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Benjamin Franklin, Self-Revealed is a biographical and critical study on Benjamin Franklins life and work mostly based on Franklins own writings. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) was an American polymath and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. Franklin was a leading writer, printer, political philosopher, politician, Freemason, postmaster, scientist, inventor, humorist, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat. As a scientist, he was a major figure in the American Enlightenment and the history of physics for his discoveries and theories regarding electricity. As an inventor, he is known for the lightning rod, bifocals, and the Franklin stove, among other inventions. Franklin earned the title of "The First American" for his early and indefatigable campaigning for colonial unity, initially as an author and spokesman in London for several colonies. As the first United States ambassador to France, he exemplified the emerging American nation. Franklin was foundational in defining the American ethos as a marriage of the practical values of thrift, hard work, education, community spirit, self-governing institutions, and opposition to authoritarianism both political and religious, with the scientific and tolerant values of the Enlightenment.Contents:Franklins Moral Standing and SystemFranklins Religious BeliefsFranklin, the Philanthropist and CitizenFranklins Family RelationsFranklins American FriendsFranklins British FriendsFranklins French FriendsFranklins Personal CharacteristicsFranklin as a Man of BusinessFranklin as a StatesmanFranklin as a Man of ScienceFranklin as a Writer

The Life of Cesare Borgia is a biographical account of Italian politician and mercenary leader whose fight for power was a major inspiration for The Prince by Machiavelli. Cesare Borgiawas an illegitimate son of Pope Alexander VI and member of the Spanish-Aragonese House of Borgia, which rose to prominence during the Italian Renaissance. After initially entering the church and becoming a cardinal on his fathers election to the Papacy, he became, after the death of his brother in 1498, the first person to resign a cardinalate. He served as a condottiero for the King of France Louis XII around 1500 and occupied Milan and Naples during the Italian Wars. At the same time he carved out a state for himself in Central Italy, but after his fathers death he was unable to retain power for long. The authors goal was to, through the thorough research, present a faithful biography of Cesare Borgia leaving aside the bad reputation he and his family had. He used numerous primary sources to scrape away centuries of innuendo, hypotheses and reiterated falsehoods that have varnished the Borgias. The author criticizes much of the previous historical work that shines a dark light on the life of the 16th century Borgias. He goes to great lengths to provide proof for his history and dispels the myths and bad name the Borgias have had at the hands of historians over the centuries.

Geoffrey Fenton is a second-rate officer who embarks on the ship called Saracen. On the high seas, they have an encounter with a brig who claims to have sighted the mythical ghost ship of the Flying Dutchman, cursed ship that can never reach land, condemned to sail forever and ever, bringing bad luck to any ship that crosses its path. This information starts haunting the captain of the Saracen due to the contagious bad luck that this may entail and it turns out to be right when Fenton suffers an accident. He gets rescued by the ghostly crew of the Flying Dutchmen and the infamous Captain Vanderdecken. His only mission becomes to escape from the Death Ship.

