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Memoirs of the Author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
by William GodwinGodwin worked with Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley at the turn of the 19th century to advocate for social progress. In these, his memoirs, he reflects on that work as well as his and Shelley's various other passions. The work here was severely criticized at the time and long unavailable. Here, Clemit and Walker provide context, explication, and an introduction to Godwin's memoir.
Memoirs of the Court of St. Cloud, Volume 1
by StewartonThe present work contains particulars of the great Napoleon not to be found in any other publication, and forms an interesting addition to the information generally known about him.
Memoirs of the Court of St. Cloud, Volume 7
by StewartonSecret Letters from a Gentleman at Paris to a Nobleman in London
Memoirs of the Late War – Vol. I. (Memoirs of the Late War #1)
by Captain John Henry CookeThis ebook is purpose built and is proof-read and re-type set from the original to provide an outstanding experience of reflowing text for an ebook reader.An anthology of memoirs of the Peninsular War and the abortive attack on Bergen-op-Zoom in 1814. This second volume includes two accounts from either end (chronologically) of Captain Cooke's narrative on the initial campaign into Spain in 1809 under the Duke of Wellington, recounted by the Earl of Munster. It also recounts the disastrous night attack on Bergen-op-Zoom by the British troops under Lord Lynedoch by Lieutenant Moodie, in which he leaves out none of the horrific carnage of the bungling coup de main. Title - Memoirs of the Late War - Vol. II Sub-Title - Series Name - Memoirs of the Late War Series Number --2 Authors -- Captain John Henry Cooke (????-????); George Augustus Frederick, 1st Earl of Munster (1794-1842); Lieutenant John W. D. Moodie (1789-1815) Text taken, whole and complete, from the edition published in 1831, London, by Henry Colbourn and Richard Bentley. Original - 321 pages.
Memoirs of the Late War – Vol. II. (Memoirs of the Late War #2)
by George Augustus Frederick, 1st Earl of MunsterThis ebook is purpose built and is proof-read and re-type set from the original to provide an outstanding experience of reflowing text for an ebook reader. An anthology of memoirs of the Peninsular War and the abortive attack on Bergen-op-Zoom in 1814. In this first volume, Captain Cooke recounts his experiences with the 43rd Foot at Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, the battles of Salamanca, Vittoria, the Pyrenees, the Bidassoa, the Nive, Nivelle and Toulouse. As with many of the British officer memoirs, there is a tone of dry wit about his writing. Title - Memoirs of the Late War - Vol. I Sub-Title - Series Name - Memoirs of the Late War Series Number --1 Authors -- Captain John Henry Cooke (????-????); George Augustus Frederick, 1st Earl of Munster (1794-1842); Lieutenant John W. D. Moodie (1789-1815) Text taken, whole and complete, from the edition published in 1831, London, by Henry Colbourn and Richard Bentley. Original - 321 pages.
Memoirs of the Life of Monsieur de Voltaire (Hesperus Classics)
by VoltaireWritten in the tongue-in-cheek manner for which he was famous, Monsieur de Voltaire' s memoirs reveal a new perspective on the international politics and history of the 18th century. Voltaire's role as acclaimed author, poet, dramatist, and philosopher led him to experience the personal attentions of the most illustrious men and women of his time. His irreverent, to say the least, portrayals of the leading figures of the day provide a hilarious portrait of the royal courts of Europe which fought over his services for almost 30 years. Only published posthumously, these memoirs relate and then commentate on literary accomplishments, historic fact, and salacious gossip alike.
