Country Gentleman
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Page : 868 pages
File Size : 18,94 MB
Release : 1922
Category : Agriculture
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Page : 868 pages
File Size : 18,94 MB
Release : 1922
Category : Agriculture
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Author : Laura Moriarty
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 23,80 MB
Release : 2013-06-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1594631433
Soon to be a feature film from the creators of Downton Abbey starring Elizabeth McGovern, The Chaperone is a New York Times-bestselling novel about the woman who chaperoned an irreverent Louise Brooks to New York City in the 1920s and the summer that would change them both. Only a few years before becoming a famous silent-film star and an icon of her generation, a fifteen-year-old Louise Brooks leaves Wichita, Kansas, to study with the prestigious Denishawn School of Dancing in New York. Much to her annoyance, she is accompanied by a thirty-six-year-old chaperone, who is neither mother nor friend. Cora Carlisle, a complicated but traditional woman with her own reasons for making the trip, has no idea what she’s in for. Young Louise, already stunningly beautiful and sporting her famous black bob with blunt bangs, is known for her arrogance and her lack of respect for convention. Ultimately, the five weeks they spend together will transform their lives forever. For Cora, the city holds the promise of discovery that might answer the question at the core of her being, and even as she does her best to watch over Louise in this strange and bustling place she embarks on a mission of her own. And while what she finds isn’t what she anticipated, she is liberated in a way she could not have imagined. Over the course of Cora’s relationship with Louise, her eyes are opened to the promise of the twentieth century and a new understanding of the possibilities for being fully alive. Drawing on the rich history of the 1920s, ’30s, and beyond—from the orphan trains to Prohibition, flappers, and the onset of the Great Depression to the burgeoning movement for equal rights and new opportunities for women—Laura Moriarty’s The Chaperone illustrates how rapidly everything, from fashion and hemlines to values and attitudes, was changing at this time and what a vast difference it all made for Louise Brooks, Cora Carlisle, and others like them.
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Page : 502 pages
File Size : 30,34 MB
Release : 1924
Category : Farm produce
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Page : 220 pages
File Size : 34,47 MB
Release : 1921
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Author : Mary Austin
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Page : 318 pages
File Size : 12,97 MB
Release : 1903
Category : History
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Originally published in 1903, this classic nature book by Mary Austin evokes the mysticism and spirituality of the American Southwest. Vibrant imagery of the landscape between the high Sierras and the Mojave Desert is punctuated with descriptions of the fauna, flora and people that coexist peacefully with the earth. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.
Author : T. Kull
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 600 pages
File Size : 28,41 MB
Release : 2013-03-14
Category : Science
ISBN : 9401725004
This is the eighth volume in a 25-year-old series that has become the cornerstone review publication of orchid science. It presents authoritative reviews on different areas of orchid science and historical accounts by major orchid authorities, providing information for botanists, orchid scientists, and growers.
Author : William Henry Matthews
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 36,18 MB
Release : 1922
Category : Design
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Mazes and Labyrinths is a look into the origin and mystery of mazes. From ancient stone carvings, Minoan palaces to today's hedge-maze, Matthews chronicles the history of the maze. With over 140 illustrations.
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Page : 990 pages
File Size : 44,8 MB
Release : 1922
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Author : Charles George Herbermann
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Page : 804 pages
File Size : 15,51 MB
Release : 1922
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
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Author : Lorcan Dempsey
Publisher : American Library Association
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 25,11 MB
Release : 2014-08-18
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0838919979
Since he began posting in 2003, Dempsey has used his blog to explore nearly every important facet of library technology, from the emergence of Web 2.0 as a concept to open source ILS tools and the push to web-scale library management systems.