Monatsarchive: Februar 2018

Omoo: Adventures in the South Seas

Publiziert am 21. Februar 2018 von Jazzybee

Omoo: Adventures in the South Seas – Herman Melville

Omoo:is Melville’s sequel to Typee, and, as such, is also considered autobiographical. After leaving Nuku Hiva, the main character ships aboard a whaling vessel which makes its way to Tahiti, after which there is a mutiny and the majority of the crew are imprisoned on Tahiti. The book follows the actions of the narrator as he explores Tahiti and remarks on their customs and way of life.

Omoo: Adventures in the South Seas

Omoo: Adventures in the South Seas

Format: Paperback

Omoo: Adventures in the South Seas.

ISBN: 9783849673345.

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Some background on Omoo (from Wikipedia):

In the Preface to Omoo, Melville claimed to have written “from simple recollection” strengthened by … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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The Life Of George Washington Volume 4

Publiziert am 20. Februar 2018 von Jazzybee

The Life Of George Washington Volume 4 – Washington Irving

“The Life Of George Washington” is a monumental work on the life of one of the most famous American presidents. Originally published in five volumes between 1853 and 1859, it is a treasure chest of information on Washington and the Civil War. This work is presumeably the most intimate and fascinating biography of a man who worked his way from an Army commander to the first President of the United States. This is volume four out of five.

The Life Of George Washington Volume 4

The Life Of George Washington Volume 4

Format: Paperback.

The Life Of George Washington Volume 4.

ISBN: 9783849673338.

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Biography of George Washington (from Wikipedia):

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The Life Of George Washington Volume 3

Publiziert am 20. Februar 2018 von Jazzybee

The Life Of George Washington Volume 3 – Washington Irving

“The Life Of George Washington” is a monumental work on the life of one of the most famous American presidents. Originally published in five volumes between 1853 and 1859, it is a treasure chest of information on Washington and the Civil War. This work is presumeably the most intimate and fascinating biography of a man who worked his way from an Army commander to the first President of the United States. This is volume three out of five.

The Life Of George Washington Volume 3

The Life Of George Washington Volume 3

Format: Paperback.

The Life Of George Washington Volume 3.

ISBN: 9783849673321.

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Biography of George Washington (from Wikipedia):

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Legends Of The Gods

Publiziert am 19. Februar 2018 von Jazzybee

Legends Of The Gods – E. A. Wallis Budge

The object of this book is to supply information about the Religion, Magic, Language, Legends and History of the ancient Egyptians. It shows insight on legends like the death of Horus, Ra and Isis, the creational myths and much more.

Legends Of The Gods

Legends Of The Gods

Format: Paperback.

Legends Of The Gods.

ISBN: 9783849673314.

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Budge’s literary career (from wikipedia.com)

Budge was also a prolific author, and he is especially remembered today for his works on ancient Egyptian religion and his hieroglyphic primers. Budge argued that the religion of Osiris had emerged from an indigenous African people:

“There is no doubt”, he said of Egyptian religions in … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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The Trumpet-Major

Publiziert am 19. Februar 2018 von Jazzybee

The Trumpet-Major – Thomas Hardy

The reader of Mr. Hardy’s novel, “The Trumpet Major,” will at once ask himself, “Is not this author making a brave struggle against the scepticism, the pessimism that have been assailing him? Will not the optimism of the poet and idealist finally conquer the pessimism of the realist?” If Mr. Hardy had died after writing “The Trumpet Major” the last question might well have been answered in the affirmative. Few more charming, spontaneous, wholesome stories than this have ever been written by an English novelist. Sweet Anne Garland may well be set by Sweet Anne Page, and her two devoted swains, fickle Bob Loveday, the sailor, and staunch John Loveday, the Trumpet Major, are worthy … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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Franklin County, Ohio: A Collection Of Reminiscences Of The Early Settlement

Publiziert am 19. Februar 2018 von Jazzybee

Franklin County, Ohio: A Collection Of Reminiscences Of The Early Settlement – William T. Martin

It is the design of this book to preserve for the people of Franklin County an imperishable record of its early history — now existing only in scattering and detached papers and records, which are every year wasting away. To write the history of a single county, may to some appear like a very small business; while to others it is considered very desirable that someone should do so in every county. How else are the names and memory of our early settlers and friends to be preserved? And who is there that would not be pleased to look back, or to have his children … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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Mental Fascination

Publiziert am 13. Februar 2018 von Jazzybee

Mental Fascination – William Walker Atkinson

This book is accompanying Atkinson’s main work entitled “The Secret of Mental Magic,” and being in the nature of a sequel, supplement, or “side-light” thereto. It is designed to bring out the details, and special features of several of the “lessons” of which “The Secret of Mental Magic” is composed; and to give something in the nature of Special Instruction regarding the actual operation or workings of the principles referred to in the lessons of my main work. The present manual bears the above mentioned relation to that lesson in my main work entitled “Personal Influence.”

Mental Fascination

Mental Fascination

Format: Paperback.

Mental Fascination.

ISBN: 9783849673284.

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Essential Buddhist Discourses

Publiziert am 13. Februar 2018 von Jazzybee

Essential Buddhist Discourses – Henry Clarke Warren

This book contains the most important passages selected from the Buddhist Sacred Books. The aim of the present work is to take different ideas and conceptions found in Pâli writings, and present them to the reader in English. Translation has been the means employed as being the most effectual, and the order pursued is in the main that of the Buddhist “Three Jewels” (in Pâli, Ti-Ratana), to wit, The Buddha, the Doctrine, and the Order. The selections of the first chapter are on The Buddha; next follow those which deal chiefly with the Doctrine; while others concerning the Order and secular life constitute the closing chapter of the book.

Essential Buddhist Discourses

Essential Buddhist Discourses

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The Book Of Ezekiel

Publiziert am 12. Februar 2018 von Jazzybee

The Book Of Ezekiel- James Hastings

Here is a gold mine for the preacher, the teacher and the father and mother in the home who have it in mind to inculcate sound teaching, based upon the Word of God, so that the boys and girls of the congregations, Sunday-Schools and households may be thoroughly rooted and grounded in the essentials of the Christian faith. There are many volumes in this series of short addresses and they cover the entire range of the Holy Scriptures, from Genesis to Revelation. The material gathered here is fresh and varied and there is just enough of it to furnish the groundwork of the preacher’s sermon, the Sunday school teacher’s talk and the parent’s reading … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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Gnostic John the Baptizer: Selections from the Mandaean John-Book

Publiziert am 12. Februar 2018 von Jazzybee

Gnostic John the Baptizer: Selections from the Mandaean John-Book – G. R. S. Mead

The main materials contained in these pages will certainly be new for the vast majority of readers. Moreover the Mandaean narratives, legends and discourses are not only interesting because of their own distinctive matter and manner, but they are also arresting; for they raise a number of problems, some of which are far-reaching and one is fraught with implications of immense importance. The definite solutions of these problems, however, lie in the future, and the most important of them will perhaps never be reached; for, in the absence of straightforward historical information, general agreement on any subject that concerns Christian origins immediately or even indirectly is … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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