Writing & Linguistics
The Columbian Orator
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Caleb Bingham
The Columbian Orator, a collection of political essays, poems, and dialogues first published in 1797, was widely used in American schoolroom…
Confessions of a Book-Lover
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E. Walter Walters
"I am of the company of book men who read simply for the love of it," confesses E. Walter Walters, in this gently written tome. Wa…
039 How to Write Your Memoir
Sheridan Voysey
So, you have a book burning within you. You want to write your memoir or autobiography. How do you mine your life for its gold and…
A Compendious History of English Literature and of the English Language, Volume…
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George Lillie Craik
The History of English Literature and Language may be recommended to the student as a guide always sure, and as satisfactory as its limits w…
The Enemies of Books
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William Blades
The author, an avid book collector, calls for the better protection of books against the "enemies" which lead to their physical de…
The Writing of Fiction
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Edith Wharton
Edith Wharton, a successful author of fiction herself, gives us some in-depth analysis of the writing of short stories and novels. Then she …
Literature in the Making, by Some of its Makers
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Variousandjoyce Kilmer
This is a collection of 23 essays based on interviews conducted by Joyce Kilmer with some of the most famous authors of the time (1917). Kil…
Очерки о национализме. Essays on Nationalism
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Ze'ev Jabotinsky and Ze'Ev Jabotinsky
Collection of essays on the subject of interactions between nations. This is a supplement to the "Jews and Russia" LibriVox projec…
Stories That Words Tell Us
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Elizabeth O'Neill
A history of English words, written for younger readers.Parental advisory: the text was published in 1918 and includes some ethnicity terms …
The Ordeal of Mark Twain (Version 2)
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Van Wyck Brooks
The Ordeal of Mark Twain analyzes the literary progression of Samuel L. Clemens and attributes shortcomings to Clemens' mother and wife. The…
The Writings of Samuel Adams, Volume 2
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Samuel Adams
Most Americans and many of other nationalities have heard of Samuel Adams. He was regarded in the Pre-Revolutionary Period of American Histo…
The Secret Doctrine, Volume I. Cosmogenesis. Part I, Cosmic Evolution
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Helena Petrovna Blavatsky
A vast, sweeping survey on the origin of creation, its expansion, contraction, maintenance and instructions for humanity in the contexts of …
The Cambridge History of English Literature, Volume 1: From the Beginnings to t…
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Various
In the preliminary statement of the aims and objects of this History, communicated to those who were invited to become contributors to it, t…
Aspects of the Novel
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E. M. Forster
This s a series of lectures given at Trinity College by the acclaimed author E.M. Forster (A Passage to India, Howard's End, A Room With a V…
The Sailor's Word-book, A - C
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William Henry Smyth
An encyclopaedia (a digest, the author calls it) of nautical terms and other words relevant to navigation, the character of seamen, this boo…
Cabos sueltos: Literatura y lingüística
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Julio Cejador y Frauca and Julio Cejador Y Frauca
Publicada en 1907 y dedicada a su “querido discípulo” Ortega y Gasset, esta colección de ensayos consiste en “articulejos” pub…
008 The Marilynne Robinson Interview
Sheridan Voysey
An interview with Pulitzer Prize- winning author Marilynne Robinson
Dedications
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Mary Elizabeth Brown
Dedications is an anthology of the forms used from the earliest days of book-making to the present time. My purpose in the following antholo…
The Greek War of Independence (1821-1827)
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Charles D. Chambers
Written in the style and language of Thucydides, and intended for students in the early stages of learning to read Ancient Greek, this brief…
How Author Beth Moran Broke Her Life of Silence
Sheridan Voysey
Imagine dropping grades in exams because your pen ran out of ink and you couldn’t ask for a replacement. Imagine hiding from friends you saw…