Author: Rosalie Stier Calvert
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 442
Book Description
"A richer reflection of life in early 19th-century Maryland and the Washington environs cannot be found." -- Washington Post Book World
Mistress of Riversdale
Author: Rosalie Stier Calvert
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 442
Book Description
"A richer reflection of life in early 19th-century Maryland and the Washington environs cannot be found." -- Washington Post Book World
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 442
Book Description
"A richer reflection of life in early 19th-century Maryland and the Washington environs cannot be found." -- Washington Post Book World
Mistress of Riversdale
Author: Rosalie Stier Calvert
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 9780801843990
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
A richer reflection of life in early 19th-century Maryland and the Washington environs cannot be found. -- Washington Post Book World
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 9780801843990
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
A richer reflection of life in early 19th-century Maryland and the Washington environs cannot be found. -- Washington Post Book World
Walking Home with Marie-Claire
Author: Kirsty Murray
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 9781865085463
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
A story about the friendship between 12 year old Pauline ('PJ'), and a daring, unpredictable new girl, Marie-Claire, whose instinct for adventure leads them both into trouble
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 9781865085463
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
A story about the friendship between 12 year old Pauline ('PJ'), and a daring, unpredictable new girl, Marie-Claire, whose instinct for adventure leads them both into trouble
The Friendly Jane Austen
Author: Natalie Tyler
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101191538
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 323
Book Description
What's so friendly about Jane Austen? Every generation rediscovers Jane Austen with a renewed enthusiasm for her timeless novels. In recent years, Austen has become more popular than ever as nearly every one of her books has been gorgeously filmed and reinterpreted to reflect today's sensibilities. Both diehard Austen addicts and new converts to the cult will find endless revelations and witty insights in The Friendly Jane Austen. With quizzes, eye-catching illustrations, interviews with Austen scholars and admirers, a filmography, bibliography, browsable quotes and sidebars, and engaging commentaries that illuminate her family life, early writings, and novels, The Friendly Jane Austen answers such questions as: What are Jane Austen's ten surefire ways to be vulgar? How do you tell a rake from a rattle? (Hint: They're both rascals.) Why is Jane Austen sometimes called the mother of the romance novel? Who is Sense and Sensibility's only sexy man? How much money did Jane Austen earn from her books during her lifetime? Reading The Friendly Jane Austen is like stepping into the happy world of her fiction.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101191538
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 323
Book Description
What's so friendly about Jane Austen? Every generation rediscovers Jane Austen with a renewed enthusiasm for her timeless novels. In recent years, Austen has become more popular than ever as nearly every one of her books has been gorgeously filmed and reinterpreted to reflect today's sensibilities. Both diehard Austen addicts and new converts to the cult will find endless revelations and witty insights in The Friendly Jane Austen. With quizzes, eye-catching illustrations, interviews with Austen scholars and admirers, a filmography, bibliography, browsable quotes and sidebars, and engaging commentaries that illuminate her family life, early writings, and novels, The Friendly Jane Austen answers such questions as: What are Jane Austen's ten surefire ways to be vulgar? How do you tell a rake from a rattle? (Hint: They're both rascals.) Why is Jane Austen sometimes called the mother of the romance novel? Who is Sense and Sensibility's only sexy man? How much money did Jane Austen earn from her books during her lifetime? Reading The Friendly Jane Austen is like stepping into the happy world of her fiction.
Laura Secord
Author: John M. Bassett
Publisher: Markham, Ont. : Fitzhenry & Whiteside
ISBN: 9781550414905
Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Grade level: 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, e, i, s.
Publisher: Markham, Ont. : Fitzhenry & Whiteside
ISBN: 9781550414905
Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Grade level: 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, e, i, s.
Suncatcher
Author: Carole F. Chase
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
In celebration of Madeleine L'Engle's 80th birthday and the 35th anniversary of her Newbery Medal for "A Wrinkle in Time" comes this newly revised, updated overview of L'Engle's work, especially highlighting her spiritual vision that is integral to all of her writing. Features excerpts from over 30 of her books, plus charts showing L'Engles publications, major life events, and character interrelations.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
In celebration of Madeleine L'Engle's 80th birthday and the 35th anniversary of her Newbery Medal for "A Wrinkle in Time" comes this newly revised, updated overview of L'Engle's work, especially highlighting her spiritual vision that is integral to all of her writing. Features excerpts from over 30 of her books, plus charts showing L'Engles publications, major life events, and character interrelations.
Out of Eden
Author: Kate Lehrer
Publisher: Harmony
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
"This moving tale of regret and compromise values a sense of family over lonely career advancement, yet thankfully avoids positing marriage and children as a strong woman's only reprieve from alienation".--Publisher's Weekly.
Publisher: Harmony
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
"This moving tale of regret and compromise values a sense of family over lonely career advancement, yet thankfully avoids positing marriage and children as a strong woman's only reprieve from alienation".--Publisher's Weekly.
The Domestic Architecture of Benjamin Henry Latrobe
Author: Michael W. Fazio
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 0801881048
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 831
Book Description
Publisher description
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 0801881048
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 831
Book Description
Publisher description
A Reader's Guide to George Orwell
Author: Jeffrey Meyers
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780500150160
Category : Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780500150160
Category : Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
We are the Young Magicians
Author: Ruth Forman
Publisher: Beacon Press (MA)
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 118
Book Description
Publisher: Beacon Press (MA)
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 118
Book Description