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Based on a trip with his brother in 1839, "A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers" is an excellent example of Thoreau's talent for naturalistic writing. In exquisite detail Thoreau depicts the nature that surrounds him over the course of his trip. One of only two books to be published during his lifetime, Thoreau began work on "A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers" following his brother's death in 1842, however the work was not fully completed...
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The Collins Nature Library is a new series of classic British nature writing - reissues of long-lost seminal works. The titles have been chosen by one of Britain's best known and highly acclaimed nature writers, Robert Macfarlane, who has also written new introductions that put these classics into a modern context. Nature Near London is a collection of observational pieces from locations near London at the end of the 19th Century. The depth of knowledge...
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In 1898 John Millington Synge made his first of many trips to the Aran Islands in an attempt to record and archive the tales, poems and songs of the three western islands off of the Galway coast. The memoir he kept of his time their makes up this book, awash with stories of the wonderful characters he met along the way and all their anecdotes. He manages to capture a the way of life that is long since gone and it is lucky for us that he took the time...
4) Cape Cod
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Robert Pinsky is Professor of English at Boston University and an editor of the weekly online magazine Slate. He is the author of many books of poetry and literary criticism. He served two terms as United States Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress, 1997-2000.
This new paperback edition of Henry D. Thoreau's compelling account of Cape Cod contains the complete, definitive text of the original. Introduced by American poet...
5) Heretics
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Heretics by G. K. Chesterton
Nothing more strangely indicates an enormous and silent evil of modern society than the extraordinary use which is made nowadays of the word "orthodox." In former days the heretic was proud of not being a heretic. It was the kingdoms of the world and the police and the judges who were heretics. He was orthodox. He had no pride in having rebelled against them; they had rebelled against him. The armies with their cruel...
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First published in 1689, "An Essay Concerning Human Understanding" is British philosopher John Locke's important and influential exposition on the foundation of human knowledge and understanding. Arranged into four books, the first book begins by rejecting the notion of innate ideas proposed by Descartes and proposes instead that humans are born as blank slates. Book two argues that all knowledge is derived from experience and reflection. Locke also...
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Originally published in 1929, this early work by Alexander Berkman is both expensive and hard to find in its first edition. It is designed as an introduction to Communist Anarchism and outlines the main philosophical principles of the concept. This is a fascinating work and is thoroughly recommended for anyone with an interest in Russian history and political philosophy. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before,...
8) Dogs and Men
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First published in 1910 in the "Atlantic" magazine, this is a powerful and heartfelt essay that perfectly encapsulates the love and trust that all dog lovers should feel towards their four-legged friends. With chapters named after the canine stars of the show, Pedro, Carus, Don, Sylvan Roamer and Toby. This text has been republished here for its historical and cultural significance. Including a brand new introduction on the subject of dogs in fiction....
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The book that made Mark Twain famous and introduced the world to that obnoxious and ubiquitous character: the American tourist Based on a series of letters first published in American newspapers, The Innocents Abroad is Mark Twain's hilarious and insightful account of an organized tour of Europe and the Holy Land undertaken in 1867. With his trademark blend of skepticism and sincerity, Twain casts New World eyes on the people and places of the...
10) Varied Types
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This early work by G. K. Chesterton was originally published in 1908. Gilbert Keith Chesterton was born in London in 1874. He studied at the Slade School of Art, and upon graduating began to work as a freelance journalist. Over the course of his life, his literary output was incredibly diverse and highly prolific, ranging from philosophy and ontology to art criticism and detective fiction. However, he is probably best-remembered for his Christian...
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English Enlightenment philosopher John Locke has been called the "Father of Liberalism". Following in the tradition of Sir Francis Bacon, he is one of the first British empiricists, which emphasizes the role of empirical evidence in the formation of ideas. His work would greatly influence other prominent political and literary figures including Voltaire, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and the founding fathers of the United States of America. Contained here...
12) Venice on Foot
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This early work on Venice is both expensive and hard to find in its first edition. It contains a travel guide to the sights of interest and Grand Canal routes through the city of Venice. This is a fascinating work and is thoroughly recommended for anyone with an interest in the history of Venice.
13) Our Jerusalem
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An American Family in the Holy City 1881-1949 by Bertha Spafford Vester. Story of her parents, Horatio Gates Spafford, Jr., and Anna Spafford, friends of Dwight L. Moody and survivors of the Chicago fire of 1871, who, after the death of several of their children, moved to Jerusalem and established the American Colony in 1881. Tale of the author's family and life in the Holy City of Jerusalem from 1881 to 1949. Bertha Spafford Vester first lived in...
14) The Romance of Poaching in the Highlands of Scotland - As Illustrated in the Lives of John Farquh
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Contents Include: John Farquharson - Lonavey - Lost on the Grampians - A Glorious Twalt O' August! - A Dundonian's Lesson in Deerstalking - Two Days with John Farquharson - Athole Gamekeepers Cleverly Outwitted - How They Carried off the Deer - An English Sportsman's Initiation - Sportsmen Sold: Gamekeepers made Game of - Seven deer Shot Within a Minute - Stalking the Stalkers - Running the Blockade - A Wonderful Dream - Minor Incidents, Bamboozling...
16) Magic Motorways
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Contents: Highways and Horizons. Safety, Comfort, Speed, and Economy. Eliminate the Human Factor in Driving. Separated Lanes of Traffic. Every Highway Intersection is Obsolete. Full Speed Through Bottlenecks. Daylight Standards for Night Driving. From the Atlantic to the Pacific in One Day. Eliminate Graft and Double Highway Construction. Motorway Service to Towns and Villages. Motorway Tributaries to Cities. Accelerating City Traffic One Hundred...
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It is a gentle art; know how to tramp and you know how to live. Manners makyth man, and tramping makyth manners. Know how to meet your fellow-wanderer, how to be passive to the beauty of Nature and how to be active to its wildness and its rigor. Tramping brings one to reality. So when you put on your old clothes and take to the road, you at least make a right gesture. You get into your right place in the world in the right way. Even if your tramping...
19) Small Town South
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Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
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