Jack Black's autobiography was a bestseller and went through five printings in the late 1920's. It has led a mostly subterranean existence since then - best known as William S. Burrough's favorite book, one he admitted lifting big chunks of from memory for his first novel, Junky. But it's time we got wise to this book, which is in itself a remarkably wise book - and a ripping true saga. It's an amazing journey into the hobo underworld: freight hopping around the still wide open West at the turn of the 20th century, becoming a member of the "yegg" (criminal) brotherhood and a highwayman, learning the outlaw philosophy from Foot-and-a-half George and the Sanctimonious Kid, getting hooked on opium, passing through hobo jungles, hop joints and penitentiaries. This is a chunk of the American story entirely left out of the history books - it's a lot richer and stranger than the official version. This new edition also includes an Afterword that tells some of what became of Black after he wore out the outlaw life and washed up in San Francisco, wrote this book and reinvented himself.

    Few write for the non-specialist as well as Will Durant, and this book is a splendid example of his eminently readable scholarship. Durant’s insight and wit never cease to dazzle; The Story of Philosophy is a key book for anyone who wishes to survey the history and development of philosophical ideas in the Western world.

    Gonzalez-Crussi, from the Introduction An international bestseller, translated into eighteen languages, Paul de Kruif’s classic account of the first scientists to see and learn about the microscopic world continues to fascinate new readers. This is a timeless dramatization of the scientists, bacteriologists, doctors, and medical technicians who discovered the microbes and invented the vaccines to counter them. De Kruif writes about how seemingly simple but really fundamental discovers of science—for instance, how a microbe was first viewed in a clear drop of rain water, and when, for the first time, Louis Pasteur discovered that a simple vaccine could save a man from the ravages of rabies by attacking the microbes that cause it.

    As commander he never lost a battle. Yet it is his adversary, Hannibal, who has lived on in the public memory, due mostly to his daring march through the Alps with his elephants. At the Battle of the Ticinus, Hannibal’s initial encounter with Roman arms, young Scipio first tasted warfare, rescuing his dangerously wounded, encircled father, who was also the Roman commander. By nineteen Scipio was the equivalent of a staff colonel and in 210 B.C. he was placed in supreme command. In three years he destroyed Carthaginian power in Spain and, after being made consul, took his forces to Africa, where he conquered Carthage’s great ally, Syphax. Two years later he clashed with Hannibal himself, annihilating his army in the decisive Battle of Zama. For this triumph and his other exploits in the Punic Wars, Scipio was awarded the title Africanus.In his fascinating portrait of this extraordinary commander, B. H. Liddell Hart writes, ”The age of generalship does not age, and it is because Scipio’s battles are richer in stratagems and ruses—many still feasible today—than those of any other commander in history that they are an unfailing object lesson.” Not only military enthusiasts and historians but all those interested in outstanding men will find this magnificent study absorbing and gripping.

     Born on a Dakota Sioux reservation he was taught the ways of the Native Americans from as soon as he could walk. At the tender age of fourteen, having had little formal education, he was supporting himself and learning from some of the last cowboys and frontiersmen of the Old West. These lessons would pay dividend in his later life, first as a tracker for the United States Army in the Apache Wars and later as a scout for the British Army in the Matebele Wars in Southern Africa. Frederick Burnham Russell was a remarkable figure who revolutionized the art of scouting in both the British and United States armies. Indeed his influence would lead his friend, Robert Baden-Powell, to begin the international Scouting Movement. In Scouting on Two Continents Burnham records the details of his brilliant life in fascinating detail and provides insight into the life of an unique adventurer in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. “Burnham in real life is more interesting than any of my heroes of romance.” Rider Haggard “Burnham is a most delightful companion ... amusing, interesting, and most instructive. Having seen service against the Red Indians he brings quite a new experience to bear on the Scouting work here. And while he talks away there’s not a thing escapes his quick roving eye, whether it is on the horizon or at his feet.” Robert Baden-Powell Frederick Burnham Russell has been described as the “Father of Scouting.” He fought in the Pleasant Valley War, Apache Wars, the First and Second Matabele Wars as well as the Second Boer War. His book Scouting on Two Continents was first published in 1926. He passed away in 1947.

