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What Daniel Boorstin did for science in The DiscoverERs, Timothy Ferris for cosmology in Coming of Age in the Milky Way, and Robert Heilbroner for economics in The Worldly Philosophers, Colin Wells does for history in A BRIEF HISTORY OF HISTORY – a readable 90,000-word intellectual history in its most engaging and accessible form. The book is a biography of history as a living idea, linking together lively, evocative sketches of the great historians with a few bold brushstrokes summarizing ... Read more
When Sera Littlejohn meets a violet-eyed stranger, he reveals a supernatural battle veiled in the shadows, and Sera is tempted to the edge of madness by a dangerous desire. Ferris Archer takes Sera under his wing, now that she is a talyan-possessed by a repentant demon with hellish powers. Archer's league of warriors have never fought beside a female before, and never in all his centuries has Archer found a woman who captivates him like Sera. With the balance shifting between good and ... Read more
Freshman year of college: the time when most people experience the highest highs and most insidious lows of their life. Each day is full of defining moments that shape who you become, and every night can bring either loneliness or promise. This is especially true for Ferris Novak--a first-year student with an undiagnosed anxiety disorder and a lot on his mind. While trying to navigate the typical freshman fare of flirtatious girls, unintelligible professors, and bizarre roommates, he learns ... Read more
Lurana W. Sheldon Ferris was an American author, who also wrote under the pen name Grace Shirley. She was born at Hadlyme, Connecticut, and was educated as a physician in the Woman's Medical College there. An attack of nervous prostration terminated her studies, and she subsequently turned her attention toward literature. She wrote many short stories dealing with the tragic and occult and was published in many of the leading magazines of her day. Beginning in 1900 with From Farm to ... Read more
Sister and Brothermothers and fathers and all of the others in the whole wide whirlingworld! We are fizzy with the dizzyreeling,fuzzy with the Ferris wheelfeeling!Sheree Fitch's brilliant poetry and Yayo's vivid artwork light up the night sky in this wonderful picture book for kids young and old.
Rendu célèbre par ses ouvrages remarqués sur la Seconde Guerre mondiale, notamment La France à l'heure allemande, l'universitaire suisse Philippe Burrin livre ici une contribution particulièrement importante à l'histoire du XXe siècle. Trop souvent, en effet, règne une certaine confusion dans l'emploi et la définition des concepts historiques majeurs que sont le fascisme, le nazisme, l'autoritarisme. Comme à son habitude, Philippe Burrin procède par juxtaposition ... Read more
Parmi tous les pays qui ont appartenu au bloc soviétique, la Russie est probablement celui dont l'avenir est le plus incertain. Après une brève période d'euphorie, la confiscation quasi exclusive du pouvoir politique et économique par des clans liés au crime organisé est apparue au grand jour, sur fond de misère, de régression démographique, de dislocation de l'empire et de perte de prestige international. Sans nier les conséquences désastreuses de la période communiste, Hélène ... Read more
This guide for literature enthusiasts and travelers alike reveals what Francophiles have long known: France is so much more than the Eiffel Tower and the Champs-Elysées. Including contributions from such celebrated French writers as Colette, Gabriel Chevallier, and Emmanuelle Laborit, this lively anthology takes readers through France in literary style. In Paris, walk down twisty Rue Ferrière, take a spin on a Franco-Arab carousel, and eavesdrop on a Jewish funeral party. In the suburbs, meet ... Read more
Bestselling novelist and memoirist Dani Shapiro brings her expertise to this year’s volume of Best New American Voices. Now in its eleventh year, this series gathers the best fiction from hundreds of nominations submitted by writing programs such as the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and Johns Hopkins, and from summer conferences such as Sewanee and Bread Loaf. Joshua Ferris, Julie Orringer, Adam Johnson, William Gay, Lauren Groff, Rattawut Lapcharoensap, Maile Meloy, Amanda Davis, and Nam Le are just ... Read more
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Taillefer (Latin: Incisor ferri, meaning "hewer of iron") was the surname of a Norman ioglere (juggler or jester) whose exact name and place of birth are unknown (sometimes his first name is given as "Ivo"). He travelled to England during the Norman conquest of England of 1066, in the train of William the Conqueror. At the Battle of Hastings Taillefer recited the Chanson de Roland to the Norman troops while juggling with his sword. An English soldier ... Read more
