Author: Rebecca DiemPublisher:
ISBN: 9781775271901
Category : Airships
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
Of Tempests and Teacups
Author: Rebecca DiemPublisher:
ISBN: 9781775271901
Category : Airships
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
Tempest in a Teacup
Author: Clark Jacob HafenPublisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1440105634
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
Tempest in a Teacup is the story of one man's journey from the hey-days of his youth to his acceptance of adulthood. Throughout the novel, set during the 1940s in rural southwestern Utah, Don Eliot struggles to resolve his aspirations for the future with the realities of life. He graduates from high school, World War II begins, and Don is selected to attend the U.S. Naval Officers Training Program at The University of Texas, Austin. However, the war ends before he is called up. Don's journey then threads its way to the avant-garde environs of Berkeley, California; there the young man continues his pursuit of higher education. But, the call of his hometown, Dixon, harkens louder, stronger.
Tempest in a Teacup
Author: Doc WhitePublisher:
ISBN: 9781482344745
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
Teacups have held the brew that has sustained revolutions, cultivated thought and nurtured friendships for thousands of years. From the battered Bedouin tin cup to the finest European china, teacups conjure hospitality, warmth, civility - a sense that some things endure. In Tempest in a Teacup, they hold all this and more - a long-lost treasure of incalculable worth - second chances.Two friends - one Navy SEAL and one Swift Boater - return to their shared war zone on a last mission: to recover a sunken treasure in the hopes of restoring some of what was lost there 25 years ago while reaffirming the rare bond they had all along. Their journey takes them halfway round the world, reunites them with those left behind and makes it possible for them to do what they do best - rescue lives, their own included.
The Tea Cyclopedia
Author: Keith SouterPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1628735481
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 237
Book Description
Tea drinking has become a way of life. To put it frankly, it is a love, an addiction, and some would even go as far to say a philosophy. Dr. Keith Souter examines the perpetual impact that this adored beverage has bestowed upon the world for centuries, from its mystical origins in the East, to its inevitable influence on the West. The Tea Cyclopedia is an indispensable reference for anyone interested in all things tea. Commencing each chapter with insightful quotes, it not only captures the historical beginnings of this beloved drink, but also explores tea's involvement in politics, health, the economy, and even fortune-telling. This unprecedented beverage has united people in times of adversity; it has also divided nations, causing volatile revolutions, such as the Sri Lankan Civil War and the Boston Tea Party. But today you will most likely find that various cultures have developed their own unique style of enjoying tea, and the ritual of tea drinking itself is not only intriguing, but also highly rewarding. In this meticulously detailed guide, readers will rediscover tea, its cultivation, and all of its richness and intricacy as a worldwide beverage. The Tea Cyclopedia is an enthralling tribute to the illustrious, invigorating, and elusive leaf that has vehemently continued to inspire people for more than two thousand years.
The Venetians: A Novel
Author: Mary Elizabeth BraddonPublisher: Library of Alexandria
ISBN: 1465581057
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 688
Book Description
Little golden cloudlets, like winged living creatures, were hanging high up in the rosy glow above Santa Maria della Salute, and all along the Grand Canal the crowded gondolas were floating in a golden haze, and all the westward-facing palace windows flashed and shone with an illumination which the lamps and lanterns that were to be lighted after sundown could never equal, burnt they never so merrily. It was Shrove Tuesday in Venice, Carnival time. The sun had been shining on the city and on the lagunes all day long. It was one of those Shrove Tuesdays which recall the familiar proverb— “Sunshine at Carnival, Fireside at Easter.” But who cares about the chance of cold and gloom six weeks hence when to-day is fair and balmy? A hum of joyous, foolish voices echoed from those palace façades, and floated out seaward, and rang along the narrow Calle, and drifted on the winding water-ways, and resounded under the innumerable bridges; for everywhere in the City by the Sea men, women, and children were making merry, and had given themselves up to a wild and childish rapture of unreasoning mirth, ready to explode into loud laughter at the sorriest jokes. An old man tapped upon the shoulder by a swinging paper lantern—a boy whose hat had been knocked off—a woman calling to her husband or her lover across the gay flotilla—anything was food for mirth on this holiday evening, while the great gold orb sank in the silvery lagoon, and all the sky yonder towards Chioggia was dyed with the crimson afterglow, and the Chioggian fishing-boats were moving westward in all the splendour of their painted sails. At Danieli’s the hall and staircase, reading-room, smoking-room, and saloons were crowded with people; English and American for the most part, but with a sprinkling of French and German. Shrewd Yankees were bargaining on the sea-washed steps below the hall-door with gondoliers almost as shrewd. Quanto per la notte—tutte la notte, sul canale? To-night the gondoliers would have it all their own way, for every one wanted a gondola to row up and down the Grand Canal, with gaudy Chinese lanterns, and singing men, twanging guitar or tinkling mandoline to that tune which is almost the national melody of Venice fin de siècle—“Funicoli, funicola.” The dining-rooms at Danieli’s are capacious enough for all ordinary occasions, but to-night there was not space for half the number who wanted to dine. The waiters were flying about wildly, trying to appease the hungry crowd with promises of tables subito, subito. But travellers in Italy know what subito means in an Italian restaurant, and were not comforted by these assurances. Amiable Signor Campi moved about among his men, and his very presence gave comfort somehow, and finally everybody had food and wine, and a din of jovial voices rose up from the table d’hôte to the grand old rooms above, on that upper story which is called the noble floor, a place of strange histories, perhaps, in those stern days when these hotels were palaces.
The Great Dictionary English - French
Author: Benjamin Maximilian EisenhauerPublisher: Benjamin Maximilian Eisenhauer
ISBN:
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 10679
Book Description
This dictionary contains around 130,000 English terms with their French translations, making it one of the most comprehensive books of its kind. It offers a wide vocabulary from all areas as well as numerous idioms. The terms are translated from English to French. If you need translations from French to English, then the companion volume The Great Dictionary French - English is recommended.
“The” Venetians
Author: Mary Elizabeth BraddonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 624
Book Description
Storms in Teacups (Classic Reprint)
Author: Thomas BouchPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780483979611
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
Excerpt from Storms in Teacups Out of my many-patterned hours, Broidered with bright passion flowers, Or with fancy's butterflies, Or proud birds of paradise; Out of my many-coloured moods, Woven of old-time interludes; Odds and ends Without connection; Worn-out rags of recollection; Golden moments, tipt with fire; Ashen memories of desire; Twilit gleams and rainbow dreams; Random dilettante themes; Riding, loving, warring, reading, Lusting, mourning, mocking, pleading I have worked together these Cast-off inconsistencies; Thoughts of varied shape and size, Like ragged clouds in moonlit skies, Meaning more than what they are, As all of Night's behind a star. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The Political Costs of the 2009 British MPs’ Expenses Scandal
Author: J. VanHeerde-HudsonPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137034556
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
This study examines the evolution and political consequences of the 2009 British MPs' expenses scandal. Despite claims of a revolution in British politics, we show how the expenses scandal had a limited, short-term impact.
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