Title: Master Clarke. A play, in five acts.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world’s largest…

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…

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Nearly two centuries after they were penned, Edgar…

Welfare reform was a spectacular success in New York under Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, and surprising because of the city’s history of liberal social programs and its huge, entrenched welfare system…