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This historical biography of John Alden, one of the pilgrims who founded Plymouth Colony, was commissioned by his descendant Augustus Alden. We commence with a summary of the period in which John was born, Elizabethan England and its politics are pertinent to how the subject's life ensued. Discontent with religious persecutions they saw as untenable, Alden and the other emigrants to North America planned their voyage to New England. They obtai...

Historian Alex Graham chronicles centuries of Roman rule in North Africa, using insights from archaeological excavations carried out in Tunisia and Algeria, plus researcher expeditions. Uniting many disparate sources into a single, lengthy account, Graham's history begins with the diplomatic ties between the wealthy city of Carthage and Rome. The Romans subsequently invaded and subdued Carthage, and this success constituted the beginning of Ro...

Purity of Heart is a passionate call by the founder of the Salvation Army for readers to live a life closer to God and follow the essential message of the Holy Spirit. Having witnessed much suffering in his vocation as head of a charity committed to assisting the misfortunate and destitute, William Booth was moved to write several books and essays upon principles of the Christian faith. This manual concerns the concept of purity, and how the a...

This historical guide to horse training contains sixty-two illustrations, helping the reader understand the author's instructions. Published at the beginning of the 20th century, Breaking and Riding details at length the process of training horses for professional riding, the assessments of temperament and physical traits of the animal afford the reader great understanding. Chapters discuss such subjects as making the horse feel at ease with...

This classic book explains the mental phenomena that comprise mentalism, which is a discipline which encompasses aspects of hypnosis, mental science, telepathy and other occurrences.In twenty chapters, A. Victor Segno conducts an investigation of the major constituents of mentalist thought. Mastery of these different forms, which the author defines as manifestations of thought or etheric energy, will lead to mastery over the mind and its funct...

A Double Barreled Detective Story is a short story/novelette by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens), in which Sherlock Holmes finds himself in the American west.The story contains two arcs of revenges. In the primary arc, a woman was abused, humiliated and abandoned by her fiancé Jacob Fuller, while she bore his child.

James Denney's classic examination of the death of Jesus Christ considers the history of its treatment in Christianity, and analyzes sermons of preachers.For Denney, the death of Christ had not been accorded sufficient priority in the minds and hearts of many respected Christian speakers and authors. The author considers the starkness and violence of Christ's death, whereby He is nailed to a wooden crucifix and left in the blazing sun to die, ...

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This textbook of grammar was used in high schools at the start of the 20th century, its many lessons are illustrated. To this day, this book remains useful for students seeking to improve their skills in writing English.The author begins by stating how deficient much of the education in English grammar is, many expend great amounts of money and time, only to be left with gaps in their knowledge. This book, thorough and detailed as it is, seeks...

This guidebook to Notre Dame cathedral, originally published in 1902, offers a history of the great Parisian structure accompanied by over forty detailed photographs and drawings.Charles Hiatt approaches Notre Dame in multiple ways, first, its importance as a religious and communal building, a place for Christians to congregate and pray, or celebrate public events. Secondly, its role as an architectural centerpiece of Gothic grandeur, showcasi...

Frontmatter -- Vorwort -- Inhaltsverzeichnis -- Kapitel I. Geometrische Bewegungslehre -- Kap. II. Geschwindigkeit und Beschleunigung. -- Kap. III. Die Relativbewegung -- Kapitel IV. Treibende Kräfte und Widerstandskräfte -- Kapitel V. Mechanik ebener Systeme -- Kap. VI. Mechanik räumlicher Systeme -- Kap. VII. Abrifs der geschichtlichen Entwickelung der Mechanik starrer Systeme -- Sachregister -- Namensregister

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Frontmatter -- Vorrede -- Inhaltsverzeichnis -- Einleitung -- Die Bedeutung der Leibesübungen für den Körper -- Nie Ausführung der Leibesübungen -- Erklärung verschiedener Stellungsarten der Beine und Haltungen der Arme -- Anhang

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This work chronicles how the cacao plant is grown commercially in the Philippines, how to properly grow, harvest and sell the cacao plant is detailed.An authoritative overview of the cacao growing process, William Scrugham Lyon's chronicle was popularly consulted by planters and cultivators for many years after publication in the early 20th century. He offers a concise overview of the entire process, from choosing the seeds to plant, to germin...

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The series of Greek Christian Writers of the First Centuries AD (GCS) started in Leipzig in 1897, then moved to Berlin, and to Walter de Gruyter in 2001 and has been publishing the results of the Academy Project "Greek Christian Writers", which was launched in the then Royal Prussian Academy and has been continued by the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy. It publishes large critical editions with historically-oriented introductions and indexes of tho...

Frontmatter -- Inhaltsübersicht -- Literatur -- Einleitung -- I. Abschnitt. Das Wasser -- II. Abschnitt. Fischerei -- III. Abschnitt. Fischzucht -- IV. Register

Die dem ostthüringischen Bergland angehörenden Waldungen des Fürstentums Reuß j. L. stocken auf einem etwa 85 Kilometer in nordöstlicher Richtung zwischen 50° 22' und 50° 58' nördlicher Breite sich erstreckenden Flächenraume, der zwischen 29° 7' und 29°49' östl. L. gelegen eine größte Breite von 25 Kilometern besitzt. Sie gehören fast ganz zum Flußgebiet der Saale, die die südwestliche Hälfte dieser Gegend in nahezu nördlichem Laufe durchschne...