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- catalog abstract "Spinster of thirty-nine buys book-van and starts out on the country roads for an adventure. For other editions, see Author Catalog.".
- catalog abstract "Occasional paper [no.] 20 : April 1944.".
- catalog abstract ""Concerns the effect of imagined aerial bombing on the British city of Southampton -- a major maritime centre -- in the early part of World War II. The novel addresses the issues of the aftermath of bombing, such as the spread of disease from lack of clean water, and what may be done to relieve the distress of those affected by it. On the initial day of publication, a thousand copies of the novel were distributed free of charge to ARP [Air Raid Precautions] members to inform them of what they may expect. Peter Corbett, a local lawyer, his wife, Joan, and their three children make the decision to move away from the war zone after their house, and Corbett's offices, are destroyed. They move aboard their small yacht, kept on the river Hamble, but quickly realise that escaping to ports further from Southampton is the only answer. However, because of the fears of cholera and other diseases, many ports are under quarantine. Whilst on the open water of the English Channel, the Corbetts go to the assistance of some downed British naval pilots. Their commanding officer suggests that the family should head for the French port of Brest -- where Corbett may volunteer for war service and his family may board a liner for the safety of Canada. They take this advice and the novel closes."--Wikipedia.".
- catalog abstract "The story of a young Brahmin's search for ultimate reality after meeting with the Buddha.".
- catalog abstract "When their club, threatened by lack of finances, is forced to close down, four friends devise a scheme to locate the fat aging tomcat whose inheritance, destined eventually to go to the club, is being shared by a sly lawyer and the cat's caretaker.".
- catalog abstract "A very small bear found by Mr. and Mrs. Brown at Paddington station becomes one of the family.".
- catalog abstract "A black gang leader in Southern California struggles to rise above the rough life of the street.".
- catalog abstract ""The background and principal developments in the use of silver as money since the beginning of the nineteenth century."--Preface.".
- catalog abstract "The first four chapters are introductory. They lay the foundation for what follows. Chapters five through twelve are the heart of the story. They describe the anvils of adversity on which the plants of our day were forged through the ages: the Coal Age, Drifting Continents, and the Ice Age. Beginning with Chapter thirteen, the last eight chapters deal with the pattern of the countryside as it is today, showing how our trees and flowers have traveled around the world to reach their present locations.".
- catalog abstract "Jim's anxieties on his first day of school are happily forgotten when he makes a new friend.".
- catalog abstract "In thirteenth-century England an eleven-year-old boy roams the countryside as he searches for his father and his stolen dog.".
- catalog abstract "The contents of this book have grown out of a course of lectures delivered at various learned centre, and a series of essays published in the Jewis quarterly review. These essays began to appear in the year 1894.".
- catalog abstract "This work of immense Scholarship (673 pages) is well-documented and written with scholarship and love. Chapter 7 deals with Shabbat liturgy (p. 161-198), which is discussed in detail with a special focus on historical development.".
- catalog abstract "After only two days in New York, a young Puerto Rican boy who speaks no English loses his dog and sets out to find it.".
- catalog abstract "A fictionalized biography of the mathematician and astronomer who realized his childhood desire to become a ship's captain and authored The American Practical Navigator.".
- catalog abstract "Thirteen-year-old Veronica manages to bully everyone in her class, except for shrimpy Peter Wedermeyer who keeps taunting and outsmarting her at every turn.".
- catalog abstract "Volume 1 of The Cambridge History of the Bible concerns the earliest period down to Jerome and takes as its central theme the process by which the books of both Testaments came into being and emerged as a canon of scripture, and the use of canonical writings in the early church. The Cambridge History treats the Bible as a central document of Western civilization, a source of exegesis and of doctrine, an influence on education, on the growth of scholarship, on art and literature, as well as on the liturgy and the life of the Christian church and its members. This volume commences the study of the Bible in the West. It begins with Jerome and the Fathers and goes on to the time of Erasmus. Introductory chapters look back and rapidly survey the growth of the biblical canon in the pre-Christian period and the early church, and early Christian book-production. The central portion of the volume discusses exposition and exegesis of the Scriptures: in the hands of the Fathers, in the Medieval Schools, in the Liturgy and in the tradition of medieval Jewish scholarship. The permeation of European culture by the Scriptures is illustrated by themes in art and manuscript illustration, and by separate sections on each of the main vernacular languages, giving special attention to English. Each chapter is written by a scholar and expert on the subject, who summarizes existing knowledge and, in many cases, advances it by reporting his own research. Volume 3 covers the effects of the Bible on the history of the West between the Reformation and the publication of the New English Bible.".
