Oscar: 1500 books

I wish to acknowledge my wife Lynette for her unwavering support and her endearing friendship. I wish to thank my Mother, and the other members of my family for being a source of inspiration. I wish to thank my high school English teacher, for his insight.

Sea Routes to the Gold Fields tells the story of one of the most exciting mass movements in history: the migration by sea of the tens of thousands who joined the headlong race to California’s newly discovered gold fields. This work fills an important gap in the literature of the Gold Rush, for while...

Little Hans spends most of his time gardening and makes a living from sales of his beautiful flowers. Little Hans always treats his neighbours well and even allows neighbouring rich Miller to pick flowers from his garden. But the Miller rarely invites Hans into his house or responds in kind. The Miller...

Instead of memorizing vocabulary words, work your way through an actual well-written novel. Even novices can follow along as each individual English paragraph is paired with the corresponding French paragraph. It won't be an easy project, but you'll learn a lot.

This book is your ultimate Cameron Diaz resource. Here you will find the most up-to-date information, facts, quotes and much more.In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about Cameron Diaz's whole picture right away. Get countless Cameron...

Lord Canterville verkauft sein Schloss an den Amerikaner Mr. Hiram Otis. Obwohl der Brite darauf hinweist, dass es in dem Schloss spukt, kauft Mr. Hiram es und zieht mit seiner Familie ein. Tatsächlich wohnt in diesem Schloss ein Gespenst. Die neuen Bewohner ignorieren es, was dem Gespenst gar nicht passt...

It has constantly been made a subject of reproach against artists and men of letters that they are lacking in wholeness and completeness of nature. As a rule this must necessarily be so. That very concentration of vision and intensity of purpose which is the characteristic of the artistic temperament...

A collection of photographs documenting a diverse array of lifestyles in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in Pennsylvania and New York by amateur photographer Henry K. Landis (1865-1955).

Perpetual winter comes to a beautiful garden of the selfish giant who erected a wall around it to stop children playing in the garden. Unexpected consequences follow. The birds stop singing in this garden and both trees and flowers stop blossoming. One day discovers that spring has returned to the garden,...

The classic collection of articles from the U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings, now in ebook form.

‘Beknopt, vlot geschreven en praktische handvatten om meer uit je leven te halen.’ Wouter de Jong, auteur van de bestseller Mindgym Inclusief online training! Afdwalen tijdens gesprekken, aan het einde van de pagina erachter komen dat je eigenlijk geen idee meer hebt waar de tekst...

Global Women Leaders: Studies in Feminist Political Rhetoric demonstrates the ways in which women have used political rhetoric and political discourse to provide leadership, or assert their right to leadership, on a global level. This collection fits into the robust research area of international...

Modern Freemasonry in the United States and Great Britain celebrates its 300th anniversary in 2017 tracing its direct history from the Grand Lodge of England founded in 1717. This text is intended to provide a theory of origin for the Fraternity. It is based on available sources, many of which are...

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic to the Pacific and northward into the Arctic Ocean. Canada is the world's second-largest country by total area, and its common border with...