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Aristotle was an ancient Greek philosopher who was largely responsible for shaping Western philosophy as it is known today. Aristotle, who was one of Plato's students and would later tutor Alexander the Great, was also regarded as the world's firs...

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Bertrand Russell (1872 1970) was a British philosopher, mathematician, social critic, and political activist. Russell is considered to be one of the founders of analytic philosophy and one of the most important mathematicians and logicians in the ...

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Chios Classics brings literature's greatest works back to life for new generations. All our books contain a linked table of contents.The Oregon Trail is an account of the famous trail during the middle of the 19th century.

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Voltaire was one of the leading French philosophers during the Enlightenment. Voltaire is famous for his wit and for advocating freedom of religion and the separation of church and state.This is a collection of some of Voltaire's letters regarding...

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Gargantua and Pantagruel is a classic novel written by the French author Francois Rabelais. The book centers around the adventures of two giants and contains much satire which was deemed vulgar at the time of its release in the 16th century. This ...

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Skyros Publishing is dedicated to reproducing the finest books ever written and letting readers of all ages experience a classic for the first time or revisit a past favorite.Ten Days That Shook the World, written by American journalist John Reed,...

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St. Anselm of Canterbury, a Doctor of the Church, lived during the 11th and 12 centuries. Cur Deus Homo (Why God Became Man), is one of St. Anselm's most famous works. This edition, translated by James Gardiner Vose, includes a table of contents.

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What would you get if you mixed Edgar Allan Poe, Alfred Hitchcock and Stephen King? The answer might be something resembling Howard Phillips (H.P.) Lovecraft (1890-1937), an extremely influential poet and author who mixed science fiction, horror a...

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What would you get if you mixed Edgar Allan Poe, Alfred Hitchcock and Stephen King? The answer might be something resembling Howard Phillips (H.P.) Lovecraft (1890-1937), an extremely influential poet and author who mixed science fiction, horror a...

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What would you get if you mixed Edgar Allan Poe, Alfred Hitchcock and Stephen King? The answer might be something resembling Howard Phillips (H.P.) Lovecraft (1890-1937), an extremely influential poet and author who mixed science fiction, horror a...

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What would you get if you mixed Edgar Allan Poe, Alfred Hitchcock and Stephen King? The answer might be something resembling Howard Phillips (H.P.) Lovecraft (1890-1937), an extremely influential poet and author who mixed science fiction, horror a...

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What would you get if you mixed Edgar Allan Poe, Alfred Hitchcock and Stephen King? The answer might be something resembling Howard Phillips (H.P.) Lovecraft (1890-1937), an extremely influential poet and author who mixed science fiction, horror a...

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What would you get if you mixed Edgar Allan Poe, Alfred Hitchcock and Stephen King? The answer might be something resembling Howard Phillips (H.P.) Lovecraft (1890-1937), an extremely influential poet and author who mixed science fiction, horror a...

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Plutarch, also known as Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus (46-120 A.D.) was a Greek historian and biographer best known for his parallel lives comparisons of famous Greeks and Romans. Plutarch also wrote biographies on many famous people of his day.

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Ottwell Binns was a late 19th and early 20th century writer who wrote several novels, including this historical fiction.

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This is an early 20th century work written in America that means to help parents teach young adults about how to navigate sex and growing up. From the preface: The purpose of this book is not only to enable parents, teachers and all matured people...

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This is a history of the process of embalming dead bodies, something that people have been doing for thousands of years. From the preface: "e;I have considered it my duty to give here the details of the composition of the liquids employed, eit...

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This is a collection of lectures by respected historian Edward A. Freeman about European history dating back from before Roman times up until the modern era. Six lectures cover all of the history comprehensively over several periods.

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This is a concise but comprehensive account of the famous Battle of Trafalgar written by a participant who fought there. Over the course of its history, England has engaged in an uncountable number of battles, but a select few have been celebrated...

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This is a history that looks at the North Foreland on the southeastern coast of Britain west to Penzance, on the southwestern coast. From the preface: In the following pages, dealing with the most important or most picturesque of the harbours and ...

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Pyrrhus Press specializes in bringing books long out of date back to life, allowing today's readers access to yesterday's treasures. John Esquemeling was one of the most authoritative sources on 17th century piracy, and this is one of his works ab...

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Pyrrhus Press specializes in bringing books long out of date back to life, allowing today's readers access to yesterday's treasures. As one of the seminal social revolutions in human history, the French Revolution holds a unique legacy, especially...

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Pyrrhus Press specializes in bringing books long out of date back to life, allowing today's readers access to yesterday's treasures. This is a 19th century Victorian Era guide on how women in English society could uphold society s etiquette standa...

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Pyrrhus Press specializes in bringing books long out of date back to life, allowing today's readers access to yesterday's treasures. This is a short history of Christopher Columbus and his journeys to the New World. The most seminal event of the l...

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This work provides short biographical sketches of some of the early 20th century's most important individuals, from John Muir to Herbert Hoover.

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From the preface: The chief literary sources of Chinese myths are the Li tai shen hsien t ung chien, in thirty-two volumes, the Shen hsien lieh chuan, in eight volumes, the Feng shen yen i, in eight volumes, and the Sou shen chi, in ten volumes. I...

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This is a compilation of papers and works from the fictional author Sir Roger de Coverley, who "e;contributed"e; to Joseph Addison's The Spectator.

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Margaret Oliphant was a 19th century author best known for writing supernatural fiction, and one of her works that has recently seen a revival of interest is Hester, which she wrote in the 1880s.

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This is a comprehensive look at some of the fairy tales and folk legends that came out of Southern India going all the way back to ancient times.

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Chios Classics brings literature's greatest works back to life for new generations. All our books contain a linked table of contents. The Awakening is a famous novel published in 1899 by American author Kate Chopin. The book serves as a great soci...

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