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By: Jeannie Gunn (1870-1961) | |
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We of the Never-Never
We of the Never Never is the second book written by Jeannie Gunn under the name of “Mrs Aeneas Gunn”. It is considered by many as a classic of Australian writing. The book was published as a novel but draws on the author’s own experience in settling on the Elsey Station way out in the "back blocks" of the Katherine region of the Northern Territories of Australia early in the 20th century. The primary concession to fiction was that she fictionalised the names of many of the real-life characters that featured in her life at the time, giving them names like "the Sanguine Scott", "the Fizzer", "the Quiet Stockman" and "the Dandy"... |
By: Jefferson Davis (1808-1889) | |
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Speeches of the Hon. Jefferson Davis, of Mississippi |
By: Jeffery Farnol (1878-1952) | |
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Great Britain at War | |
The Honourable Mr. Tawnish |
By: Jeronimo Lobo (1596-1678) | |
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A Voyage to Abyssinia |
By: Jesse Macy (1842-1919) | |
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An Anti-Slavery Crusade; a chronicle of the gathering storm |
By: Jesse Walter Fewkes (1850-1930) | |
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Archeological Expedition to Arizona in 1895 | |
Contribution to Passamaquoddy Folk-Lore |
By: Joanna E. Wood (1867-1927) | |
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Untempered Wind
Upon publication of “The Untempered Wind” in 1894, Joanna Wood quickly rose to international prominence, becoming in the next few years the most highly paid fiction-writer in Canada. In this novel, we find a detailed picture of village life. The narrative weaves through a variety of character types: the refined and the coarse, the humble and the self-righteous, the virtuous and the vicious. All these types are measured according to their treatment of Myron Holder, a young unwed mother — a “fallen woman” in the eyes of this “spiteful, narrow-minded village... |
By: Joannes de Sacro Bosco (fl. 1230) | |
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The Earliest Arithmetics in English |
By: Joe Mills (1880-1935) | |
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A Mountain Boyhood |
By: Joel Chandler Harris (1848-1908) | |
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Stories Of Georgia | |
A Little Union Scout |
By: Joel Cook (1842-1910) | |
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England, Picturesque and Descriptive A Reminiscence of Foreign Travel |
By: Joel Tyler Headley (1813-1897) | |
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The Great Riots of New York, 1712 to 1873 |
By: Johann Amos Comenius (1592-1670) | |
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The Orbis Pictus |
By: Johann Jakob von Tschudi (1818-1889) | |
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Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests |
By: Johanna Brandt (1876-1964) | |
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The Petticoat Commando
In introducing the English version of this book I venture to bespeak a welcome for it, not only for the light which it throws on some little-known incidents of the South African war, but also because of the keen personal interest of the events recorded. It is more than a history. It is a dramatic picture of the hopes and fears, the devotion and bitterness with which some patriotic women in Pretoria watched and, as far as they could, took part in the war which was slowly drawing to its conclusion on the veld outside... |
By: Johanna Spyri (1827-1901) | |
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Heidi (version 2 dramatic reading)
"Heidi" takes us on a journey to the eventful childhood of a good-hearted girl from the Swiss Alps. A warm and loving story, full of touching moments, it reaches children and adults alike. It was written in 1880 and published in two parts: 1. Heidi's years of learning and travel. 2. Heidi makes use of what she has learned. This English translation from 1915 has "an especial flavor, that very quality of delight in mountain scenes, in mountain people and in child life generally, which is one of the chief merits of the German original... |
By: John A. (John Alexander) MacDonald (1846-1922) | |
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Troublous Times in Canada A History of the Fenian Raids of 1866 and 1870 |
By: John A. Carpenter | |
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The Star-Spangled Banner |
By: John A. Hobson (1858-1940) | |
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The Evolution of Modern Capitalism A Study of Machine Production |
By: John A. J. (John Angel James) Creswell (1828-1891) | |
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Oration on the Life and Character of Henry Winter Davis |
By: John Albee (1833-1915) | |
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Confessions of Boyhood |
By: John Algernon Owens | |
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Sword and Pen Ventures and Adventures of Willard Glazier |
By: John Allister Currie (1866-) | |
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"The Red Watch" With the First Canadian Division in Flanders |
By: John Ashton (1834-1911) | |
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Gossip in the First Decade of Victoria's Reign | |
A Righte Merrie Christmasse The Story of Christ-Tide |
By: John Aubrey (1626-1697) | |
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The Natural History of Wiltshire |
By: John Augustine Zahm (1851-1921) | |
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Woman in Science
