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  Individual Responsibility...

  Booker T. Washington

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  Booker Taliaferro Washington (April 5, 1856 - November 14, 1915) was an American educator, author, orator, and adviser to several presidents of the United States. Between 1890 and 1915, Washington was the dominant leader in the African American community and of the contemporary black elite. Washington was from the last generation of black American leaders born into slavery and became the leading voice of the former slaves and their descendants. They were newly oppressed in the South by disenfranchisement and the Jim Crow discriminatory laws enacted in the post-Reconstruction Southern states in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITY: I have referred in a general way, before this, when I have been speaking to you, to the fact that each one of you ought to feel an interest in whatever task is set you to do here over and above the mere bearing which that task has on your own life.

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  Napoleon of Notting Hill The...

  G. K. Chesterton

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  In a London of the future, the drudgery of capitalism and bureaucracy have worn the human spirit down to the point where it can barely stand. When a pint-sized clerk named Auberon Quinn is randomly selected as head of state, he decides to turn London into a medieval carnival for his own amusement. One man, Adam Wayne, takes the new order of things seriously, organizing a Notting Hill army to fight invaders from other neighborhoods. At first his project baffles everyone, but eventually his dedication proves infectious, with delightful results. First published in 1904, The Napoleon of Notting Hill was Chesterton's first novel. It has been called the best first novel by any author in the twentieth century. Newly designed and typeset by Waking Lion Press.

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  Virginibus Puerisque III: On...

  Robert Louis Stevenson

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  Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson was a Scottish novelist, poet, and travel writer, and a leading representative of English literature. He was greatly admired by many authors, including Jorge Luis Borges, Ernest Hemingway, Rudyard Kipling and Vladimir Nabokov.
  VIRGINIBUS PUERISQUE III: On falling in love: "Lord, what fools these mortals be!"
  THERE is only one event in life which really astonishes a man and startles him out of his prepared opinions. Everything else befalls him very much as he expected.

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  Negore the Coward (Unabridged)

  Jack London

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  Jack London (born John Griffith Chaney, January 12, 1876 - November 22, 1916) was an American author, journalist, and social activist. He was a pioneer in the then-burgeoning world of commercial magazine fiction and was one of the first fiction writers to obtain worldwide celebrity and a large fortune from his fiction alone.
  NEGORE, THE COWARD: He had followed the trail of his fleeing people for eleven days, and his pursuit had been in itself a flight; for behind him he knew full well were the dreaded Russians, toiling through the swampy lowlands and over the steep divides, bent on no less than the extermination of all his people.

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  Bliss and Other Stories

  Katherine Mansfield

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  A collection of short stories by Katherine Mansfield, widely recognized as one of the greatest writers of her period, that capture with accuracy those emotionally-charged moments when an individual is most revealing.
  Prelude / Je ne Parle pas Français / Bliss / The Wind Blows / Psychology / Pictures / The Man without a Temperament / Mr. Reginald Peacock’s Day / Sun and Moon / Feuille d’Album / A Dill Pickle / The Little Governess / Revelations / The Escape

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  The Complete Works of Lewis Carroll

  Lewis Carroll

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  Step Into a World Where Logic Meets Pure Imagination.
  
  While his most famous characters are known by millions, the full scope of Lewis Carroll's genius is a vast landscape of wit, satire, and mathematical play. This comprehensive collection brings together the entire literary output of the man who redefined storytelling, proving that nonsense is often the highest form of wisdom.
  
  This collection explores the diverse pillars of his imagination:
  
  The Pioneer of Literary Nonsense: Experience the groundbreaking stories that abandoned the moralizing of the Victorian era in favor of pure, unchecked wonder and linguistic play.
  
  The Master of Verse: From epic satirical poems to short, playful rhymes, explore the rhythmic brilliance and invented languages that influenced generations of poets.
  
  The Mathematical Mind: As a professional logician, Carroll infused his fiction with riddles, paradoxes, and games that continue to challenge and delight the intellect.
  
  The Victorian Satirist: Discover the sharp social commentary hidden beneath the whimsy, offering a unique window into the eccentricities of his time.
  
  Lewis Carroll's work remains a cornerstone of human creativity, appealing to the curious child and the philosophical adult alike. Whether you are navigating a world of riddles or getting lost in a dreamscape of talking creatures, this volume is an essential treasury for any library of classic literature and imaginative fiction.
  
  Don't just scratch the surface of the looking glass. Buy the "Complete Works" today and own the entire horizon of Carroll's genius.

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