Author: Aldous Huxley
Publisher: Cosimo Classics
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
Some of the characters are thinly disguised portraits. Perhaps the most famous of Huxley's early novels.
Antic Hay
Author: Aldous Huxley
Publisher: Cosimo Classics
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
Some of the characters are thinly disguised portraits. Perhaps the most famous of Huxley's early novels.
Publisher: Cosimo Classics
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
Some of the characters are thinly disguised portraits. Perhaps the most famous of Huxley's early novels.
West of Warsaw
Author: Frank Serafino
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Separated by six thousand miles of earth and ocean, the cities of Hamtramck and Warsaw, Poland intrically share a history of customs, pride and emotions. At the turn of the century, Poles journeyed to the United States to escape the persecution of foreign rule. Many came to Hamtramck, finding freedom and honest labor at one of the area's automobile factories. They brought with them a profound sense of unity and culture.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Separated by six thousand miles of earth and ocean, the cities of Hamtramck and Warsaw, Poland intrically share a history of customs, pride and emotions. At the turn of the century, Poles journeyed to the United States to escape the persecution of foreign rule. Many came to Hamtramck, finding freedom and honest labor at one of the area's automobile factories. They brought with them a profound sense of unity and culture.
Antic Hay
Author: Aldous Huxley
Publisher: Standard Ebooks
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
Theodore Gumbril Junior is fed up with his job as a teacher, and tries a new tack as an inventor of pneumatic trousers. The development and marketing of these is set against his attempts to find love, and the backdrop of his friends’ and acquaintances’ similar quest for meaning in what seems to them a meaningless world. Aldous Huxley, although primarily known these days for his seminal work Brave New World, gained fame in the 1920s as a writer of social satires such as this, his second novel. Condemned at the time for its frank treatment of sexuality and adultery—it was even banned in Australia—the book’s characters’ comic lack of stability following the society-wide alignment of the Great War still resonates today. This book is part of the Standard Ebooks project, which produces free public domain ebooks.
Publisher: Standard Ebooks
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
Theodore Gumbril Junior is fed up with his job as a teacher, and tries a new tack as an inventor of pneumatic trousers. The development and marketing of these is set against his attempts to find love, and the backdrop of his friends’ and acquaintances’ similar quest for meaning in what seems to them a meaningless world. Aldous Huxley, although primarily known these days for his seminal work Brave New World, gained fame in the 1920s as a writer of social satires such as this, his second novel. Condemned at the time for its frank treatment of sexuality and adultery—it was even banned in Australia—the book’s characters’ comic lack of stability following the society-wide alignment of the Great War still resonates today. This book is part of the Standard Ebooks project, which produces free public domain ebooks.
Antic Hay
Author: Aldous Huxley
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1504060563
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
A lost generation searches for meaning in chaotic post-WWI London in this satirical novel by the acclaimed author of Brave New World. First published in 1923, Aldous Huxley’s Antic Hay was banned in Australia and burned in Cairo for its frank depiction of bohemian life in the grim and listless aftermath of the Great War. Set in London, the comic novel follows a large cast of artists and intellectuals through their nihilistic yet determined pursuits. But at the center of these colorful characters is the peculiar man behind Gumbril’s Patent Small Clothes. While sitting on the hard oak pews of his school’s chapel, disenchanted schoolmaster Theodore Gumbril Junior fantasizes about a pair of trousers with an inflatable air cushion in the seat to make the endless sermon more tolerable. Deciding on a whim to pursue this absurd invention, Gumbril moves to London and soon finds himself among a circle of cynical poets, would-be artists, and bohemian philosophers. Though a timid romantic, Gumbril fashions a rakish alter ego for himself, “The Complete Man,” as he pursues his fortunes in this scathing satire of British conventionality.
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1504060563
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
A lost generation searches for meaning in chaotic post-WWI London in this satirical novel by the acclaimed author of Brave New World. First published in 1923, Aldous Huxley’s Antic Hay was banned in Australia and burned in Cairo for its frank depiction of bohemian life in the grim and listless aftermath of the Great War. Set in London, the comic novel follows a large cast of artists and intellectuals through their nihilistic yet determined pursuits. But at the center of these colorful characters is the peculiar man behind Gumbril’s Patent Small Clothes. While sitting on the hard oak pews of his school’s chapel, disenchanted schoolmaster Theodore Gumbril Junior fantasizes about a pair of trousers with an inflatable air cushion in the seat to make the endless sermon more tolerable. Deciding on a whim to pursue this absurd invention, Gumbril moves to London and soon finds himself among a circle of cynical poets, would-be artists, and bohemian philosophers. Though a timid romantic, Gumbril fashions a rakish alter ego for himself, “The Complete Man,” as he pursues his fortunes in this scathing satire of British conventionality.
Flagons and Apples
Author: Robinson Jeffers
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
The Underdogs
Author: Mike Lupica
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0142421391
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
New York Times bestseller Mike Lupica tackles football! Will Tyler may not be the biggest running back around, but no one can touch him when it comes to hitting the hole and finding the end zone. And no one can match his love of the game. When Will has a football in his hand, life can't touch him--his dad isn't so defeated, his town isn't so poor, and everyone has something to cheer for. All of which does him no good if the football season is canceled. With no funding for things like uniforms and a well-maintained playing field, with every other family moving to find jobs, there just isn't enough money or players for a season. It's up to Will to rally the town and give everyone a reason to believe . . .
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0142421391
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
New York Times bestseller Mike Lupica tackles football! Will Tyler may not be the biggest running back around, but no one can touch him when it comes to hitting the hole and finding the end zone. And no one can match his love of the game. When Will has a football in his hand, life can't touch him--his dad isn't so defeated, his town isn't so poor, and everyone has something to cheer for. All of which does him no good if the football season is canceled. With no funding for things like uniforms and a well-maintained playing field, with every other family moving to find jobs, there just isn't enough money or players for a season. It's up to Will to rally the town and give everyone a reason to believe . . .
Blood Washes Blood
Author: Frank Viviano
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0671041592
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Viviano travels to his family's ancestral home in western Sicily to investigate the murder of his great-great grandfather more than a hundred years before. He uncovered a web of family loyalty, blood feuds and codes of silence.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0671041592
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Viviano travels to his family's ancestral home in western Sicily to investigate the murder of his great-great grandfather more than a hundred years before. He uncovered a web of family loyalty, blood feuds and codes of silence.
The Book of the Hand
Author: Katharine St. Hill
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781258925246
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
This is a new release of the original 1928 edition.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781258925246
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
This is a new release of the original 1928 edition.
Costumes by Eros
Author: Conrad Aiken
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Short stories, American
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Short stories, American
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Adolescent Development and Adjustment
Author: Lester Donald Crow
Publisher: New York : McGraw-Hill
ISBN:
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description
Publisher: New York : McGraw-Hill
ISBN:
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description