Top Books of 1960
The most significant literary works published this year.
The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side
By Unknown Author
E-book exclusive extras:1) Christie biographer Charles Osborne's essay on The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side;2) "The Marples": the complete guide to all the cases of crime literature's foremost female detective.The quaint village of St Mary Mead has been glamourized by the presence of screen queen Marina Gregg, who has taken up residence in preparation for her comeback. But when a local fan is poisoned, Marina finds herself starring in a real-life mystery—supported with scene-stealing aplomb by Jane Marple, who suspects that the lethal cocktail was intended for someone else. But who? If it was meant for Marina, then why? And before the final fade-out, who else from St Mary Mead’s cast of seemingly innocent characters is going to be eliminated?
To Kill a Mockingbird
By Unknown Author
One of the best-loved stories of all time, To Kill a Mockingbird has been translated into more than 40 languages, sold more than 30 million copies worldwide, served as the basis for an enormously popular motion picture, and voted one of the best novels of the 20th century by librarians across the United States. A gripping, heart-wrenching, and wholly remarkable tale of coming-of-age in a South poisoned by virulent prejudice, it views a world of great beauty and savage inequities through the eyes of a young girl, as her father -- a crusading local lawyer -- risks everything to defend a black man unjustly accused of a terrible crime. Lawyer Atticus Finch defends Tom Robinson -- a black man charged with the rape of a white girl. Writing through the young eyes of Finch's children Scout and Jem, Harper Lee explores with rich humor and unswerving honesty the irrationality of adult attitudes toward race and class in small-town Alabama during the mid-1930s Depression years. The conscience of a town steeped in prejudice, violence, and hypocrisy is pricked by the stamina and quiet heroism of one man's struggle for justice. But the weight of history will only tolerate so much. ---------- Also contained in: - [Best Sellers from Reader's Digest Condensed Books](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL16035425W)
The Incredible Journey
By Unknown Author
The Incredible Journey (1961), by Scottish author Sheila Burnford, is a children's book first published by Hodder & Stoughton, which tells the story of three pets as they travel 300 miles (480 km) through the Canadian wilderness searching for their beloved masters. It depicts the suffering and stress of an arduous journey, together with the unwavering loyalty and courage of the three animals. The story is set in the northwestern part of Ontario, which has many lakes, rivers, and widely dispersed small farms and towns. **Awards** 1963 Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award winner 1963 Canadian Library Association Book of the Year for Children Award winner 1963 American Library Association Aurianne Award winner 1964 International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) honour
Psycho-cybernetics
By Unknown Author
Cybernetics (loosely translated from the Greek): “a helmsman who steers his ship to port.” Psycho-Cybernetics is a term coined by Dr. Maxwell Maltz, which means, “steering your mind to a productive, useful goal so you can reach the greatest port in the world, peace of mind.” Since its first publication in 1960, Maltz’s landmark bestseller has inspired and enhanced the lives of more than 30 million readers. In this updated edition, with a new introduction and editorial commentary by Matt Furey, president of the Psycho-Cybernetics Foundation, the original text has been annotated and amplified to make Maltz’s message even more relevant for the contemporary reader. “Before the mind can work efficiently, we must develop our perception of the outcomes we expect to reach. Maxwell Maltz calls this Psycho-Cybernetics; when the mind has a defined target it can focus and direct and refocus and redirect until it reaches its intended goal.” —Tony Robbins (from Unlimited Power) Maltz was the first researcher and author to explain how the self-image (a term he popularized) has complete control over an individual’s ability to achieve (or fail to achieve) any goal. And he developed techniques for improving and managing self-image—visualization, mental rehearsal, relaxation—which have informed and inspired countless motivational gurus, sports psychologists, and self-help practitioners for more than fifty years. The teachings of Psycho-Cybernetics are timeless because they are based on solid science and provide a prescription for thinking and acting that lead to quantifiable results.
Один день Ивана Денисовича
By Unknown Author
First published in the Soviet journal Novy Mir in 1962, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich stands as a classic of contemporary literature. The story of labor-camp inmate Ivan Denisovich Shukhov, it graphically describes his struggle to maintain his dignity in the face of communist oppression. An unforgettable portrait of the entire world of Stalin's forced work camps, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich is one of the most extraordinary literary documents to have emerged from the Soviet Union and confirms Solzhenitsyn's stature as "a literary genius whose talent matches that of Dosotevsky, Turgenev, Tolstoy"--Harrison Salisbury This unexpurgated 1991 translation by H. T. Willetts is the only authorized edition available and fully captures the power and beauty of the original Russian.
Cricket in Times Square
By Unknown Author
An updated version of the timeless children's classic featuring a business-savvy mouse, a kind alley cat, and a talented country cricket, featuring a new foreword and revisions by YA author Stacey Lee. Tucker is a streetwise city mouse. He thought he'd seen it all. But he's never met a cricket before, which really isn't surprising, because, along with his friend Harry Cat, Tucker lives in the very heart of New York City—the Times Square subway station. Chester Cricket never intended to leave his Connecticut meadow. He'd be there still if he hadn't followed the entrancing aroma of liverwurst right into someone's picnic basket. Now, like any tourist in the city, he wants to look around. And he could not have found two better guides—and friends—than Tucker and Harry. The trio have many adventures—from taking in the sights and sounds of Broadway to escaping a smoky fire. Chester makes a third friend, too. It is a boy, Mario, who rescues Chester from a dusty corner of the subway station and brings him to live in the safety of his parents' newsstand. He hopes at first to keep Chester as a pet, but Mario soon understands that the cricket is more than that. Because Chester has a hidden talent and no one—not even Chester himself—realizes that the little country cricket may just be able to teach even the toughest New Yorkers a thing or two. The Cricket in Times Square is George Selden at his best, and the new illustrations and interior images by Garth Williams make this edition a special treat.
Island of the Blue Dolphins
By Unknown Author
Story of a young girl abandoned on a small island by her family and her village, and of her fight for survival. The incredible courage, determination and strength of this girl is showcased throughout as she learns to do the things that only the men of her tribe did before, and battles not only the hunters who frequent the island, but also her desperate loneliness as well... Excellent read for kids 11 and older.
Night Shift
By Unknown Author
Stephen King has brought together nineteen of his most unsettling short pieces--bizarre tales of dark doing and unthinkable acts from the twilight regions where horror and madness take on eerie, unearthly forms...where noises in the walls and shadows by the bed are always signs of something dreadful on the prowl. The settings are familiar and unsuspected--a high school, a factory, a truck stop, a laundry, a field of Nebraska corn. But in Stephen King's world any place can serve as devil's ground...if the time of night is propitious, and the forces of darkness are strong, and the victims are caught just slightly off their guard... ([source][1]) ---------- Contains: - [Jerusalem's Lot][2] - Graveyard Shift - Night Surf - I Am the Doorway - The Mangler - The Boogeyman - Grey Matter - Battleground - Trucks - Sometimes They Come Back - Strawberry Spring - The Ledge - The Lawnmower Man - [Quitters, Inc.][3] - I Know What You Need - [Children of the Corn][4] - The Last Rung on the Ladder - The Man Who Loved Flowers - [One for the Road][5] - The Woman in the Room ---------- Also contained in: - [The Shining / 'Salem's Lot / Night Shift / Carrie][6] [1]: https://stephenking.com/library/story_collection/night_shift_flap.html [2]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL14916772W/Jerusalem's_Lot [3]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL149153W/Quitters_Inc [4]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL19791056W/Children_of_the_Corn [5]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL19791071W/One_for_the_Road [6]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL19558521W/The_Shining_'Salem's_Lot_Night_Shift_Carrie
Harriet the Spy
By Unknown Author
Harriet the Spy is a children's novel written and illustrated by Louise Fitzhugh that was published in 1964. It has been called "a milestone in children's literature" and a "classic". In the U.S. it ranked number 12 in The 50 Best Books for Kids and number 17 in The Top 100 Children's Novels on two lists generated in 2012.
La tregua
By Unknown Author
'Perhaps that moment had been exceptional, but still, I felt alive. That pressure on my chest means being alive.' Forty-nine, with a kind face, no serious ailments (apart from varicose veins on his ankles), a good salary and three moody children, widowed accountant Martin Santome is about to retire. He assumes he'll take up gardening, or the guitar, or whatever retired people do. What he least expects is to fall passionately in love with his shy young employee Laura Avellaneda. As they embark upon an affair, happy and irresponsible, Martin begins to feel the weight of his quiet existence lift - until, out of nowhere, their joy is cut short.
Green Eggs and Ham
By Unknown Author
Sam-I-am tries to persuade the character in the top hat to try green eggs and ham. “Do you like green eggs and ham?” asks Sam-I-am in this Beginner Book by Dr. Seuss. In a house or with a mouse? In a boat or with a goat? On a train or in a tree? Sam keeps asking persistently. With unmistakable characters and signature rhymes, Dr. Seuss’s beloved favorite has cemented its place as a children’s classic. In this most famous of cumulative tales, the list of places to enjoy green eggs and ham, and friends to enjoy them with, gets longer and longer. Follow Sam-I-am as he insists that this unusual treat is indeed a delectable snack to be savored everywhere and in every way.
Réquiem por un campesino español
By Unknown Author
*Réquiem por un campesino español* es una novela breve de Ramón J. Sender, uno de los novelistas españoles más importantes de la posguerra en el exilio. Aparecida originalmente bajo el título de *Mosén Millán* en México (1953), adquirió su nombre actual en 1960. Su publicación en México fue motivada por la censura que sufrió España durante la dictadura de Francisco Franco. Fue incluida en la lista de las 100 mejores novelas en español del siglo XX del periódico español *El Mundo*.
Are You My Mother?
By Unknown Author
A baby bird, fallen from his nest, sets out to find his mother. Spanish and English. Full-color illustrations.
A Bear Called Paddington
By Unknown Author
Mr. and Mrs. Brown first met Paddington, a most endearing bear from Darkest Peru on a railway platform in London. A sign hanging around his neck said, "Please look after this bear. Thank you" So that is just what they did. From the very first night when he attempted his first bath and ended up nearly flooding the house, Paddington was seldom far from imminent disaster. Jonathan and Judy were delighted with this havoc and even Mr. and Mrs. Brown had to admit that life seemed to be more filled with adventure when there was a bear in the house.
Mistress of Mellyn
By Unknown Author
Mount Mellyn stood as proud and magnificent as she had envisioned...But what about its master--Connan TreMellyn? Was Martha Leigh's new employer as romantic as his name sounded? As she approached the sprawling mansion towering above the cliffs of Cornwall, an odd chill of apprehension overcame her. TreMellyn's young daughter, Alvean, proved as spoiled and difficult as the three governesses before Martha had discovered. But it was the girl's father whose cool, arrogant demeanor unleashed unfamiliar sensations and turmoil--even as whispers of past tragedy and present danger begin to insinuate themselves into Martha's life. Powerless against her growing desire for the enigmatic Connan, she is drawn deeper into family secrets--as passion overpowers reason, sending her head and heart spinning. But though evil lurks in the shadows, so does love--and the freedom to find a golden promise forever.
