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Reporter Diana Marcum is in crisis. A long-buried personal sadness is enfolding her--and her career is stalled--when she stumbles upon an unusual group of immigrants living in rural California. She follows them on their annual return to the remote Azorean Islands in the Atlantic Ocean, where bulls run down village streets, volcanoes are active, and the people celebrate festas to ease their saudade, a longing so deep that the Portuguese word for it...
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Genealogy and local history volume LH19181
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A remarkable diary that recounts the dramatic unfolding of the West's first intervention in Afghanistan.
First published in 1843, Lady Sale's Journal describes the first moves in what was to be known as "The Great Game" - the strategic maneuvering between Russia and Great Britain on the Northwest Frontier of India. Opening her narrative during the British occupation of Cabul (sic), she records assassinations, tribal insurrection, the disastrous withdrawal...
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Genealogy and local history volume LH 186
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First settled by non-Native Americans in 1732, what is the history of the Shenandoah Valley?
In 1833, the Samuel Kercheval (1767-1845), the first major historian of the Shenandoah Valley, published "A History of the Valley of Virginia."
Topics covered by Kercheval include Indian wars, Indian settlements, first settlement of the valley, customs of the settlers, attacks on settlers, Dunmore's war with the Indians, War of the Revolution, life of settlers,...
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Genealogy and local history volume LH20030
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This vintage book contains a biographical account of the author's life and missionary travels in and around South Africa. First published in 1868, this volume offers a fascinating insight into South Africa in the late nineteenth century, and is highly recommended for those with an interest in historical literature of this ilk. Contents include: "Personal Sketch", "Highland Ancestors", "Family Traditions", "Grandfather Removes to the Lowlands", "Parents",...
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Genealogy and local history volume LH19928
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Coping with ill-iced claret, rotten walnuts, and withered apples, British Postal Service employee and successful Victorian novelist Anthony Trollope sailed aboard the Atrato from the English port of Southampton to Kingston, Jamaica, in November, 1858 to survey land and conclude treaties in the West Indies and Central America for the English government. In the course of his extended sojourn, he also wrote a book -- not about official business but rather...
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Genealogy and local history volume LH19476
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"At Home with the Patagonians" by George C. Musters. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce...
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Edward Whymper was an artist who, after being commissioned to make a series of alpine scenery drawings, became known for his exploits in mountain climbing. He was in the group that first climbed The Barre des Ecrins, then the highest point in France, and, after several attempts, succeeded in being with the first ascent of the Matterhorn. On that expedition, four members of the party were killed when a rope broke. He describes those thrilling adventures...
11) Italian journeys
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William Dean Howells served as a diplomat in Venice, Italy, a result of which is this delightful travel narrative. In Italian Journeys, Italy comes alive—Howells details a grand adventure as he makes his way around the country by land and sea, and visits such fabled cities as Rome, Naples, and Genoa.
12) Roughing it
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Roughing It is a book of semi-autobiographical travel literature written by American humorist Mark Twain. It was written during 1870-71 and published in 1872 as a prequel to his first book Innocents Abroad. This book tells of Twain's adventures prior to his pleasure cruise related in Innocents Abroad. Roughing It follows the travels of young Mark Twain through the Wild West during the years 1861-1867. After a brief stint as a Confederate cavalry militiaman...
13) Venetian life
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At the outbreak of the Civil War, Howells was appointed United States consul in Venice, Italy. In Venetian Life, an utterly engaging travelogue, Howells revises a series of travel letters he had written about his experiences in Venice for the Boston Advertiser. Honest in its love for (yet discomfort in) Venice, it would be followed by Italian Journeys.
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"Life on the Mississippi is a powerful narrative concerning the past, present, and future of the Mississippi River, including its towns, peoples, and ways of life. Before addressing the river and his personal relationship to it, Twain provides a brief history of the Mississippi River. He comments in the first few chapters on the river's historic standing as a wonder that surpasses many rivers around the world. Twain also provides a history of explorers...
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"The Andes and the Amazon; Or, Across the Continent of South America" by James Orton. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers...
16) A tramp abroad
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Adventures of a journey through Europe on foot.
"A Tramp Abroad" is a work of travel literature, including a mixture of autobiography and fictional events, by American author Mark Twain, published in 1880. The book details a journey by the author, with his friend Harris (a character created for the book, and based on his closest friend, Joseph Twichell), through central and southern Europe. While the stated goal of the journey is to walk most of...
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Genealogy and local history volume LH8820
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"Curiosities of History: Boston, September Seventeenth, 1630-1880" by William W. Wheildon. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers...
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This history is an exploration and reconstruction of historical Boston. The introduction presents the original settlers: Myles Standish, William Blackstone, Winthrop's company, and the original layout, geographical divisions and buildings of Boston. The remaining chapters focus on different neighborhoods, divisions and people important to the development of Boston.
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This early work by Henry James was originally published in 1884 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. Henry James was born in New York City in 1843. One of thirteen children, James had an unorthodox early education, switching between schools, private tutors and private reading.. James published his first story, 'A Tragedy of Error', in the Continental Monthly in 1864, when he was twenty years old. In 1876, he emigrated...
20) Tuscan cities
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Howells spent several years in Italy as a diplomat. He wrote a number of timeless books based on his travels there, including Italian Journeys and Venetian Life. A captivating portrait of one of Italy's fabled regions, Tuscan Cities is indispensable reading for travelers and armchair dreamers alike.
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