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As a primary source of historical evidence and insight, it is difficult to overstate the value and importance of Neville Chamberlain's diary letters to his sisters. They represent the most complete and illuminating 'insider' record of British politics between the wars yet to be...

"After being pronounced dead in the hospital, I came back to life..."In this manuscript, the author writes about his drama-filled existence that has taught him many important life lessons. The book begins with Mr. Finkley sharing memories of growing up under the roof of...

Walden is a timeless record of one man's inner journey in the great outdoors. In 1845, Henry David Thoreau set out on a personal experiment that was as simple as it was profound. For two years, two months, and two days he would live...

Today the classical style is defined by the music of a handful of composers, Haydn and Mozart being the most prominent. As a result, the accomplishments of these masters have all but eclipsed the music of most of their contemporaries. In this book, Sterling...

Explores the diversity of thought and action in women's involvement in 19th-century reform movements. Though Susan B. Anthony is best remembered for leading the campaign for women's suffrage, she worked in multiple movements for equality beyond women's right to vote, including antislavery, Native American...

Ferruccio Busoni is most widely known today as the composer of such works as the Second Violin Sonata, the incidental music for Gozzi's Turandot, and the most monumental piano concerto in the repertory (some eighty minutes long, with male chorus in the finale). But...

This listing of several thousand nonbelievers include ancients such as Euripides; French revolutionaries; and statements by or about countless individuals including Sir Arthur C.Clarke, Hugh Hefner, Jack Nicholson, Sally Jesse Raphael. This book makes a case not only for the respectabilty of nonbelievers but...

This book tells of the life of an extraordinary physician who overcame a teenage hunting accident in which he lost his left thumb and left eye. Through hard work and diligence, he became an excellent surgeon and medical leader in Central Illinois. The highlight...

My book is about how I had to live life in the city of Detroit for over thirty years of driving a taxi cab and what my eyes have seen, the change of life, and the revitalization of the city of Detroit. So what...

Chicago's breathtaking Lake Shore Drive, with its beaches and luxury homes, has its origin in a neglected marsh and a clandestine land development. Meet the uncrowned king of the disputed shore, George Wellington Streeter, the outlandish swindler, unlikely hero and self-proclaimed founder of the...

A collection of memories about growing up hippie in Toronto, during one of the most interesting periods of the 20th century. Not to mention the sex, drugs, and rock and roll... Morgan Smith was only twelve during the Summer of Love, but her parents...

This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them.Author: W. T. ShermanISBN-10: 1514804956ISBN-13: 9781514804957Publisher: Createspace Independent...

Author: Flossie Deane CraigISBN-10: 1514406551ISBN-13: 9781514406557Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/24/2015Pages: 456Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.46lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.02d

This is a complete book on Muhammad, Islam and the Quran. This book gives information from history and evidence. It will help Muslims and Non-Muslims understand the true life and teachings of Muhammad from its earliest sources. An A to Z book about the...

REPRESENTATIVE MEN SEVEN LECTURES BY RALPH WALDO EMERSON I. Uses of Great Men II. Plato; or, the Philosopher Plato; New Readings III. Swedenborg; or, the Mystic IV. Montaigne; or, the Skeptic V. Shakspeare; or, the Poet VI. Napoleon; or, the Man of the World...

Dr. Pandora B. Angel was a practicing physician for thirty years. She spent twenty-three of those years as an emergency physician at a university medical center and an affiliated hospital. In Elusive Equity, Empathy, and Empowerment, she shares the challenges she faced as a...

Author: Bennett G. EdwardsISBN-10: 1479718769ISBN-13: 9781479718764Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/31/2012Pages: 374Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.55lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.00d

The myth that Alec Issigonis conceived the Mini is just one whisp of the smoke screen that obscures the untold story of post-War Britain's greatest industrialist. This is more than a motoring story. You will find commentary on life in the first half of...

Author: James Loughrey, Patrick FosnachtISBN-10: 1469185547ISBN-13: 9781469185545Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/03/2012Pages: 164Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.55lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.38d

I am ninety- four years of age, and I have begun looking back over seventy-four years of being an ordained minister. I decided I should write a testimony of what God has done in the combined lives of my wife Maria and myself. We...