A history of woman's role in science through the ages and the many contributions she has made.Chapter Titles are:1. Woman's Long Struggle for Things of the Mind2. Woman's Capacity for Scientific Pursuits3. Women in Mathematics4. Women in Astronomy5. Women in Physics6. Women in Chemistry7. Women in the Natural Sciences8. Women in Medicine and Surgery9. Women in Archæology10. Women as Inventors11. Women as Inspirers and Collaborators in Science12. The Future of Women in Science: Summary and Epilogue |
By: John Auldjo (-1857) | |
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Journal of a Visit to Constantinople and Some of the Greek Islands in the Spring and Summer of 1833 |
By: John Austin Stevens (1827-1910) | |
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Albert Gallatin American Statesmen Series, Vol. XIII |
By: John B. (John Beach) Driggs (1854-) | |
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Short Sketches from Oldest America |
By: John B. Bury (1861-1927) | |
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The Idea of Progress An inguiry into its origin and growth |
By: John Bach McMaster (1852-1932) | |
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A School History of the United States | |
A Brief History of the United States |
By: John Bates Clark (1847-1938) | |
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Social Justice Without Socialism |
By: John Beatty (1828-1914) | |
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The Citizen-Soldier or, Memoirs of a Volunteer |
By: John Blakman | |
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Henry the Sixth A Reprint of John Blacman's Memoir with Translation and Notes |
By: John Buffa (-1812) | |
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Travels through the Empire of Morocco |
By: John Burroughs (1837-1921) | |
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Birds and Bees, Sharp Eyes, and Other Papers
Probably no other American writer has a greater sympathy with, and a keener enjoyment of, country life in all its phases—farming, camping, fishing, walking—than has John Burroughs. His books are redolent of the soil, and have such "freshness and primal sweetness," that we need not be told that the pleasure he gets from his walks and excursions is by no means over when he steps inside his doors again. As he tells us on more than one occasion, he finds he can get much more out of his outdoor experiences by thinking them over, and writing them out afterwards... | |
Under the Maples | |
Ways of Nature | |
Winter Sunshine | |
Wake-Robin | |
Camping with President Roosevelt | |
The Wit of a Duck and Other Papers |
By: John C. Hutcheson | |
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Fritz and Eric The Brother Crusoes |
By: John Cadwalader (1742-1786) | |
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Nuts for Future Historians to Crack |
By: John Carr (1772-1832) | |
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The Stranger in France or, a Tour from Devonshire to Paris Illustrated by Engravings in Aqua Tint of Sketches Taken on the Spot. |
By: John Charles Dent (1841-1888) | |
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The Story of the Upper Canadian Rebellion, Volume 1 |
By: John Charles Frémont (1813-1890) | |
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The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains |
By: John Charles Van Dyke | |
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A Text-Book of the History of Painting
A TEXT-BOOK OF THE HISTORY OF PAINTINGBY JOHN C. VAN DYKE, L.H.D.PREFACE.The object of this series of text-books is to provide concise teachable histories of art for class-room use in schools and colleges. The limited time given to the study of art in the average educational institution has not only dictated the condensed style of the volumes, but has limited their scope of matter to the general features of art history. Archaeological discussions on special subjects and aesthetic theories have been avoided... |
By: John Clark Ridpath (1840-1900) | |
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James Otis, the pre-revolutionist |
By: John Clay Coleman | |
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Jim Crow Car; Or, Denouncement of Injustice Meted Out to the Black Race
"My opposition to injustice, imposition, discrimination and prejudice, which have for many years existed against the colored people of the South, has led to this little book. In many parts of America the press has been furnished with “matter” for defending the colored people, through the medium of “Coleman’s Illustrated Lectures.” By request of my many auditors, some of whom being leading elements of the Northern States and Canada, this volume is published. Many persons interested in the welfare of the negro, have sought a more elaborate book on the Southern horrors... |
By: John Cowper Powys (1872-1963) | |
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Suspended Judgments Essays on Books and Sensations |
By: John Crombie Brown (-1879?) | |
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The Ethics of George Eliot's Works |
By: John D. (John Denison) Baldwin (1809-1883) | |
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Ancient America, in Notes on American Archaeology |
By: John D. Shortridge | |
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Italian Harpsichord-Building in the 16th and 17th Centuries |
By: John Davenport (1789-1877) | |
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Aphrodisiacs and Anti-aphrodisiacs: Three Essays on the Powers of Reproduction |
By: John David Hills | |
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The Fifth Leicestershire A Record Of The 1/5th Battalion The Leicestershire Regiment, T.F., During The War, 1914-1919. |
By: John De Morgan (1848-1926) | |
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The Hero of Ticonderoga or Ethan Allen and his Green Mountain Boys |
By: John Dee (1527-1608) | |
