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The John McPhee Reader

The John McPhee Reader

John McPhee

The John McPhee Reader, first published in 1976, is comprised of selections from the author's first twelve books. In 1965, John McPhee published his first book, A Sense of Where You Are; a decade later, he had published eleven others.
Silk Parachute

Silk Parachute

John McPhee

A WONDROUS NEW BOOK OF MCPHEE'S PROSE PIECES—IN MANY ASPECTS HIS MOST PERSONAL IN FOUR DECADES The brief, brilliant essay "Silk Parachute," which first appeared in The New Yorker a decade ago, has become John McPhee's most anthologized ...
A Dark and Brooding Gentleman

A Dark and Brooding Gentleman

Margaret McPhee

Sebastian Hunter has shown his last hand at the card table.
The Wicked Earl

The Wicked Earl

Margaret McPhee

The very proper Miss Langley does not know what she has done to encourage the attentions of a lord, only that they are most unwanted and very improper!
The Gentleman Rogue

The Gentleman Rogue

Margaret McPhee

"In a Mayfair ballroom, beautiful Emma Northcote stands in amazement.
Unmasking the Duke's Mistress

Unmasking the Duke's Mistress

Margaret McPhee

With trembling hands Arabella dons the mask of Miss Noir for her first night at Mrs.
Dicing with the Dangerous Lord

Dicing with the Dangerous Lord

Margaret McPhee

Venetia Fox is London's most sought-after actress, darling of the demimonde and every nobleman's desire.
Untouched Mistress

Untouched Mistress

Margaret McPhee

Guy Tregellas, Viscount Varington, has a rakish reputation, and when he discovers a beautiful woman washed up on a beach he is more than intrigued.
The Lost Gentleman

The Lost Gentleman

Margaret McPhee

"Category: historical"--Page 4 of cover.
His Mask of Retribution

His Mask of Retribution

Margaret McPhee

Beautiful Marianne Winslow has had her share of suitors—and her share of scandal.
Unlacing the Innocent Miss

Unlacing the Innocent Miss

Margaret McPhee

Hardened thief-taker "Wolf" Wolversley has clawed his way out of the gutter to get where he is.
The Captain's Forbidden Miss

The Captain's Forbidden Miss

Margaret McPhee

Captain Pierre Dammartin is a man of honor, but his captive, Josephine Mallington, is the daughter of his sworn enemy…and his temptation.
Mistress to the Marquis

Mistress to the Marquis

Margaret McPhee

She may grace his bed, but she will never wear his ring They whisper her name in the ballroom's shadows—the marquis's mistress!
Basin and Range

Basin and Range

John McPhee

The first of John McPhee's works in his series on geology and geologists, Basin and Range is a book of journeys through ancient terrains, always in juxtaposition with travels in the modern world—a history of vanished landscapes, enhanced ...
La Place de la Concorde Suisse

La Place de la Concorde Suisse

John McPhee

La Place de la Concorde Suisse is John McPhee's rich, journalistic study of the Swiss Army's role in Swiss society.
The Crafting of Chaos: Narrative Structure in Margaret ...

The Crafting of Chaos: Narrative Structure in Margaret ...

Hildegard Kuester

1n 1981, Patricia Morley published the monograph Margaret Laurence9 in Twayne's World Authors series; with a few additions, it reappeared on the market ten years later under the title Margaret Laurence: The Long Journey Home.
Encounters with the Archdruid

Encounters with the Archdruid

John McPhee

The narratives in this book are of journeys made in three wildernesses - on a coastal island, in a Western mountain range, and on the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon.
Margaret Weis' Testament of the Dragon: An Illustrated Novel

Margaret Weis' Testament of the Dragon: An Illustrated Novel

Margaret Weis

Here begins Justin Sterling's centuries-spanning story, as told by bestselling author Margaret Weis and her chosen band of dark fantasists, in the world's first major illustrated novel.
Royal Representations: Queen Victoria and British Culture, ...

Royal Representations: Queen Victoria and British Culture, ...

Margaret Homans

Homans considers versions of Victoria in the work of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, George Eliot, John Ruskin, Margaret Oliphant, Lewis Carroll, Alfred Lord Tennyson, and Julia Margaret Cameron.
Wildflowering: The Life and Places of Kathleen McArthur

Wildflowering: The Life and Places of Kathleen McArthur

Margaret Somerville

When author Margaret Somerville met her in 1991 she was still painting and writing, and continued to produce a monthly play for the Lunch Hour Theatre well into her eighties.In Wildflowering the conversations between Kathleen and Margaret ...
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret

Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret

Judy Blume

It’s Me Margaret is very special.” —Amy Poehler quoted on Vulture.com “Generations of teenage girls have grown up reading the tales of teenage angst told by beloved author Judy Blume.” —Mashable.com Margaret Simon, almost twelve ...
The Ice Age

The Ice Age

Margaret Drabble

Set against a backdrop of the Cold War and the political turmoil that led England to Margaret Thatcher, The Ice Age tells the story of three people desperately seeking firm ground amidst chaos with Margaret Drabble’s characteristically ...
Looking for a Ship

Looking for a Ship

John McPhee

This is an extraordinary tale of life on the high seas aboard one of the last American merchant ships, the S.S. Stella Lykes, on a forty-two-day journey from Charleston down the Pacific coast of South America.
Recipes for Life After Weight-Loss Surgery, Revised and ...

Recipes for Life After Weight-Loss Surgery, Revised and ...

Margaret M. Furtado

... on Lower-BMI Gastric Banding Procedures Margaret M. Furtado, Margaret Furtado, Lynette Schultz, Joseph Ewing. About the Authors lVI&I'g&II'€T F1lI'T&d0 , M.S., R.D., L.D.N., R.Y.T., is a registered and licensed dietitian with over twenty ...
Selected Letters of Margaret Laurence and Adele Wiseman

Selected Letters of Margaret Laurence and Adele Wiseman

Margaret Laurence

Margaret Laurence, John Lennox, Ruth Panofsky, Adele Wiseman. from the Grade 13 English curriculum at Lakefield District Secondary School pending a decision by the Textbook Review Committee of the Peterborough Board of Education.
Margaret Dow Gebby Diaries

Margaret Dow Gebby Diaries

Margaret Dow Gebby

Margaret Dow Gebby recorded in her eleven diaries daily work and leisure activities as well as income and expenses on a grain and livestock farm near Bellefontaine, Ohio.
Assembling California

Assembling California

John McPhee

Global in scope and a delight to read, Assembling California is a sweeping narrative of maps in motion, of evolving and dissolving lands.
Margaret Thatcher: The Iron Lady

Margaret Thatcher: The Iron Lady

Biographiq

Margaret Thatcher - The Iron Lady is the biography of Margaret Thatcher, a former British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 and leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 until 1990.
One woman's Charlottetown: diaries of Margaret Gray Lord, ...

One woman's Charlottetown: diaries of Margaret Gray Lord, ...

Margaret Gray Lord

This report is based on three diaries of Margaret Pennefather Stukely Gray, daughter of Father of Confederation John Hamilton Gray and wife of Artemas Lord, a prominent businessman and federal civil servant.
How Happy We Shall Be

How Happy We Shall Be

Margaret Thornton

A heartwarming World War Two saga for fans of Kate Flynn, Annie Murray and Margaret Dickinson.

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