The Gallery of Portraits with Memoirs is a seven volumes edition which contains biographies of eminent men in literature, arts and history.Table of Contents:Volume 1:DanteSir H. DavyKosciuskoFlaxmanCopernicusMiltonJas. WattTurenneHon. R. BoyleSir I. NewtonMichael AngeloMoliereC. J. FoxBossuetLorenzo de MediciGeo. BuchananFenelonSir C. WrenCorneilleHalleySullyN. PoussinHarveySir J. BanksVolume 2:Lord SomersSmeatonBuffonSir Thomas MoreLa PlaceHandelPascalErasmusTitianLutherRodneyLagrangeVoltaireRubensRichelieuWollastonBoccaccioClaudeNelsonCuvierRayCookTurgotPeter the GreatVolume 3:ErskineDollondJohn HunterPetrarchBurkeHenry IV.BentleyKeplerHaleFranklinSchwartzBarrowDAlembertHogarthGalileoRembrandtDrydenLa PerouseCranmerTassoBen JonsonCanovaChaucerSobieskiVolume 4:DaguesseauCromwellLionardo da VinciVaubanWilliam III.GoetheCorreggioNapoleonLinnusPriestleyAriostoMarlboroughDe lEpeeColbertWashingtonMurilloCervantesFrederic II.DelambreDrakeCharles V.Des CartesSpenserGrotiusVolume 5:TaylorLavoisierSydenhamClarendonReynoldsSwiftLockeSeldenPareBlakeLHopital Mrs. SiddonsHerschelRomilly ShakspeareEulerSir W. JonesRousseauHarrisonMontaignePopeBolivarArkwrightCowperVolume 6:RaleighJennerMaskelyneHobbesRaphaelJohn KnoxAdam SmithCalvinLord MansfieldBradleyMelancthonWilliam PittWesleyDr. CartwrightPorsonWiclifCortezLeibnitzXimenesAddisonBramanteMadame de StaelPalladioQueen ElizabethVolume 7:Gustavus AdolphusMarc Antonio RaimondiCokeGibbonScaligerPenn De ThouChathamMozartLoyolaBrindleySchillerBenthamCatherine II.DefoeHumeDe WittHampdenDr. JohnsonJeffersonWilberforceDr. BlackBaconSir Walter Scott

Memoirs of the Empress Josephine in two volumes, is a biographical account of Madame de Rémusat, lady-in-waiting, of Josephine Bonaparte, first wife of Napoleon Bonaparte. Madame de Rémusat, born Clair de Vergennes, lost her father and grandfather in Revolution. Her mother was friend with Josephine, and when Josephine became Empress, she took Clair with her to be her lady-in-waiting. Madame de Remusat was with Josephine to the end. She followed her into retirement and then took up her pen to write of court affairs and prominent people. Her memoirs present a vivid portrait not only of Josephine and Napoleon, but of surrounding Court life, seen through her eyes. Also, the memoirs can be useful as a survey of the first years of the nineteenth century. They illustrate what changes the institution of the Empire caused at Court, and how the life continuously modified to reflect the shifting fortunes of its master. The figure of the Napoleon stands out even though he is presented unsympathetically, since the memoirist was loyal to her mistress in struggles against the Bonaparte family.

"Indian Biography" in 2 volumes is an historical and biographical account of people who have been distinguished among the North American natives as orators, warriors, statesmen, and other remarkable characters. This carefully crafted ebook is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.Volume 1:The Indian tribes of Virginia at the date of the Jamestown settlement; their names, numbers and powerThe Powhatan confederacyConduct of Powhatan after Smiths departure for England, and causes of itHostilities resumedPeace finally effected by the capture of PocahontasMarriage of Pocahontas with John RolfeThe family of PowhatanSequel of the history of PocahontasHer acts of kindness to the colonists at various times, and especially to SmithHer visit to England in 1616Reception at CourtSequel of the history of OpechancanoughPreparations for WarBiography of other Virginian chieftainsTotopotomoi, successor of OpechancanoughPlot of the latter against the Hatteras colonyComment on the Carolinian Biography...Synopsis of the New England Indians at the date of the Plymouth settlementThe Pokanoket confederacyThe Wampanoag tribeVolume 2:Notices of Indians who submitted to MassachusettsThe SquawAnecdotes of Chickatabot...Farther account of Master Westons settlement, and the movements of the Indians against himProvocations from the EnglishMagnanimous revenge of the Sachem...Summary account of the Five NationsGovernmentConquestsPopulationTerritoryTheir negotiations with the French, in 1684History of the Five Nations continued to the time of AdarioWar between the Confederates and the FrenchAdventures of Black-Kettle...Account of a council of the Confederates at Onondaga, in 1690Speeches of Sadekanatie and other oratorsAnecdotes of Sadekanatie...Account of the OttawasHostility of the northern tribes to the English, after the conquest of CanadaAdventures of HenrySupposed feelings of Pontiac towards the EnglishHis great project of combination...

