Grandfather's Rhymes and Grandson's Chimes, Or, The Poetical Writings of Wm. Whitford
Author : William Whitford
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Page : 144 pages
File Size : 31,72 MB
Release : 1882
Category : American poetry
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Author : William Whitford
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Page : 144 pages
File Size : 31,72 MB
Release : 1882
Category : American poetry
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Author : Hendrik Petrus Berlage
Publisher : Getty Publications
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 13,51 MB
Release : 1996-01-01
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0892363339
Hendrik Petrus Berlage, the Dutch architect and architectural philosopher, created a series of buildings and a body of writings from 1886 to 1909 that were among the first efforts to probe the problems and possibilities of modernism. Although his Amsterdam Stock Exchange, with its rational mastery of materials and space, has long been celebrated for its seminal influence on the architecture of the 20th century, Berlage's writings are highlighted here. Bringing together Berlage's most important texts, among them "Thoughts on Style in Architecture", "Architecture's Place in Modern Aesthetics", and "Art and Society", this volume presents a chapter in the history of European modernism. In his introduction, Iain Boyd Whyte demonstrates that the substantial contribution of Berlage's designs to modern architecture cannot be fully appreciated without an understanding of the aesthetic principles first laid out in his writings.
Author : Gouverneur Morris
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Page : 690 pages
File Size : 43,67 MB
Release : 1888
Category : France
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A biography of Gouverneur Morris (1752-1816) by his granddaughter, making extensive use of his letters and diary.
Author : Charlotte Mason
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 458 pages
File Size : 36,51 MB
Release : 2013-04-30
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 1627931155
Formation of Character is the fifth volume of Charlotte Mason's Homeschooling series. The chapters stand alone and are valuable to parents of children of all ages. Part I includes case studies of children (and adults) who cured themselves of bad habits. Part II is a series of reflections on subjects including both schooling and vacations (or "stay-cations" as we now call them). Part III covers various aspects of home schooling, with a special section detailing the things that Charlotte Mason thought were important to teach to girls in particular. Part IV consists of examples of how education affected outcome of character in famous writers of her day. Charlotte Mason was a late nineteenth-century British educator whose ideas were far ahead of her time. She believed that children are born persons worthy of respect, rather than blank slates, and that it was better to feed their growing minds with living literature and vital ideas and knowledge, rather than dry facts and knowledge filtered and pre-digested by the teacher. Her method of education, still used by some private schools and many homeschooling families, is gentle and flexible, especially with younger children, and includes first-hand exposure to great and noble ideas through books in each school subject, conveying wonder and arousing curiosity, and through reflection upon great art, music, and poetry; nature observation as the primary means of early science teaching; use of manipulatives and real-life application to understand mathematical concepts and learning to reason, rather than rote memorization and working endless sums; and an emphasis on character and on cultivating and maintaining good personal habits. Schooling is teacher-directed, not child-led, but school time should be short enough to allow students free time to play and to pursue their own worthy interests such as handicrafts. Traditional Charlotte Mason schooling is firmly based on Christianity, although the method is also used successfully by s
Author : George Meredith
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Page : 548 pages
File Size : 48,8 MB
Release : 1898
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Author : Davies Gilbert
Publisher :
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 48,47 MB
Release : 1838
Category : Cornwall (England : County)
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Author : Harriet Martineau
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Page : 154 pages
File Size : 16,98 MB
Release : 1834
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Author : James Thorne
Publisher : London : C. Cox
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 43,63 MB
Release : 1847
Category : Thames River (England)
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Author : George R. Stewart
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 45,70 MB
Release : 1993-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0899683703
Author : Iain Gately
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 568 pages
File Size : 42,33 MB
Release : 2008-07-03
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 1440631263
A spirited look at the history of alcohol, from the dawn of civilization to the modern day Alcohol is a fundamental part of Western culture. We have been drinking as long as we have been human, and for better or worse, alcohol has shaped our civilization. Drink investigates the history of this Jekyll and Hyde of fluids, tracing mankind's love/hate relationship with alcohol from ancient Egypt to the present day. Drink further documents the contribution of alcohol to the birth and growth of the United States, taking in the War of Independence, the Pennsylvania Whiskey revolt, the slave trade, and the failed experiment of national Prohibition. Finally, it provides a history of the world's most famous drinks-and the world's most famous drinkers. Packed with trivia and colorful characters, Drink amounts to an intoxicating history of the world.