Author: Union League of Philadelphia. Library
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Category : Classified catalogs (Dewey decimal)
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Catalogue of the Library of the Union League of Philadelphia
Author: Union League of Philadelphia. Library
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Classified catalogs (Dewey decimal)
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Classified catalogs (Dewey decimal)
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
The Traveller's Daybook
Author: Fergus Fleming
Publisher: Atlantic Books
ISBN: 0857899287
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 471
Book Description
A masterly anthology of extracts from the journals and writings of travelers, explorers, and adventurers throughout history, taking the reader on one unforgettable journey for each day of the year Inviting readers to cross ocean, desert, mountain, and ice-cap in the company of the world's greatest explorers, wanderers, and writers, this day-by-day anthology of travel writing ranges widely across time as well as place: from Christopher Columbus's "discovery" of the West Indies in 1492 to Anton Chekhov's journey through Siberia in the 19th century and on to Wilfred Thesiger's wanderings in Arabia's "empty quarter" in the 1940s. Each quoted extract is accompanied by a brief commentary that introduces the writer and establishes the context of the excerpt, while integrated paintings and black and white etchings chime with the period of the chosen extracts. The itinerary offers the astonishment of the 17th-century diarist John Evelyn on beholding the size of women's shoes in Venice; the stoic courage of Captain Scott facing death at 40 degrees below zero; the exasperation of Dylan Thomas at finding himself in a "stifflipped, liverish, British Guest House in puking Abadan;" and the philosophical introspection of Fridtjof Nansen as he drifts in an "interminable and rigid world" of Arctic ice. Readers will find Napoleon's travel tips to his niece, a flight over Germany with Hitler, and an ex-pat dinner in Morocco where human blood is served from the fridge by the pint. Covering the whole calendar, including leap years, these 366 journeys are by turn lyrical, witty, tragic, and bizarre—but always entertaining.
Publisher: Atlantic Books
ISBN: 0857899287
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 471
Book Description
A masterly anthology of extracts from the journals and writings of travelers, explorers, and adventurers throughout history, taking the reader on one unforgettable journey for each day of the year Inviting readers to cross ocean, desert, mountain, and ice-cap in the company of the world's greatest explorers, wanderers, and writers, this day-by-day anthology of travel writing ranges widely across time as well as place: from Christopher Columbus's "discovery" of the West Indies in 1492 to Anton Chekhov's journey through Siberia in the 19th century and on to Wilfred Thesiger's wanderings in Arabia's "empty quarter" in the 1940s. Each quoted extract is accompanied by a brief commentary that introduces the writer and establishes the context of the excerpt, while integrated paintings and black and white etchings chime with the period of the chosen extracts. The itinerary offers the astonishment of the 17th-century diarist John Evelyn on beholding the size of women's shoes in Venice; the stoic courage of Captain Scott facing death at 40 degrees below zero; the exasperation of Dylan Thomas at finding himself in a "stifflipped, liverish, British Guest House in puking Abadan;" and the philosophical introspection of Fridtjof Nansen as he drifts in an "interminable and rigid world" of Arctic ice. Readers will find Napoleon's travel tips to his niece, a flight over Germany with Hitler, and an ex-pat dinner in Morocco where human blood is served from the fridge by the pint. Covering the whole calendar, including leap years, these 366 journeys are by turn lyrical, witty, tragic, and bizarre—but always entertaining.
The Publisher
Author:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1116
Book Description
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 1116
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A Contents-subject Index to General and Periodical Literature
Author: Alfred Cotgreave
Publisher: London : E. Stock
ISBN:
Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 766
Book Description
Publisher: London : E. Stock
ISBN:
Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 766
Book Description
Muskox Land
Author: Lyle Dick
Publisher: University of Calgary Press
ISBN: 1552380505
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 644
Book Description
Muskox Land provides a meticulously researched and richly illustrated treatment of Canada's High Arctic as it interweaves insights from historiography, Native studies, ecology, anthropology, and polar exploration.
Publisher: University of Calgary Press
ISBN: 1552380505
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 644
Book Description
Muskox Land provides a meticulously researched and richly illustrated treatment of Canada's High Arctic as it interweaves insights from historiography, Native studies, ecology, anthropology, and polar exploration.
The Publishers' Circular and Booksellers' Record of British and Foreign Literature
Author:
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 798
Book Description
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 798
Book Description
On the Revolutions: Volume 2
Author: Nicholas Copernicus
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1349017760
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 466
Book Description
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1349017760
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 466
Book Description
Illustrated Catalogue of Books, Standard and Holiday
Author: McClurg, Firm, Booksellers, Chicago
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
Catalogue
Author: Bernard Quaritch (Firm)
Publisher:
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Category : Antiquarian booksellers
Languages : en
Pages : 980
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Antiquarian booksellers
Languages : en
Pages : 980
Book Description
News Notes of California Libraries
Author: California State Library
Publisher:
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Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 622
Book Description
Vols. for 1971- include annual reports and statistical summaries.
Publisher:
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Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 622
Book Description
Vols. for 1971- include annual reports and statistical summaries.