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The John McPhee Reader
John McPheeThe 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
John McPheeA 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
Margaret McPheeSebastian Hunter has shown his last hand at the card table.
The Wicked Earl
Margaret McPheeThe 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
Margaret McPhee"In a Mayfair ballroom, beautiful Emma Northcote stands in amazement.
Unmasking the Duke's Mistress
Margaret McPheeWith trembling hands Arabella dons the mask of Miss Noir for her first night at Mrs.
Dicing with the Dangerous Lord
Margaret McPheeVenetia Fox is London's most sought-after actress, darling of the demimonde and every nobleman's desire.
Untouched Mistress
Margaret McPheeGuy Tregellas, Viscount Varington, has a rakish reputation, and when he discovers a beautiful woman washed up on a beach he is more than intrigued.
His Mask of Retribution
Margaret McPheeBeautiful Marianne Winslow has had her share of suitors—and her share of scandal.
Unlacing the Innocent Miss
Margaret McPheeHardened thief-taker "Wolf" Wolversley has clawed his way out of the gutter to get where he is.
The Captain's Forbidden Miss
Margaret McPheeCaptain 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
Margaret McPheeShe 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
John McPheeThe 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
John McPheeLa 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 ...
Hildegard Kuester1n 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
John McPheeThe 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 WeisHere 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, ...
Margaret HomansHomans 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
Margaret SomervilleWhen 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
Judy BlumeIt’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
Margaret DrabbleSet 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
John McPheeThis 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 ...
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
Margaret LaurenceMargaret 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 GebbyMargaret 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
John McPheeGlobal 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
BiographiqMargaret 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, ...
Margaret Gray LordThis 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
Margaret ThorntonA heartwarming World War Two saga for fans of Kate Flynn, Annie Murray and Margaret Dickinson.
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