Author: Harry Castlemon
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3387092911
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.
The Young Wild-Fowlers
Author: Harry Castlemon
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3387092911
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3387092911
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.
The Wild-fowler
Author: Henry Coleman Folkard
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fowling
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fowling
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
The Young Wild-fowlers
Author: Harry Castlemon
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Adventure stories
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
The adventures of a group of boys, one of whom was shanghaied and escaped.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Adventure stories
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
The adventures of a group of boys, one of whom was shanghaied and escaped.
Cahokia, the Great Native American Metropolis
Author: Biloine W. Young
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 9780252068218
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Five centuries before the Pilgrims landed in Massachusetts, indigenous North Americans had already built a vast urban center on the banks of the Mississippi River where East St. Louis is today. This is the story of North America's largest archaeological site, told through the lives, personalities, and conflicts of the men and women who excavated and studied it. At its height the metropolis of Cahokia had twenty thousand inhabitants in the city center with another ten thousand in the outskirts. Cahokia was a precisely planned community with a fortified central city and surrounding suburbs. Its entire plan reflected the Cahokian's concept of the cosmos. Its centerpiece, Monk's Mound, ten stories tall, is the largest pre-Columbian structure in North America, with a base circumference larger than that of either the Great Pyramid of Khufu in Egypt or the Pyramid of the Sun at Teotihuacan in Mexico. Nineteenth-century observers maintained that the mounds, too sophisticated for primitive Native American cultures, had to have been created by a superior, non-Indian race, perhaps even by survivors of the lost continent of Atlantis. Melvin Fowler, the "dean" of Cahokia archaeologists, and Biloine Whiting Young tell an engrossing story of the struggle to protect the site from the encroachment of interstate highways and urban sprawl. Now identified as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO and protected by the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency, Cahokia serves as a reminder that the indigenous North Americans had a past of complexity and great achievement.
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 9780252068218
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Five centuries before the Pilgrims landed in Massachusetts, indigenous North Americans had already built a vast urban center on the banks of the Mississippi River where East St. Louis is today. This is the story of North America's largest archaeological site, told through the lives, personalities, and conflicts of the men and women who excavated and studied it. At its height the metropolis of Cahokia had twenty thousand inhabitants in the city center with another ten thousand in the outskirts. Cahokia was a precisely planned community with a fortified central city and surrounding suburbs. Its entire plan reflected the Cahokian's concept of the cosmos. Its centerpiece, Monk's Mound, ten stories tall, is the largest pre-Columbian structure in North America, with a base circumference larger than that of either the Great Pyramid of Khufu in Egypt or the Pyramid of the Sun at Teotihuacan in Mexico. Nineteenth-century observers maintained that the mounds, too sophisticated for primitive Native American cultures, had to have been created by a superior, non-Indian race, perhaps even by survivors of the lost continent of Atlantis. Melvin Fowler, the "dean" of Cahokia archaeologists, and Biloine Whiting Young tell an engrossing story of the struggle to protect the site from the encroachment of interstate highways and urban sprawl. Now identified as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO and protected by the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency, Cahokia serves as a reminder that the indigenous North Americans had a past of complexity and great achievement.
The Young Pretenders
Author: Edith Henrietta Fowler
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
"A children's book whose sophistication, humour and ironies are nowadays appreciated by both children (aged about 9-13) and adults. Babs lives most contentedly in a large house in the country with her grandmother, her nanny and her brother (their parents are in 'Inja'). Then their grandmother dies and they are sent to live in Kensington with their uncle and his wife. Having run wild in the country, spent hours with the gardener and had a great deal to do and to think about, suddenly they are abandoned in a world of artifice and convention and are expected to behave artificially and conventionally. Babs cannot, of course, stop playing, and the central theme of the book is that she has not learned how to dissemble (as opposed to playing 'let's pretend') but must learn how to do so"--Publisher's website.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
"A children's book whose sophistication, humour and ironies are nowadays appreciated by both children (aged about 9-13) and adults. Babs lives most contentedly in a large house in the country with her grandmother, her nanny and her brother (their parents are in 'Inja'). Then their grandmother dies and they are sent to live in Kensington with their uncle and his wife. Having run wild in the country, spent hours with the gardener and had a great deal to do and to think about, suddenly they are abandoned in a world of artifice and convention and are expected to behave artificially and conventionally. Babs cannot, of course, stop playing, and the central theme of the book is that she has not learned how to dissemble (as opposed to playing 'let's pretend') but must learn how to do so"--Publisher's website.
The Fowler in Ireland. Or, Notes on the Haunts and Habits of Wildfowl and Seafowl Including Instructions in the Art of Shooting and Capturing Them
Author: Ralph Payne-Gallwey
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 338543436X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 534
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1882.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 338543436X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 534
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1882.
Methuselah Flies
Author: Michael Robertson Rose
Publisher: World Scientific
ISBN: 9812387412
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 495
Book Description
Methuselah Flies presents a trailblazing project on the biology of aging. It describes research on the first organisms to have their lifespan increased, and their aging slowed, by hereditary manipulation. These organisms are fruit flies from the species Drosophila melanogaster, the great workhorse of genetics. Michael Rose and his colleagues have been able to double the lifespan of these insects, and improved their health in numerous respects as well. The study of these flies with postponed aging is one of the best means we have of understanding, and ultimately achieving, the postponement of aging in humans. As such, the carefully presented detail of this book will be of value to research devoted to the understanding and control of aging.Methuselah Flies: ? is a tightly edited distillation of twenty years of work by many scientists? contains the original publications regarding the longer-lived fruit flies? offers commentaries on each of the topics covered ? new, short essays that put the individual research papers in a wider context? gives full access to the original data ? captures the scientific significance of postponed aging for a wide academic audienc
Publisher: World Scientific
ISBN: 9812387412
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 495
Book Description
Methuselah Flies presents a trailblazing project on the biology of aging. It describes research on the first organisms to have their lifespan increased, and their aging slowed, by hereditary manipulation. These organisms are fruit flies from the species Drosophila melanogaster, the great workhorse of genetics. Michael Rose and his colleagues have been able to double the lifespan of these insects, and improved their health in numerous respects as well. The study of these flies with postponed aging is one of the best means we have of understanding, and ultimately achieving, the postponement of aging in humans. As such, the carefully presented detail of this book will be of value to research devoted to the understanding and control of aging.Methuselah Flies: ? is a tightly edited distillation of twenty years of work by many scientists? contains the original publications regarding the longer-lived fruit flies? offers commentaries on each of the topics covered ? new, short essays that put the individual research papers in a wider context? gives full access to the original data ? captures the scientific significance of postponed aging for a wide academic audienc
Rufus and Rose; Or, The Fortunes of Rough and Ready
Author: Horatio Jr. Alger
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
Set against the backdrop of 19th-century New York, this tale by Alger follows the challenges and adventures of siblings Rufus and Rose. As they navigate life's trials, from dealing with stepfathers to understanding the conduct of life, readers witness their resilience and determination. Alger's portrayal of the era, combined with the siblings' journey, offers a heartwarming tale of hope and perseverance.
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
Set against the backdrop of 19th-century New York, this tale by Alger follows the challenges and adventures of siblings Rufus and Rose. As they navigate life's trials, from dealing with stepfathers to understanding the conduct of life, readers witness their resilience and determination. Alger's portrayal of the era, combined with the siblings' journey, offers a heartwarming tale of hope and perseverance.
Youth's Companion
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 680
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 680
Book Description
Record of Proceedings of the Annual Meeting
Author: American Society of Animal Production
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Livestock
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Livestock
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description