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Author: Francis WranghamPublisher:
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 360
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Humble contributions to a British Plutarch [lives of 7 distinguished men, written for, and publ. in, the author's new ed. of T. Mortimer's British Plutarch].
Author: Francis WranghamPublisher:
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 360
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Nineteenth Century Short-title Catalogue: phase 1. 1816-1870
Author: Publisher:
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Category : Books
Languages : en
Pages : 796
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American Sketches
Author: Walter IsaacsonPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1439183457
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
One of America's most versatile writers, author of bestselling biographies such as Steve Jobs and Benjamin Franklin, has assembled a gallery of portraits of (mostly) Americans that celebreate genius, talent, and versatility, and traces his own education as a writer and biographer. In this collection of essays, the brilliant, acclaimed biographer Walter Isaacson reflects on lessons to be learned from Benjamin Franklin, Albert Einstein, Bill Gates, Henry Kissinger, Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev, Hillary Clinton and Bill Clinton, and other interesting characters he has chronicled both as biographer and journalist. The people he writes about have an awesome intelligence, but that is not the secret to their success. They had qualities that were even more rare, such as imagination and true curiousity. Isaacson also reflects on how he became a writer, the lessons he learned from various people he met, and the challenges for journalism in the digital age. He also offers loving tributes to his hometown of New Orleans, which offers many of the ingredients for a creative culture, and to the Louisiana novelist Walker Percy, who was an early mentor. In an anecdotal and personal way, Isaacson describes the joys of writing and the way that tales about the lives of fascinating people can enlighten our own lives.
Schools of Thought
Author: Rexford BrownPublisher: Jossey-Bass
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
As a result of his visits to classrooms across the nation, Brown has compiled an engaging, thought-provoking collection of classroom vignettes which show the ways in which national, state, and local school politics translate into changed classroom practices. "Captures the breadth, depth, and urgency of education reform".--Bill Clinton.
Essays on Political Economy
Author: Frédéric BastiatPublisher:
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Category : Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 58
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Reliques of Ancient English Poetry Consisting of Old Heroic Ballads, Songs and Other Pieces of Our Earlier Poets, Together with Some Few of Later Date
Author: Thomas PercyPublisher:
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Category : Ballads, English
Languages : en
Pages : 728
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The Calamities and Quarrels of Authors
Author: Isaac DisraeliPublisher:
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Category : Authors
Languages : en
Pages : 364
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A Book of Golden Deeds
Author: Charlotte Mary YongePublisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
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Category : Europe
Languages : en
Pages : 276
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On Civil Liberty and Self-government
Author: Francis LieberPublisher:
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Category : Democracy
Languages : en
Pages : 644
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A Tribute for the Negro
Author: Wilson ArmisteadPublisher: Greenwood
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Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 632
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