Black like me
By Unknown Author
Publisher's description: Studs Terkel tells us in his Foreword to the definitive Griffin Estate Edition of Black Like Me: "This is a contemporary book, you bet." Indeed, Black Like Me remains required reading in thousands of high schools and colleges for this very reason. Regardless of how much progress has been made in eliminating outright racism from American life, Black Like Me endures as a great human and humanitarian document. In our era, when "international" terrorism is most often defined in terms of a single ethnic designation and a single religion, we need to be reminded that America has been blinded by fear and racial intolerance before. As John Lennon wrote, "Living is easy with eyes closed." Black Like Me is the story of a man who opened his eyes, and helped an entire nation to do likewise.
No Loger at Ease
By Unknown Author
A novel of a Western educated Nigerian struggling to bridge the chasm between his education and his tribal upbringing and culture. On his return to Nigeria he gains a position with the Scholarship Board and is immediately offered bribes by people trying to get a scholarship. Scandalised, he initially refuses but after getting into financial difficulties and losing his faith in his countrymen’s ability to modernise after his family forbids him to marry the woman he loves due to a tribal taboo, he eventually succumbs to the temptation and is caught in a government ‘sting’.
The spy who loved me
By Unknown Author
Vivienne Michel, a precocious French Canadian raised in the United Kingdom, seems a foreigner in every land. With only a supercharged Vespa and a handful of American dollars, she travels down winding roads into the pine forests of the Adirondacks. After stopping at the Dreamy Pines Motor Court and being coerced into caretaking at the vacant motel for the night, Viv opens the door to two armed mobsters and realizes being a woman alone is no easy task. But when a third stranger shows—a confident Englishman with a keen sense for sizing things up—the tables are turned. Still reeling in the wake of Operation Thunderball, Bond had planned for his jaunt through the Adirondacks to be a period of rest before his return to Europe. But that all changes when his tire goes flat in front of a certain motel…
Le petit Nicolas
By Unknown Author
A little French boy recounts the many escapades that he and his classmates indulge in as they make their way through a year at primary school.
Kiss Kiss
By Unknown Author
Contains: [Landlady](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20504259W/Landlady) [William and Mary](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20504266W/William_and_Mary) [The Way Up to Heaven](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20504268W/The_Way_Up_to_Heaven) [Parson's Pleasure](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL8318648W/Parson's_Pleasure) [Mrs. Bixby and the Colonel's Coat](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL3985404W/Mrs._Bixby_and_the_Colonel's_Coat) [Royal Jelly](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20504271W/Royal_Jelly) [Georgy Porgy](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20504272W/Georgy_Porgy) [Genesis and Catastrophe](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20504273W/Genesis_and_Catastrophe) [Edward the Conqueror](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20504274W/Edward_the_Conqueror) [Pig](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20504275W/Pig) [Champion of the World](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20504277W/The_Champion_of_the_World) ---------- Contained in: [Collected Short Stories of Roald Dahl: Volume I](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL45794W) [Kiss, Kiss / Switch Bitch / My Uncle Oswald](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL15091046W) [Kiss, Kiss / Over to You / Switch Bitch / Someone Like You / Four Tales of the Unexpected / My Uncle Oswald](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20504258W)
Rabbit, Run
By Unknown Author
Its hero is Harry “Rabbit” Angstrom, a onetime high-school basketball star who on an impulse deserts his wife and son. He is twenty-six years old, a man-child caught in a struggle between instinct and thought, self and society, sexual gratification and family duty—even, in a sense, human hard-heartedness and divine Grace. Though his flight from home traces a zigzag of evasion, he holds to the faith that he is on the right path, an invisible line toward his own salvation as straight as a ruler’s edge
The Daybreakers
By Unknown Author
A notable work from 1960.
Immortal in death
By Unknown Author
She'd come to New York to be a cop, because she believed in order. Needed it to survive. She had taken control, had made herself into the person some anonymous social worker had named Eve Dallas' But in a few weeks she won't just be Eve Dallas, lieutenant, homicide. She'll be Roarke's wife. But Eve's wedding plans may have to be put on hold as her private and professional lives collide... The victim in her latest murder investigation is one of the most sought-after women in the world. A top model who would stop at nothing to get what she wanted - even another woman's man. And Eve's chief suspect is the other woman in this fatal love triangle - her best friend Mavis. Putting her job on the line to head the investigation, Eve discovers that the world of high fashion thrives on an all-consuming passion for youth and fame. One that leads from the runway to the dark underworld of New York City where drugs can fulfil any desire - for a price . . .
Have a little faith
By Unknown Author
What if our beliefs were not what divided us, but what pulled us together? In Have a Little Faith, Mitch Albom offers a beautifully written story of a remarkable eight-year journey between two worlds-two men, two faiths, two communities-that will inspire readers everywhere.Albom's first nonfiction book since Tuesdays with Morrie, Have a Little Faith begins with an unusual request: an eighty-two-year-old rabbi from Albom's old hometown asks him to deliver his eulogy. Feeling unworthy, Albom insists on understanding the man better, which throws him back into a world of faith he'd left years ago. Meanwhile, closer to his current home, Albom becomes involved with a Detroit pastor-a reformed drug dealer and convict-who preaches to the poor and homeless in a decaying church with a hole in its roof. Moving between their worlds, Christian and Jewish, African-American and white, impoverished and well-to-do, Albom observes how these very different men employ faith similarly in fighting for survival: the older, suburban rabbi embracing it as death approaches; the younger, inner-city pastor relying on it to keep himself and his church afloat.As America struggles with hard times and people turn more to their beliefs, Albom and the two men of God explore issues that perplex modern man: how to endure when difficult things happen; what heaven is; intermarriage; forgiveness; doubting God; and the importance of faith in trying times. Although the texts, prayers, and histories are different, Albom begins to recognize a striking unity between the two worlds-and indeed, between beliefs everywhere.In the end, as the rabbi nears death and a harsh winter threatens the pastor's wobbly church, Albom sadly fulfills the rabbi's last request and writes the eulogy. And he finally understands what both men had been teaching all along: the profound comfort of believing in something bigger than yourself.Have a Little Faith is a book about a life's purpose; about losing belief and finding it again; about the divine spark inside us all. It is one man's journey, but it is everyone's story. Ten percent of the profits from this book will go to charity, including The Hole In The Roof Foundation, which helps refurbish places of worship that aid the homeless. To contribute, visit Aholeintheroof.com.
How I Made $2,000,000 In The Stock Market
By Unknown Author
good read
The Four Loves
By Unknown Author
The novel based on the The Four Loves radio talks by C. S. Lewis.
Dr. Seuss's ABC
By Unknown Author
It is Dr. Seuss again with this handy books for parents to make their children learn the basic ABCs with this funny and whimsical mind of Dr. Seuss in this very colour-illustrated children book. Parents would love using this book to teach their children.
The Intelligent Man's Guide to Science
By Unknown Author
Reports on recent advances in the physical and biological sciences to aid the general reader in understanding modern scientific phenomena.
Sundiata
By Unknown Author
"Yan, Jibirili Tamisiri Ɲane y'a ta kɛ Afiriki kɔrɔlen lamɛnni ye. A bɛ kuma minnu dajira an na, olu ye jeliw ka kumaw ye. Anw bɛ Mandenba Bɛnbakɛ ka tariku dɔn, cɛ min ka kobaw y'a latɛmɛ Julu Kara Nani kan ; Sigi den, Waraba den, Sunjata ka tariku, "cɛ tɔgɔcamantigi, suyaw ma si tigɛ min na"."--Page 4 of cover.
Bedtime for Frances
By Unknown Author
It's bedtime for Frances! But Frances can't seem to get to sleep. What will help her get to sleep?
A history of western music
By Unknown Author
"A History of Western Music has secured its place - through six editions and for almost half a century - as the definitive resource for students and connoisseurs alike. Today this exceptional book remains the most authoritative and useful text available, providing readers with insights into both the music and its historical context." "In the Seventh Edition, J. Peter Burkholder has revitalized this classic text for a new generation, offering a vivid, accessible, contextual history of music in Europe and the Americas. From tropes in Latin masses to minimalism and the avant-garde, the history of Western music has long been a struggle between tradition and innovation, and Professor Burkholder explores the issues and people at the center of these conflicts. The result is a vibrant, engaging story of people, their ideas, what they valued in music, and the choices they made." "Comprehensively revised, the Seventh Edition calls attention to what's important, where it fits, why it matters, and who cares. Shorter, self-contained chapters are framed by historical context at the beginning and the music's reception and legacy at the end. Sidebars highlight composer biographies, music in daily life, and musical innovations in every period. Timelines and pithy Source Readings in each chapter place music in broader cultural context. Coverage of modern music has been significantly expanded to explore popular and classical idioms as well as the rich diversity of musical genres and styles available today. Long regarded as the definitive history of works and events, A History of Western Music now tells the story of the people behind the music."--BOOK JACKET
Flint
By Unknown Author
He left the West at the age of seventeen, leaving behind a rootless past and a bloody trail of violence. In the East he became one of the wealthiest financiers in America--and one of the most feared and hated.Now, suffering from incurable cancer, he has come back to New Mexico to die alone. But when an all-out range war erupts, Flint chooses to help Nancy Kerrigan, a local rancher. A cold-eyed speculator is setting up the land swindle of a lifetime, and Buckdun, a notorious assassin, is there to back his play.Flint alone can help Nancy save her ranch...with his cash, his connections--and his gun. He still has his legendary will to fight. All he needs is time, and that's fast running out....From the Paperback edition.
Dr. Mengele boncolóorvosa voltam az auschwitzi krematóriumban
By Unknown Author
A notable work from 1960.
One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish
By Unknown Author
A story-poem about the activities of such unusual animals as the Nook, Wump, Yink, Yop, Gack, and the Zeds.
A Burnt-Out Case
By Unknown Author
Querry is assigned to a leper colony on the upper reaches of the Congo, run by a doctor as lacking in faith as he is himself.
The Image of the City
By Unknown Author
What does the city's form actually mean to the people who live there? What can the city planner do to make the city's image more vivid and memorable to the city dweller? To answer these questions, Mr. Lynch, supported by studies of Los Angeles, Boston, and Jersey City, formulates a new criterion--imageability--and shows its potential value as a guide for the building and rebuilding of cities. The wide scope of this study leads to an original and vital method for the evaluation of city form. The architect, the planner, and certainly the city dweller will all want to read this book.
Quarto de Despejo
By Unknown Author
A notable work from 1960.
Art and illusion
By Unknown Author
"Considered a great classic by all who seek a meeting ground between science and the humanities. Art and Illusion examines the history and psychology of pictorial representation in light of present-day theories of visual perception information and learning. Searching for a rational explanation of the changing styles of art, Gombrich reexamines many ideas on the imitation of nature and the function of tradition. In testing his arguments he ranges over the history of art, noticing particularly the accomplishments of the ancient Greeks, and the visual discoveries of such masters as Leonardo da Vinci and Rembrandt, as well as the impressionists and the cubists. Gombrich's main concern is less with the artists than with ourselves, the beholders."--BOOK JACKET.
The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding
By Unknown Author
First came a sinister warning to Poirot not to eat any plum pudding...then the discovery of a corpse in a chest...next, an overheard quarrel that led to murder...the strange case of the dead man who altered his eating habits...and the puzzle of the victim who dreamt his own suicide. What links these five baffling cases? The little grey cells of Monsieur Hercule Poirot!
