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This book provides rules for the etiquette to be, observed in the street, at table, in the ballroom, evening party, and morning call; with full directions for polite or respondence, dress, conversation, manly exercises, and accomplishments. Man was not, intended to live, like a bear or a hermit, apart from others of his own nature, and, philosophy, and reason will, each agree with me, that man was, born for sociability and finds, his true delight...
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"This edition of The Two Gentlemen of Verona offers a complete consideration of all aspects of the text. It interprets the play less as a contribution to a Renaissance literary debate between love and friendship (the traditional academic view) than as a dramatization of competing kinds of love - a theatrical counterpart to Shakespeare's Sonnets. It analyzes the lyrical language with which these kinds of love are expressed, and explores the tension...
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Sophie Barnes
Pub. Date:
2024
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English
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"A Duke's Guide to Romance" Anthony Gibbs, Duke of Westcliffe, needs an income. Bills must be paid, appearances kept, and arrangements made for his sisters' debuts. But how? The answer dawns on him when he meets Ada Quinn, a bookish wallflower who inspires him to write a romance novel. Falling for her however is tricky, for she's not the sort of woman he can afford to marry. "A Duke's Introduction to Courtship" Disguised as a boy, Harriet Michaels...
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NYU Press
Pub. Date:
2010
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English
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Finalist for the 2011 Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize "A seminal work. . . . One of the best examples of new, sophisticated scholarship on the social history of Civil War soldiers." -The Journal of Southern History "Will undoubtedly, and properly, be read as the latest word on the role of manhood in the internal dynamics of the Union army." -Journal of the Civil War Era During the Civil War, the Union army appeared cohesive enough to withstand four years...
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Porirua Publishing
Pub. Date:
2025
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English
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The Gentlemen in the White Hats by C. L. Douglas is a thrilling and richly detailed exploration of the legendary Texas Rangers, one of the most iconic law enforcement organizations in American history. Through vivid storytelling and meticulous research, Douglas brings to life the dramatic episodes, fearless characters, and enduring legacy of the Rangers, whose exploits have become the stuff of myth and folklore. From their formation in the early 19th...
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Once more mining the rich past, Pulitzer Prize—winning author Michael Chabon summons the rollicking spirit of legendary adventures in this wonderful new novel.
They’re an odd pair, to be sure: pale, rail-thin, black-clad Zelikman, a moody, itinerant physician fond of jaunty headgear, and ex-soldier Amram, a gray-haired giant of a man as quick with a razor-tongued witticism as he is with a sharpened battle-ax. Brothers under...
They’re an odd pair, to be sure: pale, rail-thin, black-clad Zelikman, a moody, itinerant physician fond of jaunty headgear, and ex-soldier Amram, a gray-haired giant of a man as quick with a razor-tongued witticism as he is with a sharpened battle-ax. Brothers under...
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Austin Macauley Publishers
Pub. Date:
2024
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English
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An evil family - a husband, his three sons, and their naive wife - are involved in drugs, prostitution, and child abuse. The policeman seeking to take them down partners with a vigilante sniper who employs various ruthless tactics to eliminate the family members and their equally corrupt female cousin. Meanwhile, a well-intentioned midwife hatches a misguided scheme to swap newborns between wealthy and disadvantaged mothers in an effort to provide...
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Dover Publications
Pub. Date:
2017
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English
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What should you do if you find a bug on your plate? How do you ask someone to dance? What's the least offensive way to enjoy your cigar? These and other questions of social decorum are answered in this classic etiquette book. Published just before the Civil War, this volume offers enduring advice for courtesy-challenged men. Common-sense suggestions for socializing, exercise, flirting, dining, and dressing reveal that the basics of proper behavior...
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Speedy Publishing LLC
Pub. Date:
2022
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English
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The surrender of General Lee at Appomattox officially ended the American Civil War. In this book, you will read about the events leading to the surrender, where it took place and how it happened. You will also read about the terms of surrender. From there, you will get to analyze if the terms were fair. Give an opinion of the Gentlemen's Agreement after reading this book.
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America's Best Comics
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<[2003]>-
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English
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4 stars
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As the 20th century begins, a league of extraordinary people--Allan Quatermain, Captain Nemo, Hawley Griffin, Dr. Henry Jekyll, Mr. Edward Hyde, Mina Murray--is formed in England to help the Empire deal with new dangers.
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A missing brooch. A face set in cement. This is not your average music festival. Lewis Sinclair, a stalwart and tender country musician, is about to take the stage with his band, the Gentlemen Cowboys, at the premier U.S. country music festival when his girl dumps him for the Cowboys' shifty manager. When that same manager ends up at FallFest's walk of fame with his handprints-and his head-in cement, Lew finds himself on the top ten most wanted list...
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Royal Spyness mysteries volume 15
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English
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3 stars
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Georgie is excited for her first Christmas as a married woman in her lovely new home. She suggests to her dashing husband, Darcy, that they have a little house party, but when Darcy receives a letter from his aunt Ermintrude, there is an abrupt change in plans. She has moved to a house on the edge of the Sandringham estate, near the royal family, and wants to invite Darcy and his new bride for Christmas. Aunt Ermintrude hints that the queen would...
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WildStorm Productions
Pub. Date:
[2007]
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English
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Mina Murray and Allan Quatermain, associates in the Murray Group, steal the Black Dossier, which contains a century of secrets about the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, and are chased through 1950s England as they learn about their own past.
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Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
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English
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Two showgirls set sail on a luxury liner bound for France. Hijinks on the high seas ensue as they discover they're being tailed by a detective hired by the father of Lorelei's boyfriend. By the time the ship reaches Paris, a missing diamond tiara lands the girls in hot water, but by following their hearts, they'll get out of trouble and on to the altar.