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The book, which has 80 chapters in total, is a commentary on modern history. Tell us about Hengyuanxiang Group's pioneering history. In 1927, the founder, Mr. Shen Laizhou, founded the "Hengyuanxiang Rayon Wool Yarn Number" which specializes in all kinds of wool. At the most critical moment, Hengyuanxiang welcomed the new leader, General Manager Liu Ruiqi. With a strong sense of responsibility to revitalize the national brand, he made unremitting...
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China is a nation with a long history and splendid culture. Only by understanding the past can we love the present and future more. In the long history of China, numerous vigorous events have taken place and many powerful figures have emerged. Introducing these historical events and people to readers can broaden their horizons, improve their cultural literacy, and enhance their national pride and patriotic enthusiasm. Therefore, there is this book,...
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The Boxer Rebellion in Langfang is a battle of great historical significance in China's modern history and a symbol of the climax of the Boxer Rebellion. In May of the 26th year of Guangxu's reign in the Qing Dynasty (1900), the armies of Britain, Germany, Russia, France, the United States, Japan, Italy and Austria were transferred to the concessions in Tianjin. On June 2, the number of foreign warships outside Dagu Port reached 25. Prepare to attack...
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Excerpt: "Take an Onion and cut him overthwart, then make a little hole in each peece, the which you shall fill with fine Triacle, then set the pieces together again as they were before, then wrap them in a white linnen cloth. Putting it so to roast in the Embers and Ashes, then when it is roasted enough press out all the juice of it: and give the patient a spoonful thereof to drink, and ſo by Gods help he shall feel saſe and most undoubtedly be...
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The documents referred to under this title are not one single continuous work, but were written independently in various English monasteries. Taken as a whole these manuscripts form the oldest and most complete annals in any European vernacular tongue: only the Russian and the Irish chronicles can compare with them for antiquity. The difficulty in publishing them in compact form has always been to show the differences in the way they deal with events...
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Vedic wisdom is the supreme wisdom. All existing religions are offshoots of this Eternal Truth passed on from master to master for ages. Time changes, people come and go but the Truth stays. You are here because of your past karma and unless you transcend the cycle of Birth and Death, you will have to come again and again. Our sole purpose is to grow together in this great knowledge.
The Vedas are tools given to mankind by the ancient seers to help...
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An important and fascinating document of American social history, The Housekeeper's Manual, or Complete Housewife is believed to be an adapted version of the British best seller The Cook's Oracle; and Housekeeper's Manual by Dr. William Kitchiner. Intended as "a Guide for Families," the cookbook provides recipes for "the most simple and most highly finished" dishes, all tested personally by the author, which was uncommon in the early 19th century....
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The unnamed author of this charming almanac/cookbook concoction was as a "lady of [New York] who has kept an extensive Boarding-house, for twenty-two years in Pearl St." She took her almanac word for word, even using the same typesetting, from the most recent Farmer's Almanac for 1840 by David Young. But in addition to the traditional almanac information on daily and monthly calendars, weather, and astronomical events, she included over 250 recipes...
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In the unknown author's preface, she describes her purpose as to provide ladies with suggestions for what is reasonable for their tables for each day in the week, so they can easily provide an agreeable variety to their families. The menus are organized by month with seasonal considerations, and then by day of the week (to be repeated within that month as needed), and by meal: breakfast, tea or lunch (if dinner is late) and dinner with several courses...
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The South Carolina Encyclopedia Guide to South Carolina Counties documents the defining aspects of the forty-six counties that make up the state, from mountains to coast. Updated to include data from the 2010 census, these entries detail the historical, economic, political, and cultural character inherent in each location, noting major population centers, enterprises, and attractions. The guide also includes an appendix of entires on the state's original...
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Includes the First World War Illustrations Pack – 73 battle plans and diagrams and 198 photos 'I think of you, as I shall think of you to the end, if the end comes. I do not want you less. I want you more perhaps, only not so selfishly. I realize that death does not finish all things. Love lives on. There are other worlds-there must be so many other worlds-in which I shall surely meet you if I miss you in this one. That I, so poor and human and...
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The South Carolina Encyclopedia Guide to South Carolina Governors documents the lives and careers of the 111 white men and one Indian American woman who have held the Palmetto State's highest office from 1669 to the present. This digital edition expands the listings from the print encyclopedia to include entries on appointed as well as elected governors and to update the biographies of more recent holders of the office. From the first proprietary...
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Dixie Redux: Essays in Honor of Sheldon Hackney is a collection of original essays written by some of the nation's most distinguished historians. Each of the contributors has a personal as well as a professional connection to Sheldon Hackney, a distinguished scholar in his own right who has served as Provost of Princeton University, president of Tulane University and the University of Pennsylvania, and the chairman of the National Endowment for the...
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Unsettled Remains: Canadian Literature and the Postcolonial Gothic examines how Canadian writers have combined a postcolonial awareness with gothic metaphors of monstrosity and haunting in their response to Canadian history. The essays gathered here range from treatments of early postcolonial gothic expression in Canadian literature to attempts to define a Canadian postcolonial gothic mode. Many of these texts wrestle with Canada's colonial past and...
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Depicting Canada's Children is a critical analysis of the visual representation of Canadian children from the seventeenth century to the present. Recognizing the importance of methodological diversity, these essays discuss understandings of children and childhood derived from depictions across a wide range of media and contexts. Rather than simply examine images in formal settings, the authors take into account the components of the images and the...
20) The Manhattan Cook-Book: Containing Many Valuable Original Receipts and Other Useful Information
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Historical records assert that in 1840 Moses Atwood of Boston created what became a widely used and very popular patent medicine, Atwood's Quinine Tonic Bitters. Rights to the product were eventually bought by John Henry, who added another remedy, Dr. Roger's Compound Syrup of Liverwort, Tar & Canchalagua, to his collection and created the Manhattan Medicine Company to manufacture and sell the concoctions. The Manhattan Cook-Book is a small volume...
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