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Author : Alex Palmer
Publisher : Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2010-10-27
Category : Humor
ISBN : 9781616080952
Behind-the-book stories and facts about authors, publishing, and everything..
Author : Miek Zwamborn
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2021-06-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1788165470
Seaweed is so familiar and yet its names - pepper dulse, sea lettuce, bladderwrack - are largely unknown to us. In this short, exquisitely illustrated portrait, the Dutch poet and artist Miek Zwamborn shares her discoveries of its history, culture and use, from the Neolithic people of the Orkney Islands to sushi artisans in modern Japan. Seaweed troubled Columbus on his voyages across the Atlantic, intrigued von Humboldt in the Sargasso Sea and inspired artists from Hokusai to Matisse. Covering seaweed's collection by Victorians, its adoption into fashion and dance and its potential for combating climate change, and with a fabulous series of recipes based around the 'truffles of the sea', this is a wonderful gift for every nature lover's home.
Author : Trina Clickner
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2011-11-18
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781440532986
From ancient Greek lore to vampire movies and modern medicine, what other herb invokes such strong feelings in people as allium sativum—better known as garlic? Most people know garlic can season food and may even protect from evil spirits but they may not know it can cure colds, attract lovers, and sweeten luck—until now. A Miscellany of Garlic reveals all of the splendors of this amazing plant, including: to keep them safe and strong, Egyptian slaves chewed on garlic while building the pyramids eating garlic can help repair lung damage caused by smoking Tibetan monks were banned from eating garlic—due to its reputation as an aphrodisiac large quantities of raw garlic can prevent roundworm and other parasites and a mixture of crushed garlic and water can rid roses of aphids Packed with hundreds of aromatic facts, trivia, and quick-to-table recipes, A Miscellany of Garlic is an homage to the savory herb no garlic lover can resist.
Author : Megan Heffernan
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2021-03-05
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780812252804
In Making the Miscellany Megan Heffernan examines the poetic design of early modern printed books and explores how volumes of compiled poems, which have always existed in practice, responded to media change in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century England. Heffernan's focus is not only the material organization of printed poetry, but also how those conventions and innovations of arrangement contributed to vernacular poetic craft, the consolidation of ideals of individual authorship, and centuries of literary history. The arrangement of printed compilations contains a largely unstudied and undertheorized archive of poetic form, Heffernan argues. In an evolving system of textual transmission, compilers were experimenting with how to contain individual poems within larger volumes. By paying attention to how they navigated and shaped the exchanges between poems and their organization, she reveals how we can witness the basic power of imaginative writing over the material text. Making the Miscellany is also a study of how this history of textual design has been differently told by the distinct disciplines of bibliography or book history and literary studies, each of which has handled—and obscured—the formal qualities of early modern poetry compilations and the practices that produced them. Revisiting these editorial and critical approaches, this book recovers a moment when compilers, poets, and readers were alert to a poetics of organization that exceeded the limits of the individual poem.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Chronicle Books
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2018-09-11
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781452168272
Perfect gift for book lovers, writers and your book club Book lovers rejoice! In this love letter to all things bookish, Jane Mount brings literary people, places, and things to life through her signature and vibrant illustrations. Readers of Jane Mount's Bibliophile will delight in: Touring the world's most beautiful bookstores Testing their knowledge of the written word with quizzes Finding their next great read in lovingly curated stacks of books Sampling the most famous fictional meals Peeking inside the workspaces of their favorite authors A source of endless inspiration, literary facts and recommendations: Bibliophile is pure bookish joy and sure to enchant book clubbers, English majors, poetry devotees, aspiring writers, and any and all who identify as book lovers. If you have read or own: I’d Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life; The Written World: The Power of Stories to Shape People, History, and Civilization; or How to Read Literature Like a Professor: A Lively and Entertaining Guide to Reading Between the Lines; then you will want to read and own Jane Mount's Bibliophile.
