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Author
Publisher
Thomas Holmes, 1840
Language
English
Description
The beauties and wonders of nature and science: a collection of curious, interesting and valuable information, for the instruction and improvement of the enquiring mind...with numerous illustrative engravings.
Published in the 19th century, this book is a very interesting compendium of scientific discourses encompassing a broad range of subject matter including ballooning, astronomy, railways and their operation, the pearl fishery of Ceylon, diving...
Author
Publisher
Ward, Lock, and Co., 1882
Language
English
Description
"Eloquence, says an ancient poet, is the queen of the world". This volume introduces the reasons one should strive for eloquence in public speaking – power and fame and outlines how you can become a better orator. An analysis of speaking styles, divisions of a discourse, the art of delivery and exercises in oratory are included within its 118 pages. If you wish to "learn how to express oneself before an audience with clearness and propriety",...
Author
Publisher
Modern Library
Pub. Date
[196x]
Language
English
Description
The author, whose real name was Mary Ann Evans, was an English novelist, poet, journalist, translator, and one of the leading writers of the Victorian era. Her work was mostly set in provincial England and known for their realism and psychological insight.
Author
Publisher
Cassell & Co. Ltd., 1892
Language
English
Description
From the author's introduction: "This treatise is written for that numerous class of sportsman who delight in a day's shooting, but have neither the time nor the means to make the sport a life's study". The nine chapters are profusely illustrated, beginning with a history of the shot-gun, how to choose and handle a gun and finishing with the etiquette of the sport and details of trap shooting pigeons.
Author
Publisher
Facts on File Inc, /DBA Infobase Publishing
Language
English
Description
, Encyclopedia of Life Science is a two-volume reference set based on the National Science Education Standards. More than 200 comprehensive entries, arranged by topic or theme, cover concepts, theories, sub-disciplines, biographies, common methods, and techniques relevant to modern science.
14) Great cathedrals
Author
Series
Publisher
BPCC Publishers, [197-]
Pub. Date
[date of publication not identified]
Language
English
16) Guinea pigs
Author
Series
Publisher
F. Watts,c1990
Pub. Date
[date of publication not identified]
Language
English
17) Helping Habitats
Author
Publisher
Rourke Publishing
Language
English
Description
Young readers discover what harms habitats and what people can do to help.
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons., 1919
Language
English
Description
This volume contains the known published poems of Canadian poet John McCrae. McCrae was a medical officer in both the Boer War and World War I and his poem "In Flanders Fields" is one of the most popular war poems ever written. The second half of the volume is an essay written by Sir Andrew Macphail, about McCrae and his verse. Included is the text of McCrae's letters to his mother from the front in 1915.
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