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While in the "Secret Service" as a "Spy," which is one of the most hazardous positions in the army-she penetrated the enemy's lines, in various disguises, no less than eleven times; always with...

One of his lesser known works, Oak Openings or The Bee Hunter is one of Cooper's last novels. The book opens with the meeting of four men, Elksfoot, Pigeonswing, Benjamin Boden, and Gershom Waring...

"Their (cupstones) occurrence in different countries make distribution a basis for drawing inferences bearing on the important question of the migration of man in long-past ages."-Charles Rau,...

In his Observations on the Effects of the Corn Laws, Thomas Robert Malthus discusses the circumstances surrounding the proposed laws on the foreign grain market, called the Corn Laws of 1815. Malthus...

Occult Chemistry: Clairvoyant Observations on the Chemical ElementsAuthor: Charles Webster LeadbeaterPublisher: Cosimo ClassicsPublication Date: Jun 01, 2007Number of Pages: 132 pagesBinding:...

Though deeply sceptical with regard to spirits, I often wondered, whenever I saw an experiment of this kind, whether or not some natural force had not been brought into play, with which we were...

Published in 1928 by Rupert Gould, the first of two books featuring strange facts about natural history, animals, and lore, Oddities: A Book of Unexplained Facts is filled with odd tales that will...

Published in 1928 by Rupert Gould, the first of two books featuring strange facts about natural history, animals, and lore, Oddities: A Book of Unexplained Facts is filled with odd tales that will...

"...all they have been told are lies, lies, lies; and each discovery is another nail driven into the body on the cross of life."-W. Somerset Maugham, Of Human Bondage (1915)Of Human Bondage (1915) by...

"...all they have been told are lies, lies, lies; and each discovery is another nail driven into the body on the cross of life."-W. Somerset Maugham, Of Human Bondage (1915)Of Human Bondage (1915) by...

At the time when southern Italy was an isolated and underdeveloped region, Douglas wrote this 1915 travel guide to bring the beauty that he found in Calabria to the reading public. Inspired by the...

After the dance was concluded, the whole party was entertained with brawn and beef, and stout home-brewed. The Squire himself mingled among the rustics, and was received with awkward demonstrations...

I don't care how much or how little money you make-I want you to understand that there's only one place in the world where you can live a happy life, and that's inside your income. A family that's...

"I beg of you make me into a bird with green and purple feathers like yours!" implored Iktomi, tired now of playing the brave in beaded buckskins. The peacock then spoke to Iktomi: "I have a magic...

Old Rabbit, the Voodoo, and Other SorcerersAuthor: Mary Alicia OwenPublisher: Cosimo ClassicsPublication Date: Jun 01, 2007Number of Pages: 332 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10:...

"Old Santeclaus with much delightHis reindeer drives this frosty night, O'r chimney tops, and tracts of snow, To bring his yearly gifts to you."-Anonymous, Old Santeclaus with Much Delight (1821)Old...

"Old Santeclaus with much delightHis reindeer drives this frosty night, O'r chimney tops, and tracts of snow, To bring his yearly gifts to you."-Anonymous, Old Santeclaus with Much Delight (1821)Old...

Old Time Recipes for Home Made Wines, originally published in 1909, is a descriptive, charming cookbook for those who want to make their own wines and liqueurs from any and all available ingredients,...

The mark of a great book is one that is meant to be read with pleasure. Written in a conversational manner that was his trademark as an author, Woodrow Wilson's On Being Human is meant not only to be...

He was a pioneer in the study of the human unconscious and the impact of sexual desire on human behavior, and his 1900 work *The Interpretation of Dreams* is arguably one of the greatest treatises on...

He was a pioneer in the study of the human unconscious and the impact of sexual desire on human behavior, and his 1900 work The Interpretation of Dreams is arguably one of the greatest treatises on...

Scottish writer THOMAS CARLYLE (1795-1881) is perhaps best remembered today for dubbing economics "the dismal science," but in his day he was widely known-and often controversial-for his criticism of...

First published in 1878, this is the story of Frederick Burnaby's harrowing thousand-mile winter journey from Constantinople to eastern Turkey. War between Turkey and Russia threatened, and Burnaby...

Mr. Egger was far from being inhospitable, but was in no hurry, and never had been in a hurry. He was not exactly a gentleman of the old school. He was better than that. He dated from the time when...

A disciple of Kant and a significant factor in shaping Nietzsche's thinking, Arthur Schopenhauer worked from the foundation that all knowledge derives from our experience of the world but that our...

A disciple of Kant and a significant factor in shaping Nietzsche's thinking, Arthur Schopenhauer worked from the foundation that all knowledge derives from our experience of the world but that our...

No one can be a great thinker who does not recognise, that as a thinker it is his first duty to follow his intellect to whatever conclusions it may lead. Truth gains more even by the errors of one...

Often mentioned in the same breath with *The Communist Manifesto*, *On Liberty*-perhaps the greatest work from British political philosopher John Stuart Mill-is one of the most profound and most...

"People begin to see that something more goes to the composition of a fine murder than two blockheads to kill and be killed-a knife-a purse-and a dark lane..." -Thomas De QuincyIn On Murder...

German mathematician FELIX KLEIN (1849-1925), a great teacher and scientific thinker, significantly advanced the field of mathematical physics and made a number of profound discoveries in the field...