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2011 Reprint of 1922 Edition. From the creator of Father Brown comes a collection reviewed by "The Armchair Detective" as "dazzlingly executed and richly atmospheric." Eight stories recount the adventures of Horne Fisher, a socialite who uses his powerful deductive gifts to investigate crimes committed on the sprawling country estates of the aristocracy. Evocative portraits of pre-World War I Britain. 'The Man Who Knew Too Much' has some simil...

Edinburgh in Scotland is a delightful place where lightness and darkness combine and fuel the imagination. There is a castle standing on an ominous hill and a spire that reminds us of wizards and all sorts of possibly scary things. This is where Photographer John D. Weigand and attorney, award winning author, and former educator, Penelope Dyan, whisk you away with thoughts of time past. As usual, Weigand and Dyan are not about a bunch of facts...

2011 Reprint of 1939 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. "Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism", by Lenin, describes the function of financial capital in generating profits from imperial colonialism, as the final stage of capitalist development to ensure greater profits. The essay is a synthesis of Lenin's modifications and developments of economic theories that Karl Marx f...

2011 Reprint of 1900 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. Profusely illustrated. Nova Scotia born, with family roots in New England, Captain Slocum commanded some of the finest tall ships that ever sailed the seas. On April 24, 1895, at the age of 51, he departed Boston in his tiny sloop "Spray" and sailed around the world single-handedly, a passage of 46, 000 miles, returning to Ne...

2011 Reprint of 1932 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. "State and Revolution" (1917) describes the role of the State in society, the necessity of proletarian revolution, and the theoretic inadequacies of social democracy in achieving revolution. It describes the inherent nature of the State as a tool for class oppression, a creation born of one social class's desire to control al...

2011 Reprint of 1947 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. Joel Goldsmith was a Christian spiritual healer in the 20th century who repeatedly taught about the importance of prayer and meditation. Goldsmith explains that God is within us, we need merely try to make contact. If we believed that the "kingdom of God is within us, " he says, "we should be willing to leave the world for a ...

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From Uccello's "The Battle of San Romano" to Picasso's "Guernica, " this work offers a captivating look at artworks inspired by war, and examines what they reveal about humanity's history. The images are accompanied by the iconic text of the legendary Chinese military strategist Sun Tzu.

Buck wasn't always a wild dog... Buck's life as a beloved farm dog changes forever when he is stolen away from his home and taken to the bitter cold of the Yukon. Buck faces many challenges as he is trained to become a sled dog until he finds himself in the hands of John Thornton who helps him ultimately discover where he truly belongs--in the wild. This adapted and condensed fully illustrated version of the tale by Jack London will introduce ...

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The Jungle Book shows Kipling's writing for children at its best. It is a collection of short stories and poems, revolving round the boy Mowgli, who was raised by a pack of wolves in India. We meet the tiger, Shere Khan, who attacked and drove off Mowgli's parent, Bagheera, the black panher, Baloo the sleepy brown bear, and the evil python, Kaa.

Alexandra lives for her successful business. She knows what she wants from life, and more importantly, what she doesn't want. But on a winter morning on the suburban streets of Christchurch, her plans collide with a man who will change her existence. Mike is straight-laced and down to earth with strong family values - everything Alex isn't. After he's forced to scrutinize his life, he turns his attention on the woman who inadvertently gave hi...

Louis-Claude de Saint-Martin was originally a high initiate in Martinez de Pasqually's 'Ordre des Chevalier Maçons Élus Cohen de L'Univers', better known as 'Elus Kohen', a theurgic order dedicated to human salvation through High Magic. The group maintained a Gnostic-like belief that human souls had become trapped in material bodies at the Fall, and that Jesus - the 'Great Repairer' - had come to return humanity to its original estate. While a...

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In this thought-provoking guide to creating the extraordinary life you've always wanted, business and personal coach Mike Jaffe will challenge you to dramatically redesign your life. Jaffe, a 9/11 survivor who worked on the 96th floor of the World Trade Center, arrived 20 minutes late to work that day after deciding to have breakfast with his wife and daughter. This was his personal wakeup call to realize that life is a precious gift and small...

In this thought-provoking guide to creating the extraordinary life you've always wanted, business and personal coach Mike Jaffe will challenge you to dramatically redesign your life. Jaffe, a 9/11 survivor who worked on the 96th floor of the World Trade Center, arrived 20 minutes late to work that day after deciding to have breakfast with his wife and daughter. This was his personal wakeup call to realize that life is a precious gift and small...

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