Author: Edwin LeePublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
Nice and Its Climate with Notions of the Coast from Hyères to Genoa, and Obsevations on the Effect of Climate on Pulmonary Disease
Author: Edwin LeeNice and its climate, tr. with additional observations
Author: Edwin LeeNice and Its Climate with Notions of the Coast from Hyères to Genoa, and Obsevations on the Effect of Climate on Pulmonary Disease
Author: Edwin LeeNice and Its Climate; with Notices of the Coast from Marseilles to Genoa ... Translated from the French, with Additional Observations on the Influence of Climate on Pulmonary Consumption
Author: Edwin LeeChambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science and Arts
Author: Chambers' Edinburgh Journal
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Edinburgh (Scotland)
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
Arthur Young's Travels in France
Author: Arthur YoungPublisher:
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 446
Book Description
Willa Cather
Author: James WoodressPublisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803297081
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 654
Book Description
Drawing on letters, interviews, speeches, and reminiscences, looks at the life and career of the American novelist.
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent During the Years 1799-1804
Author: Alexander von HumboldtPublisher:
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Category : Central America
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
Alexander von Humboldt's account of his monumental scientific expedition to South America and Cuba. Originally published in French between 1814 and 1825, this is the first edition in English ... This classic of scientific exploration was based on the researches of Humboldt and his companion, Aimé Bonpland, during their five-year excursion in South and Central America from 1799 to 1804. The volumes describe the voyage from Spain and the stop in the Canaries; Tobago and the first steps in South America; explorations along the Orinoco; Colombia and the area around Caracas; explorations in the northern Andes; and a visit to Cuba. "Humboldt and Bonpland traveled widely through South and Central America, studying meteorological phenomena and exploring wild and uninhabited country. At Callao, Humboldt measured the temperatures of the ocean current which came to bear his name ..."--Hill.
The Rover
Author: Joseph ConradPublisher:
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Category : Book jackets
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
A tale of intrigue in the opening days of the Napoleonic wars. Peyrol, a French pirate from the Indian seas, returns to his home country to find himself threatened by both British and French forces. His flight through Imperial France, his daring mission carrying dispatches through the British blockade, and his doomed love affair with the daughter of a French sailor are all related in Conrad's irresistibly atmospheric and suspenseful style.