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By: Gilbert White (1720-1793) | |
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The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 1 | |
The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 2 |
By: Gildas | |
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On the Ruin of Britain
Gildas was a well-informed and definitely opinionated 6th century commentator on the topic of the era of the Roman occupation of Britain beginning in AD 43, the subsequent desertion of Britain by the legions in AD 410, and then invasions by the Scots, Picts and Saxons. Gildas was critical of his fellow Britons, accusing them of unwarranted rebellion against the beneficial rule of Roman law, and of then pusillanimously calling upon Rome to help them defend against the invading Picts and Scots from the north... | |
By: Giles Gossip | |
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Coronation Anecdotes |
By: Giles Lytton Strachey (1880-1932) | |
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Eminent Victorians
On Modern Library's list of 100 Best Non-Fiction books, "Eminent Victorians" marked an epoch in the art of biography; it also helped to crack the old myths of high Victorianism and to usher in a new spirit by which chauvinism, hypocrisy and the stiff upper lip were debunked. In it, Strachey cleverly exposes the self-seeking ambitions of Cardinal Manning and the manipulative, neurotic Florence Nightingale; and in his essays on Dr Arnold and General Gordon, his quarries are not only his subjects but also the public-school system and the whole structure of nineteenth-century liberal values. |
By: Giorgio Vasari (1511-1574) | |
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Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects
The Lives of the Most Excellent Italian Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, from Cimabue to Our Times, or Le Vite delle più eccellenti pittori, scultori, ed architettori, as it was originally known in Italian, is a series of artist biographies written by 16th century Italian painter and architect Giorgio Vasari, which is considered "perhaps the most famous, and even today the most- read work of the older literature of art", "some of the Italian Renaissance's most influential writing on art", and "one of the founding texts in art history"... |
By: Giovanni Battista Cerruti (1850-1914) | |
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My Friends the Savages Notes and Observations of a Perak settler (Malay Peninsula) |
By: Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375) | |
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The Decameron
Giovanni Boccaccio’s The Decameron is a collection of novellas or short novels written during the 14th century. There are 100 tales contained in the book which is presented together. The book’s title The Decameron combines the two Greek words “deka” meaning ten and “hemera” meaning day. The title can be literally translated as “ten day,” which is also the time frame in which the stories are told by the 7 young women and 3 young men. In the book, each of the ten persons took their turns to tell stories for a day... |
By: Giovanni Verga (1840-1922) | |
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House by the Medlar Tree
In a nineteenth century Sicilian fishing village, the Malavoglia family gambles everything on being able to profit from a cargo of lupin nuts. The cargo is lost at sea and a succession of misfortunes and tragedies assails the family. A masterpiece of social commentary hailed within Italy but neglected by the wider world, The House by the Medlar Tree ranks alongside the works of Zola, Dickens or Balzac among the great books of European literature. The book is the inspiration behind the 1948 film 'La Terra Trema' , one of the earliest works of the great Italian director Luchino Visconti. - Summary by Tom Denholm |
By: Giovanni-Andrea Gallini (1728-1805) | |
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A Treatise on the Art of Dancing |
By: Gipsy Smith (1860-1947) | |
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Your Boys |
By: Giraldus Cambrensis (1146-1223) | |
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The Description of Wales | |
The itinerary of Archbishop Baldwin through Wales |
By: Glenn D. Bradley (1884-1930) | |
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The Story of the Pony Express
The Story of the Pony Express offers an in depth account behind the need for a mail route to connect the eastern U.S. with the rapidly populating west coast following the gold rush of California, the springing up of lumber camps, and all incidental needs arising from the settling of the western frontier. Here we learn of the inception of the Pony Express, its formation, successes, failures, facts, statistics, combined with many anecdotes and names of the people who were an integral part of this incredible entity which lasted but less than two years, yet was instrumental in the successful settlement of two thirds of the land mass comprising the expanding country... |
By: Glenna Lindsley Bigelow | |
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Liége on the Line of March An American Girl's Experiences When the Germans Came Through Belgium |
By: Glyn Barlow | |
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The Story of Madras |
By: Godfrey Rathbone Benson Charnwood (1864-1945) | |
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Abraham Lincoln |
By: Gottfried Achenwall (1719-1772) | |
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Achenwall's Observations on North America |
By: Government Virginia. History | |
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The Road to Independence: Virginia 1763-1783 |
By: Grace Aguilar (1816-1847) | |
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The Days of Bruce Vol 1 A Story from Scottish History |
By: Grace Dunlop Peter | |
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A Portrait of Old George Town |
By: Grace Greenwood (1823-1904) | |
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Stories and Legends of Travel and History, for Children |
By: Grace Livingston Hill (1865-1947) | |
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The War Romance of the Salvation Army |
By: Grammaticus Saxo | |
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The Danish History, Books I-IX |
By: Grant Allen (1848-1899) | |
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Anglo-Saxon Britain |