Deerbrook portrays the failed love affair between Edward Hope, a local physician and Margaret Ibbotson, his sister-in-law. Married to Hester Ibbotson, Edwards life becomes a series of misfortune, first with his stifling marriage and second due to a vile rumour that he had robbed a grave!Excerpt:"Every town-bred person who travels in a rich country region, knows what it is to see a neat white house planted in a pretty situation,in a shrubbery, or commanding a sunny common, or nestling between two hills,and to say to himself, as the carriage sweeps past its gate, "I should like to live there,""I could be very happy in that pretty place." Transient visions pass before his minds eye of dewy summer mornings, when the shadows are long on the grass, and of bright autumn afternoons, when it would be luxury to saunter in the neighbouring lanes; and of frosty winter days, when the sun shines in over the laurustinus at the window, while the fire burns with a different light from that which it gives in the dull parlours of a city."

Sister Josepha is a popular tale by Alice Dunbar Nelson which tells the story of a woman caught between her will to live freely but as a Nun or, to live grudgingly as somebodys wife. e-artnow presents to you this meticulously edited and formatted collection of Alice Dunbar Nelsons famous short stories that made her an important African-American writer of her day.Content:Sister JosephaThe Goodness of Saint RocqueTonys WifeThe Fisherman of Pass ChristianMsieu Fortiers ViolinBy The Bayou St. JohnWhen the Bayou OverflowsMr. BaptisteA Carnival JangleLittle Miss SophieThe Praline WomanOdalieLa JuanitaTitee

e-artnow presents the revolutionary works of French literature, the popular and influential classics of various genres and themes action-adventures, historical thrillers, revealing the hypocrisy of the society, and the questioning of morals and beliefs through its main characters, all relatable until this day. This is the legacy of the French literary giants - Alexandre Dumas elder, and his son Alexandre Dumas younger:Alexandre Dumas pere:The DArtagnan RomancesThe Three MusketeersTwenty Years AfterThe Vicomte of BragelonneTen Years LaterLouise de la ValliereThe Man in the Iron MaskThe Valois Trilogy:Marguerite de Valois (La Reine Margot)Chicot the Jester (La Dame de Monsoreau)The Forty-Five GuardsmenThe Memoirs of a Physician Series:Joseph Balsamo (The Magician)The Mesmerists Victim (Andrea de Taverney)The Queens NecklaceTaking the Bastille (Ange Pitou)The Countess de Charny (The Execution of King Louis XVI)Other Novels:The Count of Monte CristoThe Conspirators (The Chevalier dHarmental)The Regents Daughter (A Sequel to The Conspirators)The Hero of the PeopleThe Royal Life Guard (The Flight of the Royal Family)Captain PaulThe Sicilian BanditThe Corsican BrothersThe Companions of JehuThe Wolf LeaderThe Black TulipThe Last Vendee (The She-Wolves of Machecoul)The Prussian Terror (A Dramatic Memories)Short Stories:A Masked BallSolangeOther Works:Celebrated CrimesThe BorgiasThe CenciMassacres of the SouthMary StuartKarl-Ludwig SandUrbain GrandierNisidaDeruesLa ConstantinJoan of NaplesThe Man in the Iron Mask (An Essay)Martin GuerreAli PachaThe Countess De Saint-GeranMuratThe Marquise De BrinvilliersVaninkaThe Marquise De GangeAlexandre Dumas fils:The Lady with the CamelliasThe Son of ClemenceauThe Princess of Bagdad

