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1909

The Heart of the Antarctic: The Farthest South Expedition 1907-1909


Ernest Shackleton - 1909
    Now, Signet presents the only mass market edition of this history-making expedition, told by the man who led the treacherous journey in 1907. 16 pages of photos.

The Doré Lectures on Mental Science


Thomas Troward - 1909
    There is a greater intelligence hidden behind the normal cycles of the world and although it is a clear challenge for a mere individual to affect this intelligence, Troward shows how it can be done. Chapters include Entering into the Spirit of It, Individuality, The New Thought and the New Order, The Life of the Spirit, Alpha and Omega, The Creative Power of Thought, The Great Affirmative, Christ the Fulfilling of the Law, The Story of Eden, The Worship of Ishi, and more. Troward was a tremendous influence on some of the world's greatest teachers on the powers of the mind, including Ernest Holmes, Joseph Murphy, Emmett Fox and Frederick Bailes.

When the Holy Ghost Is Come


Samuel Logan Brengle - 1909
    The work of the Holy Spirit is to help us to achieve that purpose. Without His help we are unable to overcome the difficulties that are in the way, whether we consider them from the standpoint of the world or of the individual. If anyone could have looked at the state of the world at the time of our Lord's death he would surely have regarded the work which the Apostles were commissioned to attempt as the most utterly wild and impracticable enterprise that the human mind could conceive. And it was so, but for one fact. That fact was the promise of the Comforter, the Holy Spirit, to be the great Helper in the undertaking. And equally in the work of uniting the individual soul with God's purpose that Spirit is our Helper. In the work of righteousness He is a Partner with us. In the life of faith and prayer He is our unwavering Prompter and Guide. In the submission of our wills to God and the chastening of our spirits He is the great Co-worker with us. In the bearing of burdens and the enduring of trial and sorrow He joins hands with us to lead us on. In the purifying of every power from the taint of sin He is our Sanctifier.

Lives of Themistocles, Aristides, Pericles, Alcibiades & Coriolanus, Demosthenes & Cicero, Caesar & Antony


Plutarch - 1909
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The Chukchee


Waldemar Bogoras - 1909
    

The Sikh Religion V1: Its Gurus, Sacred Writings and Authors


Max Arthur Macauliffe - 1909
    

Some Summer Days in Iowa


Frederick John Lazell - 1909
    You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery.

The Book of Daniel Drew


Bouck White - 1909
    Told for the most part in his own salty language - of his early life as a cattle drover, as a profiteer of "watered" cattle (a scheme he later used in the stock deal in the famed Erie Railroad operation), of his building of a fortune on Wall Street and of his epic struggles with Commodore Vanderbilt including his unholy alliances with Gould, Fisk and Boss Tweed. Originally published in 1910, THE BOOK OF DANIEL DREW is a true classic of the stock market. It's a fascinating look at an era in American financial history whose ethos was "anything goes" and anything did!

Orpheus: A History of Religions


Salomon Reinach - 1909
    Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

G.K. Chesterton, a Criticism


Cecil Chesterton - 1909
    Writing intelligently and well on a wide variety of topics, G. K. Chesterton defied categorization. Although deeply patriotic, he was one of the few to oppose the Boer War. A gifted literary critic, he nevertheless defended 'penny dreadfuls' read by young boys and condemned by almost everyone else. And in an era of unbridled capitalism and fashionable socialism, he unleashed telling broadsides against both. In 1908 his brother Cecil wrote this biography. That book is now back in print in an enhanced and enlarged 'Centennial Edition' with numerous notes explaining the context and appendices with both sides of G. K. Chesterton's famous 1908 debate about socialism with H. G. Wells and Bernard Shaw, including Chesterton's marvelous "On Wells and a Glass of Beer."

Nests and Eggs Shown to the Children


A.H. Blaikie - 1909
    With 48 coloured plates of bird's nests and eggs.