The Story of America

The Story of America
Author: Carroll C. Calkins
Publisher:
Total Pages: 536
Release: 1975
Genre: Art
ISBN:

Backgrounds and Beginnings, The Crucial Years 1775, The War of Independence, Evolution of the Flag, Creating a system of Government, The War of 1812, Religion in a Free Country, The Tragic of Civil War, Trailblazers and Mountain men, Scientific Revolution, Saga of Immigration, Seven Wonders of the Modern World.

Book Review Digest

Book Review Digest
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1098
Release: 1927
Genre: Bibliography
ISBN:

Excerpts from and citations to reviews of more than 8,000 books each year, drawn from coverage of 109 publications. Book Review Digest provides citations to and excerpts of reviews of current juvenile and adult fiction and nonfiction in the English language. Reviews of the following types of books are excluded: government publications, textbooks, and technical books in the sciences and law. Reviews of books on science for the general reader, however, are included. The reviews originate in a group of selected periodicals in the humanities, social sciences, and general science published in the United States, Canada, and Great Britain. - Publisher.

Story of the Great American West

Story of the Great American West
Author:
Publisher: Pleasantville, N.Y. : Reader's Digest Association
Total Pages: 394
Release: 1977
Genre: History
ISBN:

Recounts the settlement of the West from the first pioneers who crossed the Appalachians to the eventual disappearance of the frontier.

Dark Shadows

Dark Shadows
Author: D. J. Arneson
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2012
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 9781613450161

Hermes Press proudly announces the collection of the best stories from its complete reprint of Gold Key Comics' television tie-in of the legendary supernatural suspense series, Dark Shadows. The comic books collected in this volume are completely digitally restored and present twelve complete issues, carefully selected from the entire thirty-five book run of the feature, presenting archetypal tales of vampires, werewolves, and the supernatural -- together with a huge photo supplement and informative essays on the series.

Digest

Digest
Author: Gregory Pardlo
Publisher: Four Way Books
Total Pages: 86
Release: 2016-04-01
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 1935536818

From Epicurus to Sam Cooke, the Daily News to Roots, Digest draws from the present and the past to form an intellectual, American identity. In poems that forge their own styles and strategies, we experience dialogues between the written word and other art forms. Within this dialogue we hear Ben Jonson, we meet police K-9s, and we find children negotiating a sense of the world through a father's eyes and through their own.

Handbook of Short Story Writing

Handbook of Short Story Writing
Author: Frank A. Dickson
Publisher:
Total Pages: 268
Release: 1970
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9780898790498

Here's a collection of the most helpful articles from WRITER'S DIGEST magazine covering every aspect of short story writing. Every writer, from beginner to professional, will find guidance, encouragement, and answers to such concerns as how to make characters believable, developing dialogue, writer's block, viewpoint, the all-important use of conflict, and much more.

Jesus and His Times

Jesus and His Times
Author: Reader's Digest Association
Publisher: Pleasantville, N.Y. : Reader's Digest Association
Total Pages: 340
Release: 1987
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780895772572

The life of Jesus the Messiah with a description of the land, social conditions, religious environment, and historical context in which he lived.

Inwardly Digest

Inwardly Digest
Author: Derek A. Olsen
Publisher: Forward Movement Publications
Total Pages: 325
Release: 2016
Genre: Prayer
ISBN: 9780880284325

Daily spiritual practice takes dedication and discipline, and we often wonder where to start and how to keep it from feeling like yet another task on our to-do list. In this grounded, practical book, author Derek Olsen uses The Book of Common Prayer for a template to a deeper spiritual life. Olsen explains the purpose and intention of the prayer book with fresh insight, offering practical applications for daily living.