This book is a chronologue of personal and historic events that have occurred in the lifetime of Dr. Tony Tripodi, a former dean and professor emeritus of Ohio State University. His thoughts and feelings are expressed in 50 vignettes that span 78 years from...

Author: William D. HedgesISBN-10: 1456886991ISBN-13: 9781456886998Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/21/2011Pages: 144Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.81lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d

Peeping Through the Reeds is a fictionalised story about growing up "Coloured" under apartheid in South Africa. Based on real events, the story is told through the frank and insider voice of Musuva who narrates the story of a girl, Tumelo. The story draws...

Upon his daughter's graduation from his alma mater, Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, Milt is challenged by his wife to return to school to earn the bachelor degree that eluded him as a youth, which, of course, he feels he doesn't need. However,...

Author: Willie Lee Jr. WrightISBN-10: 1441538631ISBN-13: 9781441538635Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/10/2009Pages: 158Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.86lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d

Author: Gordon EnstoneISBN-10: 1438930305ISBN-13: 9781438930305Publisher: Authorhouse UKLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/10/2008Pages: 312Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.01lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.70d

Recollections is the result of many meetings with the twenty-eight veterans interviewed, and many hours of editing. The veterans' names appear in the Contents section of the book. Their stories and their enthusiasm in telling them took me back to those years of uncomplicated...

BookWoman is about Rosemary Latimore, a woman who loved books, and had a bookstore in Charlotte, North Carolina. Once upon a time there was a Poplar Street Books. Perhaps it was more than a bookstore. A salon? That's what the writer Dannye Romine called...

This antiquarian book contains the second part of Arthur Schopenhauer's "Aphorismen Zur Lebensweisheit". This vintage text has been elected for modern republication due to its historical and educational value, and is highly recommended for students of philosophy and collectors of Schopenhauer's seminal work. Arthur...

On January 1, 2015 an open letter blog was created in high hopes that one mom, along with other determined parents and friends, could implore author Nicholas Sparks to write a book about a family dealing with Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia (CDH) to raise awareness...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you...

Andre: A Tragedy In Five Acts is a play written by William Wilberforce Lord and first published in 1856. The play is based on the true story of Major John Andre, a British officer who was executed during the American Revolutionary War for his...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our...

Memoirs of the Principal Actors in the Plays of Shakespeare is a book written by J. Payne Collier and published in 1846. The book is a collection of biographical sketches of the actors who performed in the plays of William Shakespeare during the Elizabethan...

1950-68 personal history as Jesuit novice, seminarian, student, teacher, priest: anecdotal, narrative, with scattered commentary.Author: Jim BowmanISBN-10: 1105782883ISBN-13: 9781105782886Publisher: Lulu.comLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/03/2012Pages: 226Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.74lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.52d

In No Finish Line, Dr. Bernard F. Master documents his adventures of birding all over the world. His first book also chronicles his service as a battalion surgeon in the Vietnam War, and his storied career as a medical and business professional in Ohio....

The Beach Boys are one of the most long-lived and popular rock groups of the modern era. Their distinctive sound and outlook, which began as smooth Southern California surfing music in the early 1960s, evolved to the point where they became a phenomenon in...

Combining biographical narrative and analytical essays, this book provides a new, comprehensive view of Martin Luther's life and times, along with a new examination of the radical theology that sparked the Reformation and changed the Christian world forever. Drawing on sources new and old,...

World War II could not have been won without the U.S. Merchant Marine. Crewed by civilian seamen in peacetime and carrying much of the nation's ocean-borne commerce, the Merchant Marine became the ""fourth arm of defense"" in wartime, providing vital support for beachheads in...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you...

The first Emperor of Rome holds a perennial fascination for anyone with an interest in the Romans and their Empire. Augustus was a truly remarkable man who brought peace after many years of civil wars and laid the foundations of an Empire that lasted...

Always in competition with her older, more famous sister, Olivia de Havilland, Joan Fontaine had a varied and successful career of her own. She eventually attained stardom for her work in the film Rebecca, which won the 1940 Academy Award for best picture. The...

Tsuda Umeko was one of five young Japanese girls sent to the United States in 1871 by their government to be trained in the lore of domesticity. The new Meiji rulers defined a "true woman" as one who had learned to rear children who...