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Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer among the Indians

Author : Mark Twain
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520950607
Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (29 download)

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Download or read book Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer among the Indians written by Mark Twain and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2011-07-01 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: o Includes the authoritative texts for eleven pieces written between 1868 and 1902 o Publishes, for the first time, the complete text of "Villagers of 1840-3," Mark Twain's astounding feat of memory o Features a biographical directory and notes that reflect extensive new research on Mark Twain's early life in Missouri Throughout his career, Mark Twain frequently turned for inspiration to memories of his youth in the Mississippi River town of Hannibal, Missouri. What has come to be known as the Matter of Hannibal inspired two of his most famous books, Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn, and provided the basis for the eleven pieces reprinted here. Most of these selections (eight of them fiction and three of them autobiographical) were never completed, and all were left unpublished. Written between 1868 and 1902, they include a diverse assortment of adventures, satires, and reminiscences in which the characters of his own childhood and of his best-loved fiction, particularly Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer, come alive again. The autobiographical recollections culminate in an astounding feat of memory titled "Villagers of 1840-3" in which the author, writing for himself alone at the age of sixty-one, recalls with humor and pathos the characters of some one hundred and fifty people from his childhood. Accompanied by notes that reflect extensive new research on Mark Twain's early life in Missouri, the selections in this volume offer a revealing view of Mark Twain's varied and repeated attempts to give literary expression to the Matter of Hannibal.

Rare Books and Special Collections

Author : Sidney E. Berger
Publisher : ALA Neal-Schuman
ISBN 13 : 9781555709648
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (96 download)

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Download or read book Rare Books and Special Collections written by Sidney E. Berger and published by ALA Neal-Schuman. This book was released on 2014-06-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Entrusted with the responsibility of preserving the records of history and culture, these institutions enable access to millions of source materials. Berger offers a landmark examination of this field, aimed at practitioners, instructors, booksellers, private collectors, historians, bibliophiles, and others involved in rare and unique materials.

The Compleat Housewife

Author : Eliza Smith
Publisher : Andrews McMeel Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1449428258
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (494 download)

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Download or read book The Compleat Housewife written by Eliza Smith and published by Andrews McMeel Publishing. This book was released on 2012-10-16 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in England, this kitchen reference became available to colonial American housewives when it was printed in Williamsburg, Virginia is 1742. Originally published in London in 1727, The Compleat Housewife was the first cookbook printed in the United States. William Parks, a Virginia printer, printed and sold the cookbook believing there would be a strong market for it among Virginia housewives who wanted to keep up with the latest London fashions—the book was a best-seller there. Parks did make some attempt to Americanize it, deleting certain recipes “the ingredients or material for which are not to be had in this country,” but for the most part, the book was not adjusted to American kitchens. Even so, it became the first cookery best seller in the New World, and Parks’s major book publication. Author Eliza Smith described her book on the title page as “Being a collection of several hundred approved receipts, in cookery, pastry, confectionery, preserving, pickles, cakes, creams, jellies, made wines, cordials. And also bills of fare for every month of the year. To which is added, a collection of nearly two hundred family receipts of medicines; viz. drinks, syrups, salves, ointments, and many other things of sovereign and approved efficacy in most distempers, pains, aches, wounds, sores, etc. never before made publick in these parts; fit either for private families, or such public-spirited gentlewomen as would be beneficent to their poor neighbours.” The recipes are easy to understand and cover everything from 50 recipes for pickling everything from nasturtium buds to pigeons to “lifting a swan, breaking a deer, and splating a pike,” indicating the importance of understanding how to prepare English game. The book also includes diagrams for positioning serving dishes to create an attractive table display.