- catalog abstract "In her haste to flee the palace before the fairy godmother's magic loses effect, Cinderella leaves behind a glass slipper.".
- catalog abstract "When the eldest son fell in the well and most of the time getting help was spent pronouncing the name of the one in trouble, the Chinese, according to legend, decided to give all their children short names.".
- catalog abstract "A collection of poems grouped in such categories as "Birds, Beasts, and Flowers," "The Sea," and "The Moon and the Sun."".
- catalog abstract "A favorite since it was first published in 1929, this Newbery Medal winner is a timeless classic about a very special doll of great charm and character.".
- catalog abstract "Briefly describes the value of a tree.".
- catalog abstract "The first Westerner to meet Mao Tse-tung and the Chinese Communist leaders in 1936, Edgar Snow came away with the first authorized account of Mao?s life, as well as a history of the famous Long March and the men and women who were responsible for the Chinese revolution.".
- catalog abstract "Describes the life of the legendary steel-driving man who was born with and who died with a hammer in his hand.".
- catalog abstract "When the Czar proclaims that he will marry his daughter to the man who brings him a flying ship, the Fool of the World sets out to try his luck and meets some unusual companions on the way.".
- catalog abstract "Recounts the adventures of a nine-year-old Jewish girl and her family in the early 1930's as they travel from Germany to England.".
- catalog abstract "2230 organizations, government agencies, research institutes, libraries, and museums. Also covers education, recreation, and business activities. Alphabetical arrangement by names. Numbered entries include name, address, telephone number, areas of interest, holdings, publications, and information services. Cross references. Subject index with references to entry numbers.".
- catalog abstract "Classification of living things - Classification of plants - Reproduction - Organisms - Water - Life cycles - Human evolution - Food chains_".
- catalog abstract "John's best friend tells everything he knows about John, the secrets they share, their likes and dislikes, and the fun they have as friends.".
- catalog abstract "A concise study of the correct rules and priciples of English rhetoric.".
- catalog abstract "For years the U.S. Navy gunboat San Pablo has been patrolling a tributary of the Yangtze River in China protecting American missionaries and businessmen. Her crew has grown soft and lazy. Then the great Chinese Revolution of the 1920's breaks out. This is the story of the crew, particulary Jake Holman, as they face the precarious situation and make agonizing decisions.".
- catalog abstract "Danton's death. Leonce and Lena.-Woyzeck.".
- catalog abstract "Primiary source.".
- catalog abstract "An appraisal. The architecture of the chromosome. Transmission and continuity. Variation: sources and consequences involving chromosomal structure. Variation: sources and consequences involving chromosomal numbers. Variation: sources and consequences involving variant chromosomal systems. The chromosome as a functioning organelle.".
- catalog abstract "Retells the Old Testament tale of the destruction of Sodom.".
- catalog abstract "To collect the information and pictures of this book, Drury traveled more than ten thousand miles up and down and across mid-America. He tells about eighty-seven houses scattered through twelve states that were built before 1900, and all still standing at the time the book was originally written (1947). In doing so, he presents a sweeping and impressive panorama of Midwestern life and history.".
- catalog abstract "Chairman of U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee summarizes current issues in foreign policy, including his own proposal for peace in Vietnam. The Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee offers a criticism of United States foreign policy and suggests several remedies, including a proposal for peace in Vietnam and a new approach to foreign aid.".
- catalog abstract "Selections from the Tanach, the Bible, the Dead Sea Scrolls, newspapers, radio programs, and other sources trace Jewish history from 586 B.C.E. to 1967.".
- catalog abstract "Powerfully depicts the fall of France in 1940, and the anguished response of the French people to the German occupation.".
- catalog abstract "Young boy, taught by ancient maxims, is confused by modern trends in Peking.".