The Tarot Revealed
By Unknown Author
A notable work from 1960.
Whispers
By Unknown Author
"A MASTER STORYTELLER...his fast-paced plots are wonderfully fiendish, taking unexpected twists and turns."—The San Diego Union-Tribune For thirty-five years, Bruno Frye has lived in the shadow of the mother who made his heart beat with constant fear. And even though she died five years ago, the whispers still haunt him in the dark...enough to make him kill—and kill again... Hilary Thomas is one of his intended victims. And she's about to learn that even death can't keep a bad man down...
Fröhliche Wissenschaft
By Unknown Author
The influential 19th century philosopher's aphoristic work in which he first proclaimed the death of God and the idea of eternal recurrence.
Tintin au Tibet
By Unknown Author
Tintin searches for his lost friend Tchang.
Linchpin
By Unknown Author
The bestselling author of Tribes and The Dip returns with his most powerful book yet Who is Seth Godin?"It's easy to see why people pay to hear what he has to say. Godin is a marketer, but in the broadest sense of the word. He's interested in not simply how products are marketed, but also how people sell themselves and their ideas, and how new technology can be a game-changer." - Time.com"Thousands of authors write business books every year but only a handful reach star status and the A-list lecture circuit. Fewer still- one, to be exact-can boast his own action figure. . . . In the nearly ten years since his first bestseller, Godin has become a marketing phenom with a string of titles, including Purple Cow, Unleashing the Ideavirus, and his newest, Tribes. . . . Across [all] media, Godin delivers his combination of counterintuitive thinking and a great sense of fun." -BusinessWeek.com"The marketing expert is a demigod on the Web, a bestselling author, highly sought after lecturer, successful entrepreneur, respected pundit and high-profile blogger. He is uniquely respected for his understanding of the Internet, and his essays and opinions are widely read and quoted online and off." -Forbes.com
The fine art of small talk
By Unknown Author
With practical advice and small talk "cheat sheets," THE FINE ART OF SMALL TALK teaches conversational skills and techniques that can be used in any type of professional or social situation, from networking events, job fairs, and meetings with clients, to cocktail parties where you don’t know a soul! THE FINE ART OF SMALL TALK teaches how to: Start a conversation even when you think you have nothing to say Avoid "foot-in-mouth" disease Adopt listening skills that will make you a better conversationalist Approach social functions with confidence Feel more at ease at parties, meetings, job interviews, and trade shows Turn every conversation into an opportunity for success
Inch by inch
By Unknown Author
To keep from being eaten, an inchworm measures a robin's tail, a flamingo's neck, a toucan's beak, a heron's legs, and a nightingale's song.
Calculus and analytic geometry
By Unknown Author
A notable work from 1960.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
By Unknown Author
A notable work from 1960.
Principles of genetics
By Unknown Author
A notable work from 1960.
Nicholas and Alexandra
By Unknown Author
"A LARGER THAN LIFE DRAMA, SO BIZARRE, SO HEART-RENDING AND, ABOVE ALL, SO APOCALYPTIC, THAT NO NOVELIST WOULD HAVE DARED INVENT IT" —Saturday Review Syndicate The story of the Tsar, his Empress, and the realm they lost. The story of a man, a woman, and the love they shared—and of the obscene monk, Rasputin, who corrupted and destroyed them. "A WONDERFULLY RICH TAPESTRY, the colors fresh and clear, every strand sewn in with a sure hand. Mr. Massie describes those strange and terrible years with sympathy and understanding . . . they come vividly before our eyes" —N.Y. Times "A MAGNIFICENT AND INTIMATE PICTURE . . . Not only the main characters but a whole era become alive and comprehensible" —Harper's Magazine With 16 pages of rare photographs
La guerra de guerrillas
By Unknown Author
**Guerrilla Warfare** (Spanish: *La Guerra de Guerrillas*) is a military handbook written by Marxist revolutionary *Che Guevara*. Published in 1961 following the Cuban Revolution, it became a reference for thousands of guerrilla fighters in various countries around the world. The book draws upon Guevara's personal experience as a guerrilla soldier during the Cuban Revolution, generalizing for readers who would undertake guerrilla warfare in their own countries.
Kate Greenaway's Original Drawings for The Snow Queen
By Unknown Author
After the Snow Queen abducts her friend Kai, Gerda sets out on a perilous and magical journey to find him.
The passport of Mallam Ilia
By Unknown Author
A notable work from 1960.
Hukum perdata
By Unknown Author
A notable work from 1960.
Commodianus
By Unknown Author
A notable work from 1960.
Sefer Torat Ḥayim
By Unknown Author
A notable work from 1960.
Hamah bā-savād mī shavaym
By Unknown Author
A notable work from 1960.
The Troll Garden and Selected Stories
By Unknown Author
A notable work from 1960.
Mover of men and mountains
By Unknown Author
Despite early failures, Le Tourneau rose to eminence in the competitive world of manufacturing and construction. His combination of Christian enterprise and commitment led to his sponsoring many works involving mission and education.
Podkayne of Mars
By Unknown Author
Written for the juvenile mid-20th century sci-fi market, the story focuses on relationships between family members, friends, and enemies. Podkayne, a human girl born on Mars, has the opportunity to travel to Terra with her Uncle and her younger brother. She learns about good and evil, trust and betrayal, and, of course, about herself.
I Will Fear No Evil
By Unknown Author
Ideas about our identity. Rich old man who is dying has his mind transplanted into a young woman's body. Both have to learn to live together.
Storm Over Warlock
By Unknown Author
Earth is colonizing worlds, but there are intelligent bugs who want to glean everything off of those worlds and have no hesitation in killing men to do it. A young man and his pet wolverines are the only two survivors of such a raid and must keep scrambling to keep from joining their dead - up until the time when he decides to carry the fight to the bugs. Like most all of Andre Norton's books, a very good read.
Before the Mayflower
By Unknown Author
Full history of the American Negro, from his origins in the great empires of the Nile Valley and the western Sudan through the Negro revolt of the 1960's.
A Man for All Seasons
By Unknown Author
A notable work from 1960.
A critical history of English literature
By Unknown Author
From Anglo-Saxon times to the present, the poetry, prose, and dramatic achievements of each period in English literature.
Put me in the zoo
By Unknown Author
A large, spotted animal discovers he really belongs in a circus, not a zoo.
Les bouts de bois de Dieu
By Unknown Author
A notable work from 1960.
Deathworld 1
By Unknown Author
"Deathworld" centers on Jason dinAlt, a professional gambler who uses his somewhat erratic psionic abilities to tip the odds in his favor. He is challenged by a man named Kerk Pyrrus (who turns out to be the ambassador from the planet Pyrrus) to turn a large amount of money into an immense sum by gambling at a government-run casino. He succeeds and survives the planetary government's desperate efforts to steal back the money. In a fit of ennui, he decides to accompany Kerk to his home, despite being warned that it is the deadliest world ever colonized by humans...DEATHWORLD! DEATHWORLD is one of the classics of the Golden Age of science fiction, born in the pages of Astounding Science Fiction under the editorship of John W. Campbell, Jr. Enjoy!
Double Sin and Other Stories
By Unknown Author
**A BLOOD-RED RUBY... A WASP'S NEST OF FEAR... A MANSION MADE FOR MURDER...** confront that suave master sleuth, Hercule Poirot, and the inimitable Miss Jane Marple, as they match wits with as cunning and deadly a killing crew as Agatha Christie has ever assembled. In tales that range from the sinister streets of London to the terror-shadowed English countryside to a bizarre chamber of horror in Paris, you are invited on a journey into superlative reading pleasure. WITH OVER 200 MILLION COPIES OF HER BOOKS SOLD, AGATHA CHRISTIE IS UNEQUALLED AS A RENOWED AND DISTINGUISHED AUTHOR OF INGENIOUS TALES OF MYSTERY AND SUSPENSE. This description comes from the 1970 Dell edition.
Stanislavski method
By Unknown Author
A notable work from 1960.
Portrait of a Killer
By Unknown Author
"Between August and November 1888, at least seven women were murdered in London's Whitechapel area. The gruesome nature of their deaths caused panic and fear in the East End for months, and gave rise to the sobriquet that was to become shorthand for a serial killer - Jack the Ripper.". "For over a hundred years the murders have remained among the world's greatest unsolved crimes, and a wealth of theories have been posited which have pointed the finger at royalty, a barber, a doctor, a woman and an artist. Using her formidable range of forensic and technical skills, Patricia Cornwell has applied the rigorous discipline of twenty-first-century police investigation to the extant material, and here presents the hard evidence that the perpetrator was the world-famous artist Walter Sickert.". "By using techniques unknown in the late Victorian age, Patricia Cornwell has exposed Sickert as the author of the infamous Ripper letters to the Metropolitan Police. Her detailed analysis of his paintings shows how his art continually depicted his horrific mutilation of his victims, and her examination of this man's birth defects, the consequent genital surgical interventions and their effects on his upbringing presents a casebook example of how a psychopathic killer is created."--BOOK JACKET.
To Build a Fire
By Unknown Author
A man travels across the Yukon with only a dog as his companion. He believes he has all the skill and preparations ready to survive it.
HARRY and the Lady Next Door
By Unknown Author
An early reading book. The lady next door sings too loud and too high, and Harry, usually quite a friendly dog, cannot bear it! But what can he do?
Ring of bright water
By Unknown Author
A marvellous book about life in a West Highland seaboard cottage with two otters, Mijbil and Edal.
The clue in the old stagecoach
By Unknown Author
The Cam Jansen series is perfect for young readers who are making the transition to chapter books. The first ten books in the series have received updated covers, bringing new life to these perennial bestsellers. Now the series redesign continues with five more books, giving Cam a cool, modern look!
The Epic of Gilgamesh
By Unknown Author
Miraculously preserved on clay tablets deciphered only in the last century, the cycle of poems collected around the character of Gilgamesh, the great king of Uruk, tells of his long and arduous journey to the Spring of Youth, of his encounters with monsters and gods and of his friendship with Enkidu, the wild man from the hills. Also included in the epic is a legend of the Flood, which agrees in many details with the biblical story of Noah.
Introduction to the Constitution of India
By Unknown Author
A notable work from 1960.
Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls
By Unknown Author
From the unique perspective of David Sedaris comes a new book of essays taking his listeners on a bizarre and stimulating world tour. From the perils of French dentistry to the eating habits of the Australian kookaburra, from the squat-style toilets of Beijing to the particular wilderness of a North Carolina Costco, we learn about the absurdity and delight of a curious traveler's experiences. Whether railing against the habits of litterers in the English countryside or marveling over a disembodied human arm in a taxidermist's shop, Sedaris takes us on side-splitting adventures that are not to be forgotten.
Rogue moon
By Unknown Author
It was there on the dark side of the Moon, waiting for the first human explorers to discover it -- an alien formation, a trap for the unwary, a place into which many men would venture but from which none would return.
