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Edward Steers
The traditional story of Abraham Lincoln's assassination is littered with errors, some of which are accidental while others are willful. Too often, authors describe Lincoln's assassination rather than explain it…
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Edward Steere
Reprint of the original, first published in 1856.
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This memoir chronicles the life of Bishop Edward Steere, a prominent missionary in central Africa. It explores his experiences living among the people of East Africa and his struggles to…
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For linguists and anthropologists, this book offers a valuable glimpse into the languages and cultures of three African tribes. Edward Steere, a British missionary and scholar, spent years studying the…
On May 5 and 6, 1864, in a rugged area of tangled woods and brush on the south side of the Rapidan River in Virginia, Ulysses S. Grant and Robert…
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As one might expect with a revered national icon, nearly every facet of Abraham Lincoln’s life has been subject to mythmaking as well as academic inquiry of widely varying quality…
He skillfully winnowed the 4,300 pages of transcription into one volume, collated the testimony by defendant, indexed the testimony by name and date, and added summaries of the testimony.
The result is a fascinating forensic exploration of some of the persistent hoaxes and myths related to America’s most revered president.
A groundbreaking linguistic study of the Makonde language, spoken by the indigenous people of southeastern Tanzania and northern Mozambique. Featuring word lists, grammar rules, and cultural context, this book serves…
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high…
Swahili Tales: As Told By Natives Of Zanzibar (1870) is a book written by Edward Steere, which consists of a collection of traditional Swahili folktales as told by the natives…
Kitabu hiki kinaitwa ""Chuo Cha Kuendeleza Maneno Ya Kiunguja"" kilichoandikwa na Steere, Edward mwaka 1880. Kitabu hiki ni muhimu sana kwa wale wanaotaka kujifunza lugha ya Kiswahili. Kinaelezea maneno ya…
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…
A thoughtful and well-reasoned treatise on the nature of God and the arguments for his existence. Drawing on both scripture and philosophy, the author presents a balanced and nuanced view…
Swahili tales as told by natives of Zanzibar. This book, Swahili tales as told by natives of Zanzibar, by Edward Steere, is a replication of a book originally published before…
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
This work is in the public…
A Handbook of the Swahili Language, as Spoken at Zanzibar is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1894. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic…
Due to the very old age and scarcity of this book, many of the pages may be hard to read due to the blurring of the original text, possible missing…
This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR’d book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have…
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either…
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the…
A walk to the Nyassa country. This book, A walk to the Nyassa country, by Edward Steere, is a replication of a book originally published before 1876. It has been…
Winner of the 2001 The Lincoln Group of New York’s Award of Achievement A History Book Club Selection The assassination of Abraham Lincoln is usually told as a tale of…
This book, Sarufi Ya Kiswahali , by Edward Steere, is a replication of a book originally published before 1878. It has been restored by human beings, page by page, so…
Swahili Tales: As Told By Natives Of Zanzibar (1870) is a book by Edward Steere that presents a collection of traditional folktales from the Swahili culture, as narrated by the…
Discover the rich and complex Nyamwezi language with this collection of vocabulary, grammar, and texts compiled by 19th-century linguist and missionary Edward Steere. Drawing on years of experience studying and…
