Author: John Gross
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199543410
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
An unrivalled collection of literary gossip and intimate sidelights on the lives of the authors. This hugely entertaining anthology ranges from Chaucer to the present day, with anecdotes that are hilarious, touching, outrageous, sinister, inspiring, and downright weird.
The New Oxford Book of Literary Anecdotes
Author: John Gross
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199543410
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
An unrivalled collection of literary gossip and intimate sidelights on the lives of the authors. This hugely entertaining anthology ranges from Chaucer to the present day, with anecdotes that are hilarious, touching, outrageous, sinister, inspiring, and downright weird.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199543410
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
An unrivalled collection of literary gossip and intimate sidelights on the lives of the authors. This hugely entertaining anthology ranges from Chaucer to the present day, with anecdotes that are hilarious, touching, outrageous, sinister, inspiring, and downright weird.
Bartlett's Book of Anecdotes
Author: Andre Bernard
Publisher: Little, Brown
ISBN: 0446931268
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 808
Book Description
From Hank Aaron to King Zog, Mao Tse-Tung to Madonna, Bartlett's Book of Anecdotes features more than 2,000 people from around the world, past and present, in all fields. These short anecdotes provide remarkable insight into the human character. Ranging from the humorous to the tearful, they span classical history, recent politics, modern science and the arts. Bartlett's Book of Anecdotes is a gold mine for anyone who gives speeches, is doing research, or simply likes to browse. As an informal tour of history and human nature at its most entertaining & instructive, this is sure to be a perennial favorite for years to come.
Publisher: Little, Brown
ISBN: 0446931268
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 808
Book Description
From Hank Aaron to King Zog, Mao Tse-Tung to Madonna, Bartlett's Book of Anecdotes features more than 2,000 people from around the world, past and present, in all fields. These short anecdotes provide remarkable insight into the human character. Ranging from the humorous to the tearful, they span classical history, recent politics, modern science and the arts. Bartlett's Book of Anecdotes is a gold mine for anyone who gives speeches, is doing research, or simply likes to browse. As an informal tour of history and human nature at its most entertaining & instructive, this is sure to be a perennial favorite for years to come.
Anecdotes of painting in England, with some account of the principal artists, and notes on other arts; collected by G. Vertue, digested from his MSS.; with additions by J. Dallaway. [With] A catalogue of engravers who have been born, or resided, in England
Author: Horace Walpole (4th earl of Orford.)
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 466
Book Description
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 466
Book Description
Bohn's Extra Volume
Author: Henry George BOHN
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 564
Book Description
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 564
Book Description
Notice & Note
Author: G. Kylene Beers
Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books
ISBN: 9780325046938
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"Examines the new emphasis on text-dependent questions, rigor, and text complexity, and what it means to be literate in the 21st century"--P. [4] of cover.
Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books
ISBN: 9780325046938
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"Examines the new emphasis on text-dependent questions, rigor, and text complexity, and what it means to be literate in the 21st century"--P. [4] of cover.
The Little, Brown Book of Anecdotes
Author: Clifton Fadiman
Publisher: Hachette+ORM
ISBN: 0316084727
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 1322
Book Description
A book compiled of anecdotes from other collections, arranged under the name of the person they're about.
Publisher: Hachette+ORM
ISBN: 0316084727
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 1322
Book Description
A book compiled of anecdotes from other collections, arranged under the name of the person they're about.
Anecdotes of Painting in England
Author:
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Category : Artists
Languages : en
Pages : 442
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Artists
Languages : en
Pages : 442
Book Description
Anecdotes of Painting in England
Author: Horace Walpole
Publisher:
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Category : Artists
Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Artists
Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description
Memoirs of the Court of Charles the Second
Author: Anthony Hamilton (Count)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 564
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 564
Book Description
Memoirs of the Court of Charles the Second
Author: Anthony Hamilton
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3382319500
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 558
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1859. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3382319500
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 558
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1859. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.