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The History of Contra Costa County, California
The History of Contra Costa County, California – F. J. Hulaniski This history of Contra Costa County should prove to be the most complete compilation of local chronicles that has up to this time been offered to the citizens of one of the loveliest counties in the United States. The authenticity of the facts contained […]
The Story of the City of New York
The Story of the City of New York – Charles Burr Todd Since Washington Irving with delicious humor satirized the Dutchmen who founded New York, many writers have handled the history of America’s chief city. Notable among them has been Mrs. Lamb, and it was thought her work left nothing undone. Mr. Todd, how ever, […]
The True Story Book
The True Story Book – Andrew Lang The conception of „The True Story Book“ by Mr. Andrew Lang, was an admirable one, for no more fascinating stories of adventure could possibly be devised than some which have been enacted in this work-a-day world. This volume takes the place of Mr. Lang’s annual fairy book, and […]
The Orange Fairy Book
The Orange Fairy Book – Andrew Lang First and foremost, always and forever, among tales for children come the fairy tales. What were childhood without the fairy tale? That child who has never wandered through the magic gardens of Fairyland is unfortunate indeed. But that child does not exist, for the mind and heart of […]
Homer And His Age
Homer And His Age – Andrew Lang The aim of this book is to prove that the Homeric Epics, as wholes, and apart from passages gravely suspected in antiquity, present a perfectly harmonious picture of the entire life and civilisation of one single age. The faint variations in the design are not greater than such […]
The Piazza Tales
The Piazza Tales – Herman Melville ‘The Piazza Tales’ is a collection of short stories by Herman Melville. The volume contains the following stories: The Piazza Bartleby Benito Cereno The Lightning-Rod Man The Encantadas The Bell-Tower The Piazza Tales. Format: Paperback ISBN: 9783849671693. Available at amazon.com and other venues. Some background on The Piazza […]
The Story Of Jesus
The Story Of Jesus – Ellen Gould White ‚The Story Of Jesus‘ is Ellen Gould White’s adaptation of her own work ‘Christ Our Saviour’ for a children’s audience. This beautiful narrative of Jesus‘ life on earth was prepared by the author’s son while he was working with mostly illiterate slaves in the South of the […]
An Antarctic Mystery
An Antarctic Mystery – Jules Verne Hardly ever in literature has any author adopted the plot of another and carried it forward beyond the lines of its creator. Yet this is precisely what Jules Verne has done with Poe’s story called Narrative of A. Gordon Pym, and the two great inventive minds thus unite in […]
A Home Course in Mental Science
A Home Course in Mental Science – Helen Wilmans You were meant to achieve a great success. You can learn how to be well, strong, prosperous and happy. You can overcome disease, poverty, fear, worry, weakness of all kinds. You can do, have, and be far more than you ever dared to attempt, or even […]