AMERICAN GEOGRAPHY

Author : JEDIDIAH. MORSE
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781033708125
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (81 download)

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Download or read book AMERICAN GEOGRAPHY written by JEDIDIAH. MORSE and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Rare Book Librarianship

Author : Steven K. Galbraith
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1591588820
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (915 download)

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Download or read book Rare Book Librarianship written by Steven K. Galbraith and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2012-06-21 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Successfully managing rare book collections requires very specific knowledge and skills. This handbook provides that essential information in a single volume. Rare Book Librarianship for the 21st Century is the first new rare books handbook of practice in 25 years. Authored by two special collections experts with extensive field experience, this book is also the first to discuss the role of digital technologies in managing a rare book collection. After a fascinating discussion of the history and current state of rare book libraries, this handbook provides a comprehensive account of the core skills and knowledge needed to be a successful rare book librarian. Topics include best practices for handling, housing, and conserving rare materials; collection development techniques; and user education and outreach. This book will serve as a handbook for practitioners in academic settings, large public libraries, and special libraries, and as a textbook for students in MLIS courses on rare book librarianship and curatorship.

The Philobiblon

Author : Richard De Bury
Publisher : Courier Dover Publications
ISBN 13 : 0486832465
Total Pages : 84 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (868 download)

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Download or read book The Philobiblon written by Richard De Bury and published by Courier Dover Publications. This book was released on 2019-06-12 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Will always hold an honorable place for bibliophiles." — The University of Chicago Press One of the earliest treatises on the value of preserving neglected manuscripts, building a library, and book collecting, Richard De Bury's The Philobiblon was written in 1345 and circulated widely in manuscript form for over a century. The first printed edition appeared in Cologne in 1473, and several others soon followed as the invention of the printing press spread throughout the late Medieval world. The chapter titles of this legendary work reflect its nature, combining the author's love for and commitment to the importance of books and the knowledge they contain with thoughts on collecting them, lending them, teaching with them, and simply enjoying them: "That the Treasure of Wisdom is chiefly contained in books," "What we are to think of the price in the buying of books," "Who ought to be special lovers of books," and "Of the manner of lending all our books to students." The Prologue ends with the following thought: "And this treatise (divided into twenty chapters) will clear the love we have had for books from the charge of excess, will expound the purpose of our intense devotion, and will narrate more clearly than light all the circumstances of our undertaking. And because it principally treats of the love of books, we have chose after the fashion of the ancient Romans fondly to name it by a Greek word, Philobiblon." This volume offers modern bibliophiles a splendid edition of one of the first books ever to study, define, and, above all, praise their passion: the all-encompassing love of books.

Natural Histories

Author : American Museum of Natural History
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781454912149
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (121 download)

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Download or read book Natural Histories written by American Museum of Natural History and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Highlights 40 masterworks of illustrated scientific art from the Rare Book Collection of the American Museum of Natural History.

The pleasures of reason: or, The hundred thoughts of a sensible young lady. In Engl. and Fr

Author : Robert Gillet (F.F.R.S.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book The pleasures of reason: or, The hundred thoughts of a sensible young lady. In Engl. and Fr written by Robert Gillet (F.F.R.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1796 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Top Five Regrets of the Dying

Author : Bronnie Ware
Publisher : Hay House, Inc
ISBN 13 : 1401956009
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (19 download)

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Download or read book Top Five Regrets of the Dying written by Bronnie Ware and published by Hay House, Inc. This book was released on 2019-08-13 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Revised edition of the best-selling memoir that has been read by over a million people worldwide with translations in 29 languages. After too many years of unfulfilling work, Bronnie Ware began searching for a job with heart. Despite having no formal qualifications or previous experience in the field, she found herself working in palliative care. During the time she spent tending to those who were dying, Bronnie's life was transformed. Later, she wrote an Internet blog post, outlining the most common regrets that the people she had cared for had expressed. The post gained so much momentum that it was viewed by more than three million readers worldwide in its first year. At the request of many, Bronnie subsequently wrote a book, The Top Five Regrets of the Dying, to share her story. Bronnie has had a colourful and diverse life. By applying the lessons of those nearing their death to her own life, she developed an understanding that it is possible for everyone, if we make the right choices, to die with peace of mind. In this revised edition of the best-selling memoir that has been read by over a million people worldwide, with translations in 29 languages, Bronnie expresses how significant these regrets are and how we can positively address these issues while we still have the time. The Top Five Regrets of the Dying gives hope for a better world. It is a courageous, life-changing book that will leave you feeling more compassionate and inspired to live the life you are truly here to live.

