THE LOGAN FACTOR is rapid-fire excitement from start to finish, with the explosive punch of a high- powered rifle. The action and intrigue are fast and furious in this intense international thriller, with the security of Asia and American influence in the Far East hanging in the balance.
Traces the ancestry of the donkey, its place in literature and lore, its history in the United States, and its characteristics, habits, and usefulness.
Traces the ancestry of cattle, their place in literature and lore, their history in the United States, and their characteristics, habits, and usefulness.
Describes the evolution of zebras, their physical characteristics, behavior, natural habitat and the efforts of conservationists to help them survive in an increasingly hostile environment.
Describes the physical characteristics, behavior, and natural habitat of the two species of elephants, the African and the Asian. Also discusses their relationship with human beings throughout the ages.
An introduction to pigs, examining their evolution and folklore, describing various wild and domestic varieties, and discussing the uses and raising of pigs.
Traces the history and habits of the various kinds of wild and domesticated sheep, notes their appearances in folklore, literature, and art, and discusses the raising of sheep for wool, food, and other uses.
In addition to his many remarkable paintings and drawings, Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) left behind a fascinating and voluminous body of correspondence. This highly accessible book includes a broad selection of 265 letters, from a total of 820 in existence, that focus on Van Gogh’s relentless quest to find his destiny, a search that led him to become an artist; the close bond with his brother Theo; his fraught relationship with his father; his innate yearning for recognition; and his great love of art and literature. The correspondence not only offers detailed insights into Van Gogh’s complex inner life, but also re-creates the world in which he lived and the artistic avant-garde that was taking hold in Paris. The letters are accompanied by a general introduction, historic family photographs, and reproductions of 87 actual pages of letters that contain sketches by Van Gogh. Selected from the critically acclaimed 6-volume set of letters published by the Van Gogh Museum in 2009, Ever Yours is the essential book on Van Gogh’s letters, which every art and literature lover needs to own.
Traces the ancestry of cattle, their place in literature and lore, their history in the United States, and their characteristics, habits, and usefulness.
Traces the ancestry of the donkey, its place in literature and lore, its history in the United States, and its characteristics, habits, and usefulness.
A “skillfully rendered and emotionally insightful” reimagining of the Bloomsbury group and Virginia Woolf’s last years (Publishers Weekly). In 1925, she began writing To the Lighthouse, an epic piece of prose that instantly became a beloved classic. In 1941, she walked into the River Ouse, never to be heard from again. What happened in between those two moments is a story to be told, one of insight and camaraderie, loneliness and loss—the story of a woman, named Adeline at birth, heading toward an inexorable demise. With poetic precision and psychological acuity, Norah Vincent paints an intimate portrait of what might have happened in those last years of Virginia Woolf’s life. From her friendships with the so-called Bloomsbury Group, which included the likes of T. S. Eliot, to her struggles with her husband, Leonard, Vincent explores the intimate conversations, tormented confessions, and internal struggles Woolf may have faced. Praised by USA Today as “daring” and by the New Statesman as “electrifyingly good,” Adeline takes a keen look at one of the most beloved, mourned, and mysterious literary giants of all time. “Vincent is a sensitive recorder of a mind’s movements as it shifts in and out of inspiration, and as it fights before submitting to despair.” —The New York Times Book Review “Skillfully rendered and emotionally insightful.” —Publishers Weekly
Regular and irregular Italian verbs are presented alphabetically for quick reference. Includes all in table form and conjugated in all tenses, one verb per page, with English translations.
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