Travel books

In 1800s Victorian England, two brothers, raised by a single father, go through life down different paths. However, through some twist of magic, one brother's path diverges into a whole another gender. While keeping hesitant and resistant, the changes during puberty set the two apart until one fate...

Before Upper St. Clair was a suburban community of fashionable homes and manicured lawns, the township consisted of fertile farmlands dotted by the bustling villages of Beadling, Bridgeville, Clifton, and Boyce Station. Even earlier, it was part of the larger St. Clair Township, founded in 1788, and...

Follow the real Laura Ingalls and her family as they make their way west and discover that truth is as remarkable as fiction. Hidden away since the 1930s, Laura Ingalls Wilder s never-before-published autobiography reveals the true stories of her pioneering life. Some of her experiences will be fami...

Of all the despots of our time, Joseph Stalin lasted the longest and wielded the greatest power, and his secrets have been the most jealously guarded--even after his death. In this book, the first to draw from recently released archives, leading USSR scholar-historian Robert Conquest gives us Stalin...

For kids who are just beginning to learn to read and want to learn more about animals that come out at night comes Nighttime Animals, a DK Reader designed to improve reading skills while keeping kids engaged and entertained. In Nighttime Animals, we're introduced to the world of nocturnal creatures ...

Ted Byrum decides to join the army and become a paratrooper. Little did this 18 year old suspect the military world could be as cruel and demanding as he found it. Not only was the leadership harsh, but the other recruits were people who would challenge his character, sometimes forcing and often hel...

Following God's Path is not only a biography of a minister's family but also provides history in rural southeast Missouri. The sermons and poems will hopefully provide you the reader a blessing from their messages. The history contained inside this book gives the reader a glimpse of a bygone era and...

Не разрешайте бесам сидеть на вашей спине, а наступайте им на голову, читайте эту книгу и исполняйте полное Евангелие, пусть бесы от вас плачут, а ближние от вас радуются, жизнь быстро пройдет, а после будет вечность. В вечности уже ничего не поправишь! Покайтесь, ибо Бог близко! Если бы служение ос...

I decided to write this book to help the average single mom or bachelor. I started cooking at home when I realized how much money I was spending eating out at restaurants. That combined with trying to impress a woman, my cooking passion was born. I am aware of all the cookbooks and search engines fo...

Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) was one of the most well known writers of the 20th century, chiefly remembered for his celebration of British imperialism, tales and poems of British soldiers in India, and his tales for children. Born in Bombay, he was taken by his family to England when he was five year...

This Awareness of Beauty is the first book to consider the orchestral and wind band music of Canadian composer Healey Willan, who was known primarily for his choral work. A succinct biography accompanies historical, analytical, and critical investigations of Willan’s instrumental music, asserting Wi...

Encompassing the fields of architecture, graphics, industrial design, and interior design, this definitive account surveys design from the prehistoric era and the ancient world, through the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, the Industrial Revolution and Modern Movement, to our own digital era.Design ...

Turn off the phone; get comfortable and set aside a day for reading. Once you begin Kent Windsor's novel, Kalunga: A Global Warning, you won't be able to put it down until you've turned the final page. The book revolves around the life of an ex-SAS soldier with a highly-decorated combat career. A se...

Describes the early life of Clarence Birdseye, who invented ways to make and market better tasting frozen foods, explains the changes he made in how people eat, and discusses his later life and inventions....

This book has more than 305 practice items and activities that help students learn to read and comprehend both literary and informational texts. The custom-developed book provides an easy-to-use tool for teachers and parents to teach the rigorous close reading standards to students.Each Close Readin...

The authors of this book provide an authoritative and compelling case for paid care leave in the US by examining the impact of paid care leave on babies, families, and society. They make the case that, because the first years of life are the foundation of development, paid care leave is critical fro...

Stories set in Santa Barbara by Ross MacDonald, Wallace Stegner, Marvin Mudrick, John Sayles, Nicholson Baker, Dennis Lynds, Sheila Golburgh Johnson, Shelly Lowenkopf, Gayle Lynds, Salvatore LaPuma, T.C. Boyle, John M. Daniel, and Catherine Ryan...

Voyages d'un jeune irlandais a la recherche d'une religion: avec des notes et des eclaircissements (3e ed.) / par Thomas Moore; trad. de l'anglais par l'abbe DidonDate de l'edition originale: 1836Sujet de l'ouvrage: Eglise catholique -- DoctrinesCe livre est la reproduction fidele d'une oeuvre publi...

Nachdruck des Originals von 1865....

Izdanie Imperatorskogo Obschestva Istorii i Drevnostej Rossijskih pri Moskovskom Universitete. Izdanie Moskovskogo i Rumyantsevskogo muzeya. This book, "Zemskoe samoupravlenie na Russkom Severe v XVII v Tom 2. Deyatelnost zemskogo mira. Zemstvo i gosudarstvo", by M.M. Bogoslovskij, is a replication ...

Language:Chinese.Geometry and Mechanical Drawing (Second Edition) National Forestry Colleges second five planning materials...

This book includes 361 acupoints of the 14 meridians and introduces the name origin, precise localization, function, major effect, and self-healthcare of each acupoint in a detailed manner. At the same time, the book introduces the quick and easy acupoint selection skills and is equipped with graphi...

Pub Date: 2014-10-01 Pages: 332 Language: Chinese Publisher: Shanghai People's Publishing House. East China University of Political Science Institute of Social Sciences Library (fifth series) Market Supervision Organization in legal research: the NGO perspective of market regulation a book from the ...

Was WWII is inevitable? How did fascism gain its power in Europe? Did the USSR support the rise of Hitler's Wermacht? Why did the soviet policy of collective security in the 1930s fail? Why was the Red Army crushed in the summer of 1941? What is Stalin's share in the success and failure of soviet fo...