    With 105 Illustrations from photographs, and many cartoons, sketches, maps, and letters. In Two Volumes, Volume One.

    2 of a 2 vol. set. The author planned composing this book for nearly thirty years. He desired to make a particular portrait of Lincoln, that being a sketch of the country lawyer and prairie politician who was intimate with the settlers of the Knox County neighborhood where the author grew up. Sandburg heard the conversations of men and women who had eaten with Lincoln, given him a bed overnight, heard his jokes and lingo, remembered his silences and his mobile face. Illustrated.

    The author of this huge work has now himself been added to the calendar of saints of the Orthodox Church, St. Nikolai Velimirovich. He served the Church as a bishop in both his native Serbia and the United States, and survived a Nazi torture camp. He was a great scholar, storyteller, and poet, as well as a great preacher and pastor.These two volumes cover every day of the Orthodox Church ecclesiastical year with wonderful devotional and educational material for the edification of Christian individuals and families who wish to immerse themselves in the life of the Church. They may also be used as reference sources for the lives of the saints by using the alphabetical index of saints' names at the back of each volume. The title of these books was given as The Prologue from Ochrid in the earlier abridged 4-volume edition published in England. The author's name is often transliterated into English as "Nikolaj Velimirovich".This two-volume American edition published in 2002 is the only complete and unabridged edition in English, and includes the remarkable hymns written by St. Nikolai. It is a new translation from the original Serbian.The good translation, readable type, pleasing layouts, and quality binding make this the definitive English edition of the Prologue. --- Randall Mark Trainer

    Surveys main currents in Western thought through eight centuries.

    History in English Words, his classic historical excursion through the English language, is now back in print after five years.This popular book provides a brief, brilliant history of those who have spoken the Indo-European tongues. It is illustrated throughout by current English words—whose derivation from other languages, whose history in use and changes of meaning—record and unlock the larger history."In our language alone, not to speak of its many companions, the past history of humanity is spread out in an imperishable map, just as the history of the mineral earth lies embedded in the layers of its outer crust.... Language has preserved for us the inner, living history of our soul. It reveals the evolution of consciousness" (Owen Barfield).About the Author:Owen Barfield (1898-1997), British philosopher and critic, has been called the "First and Last Inkling" because of his influential and enduring role in the group known as the Oxford Inklings, which included C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, and Charles Williams. It was Barfield who first advanced the ideas about language, myth, and belief that became identified with the thought and art of the Inklings. He is the author of numerous books, including Poetic Diction; Romanticism Comes of Age; Unancestoral Voice; History, Guilt, and Habit; and Worlds Apart, as well as works of fiction and poetry. His history of the evolution of human consciousness, Saving the Appearances: A Study in Idolatry, achieved a place in the list of the "100 Best Spiritual Books of the Century."

    With 426 Illustrations from photographs, and many cartoons, sketches, maps, and letters. In Four Volumes, Volume Three.

    First Edition, June 1926. Code number (?) on back of title page says 821601.Maps included.

    It would sketch the country lawyer and prairie politician who was intimate with the settlers of the neighborhood where I grew up as a boy, and where I heard the talk of men and women who had eaten with Lincoln, given him a bed overnight, heard his jokes and lingo, remembered his silences and his mobile face."The folk-lore Lincoln, the elusive Lincoln is a challenge for any artist. He has enough lights and shadows and changing tints to call out portraits of him in his Illinois backgrounds and settings -- even if never President."

    This book takes an anthropological perspective in its exploration of the Mongolian landscape and culture, as well as a paleontologist's point of view when discussing the fossils uncovered, from dinosaur eggs to a Protoceratop's skull.

