Author :
Publisher :
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 40,39 MB
Release : 1909
Category : Children
ISBN :
A liste of recommended readings for children, intended for home use and arranged by age, not school grade. Included in the list are fairy tales that are free from horrible happenings. Omitted are all writings which tolerate cruelty or unkindness to animals.
Author : Dennis E. Baron
Publisher :
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 34,54 MB
Release : 1989
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN :
This book contains 25 essays about English words, and how they are defined, valued, and discussed. The book is divided into four sections. The first section, "Language Lore," examines some of the myths and misconceptions that affect attitudes toward language--and towards English in particular. The second section, "Language Usage," examines some specific questions of meaning and usage. Section 3, "Language Trends," examines some controversial trends in English vocabulary, and some developments too new to have received comment before. The fourth section, "Language Politics," treats several aspects of linguistic politics, from special attempts to deal with the ethnic, religious, or sex-specific elements of vocabulary to the broader issues of language both as a reflection of the public consciousness and the U.S. Constitution and as a refuge for the most private forms of expression. (MS)
Author : Jay B. Holberg
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 19,80 MB
Release : 2007-02-22
Category : Science
ISBN : 038748941X
This book tells two stories. The first and most obvious is why the star known as Sirius has been regarded as an important fixture of the night sky by many civilizations and cultures since the beginnings of history. A second, but related, narrative is the prominent part that Sirius has played in how we came to achieve our current scientific understanding of the nature and fate of the stars. This is the first book to integrate the cultural history of Sirius with modern astrophysics in a way which provides a realistic view of how science progresses over time.
Author : John McElroy
Publisher : Digital Scanning Inc
Page : 660 pages
File Size : 38,48 MB
Release : 2000-02-20
Category : History
ISBN : 1582181454
The years of 1864-65 were a season of desperate battles, but in that time many more Union soldiers were slain behind the Rebel army lines by starvation and exposure than were killed by cannon and rifle. This is McElroy's account of the horrible spectacle of Andersonville prison, where 70,000 young Union soldiers died under appalling conditions. 150 illustrations.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 676 pages
File Size : 12,32 MB
Release : 1926
Category : Agriculture
ISBN :
Author : Henry Augustin Beers
Publisher :
Page : 478 pages
File Size : 14,61 MB
Release : 1898
Category : English literature
ISBN :
Author : Sarah Scott
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 19,51 MB
Release : 2014-07-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0813148626
The History of Sir George Ellison (1766) is an important novel, both utopian and dystopian. Sir George, a man of benevolence, follows the pattern of the female utopia set forth in Scott's first novel, A Description of Millenium Hall (1762). In this sequel, Scott addresses issues of slavery, marriage, education, law and social justice, class pretensions, and the position of women in society, consistently emphasizing the importance, for both genders and all classes and ages, of devoting one's life to meaningful work. Although she adopted a gradualist approach to reform, Scott's uncompromising revelation of the corruption of English society in her day is clear-sighted, arresting, and hard-hitting.
Author : Priscilla Oliveras
Publisher : Zebra Books
Page : 141 pages
File Size : 17,9 MB
Release : 2020-10-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1420152920
HOLIDAY HOME RUN Event planner Julia Louisa Fernandez dreams of a life in Chicago. But her family in Puerto Rico expects her to take over the catering business. Former pro baseball player Ben Thomas knows what that’s like—and when they meet, he might be the one to inspire a winning strategy, just in time for the holidays . . . Previously published in A Season to Celebrate.
Author : Daniel Chandler
Publisher :
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 39,72 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Authorship
ISBN : 9780903878449
Author : Louisa May Alcott
Publisher : Dell
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 43,89 MB
Release : 1996-12-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0440223016
"I'd gladly sell my soul to Satan for a year of freedom," cries impetuous Rosamond Vivian to her callous grandfather. Then, one stormy night, a brooding stranger appears in her remote island home, ready to take Rosamond to her word. Spellbound by the mysterious Philip Tempest, Rosamond is seduced with promises of love and freedom, then spirited away on Tempest's sumptuous yacht. But she soon finds herself trapped in a web of intrigue, cruelty, and deceit. Desperate to escape, she flees to Italy, France, and Germany, from Parisian garret to mental asylum, from convent to chateau, as Tempest stalks every step of the fiery beauty who has become his obsession. A story of dark love and passionate obsession that was considered "too sensational" to be published in the authors lifetime, A Long Fatal Love Chase was written for magazine serialization in 1866, two years before the publication of Little Women. Buried among Louisa May Alcott's papers for more than a century, its publication is a literary landmark—a novel that is bold, timeless, and mesmerizing."