"The Girl of the Period, and Other Social Essays" in 2 volumes is a collection of essays upon various social subjects written by the British journalist Eliza Lynn Linton, who was a severe critic of early feminism. Her most famous essay on this matter, The Girl of the Period, was published in Saturday Review in 1868 and was a vehement attack on feminism. Linton is a leading example of the fact that the fight against votes for women was not only organised by men. This carefully crafted e-artnow ebook is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.Volume 1:The Girl of the PeriodModern MothersModern MothersPaying Ones ShotWhat is Womans Work?Little WomenIdeal WomenPinchbeckAffronted WomanhoodFeminine AffectationsInterferenceThe Fashionable WomanSleeping DogsBeauty and BrainsNymphsMesalliancesWeak SistersPinching ShoesSuperior BeingsFeminine AmenitiesGrim FemalesMature SirensPumpkinsWidowsDollsCharming WomenApron-stringsFine FeelingsSphinxesFlirtingScramblersFlatteryLa Femme PasseeSpoilt WomenDovecotsBored HusbandsVolume 2:Gushing MenSweet SeventeenThe Habit of FearOld LadiesVoicesBurnt FingersDesuvrementThe Shrieking SisterhoodOtherwise-mindedLimp PeopleThe Art of ReticenceMens FavouritesWomanlinessSomething to WorrySweets of Married LifeSocial NomadsGreat GirlsShunted DowagersPrivileged PersonsModern Man-hatersVague PeopleArcadiaStrangers at ChurchIn SicknessOn a VisitDrawing-room EpiphytesThe Epicene SexWomens MenHotel Life in EnglandOur MasksHeroes at HomeSeine-fishingThe Discontented WomanEnglish Clergymen in Foreign Watering-placesOld FriendsPopular WomenChoosing or FindingLocal Fetes

Life of Isaac Mason as a Slave is an autobiography of Isaac Mason, a fugitive slave who was born a slave in Kent County, Maryland. His mother was a slave in the service of Woodland family, while his father was a free man, employed by woodlands overseas. After changing several masters Mason managed to escape to freedom at the age of 25 in Dealaware, but fearing Fugitive Slave Law he remained on the run for a long time. In 1860 Mason went to Haiti, where one businessman wanted to build a settlement for African Americans. This turned out to be scam, so Mason returned to United States after suffering from illness and hunger in Haiti to reveal the true conditions of the African American settlement there. After finally settling in Massachusetts he wrote his autobiography, on frequent requests from his friends, to document his dark days of slavery.

Autobiography of a Female Slave is a novel written by American suffragist and anti-slavery propagandist. Set in a fictional Kentucky location modeled off of the Owensboro and Daviess County, Kentucky of her childhood, Griffith recounted her personal experiences during her childhood through the voice of the enslaved woman Ann.

Does Vladimir Putin truly hate America? Do the people he presides over truly hate America? This book analyzes modern anti-Americanism in Russia during the era of Vladimir Putin. The main objective of this book is to evaluate Vladimir Putins anti-Americanism and the domestic political implications of Putinist anti-Americanism within Russia.Contents:Putins Evolving Anti-AmericanismPutins Hybrid-authoritarian MachineImplications of Russians Anti-AmericanismPutins Early HistoryEarly Life and CollegeInto the Shadows: Putin in the KGB and the Case for a Long Term Cognitive PredispositionYeltsin EraPutin in the Aftermath of CollapseRussia and the West in the 1990s: U.S. As an Inadvertent Contributor to PutinistAnti-americanismNATOBalkansEconomic Collapse and the Absence of U.S. AidPutin: A Sudden Thrust Into the LimelightPutins Short-lived Premiership and Acting PresidencyCrisis in ChechnyaPresidential Election of 2000Putins First PresidencyIntegrate Into or With the West or Neither?The Attacks of 9/11 and the AftermathBrotherly Love: Putin and BushIraq and a Sudden Turn Against America?Putins Second PresidencyShift From the WestAmerica Inadvertently Plays Into Putins HandThe Future of U.S. UnilateralismWestern Turn by Former Constituent StatesCritical Reciprocity? Attack on Those Who Criticize HimPresident to Puppet Master and Back Again: Putins Recent Premiership and Return to the Presidency GeorgiaThe Obama-Medvedev Reset: Short Lived or DOA?Russian Anti-Americanism: The Man, the Machine, and the NationThe Russian Connection: Anti-Americanism and the Putin-state-polity LinkAnti-Americanisms Role in the Future of RussianAmerican RelationsMost Recent EventsHow Can America Cope?

