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"The Mississippi Territory has held a unique and fascinating place in history, dating one hundred fifty years before the Revolutionary War. It had one of the earliest settlements in America. Norsemen likely visited the Mississippi Territory as early as 1000 …
A classic battle-of-wills romance reminiscent of Johanna Lindseys medievals . . . simmering with sexual tension. RT Book ReviewsA skilled archer with the heart of a warrior, Gwendolyn of Alvey has proved herself capable of defending her homeland. But the …
A fresh approach to the history and shape of science fiction In Science Fiction and the Mass Cultural Genre System, John Rieder asks literary scholars to consider what shape literary history takes when based on a historical, rather than formalist, …
From a USA Todaybestselling author, a woman enters a marriage of convenience with a billionaire to help her family and becomes pregnant with his child.Rich, famous and notorious. Raul Sanchez Fuente scores three out of three. When she agreed to …
"i12highly recommended for architecture, photography, and history collections everywhere." --Library Journal"McCaffety knows how to capture the fleeting beauty of a moment." --Times PicayuneFor many, the French Quarter is New Orleans, yet how much do they really know about the Vieux …
This meticulously researched work, the fourth volume in Pelican's Governors of the States Series, traces the lives and careers of the men who have held Tennessee's highest office, beginning with the founding of the original independent state of Franklin in …
Brings literature lovers on a journey through London, from Chaucer in the fourteenth century to present day . . . as diverse as the city itself. British Heritage Travel Many of the greatest names in literature have visited or made …
Exploration of the Grand Canyon has attracted the attention of adventurers from Coronado to Roosevelt and captured the imaginations of millions worldwide. In the early part of the twentieth century, development of the canyon as a tourist destination, a source …
As a lawyer, Zeke Russell is second to none; dynamic and driven, he always wins. So when his ex-fianc?Melody Taylor asks for his help, he takes his chance to settle an old score!Melody didn't think she would ever have to …
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Hale Boggs, Lucille Mary Grace, and Leander Perez
The McCarthy era changed every aspect of American life. Charges of communism were levied against professionals in the arts, business, and every level of government. How those charges defined a dark time and came to destroy two of Louisianas most …
At the New York City gentlemens club known as the Turkish Room, members gathered to tell stories of psychic phenomena and the supernatural. This 1903 departure for the Dean of American Realism includes three novellas: His Apparition, The Angel of …
"All these observations fascinate us, and fill us with an intense desire to know more about the nature of these phenomena..."- Nikola Tesla In February 1892, maverick inventor Nikola Tesla strode onto a stage at the Royal Institution of Electrical …
Here is a captivating portrait of the Amerson family, a happy family of eight who live in suburbia. And while each family in the town seems in all ways similar to the others, they could not be more differenta set …
Originally published in 1894, The Gospel of the Buddha is one of the earliest translations of Buddhist literature into English. Carus compiles key passages from original texts, presenting an invaluable overview of the life and teachings of the Buddha. Many …
This 1896 collection is by "the creator of a new literature that was purely American" (the New York Times). In addition to the title story, included are: "A Yellow Dog," "A Mother of Five," "Bulger's Reputation," "In the Tules," "A …
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A Tale of the Fall of Jerusalem
A story of faith and love, Pearl-Maiden follows the life of Miriam, a young Christian woman loved by both a Roman officer and a Jewish boy during the fall of Jerusalem. Brought to life in a way only fin-de-siecle writer …
Though the term bluestocking today connotes a female intellectual, the literary Blue-Stocking Society established by Elizabeth Montagu in the 1750s included highly educated members of both sexes, including Queen Charlotte, Fanny Burney, and Elizabeth Carter as well as Edmund Burke …
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English Men of Letters Series
This 1878 installment in John Morley's English Men of Letters Series sympathetically reviews the life and works of the Irish writer Oliver Goldsmith. Black defends Goldsmith by reviewing his education, travel, personal traits, literature, and the difficulties he faced along …
Published in 1897, this autobiography of a bibliophile was praised by The New York Times as "entertaining" and "amusing." Hazlitts self expression through book collecting shows him to be a man embracing of the flow and change of literature through …
Did the Holy Grail survive to modern times? Before The Da Vinci Code, Arthur Machen explored that idea in this semi-autobiographical 1922 tale of Ambrose Meyrick, a rebellious boy who survives a sadistic public schooling, recovers hidden memories of the …
This delightful comedy of errors tells the story of a bunch of society types who become sequestered together for a week when the house they are visiting is put under quarantine for smallpox. There are characters posing as a couple …
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Arranged for the Use of Schools
In this 1859 publication, Ruskin sets forth the fundamental rules of perspective in a short mathematical form. Written not for a select few, the book conveys complex information in a way that art students at many levels will understand. A …
This edition includes a modern introduction and a list of suggested further reading. Baldesar Castiglione's The Book of the Courtier is the High Renaissance in microcosm. It is the portrait of a group of leading thinkers and wits gathered together …
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The Man Who Saved America
We shall nobly save, or meanly lose, the last best hope of earth. Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln was an unlikely candidate for president, to put it mildly. Raised in a series of humble cabins on the frontier and mostly self-taught, …
Conscience is the inner voice that warns us that someone might be looking. H. L. Mencken Weve all heard the saying, Everyones a comedian. That may be true, but we also know that not everyone is funny, and even fewer …
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