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Based on the lectures - which were given at the Lowell Institute in Boston and subsequently published in 1880, this title mirrors what common law is: a complex and diffuse combination of actual cases, history, analysis, and philosophy - all woven together to create the rules by which we live.

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Tells how Julius Caesar and his legions conquered much of modern France in less than a decade (58-51 BCE), despite determined resistance. This is a story of diplomatic maneuverings, shifting alliances, and military actions; the final chapters culminate in the revolt of the united Gallic tribes under Vercingetorix, France's first national hero.

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Describes the purification, or 'night', that the human soul must experience if it is to enter into loving union with God in this life. This title is suitable for readers, both lay and religious, who seek to experience on earth the kind of intimacy with God that will characterize the lives of the blessed in heaven.

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A heavy blue-gray metal much used in giving stability to light lovers -- particularly to those who love not wisely but other men's wives.

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The Gambler is a short novel by Fyodor Dostoyevsky about a young tutor in the employment of a formerly wealthy Russian general.This is the one that Dostoevsky had to dictate in record time to avoid a return to prison for debt.

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Employing disturbing elements to explore both the implications of evolutionary theory and to satirize modern society's religious institutions and its pride in its civilization, this title presents a story filled with suspense and adventure.

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Written by a palace insider and published at the height of the Roman Empire, this title gives an individual portrait of each emperor. It is an account of the emperors that brings the mundane, tragic, and scandalous activities of Rome's elite - the emperors, their families, friends, enemies, successes, failures, loves, and ambitions - to life.

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Equal parts mystery, suspense story, allegory, and farce, this title features Gabriel Syme, who is the author's ideal of the virtuous Common Man. He must infiltrate and try to thwart an anarchist cell, whose heart is the mysterious and ambiguous Sunday, man whose powers seem almost godlike.

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In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries England underwent a series of transformations. The turbulent reigns of the Tudors and Stuarts witnessed the Protestant Reformation, the growth of powerful monarchies, the English Civil War, and the colonization of the new world. The author weaves an insightful narrative of these formative centuries.

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Coming right after the carnage of World War I, this title was neither unduly pessimistic and cynical about the human condition nor Pollyannaish about humanity's future. Instead, it offered an account of the development of the world's civilizations up to the present, showing that an enlightened future depended on an unprejudiced view of the past.

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Coming right after the carnage of World War I, this title was neither unduly pessimistic and cynical about the human condition nor Pollyannaish about humanity's future. Instead, it offered an account of the development of the world's civilizations up to the present, showing that an enlightened future depended on an unprejudiced view of the past.

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A guide by a Nobel prize-winner that considers such topics as the distinction between appearance and reality, the existence and nature of matter, idealism, inductive logic, intuitive knowledge, many other subjects. Suitable for students and general readers, it gives an introduction to philosophy.

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Based on the future President's diary from the Spanish-American War, this 1899 memoir abounds in scenes of patriotic valor and pointed observations on McKinley's War Department. It presents a spirited chronicle of the First United States Volunteer Cavalry's bloody battles in Cuba against deeply entrenched Spanish forces.

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Childhood friends Tommy Beresford and Prudence Crowley have hit hard times. It's 1920, and the Great War is blessedly over. In the free spirit of the age, the two advertise themselves as 'Young Adventurers', hoping for enjoyable as well as profitable employment.

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Chronicles the disillusionment, heartbreak, and final devastation of an intelligent woman who falls in love with a rake. The author's message remains relevant in a time when the dangerous lover still lurks in romance narratives, and the belief in the illusion of saving the lost soul through love retains its seductive power.

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An inexplicable murder drives the innocent Richard Hannay, on the run from a manhunt that never seems to end, to hide in remote Scottish moorland. Disguise and deception are his only weapons, as he struggles to decode the clues left by the murdered man to prevent the theft of naval secrets by an unfriendly foreign power.

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Composed in 1298, this book describes Marco Polo's travels across the entire continent of Asia. It guides readers through a realm of pygmies, exotic plants and beasts, fine silks, spices, legends, ornate palaces and cannibalism. In a magisterial geographical sweep, it traces Polo's epic journey to the farthest reaches of Asia.

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Presents Charles Darwin's account of his trip - of his biological and geological observations and collection activities, of his speculations about the causes and theories behind scientific phenomena, of his interactions with various native peoples, of his descriptions of the lands he visited, and of his discoveries in the Galapagos archipelago.

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