Respectfully Quoted
Author: Suzy Platt
Publisher: Barnes & Noble Publishing
Published: 1992
Total Pages: 550
ISBN-13: 9780880297684
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA collection of classical and modern quotations indexed by author, subject and keyword.
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The Encyclopedia of Nineteenth-century Land Warfare
Author: Byron Farwell
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 936
ISBN-13: 9780393047707
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe late Byron Farwell served as an engineer in the British forces of World War II and was an author of at least seven books on various aspects of military history. In this encyclopedia, a labor of love intended for both scholars and general readers, entries include information on wars, revolutions, battles, sieges, spies, soldiers, technical military terms, weapons, and other aspects of 19th-centruy wars and military life. The length of an entry does not necessarily correspond to its importance. Some lesser conflicts and minor personalities are given more space, because information is not readily available elsewhere; and conversely, if information on a topic is widely available, the entry is short. Small bandw images enhance the text. A selected bibliography is included at the end of the volume. Indexing, at least by country or general topic would have improved this otherwise carefully prepared reference. Annotation copyrighted by Book News Inc., Portland, OR
Built in Texas
Author: Francis Edward Abernethy
Publisher: University of North Texas Press
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 308
ISBN-13: 9781574410921
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPhotographs and text describe historical buildings across Texas that were built with nature-made materials such as rocks, logs, and mud.
Long March to Freedom
Author: Tom Hargrove
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Published: 2007-12-06
Total Pages: 388
ISBN-13: 9781585446322
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRunning late for work one morning in September 1994, Tom Hargrove, communications director for an international agricultural aid organization in Cali, Colombia, was mildly annoyed when he spotted a roadblock, or retén, manned by soldiers in fatigues. He chafed at the delay, but told himself that guerrillas and kidnappers didn’t operate on a main highway in broad daylight. But Hargrove had been dreadfully mistaken. Despite his assertions that he worked for a non-profit agricultural agency, he was forced at gunpoint into a vehicle and driven into the mountains by communist narco-terrorists who believed he was a valuable hostage. For almost a year, Hargrove was held by the guerillas and moved from one remote location to another. To maintain his grip on sanity, he recorded his daily experiences in makeshift journals: in a checkbook; on children’s notebooks; and on scraps of paper scrounged during his ordeal. Hargrove’s story, originally published in 1995, was the basis for the major motion picture Proof of Life, starring Russell Crowe and Meg Ryan. Now available again in paperback, Long March to Freedom chronicles one man’s spirited determination to hang onto life and faith amid nearly impossible circumstances.
Seen the Elephant, Heard the Owl
Author: Bershaw
Publisher:
Published: 2016-12-01
Total Pages:
ISBN-13: 9780692812273
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNo Uncertain Terms
Author: William Safire
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2004-06-02
Total Pages: 386
ISBN-13: 9780743258128
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExamines and provides comments on language trends while tracing the origins of timely words and phrases that discuss such topics as technology, entertainment, and everyday life.
The Astonishing Elephant
Author: Shana Alexander
Publisher: Random House (NY)
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 344
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Physiologically, elephants are unique - entirely different from all other mammals. Yet, since antiquity, observers have agreed that the elephant is the animal most akin to man." "Today both species of elephant - Africans and Asians - stand on the brink of extinction. Hope is arising, however, from a new generation of young American scientists, many of them women. Female zoologists and biologists have led the field in new findings about elephant ecology, family and sexual patterns, and the animals' continual communication by ultrasound, inaudible to human ears." "The Astonishing Elephant also reveals, for the first time, a hair-raising story of elephant "genocide": in the years between the Civil War and World War I, all male elephants in U. S. circuses were stealthily killed - shot, poisoned, drowned, and even hanged. The reason was musth, a periodic condition of mature males that renders them uncontrollable. So, gradually, only female elephants - now with masculine names - were put on parade, with none the wiser." "Most important, The Astonishing Elephant details a decade of heartbreaking trial and error and eventual triumph as scientists have tried to learn how to breed elephants via artificial insemination."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
The Facts on File Dictionary of American Regionalisms
Author: Robert Hendrickson
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
Published: 2000-10-30
Total Pages: 800
ISBN-13: 1438129920
DOWNLOAD EBOOKProvides definitions and examples of words and phrases used in different geographical regions of the United States.
The Ant and the Elephant
Author:
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Published: 1972
Total Pages: 52
ISBN-13: 9780395292051
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMany creatures are helped when two animals refuse to conform to the laws of the jungle. Of all the animals the elephant rescues, only the tiny ant returns the favour.
O. Henry: 101 Stories (LOA #345)
Author: O. Henry
Publisher: Library of America
Published: 2021-07-13
Total Pages: 840
ISBN-13: 1598536915
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe ultimate O. Henry: an annotated edition of classic tales by America's master storyteller Texas troubadour, convicted embezzler, and adopted New Yorker William Sidney Porter—better known as O. Henry—was one of the world’s great storytellers. A master of cunning plots and a gifted humorist, he is best known today for his beloved tale “The Gift of the Magi.” But O. Henry’s palette of moods and methods was as expansive as his exuberant imagination. This Library of America volume offers a fresh look at the full range of his literary genius. Here are 101 stories, including such favorites as “The Ransom of Red Chief,” “The Last of the Troubadours,” and “The Cop and the Anthem,” alongside lesser-known and previously uncollected stories, including three early tales published here for the first time. With full annotation and a newly researched chronology of Porter’s life and career, this is a definitive edition for modern readers of a major American writer.
