Author: J. B. McClure
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Keywords: stories, lincoln, life, war, miscellaneous, classics, house, professional, amp, anecdotes, abraham
Number of Pages: 251
Published: 2006-09-30
List price: $17.95
ISBN-10: 0811733467
ISBN-13: 9780811733465
This work contains 150 anecdotes and stories about Abraham Lincoln, organised into the major phases of his life: Early Life Stories; Professional Life Stories; White House Stories; War Stories; and Miscellaneous Stories. Published in 1879, the anecdotes reveal the zest and potency that made Lincoln such a remarkable man. The stories are narrated by many of Lincoln’s colleagues and friends. It is a Stackpole Classics reprint.
Authors:Mary N. Murfree, E. Craddock,
Publisher: Ayer Co Pu
Keywords: stories, reprint, series, index, short, guerilla, raid
Number of Pages: 334
Published: 1912-06-01
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0836938534
ISBN-13: 9780836938531
Author: William Roetzheim
Publisher: Level 4 Pre
Keywords: stories, bible, fables, proverbs, rhymes, classic, book, bedtime, giant, nursery
Number of Pages: 777
Published: 2007-02-15
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 1933769203
ISBN-13: 9781933769202
Finally one book collects together all of those classic nursery rhymes, bible stories, fables, parables, and bedtime stories you remember from your childhood into one massive volume. Lavish full colour illustrations throughout the book add to the reading enjoyment. This is a book that will be passed down for generations. It is presented with hardcover, sewn bindings, satin ribbon, and beautiful colour illustrations throughout: A treasury of memories! You can rediscover your childhood favorites as you share them with your child or grandchild!
Author: Jim Gehman Forewords by Jack Kemp and Joe Ferguso
Publisher: Triumph Book
Keywords: stories, sports, bills, buffalo, kelly, levy
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 2008-09-01
List price: $22.95
ISBN-10: 1600780555
ISBN-13: 9781600780554
The Buffalo Bills are a charter member of the American Football League. They have been playing professional football in New York for almost 50 years, a period filled with untold moments of happiness and heartache, humor and horror. "Then Levy Said to Kelly..." collects many of the best stories and anecdotes in the history of the Buffalo Bills. From the earliest days of Elbert "Golden Wheels" Dubenion and Wray Carlton to the team’s two AFC championship victories later in the 1960s to the four consecutive Super Bowl appearances (all losses) in the 1990s, this book unearths scores of stirri
Authors:Sarah Orne Jewett, Michael Davitt Bell,
Publisher: Library of America
Keywords: stories, country, selected, landing, amp, dunnet, library, sketches, america, pointed, jewett, orne, novels, deephaven, sarah, doctor, firs
Number of Pages: 950
Published: 1994-02-01
List price: $40.00
ISBN-10: 0940450747
ISBN-13: 9780940450745
All of Jewett’s best fiction, including her three novels, "Deephaven," "A Country Doctor," and "The Country of the Pointed Firs," and 28 funny, satirical, and poignant sketches and stories. Set against long Maine winters, hardscrabble farms, and the sea, Jewett’s stories of gruff, capable farmers and seafolk--and of the rewards and trials of family and communal ties--have a very modern resonance. This comprehensive collection reveals the full stature of the unjustly neglected writer Willa Cather ranked with Mark Twain and Nathaniel Hawthorne.
Authors:Carol S. Steiker, Pamela S. Karla,
Publisher: Foundation Pre
Keywords: stories, law, procedure, criminal
Number of Pages: 503
Published: 2006-04-21
List price: $40.00
ISBN-10: 1587789833
ISBN-13: 9781587789830
Unlike casebooks, this title goes with greater detail into the human stories and the social, political, and legal contexts of the "big" Supreme Court cases regarding criminal justice. It unearths details not available anywhere else. In addition to great narrative enrichment, it provides the provocative thoughts of highly respected scholars who are each experts on the particular cases they address. This book will greatly enhance the teaching of both police practices (a/k/a "Cops and Robbers") and criminal adjudication (a/k/a "Bail to Jail") by providing both important context not available in a
Author: Leo Tolstoy
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Keywords: stories, classic, perennial, harper, family, happiness
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 2009-05-01
List price: $10.00
ISBN-10: 0061773735
ISBN-13: 9780061773730
Russian writer Leo Tolstoy is probably best known to the Western world for his epic WAR AND PEACE and splendid ANNA KARENINA, but during his long lifetime Tolstoy also wrote enough shorter works to fill many volumes. Reprinted here are two of his finest short novels -- FAMILY HAPPINESS and MASTER AND MAN -- and one short story -- ALYOSHA THE POT Alongside FAMILY HAPPINESS, Harper Perennial will publish the short fiction of Fyodor Dostoevsky, Herman Melville, Willa Cather, Stephen Crane, and Oscar Wilde to be packaged in a beautifully designed, boldly colorful boxset in the aim to attract cont
