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King Solomon's Mines
King Solomon's Mines

by H. Rider Haggard

It is a curious thing that at my age-fifty-five last birthday-I should find myself taking up a pen to try and write a hi...

1880 1091 ed.
Roughing It
Roughing It

by Mark Twain

My brother had just been appointed Secretary of Nevada Territory-an office of such majesty that is concentrated in itsel...

1872 408 ed.
The life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African
The life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African

by Olaudah Equiano

PERMIT me with the greatest deference and respect, to lay at your feet the following genuine Narrative; the chief design...

1789 298 ed.
An autobiography
An autobiography

by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

The Gandhis belong to the Bania caste and seem to have been originally grocers. But for three generations, from my grand...

1927 140 ed.
Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar

by William Shakespeare

1. When reading verse, note the appropriate phrasing and intonation.

1656 1226 ed.
Macbeth
Macbeth

by William Shakespeare

Macbeth was first produced at a time of radical theatrical change in England.

1508 1866 ed.
Bible
Bible

by Bible

Genesis appropriately stands as the first book of the OT and serves as an essential introduction to the whole Bible.

1200 6084 ed.
Long Walk to Freedom
Long Walk to Freedom

by Nelson Mandela

APART FROM LIFE, a strong constitution, and an abiding connection to the Thembu royal house, the only thing my father be...

1994 62 ed.
Kaffir Boy
Kaffir Boy

by Mark Mathabane

The above message can be found written on larger-than-life signs staked on every road leading into Alexandra, where I wa...

1986 13 ed.
Tuḥfat al-nuẓẓār fī gharāʾib al-amṣār wa-ʻajāʾib al-asfār
Tuḥfat al-nuẓẓār fī gharāʾib al-amṣār wa-ʻajāʾib al-asfār

by Ibn Batuta, A. R. Gibb

Ibn Battuta, who was born at Tangier in North Africa in 1304 and died not far from there some sixty-five years later, wa...

1829 45 ed.
Elon Musk
Elon Musk

by Ashlee Vance, Francisco López Martín

2013 22 ed.
Africa
Africa

by John Reader

"Where Africa meets the ocean at its southernmost point, the sea has a tumbling, disorganized aspect, altogether lacking...

1997 9 ed.
Poems
Poems

by Rudyard Kipling, Elliot

Looking back from this my seventieth year, it seems to me that every card in my working life has been dealt me in such a...

1899 55 ed.
Free-lancers And Literary Biography In South Africa.
Free-lancers And Literary Biography In South Africa.

by Stephen Gray

I PREPARED TO VISIT the Commonwealth republic of Saint Lucia with four texts.

1999 2 ed.