Memoirs of the War in Spain
by Anon Albert Jean Michel de RoccaThis ebook is purpose built and is proof-read and re-type set from the original to provide an outstanding experience of reflowing text for an ebook reader. Napoleon's eagles had triumphed over every adversary faced until his fateful decision to depose the Bourbons from the throne of Spain. He started a war that was to prove fatal to his ambitions, a war with the religious people who knew only the war of the knife. The Spaniards were unsuccessful in prosecuting a war on regular military lines, being crushed in a number of pitched battles against the French forces, but they started a campaign of guerilla warfare that was to make the French gains limited to the ground they stood on. Messengers would be attacked, stragglers murdered, provisions delayed, convoys waylaid. This form of warfare seemed alien to the French and, with the exception of Marshal Suchet in Catalonia, they could find no proper way of subduing the Spanish people. Michel de Rocca was a young hussar officer in 1808 and arriving early in the Peninsular War. He writes of the constant draining warfare: the need to be constantly on guard, the suspicious actions of the villagers, and the ambushes. Rocca appears to hold a grudge against the attitude of the Spanish, believing the war there to be rather inglorious and unjust; this was not the general feeling in the ranks of the French army, and was probably due to his Swiss ancestry and his association and later marriage to Madame de Staël (a staunch opponent of Napoleon). However, the brutal reprisals of the insurgents and the constant alertness wear him down as time goes on, and he is not unhappy to be removed from the war due to injuries sustained in an ambush. Text taken, whole and complete, Constable's Miscellany, Vol. XXVIII, Memorials of the Late War Vol. II. published Constable & Co, Edinburgh 1831. Original -193 pages Author - Albert Jean Michel de Rocca (1788-1818) Translator - Anon (????-????) Illustration - 1 Linked TOC
Memoirs of the life, exile, and conversations of the Emperor Napoleon, by the Count de Las Cases - Vol. I (Memoirs of the life, exile, and conversations of the Emperor Napoleon, by the Count de Las Cases #1)
by Comte Emmanuel-Auguste-Dieudonné de Las CasesBefore the shattering of the Napoleonic empire in 1815, Count Las Cases had served loyally for many years in the council of state. However, his most important service was to come after he followed his Emperor into exile on St. Helena. During his time with Napoleon on the "Rock in the Atlantic", he was to write down all that he heard from the Emperor's mouth, as clear a stream of his thoughts and reminiscences as were ever recorded. He was to eventually publish these entries as the "Memoirs of the life...", also known as the Mémorial de St. Hélène. They stand as a classic not just of the history of Napoleon's times, but also of the history of the first year of his banishment.Ranging from his earliest days in Corsica to the ranging battlefields of his career, Napoleon speaks through these pages as in no other of the sources left to us today. Essential reading and the birth of the Napoleonic legend. Author -- Las Cases, Emmanuel-Auguste-Dieudonné, comte de, 1766-1842.Text taken, whole and complete, from the edition published in 1855, New York, by Red Field.Original Page Count - 400 pages.Illustrations -- 4.
Memoirs of the life, exile, and conversations of the Emperor Napoleon, by the Count de Las Cases - Vol. II (Memoirs of the life, exile, and conversations of the Emperor Napoleon, by the Count de Las Cases #2)
by Comte Emmanuel-Auguste-Dieudonné de Las CasesBefore the shattering of the Napoleonic empire in 1815, Count Las Cases had served loyally for many years in the council of state. However, his most important service was to come after he followed his Emperor into exile on St. Helena. During his time with Napoleon on the "Rock in the Atlantic", he was to write down all that he heard from the Emperor's mouth, as clear a stream of his thoughts and reminiscences as were ever recorded. He was to eventually publish these entries as the "Memoirs of the life...", also known as the Mémorial de St. Hélène. They stand as a classic not just of the history of Napoleon's times, but also of the history of the first year of his banishment.Ranging from his earliest days in Corsica to the ranging battlefields of his career, Napoleon speaks through these pages as in no other of the sources left to us today. Essential reading and the birth of the Napoleonic legend.Author -- Las Cases, Emmanuel-Auguste-Dieudonné, comte de, 1766-1842.Text taken, whole and complete, from the edition published in 1855, New York, by Red Field.Original Page Count - 400 pages.Illustrations -- 4.
Memoirs of the life, exile, and conversations of the Emperor Napoleon, by the Count de Las Cases - Vol. III (Memoirs of the life, exile, and conversations of the Emperor Napoleon, by the Count de Las Cases #3)
by Comte Emmanuel-Auguste-Dieudonné de Las CasesBefore the shattering of the Napoleonic empire in 1815, Count Las Cases had served loyally for many years in the council of state. However, his most important service was to come after he followed his Emperor into exile on St. Helena. During his time with Napoleon on the "Rock in the Atlantic", he was to write down all that he heard from the Emperor's mouth, as clear a stream of his thoughts and reminiscences as were ever recorded. He was to eventually publish these entries as the "Memoirs of the life...", also known as the Mémorial de St. Hélène. They stand as a classic not just of the history of Napoleon's times, but also of the history of the first year of his banishment.Ranging from his earliest days in Corsica to the ranging battlefields of his career, Napoleon speaks through these pages as in no other of the sources left to us today. Essential reading and the birth of the Napoleonic legend.Author -- Las Cases, Emmanuel-Auguste-Dieudonné, comte de, 1766-1842.Text taken, whole and complete, from the edition published in 1855, New York, by Red Field.Original Page Count - 400 pages.Illustrations -- 4.