Butcher's Crossing
By Unknown Author
In the 1870s, Will Andrews, fired up by Emerson to seek "an original relation to nature," drops out of Harvard and heads west. He washes up in Butcher's Crossing, a small Kansas town full of restless men looking for ways to make money and ways to waste it. One of these men regales Will with tales of the immense buffalo herds hidden away in the Colorado Rockies and convinces him to join an expedition to track them down. At the end of a grueling journey, the men reach a place of paradisal richness, where they abandon themselves to an orgy of slaughter. So caught up in killing buffalo that they lose all sense of time, the men are overtaken by winter and snowed in. In the spring, half-insane with cabin fever, cold, and hunger, they stagger back to Butcher's Crossing to find a world as irremediably changed as they have been.
Physical pharmacy
By Unknown Author
Physical pharmacy is the process of applying physics and chemistry to the study of pharmaceutics. Cosmetic science is the application of pharmaceutical chemistry techniques to cosmetic development.
To Sir, with love
By Unknown Author
"Ricky Braithwaite, an ex-RAF fighter pilot and Cambridge graduate, arrives in London in 1948. Despite his First Class degree in electronic engineering he is turned down for job after job in his chosen profession and discovers the reality of life as a black man in post-war England. Taking the only job he can get, Ricky begins his first teaching post, in a tough but progressive East End school. Supported by an enlightened headmaster, the determined teacher turns teenage rebelliousness into self-respect, contempt into consideration and hate into love, and on the way, Ricky himself learns that he has more in common with his students than he had realised."--Nick Hern website
Digital computer fundamentals
By Unknown Author
A notable work from 1960.
El hacedor
By Unknown Author
Poems, stories, and personal reflections reveal the interwoven existence of imagination and reality in the mind of the South American writer.
Nomination
By Unknown Author
A notable work from 1960.
Cien sonetos de amor
By Unknown Author
Poems explore the depths of the distinguished Chilean writer's love for his wife.
Good Old Secret Seven
By Unknown Author
The prominence of Susie continues in *Good Old Secret Seven*. Jack's uncle Bob gives him a telescope, but he is told to share it with Susie. Jack wants the society to share it and thinks the shed is the best place to keep it so they can all use it. This is not fair on Susie though, as the telescope was meant for both of them to share.
Lonesome Traveler
By Unknown Author
A notable work from 1960.
Meet the Austins (Austin Family Chronicles #1)
By Unknown Author
The life of the Austin family is changed by the arrival of self-centered young Maggy Hamilton, orphaned by the sudden death of her pilot father.
Success Through a Positive Mental Attitude
By Unknown Author
A notable work from 1960.
Jim Knopf und Lukas der Lokomotivführer
By Unknown Author
Jim Knopf ist ein kleiner schwarzer Junge, der auf der winzigen Insel Lummerland lebt. Als Jim größer wird, reicht der Platz einfach nicht mehr. Also muss jemand gehen, beschließt König Alfons der Viertel-vor-Zwölfte. Aber soll das ausgerechnet Emma sein, die Lokomotive von Jims bestem Freund Lukas? Das kann Jim nicht zulassen. Gemeinsam mit dem Lokomotivführer und Emma verlässt er die Insel und macht sich auf zum großen Abenteuer: Durchsichtige Bäume, gestreifte Gebirge, Scheinriesen und Drachen kreuzen seinen Weg. Am Ende kann Jim nicht nur das Rätsel seiner Herkunft lösen, sondern auch die schöne Prinzessin Li Si befreien. Und selbst für die Rückkehr nach Lummerland findet sich noch eine Lösung …
Pistols for Two
By Unknown Author
Affairs of honour between bucks and blades, rakes and rascals; and affairs of the heart between heirs and orphans, beauties and bachelors; romance, intrigue, escapades and duels at dawn: all the gallantry, villainy and elegance of the age that Georgette Heyer has so triumphantly made her own are exquisitely revived in these eleven stories of the Regency. Georgette Heyer's historical accuracy and eye for a wonderful story of romance is unequalled, and in Pistols For Two we can see the skills which won her a devoted audience that continues to this day. Stories in the book: Pistols for two A Clandestine Affair Bath Miss Pink Domino A Husband for Fanny To Have the Honour Night at the Inn The Duel Hazard Snowdrift Full Moon
Library of Congress catalog [of] books
By Unknown Author
A notable work from 1960.
Transport phenomena
By Unknown Author
A notable work from 1960.
Romantic Lady
By Unknown Author
CAROLINE WAS QUITE A BEAUTY... She was a young red-headed woman with all the impetuous gaiety that goes with red hair. And though her life as governess to her uncle's children seemed rather dreary, nothing could stifle her romantic spirit. And it was just this romantic spirit that caused Caroline to do a dangerous and impulsive act. An act that would nearly lose her all her friends. An act that would jeopardize both her liberty and honor. Only one person could save Caroline from such a fate--Guy Ravenshaw. And he had no taste for romantic ladies.
Common stocks and uncommon profits
By Unknown Author
A notable work from 1960.
The Conscience of a Conservative
By Unknown Author
Messrs. Goldwater and Bozell outline an American conservatism for the second half of the twentieth century.
Shepherd
By Unknown Author
It is Christmas Eve, 1957. Flying home, on leave from Germany, he is alone in the cockpit of the Vampire. Sixty-six minutes of flying time, with the descent and landing - destination Lakenheath. No problem, all routine procedures. Then, out over the North sea, the fog begins to close in. Radio contact ceases and the compass goes haywire. Suddenly, out of the mist appears a World War II bomber. It is flying just below the Vampire, as of trying to make contact... This collection also brings together several other compulsive tales from the international master of intrigue
The Sins of the Fathers
By Unknown Author
Matthew Scudder Crime Novel #1. "When Lawrence Block is in his Matthew Scudder mode, crime fiction can sidle up so close to literature that often there's no degree of difference" (The Philadelphia Inquirer). The pretty young prostitute is dead. Her alleged murderer—a minister's son—hanged himself in his jail cell. The case is closed. But the dead girl's father has come to Matthew Scudder for answers, sending the unlicensed private investigator in search of terrible truths about a life that was lived and lost in a sordid world of perversion and pleasures.
The war dead of the Commonwealth
By Unknown Author
A notable work from 1960.
Mike's Mystery
By Unknown Author
WHEN THE ALDEN'S SPEND SOME TIME AT THEIR AUNT JANE'S RANCH THEY RUN INT ONE OF BENNY'S FRIENDS FROM SURPRISE ISLAND. ONE NIGHT SOME ONE BURNS DOWN HIS HOUSE, AND BLAMES HIM FOR IT. CAN THE ALDEN'S CLEAR MIKE'S NAME AND FIGURE OUT WHO BURNT THE HOUSE DOWN.
L'étoile mystérieuse
By Unknown Author
Tintin, Snowy, and Captain Haddock search in the polar regions for a vast meteorite containing a valuable new metal.
بين القصرين
By Unknown Author
Palace Walk (Arabic: بين القصرين, romanized: Bayn al-Quṣrayn, lit. 'Between Two Palaces') is a novel by Nobel Prize winning Egyptian writer Naguib Mahfouz, and the first installment of Mahfouz's Cairo Trilogy. Originally published in 1956 with the title Bayn al-qasrayn, the book was then translated into English by William M. Hutchins and Olive Kenny, and then published by Doubleday (publisher) in 1990. The book's Arabic title translates into 'between two palaces'. The setting of the novel is Cairo around the time period of World War I. It begins in 1917, during World War I, and ends in 1919, the year of the Egyptian Revolution of 1919. The novel is written in a social realist style and reflects the social and political setting of Egypt in during 1917 to 1919. ---------- Contained in: [The Cairo trilogy](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL1599697W)
Hiroshima mon amour
By Unknown Author
Released in 1959, Alain Renais's film, Hiroshima Mon Amour, was awarded the International Critics' Prize at the Cannes Film festival and the New York Film Critics' Award. The story of a love affair between a Japanese architect and a French actress visiting Japan to make a film on peace, Hiroshima Mon Amour is also an exploration of the influence of war on both Japanese and French culture and the conflict between love and humanity. This book contains the complete script of the film, as well as Miss Duras' original synopsis and notes.
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The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales [15 stories]
By Unknown Author
[Assignation](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL15645797W) Balloon-Hoax [Black Cat](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL41068W) [Cask of Amontillado](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL41016W) [Descent into the Maelstrom](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL273476W) Diddling [Fall of the House of Usher](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL40987W) Man That Was Used Up [Masque of the Red Death](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL41050W) Ms. Found in a Bottle Murders in the Rue Morgue Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym [Pit and the Pendulum](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL273550W) [Purloined Letter](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL41065W) [Tell-tale Heart](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL41059W)
Emmanuelle
By Unknown Author
A notable work from 1960.
Silas Marner
By Unknown Author
A notable work from 1960.
Trixie Belden and the Mysterious Code
By Unknown Author
When the Bobwhites take a week-long vacation on Cobbett's Island they find that their vacation house has a hidden story. Will the Bobwhites be able to solve the mystery before it's too late? Linked book is actually Mystery on Cobbett's Island, as per the cover pic, not The Mysterious Code as in the title.
The Alexandria Quartet
By Unknown Author
*The Alexandria Quartet* is a tetralogy of novels by British writer Lawrence Durrell, published between 1957 and 1960. A critical and commercial success, the first three books present three perspectives on a single set of events and characters in Alexandria, Egypt, before and during the Second World War. The fourth book is set six years later. The work was reissued in one volume in 1962, and Durrell used the occasion to make "numerous" revisions. The 1962 edition represents his final thoughts. The four novels are: *Justine* (1957), *Balthazar* (1958), *Mountolive* (1958), and *Clea* (1960).
Love and Responsibility
By Unknown Author
Drawing from his own pastoral experience as a priest and bishop before he became Pope John Paul II, Karol Wojtyla has produced a remarkably eloquent and resourceful defense of Catholic tradition in the sphere of family life and sexual morality. He writes in the conviction that science--biology, psychology, sociology--can provide valuable information on particular aspects of relations between the sexes, but that a full understanding can be obtained only by study of the human person as a whole. Central to his argument is the contrast between the personalistic and the utilitarian views of marriage and of sexual relations. The former views marriage as an interpersonal relationship, in which the well-being and self-realization of each partner are of overriding importance to the other. It is only within this framework that the full purpose of marriage can be realized. The alternative, utilitarian view, according to which a sexual partner is an object for use, holds no possibility of fulfillment and happiness. Wojtyla argues that divorce, artificial methods of birth control, adultery (pre-marital sex), and sexual perversions are all in various ways incompatible with the personalistic view of the sexual self-realization of the human person. Perhaps the most striking feature of the book is that Wojtyla appeals throughout to ordinary, human experience, logically examined. He draws support for his views on the proper gratification of sexual needs, on birth control, and on other matters, from the findings of physiologists and psychologists. His conclusions coincide with the traditional teachings of the Church, which invoke scriptural authority. His approach ensures that non-Christians also can consider his arguments on their own merits.
Francis Bacon
By Unknown Author
Discusses and shows examples of the paintings of the British artist Francis Bacon, known for his raw imagery and combination of human figures with geometric shapes and cage-like lines.
