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Edith Annie Browne (1874-1963) was the author of Gothic Architecture (1906/1928), W. S. Gilbert (1907), Norman Architecture (1907/19), Greek Architecture (1909), Greece (1909/1930), Romanesque Architecture (1910), Peeps at Many Lands: Spain (1910/1929), Peeps at Industries (1911), Sugar (1911), Rubber (1911), Early Christian and Byzantine Architecture (1912), Tea (1912), Cocoa (1912), Vegetable Oils (1912), Peeps at Many Lands: Panama (1913), ...

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149 Palmer Street, Akron, Ohio, was a labor of love, many tears and sorrow, sweat and lost sleep. To recall the heyday of growing up in the largest rubber manufacturing center in the world (Firestone, Goodyear and Goodrich), with a loving family and a host of relatives and friends brought back the sounds, sights and sweet smell of athe bakery, a the wafting fragrance of beer brewing at Burkhardtas Brewery, and that ever-present scent of rubber...

This collection of essays examines the movement which is currently underway to democratize the arts and make the world of artistic endeavor more open and accessible to all. Topics include the hegemony of copyright and trademark in art and popular culture, the relationship between a culture's dominant religion and its artistic tradition, the ideologically subversive but culturally enduring nature of early children's literature, and the cultural...

Edith Annie Browne (1874-1963) was a British author, born in Norfolk. Her works include: Gothic Architecture (1906), W. S. Gilbert (1907), Norman Architecture (1907), Greek Architecture (1909), Romanesque Architecture (1910), Early Christian and Byzantine Architecture (1912), The World's Best Recipes (1935), Twenty-Five Ways of Serving Salad (1941), Twenty-Five Ways of Serving Oatmeal (1941), Twenty-Five Ways of Serving Potatoes (1941) and Twe...

Letting ordinary people speak for themselves, this book uses primary documents to highlight daily life among Americans--Union and Confederate, black and white, soldier and civilian--during the Civil War and Reconstruction.

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

With the rise of evil, originates the creation of a resistance. Sapphire, the Blackshouldered one-eyed peacock, knows he is that resistance. He knows that as a SunBird he will be pushed to do things he never thought of doing before. But how far is too far?

Widely celebrated in its own time, Thomas Jefferson's first inaugural address commands the regard of Americans from across the political spectrum. Delivered as the young nation found itself embroiled in bitter partisan struggles, the speech has been hailed as the Sermon on the Mount of good government. Curiously, this masterpiece--the full text of which is reproduced in this volume--has never received sustained analysis. Here, Stephen Howard B...

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Readers of detective stories are turning more toward historical crime fiction to learn both what everyday life was like in past societies and how society coped with those who broke the laws and restrictions of the times. The crime fiction treated here ranges from ancient Egypt through classical Greece and Rome, from medieval and renaissance China and Europe through nineteenth-century England and America.

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