    By Carl Sandburg. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1926 - 1939. An exhaustive work on Abraham Lincoln, with hundreds of photographs, maps. letters and other illustrations. Sandburg's Abraham Lincoln was called "the greatest historical biography of our generation."Abraham Lincoln: The War Years received the 1940 Pulitzer Prize for History.Volume I: The Prairie Years - 1, 1926, 480 p., frontispiece plus 20 illustrations and 16 p. of photographs. Volume II: The Prairie Years - 2, 1926, 482 p., index, frontispiece plus 16 illustrations and 16 p. of photographs. Volume III: The War Years - 1, 1939, 660 p., 77 illustrations plus 15 p. of photographs. Volume IV: The War Years - 2, 1939, 655 p., 53 illustrations plus 31 p. of photographs. Volume V: The War Years - 3, 1939, 673 p., 59 illustrations plus 31 p. of photographs. Volume VI: The War Years - 4, 1939, 515 p., index, 46 illustrations plus 31 p. of photographs. The Sangamon Edition. Six Volumes. Each 9.5" x 6.25", original red cloth with blind-stamped Lincoln profile on front covers, gilt and black ruled and lettered spines, illustrated with photographs, cartoons, sketches, maps, and letters.

    Biography of the third president of the United States and author of the Declaration of Independence. He was one of the most brilliant individuals in history. His interests were boundless, and his accomplishments were great and varied. He was a philosopher, educator, naturalist, politician, scientists, architect, inventor, pioneer in scientific farming, musician, and writer, and he was the foremost spokesman for democracy of his day.

    Of its 142 books, we have just 35, and short summaries of all the rest except two. The whole work was, long after his death, divided into Decades or series of ten. Books 1-10 we have entire; books 11-20 are lost; books 21-45 are entire, except parts of 41 and 43-45. Of the rest only fragments and the summaries remain. In splendid style Livy, a man of wide sympathies and proud of Rome's past, presented an uncritical but clear and living narrative of the rise of Rome to greatness.The Loeb Classical Library edition of Livy is in fourteen volumes. The last volume includes a comprehensive index.

    He always replies: 'There is no secret. You either enjoy yourself or you do not. If you do, say so; if you do not - say so ' This disarming sincerity is, perhaps, responsible for the charm and fascination of his books. The feel and smell of the countryside, also a sense of movement, find their way into these light-hearted wanderings, and, combined with humour, acute observation, sympathy and an engaging curiosity, have justly gained for them a wide and increasing popularity. This book is full of anecdotes from his nightly trawls of London, packed with humour and charm. Contents Include: The Nights of London - The Dead City - When the 'Tubes' Stop - Ships at Night - Under Waterloo Bridge - A Jungle Night - At a Stage Door - Night in Hospital - Fan-Tan - Drama on Wheels - Cabaret - The First Edition - A Lost Day - 'Sir Percivale' - White and Yellow - Ambition's Road - Love and Youth - Omnibuses in Bed - Dining Out - The 'Spring Onion' - 'Charlie Brown's' - Fire - Behind the Scenes - Gladiators - The Unborn Home - Chinese New Year - The Happy Man - Sorting the '5.30' - The Thames: Two A.M. - Bloomsbury - The 'Old Vic' - The East's 'West End' - A Suburban Dance - 'Pub Crawlers' - A Night Club - To Anywhere - Our Last Inn - Dawn Over London

    The author of this episodic but vivid series of sketches, John W. Thomason, was a Captain in the Corps, descended from a distinguished Southern military family. A natural writer, his colloquial account follows the Marines through France, giving an account of their most famous- and bloodiest - actions, including the Argonne Forest, Belleau Wood, Chateau Thierry, Mont Blanc and St Mihiel. As well as the fighting itself, Thomason is good on off-duty anecdotes. First-hand American accounts of the Great War are rare. This is one of the best. It is profusely illustrated by the author's own excellent drawings

    This is his account of the three separate expeditions to Mount Everest in 1921, 1922 and 1924—the expedition in which Mallory and Irving lost their lives.

