Maria Flora's Books

The word Casalta is a Spanish constriction meaning casa (house) and alta (tall). When the author bought the house, it was squatting, peaceably, very, very old, on the shores of the Elochoman River, which runs into the mighty Columbia at Cathlamet, WA. The floor of the house was so uneven that when one walked from the living room to the kitchen, one would gain speed and had to give a strong right rudder to keep from running onto a wall and hurting one's shoulder. Three days after the author bought the house, the floor was flooded up to twelve inches. He contacted a contractor to see if the house could be raised. The contractor suggested raising the house eighteen inches, but when he went to the city to get a permit, he was told that the house had to be raised five feet to the fifty-year flood expectancy. The contractor engaged a company that moved houses. They came, placed two long steel beams under the house, placed jacks under the beams, and lifted the house inch by inch to the five-foot-level foundation. When the concrete of the foundation was set, they dropped the house upon it. They went under the house, replaced the rotten beams, and leveled them. The floor inside the house now feels firm and level.

Reproduction of the original: Tales and Novels by Maria Edgeworth

Esau and Jacob is the last of Machado de Assis's four great novels. At one level it is the story of twin brothers in love with the same woman and her inability to choose between them. At another level, it is the story of Brazil itself, caught between the traditional and the modern, and between the monarchical and republican ideals. Instead of a heroic biblical fable, Machado de Assis gives us a story of the petty squabbles, conflicting ambitions, doubts, and insecurities that are part of the human condition.

Introduction to Diagnostic Microbiology for the Laboratory Sciences, Second Edition provides a concise study of clinically significant microorganisms for the medical laboratory student and laboratory practitioner.

Reproduction of the original: Olive by Maria Dinah Craik

Reproduction of the original: The Life and Letters of Maria Edgeworth by Maria Edgeworth

Book's by Maria Flora

CASALTA

CASALTA

Tales and Novels

Tales and Novels

Esau and Jacob

Esau and Jacob

Introduction to Diagnostic Microbiology for the Laboratory Sciences

Introduction to Diagnostic Microbiology for the Laboratory Sciences

Olive

Olive

The Life and Letters of Maria Edgeworth

The Life and Letters of Maria Edgeworth

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