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Historic Impressions
Author | : P. Seth Magosky |
Publisher | : Trafford Publishing |
Total Pages | : 252 |
Release | : 2017-07-25 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 1412075556 |
Historic Impressions is a fascinating look into the architecture and history of Joliet's homes and those who lived in them. This book brings the places of Joliet, Illinois to life
First Impressions
Author | : Charlie Lovett |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 319 |
Release | : 2014-10-16 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0698162927 |
A thrilling literary mystery costarring Jane Austen from the New York Times–bestselling author of The Bookman’s Tale. Book lover and Austen enthusiast Sophie Collingwood has recently taken a job at an antiquarian bookshop in London when two different customers request a copy of the same obscure book: the second edition of A Little Book of Allegories by Richard Mansfield. Their queries draw Sophie into a mystery that will cast doubt on the true authorship of Pride and Prejudice—and ultimately threaten Sophie’s life. In a dual narrative that alternates between Sophie’s quest to uncover the truth—while choosing between two suitors—and a young Jane Austen’s touching friendship with the aging cleric Richard Mansfield, Lovett weaves a romantic, suspenseful, and utterly compelling novel about love in all its forms and the joys of a life lived in books.
Impressions of New York
Author | : Marilyn F. Symmes |
Publisher | : Princeton Architectural Press |
Total Pages | : 309 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 1568984928 |
From its birth as a remote trading outpost on the fringes of the Dutch empire to its current status as the so-called Capital of the World, New York has always captivated visual artists. The extraordinary prints collected by the New-York Historical Society over the course of its history vividly preserve these impressions on paper. In this handsome volume more than 150 of these views of the city -- including two spectacular gatefold panoramas -- speak eloquently of the surging power of this dynamic urban center. At the same time, they present an intimate portrait of everyday life as it has been lived and savored in this great city for more than three centuries. The companion to an exhibition celebrating the New-York Historical Society's bicentennial anniversary, this beautifully printed volume presents a full range of historic images, from 1672 to the present. In the lively essay and information-filled captions, curator and historian Marilyn Symmes tells the unique stories behind the people and places, parks and buildings, streets and neighborhoods, parades and events depicted in each image -- in essence, the story of New York City itself.
False Impressions
Author | : Thomas Hoving |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 390 |
Release | : 1997-05-08 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 0684831481 |
The former director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art examines the world of art forgery, from ancient times to the present, sharing anecdotes about some of the costliest, most embarrassing forgeries ever, as well as the motives of the fakers.
First Impressions
Author | : David J. Weber |
Publisher | : Yale University Press |
Total Pages | : 368 |
Release | : 2017-08-22 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 030023175X |
A guide to the history and culture of the American Southwest, as told through early encounters with fifteen iconic sites This unique guide for literate travelers in the American Southwest tells the story of fifteen iconic sites across Arizona, New Mexico, southern Utah, and southern Colorado through the eyes of the explorers, missionaries, and travelers who were the first non-natives to describe them. Noted borderlands historians David J. Weber and William deBuys lead readers through centuries of political, cultural, and ecological change. The sites visited in this volume range from popular destinations within the National Park System—including Carlsbad Caverns, the Grand Canyon, and Mesa Verde—to the Spanish colonial towns of Santa Fe and Taos and the living Indian communities of Acoma, Zuni, and Taos. Lovers of the Southwest, residents and visitors alike, will delight in the authors’ skillful evocation of the region’s sweeping landscapes, its rich Hispanic and Indian heritage, and the sense of discovery that so enchanted its early explorers. Published in Cooperation with the William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies, Southern Methodist University
The Deipnosophists
Author | : Athenaeus (of Naucratis.) |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 510 |
Release | : 1927 |
Genre | : Anecdotes |
ISBN | : |
Athenaeus (AD ca. 170-ca. 230), a Greek of Naucratis in Egypt, lived in Rome and wrote a historical work now lost. Of the fifteen books of his surviving Deipnosophists ('Sophists at Dinner'), the first two and parts of the third, eleventh, and fifteenth exist only in summary, the rest apparently complete. In it he pretends to tell a friend about a banquet at a scholar's house whither the learned guests brought extracts from poetry for recitation and discussion. Much of the matter however concerns the food provided and accessories. One learns about cooks, strange dishes, wines, menu cards, and countless other matters. Athenaeus was an antiquarian. The whole work, which mentions nearly eight hundred writers and two thousand five hundred writings, is a large treasury of information not only about table matters but also music, dances, games, and all sorts of literary subjects. And it abounds in quotations, mostly made direct by Athenaeus himself, from authors whose writings have not survived. The Loeb Classical Library edition of The Deipnosophists is in seven volumes. There is a comprehensive index in the final volume.
The Letters to His Friends
Author | : Marcus Tullius Cicero |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 568 |
Release | : 1927 |
Genre | : Authors, Latin |
ISBN | : |
Latin & English texts.