The Compleat Angler
Izaak Walton and Charles Cotton
A unique celebration of the English countryside and the most famous book on angling ever published,
Walton’s Compleat Angler first appeared in 1653. In 1676, at Walton’s invitation, ...
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Dialogue on the Two Chief World Systems
Galileo and William R. Shea (ed.)
Galileo Galilei (1564–1642) is one of the most fascinating and controversial figures in the
history of science. He was appointed professor of mathematics at the ...
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Early Modern Women’s Writing: An Anthology, 1560–1700
Salzman Paul (ed.)
In a famous passage in A Room of One’s Own, Virginia Woolf asked ‘why women did not write poetry in the Elizabethan age’. She went on to speculate about an imaginary Judith Shakespeare who ...
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Francis Bacon: The Major Works
Brian Vickers
Although he had a distinguished career as a lawyer and statesman, Francis Bacon’s lifelong goal was to improve and extend human knowledge. In The Advancement of Learning (1605) he made a ...
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The Passions of the Soul and Other Late Philosophical Writings
René Descartes and Moriarty Michael (ed.)
René Descartes was born at La Haye near Tours on 31 March 1596. He was educated at the Jesuit
Collège de La Flèche in Anjou, and at the University of Poitiers, ...
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