- catalog abstract ""This atlas has been prepared for the radio engineer who wants an estimate of the behavior of the radio refractive index at any point on the earth."--Pref. "This atlas presents world maps and graphs of upper-air radio refractivity, mean monthly, extreme values of gradients of refractivity observed in the lowest layer of the atmosphere ..., and monthly mean tropopause heights."--Abstract. Published 1966.".
- catalog abstract "Thousands of authoritative articles on: Poets, playwrights, novelists, mythology, folklore, the Bible, artists, musicians, historical personages, etc.".
- catalog abstract "Traces the evolution of the Romantic approach to literary criticism and compares it to the other methods which prevailed in the early nineteenth century.".
- catalog abstract "Traces the history of the Texas Rangers as law enforcement officers from the early days of the Texas territory to the present day.".
- catalog abstract "For students, engineers, geologists, regional planners, and others concerned with watter planning, control, and utilization.".
- catalog abstract "The meaning of Catholicism: the organic unity of the Christian experience-its religious, moral, intellectual and social values-and its realization within the structure of the Catholic Church.".
- catalog abstract "Directors include Louis Lumiere, Cecil Hepworth, Edwin S. Porter, Mack Sennett, David Wark Griffith, Robert J. Flaherty, Charles Chaplin, Erich von Stroheim, Dziga Vertov, S.M. Eisenstein, Carl Th. Dreyer, Alfred Hitchcock, Tony Richardson, Jean Cocteau, Alain Resnais, Alain Robbe-Grillet, Luis Bunuel, Ingmar Bergman, Federico Fellini, Michelangelo Antonioni, Fritz Lang, Andrzej Wajda, Josef von Sternberg, Orson Welles, Satyajit Ray, Akira Kurosawa, Lindsay Anderson, and Kenneth Anger.".
- catalog abstract "The sixty year story of the world of Hollywood and its effect on America. From pre-nickelodeon days to the present.".
- catalog abstract "This handbook for professional and amateur actors and directors provides simple and practical methods to train actors to quickly and effectively call up emotion, develop characters, and strengthen awareness.".
- catalog abstract "Seven famous science fiction authors present essays on the science and art of writing science fiction. They offer valuable tips and insights to the writer breaking into science fiction, and give the general reader fascinating behind-the-scenes information on how stories are constructed.".
- catalog abstract "Works by fourteen Brazilian poets with translations by Elizabeth Bishop, Paul Blackburn, Ashley Brown, Jane Cooper, Richard Eberhart, Barbara Howes, June Jordan, Galway Kinnell, Jean R. Longland, James Merrill, W.S. Merwin, Louis Simpson, Mark Strand, Jean Valentine, Richard Wilbur, and James Wright.".
- catalog abstract "Concentrates on various aspects of marine bird behaviour and ecology. Collection of articles giving a review of the literature and including research findings not previously published on the behaviour and natural history of whales.".
- catalog abstract ""A collection of poetically phrased insights into spiritual experience gathered from many different religions of the world ... reveals the many forms taken by God in the beliefs of diverse peoples."".
- catalog abstract "Outlines the characteristics of satire; examines the content f satiric literature; explains satiric technique; and discusses the effects and limitations of satire.".
- catalog abstract "Includes material on the influence of biology, race, character, morals, religion, economics, socialism, government, and war on history.".
- catalog abstract "This tenth revised edition contains almost 75,000 quotations from nearly 5000 authors, arranged by subject, and indexed.".
- catalog abstract "Contains the proverbs and proverbial phrases found in a variety of American authors whose works were published between 1820-1880, alphabetically arranged by key word, with Quotations in chronological order with dates.".
- catalog abstract "The great French playwright's life as state entertainer to Louis 14th provided him with some of his best plots.".
- catalog abstract "1942: Boldly advancing through Asia, the Japanese need a train route from Burma going north. In a prison camp, British POWs are forced into labor. The bridge they build will become a symbol of service and survival to one prisoner, Colonel Nicholson, a proud perfectionist. Pitted against the warden, Colonel Saito, Nicholson will nevertheless, out of a distorted sense of duty, aid his enemy. While on the outside, as the Allies race to destroy the bridge, Nicholson must decide which will be the first casualty: his patriotism or his pride.".
- catalog abstract "Clear summary of the techniques of raising and training of bonsai, for the average gardener or nurseryman.".
