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Poems
by Victor HugoThis book is a selection collection of poems of Victor Hugo, a French writer who has influenced the Romantic Movement and remembered for his magnum opus Les Misérables. His poems captured the spirit of Romantic era and touched religious themes. Notable poems in this collection are The Girl Of Otaheite, The Feast Of Freedom, The Morning Of Life, The..
Jacobean Embroidery
by Ada Wentworth FitzwilliamJacobean Embroidery is an illustrative guide to the embroidery styles which was flourished during King James I era. It is a form of embroidery used for creating animal shapes, using wool yarn. The authors Ada Wentworth Fitzwilliam and A. F. Morris Hands has given more than 50 plates of illustrative examples to practice this art...
Architecture - Gothic and Renaissance
by Thomas Roger SmithArchitecture: Gothic and Renaissance is written by Thomas Roger Smith, an English architect distinguished for his analysis on public buildings relating to their design, style and acoustics and their impact on other architects. Readers are introduced the common misunderstanding of synonymizing Gothic architecture with Christian religion, though i..
The Prehistoric World; Or, Vanished race
by Emory Adams AllenThe Prehistoric World; Or, Vanished races is an exploration of evolution of mankind written by Emory Adams Allen. This book traces the human evolution and the fallen races in various continents since centuries back. Detailed chapters describes early geological periods, cave men, iron age in Europe, bronze age in Europe, early man in America, ..
Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works
by KalidasaShakuntala is a dramatized version of a story from Mahabharata, written by Kalidasa, one of the greatest Sanskrit dramatist and poet. Shakuntala, is brought up in a forest by Kanva Rishi, after her father Vishwāmitra, a sage disowns her on account of continuing his ascetism. King Dushyanta encounters her in forest during his hunting and they get..
Amusements in Mathematics
by Henry Ernest DudeneyAmusements in Mathematics, is a book of mathematical puzzles written by Henry Ernest Dudeney, an English mathematician remembered as creator of mathematical puzzles. This book contains detailed description of various type of puzzles and how to solve them using algebra and mathematics. A huge list of puzzles such as money puzzles, age and kinship..
The Sea Rovers
by Rufus Rockwell WilsonThe Sea Rovers is a historical exploration of the jobs and people working in the sea written by Rufus Rockwell Wilson, an American writer. He has written many non-fiction and historical books such as Lincoln in Caricature , Historic Long Island, Jedediah Smith: Trader and Trail Breaker , and New York - Old and New : Its Story, Streets, and Landm..
A Thousand Years of Jewish History
by Maurice H. HarrisA Thousand Years of Jewish History is a historical account of Jewish spanning from Alexander the great to Moslem Arabia written by historian Maurice H. Harris. This book is chronologically divided into 5 chapters titling Judea, A Vassal State, Judea Independent, Judea Under Rome, The Talmudic Era and Shem, and Japheth...