Author: Sir John Young Walker MacAlisterPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 552
Book Description
The Library
Author: Sir John Young Walker MacAlisterPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 552
Book Description
Stanley
Author: Tim JealPublisher: Faber & Faber
ISBN: 0571265642
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 557
Book Description
Henry Morton Stanley was a cruel imperialist - a bad man of Africa. Or so we think: but as Tim Jeal brilliantly shows, the reality of Stanley's life is yet more extraordinary. Few people know of his dazzling trans-Africa journey, a heart-breaking epic of human endurance which solved virtually every one of the continent's remaining geographical puzzles. With new documentary evidence, Jeal explores the very nature of exploration and reappraises a reputation, in a way that is both moving and truly majestic.
The Library Companion
Author: Thomas Frognall DibdinPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Best books
Languages : en
Pages : 474
Book Description
Pages 442-444 contain a review of Matthew Flinders' Voyage to Terra Australis.
Stanley's Boat
Author: William BeePublisher: Holiday House
ISBN: 1682635716
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 35
Book Description
It’s another busy day for Stanley and friends at the boatyard! Accessible text and brightly colored illustrations helpfully convey tugboats for toddlers who love equipment, tools, and vehicles. After a hard day at work, Stanley winds down his day with a familiar supper and bath routine that makes this series a great pick for bedtime reading!
catalogue of an extensive collection of books
Author: thomas thorpeThe Library Companion Or, The Young Man's Guide, and the Old Man's Comfort, in the Choice of a Library. By the Rev. T. F. Dibdin ... Vol. 1. [- 2.]
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Author: Stanley's Dream
Author: Jacalyn DuffinPublisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 0773557814
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
In 1964–65, an international team of thirty-eight scientists and assistants, led by Montreal physician Stanley Skoryna, sailed to the mysterious Rapa Nui (Easter Island) to conduct an unprecedented survey of its biosphere. Born of Cold War concerns about pollution, overpopulation, and conflict, and initially conceived as the first of two trips, the project was designed to document the island's status before a proposed airport would link the one thousand people living in humanity's remotest community to the rest of the world – its germs, genes, culture, and economy. Based on archival papers, diaries, photographs, and interviews with nearly twenty members of the original team, Stanley's Dream sets the expedition in its global context within the early days of ecological research and the understudied International Biological Program. Jacalyn Duffin traces the origins, the voyage, the often-complicated life within the constructed camp, the scientific preoccupations, the role of women, the resultant reports, films, and publications, and the previously unrecognized accomplishments of the project, including a goodwill tour of South America, the delivery of vaccines, and the discovery of a wonder drug. For Rapa Nui, the expedition coincided with its rebellion against the colonizing Chilean military, resulting in its first democratic election. For Canada, it reflected national optimism as the country prepared for its centennial and adopted its own flag. Ending with Duffin's own journey to the island to uncover the legacy of the study and the impact of the airport, and to elicit local memories, Stanley's Dream is an entertaining and poignant account of a long-forgotten but important Canadian-led international expedition.
John Stanley
Author: Bill SchellyPublisher: Fantagraphics Books
ISBN: 1606999907
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
This is a deluxe, full-color, coffee table book biography; the first of one of America’s greatest storytellers. It's filled with beautifully reproduced artwork from the comic books Little Lulu, and his creations Melvin Monster and Thirteen(Going on Eighteen); rare drawings and cartoons; and never-before-seen photographs. Bill Schelly tells Stanley’s life story through interviews with his family, friends, and colleagues: his childhood in Harlem and the Bronx, life with his strict Irish Catholic mother, his education at Parsons, his first job as an animator at Max Fleischer Studios, and his years working as a commercial artist, before finding his true métier in comic books during World War II (while battling clinical depression and alcoholism).
Catalogue of the Reference Library
Author: Birmingham Public LibrariesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1344
Book Description
“The” Library Companion ... in the Choice of a Libr
Author: Thomas Frognall DibdinPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 966
Book Description