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The Confessions of St. Augustine
The Confessions of St. Augustine
Saint Augustine
¥8.09
According to Wikipedia: Aurelius Augustinus, Augustine of Hippo, or Saint Augustine (354 - 430) was a philosopher and theologian, and was bishop of the North African city of Hippo Regius for the last third of his life. Augustine is one of the most important figures in the development of Western Christianity, and is considered to be one of the church fathers. He framed the concepts of original sin and just war. ...Born in present day Algeria as the eldest son of Saint Monica, he was educated in North Africa and baptized in Milan. His works including The Confessions, which is often called the first Western autobiography are still read around the world."
Robert Louis Stevenson, a Record, an Estimate, a Memorial
Robert Louis Stevenson, a Record, an Estimate, a Memorial
Alexander H. Japp
¥8.09
Biography of the author of Treasure Island. According to Wikipedia: "Robert Louis (Balfour) Stevenson ( 1850 - 1894), was a Scottish novelist, poet, and travel writer, and a leading representative of Neo-romanticism in English literature. He was the man who "seemed to pick the right word up on the point of his pen, like a man playing spillikins", as G. K. Chesterton put it. He was also greatly admired by many authors, including Jorge Luis Borges, Ernest Hemingway, Rudyard Kipling, Vladimir Nabokov, and J. M. Barrie. Most modernist writers dismissed him, however, because he was popular and did not write within their definition of modernism. It is only recently that critics have begun to look beyond Stevenson's popularity and allow him a place in the canon."
George Washington
George Washington
Henry Cabot Lodge
¥8.09
According to Wikipedia: "Washington is seen as a symbol of the United States and republicanism in practice. His devotion to civic virtue made him an exemplary figure among early American politicians. Washington died in 1799, and in his funeral oration, Henry Lee said that of all Americans, he was "first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen." Washington has been consistently ranked by scholars as one of the greatest U.S. Presidents."
Angling Sketches
Angling Sketches
Andrew Lang
¥8.09
Classic collection of essays about fishing in Scotland. It begins: "These papers do not boast of great sport. They are truthful, not like the tales some fishers tell. They should appeal to many sympathies. There is no false modesty in the confidence with which I esteem myself a duffer, at fishing. Some men are born duffers; others, unlike persons of genius, become so by an infinite capacity for not taking pains. Others, again, among whom I would rank myself, combine both these elements of incompetence. Nature, that made me enthusiastically fond of fishing, gave me thumbs for fingers, short-sighted eyes, indolence, carelessness, and a temper which (usually sweet and angelic) is goaded to madness by the laws of matter and of gravitation."
Elegii noi / vechi
Elegii noi / vechi
Lazu Ion
¥32.62
Culorile r?scolite ale oceanului, ce se arunc? furibund spre ??rm, nu cu puterea insuportabil? a unei M?ri, ci cu ?nmiita putere a Oceanului Suprem...; valuri translucide sau verzi, ca ?n Aivazovski, care ?i el trebuie s? fi sim?it Oceanul. Un schifist, siluet? neagr?, de-o grafie subtil?, ?nfrunt?nd coamele ?nspumate. Algele sofisticate de pe plaja cu pietri? foarte m?runt ?i viu colorat (?n locul tradi?ionalului nisip), st?ncile negre, vuietul autoritar al Oceanului, cel mai mare ?i puternic din lume. Extaz f?r? seam?n ?i f?r? cuvinte. Lidia c?nt?. Desc?tu?at?, leg?n?nd ?n m?n? o alg? supl?, coco?at? pe-o st?nc?, ?n cel mai v?dit gen romantic, ?n vreme ce ?iruri de valuri se n?pustesc spre ??rm, explod?nd, readun?ndu-se ?n evantaie de spum?. Ileana ?i Jerry se ?ndep?rteaz? c?teva zeci de pa?i, apoi revin, trec pe l?ng? mine, ?n timp ce filmez, vr?jit, hipnotizat. ?not?torul cu schif a ie?it din valuri, ?l percep cu coada ochiului, ??i adun? sc?ndura, ?ncepe s? urce treptele de lemn din buza falezei, cele pe care am cobor?t ?i noi, acum zece minute. Sau c?nd??i totu?i, ce mi se ?nt?mpl? de-am ame?it a?a? Mi?c infinitezimal aparatul, ?i tot ce intr? ?n cadru mi se pare de domeniul miraculosului. Nu vreau s? pierd nimic. Panoramez, trec de st?nci, spre cealalt? parte a plajei, unde se deschide un golfule? ?i unde coamele de valuri se r?stoarn? sacadat. La o mic? distan??, un ?ir de insuli?e negre, ca ni?te piloni lustrui?i, ?nfrunt?nd hula cea mare. Pelicani pe sus, trec?nd ?ntins spre nord. Extaz ?i sf??iere...
Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Henry Cabot Lodge
¥18.56
Theodore Roosevelt had the good fortune to be born of a well-known, long-established family, with every facility for education and with an atmosphere of patriotism and disinterested service both to country and humanity all about him. In his father he had before him an example of lofty public spirit, from which it would have been difficult to depart. But if the work of his ancestors relieved him from the hard struggle which meets an unaided man at the outset, he also lacked the spur of necessity to prick the sides of his intent, in itself no small loss. As a balance to the opportunity which was his without labor, he had not only the later difficulties which come to him to whom fate has been kind at the start; he had also spread before him the temp-tations inseparable from such inherited advantages as fell to his lot—temptations to a life of sports and pleasure, to lettered ease, to an amateur's career in one of the fine arts, perhaps to a money-making business, likewise an inheritance, none of them easily to be set aside in obedience to the stern rule that the larger and more facile the opportunity the greater and more insistent the responsibility. ? About Author: ? henry Cabot Lodge (May 12, 1850 – November 9, 1924) was an American Republican Senator and historian from Massachusetts. Lodge received his PhD in history from Harvard. Lodge was a long-time friend and confidant of Theodore Roosevelt. Lodge had the role (but not the official title) of the first Senate Majority Leader. He is best known for his positions on foreign policy, especially his battle with President Woodrow Wilson in 1919 over the Treaty of Versailles. Lodge demanded Congressional control of declarations of war; Wilson refused and blocked Lodge's move to ratify the treaty with reservations. As a result, the United States never joined the League of Nations.Historian George E. Mowry argues that: Henry Cabot Lodge was one of the best informed statesmen of his time, he was an excellent parliamentarian, and he brought to bear on foreign questions a mind that was at once razor sharp and devoid of much of the moral cant that was so typical of the age....[Yet] Lodge never made the contributions he should have made, largely because of Lodge the person. He was opportunistic, selfish, jealous, condescending, supercilious, and could never resist calling his opponent's spade a dirty shovel. Small wonder that except for Roosevelt and Root, most of his colleagues of both parties disliked him, and many distrusted him. * * *
Modern Mythology
Modern Mythology
Andrew Lang
¥8.09
Anthropology and theory of myths and myth-making. According to Wikipedia: "Andrew Lang (March 31, 1844, Selkirk - July 20, 1912, Banchory, Kincardineshire) was a prolific Scots man of letters. He was a poet, novelist, and literary critic, and contributor to anthropology. He now is best known as the collector of folk and fairy tales."
Life and Adventures of Calamity Jane
Life and Adventures of Calamity Jane
Mrs. M. Burk
¥8.09
Short "autobiograhy." According to Wikipedia: "Martha Jane Cannary Burke, better known as Calamity Jane (May 1, 1852 – August 1, 1903), was a frontierswoman, prostitute, and professional scout best known for her claim of being an acquaintance of Wild Bill Hickok, but also for having gained fame fighting Native American Indians. She was a woman who exhibited kindness and compassion towards others, especially the sick and needy, who also was an alcoholic and traded sexual favors for money. This contrast helped to make her a famous and infamous frontier figure... In 1896 she joined the traveling Kohl & Middleton Dime Museum as a performer, and a 7-page souvenir booklet was sold by that circus, titled The Life and Adventures of Calamity Jane by Herself; it was almost certainly written by someone else, as there is no reliable evidence that Jane could read and write. It is this booklet that is described, rather generously, as her autobiography. The booklet misstates her birth name (as "Marthy Cannary"), her birthdate, and misspells "Missourri" repeatedly. Several of the stories in the booklet are unsupported, or even contradicted, by reliable evidence."
