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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve ...

Excerpt from Dulce Domum: Essays on Rome LifeA book on Home ought not to be accounted homely, and on that account disparaged, for Home is a portion of the State, and the State is made up of Homes, and he who can in¿uence families for good, is doing one of the greatest political services.At the present time Communism is. Reviving all over Europe, and, if it should prevail, Ho'me would be one of the first things that would suffer. Few Communists...

Excerpt from Fair Winds and Foul: A Narrative of Daily Life Aboard an American Clipper ShipA period in the commerce of the United States remains unrecorded except in the official annals. It is a most important period because it records the pioneer develop ment of the deep sea trading that today places this country so high in active competition with the open markets of the world.Prior to 1866 the Packet Ships carried passengers and merchandise ...

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Saint Louis by Frederick Perry is a gripping account of one of France's most famous rulers with a period of rule that was replete with trials and tribulations as well as extended peace time and development. Perry puts together all the elements of Louis' multifaceted time on the throne of one of the most powerful kingdoms in Europe. Perry's narrative is unlike historical textbook accounts which often have a tendency to be drab. Instead, in Sain...

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Excerpt from The Public Trade SchoolEarly in the year 1907, a problem, which gradually had been growing more and more serious, had to be fairly met and solved. It was a question of finances. To charge students the cost of their tuition in a properly conducted trade school means to debar the very ones who need the instruction. Equally impractical is it to expect a few to bear the expense of a work so valuable to the entire community. The need o...

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Excerpt from Dulce Domum: Essays on Rome LifeA book on Home ought not to be accounted homely, and on that account disparaged, for Home is a portion of the State, and the State is made up of Homes, and he who can in¿uence families for good, is doing one of the greatest political services.At the present time Communism is. Reviving all over Europe, and, if it should prevail, Ho'me would be one of the first things that would suffer. Few Communists...

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The 19 essays of this book are exceptional in that, together, they cover the entire span of relations between Jews and Christians from the time of Jesus to the present. This lengthy period and complex subject required many experts and specialists, many of whom are famous in their fields. They have, however, created works of synthesis written in non-technical language and designed largely for the interested general reader and non-specialist as ...

A woman sits at the funeral of her fallen lover, a man cursed with the responsibility of saving the world. A young boy and his friends watch their school burn to the ground, black faces dancing in the flames. Faithlessness and greed threaten to bring a city to the brink of war, all at the behest of a madman hundreds of years old. Disease withers the world's strength. And behind it all, the Ulgolad, a perversion of reality driven by the ludicro...

A woman sits at the funeral of her fallen lover, a man cursed with the responsibility of saving the world. A young boy and his friends watch their school burn to the ground, black faces dancing in the flames. Faithlessness and greed threaten to bring a city to the brink of war, all at the behest of a madman hundreds of years old. Disease withers the world's strength. And behind it all, the Ulgolad, a perversion of reality driven by the ludicro...

Saint Louis by Frederick Perry is a gripping account of one of France's most famous rulers with a period of rule that was replete with trials and tribulations as well as extended peace time and development. Perry puts together all the elements of Louis' multifaceted time on the throne of one of the most powerful kingdoms in Europe. Perry's narrative is unlike historical textbook accounts which often have a tendency to be drab. Instead, in Sain...

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