Books published by Wildside Press

For many years a small book, FOGS AND CLOUDS by the same author, has occupied a unique position because it combined a simple-though thoroughly scientific-explanation of the various phenomena with a very complete collection of cloud photographs, finely reproduced. FOGS, CLOUDS, AND AVIATION again includes all this information (brought up to date) which is fascinating to the amateur as it is vital to the thousands who are teaching and studying meteorology for the benefit of aviation, commercial as well as military. In addition, the aviator find the significance of each type of fog and cloud noted-how thin, extensive, high and opaque they are, whether they provide fair or excellent one-way screens in combat, what the danger of icing is, etc. It is a distinct "Fog and Cloud" book, well rounded and detailed, not an unproportioned chapter from a general work on meteorology. It is indispensable to anyone interested in or dependent on sound interpretation of local weather signs and local weather forecasts.

APOLOGY (The Apology of Socrates), by Plato, is the Socratic dialogue that presents the speech of legal self-defence, which Socrates presented at his trial for impiety and corruption, in 399 BC.

The swamp had no name and no landmarks: just cypress, Spanish moss, and alligators-and a wrecked plane with eighty thousand dollars inside it. The man who found the Money Plane could have any woman he wanted-even the deliriously carnal Dorry Mears-as long as he kept the source of his fortune a secret. But in the swamp no secret was ever safe. And neither was anyone who had Dorry for a mistress.An inspired hybrid of crime fiction and Southern gothic, Swamp Sister is Tobacco Road written in acid and hellfire, populated by the most outrageously venal and benighted characters ever to crawl out of the collective unconscious.

A two-volume collection of speeches from many diffferent sources throughout England's history; said speeches delivered in public life, and arranged more or less in chronological order. Volume 1 runs from the Reformation to the American Revolution.

High above the sky lies Space, the new frontier. A vast, boundless region which has forever mystified and intrigued the minds of man. Today, as never before, mankind is on the brink of its greatest adventure--interplanetary flight into the unknown universe.Why men want to go to Space, what they will find when they get there, what will happen to them when they do, and how they will solve the problems of Space, are all excitingly described in detail in this absorbing book.Here is a fascinating glance at the world of the near future; a world in which such expressions as escape velocity, nuclear reactors, space junk, asteroids, and intergalactic flight will be as common as automobiles and jet places are today.The Real Book About Space Travel is filled with interesting information that will help people to ditinguish between the possible and the impossible and tells them what they can expect of the future. It bridges the gap between fiction and fact and will make highly important reading for the science as well as the science-fiction fan.

Men like Mike Gannon and Black John Bennett made their living off the Erie Canal, forever battling one another for control of canal shipping. Women like Moira Kennally-the wanton widow turned Madam-and the Egyptian, owner of the notorious parlor The Golden Tassel-made their living off men like Mike and Black John, offering their passionate embraces in return for the hard-earned dollars the canalers wrested from "The Big Ditch." Together and apart they lived and loved in a mad search for power and pleasure during one of the most turbulent eras in the mainstream of American life.

The Rise of the Feudal Monarchies provides a rapid but careful survey of the principal events connected with the accretion of territorial bases and development of institutional foundations for three of the great political sovereignties of modern Europe. This is an early, but none the less important, chapter in the story of the growth of political units which has dominated much of European history.

This facsimile reprint of a 1933 New Orleans cookbook features recipes by many notable chefs of the era, from drinks and appetizers to seafood, sauces, meats, eggs, and (of course) desserts. It was compiled from the recipes of famous chefs of the region and time.

The editor of a strait-laced national magazine for "young adults" is bound to be a clean-living, high-minded individual -- especially one who has just been appointed to a presidential committee investigating juvenile delinquency. But then, you haven't met Freddie Lazenby.When an old army buddy turned sociologist asks if he may store some boxes in Freddie's attic, our hero innocently complies. In no time at all, Freddie discovers that his friend's unspecified scientific project is disastrously Kinsey-like: the material contained in the boxes represents the hottest collection of pornography north of Mexico. Even more appalling, his sociologist friend has made arrangements to add to his collection, using Freddie as a middleman. Chaos prevails: the Committee sets its sights on obscene literature as the major cause of juvenile crime, and Freddie -- haplessly wheeling and dealing in the pornography trade -- finds himself in the absurd position of a man chasing himself.One fast, hilarious episode follows another as Freddie attempts to keep his shady associates at bay while concealing the terrible truth from his wife, his employers, and his fellow committee members. The result is mayhem and many a riotous moment.

Of all creatures, man is the most difficult to keep caged. There is no textbook on escape, yet every prison, no matter how "escape proof" it is claimed to be, has lost some of its unwilling guests. Here are twelve true tales of men whose ingenuity and determination would not permit them to languish in confinement. Some were famous, some not; some imprisoned justly, some unjustly, but all had that extra measure of human dignity that would not accept chains.

This series collects the complete scripts of 100 selected, previously unpublished plays by 19th-Century American playwrights. Volume 4 features "Across the Continent," by J.J. McCloskey; "Rosedale," by Lester Wallack, "Davy Crockett," by Frank Murdock; "Our Boarding House," by Leonard Grover; and "Sam's of Posen," by G.H. Jessop.

