Introduction: 28 books

This edition features a linked Table of Contents CONTENTS (abridged list) Introduction. Author's Preface. Chap. I. Sketch of my Parentage, Early separation from my Mother, Hard Fare, First Experiments at running away, Earnest longing for Freedom, Abhorrent nature of Slavery ... Chap. XX. Review...

Russian Explorations, 1725-1743 Vitus Bering: The Discoverer of Bering Strait This edition features • illustrations • a linked Table of Contents, Footnotes, and Index CONTENTS Lieut. Schwatka's Introduction Translator's Preface Author's Preface PART I. BERING'S FIRST EXPEDITION. Chapter...

This edition features • illustrations • a linked Table of Contents CONTENTS THE CAREER OF RODIN RODIN AND THE BEAUX-ARTS Sojourn in Belgium—"The Man Who Awakens to Nature"—Realism and Plaster Casts. FLEMISH PAINTING—JOURNEYS IN ITALY AND FRANCE. RODIN'S...

PREFACE This edition of one of the best known of modern Spanish novels has been prepared for the use of college classes in Spanish that have already mastered the elements of Spanish grammar, but have not yet had much practice in reading. The editor has found by actual experience that it is safe to...

This edition features • illustrations • a linked Table of Contents, Footnotes, and Index CONTENTS The Author to the Reader The Antiquity of London The Wall about the City of London Of the Ancient and Present Rivers, Brooks, Bourns, Pools, Wells, and Conduits of Fresh Water serving the City The...

For the last four decades, Louisiana has promoted its 500 year old French Colonial Creole culture as "Cajun" implying that this culture had its origin in Acadian Canada. Nothing could be farthest from the truth! During the racially turbulent 1960's Jim Crow era when black Americans were...

There is time now for a definition of a New Feminism, where women and men work together, as they can and should, to resolve the issues raised in history. This book, compiled from 4 Authors, with 4 Essays, will reveal some new thinking for an old challenge in our societies. Available in German, English...

 First published in 1954, The Adventures of John Wetherell, is part of a much larger manuscript professing to be a diary kept by seaman John Porritt Wetherell, a native of Whitby, England who was born in 1780 and died sometime after 1834.  John Wetherell's records of his nautical life have...

This edition features • illustrations • a linked Table of Contents and List of Illustrations CONTENTS (abridged list) CHAPTER I Parents, School and Teacher — Foundation of the Negroes' Mechanical Knowledge — First Brick A. M. E. Church — Bishop Allen — Olive Cemetery — Harriet...

A collection of writings of Cardinal Roger Mahony that covers a range of topics. What they have in common is a concern for ministry to meet the needs of the local hurch in Los Angeles. He focuses on priestly ministry and identity, and broadens to include attention to the ministry of lay persons, deacons, women, and bishops.

This edition features • illustrations • a linked Table of Contents CONTENTS (abridged list) CHAPTER I. 1837.—Our Parentage.CHAPTER II. 1837.—First Knowledge of the Sioux.—Hennepin and Du Luth.—Fort Snelling. CHAPTER III. 1837-1839.—The Language.—Its Growth.—System of Notation. CHAPTER...

From Michelin-starred winners to farmers who learned everything from the internet, you will learn how 22 chefs from around the world have built and grown their businesses from scratch. In these enlightening and practical recipes for success, they will openly talk about unexpected challenges and painful...

La belle Marion Fermor l’a décidé : il n’est pas question que son fiancé Nigel Lukyn reste plus longtemps dans l’asile d’aliénés où sa mère l’a fait interner ! Son sosie, Leslie Armytage, va se faire également enfermer afin...