The Sot-Weed Factor
By Unknown Author
Considered by critics to be Barth's most distinguished masterpiece, The Sot-Weed Factor has acquired the status of a modern classic. Set in the late 1600s, it recounts the wildly chaotic odyssey of hapless, ungainly Ebenezer Cooke, sent to the New World to look after his father's tobacco business and to record the struggles of the Maryland colony in an epic poem
L'affaire Tournesol
By Unknown Author
When unscrupulous Bordurians kidnap Professor Calculus and imprison him in the remote fortress of Bakhine, Tintín, Milú, and Captain Haddock set out to rescue the professor and his latest fantastic invention.
My Brother Michael
By Unknown Author
ONLY A MOMENT BEFORE Camilla Haven is on holiday alone, and wishes for some excitement. She had been sitting quietly in a crowded Athens cafe writing to her friend Elizabeth in England, "Nothing ever happens tome..." Then, without warning, a stranger approached, thrust a set of car keys at her and pointed to a huge black touring car parked at the curb. "The car for Delphi, mademoiselle... A matter of life and death," he whispered and disappeared. From that moment Camilla her life suddenly begins to take off when she sets out on a mysterious car journey to Delphi in the company of a charming but quietly determined Englishman named Simon Lester. Simon told Camilla he had come to the ancient Greek ruins to "appease the shade” of his brother Michael, killed some fourteen years earlier on Parnassus. From a curious letter Michael had written, Simon believed his brother had stumbled upon something of great importance hidden in the craggy reaches of the mountainside. And then Simon and Camilla learned that they were not alone in their search... The ride was Camilla's first mistake... or perhaps she unintentionally had invoked the gods. She finds herself in the midst of an exciting, intriguing, yet dangerous adventure. An extraordinary train of events turned on a nightmare of intrigue and terror beyond her wildest daydreams.
Laços de família
By Unknown Author
A notable work from 1960.
Oliver
By Unknown Author
Oliver the elephant looks elsewhere for employment after learning that the circus already has enough elephants.
The Country Girls
By Unknown Author
A notable work from 1960.
The High Crusade
By Unknown Author
In the year of grace 1345, as Sir Roger Baron de Tourneville is gathering an army to join King Edward III in the war against France, a most astonishing event occurs: a huge silver ship descends through the sky and lands in a pasture beside the little village of Ansby in northeastern Lincolnshire. The Wersgorix, whose scouting ship it is, are quite expert at taking over planets, and having determined from orbit that this one was suitable, they initiate standard world-conquering procedure. Ah, but this time it's no mere primitives the Wersgorix seek to enslave—they've launched their invasion against free Englishmen! In the end, only one alien is left alive—and Sir Roger's grand vision is born. He intends for the creature to fly the ship first to France to aid his King, then on to the Holy Land to vanquish the infidel. Unfortunately, he has not allowed for the treachery of the alien pilot, who instead takes the craft to his home planet, where, he thinks, these upstart barbarians will have no choice but to surrender. But that knavish alien little understands the indomitable will and clever resourcefulness of Englishmen, no matter how great the odds against them...
False Scent
By Unknown Author
In a poisonous cloud of spray, the curtain falls on a drama queen. Little did beloved British actress Mary Bellamy know that she would be done in at her own birthday party-choked by toxic mist from the bottle of "Slaypest," a deadly insecticide. Basking in the glow of her most adoring fans-who all happened to be her most duplicitous enemies-Mary would make her final performance. When Superintendent Roderick Alleyn arrives, he smells a rat amongst the contemptuous collection of theatre types detained at the party, for this case has the unmistakable scent of murder...
The Weirdstone of Brisingamen
By Unknown Author
When Colin and Susan are pursued by eerie creatures across Alderley Edge, they are saved by the Wizard. He takes them into the caves of Fundindelve, where he watches over the enchanted sleep of one hundred and forty knights. But the heart of the magic that binds them - Firefrost, also known as the Weirdstone of Brisingamen - has been lost. The Wizard has been searching for the stone for more than 100 years, but the forces of evil are closing in, determined to possess and destroy its special power. Colin and Susan realise at last that they are the key to the Weirdstone's return. But how can two children defeat the Morrigan and her deadly brood?
Zen Buddhism & psychoanalysis
By Unknown Author
Study combining aspects of religion and psychotherapy by leading psychoanalyst, an authority on Buddhism, and a student of Zen Buddhism in Japan.
Animal physiology
By Unknown Author
"Animal Physiology is the acclaimed textbook by Knut Schmidt-Nielsen for all undergraduate and graduate courses in physiology. The book is used all over the world, and its comprehensive coverage and clear style are unparalleled." "NOw in its fifth edition, the textbook has been extensively updated to take into account recent developments in the field. Numerous new references and figures have been added, and the use of color to highlight illustrations and text guides the reader through each chapter." "Central to this popular textbook is its focus on the fundamental principles of animal physiology. As in the previous editions, these are introduced and developed according to major environmental features - oxygen, food and energy, temperature, and water. It covers the basic principles with greater clarity than its competitors and is the only textbook of its type to place function clearly in relation to environment." "With the user-friendly cohesion of a single-authored textbook, Animal Physiology is the essential core text for all those studying physiology or zoology."--Jacket.
Moon Over The Alps
By Unknown Author
"She's Penny Plain! But has rather good lines about her, don't you think? And not too bad for holiday jaunting, lacking something more glamorous?" Anger and humiliation and a desire to hit back washed over Penny as she heard Charles's words. She had believed that Charles's friendship for her was something deeper than a mere holiday romance. There was only one thing to do ... Cinderella had runaway from the ball, hadn't she? Then so would Penny Smith, she told herself. Taking a job on a remote back-country sheep station in the New Zealand Alps, Penny hoped that in the silence and vastness of the mountains she would find healing and forget the memory of Charles. But unfortunately for Penny's plans, she chose the one place in the world where this task would prove most difficult.
Daughters and rebels
By Unknown Author
Jessica Mitford has written a gay and touching account of her growing up from childhood through early marriage. She was the sixth child of a pair of splendid English eccentrics, Lord and Lady Redesdale, and sister to Nancy, now famous for her novels, Unity, who became notorious through her attachment to Hitler, Diana, who married Sir Oswald Mosley and joined him in that strange anachronism, British fascism, and Deborah, the present Duchess of Devonshire. From the first, her definitely "U" background was a source of infinite boredom to Jessica and her lively account of it explains not only her own rebellion, but much about her sisters'. It seemed quite natural to little Jessica, for example, that she should learn how to shoplift. Later it was just as natural for her to fall in love with a young man she had never met. His name was Esmond Romilly, he was a nephew of Winston Churchill, and he was fighting for the Loyalists in Spain. Jessica pulled strings and things happened. She met him when he came home on leave. When he went back he was not alone. Not even the threat of the English version of the Mann Act or the arrival of her sister on a warship could tear Jessica away, and finally she and Esmond were married. After Spain they returned to London where they had an odd assortment of friends, a great deal of fun, and almost no money - a fairly permanent condition. The last third of the book is devoted to their adventures in America and it is a rollicking account of two "blueblooded babes in Hobohemia," a designation which infuriated the "babes" in question. We meet Esmond as a door-to-door stockting salesman (he took lessons), and as a bartender in Miami, as a guest badly in need of a shave and a dinner jacket but very well known to the butler. Finally the long shadow of the war clouded the Florida sunshine and the Romillys started north, Esmond headed for Canada to enlist in His Majesty's forces. He left Jessica in Washington to have her baby and it is there that the book ends. It was there too that World War II put an end to her childhood, for Esmond was killed in action fighting for a world he had so thoroughly enjoyed. Jessica Mitford's autobiography is warm, funny, and real. It proves that Nancy is not the only Mitford with the gift of wit and words.
The Panther
By Unknown Author
Anti-terrorist task force agent John Corey and his FBI agent wife, Kate Mayfield, search for the mastermind behind the bombing of the USS Cole in Yemen.
The case of the beautiful beggar
By Unknown Author
A very beautiful young woman approaches Perry Mason with a strange request: her uncle Mr. Horace Shelby has given her a check for $12500 and wants her to immediately meet Mason and together go to the bank to withdraw money. She had gone for a 3 month vacation and had come back to find this letter waiting for her. Mason and Daphne Shelby go to the bank to withdraw the amount. That's when they are shocked to find out that the account is empty. Daphne Shelby had spent her life caring for her elderly uncle. When his half-brother showed up, with his wife and a friend, they convinced the uncle that Daphne was overworked and needed a vacation. This gave them the chance to drug the uncle and have him committed. The half-brother told the court that Daphne wasn't really the old man's niece but the illegitimate daughter of his deceased housekeeper. It seems like her uncle's half brother Finchley has been appointed as the Conservator for Shelby's wealth as it was proven in court that Shelby was incompetent to handle his financial affairs. All this happened when Daphne was away. She goes home to find uncle Shelby missing and Finchley and his wife has taken over the house. They asked her to move out immediately. Penniless and homeless she goes back to Mason. Its up to Mason, his able Secretary Della Street and Mason's sharp friend, detective Paul Drake to help Daphne and find out where Horace Shelby is.
Wahrheit und Methode
By Unknown Author
"Truth and Method is a landmark work of 20th century thought which established Hans Georg-Gadamer as one of the most important philosophical voices of the 20th Century. In this book, Gadamer established the field of 'philosophical hermeneutics': exploring the nature of knowledge, the book rejected traditional quasi-scientific approaches to establishing cultural meaning that were prevalent after the war. In arguing the 'truth' and 'method' acted in opposition to each other, Gadamer examined the ways in which historical and cultural circumstance fundamentally influenced human understanding. It was an approach that would become hugely influential in the humanities and social sciences and remains so to this day in the work of Jurgen Habermas and many others"--
Hans Christian Andersen's The Fir Tree
By Unknown Author
The life of a little fir tree who, when discarded, recalls with nostalgia its two glorious moments--being a beautiful fir and being a brightly-lit Christmas tree.
Five on Finniston Farm
By Unknown Author
There's a ruined castle on Finniston Farm, but only the dungeons remain -- and nobody knows where they are! The Famous Five are determined to find them -- and whatever is hidden in them -- but they are not alone. Someone else wants to know, too. The question is: can the Five get there first?
Points of View
By Unknown Author
Short stories arranged by the story telling technique of the narrators.
Pippi Långstrump / Pippi Långstrump går ombord / Pippi Långstrump i Söderhavet
By Unknown Author
Contains: - [Pippi Långstrump](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL16249458W/Pippi_L%C3%A5ngstrump) - Pippi Långstrump går ombord - Pippi Långstrump i Söderhavet
Trustee from the Toolroom
By Unknown Author
Keith Stewart is a quiet and unassuming man called upon to undertake an extraordinary task. A skilled maker of miniature working models, he lives a modest life devoted to his hobby. But when his sister and her wealthy husband die in a shipwreck on a coral reef in the Pacific—while trying to smuggle out of England their entire fortune in diamonds hidden in the keel of their yacht—Keith becomes trustee for his orphaned niece. To save her from destitution he must travel halfway around the world and risk a long voyage in a small boat in inhospitable waters to recover her inheritance. In the course of his adventure-filled quest, a colorful and international cast of characters mobilize to help him, and this humble man discovers he has more friends and admirers than he could have dared to imagine.
