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  • Alexander the Great / Makers of History

    by Jacob Abbott ...
    Alexander the Great was one of the most victorious military commanders in history, never defeated in battle. When he died, he conquered most of the world known to the ancient Greeks. Alexander the Great is one of many biographies written by Jacob Abbott. ... Read more

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  • Nonlinear Guided Wave Optics

    A testbed for extreme waves

    Series series IOP Series in Emerging Technologies in Optics and Photonics
    Experiments and theory have rapidly progressed on nonlinear optical extreme waves, showing that guided wave nonlinear optics and fiber lasers provide a relatively simple, accessible and controllable test bed for the observations and accurate statistical studies of extreme wave phenomena that obey the same universal rules, which apply to a large ensemble of different physical systems. With ... Read more

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  • The Lady of the Camellias

    “The lady of the camellias” is a novel by Alexandre Dumas son. It has inspired numerous theatrical and cinematographic versions and is the basis of the opera “La traviata” by Giuseppe Verdi. This novel is a love story, but also a story of desperation and redemption; an impossible love, between Armand and Marguerite: she is The Lady of the Camellias, the protagonist of Alexandre Dumas’s work son. A ... Read more

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  • The man in the iron mask

    “Everything for one and for all!” In this concluding episode of the saga of the three Musketeers, the actions of Aramis and other musketeers - Athos, Porthos, and the most fascinating of all, D’Artagnan - bear honor or misfortune ... and one terrible punishment for the final loser in the real battle. ... Read more

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  • The History of Nero

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    The story of Nero is also the story of much of the Julio-Claudian dynasty. The bloody legacies of the previous emperors Caligula and Claudius are introduced before delving into Nero's own reign of intrigue, murder, and atrocities. The women of the family, including Nero's mother Agrippina, his wife Poppaea, and the empress Messalina, contribute their share of villainy to the tale. The death of ... Read more

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  • William the Conqueror

    by Jacob Abbott ...
    Series Book 2 - Makers of History Series
    One of those great events in English history, which occur at distant intervals, and form, respectively, a sort of bound or landmark, to which all other events, preceding or following them for centuries, are referred, is what is called the Norman Conquest. The Norman Conquest was, in fact, the accession of William, duke of Normandy, to the English throne. This accession was not altogether a matter ... Read more

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  • Twenty Years After

    Twenty Years After (French: Vingt ans après) is a novel by Alexandre Dumas, first serialized from January to August 1845. A book of The d'Artagnan Romances, it is a sequel to The Three Musketeers and precedes The Vicomte de Bragelonne (which includes the sub-plot Man in the Iron Mask).The novel follows events in France during the Fronde, during the childhood reign of Louis XIV, and in England near ... Read more

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  • Queen Elizabeth

    by Jacob Abbott ...
    Series Book 9 - Makers of History Series
    Travelers, in ascending the Thames by the steamboat from Rotterdam, on their return from an excursion to the Rhine, have often their attention strongly attracted by what appears to be a splendid palace on the banks of the river at Greenwich. The edifice is not a palace, however, but a hospital, or, rather, a retreat where the worn out, maimed, and crippled veterans of the English navy spend the ... Read more

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  • The Vicomte of Bragelonne

    The Vicomte of Bragelonne by Alexandre Dumas is a carefully prepared Bookjack digital edition of classic literary fiction. The book is presented for clear ebook reading, with metadata and structure designed for discoverability in a modern digital catalogue. Readers will find a work shaped by character, setting, conflict, style, and the lasting pleasures of storytelling, making it a useful addition ... Read more

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  • My Life and Work

    Henry Ford (July 30, 1863 – April 7, 1947) was an American industrialist, the founder of the Ford Motor Company, and sponsor of the development of the assembly line technique of mass production. Although Ford did not invent the automobile or the assembly line, he developed and manufactured the first automobile that many middle class Americans could afford. This is his story in his own words. ... Read more

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  • The Borgias

    There are many dreadful -- and perhaps scurrilous -- rumors about the Borgia family of renaissance Italy, and Alexandre Dumas (author of "The Three Musketeers" and many other period classics) reveals one possible truth in all its ugly glory. Dumas minces no words in describing the violent acts of a violent time. ... Read more

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  • Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte: Complete. With Illustrations

    Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne (July 9, 1769 – February 7, 1834) was a French diplomat, born in Sens. He is famous for his Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte, a work based on years of intimate friendship and professional association. They met at the Military Academy at Brienne in Champagne when eight years old. Described on its title page as the "Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte by Louis Antoine ... Read more

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