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81) Happy like this
Author
Language
English
Description
"Spanning a wide range of distinct perspectives, voices, styles, and settings, the ten shimmering stories in Happy Like This offer lyrical, deeply felt, often humorous meditations on the complexity of choice and the ambiguity of happiness. Two identical twins watch their bodies and lives diverge as one of them takes up competitive bodybuilding. A part-time mermaid struggles with her fluid sexuality and turbulent romantic past when she finds herself...
Author
Pub. Date
1942
Language
English
Description
"A condensation of my two-volume Admiral of the ocean seal published at the same time. All the notes have been omitted, and a good many pages of navigational data; a chapter on ships and sailing and one on the origin of syphilis have been summarized. Otherwise the two editions are identical."--p. xx.
Author
Publisher
Doubleday, Page & Company
Pub. Date
1903
Physical Desc
xxiv, 479 p. illus., xlviii col. pl. (incl. front.) 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Author
Publisher
Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc
Pub. Date
1937
Physical Desc
252 p. : frontis., 2 pl. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Kipling was one of the most popular writers in English, both prose and verse, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Henry James famously said of him: "Kipling strikes me personally as the most complete man of genius (as distinct from fine intelligence) that I have ever known." In 1907, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. This book is the world famous autobiography that Kipling penned toward the end of his life and sheds much detail...
Author
Publisher
Macmillan
Pub. Date
1911, c1910
Physical Desc
xvii, 462 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
In 1889, while many Americans were disdainful of newly arrived immigrants, Jane Addams established Hull-House as a refuge for Chicago's poor. The settlement house provided an unprecedented variety of social services. In this inspiring autobiography, Addams chronicles the institution's early years and discusses the ever-relevant philosophy of social justice that served as its foundation. Addams, who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1931 for her philanthropic...
Author
Publisher
Winston
Pub. Date
1923
Language
English
Description
"The Story of a Bad Boy" by Thomas Bailey Aldrich. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce...
Author
Publisher
Dover Publications
Pub. Date
c1992
Physical Desc
ix, 118 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
At the behest of oil heiress Aline Barnsdall, the twentieth century's greatest architect created one of his most imaginative and controversial residential designs. Built in Hollywood in 1920-21, Hollyhock House attests to the genius of Frank Lloyd Wright. This splendid home and its construction are documented here in more than 120 illustrations - photographs, floor plans, elevations, sketches, etc. - accompanied by the author's detailed, perceptive...
Author
Series
Publisher
Rinehart & Co
Pub. Date
c1956
Edition
[1st ed.]
Physical Desc
x, 435 p. : illus. : 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
The story of the Santee is, in fact, the story of a major part of the Carolinas east of the Appalachians, for the river drains an immense area of both states from the mountains to the ocean. Savage also describes fully the change-over from the agricultural Old South to the industrial New South, a change sparked largely by the hydroelectric power of the Santee.
Author
Publisher
Adam & Charles Black
Pub. Date
1903
Physical Desc
x, 84 p., [16] col. plates : (incl. front.) ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Letters from Holy Land" is a collection of personal letters written by Elizabeth Butler, an adventurous traveller who embarked on a spiritual journey to the Holy Land in the late 19th century. In this book, the author describes the exotic and enchanting landscapes of the Middle East, and also offers a unique perspective on the cultural and religious significance of the Holy Land.
Author
Publisher
George H. Doran Company
Pub. Date
c1921
Physical Desc
399 p.
Language
English
Description
When he died in 1891, the author of “Moby-Dick” was an obscure figure in American literature. This 1921 biography, placing Melville in the context of his Yankee heritage and drawing from his correspondence with Nathaniel Hawthorne, is largely responsible for reassessing Melville's reputation and restoring him to his rightful place in the literary pantheon.
97) The honey-makers
Author
Publisher
A.C. McClurg and Company
Pub. Date
1899
Physical Desc
2 p.l., [vii]-viii, [9]-424 p.
Language
English
Description
Includes index.
Author
Series
Publisher
Charles Scribner's Sons
Pub. Date
1901
Physical Desc
xviii, 244 p. : maps ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
Published in 1876, this history was praised in the pages of the Boston Journal as leaving "nothing to be desired as regards compactness, accuracy, and excellence of literary execution." Creighton walks the reader through English history-from the Reformation to Elizabeth's death, after a forty-six-year reign.
