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A memoir of Jessie Millward’s life and stage career, framed as recollections drawn from letters, old clippings, memories, and friends rather than a diary. It looks back on her theatrical upbringing in Liverpool and London, her family’s connection to the stage, and her early encounter with Henry Irving that led toward her own acting career. The book also gathers memories of theatrical people, journalism, and London’s dramatic world.
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Fred MacIsaac’s novel follows young James Vincent Morrison in Rosa Blanca, capital of the Central American republic of Santa Rosa, where the heat, the hotel, and the politics of a banana republic frame his uneasy stay. He has remained there because of Ellen Goring, whom he plans to marry, and after seeing her in the hotel dining room he acts on that impulse at once, only to discover he has already offended her father, the American consul.
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This book explains the bodily causes behind familiar expressions such as crying, frowning, smiling, and blushing. It argues that tears, brow contraction, and facial changes can arise from both physical conditions and strong emotions, and it connects these reactions to the action of the tear glands, blood pressure, and inherited habits of expression.
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In the final volume, Mina Ivraine struggles with an unhappy marriage and the hostility of her husband’s family at Paradise. Sir Ernest’s control of the household deepens the conflict between dependence, pride and affection. Mina’s search for refuge brings old relationships and questions of family loyalty to the fore.
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Henri Pirenne presents a general account of the economic awakening and the rise of urban civilization in Western Europe during the Middle Ages. Drawing on lectures, the book centers on the Roman Empire’s Mediterranean trade, the shifting balance between East and West, and the pressures of Germanic invasions as background to medieval urban origins.
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Emil Carraway has devoted his life to finding a way to live forever. When science and years of study fail to satisfy him, he turns to vampire lore and travels to a ruined castle in Transylvania. He arrives convinced that an encounter with its occupant will finally provide the immortality he has pursued.
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This historical work presents a contemporary account of the origins of King Philip’s War in 1675 and 1676, drawing on documents by a Rhode Island writer and member of its government. It frames the conflict as rooted in disputes and grievances between Native peoples and English colonists, while also stressing the author’s effort to give the Native side a fairer hearing than many later accounts. The volume is introduced as a prepared reproduction of originals, with notes and supporting documents.
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Henry Potts becomes a local hero after risking his life to save children from runaway horses. Confined to bed by his injuries, he receives visitors and praise while his family faces mounting practical worries. The story follows the distance between public admiration and the care Henry and his wife actually need.
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This detective novel follows Jeff Clayton after a series of mysterious deaths leads him to suspect one hidden source and a strange motive. His investigation takes him among shadowy figures in the East and into New York nightlife, where he confronts a medical emergency involving a wealthy woman outside the Metropolitan Opera House. The story also ties his work to white slavery, gang activity, and the grim underworld of the metropolis.
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Celia Duryea begins to imagine a future with Ralph Monroe, but her father's return unsettles their growing relationship. His demands for her loyalty and attention make it difficult for her to separate her own wishes from his. Conversations with her mother reveal how deeply the same influence has shaped both their lives.
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Captain Owen Coulter and his crew are ordered to leave Sirius by the telepathic Primes. While the humans debate whether to obey, ecologist Lloyd Mason studies another local species, the slow-moving Stampers. The expedition’s confidence in its own intentions is tested by beings whose behavior it does not understand.
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This polemical pamphlet opens by defending a previous literary collaboration against reviewers who repeatedly misattributed it to the male author, and it lists examples of that criticism as evidence of bias. It then turns to the history of anthologies, arguing that early collections of short poems were legitimate practical gatherings of otherwise fugitive pieces, but that later compilers increasingly imposed classification, authority, and literary fashion. The discussion traces this shift from Meleager and Philippus to later Byzantine and classical uses, contrasting a personal anthology with the more mechanical trade-anthologist.
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Elbert Hubbard’s historical novel follows John Brown from family life and frontier hardship toward militant opposition to slavery. Personal losses and encounters with enslaved and free people shape his convictions. The story traces his involvement in the violence in Kansas and the events leading to Harpers Ferry.
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The book tells of Little Black Quibba, whose mother Black Flumbo is dangerously ill and needs mangoes to recover. He sets out with a basket to find them, but first meets an Elephant who refuses to help and then a Snake who lures him toward a mango grove while planning to eat him. After a struggle involving the Snake, the Elephant, and the frogs, Quibba reaches the mangoes, gathers them, and returns home, where the fruit helps his mother regain her strength.
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Jessie Dealey is nursing a dying woman when she becomes involved with Robert Walsh, a married farmer. A visit to his pregnant wife forces her to confront the promises he has made and the different futures the two women fear. Their encounter exposes the strain his conduct places on both their lives.
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