"Listen, Marilyn, you ain't no more to me than any other chick. I'll get you the stuff if you got any bread to pay me with.""Give me one shot on credit, for old time's sake.""Like I told you before, I'm telling you again. Plenty of fellows I know would go for a girl like you." He chuckled. "I know how to get in touch with them for ten percent of everything you make.""Can you get somebody for me right now, so I can have my shot?"

A 1950s guide for boys coming of age, occasionally given in vignette form, but mostly in question-and-answer format.

This U.S. Government publication illustrates the principles, structure, procedures, population, and rationale of the U.S. National Government. It includes some usually-overlooked aspects as the committee system, the roles of lobyists and public notices of the acts of the various branches of the US Government. [95th Congress, 1st Session.]

When Father Walsh went to see D'Arcy, notorious gossip columnist, about a sinister stranger who wanted two old Bibles and talked about the Walls of Jericho, his story was so fantastic he sounded as if he were out of his mind. Police, too, thought he was -- especially when they later found him hanging by his neck in his home. They called it suicide. But D'Arcy called it murder.D'Arcy was right. Murder it was. and the story of how D'Arcy, a lovely girl, a gang of vicious swindlers, art dealers, and questionable lawyers got tangled up in a plot involving practically everything unlawfull -- including grave robbing, violence, larceny, and murder -- makes some of the smoothest, most excititing and entertaining mystery reading you've done in some time... It's a "must"!

He was free now. But his wife was gone. Somewhere the con men were using her as bait--to force him back into their criminal syndicate. And in his violent search through the flea-bitten jungle of hoods and vice dolls he met the beautiful nymphomaniac who swore to help him. Then he learned her awful price-- He had to yield to her naked savagery or be framed for a brutal killing!

SHOCKING BUT TRUE! Here, at last, is the real story of teen-age sin the headlines have never dared reveal! Of 12-year-old "call" girls entertaining four men each night! Of sexual misconduct raging like a plague in schools from Maine to California! Of secret orgies between teen-age girls and men in their forties! And here is the startling truth about what goes on behind the walls of our reformatories after dark!

This fast detective story gives a well-rounded picture of small town in the grip of a political boss who rules, plunders, and murders. A series of crimes surrounding and deriving from a bank robbery that offered a juicy opportunity for the boss comprises the case that must be cracked in this mystery. Its intricate coalition between crime and politics is a miniature of large scale metropolitan evil. The only opposition not cowed by the power of the boss is a lone private detective. He had previously helped the police solve many a baffling case. Now his only ally is a man whom he was engaged to shadow. The detective must not only be smart enough to out-think the criminals, but also shrewd, quick, and fearless enough to outmaneuver the boss and his well-oiled machine.

Maria Montessori wished to ensure for every child a life as deep, as rich, as complete as possible. Precisely the same wish, not only for her own nine children, but for all children, led Mrs. John O'Keefe of Chevy Chase, Maryland to form the group whose two years' study and work find its culmination in this publication.Part 1 includes: "The Work of the Child," "The Work of the Parent," "Humand Dignity is Born of the Sentiment of One's Independence," "Education of the Senses and Movement: The Basis of the Montessori Method," "From Six to Twelve," and "Comments."Part 2 includes: "Writing and Reading," "Science," "Measure and Number," "History," "Art," "The Use of the Didactic Material," "Foreign Language," "Some Personal Experiences," "Comments," and "Bibligraphy."

Beaver's back! Yes, your favorite TV character, Theodore Cleaver, (otherwise known as Beaver) is back again in another series of adventures with his older brother, Wally.In HERE'S BEAVER!, you'll read all about how Beaver masters baseball, finds his baby picture, makes a loan, and winds up in more mischief than any 11 year-old boy has a right to...Based on the television series Leave is to Beaver, created by Joe Connelly and Bob Mosher

A two-volume history of the French ruling class during the later 16th Century and ending with the French Wars of Religion, focusing on the internal relationships of the various court factions, and factions of French society as a whole (e. g., the Hugenots), but also including the influence of Renaissance art & culture, and the relationship of the French Court to foreign powers, such as the Papacy, England, Spain and the Holy Roman Empire. Part of a larger series on the history of France.

A two-volume history of the French ruling class during the Renaissance, focusing on the internal relationships of the various court factions, and factions of French society as a whole (e. g., the Bretons), but also including the influence of Renaissance art & culture, and the relationship of the French Court to foreign powers, such as the Papacy, England, Spain and the Holy Roman Empire. Part of a larger series on the history of France.

Biographies of the public lives of the various Lord Chancellors of England from the origin of the office until the reign of Queen Victoria of England. Also includes an introduction explaining the origin, function an jurisdiction of the office.

Biographies of the public lives of the various Lord Chancellors of England from the origin of the office until the reign of Queen Victoria of England. Also includes an introduction explaining the origin, function an jurisdiction of the office.

Biographies of the public lives of the various Lord Chancellors of England from the origin of the office until the reign of Queen Victoria of England. Also includes an introduction explaining the origin, function an jurisdiction of the office.

Biographies of the public lives of the various Lord Chancellors of England from the origin of the office until the reign of Queen Victoria of England. Also includes an introduction explaining the origin, function an jurisdiction of the office.

Biographies of the public lives of the various Lord Chancellors of England from the origin of the office until the reign of Queen Victoria of England. Also includes an introduction explaining the origin, function an jurisdiction of the office.

Biographies of the public lives ot the various Lord Chancellors of England from the origina of the office until the reign of Queen Victoria of England. Also includes an introduction explaining the origin, function an jurisdiction of the office.