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Islamic Gardens and Landscapes

Islamic Gardens and Landscapes

D. Fairchild Ruggles

However, the evidence for this has been challenged by later archaeologists who examined Herzfeld's field notes, and Alastair Northedge's plan (reproduced here) shows garden courtyards divided bilaterally. Herzfeld may have been imposing ...
Beauty

Beauty

B. H. Fairchild

'Beauty' is a narrative poem by B.H. Fairchild. When I first read B. H. Fairchild's poetry collection 'The Art of the Lathe', I knew I wanted to publish the opening poem 'Beauty' as a letterpress limited edition book.
The Arrival of the Future

The Arrival of the Future

B. H. Fairchild

Not since James Wright has there been a poet so skilled at representing the minds and imaginations of ordinary American working people.” --The Southern Review "With elegance and restrained subtlety, Mr. Fairchild interweaves topics that ...
The Art of the Lathe

The Art of the Lathe

B.H. Fairchild

B.H. Fairchild’s The Art of the Lathe is a collection of poems centering on the working-class world of the Midwest, the isolations of small-town life, and the possibilities and occasions of beauty and grace among the machine shops and oil ...
The Ingenious Mr Fairchild: The Forgotten Father of the ...

The Ingenious Mr Fairchild: The Forgotten Father of the ...

Michael Leapman

Michael Leapman offers fascinating and colourful detail about the life and times of Fairchild, a troubled, gentle soul whose pioneering work changed the course of horticulture and paved the way for the growth of gardening as a cultural ...
The History of Peter Parker and Sarah Ruggles of Roxbury, ...

The History of Peter Parker and Sarah Ruggles of Roxbury, ...

John William Linzee

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
Beautiful Sacrifice: A Novel:

Beautiful Sacrifice: A Novel:

Jamie McGuire

Falyn Fairchild can walk away from anything.
Flight

Flight

B. H. Fairchild

Winner of The Devil's Millhopper Press Chapbook Contest, 1985.
Local Knowledge: Poems

Local Knowledge: Poems

B. H. Fairchild

An early collection by the winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award.
Oscar Wilde, His Life and Confessions

Oscar Wilde, His Life and Confessions

Frank Harris

Frank Harris. CHAPTER. XVIII. On my return to London I saw Sir Ruggles Brise. No one could have shown me warmer sympathy, or more discriminating comprehension. I made my report to him and left the matter in his hands with perfect ...
History of the Bench and Bar of Minnesota

History of the Bench and Bar of Minnesota

Hiram Fairchild Stevens

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
Early Occult Memory Systems of the Lower Midwest

Early Occult Memory Systems of the Lower Midwest

B. H. Fairchild

By the author of The Art of the Lathe. Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award. Reprint.
James Harris Fairchild; Or Sixty-Eight Years with a ...

James Harris Fairchild; Or Sixty-Eight Years with a ...

Albert Temple Swing

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
The American Genealogist

The American Genealogist

Donald Lines Jacobus

THE PROBABLE ENGLISH ORIGIN OF MARK' SYMONDS OF IPSWICH, MASSACHUSETTS By Myrtle Stevens Hyde, FASG John William Linzee Jr., in his excellent Parker-Ruggles genealogy, suggests that Mark' Symonds, an early settler in ...
Usher: Poems

Usher: Poems

B. H. Fairchild

Presents a collection of poems, both lyrical and narrative, that cover a wide array of subjects and modes.
David Ruggles: A Radical Black Abolitionist and the ...

David Ruggles: A Radical Black Abolitionist and the ...

Graham Russell Hodges

Scholars who helped create this manuscript include Roy Finkenbine, C. Peter Ripley, Don Wright, Shane White, Richard S. Newman, Paul Gilje, Howard Rock, Robert Breckenridge, Carl Prince, Fergus Bordewich, andjudith Wellman.
States at War, Volume 4: A Reference Guide for Delaware, ...

States at War, Volume 4: A Reference Guide for Delaware, ...

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George Washington Cullum, Biographical Register, vol. 1, 188–189; “Gen. James B. Fry Dead,” New York Times, July 12, 1894. 17. George D. Ruggles (1833– 1904) was born in Newburgh, New York, and graduated from West Point in 1855.

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