Littérature et Philosophie Mêlées
Littérature et Philosophie Mêlées
Victor Hugo
¥8.09
Livre classique de la critique littéraire et de la philosophie, publié en 1834. Selon Wikipédia: "Victor-Marie Hugo (26 février 1802 - 22 mai 1885) était un poète, dramaturge, romancier, essayiste, artiste visuel, homme d'?tat, défenseur des droits humains En France, la renommée littéraire de Hugo vient d'abord de sa poésie, mais repose aussi sur ses romans et ses réalisations dramatiques Parmi de nombreux volumes de poésie, Les Contemplations et La Légende des siècles tiennent particulièrement haut dans l'estime critique et Hugo est parfois identifié comme le plus grand poète fran?ais.A l'extérieur de la France, ses ?uvres les plus connues sont les romans Les Misérables et Notre-Dame de Paris (connu aussi en anglais sous le nom de Le Bossu de Notre Dame). il était jeune, Hugo devint plus libéral au fil des décennies, il devint un partisan passionné du républicanisme et son travail touche à la plupart des questions politiques et sociales et artistiques. nds de son temps. Il est enterré au Panthéon. "
Memories and Portraits
Memories and Portraits
Robert Louis Stevenson
¥8.09
Memoirs by the author of Treasure Island. He explains at the beginning: "This volume of papers, unconnected as they are, it will be better to read through from the beginning, rather than dip into at random. A certain thread of meaning binds them. Memories of childhood and youth, portraits of those who have gone before us in the battle - taken together, they build up a face that "I have loved long since and lost awhile," the face of what was once myself. This has come by accident; I had no design at first to be autobiographical; I was but led away by the charm of beloved memories and by regret for the irrevocable dead; and when my own young face (which is a face of the dead also) began to appear in the well as by a kind of magic, I was the first to be surprised at the occurrence."
The Soul of Man: An essay
The Soul of Man: An essay
Oscar Wilde
¥8.09
An essay. According to Wikipedia: "Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (1854 - 1900) was an Irish playwright, novelist, poet, and author of short stories. Known for his barbed wit, he was one of the most successful playwrights of late Victorian London, and one of the greatest celebrities of his day. As the result of a famous trial, he suffered a dramatic downfall and was imprisoned for two years of hard labour after being convicted of the offence of 'gross indecency.'"
Dewey and other Naval Commanders
Dewey and other Naval Commanders
Edward Ellis
¥8.09
Biography. According to Wikipedia: "Edward Sylvester Ellis (April 11, 1840 – June 20, 1916) was an American author who was born in Ohio and died at Cliff Island, Maine. Ellis was a teacher, school administrator, and journalist, but his most notable work was that that he performed as author of hundreds of dime novels that he produced under his name and a number of noms de plume. Notable works by Ellis include The Huge Hunter, or the Steam Man of the Prairies and Seth Jones, or the Captives of the Frontier. Internationally, Edward S. Ellis is probably best known for his Deerhunter novels widely read by young boys up to the 1950s (together with works by James Fenimore Cooper and Karl May). In the mid-1880s, after a fiction-writing career of some thirty years, Ellis eventually turned his pen to more serious works of biography, history, and persuasive writing."
The World I Live In
The World I Live In
Helen Keller
¥8.09
The World I Live In
Putin: An Unauthorized Biography
Putin: An Unauthorized Biography
My Ebook Publishing House
¥24.44
Putin: An Unauthorized Biography
Swing Trading: The Ultimate Guide to Making Fast Money 1 Hour a Day
Swing Trading: The Ultimate Guide to Making Fast Money 1 Hour a Day
Victor Lucas
¥24.44
Swing Trading: The Ultimate Guide to Making Fast Money 1 Hour a Day
Ethereum: Strategies to Make Money with Ethereum
Ethereum: Strategies to Make Money with Ethereum
Gavin S. Finney
¥24.44
Ethereum: Strategies to Make Money with Ethereum
Passive Income: Online, Ideas, Investments, Examples, Apps, Podcast, Blog, Guide
Passive Income: Online, Ideas, Investments, Examples, Apps, Podcast, Blog, Guide
Richard Blake
¥40.79
Passive Income: Online, Ideas, Investments, Examples, Apps, Podcast, Blog, Guide
The Valley Of Fear: Bilingual Edition (English – French)
The Valley Of Fear: Bilingual Edition (English – French)
Arthur Conan Doyle
¥40.88
The Valley Of Fear: Bilingual Edition (English – French)
Civilization in the 5th Century
Civilization in the 5th Century
Frederic Ozanam
¥8.09
Civilization in the 5th Century
Journal Paper On Curbing Climate Change In Nigeria By Adoption Of Green Computin
Journal Paper On Curbing Climate Change In Nigeria By Adoption Of Green Computin
Ellam Ikenna Victor
¥32.62
Journal Paper On Curbing Climate Change In Nigeria By Adoption Of Green Computing
Nigeria: Who Is To Blame?
Nigeria: Who Is To Blame?
Ohaju Obed Ifeanyi
¥32.62
Nigeria: Who Is To Blame?