- catalog abstract "Political, religious, philosophical, and literary evaluations of Camus' works.".
- catalog abstract "The Memoirs of Villehardouin and Joinville, here reproduced in an English form, are the first in date, those of Villehardouin having been written probably in the days of our King John, early in the thirteenth century; while those of Joinville were completed about a century later, in October 1309, shortly after our Edward II had begun to reign. Both are monuments of the French language, and of French prose, at an early stage of development. Both are written by eye-witnesses who had taken an important part, in the case of Villehardouin a very important part, in what they describe. Both deal with stirring episodes in one of the most stirring chapters in human history, the chapter that tells how, for some three centuries, Christendom put forth its power to capture, and again recapture, "those holy fields over whose acres walked those blessed feet which, fourteen hundred years ago, were nailed, for our advantage, on the bitter cross," and both serve to illustrate the varied motives that went to the initiation and maintenance of that great movement. - Introduction.".
- catalog abstract "William's father gives him a basketball and a train but these do not make him want a doll less.".
- catalog abstract "The main purpose of this work is to obtain and assess a large body of observations of solar eclipses from medieval records (roughly the period from 400 to 1200), and to use the observations in improving our knowledge of the motion of the solar system. Catalogues of various types of data are given in the appendices including but not limited to lunar eclipses, comets, novae, famines, and earthquakes.".
- catalog abstract "Includes information on the literature of Greece from Homer to the fall of Constantinople, Roman literature prior to A.D. 476, and Oriental literature and African literature of ancient and present times.".
- catalog abstract "The Anchor Bible Commentary is the collaborative effort of Protestant, Catholic, and Jewish scholars from around the world.".
- catalog abstract "Examines the origins of English Romantic poetry.".
- catalog abstract "An anthology of poems chosen for their striking imagery, picturesqueness, action and humor.".
- catalog abstract "Documents the 1964 Presidential campaign which resulted in the election of Lyndon B. Johnson over Republican conservative Barry M. Goldwater.".
- catalog abstract "A biography of the eighteenth-century man who devoted his life to studying and drawing birds, animals, and plants in America's wilderness.".
- catalog abstract "Henry Fielding--satirist, moralist, comic genius--shares with Richardson his position as the major force in the development of the English novel. Thirteen essays probe his style, technique, and viewpoint.".
- catalog abstract "The shape of the years to come emerges from this volume of which more than one-half is occupied by the London journals.".
- catalog abstract "A detailed study of the design and structure of the famed Elizabethan theatre interlaced with interesting anecdotes about the plays performed there.".
- catalog abstract "This 1967 book was compiled by Alastair Fowler from notes left by C. S. Lewis at his death. It is Lewis's longest piece of literary criticism, as distinct from literary history. It approaches The Faerie Queene as a majestic pageant of the universe and nature, celebrating God as 'the glad creator', and argues that conventional views of epic and allegory must be modified if the poem is to be fully enjoyed and understood.".
- catalog abstract ""Selections from the poems, Biographia literaria, literary criticism, political essays, notebooks and letters"--Cover subtitle.".
- catalog abstract "The British novelist, historian, and social critic shares his view of a modern welfare state on a global level.".
- catalog abstract "[This book] is a ... memoir of [the author's] youth in the village of Koroussa, French Guinea, a place steeped in mystery. [He] marvels over his mother's supernatural powers, his father's distinction as the village goldsmith, and his own passage into manhood, which is marked by animistic beliefs and bloody rituals of primeval origin. Eventually, he must choose between this unique place and the academic success that lures him to distant cities. More than the autobiography of one boy, this is the universal story of sacred traditions struggling against the encroachment of a modern world.-Back cover.".
- catalog abstract "Twenty-one Swedish fairy tales accompanied by John Bauer's paintings and drawings that originally illustrated them.".
- catalog abstract "In trying to determine which of his six sons to reward for saving his life, Anansi the Spider is responsible for placing the moon in the sky.".
- catalog abstract ""This book contains 36 selections that are intended to serve as an introduction to physical anthropology, archeology and linguistics from the point of view of the processes of adaptation."--Preface.".
- catalog abstract "V. 16, Psalms 1-50; v.17, Psalms 51-100; v.17A, Psalms 101-150.".
