"When Dr. Richard Seaton electrolyzes the heretofore unknown metal "X" in a copper bath, the bath flies out the window and across the horizon at such velocity he has difficulty tracking it with binoculars.
The first entry in the wildly popular Skylark series of science fiction novels, The Skylark of Space recounts the exploits of protagonist Dick Seaton as he competes against his nemesis, Marc "Blackie" DuQuesne, to be the first to build a ...
I also want to thank Theresa Kidd and Lisa Viall, who helped me navigate the equally rich archive of the Scherer Library of Musical Theatre at the Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam, Connecticut, and Karen Culbertson, archivist of ...
The second book in the series that began with the Newbery Medal–winning Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan.
Science fiction-roman.
Kosztolanyi's Skylark is a portrait of provincial life in the Austro-Hungarian monarchy at the turn of the century.
In Skylark Three, the second volume in Edward E. Smith's popular Skylark series, DuQuesne is coming into his own as a powerful businessman and decides to explore outer space in search of the wisdom of other inhabitants of the universe.
Vis in magia, in vita vi.
As the mighty spaceship Skylark roamed the intergalactic spaceways, scientist Richard Seaton and his companions found a world of disembodied intelligences.
A beautiful, wrenching debut chronicling the life of a family struggling for survival during the Armenian genocide in Turkey, in 1915.
An autobiographical account by Naomi Sim starting with her childhood spent with her sister and mother, living with her aunts in Edinburgh (and periodically in Bedford) and the summer holidays spent in the country, helping on the local farm.