Author: Edgar J. Elliston
Publisher: William Carey Library Publishers
Keywords: leaders, grown, home
Number of Pages: 181
Published: 1999
List price: $10.99
ISBN-10: 0878082360
ISBN-13: 9780878082360

Author: David Elliston Allen
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Keywords: britain, naturalist
Number of Pages: 312
Published: 1994-10-17
List price: $39.95
ISBN-10: 0691036322
ISBN-13: 9780691036328

At once a major resource for historians of science and an excellent introduction to natural history for the general reader, David Allen’s The Naturalist in Britain established a precedent for investigating natural history as a social phenomenon. Here the author traces the evolution of natural history from the seventeenth to the early twentieth centuries, from the "herbalizings" of apprentice apothecaries to the establishment of national reserves and international societies to the emergence of natural history as an organized discipline. Along the way he describes the role of scientific id

Authors:Edgar Allen Poe, Edgar Allan Poe,  Gary Kelley
Publisher: Creative Editio
Keywords: imagination, mystery, tales
Number of Pages: 112
Published: 1996-10-01
List price: $28.00
ISBN-10: 0151002347
ISBN-13: 9780151002344

Award-winning fantasy illustrator Gary Kelley writes, "I have selected three of Edgar Allan Poe’s best short stories.... I chose ’The Fall of the House of Usher’ for its classic Gothic images and its dark, melancholic central characters, including the house itself. ’The Black Cat’ is ... appealing to me for its use of mystery and foreboding that takes us to a horrifying climax. ’The Cask of Amontillado’ ... my personal favorite, [is] a simple narrative of revenge set in the contrasting worlds of carnival and catacomb." Click on the book’s cover f

Authors:Kathleen J. Edgar, Susan E. Edgar,
Publisher: PowerKids Press
Keywords: missions, california, alcala, diego, san, mission
Number of Pages: 64
Published: 2003-03
List price: $29.25
ISBN-10: 082395885X
ISBN-13: 9780823958856

Discusses the founding, building, operation and closing of the Spanish Mission San Diego de Alcalâa and its role in California history.

Authors:Kathleen J. Edgar, Susan E. Edgar,
Publisher: PowerKids Press
Keywords: missions, california, tolosa, obispo, san, luis, mission
Number of Pages: 64
Published: 2000-08
List price: $29.25
ISBN-10: 0823954919
ISBN-13: 9780823954919

The history of this California mission from its founding in 1772, through its development and use in serving the Chumash Indians, and its secularization and function today.

Authors:Kathleen J. Edgar, Susan E. Edgar,
Publisher: PowerKids Press
Keywords: missions, california, asis, francisco, san, mission
Number of Pages: 64
Published: 2000-01-30
List price: $29.25
ISBN-10: 0823958876
ISBN-13: 9780823958870

Discusses the Mission of San Francisco de Asâis from its founding in 1776 to the present day, including the reasons for Spanish colonization in California and the effects of colonization on the Ohlone, or Costanoan, Indians.

Authors:Kathleen J. Edgar, Susan E. Edgar,
Publisher: PowerKids Press
Keywords: missions, california, tolosa, obispo, san, luis, mission
Number of Pages: 64
Published: 2000-01-30
List price: $29.25
ISBN-10: 0823958981
ISBN-13: 9780823958986