Wise and Wordy - Böcker

INTRODUCTION The lost speech of Abraham Lincoln was delivered at the first Republican State Convention of Illinois, at Bloomington, on the 29th of May, 1856. The excitement caused among the audience by the speech was so great that the reporters fo...

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ANTHEM, by Ayn Rand PART ONE It is a sin to write this. It is a sin to think words no others think and to put them down upon a paper no others are to see. It is base and evil. It is as if we were speaking alone to no ears but our own. And we know ...

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American Problems, by Theodore Roosevelt. TABLE OF CONTENTS The Management of Small States Which Are Unable to Manage Themselves A Remedy for Some Forms of Selfish Legislation Rural Life The Progressives, Past and Present The Pioneer Spirit and Am...

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Mozart's Youth, by Franz Hoffmann. Translated by George P. Upton. Originally published in 1904.

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Originally Published 1909. PREFACE Probably in the life of every one there comes a time when he is inclined to go over again the events, great and small, which have made up the incidents of his work and pleasure, and I am tempted to become a garru...

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Frederick Douglass was born in slavery as Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey near Easton in Talbot County, Maryland. He was not sure of the exact year of his birth, but he knew that it was 1817 or 1818. As a young boy he was sent to Baltimore, t...

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The Autobiography of an Indian Princess. By Sunity Devee (Maharani of Cooch Behar). Originally Published 1921.   TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter I MY CHILDHOOD Chapter II MY FAMILY Chapter III FESTIVALS AND FESTIVAL DAYS Chapter IV MY ROMANCE Chapt...

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TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction The Machine The Time Traveller Returns Time Travelling In the Golden Age The Sunset of Mankind A Sudden Shock Explanation The Morlocks When Night Came The Palace of Green Porcelain In the Darkness The Trap of the Whi...

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Originally published in 1898. Preface This book is written to offer a simple and natural explanation of one of the most common and most perplexing problems of human life, a problem which presents itself to almost every individual for practical sol...

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The Story of Alexander (the Great). By Robert Steele.

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Fighting Germany's Spies. By French Strother. Originally published in 1918. "Fighting Germany's Spies" is published to bring home to the public in a detailed and convincing manner the character of the German activities in the United States. By cou...

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Originally Published in 1888. Mrs. Sorcho is the only woman deep sea diver in the world, and is the only woman alive to-day who has ever donned a sub-marine armor and descended into the ocean's depths to work. TABLE OF CONTENTS THE BOTTOM OF THE S...

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The Yellow Wallpaper. By Charlotte Perkins Gilman.

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This Life of Cromwell is in part based on an article contributed by the author to the Dictionary of National Biography in 1888, but embodies the result of later researches, and of recently discovered documents such as the Clarke Papers. The battle...

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Eastern Stories and Legends. By Marie L. Shedlock. Originally Published in 1920. "These stories of the Buddha-Rebirths are not for one age or for one country, but for all time, and for the whole world. Their philosophy might be incorporated into t...

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Echoes from the Orient was written by Mr. Judge (1890) as a series of papers for a well-known periodical. The author wrote under the name of "Occultus," as it was intended that his personality should be hidden until the series was completed. The v...

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No other teacher in the history of the world has wielded so profound an influence upon humanity as has Jesus the Christ. Practically the whole world has been Christianized. His doctrines have entered not only into households but also into governme...

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PREFACE In whatever light this work may be regarded by archaeologists and general readers, the writer submits it to the public, chiefly as the result of antiquarian research, and actual observation during a period of nearly forty years. The writer...

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Originally published in 1900.   TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER I: KU IS AVENGED CHAPTER II: THE VOW CHAPTER III: A ROYAL MARRIAGE CHAPTER IV: THE RESCUE OF THE BOAT CHAPTER V: TRAINING A WARRIOR CHAPTER VI: HIWA'S VISIT CHAPTER VII: HIWA'S TEACHIN...

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TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter I Into the Primitive Chapter II The Law of Club and Fang Chapter III The Dominant Primordial Beast Chapter IV Who Has Won to Mastership Chapter V The Toil of Trace Chapter VI For the Love of a Man Chapter VII The Sounding...

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This selection of drawings, made during the winters at Ypres and on the Somme reflects more the misery and the depression of the material conditions of these campaigns than it does any of their exaltations or their cheerfulnesses. Here and now-her...

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TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER I. CHAPTER II. CHAPTER III. CHAPTER IV. CHAPTER V. CHAPTER VI. CHAPTER VII. CHAPTER VIII. CHAPTER IX. CHAPTER X. CHAPTER XI. CHAPTER XII. CHAPTER XIII. CHAPTER XIV. CHAPTER XV. CHAPTER XVI. CHAPTER XVII. CHAPTER XVIII. CH...

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Excerpt from the book: The fog made the clothes of the men of the column in the roadway seem of a luminous quality. It imparted to the heavy infantry overcoats a new colour, a kind of blue which was so pale that a regiment might have been merely a...

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Originally published 1930. This is the first book of the Sky Buddies, Jim Austin and Bob Caldwell and their plane, properly christened "HER HIGHNESS" in which they encounter many thrilling and exciting adventures.

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The life-story of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart contained in this volume closes with his admission to membership in the Accademia Filarmonica at Bologna, Italy. Mozart was then in his fifteenth year. Up to that time his life had been a happy one, free f...

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The Words of Jesus, by John R. Macduff. Read a page a day and be inspired by Jesus.

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Title: Narrative of Henry "Box" BrownDescription:The "Narrative of Henry 'Box' Brown" is a poignant and remarkable account of one man's extraordinary journey from the shackles of slavery to the freedom he so courageously sought...

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The Tao: The Way of Nature and Life is a classic text of Taoism, one of the world's oldest and most influential spiritual traditions. Written in poetic prose, the Tao Te Ching (also known as the Daodejing) offers profound insights into the nature ...

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