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The Private Diary of Dr. John Dee And the Catalog of His Library of Manuscripts |
By: John Dennis (1825-1911) | |
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The Age of Pope (1700-1744) |
By: John Denton Pinkstone French (1852-1925) | |
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1914 |
By: John Denvir (1843-1916) | |
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The Life Story of an Old Rebel |
By: John Dewey (1859-1952) | |
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China, Japan and the U.S.A. Present-Day Conditions in the Far East and Their Bearing on the Washington Conference | |
Human Nature And Conduct - Part 1, The Place of Habit in Conduct
John Dewey, an early 20th Century American philosopher, psychologist, educational theorist saw Social Psychology as much a physical science as Biology and Chemistry. This project encompasses Part 1 of 4 of his book Human Nature and Conduct. Dewey's uses the word "HABIT" as a specialized catch-all word to describe how a person and his/her objective environment interact. This interaction is the basis for moral judgement. Dewey writes: "All habits are demands for certain kinds of activity; and they constitute the self.” In other places he also asserts that "Habits are Will." - Summary by William Jones, Soloist |
By: John Dos Passos (1896-1970) | |
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Three Soldiers
Three Soldiers, the second novel by John Dos Passos, follows the experiences of several young Americans thrown into the confusion and brutality of World War I.Written when the author was just twenty-three, it was key to the development of a realistic depiction of war in American literature, and earned Dos Passos, later named by Jean-Paul Sartre "the greatest living writer of our time", important early attention.Critic H L Menken said of it: "no war story can be written in the United States without challenging comparison with it--and no story that is less meticulously true will stand up to it... | |
Rosinante to the Road Again |
By: John Doyle Lee (1812-1877) | |
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The Mormon Menace The Confessions of John Doyle Lee, Danite |
By: John Dryden (1631-1700) | |
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Discourses on Satire and on Epic Poetry |
By: John Dryden Kuser (1897-1964) | |
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Haiti: Its Dawn of Progress after Years in a Night of Revolution
This book is part history and part travelogue, an account of a brief visit by a wealthy, white U.S. politician during a lamentable time in Haiti’s history of its invasion and occupation by the U.S. military. Dryden offers his views of elements of Haitian culture such as education, religion and commerce, with some optimism but with the shallow understanding of a casual observer who has not been immersed in the culture enough to provide truly insightful understanding. One chapter is an account of his duck hunting expedition. This is, nonetheless, valuable in helping us understand how many understood the Haitian situation in the early twentieth century. Summary by Larry Wilson. |
By: John Earle (1824-1903) | |
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Anglo-Saxon Literature |
By: John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton (1834-1902) | |
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Lectures on the French Revolution | |
A Lecture on the Study of History | |
Lectures on Modern history |
By: John Evelyn (1620-1706) | |
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An Apologie for the Royal Party (1659); and A Panegyric to Charles the Second (1661) |
By: John F. (John Fairfield) Dryden (1839-1911) | |
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The American Type of Isthmian Canal Speech by Hon. John Fairfield Dryden in the Senate of the United States, June 14, 1906 |
By: John F. (John Fitzgerald) Kennedy (1917-1963) | |
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John F. Kennedy's Inaugural Address |
By: John Falstaffe | |
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The Theater (1720) |
By: John Filson (1753?-1788) | |
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Life and Adventures of Colonel Daniel Boon |
By: John Finnemore (1863-1915) | |
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Peeps at Many Lands: Japan |
By: John Fiske (1842-1901) | |
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The Discovery of America Vol. 1 (of 2) with some account of Ancient America and the Spanish Conquest | |
The War of Independence | |
The Critical Period of American History |
By: John Foreman | |
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The Philippine Islands A Political, Geographical, Ethnographical, Social and Commercial History of the Philippine Archipelago, Embracing the Whole Period of Spanish Rule |
By: John Fox (1863-1919) | |
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The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come |
By: John Foxe (1516-1587) | |
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Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs |
By: John Francis Davis (1859-1930) | |
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California Romantic and Resourceful A plea for the collection, preservation and diffusion of information relating to Pacific coast history |
By: John Fretwell | |
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Newfoundland and the Jingoes An Appeal to England's Honor |
By: John Frost (1800-1859) | |
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Heroes and Hunters of the West Comprising Sketches and Adventures of Boone, Kenton, Brady, Logan, Whetzel, Fleehart, Hughes, Johnson, &c. |
By: John G. (John George) Edgar (1834-1864) | |
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The Boy Crusaders A Story of the Days of Louis IX. |