Author: Chris Gall
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0316055948
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 38
Book Description
What happens when the creatures of the sea take Peter Alan up on his offer? Something fishy, of course! At first, their visit is all fun and games, but then, things really start to get out of hand? Watch out for a bucking bull shark at the rodeo, the invasion of a slimy school of fish, and many other playful pictorial puns hidden in these striking, surrealistic illustrations. An endpaper identifying over 30 species of fish appearing in the book is an educational bonus. Here is a fantastic flight of fancy that every child will savor, with a subtle message: Be careful what you wish for!
Dear Fish
Author: Chris Gall
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0316055948
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 38
Book Description
What happens when the creatures of the sea take Peter Alan up on his offer? Something fishy, of course! At first, their visit is all fun and games, but then, things really start to get out of hand? Watch out for a bucking bull shark at the rodeo, the invasion of a slimy school of fish, and many other playful pictorial puns hidden in these striking, surrealistic illustrations. An endpaper identifying over 30 species of fish appearing in the book is an educational bonus. Here is a fantastic flight of fancy that every child will savor, with a subtle message: Be careful what you wish for!
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0316055948
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 38
Book Description
What happens when the creatures of the sea take Peter Alan up on his offer? Something fishy, of course! At first, their visit is all fun and games, but then, things really start to get out of hand? Watch out for a bucking bull shark at the rodeo, the invasion of a slimy school of fish, and many other playful pictorial puns hidden in these striking, surrealistic illustrations. An endpaper identifying over 30 species of fish appearing in the book is an educational bonus. Here is a fantastic flight of fancy that every child will savor, with a subtle message: Be careful what you wish for!
Dear Christopher
Author: Barry Joyce
Publisher: University of California Native Amer
ISBN: 9780963557308
Category : Indians
Languages : en
Pages : 211
Book Description
For the first time, Native Americans present their views about Christopher Columbus, the symbol of conquest. Through their letters, the authors address the meaning of Columbus' voyages to America & to individual tribes. They also discuss subsequent attacks on Native Americans & their communities, the resettlement of their lands whose views of the earth & its life differed dramatically from their own. Informative, challenging & often poignant.
Publisher: University of California Native Amer
ISBN: 9780963557308
Category : Indians
Languages : en
Pages : 211
Book Description
For the first time, Native Americans present their views about Christopher Columbus, the symbol of conquest. Through their letters, the authors address the meaning of Columbus' voyages to America & to individual tribes. They also discuss subsequent attacks on Native Americans & their communities, the resettlement of their lands whose views of the earth & its life differed dramatically from their own. Informative, challenging & often poignant.
Dear Old Kit
Author: Harvey Lewis Carter
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 9780806122533
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
The Figure of Kit Carson strides through the literature of the American West in heroic size. Trader, trapper, scout, brigadier general of New Mexico Volunteers, and many other things besides, he has appealed to the public imagination as no other frontiersman has. Many biographies and who versions of his “autobiography” have been published. Yet much of the legend still remains to be separated from the facts, declares the author of this new biography. “I am an admirer of Carson,” says Mr. Carter, “and have no wish deliberately to debunk him, but I am interested in correcting the statements of uncritical hero worship many by many writers.” Kit is allowed to speak for himself, as far as possible, through an exact transcription of his dictated reminiscences made from the manuscript in the Newberry Library, Chicago. Persons and places are clearly identified, and Kit’s slips of memory are corrected in the definitive annotation of his account. One hundred years of speculation about the identity of the man who transcribed Carson’s story is ended. Mr. Carter has established positive identification, based on carefully assembled facts. A new assessment of Kit’s character and reputation is included, as well as an annotated account of the last years of his life.
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 9780806122533
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
The Figure of Kit Carson strides through the literature of the American West in heroic size. Trader, trapper, scout, brigadier general of New Mexico Volunteers, and many other things besides, he has appealed to the public imagination as no other frontiersman has. Many biographies and who versions of his “autobiography” have been published. Yet much of the legend still remains to be separated from the facts, declares the author of this new biography. “I am an admirer of Carson,” says Mr. Carter, “and have no wish deliberately to debunk him, but I am interested in correcting the statements of uncritical hero worship many by many writers.” Kit is allowed to speak for himself, as far as possible, through an exact transcription of his dictated reminiscences made from the manuscript in the Newberry Library, Chicago. Persons and places are clearly identified, and Kit’s slips of memory are corrected in the definitive annotation of his account. One hundred years of speculation about the identity of the man who transcribed Carson’s story is ended. Mr. Carter has established positive identification, based on carefully assembled facts. A new assessment of Kit’s character and reputation is included, as well as an annotated account of the last years of his life.
