Download or read book America and the Atlantic Classic Reprint written by George Alexander Ballard and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-08-08 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from America and the Atlantic It must not be supposed that the true sailing ship was the first type of craft to use sails of any kind; for ample evidence exists to show that vessels in the remotest periods of history were equipped with sails of a sort. But these were only eat and set in such a way as to be useful in a fair wind, wherein lay the whole vital difference. Unless the wind was blow. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book God and the Atlantic written by Thomas Albert Howard and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2011-01-20 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first major work of cultural and intellectual history devoted to the subject of the transatlantic religious divide. Using nineteenth and early twentieth century commentary on the subject, Howard helps us understand why Americans have maintained much friendlier ties with traditional forms of religion than their European counterparts.

Download or read book Travels in the United States of America Commencing in the Year 1793 and Ending in 1797 written by William Priest and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-10 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Travels in the United States of America, Commencing in the Year 1793, and Ending in 1797: With the Author's Journals of His Two Voyages Across the Atlantic AN elegant Writer observes that apreface may be dispensed 'with many work, if the author (either from his humility or justice) think that his style be calculated only to puthis readers to sleep. Though I do not think the publication of the fol lowing sheets will materially affect the price of opium, I cannot intrude this volume on the public without informing them, what all my friends will vouch for the truth of, viz. - that on my return from America, in 1797 I wrote the work in its present form for their perusal; and, that conscious of my want of talent as a writer, I resisted all their entreaties for its. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book With the American Fleet from the Atlantic to the Pacific Classic Reprint written by Robert Dorsey Jones and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-23 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from With the American Fleet From the Atlantic to the Pacific The voyage made by the United States Atlantic Fleet in 1907-8, as I have chronicled it in this volume, is destined to be an event which will figure prominently, not only in the history of the United States but in the history of the world. I have, therefore, exerted every energy toward securing such data as will make this volume a work to which reference may be made in years to come with the view of eliminating as far as possible the fear of conveying error to the reader. The mission of our navy; in time of peace, is one of great importance; and it has done more by its friendly visits to foreign countries to preserve international harmony than has the spilling of all the blood recorded in the pages of the world's history. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book To Paradise written by Hanya Yanagihara and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2022-01-11 with total page 720 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • From the award-winning, best-selling author of the classic A Little Life—a bold, brilliant novel spanning three centuries and three different versions of the American experiment, about lovers, family, loss and the elusive promise of utopia. A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: VOGUE • ESQUIRE • NPR • GOODREADS To Paradise is a fin de siècle novel of marvelous literary effect, but above all it is a work of emotional genius. The great power of this remarkable novel is driven by Yanagihara’s understanding of the aching desire to protect those we love—partners, lovers, children, friends, family, and even our fellow citizens—and the pain that ensues when we cannot. In an alternate version of 1893 America, New York is part of the Free States, where people may live and love whomever they please (or so it seems). The fragile young scion of a distinguished family resists betrothal to a worthy suitor, drawn to a charming music teacher of no means. In a 1993 Manhattan besieged by the AIDS epidemic, a young Hawaiian man lives with his much older, wealthier partner, hiding his troubled childhood and the fate of his father. And in 2093, in a world riven by plagues and governed by totalitarian rule, a powerful scientist’s damaged granddaughter tries to navigate life without him—and solve the mystery of her husband’s disappearances. These three sections comprise an ingenious symphony, as recurring notes and themes deepen and enrich one another: A townhouse in Washington Square Park in Greenwich Village; illness, and treatments that come at a terrible cost; wealth and squalor; the weak and the strong; race; the definition of family, and of nationhood; the dangerous righteousness of the powerful, and of revolutionaries; the longing to find a place in an earthly paradise, and the gradual realization that it can’t exist. What unites not just the characters, but these Americas, are their reckonings with the qualities that make us human: Fear. Love. Shame. Need. Loneliness.

Download or read book Atlantic and American Notes Classic Reprint written by George P. Neele and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-14 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Atlantic and American Notes It affords me much pleasure, in response to a suggestion made by some of my fellow-officers, to give a short sketch of the journey made by the representatives of the London and North Western Railway Company in America during the spring and early summer of last year. Our party consisted of His Grace the Duke of Sutherland; his friends, Sir Henry and Lady Green; Mr. Russell, widely known as "The Times" correspondent in the days of the Crimean War; Mr. Henry Wright; our Directors, The Marquis of Stafford, M.P.; Mr. Bickersteth; Mr. Knowles, M.P.; Mr. Stephen; Mr. George Crosfield; and last, but not least, one who was intimately connected with the whole scheme of the journey, with whom I had many lengthy consultations and communications in perfecting its programme, and whose lamented death has now thrown a dark shadow across our reminiscences, otherwise unclouded - I allude to Mr. Henry Crosfield, our well-known auditor. We left London on Good Friday, April 15th, and stayed for the night in Liverpool. On starting from Liverpool we experienced the usual scene of confusion at the Landing Stage, enhanced by the fact that there were three steamers, besides our own, all starting with the same tide; by one of which a large number of Norwegian emigrants took their departure, and the quay was consequently congested with an unusual quantity of passengers and baggage; after a while we managed to shake ourselves free and find our way to the tender appointed to convey us to the "Gallia," one of the noble steamers of the Cunard Fleet, by which we were to make our outward journey. Our friends said "farewell," the tender left our ship's side, and steadily we steamed out of the Mersey. After some time spent in roaming up and down the vessel, in which everything was strange to us, we settled down and obtained possession of the separate cabins, called "State Rooms," set aside for our use. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Southern Atlantic States and Washington D C Classic Reprint written by William Forgo and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-11 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Southern Atlantic States and Washington, D. C The guides that you have so far issued appear to be very concise and handy in size and we have no doubt, will prove very popular in this' country, as there has always been quite a demand for guide books of a local character and less expensive than the larger copies comprising the whole of the United States. We consider that this demand is likely to materially increase with the awakened interest in Seeing America. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Across the Atlantic Classic Reprint written by John Delaware Lewis and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-13 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Across the Atlantic Boston is a beautiful city, built upon a hill, and so on, through half-a-dozen pages of statis tical information, such as travellers pick up. We have enclyclopmdias, and guide-books, and ga zetteers, telling us all about Boston that we want to know. We have views of Boston; periodicals published at Boston; correspondents who write us letters from Boston; in fact, we know almost as much about Boston as we do about Manchester and Leeds. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Lost in the Meritocracy written by Walter Kirn and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2010-06-01 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Times Notable Book A Daily Beast Best Book of the Year A Huffington Post Best Book of the Year From elementary school on, Walter Kirn knew how to stay at the top of his class: He clapped erasers, memorized answer keys, and parroted his teachers’ pet theories. But when he launched himself eastward to an Ivy League university, Kirn discovered that the temple of higher learning he had expected was instead just another arena for more gamesmanship, snobbery, and social climbing. In this whip-smart memoir of kissing-up, cramming, and competition, Lost in the Meritocracy reckons the costs of an educational system where the point is simply to keep accumulating points and never to look back—or within.

