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Micrographia (Summarized Edition)

Enriched edition. Microscopic observations and experimental science in 17th-century England: non-fiction classic of natural philosophy with innovative illustrations

by Robert Hooke, Sophia Webb, Sophia Webb ...

Micrographia (1665) opens a vast new world by recording, in crystalline prose and sumptuous copperplates, the textures and structures of minute bodies—flea and louse, bee-sting and feather, mold, needle point, and the honeycombed cork in which Hooke first named the 'cells.' Organized as a sequence of observations with reflective 'Inquiries,' the book marries measurement with speculation, and sets ... Read more

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Micrographia (1665) opens a vast new world by recording, in crystalline prose and sumptuous copperplates, the textures and structures of minute bodies—flea and louse, bee-sting and feather, mold, needle point, and the honeycombed cork in which Hooke first named the 'cells.' Organized as a sequence of observations with reflective 'Inquiries,' the book marries measurement with speculation, and sets
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Les Propheties (Summarized Edition)

Enriched edition. Cryptic poetry and enigmatic quatrains from a 16th-century seer: astrology, prophecy, mystical insights, and apocalyptic visions

by Nostradamus, Rosalind Thatcher, Sophia Webb ...

Translated by Edgar Leoni ...

First published in 1555 and enlarged thereafter, Les Propheties gathers cryptic quatrains into ten Centuries. Ominous scenes of comets, kings, sieges, and plague are cast in dense, rhymed lines whose anagrams, ellipses, and multilingual puns practice studied obscurity. Blending biblical prophecy, medieval astrology, and humanist erudition, the sequence voices Europe's crisis imagination on the eve ... Read more

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First published in 1555 and enlarged thereafter, Les Propheties gathers cryptic quatrains into ten Centuries. Ominous scenes of comets, kings, sieges, and plague are cast in dense, rhymed lines whose anagrams, ellipses, and multilingual puns practice studied obscurity. Blending biblical prophecy, medieval astrology, and humanist erudition, the sequence voices Europe's crisis imagination on the eve
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Catherine de Medici (Summarized Edition)

Enriched edition. Renaissance-Era French Court Intrigue, 16th‑Century Politics, Romance, and the Wars of Religion

by Honoré de Balzac, Kara Brackley, Sophia Webb ...

Translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley ...

Balzac's Catherine de Medici, a triptych within La Comédie humaine, reconstructs the Valois court through a blend of documentary citation and high drama. Set amid the Wars of Religion, it follows the queen mother's calculations among Guises, Bourbons, and Huguenot chiefs, her recourse to astrologers like the Ruggieri, and the workings of raison d'État. Rather than sensationalize episodes like St. ... Read more

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Balzac's Catherine de Medici, a triptych within La Comédie humaine, reconstructs the Valois court through a blend of documentary citation and high drama. Set amid the Wars of Religion, it follows the queen mother's calculations among Guises, Bourbons, and Huguenot chiefs, her recourse to astrologers like the Ruggieri, and the workings of raison d'État. Rather than sensationalize episodes like St.
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Eight Homilies against the Jews (Summarized Edition)

Enriched edition. Persuasive 4th-Century Sermons on Christianity and Judaism, Cultural Tensions, and Biblical Polemic

by John Chrysostom, Brielle Kestridge, Sophia Webb ...

Eight Homilies Against the Jews comprises late fourth-century Antiochene sermons in which John Chrysostom chastises Christians who visited synagogues and observed Jewish festivals. Blending expository exegesis with courtroom invective, he wields Pauline argument, Septuagint proof-texts, typology, and relentless anaphora to assert Christian supersession and deter 'judaizing'. The homilies are ... Read more

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Eight Homilies Against the Jews comprises late fourth-century Antiochene sermons in which John Chrysostom chastises Christians who visited synagogues and observed Jewish festivals. Blending expository exegesis with courtroom invective, he wields Pauline argument, Septuagint proof-texts, typology, and relentless anaphora to assert Christian supersession and deter 'judaizing'. The homilies are
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Zetetic Astronomy: Earth Not a Globe! (Summarized Edition)

Enriched edition. Empirical challenges to nineteenth-century astronomy and the zetetic method in the Earth-shape debate

by Parallax, Landon Marwick, Sophia Webb ...

Zetetic Astronomy: Earth Not a Globe! assembles experiments, anecdotes, and vignettes to argue that Earth's surface is planar, circled by an Antarctic ice barrier, and roofed by a nearby, circling sun and moon. Written in forthright Victorian prose, the treatise privileges everyday sight over mathematical abstraction, invoking canals, horizons, and perspective to counter Newtonian cosmology. ... Read more

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Zetetic Astronomy: Earth Not a Globe! assembles experiments, anecdotes, and vignettes to argue that Earth's surface is planar, circled by an Antarctic ice barrier, and roofed by a nearby, circling sun and moon. Written in forthright Victorian prose, the treatise privileges everyday sight over mathematical abstraction, invoking canals, horizons, and perspective to counter Newtonian cosmology.
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A Magician among the Spirits (Summarized Edition)

Enriched edition. A Magician's Biography of Early 20th‑Century Spiritualism—Exposing Psychic Frauds with Illusion Techniques

by Harry Houdini, Sophia Webb, Sophia Webb ...

A Magician Among the Spirits is Houdini's incisive autopsy of the seance vogue that followed war and pandemic. In a cool, prosecutorial prose, he inventories slate-writing, trumpets, ectoplasm, billet tests, and spirit photography, then reconstructs, step by step, the methods that produced them. Mixing case files, affidavits, and on-the-spot trials, he situates his exposures within the ... Read more

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A Magician Among the Spirits is Houdini's incisive autopsy of the seance vogue that followed war and pandemic. In a cool, prosecutorial prose, he inventories slate-writing, trumpets, ectoplasm, billet tests, and spirit photography, then reconstructs, step by step, the methods that produced them. Mixing case files, affidavits, and on-the-spot trials, he situates his exposures within the
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Merck's 1899 Manual of the Materia Medica (Summarized Edition)

Enriched edition. Turn-of-the-Century Pharmacology & Herbal Remedy Compendium with Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Detailed Dosage Guidelines

by Merck, Sophia Webb, Sophia Webb ...