Bloodsucking Fiends
Author: Christopher Moore
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1439191492
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 297
Book Description
Jody never asked to become a vampire. But when she wakes up under an alley Dumpster with a badly burned arm, an aching back, superhuman strength, and a distinctly Nosferatuan thirst, she realizes the decision has been made for her. Making the transition from the nine-to-five grind to an eternity of nocturnal prowlings is going to take some doing, however, and that's where C. Thomas Flood fits in. A would-be Kerouac from Incontinence, Indiana, Tommy (to his friends) is biding his time night-clerking and frozen-turkey bowling in a San Francisco Safeway. But all that changes when a beautiful undead redhead walks through the door...and proceeds to rock Tommy's life—and afterlife—in ways he never thought possible.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1439191492
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 297
Book Description
Jody never asked to become a vampire. But when she wakes up under an alley Dumpster with a badly burned arm, an aching back, superhuman strength, and a distinctly Nosferatuan thirst, she realizes the decision has been made for her. Making the transition from the nine-to-five grind to an eternity of nocturnal prowlings is going to take some doing, however, and that's where C. Thomas Flood fits in. A would-be Kerouac from Incontinence, Indiana, Tommy (to his friends) is biding his time night-clerking and frozen-turkey bowling in a San Francisco Safeway. But all that changes when a beautiful undead redhead walks through the door...and proceeds to rock Tommy's life—and afterlife—in ways he never thought possible.
My Dear Bessie
Author: Chris Barker
Publisher: Canongate Books
ISBN: 1782115684
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
AS HEARD ON RADIO 4 'Utterly wonderful' NINA STIBBE, author of Love, Nina Twenty hours have gone since I last wrote. I have been thinking of you. I shall think of you until I post this, and until you get it. Can you feel, as you read these words, that I am thinking of you now; aglow, alive, alert at the thought that you are in the same world, and by some strange chance loving me. In September 1943, Chris Barker was serving as a signalman in North Africa when he decided to brighten the long days of war by writing to old friends. One of these was Bessie Moore, a former work colleague. The unexpected warmth of Bessie's reply changed their lives forever. Crossing continents and years, their funny, affectionate and intensely personal letters are a remarkable portrait of a love played out against the backdrop of the Second World War. Above all, their story is a stirring example of the power of letters to transform ordinary lives.
Publisher: Canongate Books
ISBN: 1782115684
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
AS HEARD ON RADIO 4 'Utterly wonderful' NINA STIBBE, author of Love, Nina Twenty hours have gone since I last wrote. I have been thinking of you. I shall think of you until I post this, and until you get it. Can you feel, as you read these words, that I am thinking of you now; aglow, alive, alert at the thought that you are in the same world, and by some strange chance loving me. In September 1943, Chris Barker was serving as a signalman in North Africa when he decided to brighten the long days of war by writing to old friends. One of these was Bessie Moore, a former work colleague. The unexpected warmth of Bessie's reply changed their lives forever. Crossing continents and years, their funny, affectionate and intensely personal letters are a remarkable portrait of a love played out against the backdrop of the Second World War. Above all, their story is a stirring example of the power of letters to transform ordinary lives.
Dear Friend and Gardener
Author: Beth Chatto
Publisher: Frances Lincoln
ISBN: 1781011419
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Lively exchange of letters between Christopher Lloyd and Beth Chatto, two long-established friends and distinguished gardeners.
Publisher: Frances Lincoln
ISBN: 1781011419
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Lively exchange of letters between Christopher Lloyd and Beth Chatto, two long-established friends and distinguished gardeners.
Oscare Wilde
Author:
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Oscar Wilde and His Literary Circle
Author: John Charles Finzi
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520350553
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 527
Book Description
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1957. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520350553
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 527
Book Description
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1957. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived
Joseph II and His Court
Author: Luise Mühlbach
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Austria
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Austria
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
A Governess in the Age of Jane Austen
Author: Agnes Porter
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 9781852851644
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
We only know a surprisingly small number of eighteenth-century women as personalities. This is true, in particular, of women who had to work for their living. Which is why the survival of the letters and journals of Miss Agnes Porter, dating from 1788 to 1814, constitutes an unusually important find. Miss Porter, the daughter of a Church of England clergyman, was born in 1752 with brains but not looks or wealth. Although she would have liked to marry, her various hopes ended in disappointment. She therefore had to earn her living as a governess, working principally in teaching the daughters and grand-daughter of the second Earl of Ilchester. Agnes Porter was neither morbidly religious, as were many of her Victorian successors, nor did she spend her time dwelling on the unfairness of her situation. She emerges as a intelligent, warm and likeable woman ready to make the best of her lot. Joanna Martin has provided a substantial introduction which sets Miss Porter in her historical context. A Governess in the Age of Jane Austen is a detailed, and very early, portrait of a woman entering a profession.
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 9781852851644
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
We only know a surprisingly small number of eighteenth-century women as personalities. This is true, in particular, of women who had to work for their living. Which is why the survival of the letters and journals of Miss Agnes Porter, dating from 1788 to 1814, constitutes an unusually important find. Miss Porter, the daughter of a Church of England clergyman, was born in 1752 with brains but not looks or wealth. Although she would have liked to marry, her various hopes ended in disappointment. She therefore had to earn her living as a governess, working principally in teaching the daughters and grand-daughter of the second Earl of Ilchester. Agnes Porter was neither morbidly religious, as were many of her Victorian successors, nor did she spend her time dwelling on the unfairness of her situation. She emerges as a intelligent, warm and likeable woman ready to make the best of her lot. Joanna Martin has provided a substantial introduction which sets Miss Porter in her historical context. A Governess in the Age of Jane Austen is a detailed, and very early, portrait of a woman entering a profession.