Gerard Gallacher served as a police officer in Glasgow from the 1980s and three decades onwards. It was the time when drugs seized hold of the city and a new set of ruthless criminals were threatening to take control. There was still the usual violence of the city to deal with, including domestic violence, gang warfare and robbery, but it was the huge increase in drug use that defined the times and led to many of the most notorious incidents in the city's criminal past. And Gerard ... Read more
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as ... Read more
Tam McGraw was one of the most feared gangsters in Glasgow. Before his death from natural causes in July 2007, he had built up a huge crime empire which stretched from Glasgow to the Canaries. Few would talk openly about The Licensee while he was still alive - but now his incredible, untold story can finally be revealed. McGraw was a ruthlessly efficient gangster who ruled through fear and cunning, violence and drugs. They called him The Licensee - but not because of the pub he owned. Street ... Read more
A wonderful resource for adults and children to explore the ever important theme of peace together Children respond warmly to the idea of a world without war, and this book helps them articulate their hopes and dreams for a better world—at school, in the community, and on a world scale. The poems and prayers, drawn from biblical, traditional, and contemporary sources, also provide inspiration for how the reader can, through their attitude and actions, work for peace in their own world. The ... Read more
The study of food in literature complicates established critical positions. Both a libidinal pleasure and the ultimate commodity, food in fiction can represent sex as well as money and brings the body and the marketplace together in ways that are sometimes obvious and sometimes unsettling. Spilling the Beans explores these relations in the context of late eighteenth and early nineteenth century women’s fiction, where concerns about bodily, economic, and intellectual productivity and consumption ... Read more
My birthday is 5 months, 3 weeks, 2 days, and 8 hours away. Today I'm starting to plan my party.So what if the Big Day's not exactly around the corner? This little girl is planning her party now. She has to, if she wants to have the best birthday party ever. She'll have the tallest birthday cake in the world, plus camels, elephants, a ferris wheel (of course), and a castle . . . with a moat. Kids will laugh out loud at the girl's wild plans, and love the oh-so-sweet ending, ... Read more
What can a crane pick up . . . a truck? A Yes, a truck! And a truck . . . And a truck . . .A A A A A A A A And a railroad car, if it gets stuck.A truck, a train,a car, a planecan all be lifted with a crane.From poet Rebecca Kai Dotlich and artist Mike Lowery comes a rollicking picture book about cranesâ??the kind that pick things up! We start with pipes and bricks and loads of steel and then move on to funny, whimsical objects: a cow, a ferris wheel, men in business suits, and an ancient ... Read more
Even kids who don't like to read will love Uncle John's Electrifying Bathroom Reader for Kids Only. It contains over 300 pages of lighthearted, easy-to-read, user-friendly material that's designed just for kids. Young readers will be on the edge of their seats (no pun intended!) as they learn little-known facts about dozens of topics. Chapters are organized according to subject -- superstitions, traditions, sports, food, mythology, entertainment, the body, and more -- and length ... Read more
A new volume in our Classic Reprint Series The first issue of the legendary architecture journal Pencil Points appeared in 1920 as "a journal for the drafting room." Born out of The Architectural Review, and merged with Progressive Architecture in 1943, Pencil Points became the leading voice in architectural and graphic design when modernism flourished, introducing key players from America and Europe. It also established the agenda in architectural theory: multivolume pieces by John Harbeson ... Read more
Colm T?ib?n on Joni Mitchell • James Wood on The Who • Stacey D'Erasmo on Kate Bush • Daniel Handler on Eurythmics • Lisa Dierbeck on the Pretenders • Clifford Chase on the B-52s . . . and other writers on the soundtracks of their lives In Heavy Rotation, twenty of our most acclaimed contemporary writers pay homage to the record albums that inspired them. Benjamin Kunkel remembers how the Smiths' Queen Is Dead transformed him into an adolescent Anglophile. Pankaj Mishra describes ... Read more
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