    Shepard.

    He left a description of Greece in ten books, which is like a topographical guidebook or tour of Attica, the Peloponnese, and central Greece, filled out with historical accounts and events and digressions on facts and wonders of nature. His chief interest was the monuments of art and architecture, especially the most famous of them; the accuracy of his descriptions of these is proved by surviving remains.The Loeb Classical Library edition of Pausanias is in five volumes; the fifth volume contains maps, plans, illustrations, and a general index.

    The book is divided into sections dealing with early names, territorial divisions, general surveys of areas; it also looks at saints, church terms, and river names. This is essential reading for anyone interested in Scottish history and the derivations of place-names the length and breadth of the country.

    CONTENTS: Proclamation upon the Death of Woodrow Wilson, February 3, 1924 The Democracy of Sports The United Nation Freedom and its Obligations The Progress of a People Economy in the Interest of All Education: the Cornerstone of Self-government What it Means to Be a Boy Scout Equality of Rights The High Place of Labor Ordered Liberty and World Peace Authority and Religious Liberty A Free Republic Good Sportsmanship Patriotism in Time of Peace Religion and the Republic The Genius of America Discriminating Benevolence The Duties of Citizenship The Press under a Free Government Inaugural Address, March 4, 1925 The Spiritual Unification of America The Reign of Law The Navy as a Instrument of Peace Contribution of the Norsemen to America Washington Toleration and Liberalism Jose De San Martin, Latin-American Liberator Government and Business The Farmer and the Nation Constructive Economy Journalism in the New World The New Responsibilities of Women Training Youth for Character States Rights and National Unity John Ericsson Ways to Peace The Inspiration of the Declaration Index

    Lives of the Saints and Homilies for Every Day in the Year: July, August, September

    D. S. Mirsky constantly keeps in mind the ever-colorful and ever-changing aspects of the one in discussing the other. Sound in judgment, luminescent, and exquisitely written, Mirsky's book is essential reading for anyone interested in one of the world's great literatures. A History of Russian Literature covers the beginning of Russian fiction, the Age of Classicism, the Age of Gogol, and the poets, journalists, novelists, and playwrights of the Age of Realism.

    Oldest brother John is forced to maturity when tragedy strikes his family. When his father and mother both die on the journey from their home in Missouri to a new home in Oregon, John Sager, only thirteen, continues as the leader of seven children. In spite of tremendous hardships they successfully complete the trek.

    Don Juan was a Persian Moslem who became a Spanish Roman Catholic. His description of Persia and his account of the wars waged by the Persians during the sixteenth century considerably add to modern day knowledge of the history of the period. The book describes the Safavi rule as first established, and the system of government set up in the prime of Shah 'Abbas, as well as being an account of the long journey from Isfah?n to Valladolid. Guy Le Strange's comprehensive introduction places the book in its historical context, as well as providing important information on how the book was written. Many of the inaccuracies of the original text are corrected in translation with references and notes added to the index to guide the reader.

    It recaptures the voices of slaves and freemen, lawyers, ministers, and political and philosophical leaders, including Frederick Douglass and William Lloyd Garrison. An essential reference for students of American history and politics.