Memoirs of the life, exile, and conversations of the Emperor Napoleon, by the Count de Las Cases - Vol. IV (Memoirs of the life, exile, and conversations of the Emperor Napoleon, by the Count de Las Cases #4)
by Comte Emmanuel-Auguste-Dieudonné de Las CasesBefore the shattering of the Napoleonic empire in 1815, Count Las Cases had served loyally for many years in the council of state. However, his most important service was to come after he followed his Emperor into exile on St. Helena. During his time with Napoleon on the "Rock in the Atlantic", he was to write down all that he heard from the Emperor's mouth, as clear a stream of his thoughts and reminiscences as were ever recorded. He was to eventually publish these entries as the "Memoirs of the life...", also known as the Mémorial de St. Hélène. They stand as a classic not just of the history of Napoleon's times, but also of the history of the first year of his banishment.Ranging from his earliest days in Corsica to the ranging battlefields of his career, Napoleon speaks through these pages as in no other of the sources left to us today. Essential reading and the birth of the Napoleonic legend.Author -- Las Cases, Emmanuel-Auguste-Dieudonné, comte de, 1766-1842.Text taken, whole and complete, from the edition published in 1855, New York, by Red Field.Original Page Count - 412 pages.Illustrations -- 4.
Memoirs: Ten Years and Twenty Days
by Karl Doenitz&“A fascinating and detailed account of the German navy&’s war, mostly covering U-boat activities&” by the man who succeeded Hitler as Fuhrer (Damien Burke, author of TSR2: Britain&’s Lost Bomber). This is the story of the last world war, as told by Grand Admiral Karl Döenitz himself. His memoir covers his early career with submarines in the First World War and follows both his successes and failures through the Second World War, with great detail on the way the U-boat campaign was waged, as told by the man who invented U-boat tactics. Döenitz includes details of the U-boat campaigns during the Second World War as well as the opinions, ideas and commentary on the period. Of particular interest are the comments regarding British and American conduct during the war. This is an important social document and an invaluable source for any student of the last war. After becoming the last Fuhrer of Germany after Hitler&’s suicide in May 1945, Karl Döenitz spent ten years and twenty days in Spandau Prison having been convicted of war crimes following a trial at Nuremberg. &“A very interesting book looking at the war in the Atlantic from the German side . . . one of the best accounts of the Battle of the Atlantic.&”—UK Historian
Memorabilia
by Xenophon Amy L. Bonnette Christopher J. BruellAn essential text for understanding Socrates, Xenophon's Memorabilia is the compelling tribute of an affectionate student to his teacher, providing a rare firsthand account of Socrates' life and philosophy. The Memorabilia is invaluable both as a work of philosophy in its own right and as a complement to the study of Plato's dialogues. The longest of Xenophon's four Socratic works, it is particularly revealing about the differences between Socrates and his philosophical predecessors.Far more obviously than Plato in the dialogues, Xenophon calls attention in the Memorabilia to his own relationship with Socrates. A colorful and fully engaged writer, Xenophon aims above all to convince his readers of the greatness of Socrates' thought and the disgracefulness of his conviction on a capital charge. In thirty-nine chapters, Xenophon presents Socrates as an ordinary person and as a great benefactor to those associated with him.
Memorable Days: The Selected Letters of James Salter and Robert Phelps
by James Salter Michael Dirda Robert Phelps John McintyreJames Salter had written two novels, The Hunters and The Arm of Flesh, but it was his third, remarkable novel A Sport and a Pastime, together with his film Three and a script he had written for Downhill Racer, that in 1969 elicited a letter of admiration from a writer and critic he did not know-Robert Phelps. The correspondence that resulted went on to span two decades. The letters themselves are exceptionally alive, uninhibited, gossipy, touching, and brilliant. The successes of Salter and the struggles of Phelps are fully explored by the writers themselves in an honest exchange only letters can divulge. Along with an insightful foreword by Michael Dirda, this book gives voice to a nearly forgotten figure and his friendship with a man he admired.
