Author : Beatrice Burton
Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 13,81 MB
Release : 2010-06-01
Category :
ISBN : 1434421678
Beatrice Burton Morgan (1894-1983) was a romance author whose books about life in the 1920s were known for their use of current slang and references to popular culture.
Author : Burton Raffel
Publisher :
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 13,38 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Poetry
ISBN :
While we learn a great deal about ancient Greece from writers like Homer, Aristophanes, and Sappho, Raffel goes on to say, our picture is sadly incomplete until we read the poetry of such lesser-known greats as Alkaios, Callimachos, and Simonides.
Author : 3M Company
Publisher : 3m Company
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 47,51 MB
Release : 2002
Category : 3M Company
ISBN :
A compilation of 3M voices, memories, facts and experiences from the company's first 100 years.
Author : H. G. Wells
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 13,47 MB
Release : 2019-03-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781091588417
"No one would have believed in the last years of the nineteenth century that this world was being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than man's..." So begins H. G. Wells' classic novel in which Martian lifeforms take over planet Earth. As the Martians emerge, they construct giant killing machines - armed with heatrays - that are impervious to attack. Advancing upon London they destroy everything in their path. Everything, except the few humans they collect in metal traps. Victorian England is a place in which the steam engine is state-of-the-art technology and powered flight is just a dream. Mankind is helpless against the killing machines from Mars, and soon the survivors are left living in a new stone age. Includes the original Warwick Goble illustrations.
Author : Mary Miley
Publisher : Severn House/ORIM
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 10,57 MB
Release : 2016-12-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1780108206
In 1920s Hollywood, Mary Pickford’s script girl is out to solve a murder with “a little sparkle [and] some wily Prohibition-era shenanigans . . . a great read” (Booklist). Former vaudevillian Jessie Beckett has found work as a script girl—with a sideline in sleuthing—at Pickford-Fairbanks Studios, run by the silent film stars Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks. When actress Ruby Glynn is wrongly convicted of murder, Pickford asks Jessie to help clear her friend’s name. But it won’t be easy. The victim was found stabbed in her bedroom with Ruby lying unconscious on the floor, holding a bloody knife. Jessie’s investigation sends her back through the Midwest vaudeville circuit, where she encounters old friends, new dangers, and her sometime-beau David seemingly involved in some shady dealings. Now it’ll take all her wits and ingenuity to find the killer without accidentally playing her own death scene. “With a well-developed and surprising plot twist, an appealing, resourceful amateur detective, and fascinating period details, this entertaining historical will delight fans of Old Hollywood.” —Library Journal
Author : Pertti Anttonen
Publisher : BoD - Books on Demand
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 24,66 MB
Release : 2018-09-28
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9518580073
A new interdisciplinary interest has risen to study interconnections between oral tradition and book culture. In addition to the use and dissemination of printed books, newspapers etc., book culture denotes manuscript media and the circulation of written documents of oral tradition in and through the archive, into published collections. Book culture also intertwines the process of framing and defining oral genres with literary interests and ideologies. The present volume is highly relevant to anyone interested in oral cultures and their relationship to the culture of writing and publishing. The questions discussed include the following: How have printing and book publishing set terms for oral tradition scholarship? How have the practices of reading affected the circulation of oral traditions? Which books and publishing projects have played a key role in this and how? How have the written representations of oral traditions, as well as the roles of editors and publishers, introduced authorship to materials customarily regarded as anonymous and collective?
Author : David M. Burton
Publisher : WCB/McGraw-Hill
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 35,17 MB
Release : 1985
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9780697068552
"The History of Mathematics: An Introduction," Sixth Edition, is written for the one- or two-semester math history course taken by juniors or seniors, and covers the history behind the topics typically covered in an undergraduate math curriculum or in elementary schools or high schools. Elegantly written in David Burton's imitable prose, this classic text provides rich historical context to the mathematics that undergrad math and math education majors encounter every day. Burton illuminates the people, stories, and social context behind mathematics'greatest historical advances while maintaining appropriate focus on the mathematical concepts themselves. Its wealth of information, mathematical and historical accuracy, and renowned presentation make The History of Mathematics: An Introduction, Sixth Edition a valuable resource that teachers and students will want as part of a permanent library.
Author : Elina Druker
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 32,15 MB
Release : 2015-07-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 902726838X
Children’s Literature and the Avant-Garde is the first study that investigates the intricate influence of the avant-garde movements on children’s literature in different countries from the beginning of the 20th century until the present. Examining a wide range of children’s books from Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, the Netherlands, Russia, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the USA, the individual chapters explore the historical as well as the cultural and political aspects that determine the exceptional character of avant-garde children’s books. Drawing on studies in children’s literature research, art history, and cultural studies, this volume provides comprehensive insights into the close relationships between avant-garde children’s literature, images of childhood, and contemporary ideas of education. Addressing topics such as the impact of exhibitions, the significance of the Bauhaus, and the influence of poster art and graphic design, the book illustrates the broad range of issues associated with avant-garde children’s books. More than 60 full-color illustrations demonstrate the impressive variety of design in avant-garde picturebooks and children’s books.
Author : David Crystal
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 16,75 MB
Release : 2012-03-29
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 1107611806
Written in a detailed and fascinating manner, this book is ideal for general readers interested in the English language.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 50,35 MB
Release : 1943
Category : Editions
ISBN :
