Memoirs of General William T. Sherman [Illustrated]

Memoirs of General William T. Sherman [Illustrated] Review

Memoirs of General William T. Sherman [Illustrated] Overview

General William Tecumseh Sherman was known as the first modern general. Commanding Union troops during the American Civil War. He was also heavily criticized for the harshness of the Scorched Earth policies that he implemented in conducting total war against the Confederate States. He is the commander responsible for the burning of Atlanta as depicted in Gone With the Wind.

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Amazing Grace: William Wilberforce and the Heroic Campaign to End Slavery

Amazing Grace: William Wilberforce and the Heroic Campaign to End Slavery Review

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Amazing Grace: William Wilberforce and the Heroic Campaign to End Slavery Overview

Amazing Grace tells the story of the remarkable life of the British abolitionist William Wilberforce (1759-1833). This accessible biography chronicles Wilberforce's extraordinary role as a human rights activist, cultural reformer, and member of Parliament.

At the center of this heroic life was a passionate twenty-year fight to abolish the British slave trade, a battle Wilberforce won in 1807, as well as efforts to abolish slavery itself in the British colonies, a victory achieved just three days before his death in 1833.

Metaxas discovers in this unsung hero a man of whom it can truly be said: he changed the world. Before Wilberforce, few thought slavery was wrong. After Wilberforce, most societies in the world came to see it as a great moral wrong.

To mark the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the British slave trade, HarperSanFrancisco and Bristol Bay Productions have joined together to commemorate the life of William Wilberforce with the feature-length film Amazing Grace and this companion biography, which provides a fuller account of the amazing life of this great man than can be captured on film.

This account of Wilberforce's life will help many become acquainted with an exceptional man who was a hero to Abraham Lincoln and an inspiration to the anti-slavery movement in America.

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The Collected Works of William Butler Yeats (Unexpurgated Edition) (Halcyon Classics)

The Collected Works of William Butler Yeats (Unexpurgated Edition) (Halcyon Classics) Review

The Collected Works of William Butler Yeats (Unexpurgated Edition) (Halcyon Classics) Overview

This Halcyon Classics collection contains dozens of works by William Butler Yeats, one of the foremost figures of 20th-Century English-language poetry, drama, and literature. Yeats (1865-1939) is best known for his poetry, for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1923, the first Irish writer so honored.

Yeats was born and educated in Dublin, studying poetry in his youth. From an early age he was fascinated by both Irish legends and the occult. Those topics feature in the first phase of his work, which lasted roughly until the turn of the century. His earliest volume of poetry was published in 1889. Yeats was also an important figure in the Irish Literary Revival, and a fervent Irish nationalist as well.

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Contents:

Poetry Collections

In the Seven Woods
Michael Robartes and the Dancer
The Celtic Twilight
The Green Helmet and Other Poems
The Wild Swans and Coole


Drama

The Countess Cathleen
The Hour-Glass
The Land of Heart’s Desire
The Unicorn from the Stars


Fiction

Irish Fairy Tales
Rosa Alchemica
Stories of Red Hanrahan
The Secret Rose


Biography

Four Years
Synge and the Ireland of His Time

This unexpurgated edition contains the complete text with errors and omissions corrected.

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The Making of a Royal Romance: William, Kate, and Harry--A Look Behind the Palace Walls (A revised and expanded edition of William and Harry: Behind the Palace Walls)

The Making of a Royal Romance: William, Kate, and Harry--A Look Behind the Palace Walls (A revised and expanded edition of William and Harry: Behind the Palace Walls) Review

The Making of a Royal Romance: William, Kate, and Harry--A Look Behind the Palace Walls (A revised and expanded edition of William and Harry: Behind the Palace Walls) Overview

William and Harry was an overnight sensation when it was published a week before Prince William and Kate Middleton’s engagement announcement in November 2010. Now the author, a royal insider and the royal correspondent for The Daily Mail, has updated and added crucial material that completes the story of the fairytale romance. In addition to providing fascinating insight into the lives and loves of two young men who are very much in the public spotlight worldwide, this updated version now becomes the definitive book that brings their story—and that of Kate Middleton, the future Queen Catherine—up to date.

 

With a new preface, an epilogue, and two new chapters, the author now fully reveals the secret marriage pact that William and Kate have had for several years, dispelling the notion that Kate Middleton has been “Waity Katie.” It paints a portrait of Kate by looking back at her family and childhood, her close friends and former boyfriends, and her ever-present devotion to the love of her life, Prince William. It reveals the domestic life that the two have been living in Wales, and provides a look at what the future holds for their new commitment. The epilogue focuses on the wedding preparations.

 

The book will be the most authoritative and entertaining guide to the royal family’s most widely anticipated public event since the wedding of Lady Diana Spencer and Prince Charles.

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The Life of Hon. William F. Cody, Known as Buffalo Bill, the Famous Hunter, Scout and Guide. an Autobiography

The Life of Hon. William F. Cody, Known as Buffalo Bill, the Famous Hunter, Scout and Guide. an Autobiography Review

Like several other biographies of this legendary Plainsman, Scout, Buffalo Hunter and Indian Fighter of the American Frontier, this book is comprised mostly of a reprint of William F. Cody's own Autobiography. What makes it a better source than many of the other reprints of Buffalo Bill Cody's fascinating 1879 acount of his early life and adventures until he reached the age of thirty-four, this volume includes an excellent foreword by another noted author and historian of the Wild West, Don Russell. His foreword makes this first complete reprinting of the original autobiography much more understandable and provides additional valuable insights into the man who coined the term "Wild West." Buffalo BIll was, without any doubt, what we often refer to as "The Real McCoy." While Cody could spin a good tale too, he was modest and humble about his own adventures. Later historians have mostly authenticated, with only minor corrections, his scary-thrilling, matter-of-fact and plain spoken recollections of his life and adventures.This is a very good read and hard to put down until the very end of the book.

The Life of Hon. William F. Cody, Known as Buffalo Bill, the Famous Hunter, Scout and Guide. an Autobiography Overview

Publisher: Hartford, Conn. : F.E. Bliss Subjects: Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.) Notes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be numerous typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or indexes. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there.

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