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Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 36
The period covered by this volume brings to a conclusion Thomas Jefferson's first year as president. On 8 December he communicates his first annual message to Congress: peace …
Abyssinia's Samuel Johnson
As a very young man, one of the most celebrated English authors of the eighteenth century translated a tome about Ethiopia. This experience permanently marked Samuel Johnson, …
The Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay; With an Account of the Establishment of the Colonies of Port Jackson & Norfolk Island; Compiled from Authentic Papers, ... Embellished with Fifty Five Copper Plates,
The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its …
Poison, detection and the Victorian imagination
This fascinating book looks at the phenomenon of murder and poisoning in the nineteenth century. Focusing on the case of William Palmer, a medical doctor who in 1856 was convicted …
The History of America. by William Robertson, ... of 2; Volume 1
The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its …
Kant's Critique of Practical Reason
Kant's Critique of Practical Reason (1788) is one of his most important works and a key text to understanding Kant's philosophy and it the impact it had on later developments of …
Snorri Sturluson - Historiker, Dichter, Politiker
Der isländische Historiker, Dichter und Politiker Snorri Sturluson war eine Ausnahmegestalt des nordischen …
Reason and Imagination in Chaucer, the Perle-poet, and the Cloud-author
This collection makes the compelling argument that Chaucer, the Perle -poet, and The Cloud of Unknowing author, exploited analogue and metaphor for marking out the pedagogical gap …
The Life of William Robertson
The first modern biography of William Robertson, a key figure of the Scottish EnlightenmentA prominent figure in the Scottish Enlightenment, William Robertson differed from his …
Agatha Christie and the Guilty Pleasure of Poison
Agatha Christie and the Guilty Pleasure of Poison examines Christie's female poisoners in the context of Christie's own experience in pharmacy and of detective fiction. In doing …
Emily Dickinson's Readings Of Men And Books
