First People of Back Bay (Bootleggers, Rum Runners, Shrimp Pirates, and Oyster Thieves)
Title | First People of Back Bay (Bootleggers, Rum Runners, Shrimp Pirates, and Oyster Thieves) PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | Donald L. Giadrosich |
Pages | 336 |
Release | |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781448995554 |
The Thesaurus of Slang
Title | The Thesaurus of Slang PDF eBook |
Author | Esther Lewin |
Publisher | Checkmark Books |
Pages | 456 |
Release | 1997 |
Genre | Reference |
ISBN | 9780816036615 |
Includes jargon, sports slang, and ethnic and regional expressions
Thesaurus of Traditional English Metaphors
Title | Thesaurus of Traditional English Metaphors PDF eBook |
Author | P.R. Wilkinson |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 2991 |
Release | 2003-09-02 |
Genre | Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | 1134474148 |
This fascinating collection of traditional metaphors and figures of speech, groups expressions according to theme. The second edition includes over 1,500 new entries, more information on first known usages, a new introduction and two expanded indexes. It will appeal to those interested in cultural history and the English language.
Galveston
Title | Galveston PDF eBook |
Author | David G. McComb |
Publisher | University of Texas Press |
Pages | 382 |
Release | 2010-01-01 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0292793219 |
A colorful history of the island city on Texas’s Gulf Coast and its survival through times of piracy, plague, civil war, and devastating natural disaster. On the Gulf edge of Texas between land and sea stands Galveston Island. Shaped continually by wind and water, it is one of earth’s ongoing creations, where time is forever new. Here, on the shoreline, embraced by the waves, a person can still feel the heartbeat of nature. And yet, for all the idyllic possibilities, Galveston’s history has been anything but tranquil. Across Galveston’s sands have walked Indians, pirates, revolutionaries, the richest men of nineteenth-century Texas, soldiers, sailors, bootleggers, gamblers, prostitutes, physicians, entertainers, engineers, and preservationists. Major events in the island’s past include hurricanes, yellow fever, smuggling, vice, the Civil War, the building of a medical school and port, raids by the Texas Rangers, and, always, the struggle to live in a precarious location. Galveston: A History is an engrossing account that also explores the role of technology and the often contradictory relationship between technology and the city, providing a guide to both Galveston history and the dynamics of urban development.
Season of the Witch
Title | Season of the Witch PDF eBook |
Author | David Talbot |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 482 |
Release | 2012-05-08 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1439127875 |
The critically acclaimed, national bestseller—a gripping story of the strife and tragedy that led to San Francisco’s ultimate rebirth and triumph. In a kaleidoscopic narrative, New York Times–bestselling author and Salon founder David Talbot tells the gripping story of San Francisco in the turbulent years between 1967 and 1982. The emergence of a diverse cast of characters—Harvey Milk, Janis Joplin, Jim Jones, Bill Walsh—ushered in a transformative new era in the city’s history. Season of the Witch is the first book to fully capture the dark magic of San Francisco in this breathtaking period, when the city radically changed itself—and then revolutionized the world. “An enthralling—and harrowing—account of how the 1967 Summer of Love gave way to 20 or so winters of discontent.” —The Washington Post “A sprawling, ambitious history . . . Talbot’s energetic, highly entertaining storytelling conveys the exhilaration of ‘60s counterculture as well as the gathering ugliness that would mark the city in the ‘70s.” —The Boston Globe “Exhaustive research yields penetrating character studies . . . In exhilarating fashion, Talbot clears the rainbow mist and brings San Francisco into sharp focus.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review) “A gritty corrective to our rosy memories . . . enthralling, news-driven history . . . smart and briskly paced . . . I found it hard to put down.” —San Francisco Chronicle “An ambitious, labor-of-love illumination of a city’s soul, celebrating the uniqueness of San Francisco without minimizing the price paid for the city’s free-spiritedness.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review) “Talbot presents gripping accounts of both crime sprees and football showdowns.” —Booklist
Anagram Solver
Title | Anagram Solver PDF eBook |
Author | Bloomsbury Publishing |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
Pages | 719 |
Release | 2009-01-01 |
Genre | Games & Activities |
ISBN | 1408102579 |
Anagram Solver is the essential guide to cracking all types of quiz and crossword featuring anagrams. Containing over 200,000 words and phrases, Anagram Solver includes plural noun forms, palindromes, idioms, first names and all parts of speech. Anagrams are grouped by the number of letters they contain with the letters set out in alphabetical order so that once the letters of an anagram are arranged alphabetically, finding the solution is as easy as locating the word in a dictionary.
Outline of American Literature
Title | Outline of American Literature PDF eBook |
Author | Kathryn Van Spanckeren |
Publisher | Orange Grove Texts Plus |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2009-09-24 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781616100599 |
The Outline of American literature, newly revised, traces the paths of American narrative, fiction, poetry and drama as they move from pre-colonial times into the present, through such literary movements as romanticism, realism and experimentation. Contents: 1) Early American and Colonial Period to 1776. 2) Democratic Origins and Revolutionary Writers, 1776-1820. 3) The Romantic Period, 1820-1860, Essayists and Poets. 4) The Romantic Period, 1820-1860, Fiction. 5) The Rise of Realism: 1860-1914. 6) Modernism and Experimentation: 1914-1945. 7) American Poetry, 1945-1990: The Anti-Tradition. 8) American Prose, 1945-1990: Realism and Experimentation. 9) Contemporary American Poetry. 10) Contemporary American Literature.