Stories from the Twilight Zone
By Unknown Author
This book for epub is missing pages =(
An introduction to the theory of numbers
By Unknown Author
Publisher Description (unedited publisher data) The Fifth Edition of one of the standard works on number theory, written by internationally-recognized mathematicians. Chapters are relatively self-contained for greater flexibility. New features include expanded treatment of the binomial theorem, techniques of numerical calculation and a section on public key cryptography. Contains an outstanding set of problems.
The L-shaped room
By Unknown Author
Jane is unmarried and pregnant when she is turned out by her father. She moves into a room at the top of a squalid house. She cares nothing for it, or for her neighbours. But it is these neighbours that draw her back into life - Toby, a Jewish writer, John, a jazz player, and even her landlady. The first book of a trilogy.
The magician of Lublin
By Unknown Author
Half Jewish, half gentile, a freethinker who slips easily between worlds, Yasha has an observant Jewish wife, a gentile assistant who travels with him, and a mistress in every town. For Yasha is an escape artist, not only onstage but in life, a man who lives under the spell of his own hypnotic effect on women.
The collected works of Mahatma Gandhi
By Unknown Author
Full text available at [The Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi](http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Collected_Works_of_Mahatma_Gandhi).
Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?
By Unknown Author
A horror story in the Gothic vein (large old mansion, disability, insanity) of two talented but aging sisters who are jealous of, and hate, each other, but are forced to live together in the same house. This is a story of revenge and a growing insanity. A novella of great suspense and mounting terror. The iconic movie of the same name was based on this novel.
The constitution of liberty
By Unknown Author
"A Gateway edition, 6163." Bibliography: p. [413]-531.
Thunder Heights
By Unknown Author
Camilla King knows little of her family history, having never met her estranged relatives. Her late father wanted it that way. But when she receives a startling invitation from her immeasurably wealthy and ailing grandfather, Orrin Judd, to return to Thunder Heights, the crumbling mansion on the Hudson where her mother died under mysterious circumstances, Camilla complies, partly out of curiosity for the family she never had, and partly because of whispers of an inheritance. What she finds there is a demanding and unwelcoming tyrant, two wraithlike aunts haunted by an unnamable grief, a cunning idler living off the Judd fortune, and her grandfather’s rigid and suspicious aide. When a series of accidents befall Camilla, she has reason to fear her homecoming may be a carefully designed trap—the same one her own mother fell prey to many years ago.
A tree is a plant
By Unknown Author
Describes how an apple tree grows from seed and explains how its roots obtain food and how its leaves change with the season.
The effects of mass communication
By Unknown Author
This book is "primarily a collation of the findings of published research. Part I deals with mass communication as an agent of persuasion. Part II deals with the effects of specific kinds of media content." A new orientation is suggested: the "Phenomenistic" approach which "is in essence a shift away from the tendency to regard mass communication as a necessary and sufficient cause of audience effects, toward a view of the media as influences, working amid other influences, in a total situation."
Georgia O'Keeffe
By Unknown Author
"Starting in the '20s - when Georgia was recognized as one of the most important protagonists of modernism in America - until his death, the artist and his works have attracted a great interest in the arts community and the American public. Despite the great gained recognition in America and Europe, only a few of his works have been exhibited to the European public. Artist and woman, Georgia O 'Keeffe (1887-1986) embodies the American myth of independence, individualism and greatness. His works are unique, as the combination of colors: the study of forms, the choice of tone and color, the curvy and sensual portion of the brush are repeated in games and new combinations, but never quite different. Founded in 1887 by a family of farmers and She went to art since childhood, Georgia O'Keeffe began his studies in Chicago then continued to New York. After working as a graphic design and teacher, from 1918 he devoted himself entirely to painting, with the support of the photographer and gallery owner Alfred Stieglitz, whom she married in 1924 and with whom he lived at 30 th floor of the Shelton Hotel in New York. These were the years when he began to paint the Big City. After many trips to the United States, following the death of her husband in 1946, he settled in New Mexico that had inspired so much. At the age of 66 years began to travel the world and devoted himself to experiments with clay. He died in 1986."--Transliterated from publisher's website.
My wicked, wicked ways
By Unknown Author
Autobiography of the actor, Errol Flynn, touching on his youth in New Guinea and his Hollywood career.
Who Will Be My Friends?
By Unknown Author
Freddy learns that while it takes some time, there are friends for him in his new neighborhood.
I nostri antenati
By Unknown Author
*I nostri antenati* (1952/1959) è una trilogia fantastica ed allegorica sull'uomo contemporaneo, costituita dai romanzi *Il visconte dimezzato* (1952), *Il barone rampante* (1957) e *Il cavaliere inesistente* (1959), di Italo Calvino, che prese a modello *l'Orlando furioso* di Ludovico Ariosto. L'autore stesso suggerì di considerare collegati i tre romanzi, quando già tali romanzi erano stati pubblicati e affermati presso critica e pubblico, e difatti ne dispose un'edizione (per la prima volta presso Einaudi nel 1960) con i tre romanzi legati.
Secrets of checkerboard strategy
By Unknown Author
I would like to study the true art of checkers.
Gardening Without Work
By Unknown Author
Garden expert and lovable eccentric Ruth Stout once said: "At the age of 87 I grow vegetables for two people the year-round, doing all the work myself and freezing the surplus. I tend several flower beds, write a column every week, answer an awful lot of mail, do the housework and cooking; and never do any of these things after 11 o'clock in the morning!" Her first book about her no-work gardening system, "How to Have a Green Thumb Without an Aching Back," was the kind of book people can't bear to return. She reports, "A dentist in Pennsylvania and a doctor in Oregon have both written me that they keep a copy of my garden book in their waiting rooms. Or try to; the dentist has had twenty-three copies stolen, the doctor, sixteen." "Gardening Without Work" is her second gardening book and is even more entertaining and instructional than the first, so hide it from your friends! How does it work? "And now let's get down to business. The labor-saving part of my system is that I never plow, spade, sow a cover crop, harrow, hoe, cultivate, weed, water or irrigate, or spray. I use just one fertilizer (cottonseed or soybean meal), and I don't go through the tortuous business of building a compost pile. Just yesterday, under the `Questions and Answers' in a big reputable farm paper, someone asked how to make a compost pile and the editor explained the arduous performance. After I read this I lay there on the couch and suffered because the victim's address wasn't given; there was no way I could reach him. "My way is simply to keep a thick mulch of any vegetable matter that rots on both my vegetable and flower garden all year round. As it decays and enriches the soil, I add more." Regardless of topic, Ruth Stout's writing is always about living a joyous and independent life, and "Gardening Without Work" is no exception! This book is a treasure for the gardener and a delight even to the non-gardener. First published in 1961, this Norton Creek Press version is an exact reproduction of the original edition. Ruth Stout, who, in her teens helped temperance activist Carrie Nation smash saloon windows, could turn any aspect of life into an adventure. She may have been the only woman who both gardened in the nude and wrote a book on being a hostess ("Company Coming: Six Decades of Hospitality"). She died in 1980 at the age of 96.
The moon seems to change
By Unknown Author
Discusses the size, distance from the earth, and physical characteristics of the moon. Explains the reasons for the phases of the moon.
Brady
By Unknown Author
A young Pennsylvania boy takes part in the pre-Civil War anti-slavery activities.
Les merveilleux nuages
By Unknown Author
The obsessive jealousy of a rich young American Adonis Alan drives his Parisian wife Josee to the extremes of retaliation as she is driven to a number of amorous adventures. The actions in the novel take place primarily in Florida, New York, and Paris.
Open House for Butterflies (Carrot Seed Classics)
By Unknown Author
The book gives insight into an alternate and straightforward way of looking at things and events around us. For a moment, you can take away the idea that you are an adult, or you may forget what you think you are and read Krauss's and Sendak's revelations. It's joyful to be in that moment!
The Witch Family
By Unknown Author
Two little girls who love to draw witches build an elaborate world around the imaginary Old Witch and her family.
The strategy of conflict
By Unknown Author
Explores the international politics of threat, or, deterrence.
Legacy
By Unknown Author
In this sequel to EON, Greg Bear continues to explore the possibilities presented by the asteroid Thistledown, a remnant of a lost human civilization. The Way is a tunnel through space and time that leads to other worlds, some more like planet Earth than Earth itself. It is perhaps the most formidable discovery in Thistledown and with such an important discovery comes dispute as to the nature of the Way and how it should be used. The Way can only be reached through Axis City, the only space station of Thistledown. The ruling body of Axis City, the Hexamon, has decreed that other worlds reached by The Way must be left untouched as an insurance against future needs of the human race. But then the Hexamon hear of a group of clandestine colonists who have settled in one of the new worlds. Olmy Ap Sennon is an eager young career soldier who must go and investigate this illegal colony, and at the same time confront his own humanity. As he witnesses the hardship and beauty of the outlaw human colony, he learns what it means to struggle with war, ecological disasters, love, and death.
Jeeves in the Offing
By Unknown Author
The assembled company of Miss Roberta Wickham, in herself a beauty chorus; that tick of ticks Rev. Aubrey Upjohn; an American female novelist whose son is suspected of being a screwball; and the looniest of all doctors, Sir Roderick Glossop, masquerading as a butler, is too much for Bertie Wooster, especially without Jeeves, who has taken himself off to a distant resort. From there, jeeves holds a watching brief, advising and encouraging young Bertie to make of the situation what he can. The result is a riotously funny story in the traditional Wodehouse manner.
Sources of Chinese Tradition (Records of Civilization, Sources and Studies and Introduction to Oriental Classics Series)
By Unknown Author
A collection of seminal primary readings on the social, intellectual, and religious traditions of China, *Sources of Chinese Tradition, Volume 1* has been widely used and praised for almost forty years as an authoritative resource for scholars and students and as a thorough and engaging introduction for general readers. Here at last is a completely revised and expanded edition of this classic sourcebook, compiled by noted China scholars Wm. Theodore de Bary and Irene Bloom. Updated to reflect recent scholarly developments, with extensive material on popular thought and religion, social roles, and women's education, this edition features new translations of more than half the works from the first edition, as well as many new selections. Arranged chronologically, this anthology is divided into four parts, beginning at the dawn of literate Chinese civilization with the Oracle-Bone inscriptions of the late Shang dynasty (1571–1045 B.C.E.) and continuing through the end of the Ming dynasty (C.E. 1644). Each chapter has an introduction that provides useful historical context and offers interpretive strategies for understanding the readings. The first part, The Chinese Tradition in Antiquity, considers the early development of Chinese civilization and includes selections from Confucius's *Analects,* the texts of Mencius and Laozi, as well as other key texts from the Confucian, Daoist, and Legalist schools. Part 2, The Making of a Classical Culture, focuses on Han China with readings from the *Classic of Changes (I Jing),* the *Classic of Filiality*, major Han syntheses, and the great historians of the Han dynasty. The development of Buddhism, from the earliest translations from Sanskrit to the central texts of the Chan school (which became Zen in Japan), is the subject of the third section of the book. Titled Later Daoism and Mahayana Buddhism in China, this part also covers the teachings of Wang Bi, Daoist religion, and texts of the major schools of Buddhist doctrine and practice. The final part, The Confucian Revival and Neo-Confucianism, details the revival of Confucian thought in the Tang, Song, and Ming periods, with historical documents that link philosophical thought to political, social, and educational developments in late imperial China. With annotations, a detailed chronology, glossary, and a new introduction by the editors, *Sources of Chinese Tradition* will continue to be a standard resource, guidebook, and introduction to Chinese civilization well into the twenty-first century.—Publisher
Tarantula
By Unknown Author
Stream of consciousness writings and prose from the musician.
