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Edinburgh (Illustrations)
Example in this ebook PART I THE OLD TOWN CHAPTER I EDINBURGH CASTLE: ITS LEGENDS AND ROMANCES There, watching high the least alarms, Thy rough, rude fortress gleams afar; Like some bold veteran, gray in arms, And marked with many a scamy scar; The ponderous wall and massy bar, Grim rising o’er the rugged rock, Have oft withstood assailing war, And oft repelled the invader’s shock. Burns. THE great line of east coast lying between the two headlands of Norfolk and Aberdeenshire is nowhere broken by another so bold and graceful indentation as that of the Firth of Forth. The Forth has its birth among hills that look down on Loch Katrine and Loch Lomond; flows thence in a pretty tortuous cou...
Mother Knew Best
How do our mothers' words shape our lives as adults? This inspiring collection features 101 true stories about the mothers of the famously successful, illustrating how their wisdom, advice, support - and even discouragement - touched and shaped their children's lives. This timeless book - a perfect gift, and a treasury of advice for today's moms - features motherly quotations and anecdotes grouped into seven basic virtues: Ambition, Courage, Devotion, Faith, Perspective, Responsibility, and Self-Discipline. We hear from the mothers of Martin Luther King, Jr. ("You must never feel that you are less than anybody else"), Elvis Presley ("Son, take this guitar - you're not going to get a rifle"), and many other moms of children we all know. The first of its kind and full of surprises, this joyous celebration of motherhood is sure to find a place in the hearts of all mothers and their children.
Eliza Orme’s Ambitions
Why are some figures hidden from history? Eliza Orme, despite becoming the first woman in Britain to earn a university degree in Law in 1888, leading both a political organization and a labour investigation in 1892, and participating actively in the women’s suffrage movement into the early twentieth century, is one such figure. Framed as a ‘research memoir’, Eliza Orme’s Ambitions fills out earlier scant accounts of this intriguing life, while speculating about why it has been overlooked. Established historian Leslie Howsam shapes the story around her own persistent curiosity in the context of a transformed research landscape, where important letters and explosive newspaper accounts ...
The Academy
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The Science of the Stars
Edward Walter Maunder in the book "The Science of the Stars" talked in detail about the field of astrology; what was known and what we currently know. In this book, he discussed various topics including Astronomy before History, Astronomy before the Telescope, through The System of the Stars. It is a book that focuses on a subject that is a big part of human history.
The Problem of Truth
"The Problem of Truth" is a philosophical book by Herbert Wilson Carr, who was a British philosopher, and a Professor of Philosophy. This book focused on unanalyzed experience as opposed to science. It focuses on the problems of truth which is simply regarded as the problem of philosophy.
Malinowski
Bronislaw Malinowski (1884–1942) was one of the most colorful and charismatic social scientists of the twentieth century. His contributions as a founding father of social anthropology and his complex personality earned him international notoriety and near-mythical status. This landmark book presents a vivid portrait of Malinowski’s early life, from his birth in Cracow to his departure in 1920 from the Trobriand Islands of the South Pacific. At the age of 36, he had already created the innovative fieldwork methods and techniques that would secure his intellectual legacy. Drawing on an exceptionally rich array of primary documents, including Malinowski’s letters and unpublished diaries a...
The Edinburgh Review
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