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An Artilleryman's DiaryWhatever value this publication may have, lies in the fact that it offers a typical casea small cross section of the army that freed the slave and saved the Union. The Editor of the Commission's publications has asked me to state briefly...

An Artist in Crime"That was a close call, though," replied the Pullman porter who had given Mr. Barnes a helping hand, in his desperate effort to board the midnight express as it rolled out of Boston. "I wouldn't advise you to jump on moving...

An Artist in EgyptI ENDEAVOURED, in a former book on Egypt, to give my first impressions while the glamour of the East had not been dimmed by familiarity; and the kind reception of that, my first literary attempt, has encouraged me to write again...

From the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature and author of the Booker Prize-winning novel The Remains of the Day In the face of the misery in his homeland, the artist Masuji Ono was unwilling to devote his art solely to the celebration...

An Artist's Letters from JapanMy Dear Adams: Without you I should not have seen the place, without you I should not have seen the things of which these notes are impressions. If anything worth repeating has been said by me in these letters, it...

The path to discovering and developing the artist within During her fifty years as an artist and teacher, Mary Whyte has discovered that tapping our personal well of creativity and passion is the most important lesson--much more so than how to paint an eye,...

An Assessment of the Consequences and Preparations for a Catastrophic California Earthquake: Findings and Actions TakenAfter viewing the destruction wrought by the eruption of Mt. St. Helens in Washington State in May 1980, President Carter became concerned about the impacts of a similar event...

Travel to space and back with astronaut Chris Hadfield's "enthralling" bestseller as your eye-opening guide (Slate). Colonel Chris Hadfield has spent decades training as an astronaut and has logged nearly 4000 hours in space. During this time he has broken into a Space Station...

An Astronomer's Wife: The Biography of Angeline HallDear Peggy: As I tell you this story of the noble grandmother who, dying long before you were born, would otherwise be to you a picture of the imagination, I am going to let the public listen,...

An Atheist ManifestoJOSEPH LEWIS Author of THE TYRANNY OF GODTHE BIBLE UNMASKED VOLTAIRE: THE INCOMPARABLE INFIDELSPAIN: A LAND BLIGHTED BY RELIGION BURBANK THE INFIDELATHEISMTHE BIBLE AND THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS FRANKLIN THE FREETHINKERLINCOLN THE FREETHINKER MEXICO AND THE CATHOLIC CHURCHSOVIET RUSSIA AND THE CATHOLIC CHURCH...

"Highly recommended as one of the very few books on the subject worthy of being used an an authoritative guide." -- Design "Illustrators, sculptors, and taxidermists who draw or model animals will welcome this new revised edition." -- Natural HistoryHere are 288 remarkably lifelike...

The remarkable (and occasionally ridiculous) stories of 48 nations that fell off the map. "Countries are just daft stories we tell each other. They're all equally implausible once you get up close." Countries die. Sometimes it's murder, sometimes it's by accident, and sometimes it's...

"Take it with you to any cafe in any city, and Perec will be both your drinking partner and your tour guide, drawing your attention to each little detail coming and going." -Ian Klaus, CityLabOne overcast weekend in October 1974, Georges Perec set out...

An Attempt to Analyse the Automaton Chess Player of Mr. De Kempelen - To Which is Added, a Copious Collection of the Knight's Moves over the Chess BoardThe Automaton Chess Player was first introduced into England by Mr. de Kempelen, its inventer, about the...

An Attempt to Explain the Origin and Meaning of the Early Interlaced Ornamentation Found on the Sculptured Stones of Scotland, Ireland, and the Isle of ManAny reasonable and honest attempt to explain the origin of the singularly elegant interlaced ornamentation, familiar to archologists as...

An Attempt to Investigate the Seat of Animal Life ... The spacious earth, And all the teeming regions of the world, Hold not an object to the curious flight Of knowledge, half so tempting, or so fair, As man to man. AKENSIDE. Actuated by...

An Attic Philosopher in Paris — Complete EMILE SOUVESTRE AN ATTIC PHILOSOPHER BOOK 1. CHAPTER I. NEW-YEARS GIFTS CHAPTER II. THE CARNIVAL CHAPTER III. WHAT WE MAY LEARN BY LOOKING OUT OF WINDOW CHAPTER IV. LET US LOVE ONE ANOTHER CHAPTER V. COMPENSATION BOOK...

An Attic Philosopher in Paris — Volume 1This should be the first thing seen when anyone opens the book. Do not change or edit it without written permission. The words are carefully chosen to provide users with the information they need about what they...

An Attic Philosopher in Paris — Volume 2This should be the first thing seen when anyone opens the book. Do not change or edit it without written permission. The words are carefully chosen to provide users with the information they need about what they...

An Attic Philosopher in Paris — Volume 3This should be the first thing seen when anyone opens the book. Do not change or edit it without written permission. The words are carefully chosen to provide users with the information they need about what they...