Memorial Days
by Geraldine BrooksA heartrending and beautiful memoir of sudden loss and a journey to peace, from the bestselling, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Horse.Many cultural and religious traditions expect those who are grieving to step away from the world. In contemporary life, we are more often met with red tape and to-do lists. This is exactly what happened to Geraldine Brooks when her partner of more than three decades, Tony Horwitz - just sixty years old and, to her knowledge, vigorous and healthy - collapsed and died on a Washington, D. C. sidewalk.After spending their early years together in conflict zones as foreign correspondents, Geraldine and Tony settled down to raise two boys on Martha's Vineyard. The life they built was one of meaningful work, good humor, and tenderness, as they spent their days writing and their evenings cooking family dinners or watching the sun set with friends at Lambert's Cove. But all of this came to an abrupt end when, on Memorial Day 2019, Geraldine received the phone call we all dread. The demands were immediate and many. Without space to grieve, the sudden loss became a yawning gulf.Three years later, she booked a flight to a remote island off the coast of Australia with the intention of finally giving herself the time to mourn. In a shack on a pristine, rugged coast she often went days without seeing another person. There, she pondered the various ways in which cultures grieve and what rituals of her own might help to rebuild a life around the void of Tony's death.A spare and profoundly moving memoir that joins the classics of the genre, Memorial Days is a portrait of a larger-than-life man and a timeless love between souls that exquisitely captures the joy, agony, and mystery of life.
Memorial Days: A Memoir
by Geraldine BrooksA heartrending and beautiful memoir of sudden loss and a journey towards peace, from the bestselling, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Horse. <p> Many cultural and religious traditions expect those who are grieving to step away from the world. In contemporary life, we are more often met with red tape and to-do lists. This is exactly what happened to Geraldine Brooks when her partner of more than three decades, Tony Horwitz – just sixty years old and, to her knowledge, vigorous and healthy – collapsed and died on a Washington, D. C. sidewalk. <p> After spending their early years together in conflict zones as foreign correspondents, Geraldine and Tony settled down to raise two boys on Martha’s Vineyard. The life they built was one of meaningful work, good humor, and tenderness, as they spent their days writing and their evenings cooking family dinners or watching the sun set with friends at the beach. But all of this ended abruptly when, on Memorial Day 2019, Geraldine received the phone call we all dread. <p> The demands were immediate and many. Without space to grieve, the sudden loss became a yawning gulf. Three years later, she booked a flight to a remote island off the coast of Australia with the intention of finally giving herself the time to mourn. In a shack on a pristine, rugged coast she often went days without seeing another person. There, she pondered the various ways in which cultures grieve and what rituals of her own might help to rebuild a life around the void of Tony’s death. <p> A spare and profoundly moving memoir that joins the classics of the genre, Memorial Days is a portrait of a larger-than-life man and a timeless love between souls that exquisitely captures the joy, agony, and mystery of life. <b>New York Times Bestseller</b>
Memorial Drive: A Daughter's Memoir
by Natasha TretheweyA chillingly personal and exquisitely wrought memoir of a daughter reckoning with the brutal murder of her mother at the hands of her former stepfather, and the moving, intimate story of a poet coming into her own in the wake of a tragedy <P><P>At age nineteen, Natasha Trethewey had her world turned upside down when her former stepfather shot and killed her mother. Grieving and still new to adulthood, she confronted the twin pulls of life and death in the aftermath of unimaginable trauma and now explores the way this experience lastingly shaped the artist she became. <P><P>With penetrating insight and a searing voice that moves from the wrenching to the elegiac, Pulitzer Prize–winning poet Natasha Trethewey explores this profound experience of pain, loss, and grief as an entry point into understanding the tragic course of her mother’s life and the way her own life has been shaped by a legacy of fierce love and resilience. Moving through her mother’s history in the deeply segregated South and through her own girlhood as a “child of miscegenation” in Mississippi, Trethewey plumbs her sense of dislocation and displacement in the lead-up to the harrowing crime that took place on Memorial Drive in Atlanta in 1985. <P><P>Memorial Drive is a compelling and searching look at a shared human experience of sudden loss and absence but also a piercing glimpse at the enduring ripple effects of white racism and domestic abuse. Animated by unforgettable prose and inflected by a poet’s attention to language, this is a luminous, urgent, and visceral memoir from one of our most important contemporary writers and thinkers. <P><P><b>A New York Times Bestseller</b>
Memorial Tributes
by The National Academy of SciencesThis is the fifteenth volume in the series of Memorial Tributes compiled by the National Academy of Engineering as a personal remembrance of the lives and outstanding achievements of its members and foreign associates. These volumes are intended to stand as an enduring record of the many contributions of engineers and engineering to the benefit of humankind. In most cases, the authors of the tributes are contemporaries or colleagues who had personal knowledge of the interests and the engineering accomplishments of the deceased.