Wordsworth's Grave

Author : William Watson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 106 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wordsworth's Grave written by William Watson and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Poems Before Congress

Author : Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Poems Before Congress written by Elizabeth Barrett Browning and published by . This book was released on 1860 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Lucky Starr and the Moons of Jupiter

Author : Isaac Asimov
Publisher : Ballantine Books
ISBN 13 : 9780345316233
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (162 download)

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Download or read book Lucky Starr and the Moons of Jupiter written by Isaac Asimov and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 1984-07-01 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lucky Starr and Bigman Jones journey to the remote moons of Jupiter to find the spy who is leaking the vital secrets of the hyperatomic engines of a prototype spaceship to the enemy Sirians

Voynich Manuscript

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781626542174
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (421 download)

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Download or read book Voynich Manuscript written by and published by . This book was released on 2015-12-11 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A facsimile of an object of unknown authorship that has been the source of study and speculation for centuries and remains undecipherable to this day.

The Kelmscott Chaucer

Author : Geoffrey Chaucer
Publisher : Collector's Library
ISBN 13 : 9781907360510
Total Pages : 576 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (65 download)

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Download or read book The Kelmscott Chaucer written by Geoffrey Chaucer and published by Collector's Library. This book was released on 2011-09 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Kelmscott Chaucer is the most memorable and beautiful edition of the complete works of the first great English poet. Next to The Gutenberg Bible, it is considered the outstanding typographic achievement of all time. There are 87 full-page illustrations by Sir Edward Burne-Jones, and the borders, decorations and initials are drawn byWilliam Morris himself. Only 425 copies of this magnificent work were produced in 1896, and this beautiful monochrome facsimile, slightly smaller than the original, makes this glorious book available to all. A fascinating Introduction by Nicholas Barker places the book and its importance in context. The main text is followed by a black and white facsimile of ANoteby William Morris on his Aims in Founding the Kelmscott Press, together with a Short History of the Press by S C Cockerell.

The Hanes Collection of Estienne Publications

Author : Fred Schreiber
Publisher : [Chapel Hill] : Hanes Foundation, Rare Book Collection/University Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 38 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Hanes Collection of Estienne Publications written by Fred Schreiber and published by [Chapel Hill] : Hanes Foundation, Rare Book Collection/University Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. This book was released on 1984 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

MEA CULPA & The Life and Work of Semmelweis

Author : Louis-Ferdinand Céline
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (173 download)

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Download or read book MEA CULPA & The Life and Work of Semmelweis written by Louis-Ferdinand Céline and published by . This book was released on 2020-03-03 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Coming just after his masterpieces Journey to the End of the Night and Death on the Installment Plan, Mea Culpa is Céline's scathing denunciation of Soviet communism, written after a personal visit to that "worker's paradise" in the 1930s. In his inimitable, blistering style, Céline strips bare not only the communist experiment but also all other modern systems, showing them for what they are: illusions destined to fail because they are based on false ideas about the nature of Man. At a time when many other writers and intellectuals were fawning over the Soviet Union and the ideas of Marx and Lenin, Céline was quick to see them for what they really were, and Mea Culpa now stands as a prescient and accurate statement about the true nature of communism in the modern world. Also included in this volume is The Life and Work of Semmelweis, Céline's first book. This meditation on the heroic and tragic physician who pioneered antisepsis in medicine gives us a key to understanding Céline's vision of life and all of his subsequent work. Written in a more conventional style than his later books, Céline's genius for trenchant observation is nonetheless fully apparent.

Incunabula in the Hanes Collection of the Library of the University of North Carolina

Author : Hanes Foundation for the Study of the Origin and Development of the Book
Publisher : Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Incunabula in the Hanes Collection of the Library of the University of North Carolina written by Hanes Foundation for the Study of the Origin and Development of the Book and published by Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 1960 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: