Kirjojen hintavertailu. Mukana 11 244 527 kirjaa ja 12 kauppaa.

Kirjahaku

Etsi kirjoja tekijän nimen, kirjan nimen tai ISBN:n perusteella.

1000 tulosta hakusanalla Edna Payson Brett

Renascence and Other Poems

Renascence and Other Poems

Edna St Vincent Millay

Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2016
nidottu
Renascence and Other Poems by Edna St. Vincent Millay..... "Renascence" (also "Renasance") is a 1912 poem by Edna St. Vincent Millay, credited with introducing her to the wider world, and often considered one of her finest poems. The poem is a 200+ line lyric poem, written in the first person, broadly encompassing the relationship of an individual to humanity and nature. The narrator is contemplating a vista from a mountaintop. Overwhelmed by nature, and thoughts of human suffering, the narrator empathetically feels the deaths of others, and feels pressed into a grave. Friendly rain brings the narrator back to joy in life
Gigolo

Gigolo

Edna Ferber

Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2016
nidottu
Eight stories of tangy satire and sweet sentimentality. Filled with human drama, unfaltering reason, and extraordinary description.
A Place Of Our Own

A Place Of Our Own

Edna Nockalls

Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2017
nidottu
GLOSSY, FULL-COLOUR 10TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION Another Time Another Place, was the first book that Edna wrote about her early life. It was a very popular and an interesting read in its own right when the book was first published in 1994. However, Edna's family decided it would be a good idea to put the two books together in an omnibus version, for the benefit of readers who may have forgotten, never read or maybe lost their original copy.'A Place Of Our Own' The story continues to unfold and of course, has all the ups and downs of normal family life, although the focus this time concentrates on Richard and Edna 'taking the big plunge' with the ambitious project of starting a boarding kennels at Skew Hill, Grenoside.They started the business with nothing and as you can probably guess not everything went to plan, but at least what they did have, is a home and a place they could finally call their own.
Famous-Barr: St. Louis Shopping at Its Finest

Famous-Barr: St. Louis Shopping at Its Finest

Edna Campos Gravenhorst

History Press Library Editions
2014
sidottu
For ninety-five years, St. Louis residents counted on Famous-Barr to buy the things they used every day and to celebrate the moments that happened only once a year. Customers might bump into Sophia Loren while shoe shopping or confide in Santa Claus during a visit to Toyland. May Company purchased the Famous Clothing Company in 1892 and acquired the William Barr Dry Goods Company nineteen years later. In 1914, Famous-Barr opened the doors of its iconic downtown location, treating folks across Missouri and Illinois to almost a century of spectacular window displays and legendary luncheons.
San Antonio's Historic Market Square

San Antonio's Historic Market Square

Edna Campos Gravenhorst

Arcadia Publishing Library Editions
2017
sidottu
San Antonio fue fundada en 1718, para 1730 el virrey de Nueva Espana emitio ordenes de trazar mapas de plazas y parques para la llegada de los islenos de las Canarias en 1731. Las plazas con sus mercados se convirtieron en centros de negocios y entretenimiento. La primera fue Plaza de las Armas y cuando los islenos llegaron, marcaron Plaza de las Islas (Plaza Principal). Plaza del Alamo era el centro de comercio antes de la guerra civil; al ir creciendo San Antonio los mercados se tuvieron que relocalizar. La construccion del Mercado Municipal empezo en 1899. Este fue construido en Plaza Paschal y demolido en los 1930s pero el anexo del Mercado Municipal, construido en los 1920s, sobrevivio. Los anexos se convirtieron en El Mercado y Centro de Artes. En los 1970s, un edificio permanente para el mercado de agricultores fue construido en la Plaza de Zacate. Hoy estos, con los edificios historicos en el area, son conocidos como El Mercado.
Uncle Tom's Journey from Maryland to Canada: The Life of Josiah Henson
Josiah Henson was born into slavery in La Plata, Maryland, and auctioned off as a child to pay his owner's debt. After numerous trials and abuse, he earned the trust of his slaveholder by exhibiting intelligence and skill. Daringly, he escaped to Canada with his wife and children. There he established a settlement and school for fugitives and repeatedly returned to the United States to help lead others to freedom along the Underground Railroad. He published a bestselling autobiography and became a popular preacher, lecturer, and international celebrity. He is immortalized as the inspiration for the title character in Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin. Author Edna M. Troiano recounts the amazing life of Maryland's Josiah Henson and explores the sites devoted to his memory.
James and Jack

James and Jack

Edna Bell-Pearson

Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2016
nidottu
James Caldwell has just graduated from high school. An only child, his parents indulge his every whim; his graduation gift is a red Corvette convertible. Their expectations are that, after college, James will return to Grangerville, a small Illinois town, and work in the printing business which his father has dedicated his life to building, and which is to be his son's heritage. He should be enthusiastic about his good fortune but, more than anything, James, who has never been further from home than a lake, thirty miles distant, where he and his dad sometimes go fishing, wants get out of this humdrum town. His dream is to become a foreign correspondent and travel the world. A couple of weeks after graduation, he suggests, at dinner, that they take a trip. His father's excuse, as always, is that he "can't leave the business." James is furious. The next morning, without notifying his parents, he takes off, heading west, determined to "see the world." Jack Trent's background is quite different. Jack has never had a home. After his mother and baby sister died in an apartment fire in Kansas City, his father spends the next fifteen years moving from place to place, from job to job. Jack has never attended any one school for more than a year. His lifelong dream has been to have a home of his own. He has just begun the second semester in the community college in Grand Junction, Colorado when his father is killed in an automobile accident. Trying to decide what to do Jack, who has been completely dependent on his father, drops out of school and hitches a ride in an 18 wheeler. He has just decided that the sensible thing is to become a truck driver. Then he and James meet up at a truck stop in Cheyenne, Wyoming. James invites Jack to ride along, They decide to travel the perimeter of the United States. As they drive, they discuss their hopes and dreams, each envying the other for having lived a life the other wants so badly. With the passing of time, they give each other hope that fate will intervene and their dreams will ultimately be realized. Ten months later, after sojourns up into Canada, down into Mexico and the Florida Keys, they have reached Rockland, Maine. While there, James receives word that his father has suffered a heart attack. They rush back to Grangerville. His father recovers, but James is trapped. As a matter of fact, it appears that both boys are doomed to give up their dreams. Is James's fate to settle down in Grangerville, working with his ailing father in the printing business? Will Jack again be forced into drifting from place to place, following in his father's footsteps, forever seeking?
Conoce a Zelia Nuttall

Conoce a Zelia Nuttall

Edna Iturralde

Vista
2023
pokkari
Imagine you are living in the 1800s, and you see the words archeologist and anthropologist describing a woman. Unconventional, right? Dig into this book to learn about this inspirational trailblazer who dedicated her life to study the ancient cultures of Mexico.Imagina que est s viviendo en el siglo XIX, y ves las palabras arque logo y antrop logo siendo usadas para describir a una mujer. Poco convencional, verdad? Descubre con este libro algunos detalles de la vida de esta inspiradora pionera que dedic su vida a estudiar las culturas antiguas de M xico.