Matthews: 1354 books

Vistas of New York Brander Matthews, american writer and educator (1852-1929) This ebook presents «Vistas of New York», from Brander Matthews. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected. Table of Contents -01- About this book -02- NOTE...

The difference between a short story and a novel is more than one of length, Matthews argues in this influential 1901 work. The short story carries a “unity of impression,” a totality, that the novel cannot, and requires more precise language. Matthews peppers the volume with examples from Boacaccio, Poe, Hawthorne, de Maupassant, Stevenson, Henry James, and others.

Tales of Fantasy and Fact Brander Matthews, american writer and educator (1852-1929) This ebook presents «Tales of Fantasy and Fact», from Brander Matthews. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected. Table of Contents -01- About this book...

This title was first published in 2001. "The Revelation of Nature" embraces pragmatism, aesthetics and metaphysics in an effort to narrate a fundamental relationship between the contemporary world and the natural source and site for any world of meaning. Beginning with an exploration of...

Higher Education in Texas is the first book to tell the history, defining events, and critical participants in the development of higher education in Texas from approximately 1838 to 1970. Charles Matthews, Chancellor Emeritus of the Texas State University System, begins the story with the land grant...

Dans la tradition de John le Carré, une plongée hyperréaliste et palpitante au cœur du renseignement. Bientôt porté à l'écran par David Fincher. Alors que la Russie de Poutine devient de plus en plus inquiétante pour les Occidentaux, Nate Nash travaille à Moscou pour la CIA. Il est...

Everywhere we look we see wounded people, hurt by their childhood, by their relationships, by the cultural milieu in which they live. Increasing numbers seek psychiatric help, alternative therapies, healing, and encounter groups. However, valuable though such work has proved to be, it has tended to...

Book Description Did you know… “The greatest secret you’ll ever discover is, miracles are NOT supernatural. In fact, they’re happening around you, right now, as you read these words.” You are the first miracle. The second miracle is everything else. Miracles are everywhere....

New to Hart Publishing, this is the seventh edition of the classic casebook on tort, the first of its kind in the UK, and for many years now a bestselling and very popular text for students. This new edition retains all the features that have made it such a popular and respected text, with extensive...

America in 1904 was a nation bristling with energy and confidence. Inspired by Theodore Roosevelt, the nation’s young, spirited, and athletic president, a sports mania rampaged across the country. Eager to celebrate its history, and to display its athletic potential, the United States hosted the...

By the early twentieth century, Basil Wilson Duke had established himself as one of Kentucky's most popular storytellers, but unlike many other talented raconteurs, Duke was not merely a man of words. In Basil Wilson Duke, CSA, the first full-length biography of this distinguished American, Gary Robert...

The Culture Clash story begins in the 1970s in the village of Placitas, New Mexico at the north end of the Sandia Mountains, where author Kay Matthews built a house and began a family while involved in disputes with the Forest Service over forest management and with real estate developers bent on...

Adam and Eve, God's covenant with Abraham, the deportation of Judah and their eventual return to Jerusalem--these are the Old Testament stories most people remember, and for good reason. According to veteran Old Testament professor Victor Matthews, these stories are essential to the identity of Israel...

'Evocative, authentic and brilliantly told - a wonderful read.' David Lammy Foreword by West Indies Cricketer Sir Clive Lloyd Voices of the Windrush Generation is a powerful collection of stories from the men, women and children of the Windrush generation - West Indians who emigrated...