Now available in a fourth, revised, and greatly expanded edition, A Dictionary of Australian Colloquialisms records the ingenuity of the Australian vernacular and provides a unique insight into Australian life and culture. This well-known dictionary, first published in 1978, offers the firstand the ..
Product Description "A WONDERFUL BOOK...Lucid, compassionate, inspiring, touching, affecting, extraordinarily well-written and well-reported."--Chicago Tribune Rabbi Jay Rosenbaum, though not famous or especially distinguished, is an extraordinary individual--a spiritual leader deeply committed to h..
Get the leading guide to acoustics for architects, engineers, and interior designers.A widely recognized, comprehensive reference to acoustic principles for all concerned with the built environment, Architectural Acoustics, Second Edition provides design professionals with up-to-date information on ..
"Wilkes's photographs of the 'dark side' of Ellis Island are extraordinary...this book will be a major event." --David McCullough For five years (1998-2003) New York photographer Stephen Wilkes explored the hospital complex that comprised the south side of Ellis Island. Neglected for almost fifty ye..
Surveys technological developments in farm machinery, looking at the operation, service, and maintenance of tillage, planting, weed control, spraying, fertilizing, harvesting, and crop-processing equipment. Bibliogs Author: Wilkes, Lambert Henry Publisher: McGraw-Hill Binding: Hardcover Language: En..
Frontier FamilyCaroline Quiner and her family work hard on their frontier farm, but they still find time for fun. From making grass dolls to playing tag, Caroline always has the best time with her brothers and sisters!The Caroline Chapter Books are part of an ongoing series of Little House Chapter B..
Labeled drawings provide the German equivalent for hundreds of basic English words. Author: Wilkes, Angela Publisher: Usborne Pub Ltd Binding: Paperback Language: English ISBN-10: 079450289X ISBN-13: 9780794502898..
Paul Wilkes has been a writer/journalist, a TV producer, a monastic, a hedonist, a friend of the famous, a family man, and ultimately a true prodigal son. With In Due Season, Wilkes, one of America's most respected writers on religious belief and spirituality, details his search for God--from his wo..
Caroline--the future mother of Laura Ingalls--and her family pack up their belongings and move from the little town of Brookfield to a new house among the big trees of Concord, Wisconsin. Simultaneous. Author: Maria D. Wilkes Publisher: HarperTrophy Binding: Paperback Language: English ISBN-10: 0064..
Young Caroline Quiner, who would grow up to become Laura Ingalls Wilder's mother, and her family survive their first year without Father in the frontier town of Brookfield, Wisconsin Author: Wilkes, Maria D. Publisher: Harpercollins Childrens Books Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 00602..
Caroline watches eagerly as buildings spring up overnight and more and more families move into the growing town of Brookfield, Wisconsin. There are all sorts of exciting, new things for Caroline to do! She gets to march in her first Independence Day parade, a circus comes to town, and there are new ..
Contains most of Booth's known writings, including records of his successful career in the theater, a previously unpublished manuscript that links his hatred of Lincoln to his pro-slavery and pro-Southern beliefs, and a diary kept after Lincoln's assassination. UP. Author: Booth, John Wilkes Publish..
Photography Author: Tucker, Anne Wilkes Publisher: Univ of Washington Pr Binding: paperback Language: english ISBN-10: 0890900086 ISBN-13: 9780890900086..
Retells the story of how Arthur became king by pulling a sword from a stone; how he gained his magic sword, Excalibur; and other tales of Arthur, Guinevere, Morgan le Fay, and the Knights of the Round Table. Author: Wilkes, Angela Publisher: Usborne Pub Ltd Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-..
Chen Changfen (b. 1941) began to photograph the Great Wall twenty years before the Chinese government officially adopted it as the national symbol in 1984. This fascinating book presents a small fraction of his decades-long study of the monumental form and conveys the fertile range of themes and ide..
This compelling volume presents thirty-five of the most intriguing crime cases that still defy solution, as reported by leading authors and journalists in the field of crime writing. Expanded and updated, this new edition of The Mammoth Book of Unsolved Crime includes such recent cases as British ba..
While going through the possessions of a deceased guest who owed them money, Jim Hawkins and his innkeeper mother find a treasure map that leads them to a pirate's fortune. Author: Wilkes, Angela Publisher: Usborne Pub Ltd Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0794515436 ISBN-13: 97807945154..