightforward statement of his life and achievements. It is therefore more of a biography than an adventure book for boys. However, the man was so great that his biography...
Cover of The Last Look, a Tale of the Spanish Inquisition
by Kingston, W.H.G.
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2015

It is in the middle of the sixteenth century, and in Spain, where the Inquisition, and subsequent torturing and burning to death by the Catholic Church, of those who would not agree to its tenets, is getting under way. An Archbishop calls at the house of a former friend of his, a woman who had refused...
Cover of The Wedding Day: the Service, the Marriage Certificate, words of Counsel (1889)
by John F. Hurst
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

Wedding advice, first published in 1889, "The founding of a new home marks an important era in a human life. Whether you be poor or wealthy, wise or ignorant, it is all the same--you begin a new existence. The associations of childhood and youth now undergo a total change."
Cover of History of the Catholic Church from the Renaissance to the French Revolution, both volumes in a single file
by James MacCaffrey
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

According to Wikipedia: "The Roman Catholic Church, officially known as the Catholic Church is the world's largest Christian church, representing over half of all Christians and one-sixth of the world's population. The Catholic Church is a communion of 23 sui juris particular churches. Among these are...
Cover of Homiles on the Gospel of St. Matthew
by Saint John Chrysostom
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

According to Wikipedia: "Saint John Chrysostom (c. 347407, Greek: Ιωάννης ο Χρυσόστομος), archbishop of Constantinople, was an important Early Church Father. He is known for his eloquence in preaching and public speaking, his denunciation of abuse of authority by both ecclesiastical...
Cover of Homilies on Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, Thessalonians, Timothy, Titus, and Philemon
by Saint John Chrysostom
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

According to Wikipedia: "Saint John Chrysostom (c. 347407, Greek: Ιωάννης ο Χρυσόστομος), archbishop of Constantinople, was an important Early Church Father. He is known for his eloquence in preaching and public speaking, his denunciation of abuse of authority by both ecclesiastical...
Cover of Homilies on the Epistles of Paul to the Corinthians
by Saint John Chrysostom
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

According to Wikipedia: "Saint John Chrysostom (c. 347407, Greek: Ιωάννης ο Χρυσόστομος), archbishop of Constantinople, was an important Early Church Father. He is known for his eloquence in preaching and public speaking, his denunciation of abuse of authority by both ecclesiastical...
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