Merck's 1899 Manual of the Materia Medica is a compact, alphabetized pharmaco-therapeutic compendium that inventories late nineteenth-century drugs, chemicals, and botanicals with their synonyms, preparations, doses, and cautions. Written in a terse, telegraphic style optimized for the pocket and the dispensary bench, it distills contemporary physiological actions, indications, incompatibilities, ... Read more

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Merck's 1899 Manual of the Materia Medica is a compact, alphabetized pharmaco-therapeutic compendium that inventories late nineteenth-century drugs, chemicals, and botanicals with their synonyms, preparations, doses, and cautions. Written in a terse, telegraphic style optimized for the pocket and the dispensary bench, it distills contemporary physiological actions, indications, incompatibilities,
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Trent's Last Case (Summarized Edition)

Enriched edition. An early 20th-century gentleman-sleuth whodunit of mysterious murder, literary parody, and unique twists—first case in a classic series

by E. C. Bentley, Sophia Webb, Sophia Webb ...

Published in 1913, Trent's Last Case introduces Philip Trent, a painter-journalist probing the death of an American tycoon on his English estate. Bentley inverts the Holmesian model: the detective falls in love, misreads clues, and revises his own theory. Fair-play evidence abounds, yet multiple provisional solutions dramatize how perception, desire, and the press manufacture narratives. The prose ... Read more

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Published in 1913, Trent's Last Case introduces Philip Trent, a painter-journalist probing the death of an American tycoon on his English estate. Bentley inverts the Holmesian model: the detective falls in love, misreads clues, and revises his own theory. Fair-play evidence abounds, yet multiple provisional solutions dramatize how perception, desire, and the press manufacture narratives. The prose
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An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation (Summarized Edition)

Enriched edition. Utilitarian Foundations for Law, Ethics, and Legislation in 18th-Century British Political Thought

by Jeremy Bentham, Sophia Webb, Sophia Webb ...

An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation presents utilitarianism as a practical science of lawmaking. Bentham states the principle of utility, devises the felicific calculus, distinguishes four sanctions, and builds a taxonomy of offenses to guide proportionate punishment. Written in an austere, classificatory style with definitions and careful distinctions, the treatise joins ... Read more

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An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation presents utilitarianism as a practical science of lawmaking. Bentham states the principle of utility, devises the felicific calculus, distinguishes four sanctions, and builds a taxonomy of offenses to guide proportionate punishment. Written in an austere, classificatory style with definitions and careful distinctions, the treatise joins
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The Complete Opera Book (Summarized Edition)

Enriched edition. An insightful guide to opera—analysis, historical context, arias and librettos, character studies, and an overview of the great works.

by Gustav Kobbé, Clayton Kimball, Sophia Webb ...

The Complete Opera Book distills the repertory into lucid plot synopses, cast lists, premiere histories, and concise musical commentary, with notated themes and leitmotifs. Kobbé moves with journalistic clarity and scholarly tact from Mozart and Rossini through Verdi, Wagner, and Puccini, balancing anecdote with analysis and situating each work within its national school. Written when opera houses ... Read more

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The Complete Opera Book distills the repertory into lucid plot synopses, cast lists, premiere histories, and concise musical commentary, with notated themes and leitmotifs. Kobbé moves with journalistic clarity and scholarly tact from Mozart and Rossini through Verdi, Wagner, and Puccini, balancing anecdote with analysis and situating each work within its national school. Written when opera houses
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Ireland under the Tudors (Summarized Edition)

Enriched edition. Tudor Conquest and Resistance in 16th-Century Ireland: Plantations, Rebellion, and the Elizabethan Struggle over Church and State

by Richard Bagwell, Sophia Webb, Sophia Webb ...

Ireland under the Tudors (Vol. 1–3) offers a sweeping, source-led history of the Tudor reconquest from Henry VII to Elizabeth I's final campaigns. Drawing on the Calendars of State Papers, royal correspondence, and Irish annals, Bagwell narrates rebellions (Kildare, Desmond, O'Neill), church reform, and the machinery of governance—surrender and regrant, presidencies, martial law, plantation. The ... Read more

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Ireland under the Tudors (Vol. 1–3) offers a sweeping, source-led history of the Tudor reconquest from Henry VII to Elizabeth I's final campaigns. Drawing on the Calendars of State Papers, royal correspondence, and Irish annals, Bagwell narrates rebellions (Kildare, Desmond, O'Neill), church reform, and the machinery of governance—surrender and regrant, presidencies, martial law, plantation. The
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Trent's Last Case

by E.C. Bentley ...

Series series Classic Detective Presents
“Another gripping novel from Classic Detective Presents”…Trent's Last Case is a detective novel written by E.C. Bentley and first published in 1913. Its central character reappeared subsequently in the novel Trent's Own Case (1936) and the short-story collection Trent Intervenes (1938).Trent's Last Case is actually the first novel in which gentleman sleuth Philip Trent appears. The novel is a ... Read more

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“Another gripping novel from Classic Detective Presents”…Trent's Last Case is a detective novel written by E.C. Bentley and first published in 1913. Its central character reappeared subsequently in the novel Trent's Own Case (1936) and the short-story collection Trent Intervenes (1938).Trent's Last Case is actually the first novel in which gentleman sleuth Philip Trent appears. The novel is a
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