Author : Robert Chambers
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 852 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1863
Category : Anecdotes
ISBN : ONB:+Z227558607
Author : Jonathan Green
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2017-10-03
Category : Humor
ISBN : 9781510725706
Discover the meaning of the season’s traditions! Have you ever wondered why we celebrate Christmas the way we do? In this whimsical book, Jonathan Green tells you all about the fascinating stories behind our most beloved holiday traditions. Make yourself cozy by the fireplace, open up this fully illustrated treasure trove, and learn: Why we sing carols Why we burn Yule logs Why we hang stockings Why we kiss under the mistletoe Why we send greeting cards Why there are twelve days of Christmas And what is figgy pudding? Each chapter explores a different custom and its history: when and where it started, how it has changed over the centuries, and why we still love to recreate it today. You’ll learn why holly and ivy are important symbols, who Good King Wenceslas was, and why we eat turkey for Christmas dinner. Additional fun facts and trivia are sprinkled throughout, accompanied by classic illustrations. This is the perfect gift or stocking stuffer for curious-minded friends and family this holiday season!
Author : E. E. Cummings
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : American prose literature
ISBN : 0871406535
Includes works in French language with parallel English text.
Author : Mandy Kirkby
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2011-09-20
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780345532862
“A flower is not a flower alone; a thousand thoughts invest it.” Daffodils signal new beginnings, daisies innocence. Lilacs mean the first emotions of love, periwinkles tender recollection. Early Victorians used flowers as a way to express their feelings—love or grief, jealousy or devotion. Now, modern-day romantics are enjoying a resurgence of this bygone custom, and this book will share the historical, literary, and cultural significance of flowers with a whole new generation. With lavish illustrations, a dual dictionary of flora and meanings, and suggestions for creating expressive arrangements, this keepsake is the perfect compendium for everyone who has ever given or received a bouquet.
Author : Jonathan Green
Publisher : Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2010-10-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781616080631
Why is the tartan so important? What is worn under a kilt? How much ofthe story in Braveheart is real? How do you make haggis?
Author : Gilbert Keith Chesterton
Publisher : Jazzybee Verlag
Page : 102 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1930
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9783849677770
Every new volume of Chesterton's essays seems more brilliant, breezily humorous, and astonishingly clever than the last. Nor must one hastily conclude that the author is not profound because he is constantly witty and frequently funny. On the contrary, he reasons admirably and sees keenly and justly. And this combination of snap and sparkle with underlying solid sense make him peculiarly attractive to clever people.
Author : Robert Chambers
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 914 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1864
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0024485167
Author : Salvador Ryan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0993351824
An exploration of the relationship Irish people have with death from the earliest times to the present day, with over seventy articles from historians, sociologists, dramatists, liturgists, undertakers, and many more.
Author : E. E. Cummings
Publisher : Liveright Publishing
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2018-07-24
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9780871403940
A Miscellany, confined to a private edition for decades, sheds further light on the prodigious vision and imagination of the most inventive poet of the twentieth century: E.E. Cummings. Formally fractured and yet gleefully alive and whole, E. E. Cummings’s groundbreaking modernist poetry expanded the boundaries of language. In A Miscellany, originally released in a limited run in 1958, Cummings lent his delightfully original voice to “a cluster of epigrams,” a poem, three speeches from an unfinished play, and forty-nine essays—most of them previously written for or published in magazines, anthologies, or art gallery catalogues. Seven years later, George J. Firmage—editor of much of Cummings’s work, including Complete Poems—broadened the scope of this delightfully eclectic collection, adding seven more poems and essays, and many of Cummings’s unpublished line drawings. Together, these pieces paint a distinctive portrait of Cummings’s eccentric, yet precise, genius. Like his poetry, Cummings’s prose is lively; often witty, biting, and offbeat, he is an intelligent observer and critic of the modern. His essays explore everything from Cubism to the circus, equally quick to analyze his poetic contemporaries and satirize New York society. As Cummings wrote in his original foreword, A Miscellany contains “a great deal of liveliness and nothing dead.” This remains true today, more than fifty years after its original publication.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1788
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0021503053