Monatsarchive: Juni 2017

Historical Sketches and Sidelights of Miami, Florida

Publiziert am 19. Juni 2017 von Jazzybee

Historical Sketches and Sidelights of Miami, Florida – Isidor Cohen

The story of Miami, as related in these pages, is a record of the city’s progress; the vicissitudes of its pioneers, their activities, faibles, contentions, ideals and aspirations. This narrative begins with the city’s topographical aspect, continues to the life of the pioneers, the clergy and the press and concludes with the Miami of the year 1925.

Historical Sketches and Sidelights of Miami, Florida

Historical Sketches and Sidelights of Miami, Florida

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Historical Sketches and Sidelights of Miami, Florida

ISBN: 9783849681913

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Miami Basics (from Wikipedia):

Miami is a seaport city at the southeastern corner of the U.S. state of Florida and its Atlantic coast. As the seat of Miami-Dade … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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History of Orange County, Ca.

Publiziert am 19. Juni 2017 von Jazzybee

History of Orange County, Ca. – Samuel Armor

Orange County, Ca. of today has a population of more than 3 million people, making it more populated than twenty-one whole states. The county is famous for its tourist attractions and its beautiful shoreline. Samuel Armor’s book tells the story of the county from its formation till the early years of the 20th century and especially provides overviews of the main cities’ histories.

History of Orange County, Ca.

History of Orange County, Ca.

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History of Orange County, Ca.

ISBN: 9783849681906

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Orange County Basics (from Wikipedia):

Orange County is a county in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2010 census, the population was 3,010,232 making it the … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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The Art of War

Publiziert am 19. Juni 2017 von Jazzybee

The Art of War – Sun Tzu

“The Art of War” is widely known as the masterpiece of the Chinese general and philosopher Sun Tzu. The book is a highly acclaimed tutorial for managing conflicts and winning battles, not only in the military meaning, but also in career and life management. Sun Tzus theories are extremely popular among politicians and leaders in marketing and communication.

The Art of War

The Art of War

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The Art of War

ISBN: 9783849681890

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Chapter summary of The Art of War (from Wikipedia):
Detail Assessment and Planning (Chinese: 始計，始计) explores the five fundamental factors (the Way, seasons, terrain, leadership, and management) and seven elements that determine the outcomes of military … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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Our Mutual Friend

Publiziert am 19. Juni 2017 von Jazzybee

Our Mutual Friend – Charles Dickens

“In these times of ours,” are the opening words of this book, which was published in England in 1864-65. The scene is laid in London and its immediate neighborhood. All the elaborate machinery dear to Dickens’s heart is here introduced. There is the central story of Our Mutual Friend, himself the young heir to the vast Harmon estate, who buries his identity and assumes the name of John Rokesmith, that he may form his own judgment of the young woman whom he must marry in order to claim his fortune; there is the other story of the poor bargeman’s daughter, and her love for reckless Eugene Wrayburn, the idol of society; and uniting these … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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True Stories of Old Houston and Houstonians

Publiziert am 18. Juni 2017 von Jazzybee

True Stories of Old Houston and Houstonians – Samuel Oliver Young

The stories in this book, historical and personal sketches, owe their being largely to chance. The whole series was unintentionally begun and the letters letters have come from all parts of the state and from several Eastern and Northern states. The stories are highly enjoyable, for each one will bring back some pleasant memory of oldtimes Houston.

True Stories of Old Houston and Houstonians

True Stories of Old Houston and Houstonians

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True Stories of Old Houston and Houstonians

ISBN: 9783849684303

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Houston Basics (from Wikipedia):

Houston is the most populous city in the state of Texas and the fourth-most populous city in the United States. With a census-estimated … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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The Light Of Egypt

Publiziert am 18. Juni 2017 von Jazzybee

The Light Of Egypt – Thomas Burgoyne

This is the author’s posthumous work, left in manuscripts to a few of his private pupils in Occultism and is a valuable addition and a library in occult subjects. Spiritual astrology and the “Zodiacal Signs” are especially elaborated. Incarnation, Reincarnation, Karma, the Logos, Numerology, Astrology, Alchemy, Talismans, Magic, the Magic Wand, Symbolism, Correspondence, Penetralia, etc., etc., are a few of the subjects created fn a scholarly and masterly manner, showing the author to be familiar with his subjects.

This is the complete edition containing both of the original published volumes.

The Light Of Egypt

The Light Of Egypt

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The Light Of Egypt.

ISBN: 9783849684297

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John Calvin’s Commentaries On St. Paul’s Epistle To The Hebrews

Publiziert am 18. Juni 2017 von Jazzybee

John Calvin’s Commentaries On St. Paul’s Epistle To The Hebrews – John Calvin

Calvin produced commentaries on most of the books of the Bible. His commentaries cover the larger part of the Old Testament, and all of the new excepting Second and Third John and the Apocalypse. His commentaries and lectures stand in the front rank of Biblical interpretation. No doubt the Epistle next in importance to that to the Romans is this to the Hebrews. The truths explained in it might, indeed, have been deduced from other portions of Scripture; but it is a vast advantage and a great satisfaction to find them expressly set forth, and distinctly stated by an inspired Apostle. In condescension to our ignorance, it … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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Autobiography of an English soldier in the United States Army

Publiziert am 18. Juni 2017 von Jazzybee

Autobiography of an English soldier in the United States Army – George Ballentine

A Narrative from the Mexican War. There is hardly a book that gives so intelligent and lively a description of the actualities of the war in Mexico, and hardly a work in the English language which presents so interesting a picture of a soldier’s life — his round of conversation, his employments, his toils, dangers and escapes — what he sees and does, and how he does it — as this autobiography. The reader will find it difficult to part company with the author. There is no “fine writing” to pall upon the taste. Everything is told naturally, and everything is described earnestly.

Autobiography of an English soldier in the United States Army

Autobiography of an English

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The Life Of Sir Walter Scott

Publiziert am 15. Juni 2017 von Jazzybee

The Life Of Sir Walter Scott – Andrew Lang

If all reading mankind had time to read Lockhart’s Life of Scott, a brief volume on Sir Walter would be a thing without excuse. The author still has tried to compress as much as possible of the essence of Lockhart’s great book into this space, with a few additions from other sources.

The Life Of Sir Walter Scott

The Life Of Sir Walter Scott

Format: Paperback.

The Life Of Sir Walter Scott.

ISBN: 9783849672515

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Later assessment of Sir Walter Scott (from Wikipedia):

Although he continued to be extremely popular and widely read, both at home and abroad, Scott’s critical reputation declined in the last half of the 19th century as … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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The Book of Washington

Publiziert am 15. Juni 2017 von Jazzybee

The Book of Washington – Robert Shackleton

Books about the national capital are always in order. Those written almost one hundred years ago might already be out of date, as regards many significant features of the city’s growth and development. But Mr. Robert Shackleton, after an extended experience in describing such cities as New York, Philadelphia, Boston and Chicago, has at last written a comprehensive “Book of Washington”—not a guide or handbook merely, but an intelligent summary and review of the past and present attractions of the city.

The Book of Washington

The Book of Washington

Format: Paperback.

The Book of Washington

ISBN: 9783849684709

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Washington D.C. Basics (from Wikipedia):

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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