"Lives of Famous Indian Chiefs" is a collection of biographies of the influential and notable Native Americans starting with Cofachiqui, the Indian princess. This book brings numerous thrilling and interesting stories and anecdotes from Native American history. Finally the author offers several theories regarding the origin of Native Americans and their original homeland.Cofachiqui, The Indian PrincessPowhatan, or Wah-Un-So-Na-CookMassasoit, The Friend of the PuritansKing Philip, or Metacomet, The Last of the WampanoaghsPontiac, The Red Napoleon, Head Chief of the Ottawas and Organizer of the First Great Indian ConfederationLogan, or Tal-Ga-Yee-Ta, The Cayuga (Mingo) Chief, Orator and Friend of the White Man. Also a Brief Sketch of CornstalkCaptain Joseph Brant, or Thay-En-Da-Ne-Gea, Principal Sachem of the Mohawks and Head Chief of the Iroquois ConfederationRed Jacket, or Sa-Go-Ye-Wat-Ha, "The Keeper Awake." The Indian Demosthenes, Chief of the SenecasLittle Turtle, or Michikiniqua, War Chief of the Miamis, and Conqueror of Harmar and St. ClairTecumseh, or "The Shooting Star," Famous War-chief of the Shawnees, Organizer of the Second Great Indian Confederation and General in the British Army in the War of 1812Black Hawk, or Ma-Ka-Tai-Me-She-Kia-Kiak, and His WarShabbona, or Built Like a Bear, The White Mans Friend, a Celebrated Pottawatomie ChiefSitting Bull, or Tatanka Yotanka, The Great Sioux Chief and Medicine ManChief Joseph, of the Nez Perces, or Hin-Mah-Too-Yah-Lat-Kekt, Thunder Rolling in the Mountains, The Modern XenophonGeronimo, or Go-Yat-Thlay, The Yawner, The Renowned Apache Chief and Medicine ManQuanah Parker, Head Chief of the Comanches, With, an Account of the Captivity of His Mother, Cynthia Anne Parker, Known as "The White Comanche"A Sheaf of Good Indian Stories From HistoryIndian Anecdotes and Incidents, Humorous and OtherwiseWhence Came the Aborigines of America?

e-artnow presents to you a unique legal civil right collection comprised of the most important U.S. Civil Rights Acts and Supreme Court decisions considering racial discrimination. Table of Contents:Emancipation Proclamation & Gettysburg Address (1863)Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution (1865)Civil Rights Act of 1866Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution (1868)Reconstruction Acts (1867-1868)Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution (1870)Enforcement Act of 1870The First Enforcement Act of 1871 (to enforce the rights of citizens of the United States to vote in the several States of this Union)The Second Enforcement Act of 1871 (Ku Klux Klan Act)Civil Rights Act of 1875Executive Order 9981 (1948)Voting Rights Law of 1965Executive Order 11246 (1965)Fair Housing Act (1968)United States Code Title 18 Chapter 13 (1968, 1976, 1988, 1994, 2009)The Community Reinvestment Act (1977)Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act (2007)Case Law:Strauder v. West Virginia (1880)Buchanan v. Warley (1917)Shelley v. Kraemer (1948)Sweatt v. Painter (1950)Brown v. Board of Education (1954)Boynton v. Virginia (1960)Heart of Atlanta Motel Inc. v. United States (1964)Loving v. Virginia (1967)Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer Co. (1968)Regents of the University of California v. Bakke (1978)Batson v. Kentucky (1986)

This carefully crafted ebook "Theodore Roosevelt - Premium Collection" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents:AutobiographyThe Naval War of 1812Hero Tales from American HistoryThe Winning of the WestThrough the Brazilian WildernessLetters to His ChildrenThe Rough RidersA Book-Lovers Holidays in the OpenHunting The Grisly And Other SketchesAmerica and the World WarAverage AmericansThe Strenuous LifeExpansion and PeaceFellow-Feeling as Political FactorCharacter & SuccessHistory as LiteratureBiological Analogies in HistoryThe World MovementThe Thraldom of NamesProductive ScholarshipDante and the BoweryThe Foundations of the Nineteenth CenturyThe Search for Truth in a Reverent SpiritThe Ancient Irish SagasAn Art ExhibitionThe Duties of American CitizenshipProfessionalism in SportsPractical Work in PoliticsResignation LetterColonel Roosevelts ReportsStrength & DecencyThe Square DealNobel Peace Prize Acceptance SpeechThe Man With the Muck RakeSons of the PuritansWhere We Can Work With SocialistsWhere We Cannot Work With SocialistsCitizenship in a Republic (the Man in the Arena)International PeaceThe New NationalismDuty & Self-controlThe Right of the People to RuleI Have Just Been ShotAddress to the Boys Progressive LeagueAddress to the Knights of Columbus

