bThe Booker Prize-winning author of iPossessioni and a novelist of dazzling inventiveness iTimei delivers a stunning collection of essays on literature and life. brbbrWhether she is writing about George Eliot or Sylvia Plath Victorian spiritual malaise or Toni Morrison mythic strands in the novels of Iris Murdoch and Saul Bellow politics behind the popularity of Barbara Pym or the ambitions that underlie

W. E. B. Du Bois was one of the great African American intellectuals of the early twentieth century. He was a prominent civil rights leader, sociologist, historian, educator, author of several works of fiction, and one of the founding figures of Pan-Africanism. Du Bois\'s works are filled with allusions to the classical mythology, philosophy, and history that permeated his education. In the first book-length

pemThe Soul of Our Family emis a collection of prayers, praises, poems, and other writings written by family members across the United States and abroad but it is much more. This book was written to honor the legacy of our ancestors who taught us that prayer is an indispensable tool to reach GOD during periods of praise, as well as difficult times and for their descendants who are challenged with the

Marian Cruger Coffin 1876-1957, one of the first American women to work as a professional landscape architect, may not be a household name however, with designs at some of America\'s foremost horticultural institutions, it should be. While Coffin\'s designs can be seen at locations as varied as Winterthur, New York Botanical Garden, Mount Cuba Center, and the University of Delaware, Gibraltar is perhaps

pLoretta finds a caterpillar egg on a milkweed plant. She watches over the egg, observes hatching, shoos away the predators, watches the maturation process, metamorphosis and migration. Book also has an explanation of migration, sources of milkweed seeds, and how to recognize male and female monarch butterflies.p

On the morning of June 25th, 1876, Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer made a fateful decision to attack a large Native American village camped on the banks of the Little Big Horn River. It was a decision that would cost him his life, the lives of 268 of his men, and the lives of over 60 Native Americans defending their right to live free. Myths, mysteries, and legends of this fight have grown

Machine Gunners in the trenches p The First World War was waged on an industrial scale, utilising every conceivable advantage of invention and technology. Fought on land, in the skies and on and beneath the sea it was the first true conflict of the modern age. In the land war infantry soldiers were introduced to efficient artillery, poison gas, the flame thrower, the tank and the devastatingly simple

pIn dozens of countries and in hundreds of varieties, the venerable craft of white work has become a byword for the ultimate form of needlework elegance. Its 3,000-year history encompasses every conceivable form of garment and decorative linen, from peasant blouses to papal vestments and the bridal gowns of queens it appears in many guises as the favored embroidery of needleworkers from Denmark to

bStart your engines and get ready for preschool and kindergarten with the fun and informative activities and worksheets in this educational workbook filled with construction vehicles, cars, boats, planes, trains, and more.b pKids from ages 3 to 5 will learn letter and number tracing, shape recognition, counting, sight word practice, and much, much more while having a blast doodling and coloring excavators,

pWithin four years of William Tyndale\'s execution in 1536, Henry VIII had authorized the Great Bible for the Church of England, based on Tyndale\'s work to create an English translation of the Bible that was accessible for everyone to read. This Tyndale Bible, as it became known, was key in the spread of Reformation ideas across the English-speaking world, and its legacy can still be felt in translations

bA well written, informed, and at times exciting account iChoicei of the field of Egyptology, part two of Thompson\'s bestselling monumental history, new in paperbackbbr pThe discovery of ancient Egypt and the development of Egyptology are momentous events in intellectual and cultural history. The history of Egyptology is the story of the people, famous and obscure, who constructed the picture of ancient

Mare Liberum is a collection of haiku and tanka by Jacob Salzer inspired by water and the sea. Jacob Salzer has named this collection of haiku and tanka Mare Liberum which translated from Latin means The Freedom of the Seas. His poems throughout this collection are written with strong undertones of the link between water and humans, our place within this world of water we call Earth. Salzer captures

Autumn 1941 and a fierce war rages amid the treacherous waters of the Dover Strait. It is fought by the gun and torpedo boats of Britain\'s Coastal Forces fast, frail vessels that do battle against the best of Germany\'s Kriegsmarine. The crews are mainly volunteers men plucked from civilian life and new to the maelstrom of brutal combat. Each take a different route to meet such a personal challenge

pI have learned so much in writing this and gained so much knowledge that I did not know and knew with the reinforcement by my reading and searching scriptures from what I\'ve heard preached to me and in Bible study that I feel assured that I am firmly in the one true Church of CHRIST. I must live accordingly for the hope that is mine to gain or lose. Yes, the scripture is right where JESUS CHRIST

EAN: 9780860549246Hunt JohnBritish Archaeological Reports

pA careful and meticulous study of the Western Theme in Science Fiction Literature. I.O. Evans Studies in the Philosophy and Criticism of Literature, Vol. 1. By David Mogen Colorado State University. Edited by Daryll F. Mallett.p

EAN: 9781594543456Nova Science Publishers Inc 2005

Challenged by his friend, poet and art critic Max Jacob, to write a novel, Pierre Reverdy produced this fragmented, beautiful assemblage of loneliness, paranoia and depersonalization drawn from his own experience of Paris in the early 20th century, the sometimes antagonistic atmosphere of the avant-garde and his own troubled relationship with Jacob, who tended to detect the threat of his literary treasures

pNoelle Simpson is devastated when her husband Trevor dies. He left her half the company he\'d built with Lincoln Mathias. Now Noelle has to move to San Francisco and convince Linc that she can come up to speed and pull her weight as a full partner. All without thinking about her husband\'s final suggestion-that she and Linc get married.pp ppLincoln Mathias isn\'t interested in having Noelle around

pbrppPrecious Cummings is more ruthless than ever in Part 3 of the Bitch series. In The Bitch Is Back, Precious is relishing in every hood queen s dream life. She has her king, Supreme, and her princess, their daughter Aaliyah. With an estate in Beverly Hills, a fleet of luxurious cars and endless cash flow, the drama Precious experienced in the gritty streets of New York is a distant memory ... or