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Eamon Dunphy ,
Peter Ball
[Hardcover 2010]
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The classic inside account of a season at a professional football club. Midfield player Eamon Dunphy charts the progress of Millwall during a season that begins with high hopes and ends with him on the transfer list. Populated with extraordinary characters and filled with high drama, "Only a Game?" is... more
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Mark Twain ,
Tom Quirk ,
Guy Cardwell
[Paperback 2003]
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Based on a series of letters Mark Twain wrote from Europe to newspapers in San Francisco and New York as a roving correspondent, "The Innocents Abroad" (1869) is a burlesque of the sentimental travel books popular in the mid-nineteenth century. Twain's fresh and humorous perspective on hallowed European landmarks lacked... more
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Albert Einstein
[Paperback 1995, 3rd Edition]
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Ideas and Opinions collects Einstien's thoughts and beliefs on every subject and displays his remarkable ability to penetrate to the heart of a subject, an ability that is as apparent in his scientific writings as in his more personal writings. He has the rare gift to make complex problems seem... more
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Andrew Delbanco ,
Abraham Lincoln
[Ebook, Adobe pdf 2009]
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In a space small enough to be toured by the general reader but large enough to contain the central utterances of Lincoln's life, this collection of his speeches and letters aims to present the president through his own voice and expression. Features the "House Divided" speech, the Emancipation Proclamation, the... more
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By
Ian Jack
[Paperback 2002]
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The events of September 11 were terrible; their consequences might prove to be more so. But out of them has arisen what might be called the "but" sentiment, as in "It was terrible...but the Americans were asking for it/deserved it/should have expected it". You didn't have to be on the... more
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Ralph Waldo Emerson ,
William H Gilman ,
Charles Johnson
[Paperback 2009]
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Offering a broad view of the author's finest work, this collection features critical essays, poems, and letters, plus material from journals. Includes a new Introduction. Original. From one of the greatest figures of 19th-century America... This new edition offers a broad view of the author's finest work, featuring his critical... more
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By
Henry David Thoreau ,
Brooks Atkinson
[Paperback 1981]
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Edited, with an Introduction, by William Howarth With their call for "simplicity, simplicity, simplicity!," for self-honesty, and for harmony with nature, the writings of Henry David Thoreau are perhaps the most influential philosophical works in all American literature. The selections in this volume represent Thoreau at his best. Included in... more
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Henry David Thoreau ,
Michael Meyer
[Paperback 2012]
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In addition to pairing Thoreau's two famous works, this volume contains a large section entitled "Contexts and Comments," which includes essays, letters, and excerpts contextualizing and further expanding on Thoreau's themes. Some of the world's most prominent humanitarians and authors have been influenced by and have responded to Thoreau's seminal... more
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By
Mark Twain ,
Tom Quirk ,
Guy Cardwell
[Paperback 2010]
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Based on a series of letters Mark Twain wrote from Europe to newspapers in San Francisco and New York as a roving correspondent, "The Innocents Abroad" (1869) is a burlesque of the sentimental travel books popular in the mid-nineteenth century. Twain's fresh and humorous perspective on hallowed European landmarks lacked... more
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By
Bill Cosby
[Mass market paperbound]
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Bill Cosby is classically funny. Now, as the star of CBS-TV's "Bill Cosby's Kids Say the Darndest Things" he again has the perfect platform to bring out the best in all people through the hilariously honest, witty and touching statements of all kinds of children. Now, this sure-fire combination will... more
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Henry David Thoreau ,
Carl Bode
[Paperback 2012]
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Henry David Thoreau dedicated his life to preserving his freedom as a man and an artist. Nature was the fountainhead of his inspiration and his refuge from what he considered the follies of society. Heedless of his friends' advice to live in a more orthodox manner, he determinedly pursued his... more
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Benjamin Franklin
[Paperback 2010]
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Subjects: Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790Notes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be numerous typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or indexes.When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for... more
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Herman Melville ,
Stephen Matterson
[Ebook, Adobe pdf 2004]
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Herman Melville's The Confindence-Man: His Masquerade was the tenth, last, and most perplexing book of his decade as a professional man of letters. After it he gave up his ambitious effort to write works that would be both popular and profound and turned to poetry. The book was published on... more
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By
Henry David Thoreau
[Paperback]
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Adobe PDF eBook Rights: Copying allowed, 15 selections every 1 days. Printing allowed, unlimited pages every unlimited days. Lending not allowed. Reading aloud not allowed. Never expires. From the book: When I wrote the following pages, or rather the bulk of them, I lived alone, in the woods, a mile... more
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Jerome Groopman
[Paperback 2010]
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Edited by "New York Times" bestselling author Jerome Groopman, "The Best American Science Writing 2010" collects in one volume the most crucial, thought-provoking, and engaging science writing of the year. Distinguished by new and impressive voices as well as some of the foremost names in science writing--David Dobbs, Elizabeth Kolbert,... more
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Larry Winget
[Paperback 2010]
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A daily kick in the pants from the Pitbull of Personal Development(r) and "Wall Street Journal, BusinessWeek, " and "New York Times" bestseller Larry Winget. In these uncertain times, America needs a straight-talk dose of Larry Winget reality more than ever. "No Time for Tact" is a boot-camp version of... more
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By
William Faulkner
[Prebound 1991]
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The story of an old Southern tragedy which befalls the Sutpen family. First published in 1936, "Absalom, Absalom!" is Faulkner's ninth novel and one of his most admired. It is the story of Thomas Sutpen and his ruthless, single-minded attempt to forge a dynasty in Jefferson, Mississippi, in 1830. Although... more
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By
John Grogan
[Hardcover 2007]
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"Bad Dogs Have More Fun" is an unforgettable collection of more than seventy-five newspaper articles from "The Philadelphia Inquirer" written by former columnist John Grogan. Combining humor, wit, poignancy, and affection, these columns provide insight into the intriguing and wonderful world we live in. Whether it be writing about animals... more
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By
Jack London
[1993]
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In The Sea-Wolf, London's most gripping novel, Humphrey Van Weyden is rescued from the freezing waters of San Francisco Bay by a demonic sea captain and introduced to fates far worse that death. Through this story London recalls his own adventures on a sealing vessel at the age of seventeen.... more
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Paul Negri
[Paperback 2005]
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This outstanding collection of more than 30 brilliant short stories — each just six or fewer pages in length — includes such popular tales as Kafka's "A Country Doctor," Poe's "The Cask of Amontillado," Chopin's "A Pair of Silk Stockings," plus works by Dickens, O. Henry, Chekhov, Wilde, and many others.... more
