True North: 481 books

The sun - as common - went abroad -  The flowers - accustomed - blew,  As if no soul - that solstice passed -  Which maketh all things - new

BENJAMIN WEST. SIR ISAAC NEWTON. SAMUEL JOHNSON. OLIVER CROMWELL. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN. QUEEN CHRISTINA.

Beethoven, the great German composer, is revealed in his own words in this classic text. Beethoven's thoughts and feelings about the creative process and the business of making music are found within these pages along with the great composer's attitudes about religion, education and a number of other...

Mr. Clemens began to write his autobiography many years ago, and he continues to add to it day by day. It was his original intention to permit no publication of his memoirs until after his death; but, after leaving ''Pier No. 70,'' he concluded that a considerable portion might now suitably be given...

Among the decisive events of the Revolutionary struggle, Burgoyne's campaign deservedly holds the foremost place, as well for what it led to, as for what it was in inception and execution--at once the most daring, most quixotic, and most disastrous effort of the whole war.

Cyrus was the founder of the ancient Persian empire--a monarchy, perhaps, the most wealthy and magnificent which the world has ever seen.

Genghis Khan (1162 – August 1227), born Temüjin, was the founder and Great Khan (emperor) of the Mongol Empire, which became the largest contiguous empire in history after his demise.  

About five or six hundred years before Christ, almost the whole of the interior of Asia was united in one vast empire. The founder of this empire was Cyrus the Great. He was originally a Persian; and the whole empire is often called the Persian monarchy, taking its name from its founder's native land.

The Original Text of Nicolas Notovitch's 1887 Discovery  

Gaius Julius Caesar July 10 – 15 March 44 BC) was a Roman general,statesman, Consul, and notable author of Latin prose. He played a critical role in the events that led to the demise of the Roman Republic and the rise of the Roman Empire. In 60 BC, Caesar, Crassus, and Pompey formed a political alliance that was to dominate Roman politics for several years.

The subject of corals and coral-reefs is one concerning which much popular misconception has always prevailed. The misleading comparison of coral-rock with the combs of bees and the nests of wasps is perhaps responsible for much of this misunderstanding; one writer has indeed described a coral-reef as being "built by fishes by means of their teeth."

The secession movement had three distinct stages. The first, beginning with the news that Lincoln was elected, closed with the news, sent broadcast over the South from Charleston, that Federal troops had taken possession of Fort Sumter on the night of the 28th of December.