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This book will appeal to life-long baserball fans, particularly those who have followed the game for many years--specifically males over the age of 60, perhaps even age 50, too. Younger followers of athletic contests may also likely have an interest, given the revitalized impact...

Author: Bessie BrooksISBN-10: 1483673030ISBN-13: 9781483673035Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/23/2013Pages: 740Format: PaperbackWeight: 2.35lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.63d

William Wilkie Collins (8 January 1824 - 23 September 1889) was an English novelist, playwright, and author of short stories. He was very popular during the Victorian era and wrote 30 novels, more than 60 short stories, 14 plays, and over 100 non-fiction pieces....

Nathaniel Hawthorne (born Nathaniel Hathorne; July 4, 1804 - May 19, 1864) was an American novelist and short story writer. Nathaniel Hawthorne was born in 1804 in the city of Salem, Massachusetts to Nathaniel Hathorne and the former Elizabeth Clarke Manning. His ancestors include...

The purpose and scope of this Reference Book is to provide selected samples of environmental sites from around the world, using a variety of disciplines text and Google Earth images to explain each of the sites. The WORKING TITLE for the book is "A...

Dance Crazes have always been a part of social dancing, sometimes gliding into tradition and sometimes fading into oblivion. This book addresses and even describes most all known ones.Author: Tom L. NelsonISBN-10: 1438926383ISBN-13: 9781438926384Publisher: AuthorhouseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/27/2009Pages: 264Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.32lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.25w x...

This manual is a detailed caregiver's guide to activities of daily living for the elderly with Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease. Lesson plans are included, giving practical advice on daily tasks of dining, bathing, grooming, dressing, toileting and behavior.Author: M. S. W. Ph. D. James...

"Anybody who manages or sits on the board of a nonprofit organization will find great insight in this book on the four pillars of leadership. " John McIlquham, President, NPT Publishing Group, Inc. Does your nonprofit organization suffer from a "non-profit mentality?" Are you...

If you love Tudor history, and planning, this is the planner for you. Designed by me, the host of the popular indie podcast The Renaissance English History Podcast. When you first pick it up you'll see a gorgeous cover modeled on an illuminated manuscript....

Nadya Aisenberg discusses the potentialities of the crime novel, its implications, principles, and scope, and its analogy ot myth and the fairy tale. She proposes that the detective story and the thriller have made an unacknowledged contribution to "serious" literature. Her discussion of Dickens,...

Over the centuries almost all civilizations have worshipped at the shrine of one god or another. To their believers, these gods were truly superhuman in the sense that they far exceeded normal human beings in every way. This is a virtual biographical dictionary of...

This book is a rich collection of philosophical essays radically interrogating key notions and preoccupations of the phenomenological tradition. While using Heidegger's Being and Time as its permanent point of reference and dispute, this collection also confronts other important philosophers, such as Kant, Nietzsche,...

A Glossary of English Grammar presents a wide range of terms used to describe the way the English language is structured. Grammatical terms can be a problem for students, especially when there are alternative names for the same thing (for example, 'past tense' and...

We are very pleased that you want to become a U.S. citizen. The United States is a nation of immigrants. Throughout our history, immigrants have come here seeking a better way of life and have strengthened our Nation in the process. For more than...

Two impressive 19th Century collections of Japanese sword guards or tsuba, from two English gentlemen collectors. Fully illustrated with original descriptions.Author: D. R. RaisbeckISBN-10: 1366260791ISBN-13: 9781366260796Publisher: BlurbLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/12/2017Pages: 84Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.53lbsSize: 10.00h x 8.00w x 0.23d

You can't shake hands with a clenched fist - Gandhi The only source of knowledge is experience - Albert Einstein Be kind for everyone is fighting a hard battle - Anon Be content with your lot - Aesop An unexamined mind is not worth...

This is a reference book for collectors who are interest in 2 euro commemorative coins. You can find all information of 2 euro commemprative coins which were issued from 2004 to 2013 in this book, such as country, theme, artist, date, mint, mintage, etc....

This book chronicles the reconstruction of a 1967 Mustang Coupe. The Coupe started as a plain, low value coupe. Time, gravity, weather, and use eventually caught up with the Coupe and it needed a serious make-over. The Coupe was converted from its existing 289...

Part dictionary and part encyclopedia, this book has become the standard reference work on the concepts of Marxism and the individuals and schools of thought that have subsequently contributed to the body of Marxist ideas.Author: Tom BottomoreISBN-10: 0631180826ISBN-13: 9780631180821Publisher: Wiley-BlackwellLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/08/1992Pages: 672Format: PaperbackWeight:...

This book presents you with practical, positive, and constructive ways to handle yourself and your affairs after the death of your spouse. It will aid you in finding the help you now need to make new decisions and to face the enormous task of...

Research Methodology is meant to provide a broad guideline to facilitate and steer the whole of a research activity in any discipline. With the ambit and amount of research increasing by the day, the need for Research Methodology is being widely appreciated. Against this...

Designed as a practical reference guide for professional pianists and piano teachers, A Guide to Piano Music by Women Composers, Volume I, is an annotated catalogue of the available piano music in print composed by 144 women born before the 20th century. The work...