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A History of Science is a five volume work written by two brothers dr. Henry Smith Williams and dr. Edward Huntington Williams with a goal to present fundamental principles of science, to point out how they have been discovered by our predecessors, and to trace the growth of these ideas from their first vague beginnings. The work is chronologically divided in five parts, each of them covering the epoch in which different branches of science have been lifted to the next level. Table of Contents: Volume I: Idea of the Science in Ancient History and Prehistoric Times (Egypt, Babylonia, Assyria, Ancient Greece and Rome); Volume II: The Beginnings of Modern Science (Science in Middle Ages, Eastern, Western, Galileo, Newton); Volume III: Modern Development of the Physical Sciences; Volume IV: Modern Development of the Chemical and Biological Sciences; Volume V: Aspects of Recent Science.

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Henry «The Rimrock» Jones is a local drunk and scoundrel who believes that someday his dream will come true and he will make a lot of money from copper mine. After one terrible day of drinking, gambling and fighting, Rimrock Jones leaves the town with loads of powder and tools, and soon after that returns with loads of money. Rimrock can now pay his debts and settle the score with many people who weren't by his side in the past, but there are many more difficulties in front of him as his enemies start resurfacing, greedy of his success.

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Virginia under the Stuarts 1607-1688 deals with the first eight decades of the colony of Virginia from the arrival of three little vessels—the Sarah Constant, the Discovery and the Goodspeed— under Captain Christopher Newport until the Glorious Revolution in England. This book covers in detail organization of the British rule as well as the formation of the new Virginian aristocracy. Contents The Founding of Virginia The Establishment of Representative Government The Expulsion of Sir John Harvey Governor Berkeley and the Commonwealth The Causes of Bacon's Rebellion Bacon's Rebellion The Period of Confusion The Critical Period

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"Rienzi, Last of the Roman Tribunes" – Bulwer-Lytton has created a true masterpiece that inspired none other than the great Wagner to create his opera titled «Rienzi.» Set during the Italian Renaissance period, in the 14th century, the story depicts the rise and fall of Rienzi, the beloved last Tribune of Rome and his lovely wife Nina. Intrigue dog this great man at every stage and backstabbers are always around the corner, but Reinzi towers above them all. However, his formidable nemesis, Walter de Montreal, will not let him go that easily…

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The subject and author of this Life-Sketch of a Pioneer is James Stephens Brown, a notable participant in the discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill in California, a member of the Mormon Battalion, a missionary, and notable writer and speaker. His life has been one of thrilling experiences, more than ordinarily falls to the lot even of a pioneer settler in the West. This book is full of peril and hardship; with startling episodes and thrilling adventures.

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The Influence of Sea Power Upon History is a history of naval warfare by United States naval officer and historian Alfred Thayer Mahan. It details the role of sea power during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, and discussed the various factors needed to support and achieve sea power, with emphasis on having the largest and most powerful fleet. It is considered the single most influential book in naval strategy and its policies were quickly adopted by most major navies, ultimately leading to the World War I naval arms race. Mahan began the book with an examination of what factors led to supremacy of the seas, especially how Great Britain was able to rise to its near dominance. He identified such features as geography, population, and government, and expanded the definition of sea power as comprising a strong navy and commercial fleet. Mahan also promoted the belief that any army would succumb to a strong naval blockade. The book then goes on to describe a series of European and American wars and how naval power was used in each.

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Judith Rodney is a strong and independent woman and works as a postmistress in Wyoming. As fate would have it, her brother suffers due to the ill will of some cattlemen and plans a disastrous revenge plot that ends up killing him. Moreover, the man she is in love with, Peter Hamilton, does not appreciate her love for him and deserts her for another woman. Can Judith survive in such conditions? Will she ever find love again? Read on!

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After arguing with his wife Susan at a country fair near Casterbridge in Wessex, Michael Henchard, drunk on rum auctions her off, along with their baby daughter, to Richard Newson, a passing sailor, for five guineas. Sober and remorseful the next day, he is too late to locate his family and vows not to touch liquor again for 21 years. Some 18 years later, after Newson is lost at sea, Susan seeks out Henchard again, taking her daughter with her. She discovers that Henchard has become a very successful hay and grain merchant and Mayor of Casterbridge, known for his staunch sobriety. When the couple is reunited, Henchard proposes remarrying Susan after a sham courtship. However, he is engaged with a woman named Lucetta Templeman, who had nursed him when he was ill and his situation begins to complicate.

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Discoveries in Australia is a two volume account of the voyages of H. M. S. Beagle by the coasts of Australia, written by Admiral Stokes, an officer in the Royal Navy who served on the Beagle for close to eighteen years. The work covers the expedition by command of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty which took place from 1837 to 1843 and provides accounts of exploring and surveying coasts and rivers of the continent. Travel reports are supplemented with records of new spices of fish, reptiles and insects. The book also contains a narrative of Captain Owen Stanley and his visits to the islands in the Arafura Sea.

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"The Last Days of Pompeii" – Pompeii, A.D. 79. Athenian nobleman Glaucus arrives in the bustling and gaudy Roman town and quickly falls in love with the beautiful Greek Ione. Ione's former guardian, the malevolent Egyptian sorcerer Arbaces, has designs on Ione and sets out to destroy their budding happiness. But will he succeed in his evil plot? Or, will the cataclysmic destruction of the city by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius be the end of all? And, what will happen to the love story of Glaucus and Ione? Read on! "Rienzi, Last of the Roman Tribunes" – Bulwer-Lytton has created a true masterpiece that inspired none other than the great Wagner to create his opera titled «Rienzi.» Set during the Italian Renaissance period, in the 14th century, the story depicts the rise and fall of Rienzi, the beloved last Tribune of Rome and his lovely wife Nina. Intrigue dog this great man at every stage and backstabbers are always around the corner, but Reinzi towers above them all. However, his formidable nemesis, Walter de Montreal, will not let him go that easily…

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