A history of Scotland features detailed descriptions of the country's landscapes, tracing the author's experiences during the 1997 referendum campaign that led to its first Parliament, and identifying what is needed for Scotland to become an independent, self-sustaining democracy. Reprint.
There are stories set in Gilded Age Chicago, '80s New York, twenty-first century Singapore, and space; there are lesbian lady knights, Arthur and Merlin reborn in the modern era for a second chance at saving the world and falling in ...
Voices in Stone: A Personal Journey Into the Arctic Past
Drawing on years of clinical experience, the authors take readers on a remarkable journey of self-discovery.
Shows the procedure followed in the decipherment of several important scripts and the interpretation of languages, presented in an intelligible manner. Also tells the stories of the men who deciphered...
" This strikingly original book is about place and history - about the universe of the Black Sea, from Jason and the Golden Fleece to the fall of Communism and the new world disorder.
Look up at the Empire State Building in New York City and you will see an almost endless ribbon of soaring stone--Indiana limestone, to be precise. The Empire State Building,...
For three decades, author Kent Nerburn has lived and worked among the Native American people. Voices in the Stones is a unique collection of his encounters, experiences, and reflections during that time.
" In The Music of William Schuman, Vincent Persichetti, and Peter Mennin: Voices of Stone and Steel, Walter Simmons provides a thorough examination of the lives and work of these artists, clarifying their considerable individuality both as ...
on White. White notes that he had been a devotee of Poe since his early teenage years, and late in life he made the confession that “I have had to banish from my home every scrap of [Poe's] printed writings, else I should waste my time ...
100 Voices: 100 Women Share Their Stories of Achievement