Author: Monroe C. Beardsley
Publisher: Oliphant Press
Keywords: straight, thinking
Number of Pages: 304
Published: 2008-11-04
List price: $41.95
ISBN-10: 1443731544
ISBN-13: 9781443731546

THINKING STRAIGHT- A Guide for Readers Writers by Monroe C. Beardsley.Contents include: Acknowledgments v Preview ix CRITICAL READING STRAIGHT THINKING READING FOR IN FORMATION HOW TO USE THIS BOOK 1. Sizing Up an Argument 3 1. STATEMENTS, 3 2. EXPOSITION AND ARGUMENT, 8 3. GETTING THE POINT, 12 4. THE ANATOMY OF ARGUMENT, 78 5. PUTTING YOUR REASONS IN ORDER, 22 OUTLINE SUMMARY OF CHAPTER 1 , 25 EXERCISES 1-3, 26 2. Some Verbal Pitfalls 32 6. MEANING AND CONTEXT, 33 7. AMBIGUITY, 38 8. THE FALLACY OF EQUIVOCATION, 42 9. VAGUENESS, 46 10. HOW TO PIN DOWN YOUR MEANING, 50 OUTLINE-SUMMARY OF CHA

Author: Albert Schweitzer
Publisher: Oliphant Press
Keywords: bach
Number of Pages: 516
Published: 2008-11-20
List price: $33.45
ISBN-10: 1443778192
ISBN-13: 9781443778190

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Author: Bruce L Melvin
Publisher: Oliphant Press
Keywords: housing, village, farm
Number of Pages: 328
Published: 2008-05-19
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 1409703061
ISBN-13: 9781409703068

Planning for Residential Districts 11. Home Finance and Taxation 111. Slums, Large-Scale Housing and Decentralization IV. Home Ownership, Income and Types of Dwellings V. House Design, Construction and Equipment VI. Negro Housing VII. Farm and Village Housing VIII. Housing and the Community-Home Repair and Remodeling IX. Household Management and Kitchens X. Homemaking, Home Furnishing and Informa tion Services XI. Housing Objectives and Programs Acknowledgwenf k nzade to the Research Secrefa oyf the Coazwittss on Farm and Village Housing, Brucg L. Melvin, to Albert B. Graham of the United Stat

Author: James D Henderson
Publisher: Oliphant Press
Keywords: newspapers, lilliputian
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2007-03-15
List price: $26.45
ISBN-10: 1406731048
ISBN-13: 9781406731040

Lilliputian By JAMES D. HENDERSON Scrwemr of the LXlVmes Foreword BjR. W. G. VAIL Ltbranan, American Anttquartan Society ACHILLE J. ST. ONGE Worcester, Massachusetts MCMXXXVI BY JAMES D HENDERSON PRINTED IN 1 H r UNITTD STATES OF AMERICA BTt THE PLIMPTON P K. L S S OT NORWOOD MASS To WILBUR MACEY STONE DEAN OF MICROBIBLIOPHILES THIS LITTLE ESSAY IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED in appreciation for his having inoculated this writer tvith a new bug, as he at one time inscribed with abject afologies in his Snuff Box Full of Bibles CONTENTS FOREWORD, by R. W. G. Vail n RAISON DETRE 15 NEWSPAPERS IN MIN

Author: F. Nietlispach
Publisher: Oliphant Press
Keywords: euvres, hors, dishes, cold
Number of Pages: 96
Published: 2008-05-18
List price: $26.45
ISBN-10: 1409725685
ISBN-13: 9781409725688

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Author: Florence Horn
Publisher: Oliphant Press
Keywords: philippines, orphans
Number of Pages: 356
Published: 2007-03-15
List price: $30.45
ISBN-10: 1406742619
ISBN-13: 9781406742619

E THE PHILIPPINES BY FLORENCE HORN With 3 2 Pages of Photographs BY FENNO JACOBS REYNAL HITCHCOCK NEWORK CONTENTS CHAPTER 1. Search for an Exit I CHAPTER 2. Manila 20 CHAPTER 3. The Christian Filifino 4 CHAPTER 4. Quezon and Osmena 61 CHAPTER 5. Americans 9 CHAPTER 5. The Land and the Church 109 CHAPTER 7. The Spanish and the Chinese 130 CHAPTER . TheMoros , H9 CHAPTER 9. The Mountain Pagans 169 CHAPTER 70. 7rO, GoW I9 2 CHAPTER 11. Coconuts and the Windfall Money 215 CHAPTER 72. Xgw 236 CHAPTER 13. The Japanese 257 CHAPTER 14. Evasions, Dilemmas 285 v CHAPTER ONE SEARCH FOR AN EXIT THERE are

Author: Edwin R. Embree
Publisher: Oliphant Press
Keywords: yale, life
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2008-08-25
List price: $26.45
ISBN-10: 144370735X
ISBN-13: 9781443707350

Life At Yale - By E. R. Embree - 1912 - CONTENTS ........................ .................... Yale Ideals. by President HadIey 5 What the Freshman Finds at Yale . 9 Life at Yale ColIege .................................. 15 Life at Sheffield scientific School ....................... 37 Undergraduate Activities .............................. 36 Religious Life at Yale ................................. 50 Working Ones Way .................................. 53 Graduate Interest and Organization ...................... 57 The Yalo Mans New Haven ............................ 69 Sketch of t.he Histor