- catalog abstract "The Congo diary / Joseph Conrad -- In the heart of darkness / G. Jean-Aubry -- On Conrad's use of memory / Edward Garnett -- Reassessment of "Heart of darkness" / Douglas Hewitt -- The journey within / Albert J. Guerard -- Marlow's function / M.C. Bradbrook -- Apology for Marlow / W.Y. Tindall -- Marlow and Conrad / Marvin Mudrick -- Conrad's underworld / Robert O. Evans -- The lotus posture and "The heart of darkness" / William Bysshe Stein -- A further note on the function of the frame in "Heart of darkness" / Seymour L. Gross -- Ingress to the heart of darkness / Walter F. Wright -- The lie and truth / Thomas C. Moser -- The light and dark lie / Wilfred S. Dowden.".
- catalog abstract "In verse.".
- catalog abstract "The aim of this book is to make possible the identification of aquatic plants in sterile as well as in flowering or fruiting condition.".
- catalog abstract "Three war novels planned to be read as one are now combined with revisions.".
- catalog abstract "Set in nineteenth-century Australia, "Voss" is Whiteas best-known book, a sweeping novel about a secret passion between the explorer Voss and the young orphan Laura. As Voss is tested by hardship, mutiny, and betrayal during his crossing of the brutal Australian desert, Laura awaits his return in Sydney, where she endures their months of separation as if her life were a dream and Voss the only reality. Marrying a sensitive rendering of hidden love with a stark adventure narrative, "Voss" is a novel of extraordinary power and virtuosity from a twentieth-century master.".
- catalog abstract "Poetry in themes - Pioneering - Convicts and bushrangers - Birds and animals - Towns and people - War - Youth - Time and eternity - Thought and personality.".
- catalog abstract ""The author's own English version of his Psaltarens fromhet."".
- catalog abstract "Record of an evening's conversation about the personality and ideas of the philosopher and educator, John Dewey, by intimate friends and professional colleagues.".
- catalog abstract "The German philosopher explains his thoughts about intellectual perception and abstract representation and critically analyzes Kant's ideas and teachings. Bibliogs.".
- catalog abstract "Essays by a contemporary American philosopher on secularism, religion, moral freedom, etc., published in journals covering the years 1934-1960.".
- catalog abstract "Story of mankind's religious experience from prehistoric origins.".
- catalog abstract "An "introduction to the subject of how atoms are arranged and interconnected in molecules and crystals and to the way in which the geometry of this organization accounts for some of the properties of substances. ... The Author and [Roger Hayward, the] illustrator. . . emphasize the significance of molecular structure to life."".
- catalog abstract "Chronicles the history of man and civilization from primitive beginnings to the current day.".
- catalog abstract "Religious beliefs and their effects on the daily life of the people, from the 2d millenium B.C. through Ghandhi, in a brief survey for the general reader.".
- catalog abstract "Analyzes the social, political, and economic conditions in America between Reconstruction and the beginning of the great depression of the 1890's.".
- catalog abstract "This book is designed primarily for use in courses in philosophy of religion. Because such courses are sometimes arranged historically and sometimes in terms of topics or problems the material is presented here in two different tables of contents adapted to these two uses. The readings themselves are printed in chronological sequence, mainly in order that discussions by the same writer of different but related topics may conveniently be studied together- for example, Kant's critique of the three traditional theistic proofs.".
- catalog abstract "The atlas was prepared from data acquired during the period January 1, 1967, through December 31, 1970. Picture signals were computer processed to prepare hemispheric charts of monthly, seasonal, semiannual, and annual charts of relative cloud cover, in octas, over both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. Similar presentations of tropical cloudiness are included. This atlas is one of the first attempts to use satellite data in the preparation of a climatology of daytime cloudiness over the globe. (Author).".
- catalog abstract "Henry VIII officially brought the Protestant Reformation to England in the 1530s when he severed the English Church from the Papacy. But the seeds of the movement, according to A.G. Dickens, were planted much earlier. The English Reformation, first published in 1964, follows the movement from its late medieval origins through the settlement of Elizabeth I in 1559 and the rise of Puritanism.".
- catalog abstract "An alphabetical listing of place names, including anecdotes about their discoverers and stories about their ships.".