Memorial Tributes: Volume 14
by National Academy of EngineeringThis is the fourteenth volume in the series of Memorial Tributes compiled by the National Academy of Engineering as a personal remembrance of the lives and outstanding achievements of its members and foreign associates. These volumes are intended to stand as an enduring record of the many contributions of engineers and engineering to the benefit of humankind. In most cases, the authors of the tributes are contemporaries or colleagues who had personal knowledge of the interests and the engineering accomplishments of the deceased.
Memorial Tributes: Volume 20
by National Academy of EngineeringThis is the 20th Volume in the series Memorial Tributes compiled by the National Academy of Engineering as a personal remembrance of the lives and outstanding achievements of its members and foreign associates. These volumes are intended to stand as an enduring record of the many contributions of engineers and engineering to the benefit of humankind. In most cases, the authors of the tributes are contemporaries or colleagues who had personal knowledge of the interests and the engineering accomplishments of the deceased. Through its members and foreign associates, the Academy carries out the responsibilities for which it was established in 1964. Under the charter of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering was formed as a parallel organization of outstanding engineers. Members are elected on the basis of significant contributions to engineering theory and practice and to the literature of engineering or on the basis of demonstrated unusual accomplishments in the pioneering of new and developing fields of technology. The National Academies share a responsibility to advise the federal government on matters of science and technology. The expertise and credibility that the National Academy of Engineering brings to that task stem directly from the abilities, interests, and achievements of our members and foreign associates, our colleagues and friends, whose special gifts we remember in this book.
Memorial Tributes: Volume 8
by National Academy of Engineering StaffThis series presents biographies of deceased members of the National Academy of Engineering.
Memorias
by Adolfo Bioy CasaresMemorias es un libro autobiográfico que publica Adolfo Bioy Casares en 1994. La de Bioy Casares es una obra extraordinaria y vigente que, además, ofrece una especie de enigma: esa etapa entre 1929 y 1940 en la que publicó varios libros de los que él mismo prefirió no acordarse. En Memorias, sin embargo, ofrece algunas precisiones al respecto. En estas páginas habla también de sus primeros perros y caballos, de sus disidencias con el grupo Sur, de su acceso al género fantástico a partir de un espejo veneciano en el cuarto de vestir materno, de su compleja relación con Silvina Ocampo, de ese folleto sobre el yogur y la leche cuajada que significó el debut de una de las sociedades literarias más destacadas de todos los tiempos con Jorge Luis Borges, de la estancia de los Bioy en Pardo y de un inolvidable hotel que lo motivó a escribir ese particular cóctel que él define con toda naturalidad y terminó por convertirse en uno de los estilos más reconocibles de la literatura argentina: «historias donde conviven animales feroces, que sugieren épocas bárbaras y frívolos turistas de nuestro tiempo».
Memorias
by Arthur KoestlerLas memorias de Arthur Koestler, una de las figuras intelectuales más representativas y sobresalientes del siglo XX, constituyen uno de los testimonios más lúcidos y apasionantes del pasado siglo. El presente volumen reúne, por primera vez, los dos títulos de su autobiografía, una obra indispensable.La primera parte, titulada La flecha azul, abarca un periodo comprendido entre 1905, año de su nacimiento en Hungría, hasta 1931, fecha en que ingresa en el Partido Comunista. En un impresionante recorrido por la Europa de principios de siglo, asistimos a la infancia y la vida familiar de Koestler, sus años juveniles en Viena, el comienzo de su carrera como periodista, su iniciación sentimental y su vida en Berlín durante el ascenso del nazismo. Koestler lleva a cabo un profundo análisis de una época de convulsiones políticas en las que a las ilusiones por la revolución rusa de 1917 se contraponía el horror del régimen de Hitler, que prosperaba ante la pasividad de la burguesía liberal alemana.La escritura invisible narra los años que van de 1931 a 1940, caracterizados por el desengaño del comunismo, a partir, sobre todo, del viaje que hizo por entonces a la Unión Soviética, donde conoció de primera mano las atrocidades de Stalin, algo que años después dio lugar a una inversión total de sus principios ideológicos. Koestler cuanta también su participación como corresponsal en la guerra civil española, donde fue condenado a muerte por Franco, aunque finalmente fue canjeado. Su encarcelamiento en un campo de concentración y su llegada a Inglaterra en 1940 cierran este monumento a la memoria del siglo XX.