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Dive into the enchanting world of The Library of Romance, where romance transcends mere love stories. In this captivating volume, G.F. Scott Elliot reveals the romantic nuances of biology, exploring the fascinating lives of plants. Discover how they reach for the light, face challenges as young saplings, and find their roles in medicine. Learn the secrets behind why some plants are a delight to our taste buds while others hold dangers. Tune in to uncover the romantic side of the plant kingdom! - Summary by Carolin

"Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe" is a novel by George Eliot. Her third novel, it was first published in 1861. An outwardly simple tale of a reclusive weaver, in its strong realism it represents one of Eliot's most sophisticated treatments of her attitude to religion.

PTSD: No Apologies is a powerful anthology of personal stories and poems. Many of the stories were by those whose lives have been affected by PTSD. Collectively, they demonstrate what happens when an individual has been exposed to horrifying situations that stick in the memory...refuse to leave...and are constantly relived, again and again.

Few periods of American history have been more written upon than the decade preceding the Revolution. Nevertheless, there is still room for a brief volume on the subject; all the world knows that the Revolution really began almost fifteen years before its beginning, because of the efforts of the British government to give greater unity and stiffness to its colonial system, both as to government and as to trade with other nations; but the real motives underlying the uneasiness of the colonies still need enlightenment.