Villa Elsa

Villa Elsa
Author: Stuart Oliver Henry
Publisher: DigiCat
Total Pages: 184
Release: 2022-11-22
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

"Villa Elsa" is a post-WWI novel by Stuart Oliver Henry, an American writer who graduated from the University of Kansas in 1894, beginning his writing career shortly after that. During the next decades, the author traveled to France and could see the horrors of the war closely. "Villa Elsa," published in 1920, just after the war's end, aimed to answer a question: "How shall the Germans be treated in the present century and beyond?" To answer this question, the author goes into the research of the German national character and impersonates his finding in the heroes of a Teuton family living in Villa Elsa.

Villa Elsa

Villa Elsa
Author: Stuart Oliver Henry
Publisher:
Total Pages: 376
Release: 1920
Genre: Germany
ISBN:

The Debate Continues

The Debate Continues
Author: Marjorie Bowen
Publisher: DigiCat
Total Pages: 292
Release: 2022-11-22
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

The Debate Continues is famed British writer Marjorie Bowen's autobiography. She writes with passion and fervor about her hardworking and tragic life. Margaret Gabrielle Vere Long, who used the pseudonyms Marjorie Bowen and Joseph Shearing, was a British author who wrote historical romances, supernatural horror stories, popular history, and biography. Excerpt: "I was born in Hayling Island in the cottage of an old woman named Mrs. Cole, of whom I know nothing save that she made a quantity of sloe gin and hoarded it, leaving it to be drunk on the day of her funeral."

Elsa's Own Blue Zone

Elsa's Own Blue Zone
Author: Sharon Textor-Black
Publisher: Morgan James Publishing
Total Pages: 177
Release: 2009-04-01
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 1614484171

Elsa's Own Blue Zone is about a beautiful, strong and active centenarian who defies the stereotypes of age as an astounding example of positive aging and positive living. Her inspiring insights include and go further than the basics of healthful habits. Elsa's Own Blue Zone provides answers to the constant questioning as to what her secrets are. In addition, the author is a Baby Boomer who expounds upon these valuable insights in an entertaining way to appeal to Boomers and Seniors alike for more fulfilling living.

Sound of Music

Sound of Music
Author: Julia Antopol Hirsch
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
Total Pages: 422
Release: 2018-04-01
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 0912777400

The Sound of Music is a classic film cherished in the hearts of millions. It won five Oscars, including Best Picture, upon its release in 1965. This tribute to a Hollywood classic is sure to thrill everyone who's ever sung along to "My Favorite Things" at one of the many screenings that still take place today. Through interviews with the cast and crew, in-depth access to memorabilia and personal scrapbooks and archival research at Fox Studios, author Julia Antopol Hirsch reveals the lively human story behind the making of the von Trapp family film. Fans will learn what motivated Christopher Plummer to take the part of the Captain, the challenges Julie Andrews faced filming the iconic opening scene and what life was like on an Austrian set for the seven children actors. This engaging celebration is the ultimate insider's guide to America's favorite movie.

The Bookman

The Bookman
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 838
Release: 1920
Genre: Book collecting
ISBN:

Who's who Among North American Authors

Who's who Among North American Authors
Author: Alberta Lawrence
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1106
Release: 1927
Genre: Authors, American
ISBN:

"Covering the United States and Canada [with their possessions and neighbors] and containing the biographical and literary data of living authors whose birth or activities connect them with the continent of North America, with a press section devoted to journalists and magazine writers" (varies slightly).