Author: G. K. Chesterton
Publisher: NuVision Publications, LLC
Keywords: men, miscellany
Number of Pages: 160
Published: 2008-10-21
List price: $12.99
ISBN-10: 1595476598
ISBN-13: 9781595476593

Gilbert Keith Chesterton was among the world’s most prolific writers who incorporated relentless logic, wonderful humor, and a clear view of truth into an amazing tool for exposing the foolishness of the policies of the world around him through the device of paradox. ’A Miscellany of Men’ may be his hardest work to define, as it deals with a huge array of issues, using “personal types” as illustration. It would only be bewildering, if there was not these common threads: First that these types still exist, and the same faulty reasoning applies to issues of our day, and secon

Author: Tom Holman
Publisher: Frances Lincoln Publishers Ltd
Keywords: miscellany, yorkshire
Number of Pages: 192
Published: 2008-10-23
List price: $14.84
ISBN-10: 0711228655
ISBN-13: 9780711228658

What is a Yorkshire Fat Rascal? Why has a song about hats and moors become the Yorkshire Anthem? Where can you find Booze, Crackpot and the Land of Nod? How did the white rose become Yorkshire’s emblem? Which three Prime Ministers were born in Yorkshire? Who are Yorkshire’s real Calendar Girls? When is Yorkshire Day? The answers are all in A Yorkshire Miscellany-an entertaining guide to this much-loved part of England and a celebration of its people, places, history and quirks. Learn the lingo of Yorkshire dialect and how to cook specialities like Yorkshire Pudding, Parkin and Curd

Author: Tom Holman
Publisher: Frances Lincoln
Keywords: miscellany, lancashire
Number of Pages: 192
Published: 2010-10-07
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0711230935
ISBN-13: 9780711230934

How do you make a Lancashire Hot Pot? Why did a red rose become the emblem of Lancashire? Where can you find Bedlam, Buttock and Little Tongues? Which Italian opera was set in Lancashire? What is the highest point in the county? When is Lancashire Day? Find all the answers and much more besides in A Lancashire Miscellany-a treasure trove of knowledge about this wonderful part of England. Whether you’re a true Lancastrian or just passing through, this book is an entertaining romp through the people and places of the wonderful county. Teach yourself the Lancashire lingo with a gradely guid

Author: Chittenden Richard H.
Publisher: BiblioLife
Keywords: miscellany
Number of Pages: 12
Published: 2009-08-19
List price: $14.75
ISBN-10: 1113427574
ISBN-13: 9781113427571

Author: David Ricardo
Publisher: Liberty Fund Inc.
Keywords: vol, miscellany, biographical
Number of Pages: 434
Published: 2004-10-01
List price: $12.00
ISBN-10: 086597974X
ISBN-13: 9780865979741

This volume is a collection of personal correspondence and first-person recollections that focus on Ricardo’s life outside of his political economic endeavours. These missives concern the aspects of Ricardo’s life that surround his character, his amiable and generous nature, his successful business dealings, and his personal relationships. It includes a memoir written by one of his brothers that sheds light about his family, his formative youth, and his education. There are chapters on his entrance into the stock market as a mere teenager and records of his meteoric climb within th

Author: Don Voorhees
Publisher: Perigee Trade
Keywords: miscellany, things, disgusting
Number of Pages: 336
Published: 2008-08-05
List price: $12.95
ISBN-10: 0399534334
ISBN-13: 9780399534331

A collection of extreme, gross-out, cringe-worthy— and irresistible—trivia.How long does the human head remain conscious after decapitation? What fish communicates by farting? What birds use vomit and poop as weapons? What worm lives in your intestine and may crawl out your nose? What is “liquid cat”? What historical figure drank the ashes of her dead husband? What men can tie their penises into knots?From trivia expert Don Voorhees, Disgusting Things: A Miscellany is the ultimate book of outrageous, revolting, and repugnant trivia, a collection of equally upsetting and intriguing fact

Author: George M. Marti
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing, LLC
Keywords: part, miscellany, masonic, british
Number of Pages: 572
Published: 2003-06-05
List price: $43.95
ISBN-10: 0766158594
ISBN-13: 9780766158597

Volume 4 of 5. This collection contains the original British Masonic Miscellany Volumes 13, 14, 15 and 16. This work contains a grouping of things Masonic used by the British. Sample contents: a winter with Robert Burns; Masonic activities of Robert Burns; Sir Walter Scott and Freemasonry; Masonic tradition and the Royal Arch; Rosicrucians and the Freemasons; Masonic legends; Royal Arch Masonry; are we Freemasons or are we just a sham; what influence do we exercise in the modern world; Eglintons and Mother Kilwinning; and much more.