Author: Lawrence J. BarkwellPublisher:
ISBN: 9781927531198
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The History of the Manitoba Métis Federation
Author: Lawrence J. BarkwellPublisher:
ISBN: 9781927531198
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Columbia Dictionary of Modern European Literature
Author: Horatio SmithPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Authors, European
Languages : en
Pages : 926
Book Description
Covers 1,200 authors from 1870 to the present; general articles on each of the literatures, including Catalan, Icelandic, Flemish, and Turkish; and recent intellectual and cultural trends.
My Name Is Aram
Author: William SaroyanPublisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486490904
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 161
Book Description
"Marvelously captivating." — The New York Times. First published in 1940, Saroyan's international bestseller recounts the exploits of an Armenian clan in northern California at the turn of the 20th century. Based on the author's loving and eccentric extended family, the characters in these 14 related short stories provide humorous and touching scenes from immigrant life.
Meet Me in Atlantis
Author: Mark AdamsPublisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0698186214
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
The New York Times Bestselling Travel Memoir! The author of Turn Right at Machu Picchu travels the globe in search of the world’s most famous lost city. “Adventurous, inquisitive and mirthful, Mark Adams gamely sifts through the eons of rumor, science, and lore to find a place that, in the end, seems startlingly real indeed.”—Hampton Sides A few years ago, Mark Adams made a strange discovery: Far from alien conspiracy theories and other pop culture myths, everything we know about the legendary lost city of Atlantis comes from the work of one man, the Greek philosopher Plato. Stranger still: Adams learned there is an entire global sub-culture of amateur explorers who are still actively and obsessively searching for this sunken city, based entirely on Plato’s detailed clues. What Adams didn’t realize was that Atlantis is kind of like a virus—and he’d been exposed. In Meet Me in Atlantis, Adams racks up frequent-flier miles tracking down these Atlantis obsessives, trying to determine why they believe it's possible to find the world's most famous lost city—and whether any of their theories could prove or disprove its existence. The result is a classic quest that takes readers to fascinating locations to meet irresistible characters; and a deep, often humorous look at the human longing to rediscover a lost world.
Metis Legacy
Author: Louis Riel InstitutePublisher: Spotlight Poets
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
Focuses on the Métis in Canada but also includes some articles and annotated references on the Métis in the United States.
The modern organ
Author: Thomas CassonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Organ (Musical instrument)
Languages : en
Pages : 86
Book Description
The Ninth Thermidor
Author: Марк Александрович АлдановPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Europe, Western
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
Deals with historical developments in Russian and Western Europe from 1793 to 1821.
A Handbook of the Organ
Author: John MatthewsOrgan Building for Amateurs
Author: Mark Mark WicksPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781976513190
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
I must, in the first instance, warn the reader that it is not written with the intention of dealing exhaustively with organ building generally, but, as its title implies, only with that particular phase which comes within the means and scope of an intelligent amateur workman. Therefore, such refinements as electric and pneumatic actions, not being required in small instruments, find no place in this work, but everything of interest to a home- worker is touched upon in a thoroughly practical manner. There are many works on the subject to which builders, purchasers, or general readers may resort for information respecting organs, but the in- structions contained in most of these works being limited to general, and often vague, description, are of little service to an ordinary amateur desirous of building the instrument himself, as in most cases the idea of building an organ at home is taken up by persons having little knowledge of the construction of the instrument which they so ardently desire to possess. It is indeed rather surprising that there is not a larger supply of literature dealing with this Subject from an amateur's point of view, for it is a matter which is constantly claiming the attention of young men of mechanical proclivities, and also one which exercises an astonishing and peculiar fascination Vf PREFACE. over them. But beyond isolated papers in magazines, and the little manual of the Rev. W. E. Dickson, there dees not appear to be anything which can rightly be considered as meeting the requirements of persons of the class referred to. It is with the object of supplying this want that I have been induced to compile the little manual which now seeks the suffrages of home- workers. As an amateur organ-builder I may fairly claim to have some knowledge of the necessities of that class, and of the difficulties which beset them at every turn. It has been my endeavour to smooth away those dMficulties by describing every part of the instrument in the fullest detail, and by supplementing the instructions, wherever practicable, with carefully- drawn illustrations. The method of making pipes of paper, which is an invention of my own, will, I trust, prove a boon to amateurs, especially those of limited means, as by making pipes of this material the most expensive item in the cost of the instrument is reduced to a comparati\'ely nominal sum. I do not think I could adduce better testimony of their efficiency than the fact that a practical organ-builder, who is quite un- known to me, has thought it worth his while to take up the manufacture of these pipes, and to enlarge his workshops for the purpose. I would add that the care, patience, and perseverance devoted to building even a small organ at home must necessarily afford most valuable training to young men, and the moral value of the instrument itself in a home where children are growing up cannot, 1 think, be over-estimated.
Past Reflects the Present
Author: Manitoba Métis FederationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Métis
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description