The Devil's Dictionary - The Devil's Dictionary by Ambrose Bierce
Excerpt: The Devil's Dictionary_ was begun in a weekly paper in 1881, and was continued in a desultory way at long intervals until 1906. In that year a large part of it was published in covers with the title _The Cynic's Word Book_, a name which the author had not the power to reject or happiness to approve.
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Simple Italian Cookery Simple Italian Cookery - Simple Italian Cookery by Antonia Isola
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CONTENTS
Soups
Macaroni and other Pastes
Rice, Etc
The War of the Worlds The War of the Worlds
by H. G. Wells
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The planet Mars, I scarcely need remind the reader, revolves about the sun at a mean distance of 140,000,000 miles, and the light and heat it receives from the sun is barely half of that received by this world
The Life of Buddha and Its Lessons The Life of Buddha and Its Lessons - The Life of Buddha and Its Lessons by Henry Steel Olcott
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The thoughtful student, in scanning the religious history of the race, has one fact continually forced upon his notice, viz
Relativity: The Special and Ganeral Theory Relativity: The Special and Ganeral Theory by Albert Einstein
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Part I: The Special Theory of Relativity
Part II: The General Theory of Relativity
Part III: Considerations on the Universe as a Whole
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The Cell of Self-Knowledge The Cell of Self-Knowledge
by Henry Pepwell
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FROM the end of the thirteenth to the beginning of the fifteenth century may be called the golden age of mystical literature in the
vernacular
The Crowd; study of the popular mind The Crowd, study of the popular mind
by Gustave Le Bon
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The following work is devoted to an account of the characteristics of crowds.
The whole of the common characteristics with which heredity endows the individuals of a race constitute the genius of the race
How to become like Christ How to become like Christ - How to become like Christ by Marcus Dods
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"But we all, with unveiled face reflecting as a mirror the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord
Manners, Custom and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance Period Manners, Custom and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance Period
by Paul Lacroix
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he several successive editions of "The Arts of the Middle Ages and Period of the Renaissance" sufficiently testify to its appreciation by the public
English Literature English Literature -
English Literature
by William Joseph Long
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This book, which presents the whole splendid history of English literature from Anglo-Saxon times to the close of the Victorian Era, has three specific aims