    Order had been to some extent restored; the desire for order and for peace was at any rate widespread. The opportunity for fruitful development, both in the sphere of ecclesiastical and of secular government, and also in those pursuits which especially needed peace for their prosecution, such as culture and commerce, had now arrived. We have to deal, then, with a period, on the one hand, of new movements and new ideas—the appearance of new monastic orders, a renaissance of thought and learning, the rise of towns and the expansion of commerce; on the other, of consolidation and centralization—the organization of the monarchical government of the Church, the development of monarchical institutions in the various countries of Europe, and, to give direction and solidity to the whole, the revived study of Civil and Canon Law. Finally, and most novel of all, we see Europe at once divided by the great conflict of Empire and Papacy and united by the Crusades in the holy war against the infidel. The former as well as the latter implies a conception of the unity of Western Christendom, a unity which found expression in the universal Church. For the Church alone was universal, European, international; and, as its institutions begin to take more definite form, the more deeply is this character impressed upon them.The volume opens with a chapter on the Reform of the Church, which was not merely a prelude to, but also a principal cause of, the striking events that followed; for in the pursuit of the work of reform the Papacy both developed its own organization and was brought into conflict with the secular power. In the first half of the eleventh century, it had been entirely dominated by the secular interests of the local nobles. It had been rescued by the Emperor Henry III, and Pope Leo IX had immediately taken his natural place as leader of the reform movement. When he undertook personally, in France, Germany, and Italy, the promulgation and enforcement of the principles of reform, he made the universality of papal power a reality; the bishops might mutter, but the people adored. The Papacy was content to take a subordinate place while Henry III was alive; Henry IV's minority worked a complete change. The first great step was the Papal Election Decree of Nicholas II, and, though the attempt of the Roman nobles to recover their influence was perhaps the immediate cause, the Papacy took the opportunity to shake off imperial control as well. An opening for interference still remained in the case of a disputed election, as was clearly shown in the contest of Innocent II and Anastasius II, and especially in that of Alexander III and Victor IV. This gap was closed by the Third Lateran Council in 1179, which decreed that whoever obtained the votes of two-thirds of the cardinals should be declared Pope.Chapters:I. THE REFORM OF THE CHURCHII. GREGORY VII AND THE FIRST CONTEST BETWEEN EMPIRE AND PAPACY.III. GERMANY UNDER HENRY IV AND HENRY VIV THE CONQUEST OF SOUTH ITALY AND SICILY BY THE NORMANS.V. THE ITALIAN CITIES TILL c. 1200.VI ISLAM IN SYRIA AND EGYPT, 750-1100.VII THE FIRST CRUSADE.VIII THE KINGDOM OF JERUSALEM, 1099-1291.IX. THE EFFECTS OF THE CRUSADES UPON WESTERN EUROPE.X GERMANY, 1125-1152.XI ITALY, 1125-1152.XII FREDERICK BARBAROSSA AND GERMANY.XIII. FREDERICK BARBAROSSA AND THE LOMBARD LEAGUE.XIV THE EMPEROR HENRY VIXV. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE DUCHY OF NORMANDY AND THE NORMAN CONQUEST OF ENGLAND.XVI. ENGLAND, 1087-1154.XVII. ENGLAND: HENRY II.XVIII. FRANCE: LOUIS VI AND LOUIS VII (1108-1180).XIX. THE COMMUNAL MOVEMENT, ESPECIALLY IN FRANCE.XX. THE MONASTIC ORDERS.XXI. ROMAN AND CANON LAW IN THE MIDDLE AGES.XXII. MEDIEVAL SCHOOLS TO c. 1300.XXIII. PHILOSOPHY IN THE MIDDLE AGES.

    He describes the sharp contradictions this new situation entails, and highlights the revolutionary prospects for the working class of the world.

    

    From the diary of Edward Mandell House, the self-styled Colonel House (colonel in nickname only), who served as President Woodrow Wilson's closest confidant during the four years of the First World War. By reading the House diary, one becomes a witness to one of the most exciting periods in history. To Colonel House, the election of President Wilson heralded the dawn of a new age of progress and reform. The advent of World War I brought a halt to his domestic program, but enlarged House's sphere of observation and contacts. Peacemaking brought him into contact with the leaders of virtually every country in the world. Kings, presidents, and leaders of new movements come vividly to life with House's words.

    It is signed by Pechkoff with a personal dedication to Irving Thalberg .