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Download or read book The Boy Allies With Uncle Sam s Cruisers Or Convoying the American Army Across the Atlantic Classic Reprint written by Robert L. Drake and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-05 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Boy Allies With Uncle Sam's Cruisers, or Convoying the American Army Across the Atlantic The United States, I understand, is about to declare war on Germany. I have heard it said that immediately thereafter American troops will be sent to Europe. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Americanism Versus Romanism Or the Cis Atlantic Battle Between Sam and the Pope Classic Reprint written by James L. Chapman and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-08-16 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Americanism Versus Romanism, or the Cis-Atlantic Battle Between Sam and the Pope A Review of a Letter to the Bishops, Elders, and other Ministers, Itinerant and Local, of the M. E. Church, South, by ex-gov. A. V. Brown, Tennessee, on Americanism. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book The American Revolution Vol 1 Classic Reprint written by George Otto Trevelyan and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-23 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The American Revolution, Vol. 1 Which Americans will hereafter regard Great Britain. It is manifest that most of our school histories Of the United States will have to be rewritten, for the major part of them fail to recognize the momentous truth which the work before us must be held to have established. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Bridging the Atlantic written by Sarka B. Hrbkova and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-18 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Bridging the Atlantic: A Discussion of the Problems and Methods of Americanization It was one day when crossing from aft to fore of the monster ocea'n-liner on which we sailed back to America that some one facetiously remarked, Well, one can practically walk dry shod from Europe to America. These long new ships are regular bridges, for by the time you get to the bow from the stern, she has touched the other shore. When I viewed and talked with some of the immigrants in the steerage and later with other passengers who rarely moved out of the luxurious Palm Garden or First Saloon end of the boat, my heart was a little heavy, for it seemed to me that from third cabin to first was leagues and leagues farther than from France to New York harbor. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Rescuing Socrates written by Roosevelt Montas and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2023-03-21 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Dominican-born academic tells the story of how the Great Books transformed his life—and why they have the power to speak to people of all backgrounds What is the value of a liberal education? Traditionally characterized by a rigorous engagement with the classics of Western thought and literature, this approach to education is all but extinct in American universities, replaced by flexible distribution requirements and ever-narrower academic specialization. Many academics attack the very idea of a Western canon as chauvinistic, while the general public increasingly doubts the value of the humanities. In Rescuing Socrates, Dominican-born American academic Roosevelt Montás tells the story of how a liberal education transformed his life, and offers an intimate account of the relevance of the Great Books today, especially to members of historically marginalized communities. Montás emigrated from the Dominican Republic to Queens, New York, when he was twelve and encountered the Western classics as an undergraduate in Columbia University’s renowned Core Curriculum, one of America’s last remaining Great Books programs. The experience changed his life and determined his career—he went on to earn a PhD in English and comparative literature, serve as director of Columbia’s Center for the Core Curriculum, and start a Great Books program for low-income high school students who aspire to be the first in their families to attend college. Weaving together memoir and literary reflection, Rescuing Socrates describes how four authors—Plato, Augustine, Freud, and Gandhi—had a profound impact on Montás’s life. In doing so, the book drives home what it’s like to experience a liberal education—and why it can still remake lives.

Download or read book Puerto Rico in Pictures and Poetry written by Cynthia Pearl Maus and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-08 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Puerto Rico in Pictures and Poetry: An Anthology of Beauty on America's Paradise of the Atlantic About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book A Briton in America Classic Reprint written by Harold Spender and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-23 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Briton in America Ever since the days of Christopher Columbus, America has been the cynosure of Europe. The pricking spur of curiosity which drove that dauntless Genoese across the Atlantic has driven, in his wake, one unbroken line of explorers and observers. I am simply the latest - and least - along that trail. The interest of Europe in America is a healthy curiosity and deserves to be satisfied. For the Old World has much to learn from the New. In her search for Utopia, Europe has looked East and she has not found it, but found decay and death. 80 She ever turns again to the West, and dreams dreams, as Plato dreamt them of Old, of the fabled Atlantis beyond the pillars of Hercules, where the people are always at peace with one another and live a perfect life.1 Then she goes to find out whether those dreams are true. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.