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  Lincoln - America's President

  Robert Todd Lincoln Beckwith

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  Robert Todd Lincoln Beckwith's detailed biography covers the places in Lincoln's life: Indiana, Illinois, and Washington. It also traces his various roles as storekeeper, serviceman, state legislator, lawyer, politician, Republican Party leader, and of course President. Along the way, we learn about his days of hardship as a beginning lawyer, his love for Anne Rutledge, such myths as "Honest Abe," and his deep concerns over the issue of slavery. The author uses Lincoln's correspondence with others to show his personality traits and opinions about topics of his world. 
   
  Abraham Lincoln was an American lawyer and statesman who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination in 1865. 

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  Delights and Prejudices

  James Beard

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  A richly evocative memoir from the man whom the New York Times dubbed the “dean of American cookery,” recalling the flavors of his past In this delightful culinary journey, James Beard takes us back to the earliest days of his childhood when he started developing his precocious palate and lifelong “taste memories”—the ability to savor and remember the tastes and sensations of food. His enthusiasm for flavors, no matter how bold, would define Beard for the rest of his life.   From devouring a raw onion as an infant to scouring the globe in search of local flavors as an adult, Delights and Prejudices is full of witty and illuminating stories that open a door into the world of one of America’s first and perhaps greatest epicures.   Packed with more than one hundred fifty recipes, including corn chili soufflé, fried oysters, and peach preserves, this very personal account of his life is as close to an autobiography as Beard ever penned. For those who love to cook or simply love to eat, there remains no better teacher than James Beard.

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  Twenty-Two Years a Slave and...

  Austin Steward

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  "Twenty-Two Years a Slave, and Forty Years a Freeman" is a slave narrative, detailing Austin Steward's early life of enslavement and escape, as well as his years of freedom and work at Wilber force Colony.
  Austin Steward (1793 – 1869) was an African-American abolitionist and author. He was born a slave and escaped from Virginia at about age 21, settling in Rochester, New York, and then Canada.
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  Slave Life on the Plantation
  At the Great House
  Horse-racing and Its Consequences
  Journey to Our New Home in New York
  Incidents at Sodus Bay
  Removal From Sodus to Bath
  Dueling
  Horse-racing and General Training
  Death Bed and Bridal Scenes
  Hired Out to a New Master
  Thoughts on Freedom
  Capt. Helm — Divorce — Kidnapping
  Locate in the Village of Rochester
  Incidents in Rochester and Vicinity
  Sad Reverses of Capt. Helm
  British Emancipation of Slavery
  Oration — Termination of Slavery
  Condition of Free Colored People
  Persecution of the Colored People
  Removal to Canada
  Roughing It in the Wilds of Canada
  Narrow Escape of a Smuggler
  Narrative of Two Fugitives From Virginia
  Pleasant Re-union of Old and Tried Friends
  Private Losses and Private Difficulties
  Incidents and Peculiarities of the Indians
  Our Difficulties With Israel Lewis
  Desperation of a Fugitive Slave
  A Narrow Escape From My Enemies
  Death of B. Paul, and Return of His Brother
  My Family Return to Rochester
  The Land Agent and the Squatter
  Character and Death of I. Lewis
  My Return to Rochester
  Bishop Brown — Death of My Daughter
  Celebration of the First of August
  Correspondence Letter From A. Steward to Wm. L. Garrison

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  Stihotvorenia

  Mara Belcheva

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  The Wolf in the Parlor - The...

  Jon Franklin

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  Of all the things hidden in plain sight, dogs are one of the most enigmatic. They are everywhere, but how much do we really know about where they came from and what the implications are of their place in our world? Jon Franklin set out to find out and ended up spending a decade studying the origins and significance of the dog and its peculiar attachment to humans. As the intellectual pursuit of his subject began to take over Franklin's life, he married a dog lover and was quickly introduced to an ancient and powerful law of nature: Love me, love my dog. Soon Franklin was sharing hearth and home with a soulful and clever poodle named Charlie.And so began one man's journey to the dogs, an odyssey that would take him from a 12,000-year-old grave to a conclusion so remarkable as to change our perception of ourselves. Building on evolutionary science, archaeology, behavioral science, and the firsthand experience of watching his own dog evolve from puppy to family member, Franklin posits that man and dog are more than just inseparable; they are part and parcel of the same creature. Along the way, The Wolf in the Parlor imparts a substantial yet painless education on subjects as far-ranging as psychological evolution and neurochemistry. In this groundbreaking book, master storyteller Franklin shatters the lens through which we see the world and shows us an unexpected, enthralling picture of the human/canine relationship.

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  Infinite Baseball - Notes from a...

  Alva Noe

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  In this deeply entertaining book, philosopher and baseball fan Alva Noë explores the many unexpected ways in which baseball is truly a philosophical kind of game. For example, he ponders how observers of baseball are less interested in what happens, than in who is responsible for what happens; every action receives praise or blame. To put it another way, in baseball—as in the law—we decide what happened based on who is responsible for what happened. Noe also explains the curious activity of keeping score: a score card is not merely a record of the game, like a video recording; it is an account of the game. Baseball requires that true fans try to tell the story of the game, in real time, as it unfolds, and thus actively participate in its creation. 
  Some argue that baseball is fundamentally a game about numbers. Noe's wide-ranging, thoughtful observations show that, to the contrary, baseball is not only a window on language, culture, and the nature of human action, but is intertwined with deep and fundamental human truths. The book ranges from the nature of umpiring and the role of instant replay, to the nature of the strike zone, from the rampant use of surgery to controversy surrounding performance enhancing drugs. Throughout, Noe's observations are surprising and provocative. Infinite Baseball is a book for the true baseball fan.

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