During the Great Depression of the 1930s thousands of writers were hired by the Works Project Administration to create hundreds of guidebooks on all of the states in the U.S. These volumes that were produced became known as the American Guide Series. This series has been described as the biggest, fastest and most original research job in the history of the world. No library collection in Louisiana would be complete without a copy of Louisiana:...
At Histories of the Unexpected, we believe that everything has a history - even the most unexpected of subjects - and that everything links together in unexpected ways. We believe that the history of the itch, the history of crawling, the history of clouds, or of lightning or of zombies or zebras or holes or perfume or rubbish or mustard - all have fascinating histories of their own. Histories of the Unexpected not only presents a new way of t...
Excerpt from An American Biographical and Historical Dictionary To a majestic countenance and dignified manners there was add ed a suavity of temper, which conciliated the affection of his ao quaintance. Some, who disapproved of his political conduct, lov ed and revered him as a neighbor and friend. He could readily relax from severer cares and studies to enjoy the pleasures of pri vate conversation. Though somewhat reserved among strangers, y...
The final instalment in the Vespasian series sees its hero weighing up the opportune factors - a contested throne, an army at his disposal - for seizing power across the empire.
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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This w...
Tim Waterstone read English at Cambridge University before moving to Calcutta to work for a broking firm. On returning to England, he worked at W.H. Smith for eight years, and went on to establish the bookselling chain Waterstone's in 1982. He became the founder chairman of HMV media group in 1998, which he left in 2001. He is currently the chancellor of Edinburgh Napier University and a board member of Yale University Press, as well as being ...
Joanne Limburg was born and grew up in London, at the northern end of the Jubilee Line, but now lives in Cambridge with her husband and son. She has published several collections of poetry, The Woman Who Thought Too Much, a memoir about OCD, anxiety and poetry, and the novel A Want of Kindness which was longlisted for the HWA debut novel award 2016.
K. A. S. Quinn was born and raised in California and studied History and English at Vassar College. For ten years she was the publisher of the Spectator. She has written for The Times, the Telegraph, the Independent and the Wall Street Journal, as well as appearing on Any Questions, A Good Read, Famous Lives and Broadcasting House for the BBC. She lives in London and has two small boys. She still reads children's books in bed, after lights out...
What the Romans really gave the English language. This is a witty and entertaining journey through the Latin roots of the English language from the bestselling author of "Veni Vidi Vici" and "Eureka!".
The first narrative biography of this towering figure in British comedy. Les Dawson was a comedian who, more than any other, spoke for the phlegmatic, resigned, sarcastic, gloriously British way of life, and this is his story.
A new novel from the author of "My Mother's Lovers", "Kruger's Alp", which won the Whitbread Prize for Fiction, and "Serenity House", which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. The past catches up with Charlie Croker as Joe Angel comes looking for him.