George Eliots Life, as Related in Her Letters and Journals is a specific kind of autobiography of English author Mary Ann Evans, better known as George Eliot. This book is based on her correspondence and journals, edited by her husband John Walter Cross. His goal in assembling this work was to make known the woman, as well as the author, through the presentation of her daily life and to show the development of her intellect and character. Eliot was married to Cross only for six months before she died, leaving him with the task to present her life to the public. By arranging all the letters and journals so as to form one connected whole, keeping the order of their dates, the editor and the husband managed to combine a narrative of day-to-day life of this prominent literary figure.

The Real Shelley; New Views of the Poets Life in two volumes is a biography of Percy Bysshe Shelley written by John Cordy Jeaffreson. Jeaffreson wrote the book in order to offer a new look on the life of famous poet, since many of Shelley enthusiasts and apologists made a significant effort to create the image of this fanciful and romantic Shelley. He undertook a challenge to refute poets idolaters and their praises, and to portray the "Real Shelley," exposed and without romantic illusions and false impressions.

e-artnow presents the collection of the recorded testimonies of former slaves, memoirs, historical studies, reports of the life and laws in the south, legislation on civil rights, as well as popular fiction which unveiled the injustice and horrors of slavery to the masses:Slave NarrativesNarrative of the Life of Frederick DouglassThe Underground RailroadHarriet: The Moses of Her People12 Years a SlaveLife, Last Words and Dying Speech of Stephen Smith Who Was Executed for BurglaryFrom the Darkness Cometh the LightUp From SlaveryWillie Lynch LetterConfessions of Nat TurnerNarrative of Sojourner TruthIncidents in the Life of a Slave GirlHistory of Mary PrinceRunning a Thousand Miles for FreedomThirty Years a SlaveThe Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah EquianoBehind The ScenesFather Hensons Story of His Own LifeFifty Years in ChainsTwenty-Two Years a Slave and Forty Years a FreemanNarrative of the Life and Adventures of Henry BibbStory of Mattie J. JacksonA Slave Girls StoryNarrative of the Life of Moses GrandyNarrative of the Life of Henry Box Brown, Who Escaped in a 3x2 Feet BoxMemoir and Poems of Phillis WheatleyBuried Alive For a Quarter of a CenturyHistorical Documents:Emancipation Proclamation (January 1, 1863)Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution (1865)Civil Rights Act of 1866Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution (1868)Reconstruction Acts (1867-1868)Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution (1870)Studies: Captain CanotHistory of American AbolitionismPictures of Slavery in Church and StateReport on Charge of Aiding and Abetting in the Rescue of a Fugitive SlaveSouthern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its PhasesDuty of Disobedience to the Fugitive Slave ActPearl IncidentNovels:OroonokoUncle Toms CabinAdventures of Huckleberry FinnHeroic SlaveSlaverys Pleasant HomesOur NigClotelleMarrow of TraditionAutobiography of an Ex-Colored ManA Fools ErrandBricks Without StrawImperium in ImperioThe Hindered Hand

The Underground Railroad was a secret network of routes used by Southern slaves in escaping to the North. In their attempts they were often guided and helped by former fugitive slaves and abolitionist who were known as the conductors. Read about these incredible and unforgettable life journeys and the people who took these treacherous routes to freedom. This edition includes the narratives of Harriet Tubman and Laura S. Haviland, the female conductors, along with a meticulous record of the lucky few slaves who managed to cross-over to North and escape the clutches of the dreadful slavery.