Author: George William Erskine Russell
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
This book is a biography of a man named Sydney Smith. He was an English wit, writer, and Anglican cleric. No English writer's opinions on early American literature had more impact than Smith's. He referred to himself as a "sincere friend of America," but this sentiment is both supported and denied by his many publications.
Sydney Smith
Author: George William Erskine Russell
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
This book is a biography of a man named Sydney Smith. He was an English wit, writer, and Anglican cleric. No English writer's opinions on early American literature had more impact than Smith's. He referred to himself as a "sincere friend of America," but this sentiment is both supported and denied by his many publications.
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
This book is a biography of a man named Sydney Smith. He was an English wit, writer, and Anglican cleric. No English writer's opinions on early American literature had more impact than Smith's. He referred to himself as a "sincere friend of America," but this sentiment is both supported and denied by his many publications.
A Sketch of the Life and Times of the Sydney Smith
Author: Stuart Johnson Reid
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Sidewalk Flowers
Author: JonArno Lawson
Publisher: Groundwood Books Ltd
ISBN: 1554988551
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 31
Book Description
Winner of the Governor General's Literary Award for Children's Illustrated Book A New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Book of the Year In this wordless picture book, a little girl collects wildflowers while her distracted father pays her little attention. Each flower becomes a gift, and whether the gift is noticed or ignored, both giver and recipient are transformed by their encounter. “Written” by award-winning poet JonArno Lawson and brought to life by illustrator Sydney Smith, Sidewalk Flowers is an ode to the importance of small things, small people and small gestures. Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.7 Use illustrations and details in a story to describe its characters, setting, or events.
Publisher: Groundwood Books Ltd
ISBN: 1554988551
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 31
Book Description
Winner of the Governor General's Literary Award for Children's Illustrated Book A New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Book of the Year In this wordless picture book, a little girl collects wildflowers while her distracted father pays her little attention. Each flower becomes a gift, and whether the gift is noticed or ignored, both giver and recipient are transformed by their encounter. “Written” by award-winning poet JonArno Lawson and brought to life by illustrator Sydney Smith, Sidewalk Flowers is an ode to the importance of small things, small people and small gestures. Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.7 Use illustrations and details in a story to describe its characters, setting, or events.
Town Is by the Sea
Author: Joanne Schwartz
Publisher: Groundwood Books Ltd
ISBN: 1554988721
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 29
Book Description
Winner of CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal Winner of the TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award A young boy wakes up to the sound of the sea, visits his grandfather’s grave after lunch and comes home to a simple family dinner with his family, but all the while his mind strays to his father digging for coal deep down under the sea. Stunning illustrations by Sydney Smith, the award-winning illustrator of Sidewalk Flowers, show the striking contrast between a sparkling seaside day and the darkness underground where the miners dig. With curriculum connections to communities and the history of mining, this beautifully understated and haunting story brings a piece of Canadian history to life. The ever-present ocean and inevitable pattern of life in a Cape Breton mining town will enthrall children and move adult readers.
Publisher: Groundwood Books Ltd
ISBN: 1554988721
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 29
Book Description
Winner of CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal Winner of the TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award A young boy wakes up to the sound of the sea, visits his grandfather’s grave after lunch and comes home to a simple family dinner with his family, but all the while his mind strays to his father digging for coal deep down under the sea. Stunning illustrations by Sydney Smith, the award-winning illustrator of Sidewalk Flowers, show the striking contrast between a sparkling seaside day and the darkness underground where the miners dig. With curriculum connections to communities and the history of mining, this beautifully understated and haunting story brings a piece of Canadian history to life. The ever-present ocean and inevitable pattern of life in a Cape Breton mining town will enthrall children and move adult readers.
Athenaeum and Literary Chronicle
Author:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 836
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Languages : en
Pages : 836
Book Description
How To See Europe on 50¢ a Day
Author: Lee Meriwether
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1626369275
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 347
Book Description
The original college-dropout backpacker that started it all—this traveler’s classic is reissued here for the first time, and follows the adventures of Lee Meriwether in 1886 as he boards a steamer in Brooklyn and heads for Italy—to travel Europe on two quarters a day. Escaping a jail sentence in Italy for trying to sleep for free in the grounds of Pompeii and climbing into a volcano at midnight are just a few of the cheap adventures that Merriwether relates as he travels to Germany, Turkey, Greece, Austria, Switzerland, and England, all the while commenting on the sights he sees with an eye for social justice and his own special brand of humor.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1626369275
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 347
Book Description
The original college-dropout backpacker that started it all—this traveler’s classic is reissued here for the first time, and follows the adventures of Lee Meriwether in 1886 as he boards a steamer in Brooklyn and heads for Italy—to travel Europe on two quarters a day. Escaping a jail sentence in Italy for trying to sleep for free in the grounds of Pompeii and climbing into a volcano at midnight are just a few of the cheap adventures that Merriwether relates as he travels to Germany, Turkey, Greece, Austria, Switzerland, and England, all the while commenting on the sights he sees with an eye for social justice and his own special brand of humor.
The Athenaeum
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 898
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Languages : en
Pages : 898
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The Athenaeum
Author: James Silk Buckingham
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 846
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Languages : en
Pages : 846
Book Description
The Dictionary of National Biography
Author: Leslie Stephen
Publisher:
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 1378
Book Description
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 1378
Book Description
Aristocracy in England
Author: Adam Badeau
Publisher: New York : Harper & brothers
ISBN:
Category : Aristocracy
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Publisher: New York : Harper & brothers
ISBN:
Category : Aristocracy
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description