Nketta mu bizinga
By Unknown Author
A novel.
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
By Unknown Author
237 p. : 29 cm
How a Seed Grows
By Unknown Author
Uses observations of bean seeds planted in eggshells to demonstrate the growth of seeds into plants.
Resistance, Rebellion and Death
By Unknown Author
Essays selected by the author from his Actuelles.
Gods and myths of northern Europe
By Unknown Author
Tiw, Woden, Thunor, Frig... these ancient northern deities gave their names to the very days of our week. Nevertheless most of us know far more of Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus and the classical deities. Recent researches in archaeology and mythology have added to what was already a fairly consistent picture (largely derived from a twelfth-century Icelandic account) of the principal Scandinavian gods and godesses. This study is the work of a scholar who has long specialized in Norse and Germanic mythology. She describes the more familiar gods of war, of fertility, of the sky and the sea and the dead, and also discusses those most puzzling figures of Norse mythology – Heimdall, Balder and Loki. All these deities were worshipped in the Viking Age, and the author has endeavoured to relate their cults to daily life and to see why these pagan beliefs gave way in time to the Christian faith. **Hilda Ellis Davidson** studied Anglo-Saxon and Old Norse under the Chadwicks at Newnham College, Cambridge, where she took Firsts in English Literature and what was then known as Archaeology and Anthropology. She received her Ph.D. in 1940 for a thesis on beliefs about the dead in Old Norse literature. She lectured in English Language and Literature at Royal Holloway College and BirkBeck College in the University of London, and was elected a Fellow of the Society of the Antiquaries in 1950. In 1973 she became a Fellow of Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge, where she was Vice-President from 1975 until 1980. She was president of the Folklore Society from 1973 to 1976, and General Editor of the nineteen Mistletoe Books published between 1974 and 1984. She is married with two children, and ten grandchildren, and lives in Cambridge.
The I hate to cook book
By Unknown Author
My mom had this book, and was was the only cookbook I ever read like a novel, because Peg was so funny and practical. Her recipes use every-day ingredients.
Introduction to ceramics
By Unknown Author
Introduction to ceramics is one of the reference books in field of materials which contains sophisticated view on thermodynamics of solids. This book is recommended by university professors in span of the globe.
The Counterfeit Gentleman
By Unknown Author
STOOPING TO BE CONQUERED Miss Bethia Pepperell owed her life to the dark and handsome stranger who called himself Digory Rendel and who had fished her out of the sea. That, however, did not mean she should give him her heart in return. It was unthinkable that as highborn a young lady as she should stoop to be conquered by a man who did not even pretend to be a gentleman. Rendel made no bones about his lowly origins, and he flaunted the fact that he made his living outside the law. He laughed when Bethia proposed that he come to London to be her husband rather than the fortune hunters who circled the beautiful heiress like wolves. This maddeningly mocking miscreant was, in short, the last man in the world whom Bethia should have dreamed of desiring...if only he were not the one whom she wildly, willfully, wantonly loved....
Sleep in the Woods
By Unknown Author
New Zealand, fertile and undeveloped, was a place where rigid class distinctions could be forgotten, where the most eligible and most sought-after bachelor in Wellington proposed to a servant girl because he admired the arrogant slimness of her body and the spirit that made her confident she would be a good wife to him, although she would not pretend she was in love. So it was that Briar went to live with Saul Whitmore in his beautiful house in the heart of Maori county
The human side of enterprise
By Unknown Author
The text deals with policies and practices in the management of human resources in business and industrial organization, examining them in the light of current social science knowledge about human nature and behavior. Two important suppositions form the basis of this material. Theory X: the assumptions upon which traditional organizations are based and which appear inadequate for the full utilization of human potentialities. Theory Y: the assumptions consistent with current research knowledge which could lead to higher motivation and greater realization of both individual and organizational goals. The implications of Theory Y in regard to the administration of salaries and promotions, performance appraisal, staff-line relationships, participation, leadership, management development, and the managerial team are discussed.
The art of choosing
By Unknown Author
An Apple Store customer asks for the latest iPhone in black but suddenly changes his preference to white when he sees the choices others are making. A resident of a former communist country is offered a fizzy drink from a wide selection but picks at random; soda is soda, he says. Though the child knows she shouldn't press the big red button (absolutely not!), she finds her hand inching forward. A young man and woman decide to marry -- knowing that the first time they meet will be on their wedding day. How did these people make their choices? How do any of us make ours? Choice is a powerful tool to define ourselves and mold our lives -- but what do we know about the wants, motivations, biases, and influences that aid or hinder our endeavors? In The Art of Choosing, Columbia University professor Sheena Iyengar, a leading expert on choice, sets herself the Herculean task of helping us become better choosers. She asks fascinating questions: Is the desire for choice innate or created by culture? Why do we sometimes choose against our best interests? How much control do we really have over what we choose? Ultimately, she offers unexpected and profound answers, drawn from her award-winning, discipline-spanning research. Here you'll learn about the complex relationship between choice and freedom, and why one doesn't always go with the other. You'll see that too much choice can overwhelm us, leading to unpleasant experiences, from "TiVo guilt" over unwatched TV programs to confusion over health insurance plans. Perhaps most important, you'll discover how our choices -- both mundane and momentous -- are shaped by many different forces, visible and invisible. This remarkable book illuminates the joys and challenges of choosing, showing us how we build our lives, one choice at a time.
Gregg Notehand
By Unknown Author
**1st edition:** *Gregg Notehand: A Personal-Use Shorthand with Integrated Instruction in How to Make Notes*, was written to meet a student need that educators have long recognized-- instruction in making intelligent, meaningful notes from reading and from listening. Psychologists have long known that the process of making notes contributes greatly to learning and remembering. Many books dealing with study habits and techniques have been written in which the importance of making good notes is emphasized. However, these books provide little or no help in the actual processes and procedures of notemaking. It is the purpose of this volume to provide this help. In addition to providing instruction in notemaking processes and procedures, this book equips the notemaker with a brief, easy-to-learn writing method -- Gregg Notehand -- with which to make notes much more rapidly and easily than he could with longhand. . . . The units in the book are basically of two types: notemaking and Gregg Notehand. A typical notemaking unit contains: 1. A presentation of the fundamentals of notemaking. 2. Exercises that apply these fundamentals. 3. Practical tips and suggestions for notemaking. 4. Exercises in which the student puts these tips and suggestions into practice. A typical Gregg Notehand unit in Part I, which completes the theory of Gregg Notehand, contains a number of principles followed by a list of words or phrases in Gregg Notehand illustrating those principles. This list in turn is followed by a reading and writing practice exercise into which several illustrations of the principles have been woven. A typical Gregg Notehand unit in Part II, which is devoted to the development of greater writing facility, contains drills in the form of word lists designed to strengthen the student's knowledge of the theory of Gregg Notehand. These drills are followed by reading and writing practice exercises that will help the student develop the ability to construct outlines rapidly for an ever-expanding vocabulary . . . The key to reading and writing exercises and illustrations of notemaking techniques appears in type in the back of the book, thereby enabling the Gregg Notehand student to make the most rapid progress, especially in the early stages. *A Teacher's Guide for Gregg Notehand* is also available separately. Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 60-14223 August 1960-RD-1 **2nd edition:** The aims of the 2nd edition of Gregg Notehand are the same as those of its predecessor: to provide instruction in note-making processes and procedures and, at the same time, to develop a writing facility (i.e. Notehand) with which to make notes rapidly and easily. The book contains 70 units of instruction-- designed to fit the typical one-semester curriculum. No changes have been made in the Notehand principles in the 2nd edition. However, much of the material in the Reading & Writing Practice exercises is new and more challenging. This new material deals with such subjects as psychology, literature, sociology, history, and others that the student is likely to study when he goes to college. A key is included at the back of the book. Also available separately is the companion workbook *Practice Drills & Note-making Exercises*.
Came A Stranger
By Unknown Author
It was unfortunate, but inevitable Tess realized. Since their arrival on the west coast of Canada four years ago, she and her father had dreamed of developing the guest house by the lovely lake at the foot of the Rockies. But now her father was dead and her mother had decided to return to England, leaving Tess with no alternative but to follow as soon everything had been wound up. So the house was put up for sale and all Tess had to do was to wait for a prospective buyer. He materialised - in the form of a coolly domineering wretch of a man who not only wanted to take over the guest house, but apparently organise Tess's life for her as well. In no time at all things had slipped right out of her grasp and into the large strong hands of Mr. Steve Fenner - and there didn't seem to be a thing Tess could do about it. She was quite powerless to defy the man - but, to be honest, did she really want to?
The man who rode the thunder
By Unknown Author
This is a true story of a pilot who had to eject from his plane. He was caught inside a thunder storm and what happened to him while descending to the safety of the ground. But he was aloft, caught in the storm for over 30 minutes. I read it as a young man and look forward to reading it again.
Short stories
By Unknown Author
Contains forty-five selections of her short stories and sketches presented chronologically.
Max Weber
By Unknown Author
Analysis of the writings of a leading contemporary sociological thinker of Germany, who attributed great importance to religion, by a University of California professor.
The lifetime reading plan
By Unknown Author
In print for almost 40 years, The Lifetime Reading Plan has long been a worthy addition to any serious reader's bookshelf, providing entertaining and informative introductions to the great works of Western civilization. Now, this "classic about classics" has been updated to reflect more diverse traditions. The New Lifetime Reading Plan recommends great literature from around the globe, including writers and works from Confucius to Chinua Achebe, Gabriel Garcia Marquez to the Koran. Also new is an appendix profiling books by 100 important 20th-century authors--or "temporary classics," as coauthor John S. Major calls them.
Peter Raynal, surgeon
By Unknown Author
This is the story of Kay Somers, nurse, and Peter Raynal, a popular and brilliant surgeon. The strongly opposed forces of their respective characters bring them into a constant conflict which comes to a head when Kay is confronted with the loss of her position at St. Jude's Hospital, and the breaking of her engagement to the ambitious young farmer who has been a lifelong family friend. The story is set against the background of Hospital life and Kay's own rural home, and brings into relief the diverse qualities of her nature. Her gradual change of heart is brought about through her affection for an ailing child, a reciprocated affection which pierces Kay's natural armour of reserve. It is the child Christine's influence on Kay which forges the first link of understanding which is destined to change the whole course of Kay's life and bring her the joy and happiness which she had once believed lost to her for all time.
Tristessa
By Unknown Author
Tristessa is a novella by Beat Generation writer Jack Kerouac set in Mexico City. It is based on his relationship with a Mexican prostitute (the title character). The woman's real name was Esperanza ("hope" in Spanish); Kerouac changed her name to Tristessa ("tristeza" means sadness in Spanish and Portuguese).
