The author of acclaimed biographies of Emile Zola and Flaubert now offers an ambitious, far-reaching portrait of fin-de-siecle France.

From the highly acclaimed author of Zola: A Life comes the definitive biography of Gustave Flaubert on the 150th anniversary of Madame Bovary’s publication.

This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing’s Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because…

Introduces readers to well-being from a positive psychology perspective and encourages adopting proactive approaches to healthy living. Topics range from strengthening our immune system through nutrition, exercise, and sleep to…

The northward movement of the colored population a statistical study. This book, The northward movement of the colored population, by Frederick J. Brown, is a replication of a book originally…

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

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This meticulously researched genealogy traces the lineage of William Frederick Darley and Jemina Brown Thirkell, two prominent figures in early colonial America. The book contains extensive records of their ancestors…

In the early twentieth century, along the Mississippi River, the youngest child of a railroad engineer began a life journey that was marked by events shaping the years leading the…