Books For The Letter A. Page 12 Of 61

The Absolute Unlawfulness Of The Stage Entertainment

  [english | 1726]  

William Law

Summary: [I am sensible that the Title of this little Book will to the Generality of People seem too high a Flight that it will be looked upon as the Effect of a fanatical Spirit carrying Matters higher than the Sobriety of Religion requires. I have only one Thing to ask of such People that they will suspend their Judgment for awhile and be content to read so small a Treatise as this is before they pass ...]
Genres: [non-fiction | religion] Downloads: 192

Among The Pathans

  [english | 1891]  

William Murray Graydon

Summary: [Excerpt:When Jack Chetwynd dropped into the Bundar Cafe at Delhi one scorching afternoon in September of last year and informed me that we were ordered off to the Punjaub I could have shouted for joy. I did not do it though for I well knew how scornfully Jack would regard any such demonstration. I merely nodded my head lazily and went on reading the Post with as much calmness as if such news was ...]
Genres: [fiction | action adventure | short stories] Downloads: 377

Arms Out Of Hand

  [english | 1946]  

William Olaf Stapledon

Excerpts: [... arm than shift a mountain. He crossed the room, and collapsed in an easy chair. The paralysed arm swung behind him, so that he sat heavily on the hand. ...... the City Council who, according to his information, had instigated police action. The young men were unemployed and had brought themselves into bad odour ...... to keep on good terms. His action would be treated as a ...]
Genres: [fiction | science fiction | short stories] Downloads: 23

Alls Well That Ends Well

  [english | 1608]  

William Shakespeare

Summary: [Alls Well That Ends Well is a play by William Shakespeare originally classified as a comedy though now often counted as one of his problem plays so-called because they cannot be easily classified as tragedy or comedy. It was probably written in later middle part of Shakespeares career between 1601 and 1608 and was first published in the First Folio in 1623.The name of the play comes from the ...]
Genres: [fiction | drama] Downloads: 229

Antony And Cleopatra

  [english | 1606]  

William Shakespeare

Summary: [graet]
Genres: [drama | poetry] Downloads: 179

As You Like It

  [english | 1599]  

William Shakespeare

Summary: [Sir Thomas More (February 7 1478 - July 6 1535) also Saint Thomas More was an English lawyer social philosopher author statesman and noted Renaissance humanist. He was an important counsellor to Henry VIII of England and for three years toward the end of his life he was Lord Chancellor. He is also recognized as a saint within the Catholic Church and in the Anglican Communion. He was an opponent ...]
Genres: [drama | poetry | audiobook] Downloads: 409

At The Villa Rose

  [english | 1910]  

A W Mason

Summary: [While the culprits in this interesting detective story are not very difficult to guess what really happened is unveiled only later: a remarkable story which fits perfectly in the esoterism craze of the early 20th century.]
Genres: [mysterydetective | pulp] Downloads: 432

The After Glow Of A Great Reign

  [english | 1901]  

A Winnington Ingram

Summary: [The After Glow Of A Great Reign by A F Winnington Ingram. Excerpt from the book... We stand to-day like men who have just watched a great sunset. On some beautiful summer evening we must all of us have watched a sunset and we know how first of all we see the great orb slowly decline towards the horizon then comes the sense of coming loss then it sets amid a blaze of glory and then it is buried ...]
Genres: [essays] Downloads: 134

Alvira

  [english | ]  

A Oreilly

Excerpts: [... worship, and where public justice was administered under canvas, is startled and delighted with the refinement and civilization of his more favored ...... and withered in the heated, feverish air of perverse influences that tainted her gilded home. Sixteen years of sorrow and repentance had passed over ...... names of great men who played their part for a brief hour on the stage of ...]
Genres: [classic] Downloads: 303

The Award Of Justice

  [english | 1897]  

A Maynard Barbour

Excerpts: [... and at the same time furnished him a clue concerning the character of one of the men with whom he was to be associated. He was aroused by the ...... The ponderous wheels were slowly revolving over a trestle bridge of steel, mortised into the rocks, while the deafening echoes reverberated between ...... believe, said Rutherford, I'll take a day off and develop some of the pictures ...]
Genres: [fiction and literature] Downloads: 54

An Account Of Timbuctoo And Housa Territories In The

  [english | 1820]  

Abd Salam Shabeeny

Excerpts: [... in West Barbary, 279.-Policy of the Servants of the Emperor.-El Wah El Grarbee, or the Western Oasis, 280.-Prostration, the Etiquette of the Court ...... meet with no Arabs in this part, but the country on the right and left of their route, at the distance of from three to eight days' journey, is inhabited ...... The physicians have a very superior and general knowledge of the ...]
Genres: [travel] Downloads: 477

