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The third from The Bounty Trilogy, Pitcairn's Island chronicles the fate of Christian, the mutineers, and a handful of Tahitians, who together take refuge on the loneliest island in the Pacific.
"Dwellers in the Mirage" is a science fantasy novel by Abraham Merritt, in which a war between two races is begun by an evil spirit.
"Creep, Shadow!" is a wonderful horror tale, a perfect sequel, and one of Merritt's last and finest accomplishments.
One of Edith Wharton's unjustly neglected novels, Hudson River Bracketed features two strong protagonists - Vance Weston and Halo Spear. The former is an undereducated young man who arrives in New York with a keen desire to write. Halo Spear is a brilliant, accomplished young woman who introduces Vance to literature and they form a deep bond, which flourishes and endures despite the hardships of Vance's life, the disappointments of Halo's - and their respective marriages.
A wonderful collection of poems--some well-known, others not. Mary Burt's brief introductions to each poem heighten ones enjoyment. Children, parents and grandparents will love dipping into this book. Printed on acid free paper and sturdily bound for generations of pleasure.
Perhaps the most complete single volume Greek-English Lexicon. The essential intermediate reference for ancient Greek. This abridgement of the world's most authoritative dictionary of ancient Greek is perhaps the most complete single volume Greek-English lexicon. It has been used and loved by generations of students of ancient Greek, and will be invaluable to those reading Homer, Plato, Aristotle, Plutarch, Polybius, Strabo, Lucian, the New Testament, and the Church Fathers. A must-have for serious students. Henry George Liddell (1811 - 1898) was dean of Christ Church, Oxford and later Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University. His daughter Alice was the inspiration for Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland. Robert Scott (1811 - 1887) was a professor of Greek at Oxford for over thirty years and Master of Balliol College, Oxford.
Sherwood Anderson's short stories, beautifully crafted and evocative of time and place, were hugely influential in their day. The title story in this collection, 'Death in the Woods', is widely regarded as a masterpiece - the narrator looks back at an incident in his childhood where an old woman dies in the cold - in life she was destined to feed those around her, after her death, he feeds from her too.
John Dewey was an American philosopher, psychologist and educational reformer whose ideas have been influential in education and social reform. In this classic work, first published in 1916, Dewey sought to at once synthesize, criticize, and expand upon the democratic educational philosophies of Rousseau and Plato.
The most literally precise American translation of the Bible.The American Standard Version (ASV) is the most literally precise American translation of the Bible. It represents the work of thirty leading scholars from a wide range of Protestant denominations and is based on a broader range of manuscripts than the KJV. The ASV was a base for several modern versions, including the RSV, the NASB, the Amplified Bible the World English Bible, and The Living Bible. The ASV is a valuable resource for anyone reading a modern translation who would like to have sense of the original Greek and Hebrew.This edition is set in 10-point font, larger than most Bibles.
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