p.252.An account of the time of General Gordon in Chinachina - history, generals - great britain - biography

p.209.non-fictionThe life and times of Sir Francis Drakegreat britain - military history, great britain - admirals - biography

p.240.non-fictionThe life and times of Nelsongreat britain - military history, great britain - admirals - biography

p.208.non-fictionBorn in an overcrowded slum in Scotland in 1813, David Livingstone worked twelve-hour days in a cotton factory from age ten to twenty-four. But a pamphlet by Karl Gutzlaff changed his life. Resolved to become a missionary, he applied himself to medicine, self-educating and eventually qualifying as a doctor. In 1841, Livingstone left for Africa as a medical missionary, where he would stay for thirty years ... explorers - africa, missionaries - africa

p.135.non-fictionA biography of Cecil Rhodesafrica - history, south africa - politics and government

p.324.non-fictionA biography of Canadian politician Lord Strathconacanada - history, canada - politics and government

p.252.non-fictionThe autobiography of Henry Dundas in the Great Warworld war 1914-1918 - personal recollections, world war 1914-1918 - campaigns - france

p.436.non-fictionA biography of George Washingtongeorge washington 1732-1799, presidents - united states - biography

p.471.non-fictionA biography of George Washingtongeorge washington 1732-1799, presidents - united states - biography

p.395.non-fictionA biography of George Washingtongeorge washington 1732-1799, presidents - united states - biography

p.317.non-fictionHelen Keller's story of struggle and achievement is one of unquenchable hope. From tales of her difficult early days, to details of her relationship with her beloved teacher Anne Sullivan, to her impressions of academic life, Keller's honest, straightforward writing lends insight into an amazing mind. Like the original, this centenary edition of The Story of My Life includes letters Keller wrote to friends throughout her childhood and adolescence that chronicle her intellectual and sensory progression, as well as assistant John Macy's commentary on her interpretations of her surroundings.helen keller 1880-1968, deafblind women - united states

P.188.non-fictionA biography of Leninvladimir illich lenin 1870-1924, soviet union - politics and government

p.314.Tolstoy's first published novel and the beginning of his Autobiographical Trilogy. Written when he was just twenty-three years old and stationed at a remote army outpost in the Caucasus Mountains, Childhood won Leo Tolstoy immediate fame and critical praise years before works like War and Peace and Anna Karenina would bring him to the forefront of Russian literature. It is the story of the ten-year-old son of a wealthy Russian landowner in the mid-1800s, as told by the child himself. Not a mere chronicle of events and characters, the novel is an intense study of the boy's inner life and his reactions to the world around him. With an intricacy of thought and substance, Tolstoy describes the everyday thoughts of a child-innocent and mischievous, bold and afraid, and curious above all. Childhood, followed by Boyhood and Youth, is the first part of Tolstoy's semiautobiographical series, originally planned as a quartet tentatively called the "Four Epochs of Growth." The completed works together form a remarkable expression of the great Russian novelist's early voice and vision, which would ultimately make him one of the most renowned and revered authors in literary history. rusian fiction, leo tolstoy 1828-1910

p.533.fictionA nineteenth-century novel in which a young seaman joins the crew of the whaling ship Pequod whose fanatical Captain Ahab is in determined pursuit of the white whale Moby Dick.american fiction, whaling

p.166non-fictionHappiness is what we all long for, what we seek in our relationships, our jobs and activities. christianity, billy graham

p.84.non-fictionA history of St Columba and the Iona monasterychristain hagiography, christain saints

p.408.non-fictionA guide to healthy eatingdiet, health

p.299.non-fictionBased on a series of lectures delivered in 1840, Thomas Carlyle's On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History considers the creation of heroes and the ways they exert heroic leadership. From the divine and prophetic (Odin and Muhammad) to the poetic (Dante and Shakespeare) to the religious (Luther and Knox) to the political (Cromwell and Napoleon), Carlyle investigates the mysterious qualities that elevate humans to cultural significance. By situating the text in the context of six essays by distinguished scholars that reevaluate both Carlyle's work and his ideas, David Sorensen and Brent Kinser argue that Carlyle's concept of heroism stresses the hero's spiritual dimension. In Carlyle's engagement with various heroic personalities, he dislodges religiosity from religion, myth from history, and truth from "quackery" as he describes the wondrous ways in which these "flowing light-fountains" unlock the heroic potential of ordinary human beings.hero worship, philosophy

p.615.non-fictionA critical examination of the poetical works of Thomas Hood poetry - english, thomas hood 1799-1845

p.639.non-fictionThe poems and essays of Charles Lamb.poetry, charles lamb 1775-1834

p.347.non-fictionA collection of poems by Charles Kingsleyenglish poetry, charles kingsley 1819-1875

p.135.non-fictionPoems by Frederick Lockerengland - poetry, frederick locker 1821-1895

p.124.non-fictionA collection of poems by Samuel Taylor Coleridgeenglish poetry, samuel taylor coleridge 1772-1834

p.223.non-fiction An edited version of Shakespeare's life of Henry the fifthhenry v, english literature

p.155.non-fictionThe Scripture of the Saviour of the World Lord Buddha- Prince Siddartha styled on earthreligion - buddhism, edwin arnold 1832-1904

p.255.non-fictionOne-time winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, John Galsworthy is best known as a prolific novelist and playwright who created the sweeping historical epic series known as the Forsyte Saga. The Inn of Tranquility collects a representative cross-section of his work, including short stories, essays, and autobiographical recollections.english literature, poetry - english

p.424.non-fictionFaust is the protagonist of a classic German legend. He is a scholar who is highly successful yet dissatisfied with his life, so he makes a pact with the Devil, exchanging his soul for unlimited knowledge and worldly pleasures. The Faust legend has been the basis for many literary, artistic, cinematic, and musical works that have reinterpreted it through the ages. Faust and the adjective Faustian imply a situation in which an ambitious person surrenders moral integrity in order to achieve power and success for a delimited term. The Faust of early books - as well as the ballads, dramas, movies, and puppet-plays which grew out of them - is irrevocably damned because he prefers human to divine knowledge; "he laid the Holy Scriptures behind the door and under the bench, refused to be called doctor of Theology, but preferred to be styled doctor of Medicine". Plays and comic puppet theatre loosely based on this legend were popular throughout Germany in the 16th century, often reducing Faust and Mephistopheles to figures of vulgar fun. The story was popularised in England by Christopher Marlowe, who gave it a classic treatment in his play, The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus. In Goethe's reworking of the story two hundred years later, Faust becomes a dissatisfied intellectual who yearns for "more than earthly meat and drink" in his lifegerman literature, german drama

p.320.fictionHomer has been hailed as the father of all poetry, and The Iliad has survived as a masterpiece for all time!. Set against the backdrop of the final days of the Trojan War, the Iliad tells the story of Achilles, a model warrior and paragon of all qualities the Greeks prized most in a young hero. Retired from his commander and king, Agamemnon, Achilles is pulled back into the conflict by the death of his friend, Patroclus. classical literature, homers iliad - translation - george chapman

p.321.non-fictionA translation by the Reverend HF Cary of the Divine Comedyitalian literature, italian poetry