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Excerpt from Eleanor Leslie: A MemoirAbout the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, ...

In the midst of a Christmas blizzard: A baby on the doorstep. It's taken a long time and a little heartache, but Annie Sutton is finally following her dream of living on Martha's Vineyard. She fell in love with the island's singular beauty while using it as a setting for two of her novels. In her cozy rented cottage on Chappaquiddick, she's settling in for her first Vineyard winter-complete with a fierce nor'easter on the way, forecast to brin...

Excerpt from Studies From Court and Cloister: Being Essays, Historical and LiteraryThese studies on various crucial points connected with the history of religion in Europe at the close of the Middle Ages, its decline, revival, and the causes which led to both, have already appeared in print as regards their general outline, although they have for the most part been rewritten, added to, and in each case subjected to a careful revision.About the...

Excerpt from The History of Mary I, Queen of England, as Found in the Public Records: Original Private Letters, and Other Contemporary DocumentsAT a time when prejudiced historical verdicts are being largely revised, and when it is universally admitted that history must be studied on broader and more discriminating lines than heretofore, the restatement of the case for our first Queen Regnant scarcely needs an apology.About the PublisherForgot...

Eingebettet zwischen grünen Hügeln, im Herzen Afrikas, liegt Bujumbura. Hier arbeitet die Amerikanerin Anne seit zwei Jahren für eine Menschenrechtsorganisation. Das Land und seine Menschen faszinieren sie und ziehen sie an, zugleich fühlt sie sich jedoch oft fremd und zurückgestoßen. Als sie sich mit Haut und Haar in Jean-Pierre Bukimana verliebt, Abkömmling der alten burundischen Königsdynastie und Regierungsbeamter, fegt die Liebe alle Unte...

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This book (hardcover) is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS. It contains classical literature works from over two thousand years. Most of these titles have been out of print and off the bookstore shelves for decades. The book series is intended to preserve the cultural legacy and to promote the timeless works of classical literature. Readers of a TREDITION CLASSICS book support the mission to save many of the amazing works of world literature from...

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This book is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS. It contains classical literature works from over two thousand years. Most of these titles have been out of print and off the bookstore shelves for decades. The book series is intended to preserve the cultural legacy and to promote the timeless works of classical literature. Readers of a TREDITION CLASSICS book support the mission to save many of the amazing works of world literature from oblivion. W...

Four best friends, one risky business, and a chance to say "I do” one more time. . . With their fledgling business Second Chances facing its first big break, four best friends turned wedding consultants face second chances-and challenges-of their own. For always-practical, always-predictable Elaine, it's a time for a total makeover . . . but is the new "dream-her” really her? For Lily, the free-spirited, free-spending sprite, it was the chance...

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A wonderful history of the special relationship between England and America, influenced not by politics but by plants, exotic, exciting and dramatic.

Who knows why no one in the family wanted to admit that Orville Wilbur was a bigamist? Shame. Embarrassment. Or maybe they did not want to reveal the real story? It was a different era when the author's grandfather was born in 1894. Divorce was scandalous, as a single mother, one can only imagine how Nettie Drake would have been treated at the market, the dry goods store, and-gasp-the church. Not to mention the financial complications of how a...

Excerpt from Eleanor Leslie: A MemoirAbout the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, ...

Excerpt from The History of Mary I, Queen of England, as Found in the Public Records: Original Private Letters, and Other Contemporary Documents AT a time when prejudiced historical verdicts are being largely revised, and when it is universally admitted that history must be studied on broader and more discriminating lines than heretofore, the restatement of the case for our first Queen Regnant scarcely needs an apology. About the Publisher ...

Excerpt from Studies From Court and Cloister: Being Essays, Historical and Literary These studies on various crucial points connected with the history of religion in Europe at the close of the Middle Ages, its decline, revival, and the causes which led to both, have already appeared in print as regards their general outline, although they have for the most part been rewritten, added to, and in each case subjected to a careful revision. About...

Excerpt from Reformation and Renaissance: Circa 1377-1610 IT is not possible to draw a hard-and-fast line between the age Of absolute fixed principles in religion and philosophy, and the period when experimentalism, the spirit Of adventure and of mental unrest, began to change the face Of Europe. We sometimes hear people speak of the Middle Ages, and Of the great complex movement which, for want of a better word, we term the Renaissance, as ...

They say true love is priceless, but is it worth fifty million dollars? With Second Chances, their wedding planning business, starting to take off, four best friends must decide whether they'll take some second chances of their own. Free-spirited Lily finds herself forced to choose between her sure-thing inheritance and a chance at true love, the no-longer-predictable Elaine surprises everyone-including herself-when romance comes calling from ...