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  • Seven Pillars of Wisdom

    “By day the hot sun fermented us; and we were dizzied by the beating wind. At night we were stained by dew, and shamed into pettiness by the innumerable silences of the stars.” Seven Pillars of Wisdom was first published in 1926, an abridged version of the original 1922 manuscript. This mostly autobiographical and personal account of the author’s experiences during the Arab Revolt against the ... Read more

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  • Persia Revisited

    Persia revisited offers a compelling travelogue and socio-political chronicle of Persia in the turbulent wake of Shah Nasr-ed-Dins assassination. Drawing from his expertise as a military attaché and oriental secretary, Sir Thomas Edward Gordon recounts his overland odyssey from London to Tehran, painting vivid tableaux of sweeping landscapes, vibrant Baku harbors, and Enzellis ports teeming with ... Read more

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  • The 1up Effect

    Gamify your life to win and have fun playing

    Winning the game of life but still not happy?The traditional path to happiness has always started with being successful first: “Get a job, make money, be successful, then have fun.” Some go-getters achieve the greatest of success, only to be left feeling empty, wondering whether that’s all life has in store for them. Many continue to hustle, searching for the endgame and struggling with constant ... Read more

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  • Mission from Cape Coast Castle to Ashantee

    A curiosity throughout Europe, proportionate to the ignorance of the Interior of Africa, exacts the publication of the proceedings and researches of every Exploratory Mission, from its Conductor, as a duty to the Public: “mandat fieri sibi talia.” The Public, in acknowledgment of the performance of the duty, reflecting that it constrains literary efforts which the Author otherwise might never have ... Read more

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  • Poetry

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    Edward Thomas was a literary critic, biographer, and travel and nature writer for decades before he turned his hand to poetry at the age of thirty-six, at the suggestion of his close friend Robert Frost.World War I broke out shortly after this decision, and in 1915 Thomas enlisted. His first book of poetry, Six Poems, was published in 1916. In 1917, as his next collection, Poems, was being ... Read more

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  • Persia Revisited

    Persia Revisited by Sir Thomas Edward Gordon is a reflective travel memoir recounting the author's return to Persia (modern-day Iran) in the 1890s after several decades away. Having previously served in the region as a British officer and diplomat, Gordon revisits familiar cities such as Tehran, Isfahan, and Shiraz with a critical eye, comparing Persia’s past and present. He observes political ... Read more

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  • The Quest for a Lost Race

    The native Kentuckian has a deep and abiding affection for the "Old Commonwealth" which gave him birth. It is as passionate a sentiment, too—and some might add, as irrational—as the love of a Frenchman for his native France. But it is an innocent idolatry in both, and both are entitled to the indulgent consideration of alien critics whose racial instincts are less susceptible and whose emotional ... Read more

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  • History of Chemistry (Complete)

    Chemistry, as an art, was practised thousands of years before the Christian era; as a science, it dates no further back than the middle of the seventeenth century. The monumental records of Egypt and the accounts left us by Herodotus and other writers show that the ancient Egyptians, among the earliest nations of whom we have any records, had a considerable knowledge of processes essentially ... Read more

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  • Tracing Roots: 12 Classic Anthropology Books on Global Cultures

    The Tinguian: Social, Religious, and Economic Life of a Philippine Tribe, Indo-China and Its Primitive People, People of Africa, etc.

    Tracing Roots: 12 Classic Anthropology Books on Global Cultures is a profound anthology that ventures into the depths of human cultures across the globe. This collection interweaves a rich tapestry of essays that touch upon the diverse practices, beliefs, and societal constructs that define varied ethnic groups. The works within this anthology span a range of literary styles and methodologies, ... Read more

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  • Lenin's Ear

    Lenin's Ear is the story of a Russian artist, who grew up in the post-Stalin era. His early years are a partly true account of a boy growing up in Post World War II Russia. Being an independent thinker, he found many ways to get into trouble. His mother, a costume designer for the Kirov Ballet, worked hard to provide him with the benefits one could get by being a good Socialist. After having ... Read more

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  • A Time and a Place

    A Collection of Short Stories

    It is nice once in a while to close one's eyes and drift into a world of fantasy and make believe. The stories in my book, stories to grip, stories to tantalise and stories to induce the imagination, do just that.A female tiger, released by an act of war, terrorizes a remote Pacific island during World War Two. Two little girls sent by their parents to the country to escape the horrors of the ... Read more

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