The Wisdom of the Desert
By Unknown Author
In this hardcover volume in the Shambhala Library, Thomas Merton (1915-1968) shares his enthusiasm for these fourth century monks who lived in the deserts of Egypt and Palestine. They sought "purity of heart," fought the demons of the false self, and lived upright lives attuned as best they could to the Gospel. These pioneers, as Merton calls them, have much to teach us about the inner life: "What can we gain by sailing to the moon if we are not able to cross the abyss that separates us from ourselves? This is the most important of all voyages of discovery, and without it all the rest are not only useless but disastrous." Love animated these faithful souls and prayer was central to their lives. Merton compares the desert fathers to Indian Yogis and Zen Buddhist monks of China and Japan. His translations of their sayings model for contemporary Christians a life of diligent and serious spiritual practice.
The Dean's Watch
By Unknown Author
Set in a Cathedral city in the 1870s, a remote town dominated by the great cathedral and its formidable Dean Adam Ayscough, who holds a deep love for his parishioners and townspeople. But the craggy, homely old Dean, lived locked in by shyness... when an obscure watchmaker, the timid, fearful little Isaac Peabody, a genius of a clockmaker, strikes up an unlikely friendship with the Dean. It leads to an unusual spiritual awakening in both men, and this unexpected friendship of these two men; also leads the Dean's remarkable awakening to the healing force of unselfish love; and the miracles wrought as he reached out to other human hearts to console them. It eventually reaches out to the entire community. And in the background there are Polly and her beloved Job, Bella and old Mrs Montague.
French provincial cooking
By Unknown Author
[No. 1] Mediterranean food -- [no. 2] French country cooking -- [no. 3] Italian food -- [no. 4] French provincial cooking -- [no. 5] Summer cooking.
Tomten är vaken
By Unknown Author
"Es una mágica noche invernal. Una de esas noches en que la gente se acurruca en sus casitas al amor de la lumbre, sin nunca dejar que se apague el fuego del hogar. En lo más crudo del crudo invierno, las noches son oscuras y frías, pero el gnomo no duerme, se despierta para cuidar de la cuadra y del establo, del cobertizo y la despensa, deslizandose sigiloso entre las casas"-- P. 4 of cover.
Fresh from the country
By Unknown Author
Farmer's daughter Anna Lacey, fresh from the country and from teacher's college, takes a job in a new and bleak London suburb, in a school that already holds twice the children for which it was built. The story of her first teaching year in these challenging circumstances is told with gentle wit and an understanding of the vagaries of human nature -- even among schoolteachers. Anna survives not only the terrors of teaching (unruly students, crowded classrooms, monomaniac inspectors, ambitious school staff, and confrontational parents) but also the ordeal of what must be one of literature's grimmest landladies.
A stranger in my grave
By Unknown Author
What happened to Daisy Harker on Decemeber 2,1955? That was the date she had seen on the tombstone and yet she was still alive. The name on the grave was hers but whose was the body? Regardless of the lives that would be shattered by the truth, her implacable search for a single day in her past leads back through a maelstrom of hatred and remorse to the single catastrophic fact that underlies a lifetime of deception.
Theatre Sister
By Unknown Author
Catherine Manton was angry and hurt. She was also beautiful and efficient and her operating theatre was perfectly run. Why then, did the new RSO declare that he couldn't work with her -- even if it meant he had to leave. Why did Peter Wingat, the attractive new surgeon, take an instant dislike to his theatre sister, Catherine Manton? Obviously he had no time for glamour in the operating theatre, but Sister Manton was too efficient for her looks to be the sole reason. After attending some lectures at the surgeon's old hospital, she discovered some clues to his mysterious antagonism, but this discovery seemed to make matters worse -- not better. And the consolation she found in the arms of her colleague, Raymond White, served only to inflame Peter Wingat further.
Rasmus på luffen
By Unknown Author
After running away from the orphanage, nine-year-old Rasmus finds the outside world cold and unfriendly until he meets "Paradise Oscar" who helps him find a new home.
Utage no ato
By Unknown Author
With vast psychological acuity and an unblinking insight into the nature of political and domestic warfare, Yukio Mishima creates a portrait of a marriage in which lofty principles clash fatally with appetite and ambition.With vast psychological acuity and an unblinking insight into the nature of political and domestic warfare, Yukio Mishima creates a portrait of a marriage in which lofty principles clash fatally with appetite and ambition. For years Kazu has run her fashionable restaurant with a combination of charm and shrewdness. But when the middle-aged entrepreneur falls in love with one of her clients, an aristocratic retired politician, she renounces her business in order to become his wife.In time, however, the restless Kazu decides to resurrect her husband's political career. In doing so, she embarks on a series of compromises and evasions that will force her to choose between her marriage and the demands of her irrepressible vitality. With its subtle ambiguities and its complex, vibrant heroine, After the Banquet is a magnificent novel.
The Tomten
By Unknown Author
Tells the story of Tomtem, a little troll who talks to all animals.
We think the world of you
By Unknown Author
We Think the World of You combines acute social realism and dark fantasy, and was described by author J.R. Ackerley as “a fairy tale for adults.” Frank, the narrator, is a middle-aged civil servant, intelligent, acerbic, self-righteous, angry. He is in love with Johnny, a young, married, working-class man with a sweetly easygoing nature. When Johnny is sent to prison for committing a petty theft, Frank gets caught up in a struggle with Johnny’s wife and parents for access to him. Their struggle finds a strange focus in Johnny’s dog—a beautiful but neglected German shepherd named Evie. And it is she, in the end, who becomes the improbable and undeniable guardian of Frank’s inner world
Hittite warrior
By Unknown Author
In ca. 1200 B.C., Uriah the Hittite leaves his conquered homeland and, following his father's instruction, seeks refuge with an old family friend, eventually finding himself in a great battle between the Canaanite forces of Sisera and the Hebrew forces of Barak.
The Sign on Rosie's Door
By Unknown Author
Rosie pretends she is a lovely lady singer, a big red firecracker, and a sleepy cat.
Maigret aux assises
By Unknown Author
M is in the Assize Court, waiting to testify in the trial of Gaston Meurant, picture framer, accused of killing his aunt, Léontine Faverges, for her money, and a 4-year-old girl, Cécile Perrin, who she was taking care of. The evidence had been inconclusive, and he was not a suspect until an anonymous phone call told of his blue suit in his closet, which was bloodstained. At the trial M testifies that he'd continued the investigation "unofficially" as he hadn't been convinced of Meurant's guilt. They'd found that Ginette Meurant, his wife, had been seen at a hotel with a short, heavy-set man she'd called Pierrot. As the other evidence was unclear, Meurant was found not guilty and released. M had both him and his wife followed. She soon moved into a hotel, and he wandered the streets, eventually coming to see M, not believing the stories about his wife. M told him more, including that his brother Alfred Meurant had been with her, and that she'd had numerous boyfriends. Meurant goes to Toulon to look for his brother, whom he finds in the Eucalyptus bar, with other shady characters. Meurant talks to him for a while, then returns to Paris, followed all the while, and heads towards Chelles. Lapointe follows him there, where he sees him shoot a man, Pierre Millard, apparently his wife's accomplice. Alfred had given him a gun and directions to the man's location, apparently his grandmother's duck and goose farm. He appears to look at M with gratitude when arrested. M had known he'd had a gun, but neglected to tell Lapointe, who'd been following him.
Wild Justice
By Unknown Author
Wild Justice contains in full measure all the elements that the name of Wilbur Smith promises: pace, tension, complex but satisfying plotting, strong love interest, vivid scenes of action and a complete grasp of the subject. It is a novel which powerfully reinforces Wilbur Smith's claim to be one of the world's leading writers of adventure. In Wild Justice he tells of ruthless men and a beautiful woman locked in a struggle for power such as few men dream of; it is a novel of treachery and betrayal, of loyalty and courage, of hatred and love. The narrative sweeps remorselessly across oceans and continents to its stunning climax in the deserts of Galilee. It is a story you will not readily forget, for such is its credibility that it could be taking place at this very moment.
The Satanist
By Unknown Author
Scintilating
Over in the Meadow
By Unknown Author
An old nursery poem introduces animals and their young and the numbers one through ten.
Shadows
By Unknown Author
Introduction / Charles L. Grant -- Naples / Avram Davidson -- The little voice / Ramsey Campbell -- Butcher's thumb / William Jon Watkins -- Where all the songs are sad / Thomas F. Monteleone -- Splinters / R.A. Lafferty -- Picture / Robert Bloch -- The nighthawk / Dennis Etchison -- Dead letters / Ramsey Campbell -- A certain slant of light / Raylyn Moore -- Deathlove / Bill Pronzini -- Mory / Michael Bishop -- Where spirits gat them home / John Crowley -- [Nona](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20666488W/Nona) / Stephen King.
The Eye of the Painter and the Elements of Beauty
By Unknown Author
Analyzes various components of beauty - unity, simplicity, color, design, rhythm, etc., from the practical standpoint of the artist. For amateurs.
A Picture for Harold's Room
By Unknown Author
Stepping into the picture he had drawn with his purple crayon, Harold continues drawing his way through various adventures.
Zur Kabbala und ihrer Symbolik
By Unknown Author
Scholems Studien zur Kabbala – der jüdischen mystisch-theosophischen Geheimlehre, die mit dem Anspruch auftritt, alte Offenbarung zu sein – sind ein faszinierender Beitrag zum Verständnis der Geschichte und Psychologie des Judentums. Die wiederkehrenden Bilder und Symbole einer Bewegung, deren esoterische Lehren über Jahrhunderte in verschiedenen Schulen verbreitet wurden, lassen sich nicht allein begrifflich ausschöpfen. Scholem deutet sie aus einem lebendigen Zusammenhang der mystischen Tradition. (Quelle: [Suhrkamp Verlag](https://www.suhrkamp.de/buch/gershom-scholem-zur-kabbala-und-ihrer-symbolik-t-9783518276136))
Candy Floss
By Unknown Author
A doll named Candy Floss is very happy serving as Jack's lucky charm at his stall at the fair, until a spoiled rich girl steals her.
The lotus and the robot
By Unknown Author
A collection of essays about Koestler's experiences in India and Japan, especially his observation of religion and cultural practices.
The case of the duplicate daughter
By Unknown Author
A daughter comes to Mason for help when her father goes missing at breakfast and when she looks for him, discovers a pool of blood in his workshop and several one hundred dollar bills. Twins separated at birth and a blackmail stir up a murder and Perry Mason has to defend the daughter against murder charges.
The Mystery of the Chinese Junk
By Unknown Author
The Hardys purchase a Chinese junk named the Hai Hau to ferry passengers to Rocky Isle and make some extra money. Four mysterious men also are interested in the boat because of treasure hidden inside the Hai Hau. The Hai Hau is a stolen ship from Hong Kong. The other of the Hardy's friends including Chet Morton and Sam Radley also join the mystery. Their Chinese-America friend, Jim Foy also lends a hand to them. The man, George Ti-Ming, is a private detective who helps his friend in Hong Kong to find his missing ship. Chin Gok and Mr. Montrose are very interested in the junk because they think that the junk has a treasure. Finally, the Hardys solve the mystery and share their rewards with their friends. Chin Gok, Mr. Montrose and the two phony coastguard members are caught by the Bayport Police Department Chief, Police Chief Colig. - Wikipedia.
Watcher in the Shadows
By Unknown Author
The rivalry between two World War II intelligence officers continues even after the death of the woman who was the focus of the conflict