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A privateer was a private warship authorized by a country’s government by letters of marque to attack foreign shipping. Privateering is often described as a form of state-supported piracy. Strictly, a privateer was only entitled by its state to attack and rob enemy vessels during wartime. However, states often encouraged attacks on opposing powers while at peace, or on neutral vessels during time of war, blurring the line between privateering and piracy…. More >>
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From “The Dream:” The emperor sat on his golden throne in the midst of the gathering commanding silence by gestures speaking inaudibly to them in a tongue the majority did not use and then prevailing…. More >>
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This Halcyon Classics ebook edition contains what are often considered to be the best of Scottish writer Sir Walter Scott’s work. Along with classic novels like ‘Ivanhoe,’ this collection also contains his epic poems ‘Marmion’ and ‘The Lady of the Lake.’ Includes an active table of contents.
Contents:
Waverley
Rob Roy
Ivanhoe
The Bride of Lammermoor
The Heart of Mid-Lothian
Marmion
The Lady of the Lake
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Newton Booth Tarkington (1869-1946) was an American novelist and dramatist best known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning novels The Magnificent Ambersons and Alice Adams. Booth Tarkington was born in Indianapolis. He first attended Purdue University but graduated from Princeton University in 1893. While at Princeton he was the editor of the Nassau Literary Magazine and formed the Princeton Triangle Club. He was also voted the most popular man in his class. He was one of… More >>
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George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) was a worldrenowned Irish author. Born in Dublin, he moved to London when he turned twenty. Having rejected formal schooling, he educated himself by independent study in the reading room of the British Museum; he also began his career there by writing novels for which he could not find a publisher. His first success was as a music and literary critic, but he was drawn to drama and authored more than sixty plays during his career. Typi… More >>
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This blog is the property of John Ottinger III. His reviews, interviews and articles have appeared in Publisher’s Weekly, The Fix, Sacramento Book Review, Flashing Swords, Stephen Hunt’s SFCrowsnest, Thaumatrope, and at Tor.com.”John is an incisive and creative blogger.” Tobias Buckell, Author/Blogger/EditorKindle blogs are fully downloaded onto your Kindle so you can read them even when you’re not wirelessly connected. And unlike RSS readers which often only provid… More >>
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Kate Douglas Wiggin, nee Smith (1856-1923) was an American children’s author and educator. She was born in Philadelphia, and was of Welsh descent. She started the first free kindergarten in San Francisco in 1878 (the “Silver Street Free Kindergarten”). With her sister in the 1880s she also established a training school for kindergarten teachers. Her best known books are The Story of Pasty (1883), The Birds’ Christmas Carol (1887), Polly Oliver’s Problem (1893), A Ca… More >>
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This is a collection of James’ later short stories written after 1900 and includes, “The Third Person”, “Broken Wings” and “The Beast in the Jungle”. The stories are comic in nature and deal with life’s mute tragedies and lost opportunities. From the author of “The Europeans”…. More >>
