Author : Larry N. Garrett
Publisher : Outskirts Press
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 39,33 MB
Release : 2021-07-02
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9781977242853
Ever held a marble and wondered about its history? There is always something surprising (sometimes dark and unbelievable) to be revealed for each one. From the Neolithic Age, through Ancient Rome, medieval Europe and modern day United States, The Secret Life of Marbles unravels several threads about their creation and the underlying importance of marbles to all societies.
Author : Charles B. (Charles Broughton) Stilwell
Publisher :
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 37,24 MB
Release : 2016-08-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9781373737540
Author : Charles B. Stilwell
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 30 pages
File Size : 26,41 MB
Release : 2015-07-05
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9781330739242
Excerpt from The Mystery of the Marbles: An Exposition If you really read them, my dear young lady, you are, probably, the only one who ever did, in nearly three hundred years. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : Charles B B 1845 Stilwell
Publisher : Palala Press
Page : pages
File Size : 18,57 MB
Release : 2016-05-24
Category :
ISBN : 9781359532336
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 original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Richie Chevat
Publisher : Workman Publishing
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 13,7 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780761104490
Provides information about the history of marbles, different types, collecting them, and instructions for many games played with marbles.
Author : Charles B. Stilwell
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 22,2 MB
Release : 2019
Category :
ISBN : 9780243684977
Author : Charles Broughton Stilwell
Publisher :
Page : 22 pages
File Size : 38,75 MB
Release : 1911
Category : Ciphers
ISBN :
Author : Jostein Gaarder
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Page : 735 pages
File Size : 40,47 MB
Release : 2007-03-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1466804270
A page-turning novel that is also an exploration of the great philosophical concepts of Western thought, Jostein Gaarder's Sophie's World has fired the imagination of readers all over the world, with more than twenty million copies in print. One day fourteen-year-old Sophie Amundsen comes home from school to find in her mailbox two notes, with one question on each: "Who are you?" and "Where does the world come from?" From that irresistible beginning, Sophie becomes obsessed with questions that take her far beyond what she knows of her Norwegian village. Through those letters, she enrolls in a kind of correspondence course, covering Socrates to Sartre, with a mysterious philosopher, while receiving letters addressed to another girl. Who is Hilde? And why does her mail keep turning up? To unravel this riddle, Sophie must use the philosophy she is learning—but the truth turns out to be far more complicated than she could have imagined.
Author : E.L. Konigsburg
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 12,84 MB
Release : 2010-12-21
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1442431261
Now available in a deluxe keepsake edition! A Time Best YA Book of All Time (2021) Run away to the Metropolitan Museum of Art with E. L. Konigsburg’s beloved classic and Newbery Medal–winning novel From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. When Claudia decided to run away, she planned very carefully. She would be gone just long enough to teach her parents a lesson in Claudia appreciation. And she would go in comfort-she would live at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. She saved her money, and she invited her brother Jamie to go, mostly because be was a miser and would have money. Claudia was a good organizer and Jamie bad some ideas, too; so the two took up residence at the museum right on schedule. But once the fun of settling in was over, Claudia had two unexpected problems: She felt just the same, and she wanted to feel different; and she found a statue at the Museum so beautiful she could not go home until she bad discovered its maker, a question that baffled the experts, too. The former owner of the statue was Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. Without her—well, without her, Claudia might never have found a way to go home.
Author : Tana French
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 28,94 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780670038602
Twenty years after witnessing the violent disappearances of two companions from their small Dublin suburb, detective Rob Ryan investigates a chillingly similar murder that takes place in the same wooded area, a case that forces him to piece together his traumatic memories.