Amor Crioulo

  [english | 1921]  

Abel Botelho

Excerpts: [... que continuavam a imperturbvel leitura trazida, sem intervalo, do comedor, forrados agora na aptica moleza dum fauteuil, cruzando as pernas e ao ...... espancava-lhe o sono, aclarava-lhe a alma. Oh, a justiceira voz do povo. O desdobramento do mote devia ser impagvel. Vamos a ver que mais vira. O ...... o amigo Euclides segredou-lhe ento, por entre cautas miradas em trno, ...]
Genres: [romance] Downloads: 449

An Interesting Journal Of Abner Stocking Of Chatham

  [english | 1810]  

Abner Stocking

Summary: [An Interesting Journal Of Abner Stocking Of Chatham Connecticut by Abner Stocking. Formatted for the Kindle. JOURNAL OF ABNER STOCKING AS KEPT BY HIMSELF DURING HIS LONG AND TEDIOUS MARCH THROUGH THE WILDERNESS TO QUEBEC UNTIL HIS RETURN TO HIS NATIVE PLACE. DETAILING THE DISTRESSING EVENTS OF THE EXPEDITION AGAINST QUEBEC UNDER THE COMMAND OF COL. ARNOLD IN THE YEAR 1775. INTRODUCTION The reader ...]
Genres: [history] Downloads: 366

Alien Souls

  [english | 1922]  

Achmed Abdullah

Excerpts: [... giving birth. No, Bibi Halima did not weave words of love, cunning and soft. Perhaps she thought her husband's spoken love-words in keeping with his ...... God and mine own honor. He will have gone south, to these very hills, and there will be no desire in his heart but the desire to kill. He will kill Ebrahim ...... wife's death, had bidden farewell to the mosques and bazaars of ...]
Genres: [short story collection | fiction and literature] Downloads: 455

An Essay On The History Of Civil Society

  [english | 1819]  

Adam Ferguson

Summary: [An Essay on the History of Civil Society is a book by the Scottish Enlightenment philosopher Adam Ferguson first published in 1767. The Essay established Fergusons reputation in Britain and throughout Europe.]
Genres: [history] Downloads: 16

Aksel Ja Valpuri

  [english | 1895]  

Adam Oelenschlager

Excerpts: [... akkunoista valaisee. Kytvn keskikohdalla kynttilkruunu. ENSIMMINEN NYTS. Aksel. Wilhelm. WlLHELM. T Trondhjemin siis kuuluisa on kirkko, Jonk' ompi ...... jo hillinneesi. AKSEL. Ei Hakonia hn rakasta, vaan vihaa. KNUUTI. Krist' varjelkohon. Vihaa kuningasta. AKSEL. Hn onko Valpuria kosinut. KNUUTI. ...... seurue menee pois. Valpuri kumartuu polvilleen vanhempainsa haudoille.). ...]
Genres: [drama] Downloads: 303

An Inquiry Into The Nature And Causes Of The Wealth Of

  [english | 1776]  

Adam Smith

Summary: [It is a classic and the first of its kind.]
Genres: [politics | banned books | harvard classics] Downloads: 179

Alessandro Manzoni

  [english | ]  

Alessandro De Gubernatis

Summary: [Alessandro Manzoni Studio Biografico Letture Fatte Alla Taylorian Institution Di Oxford Nel Maggio Dell Anno 1878 Notevolmente Ampliat Cd Rom Edition Of An Italian Language Non Fiction Biography by Alessandro De Gubernatis. CD-ROM Edition For reading or research No illustrations not an audio CD produced in a Microsoft Word Compatible format for your reading or research. About the subject ...]
Genres: [non fiction | biography] Downloads: 194

An Historical Account Of The Rise And Progress Of The

  [english | ]  

Alexander Hewatt

Excerpts: [... property divided from that of the Crown._The country much exposed to invasion._The Spaniards invade Georgia._A stratagem to get rid of the enemy._The ...... pursuit. Many favours and indulgences had already been granted them from the Crown, for promoting their success and prosperity, and for securing the ...... the grant, such part was to revert to the trust, and the grant with ...]
Genres: [history] Downloads: 204

An Essay On Criticism

  [english | 1711]  

Alexander Pope

Summary: [Includes bibliographical references and indexes.]
Genres: [criticism | non fiction] Downloads: 89