George: 12309 books

This compilation of boxing-related commentary, criticism, reportage, and analysis represents the decade's best from award-winning sports journalist George Kimball. With selections culled from a wide array of publications including Boxing Digest, the Irish Times, ESPN.com, and TheSweetScience.com,...

Cowboys and Indians, sometimes one and the same, occupy the rugged landscape of the late nineteenth-century British Columbia interior in George Bowering's Shoot! Meet the McLean Gang — brothers Allan, Charlie, and Archie — and their sidekick Alex Hare. Halfbreeds who grew up bitter outcasts, rejected...

The Bad Boy of Rugeley In 1856, Dr. William Palmer made history when he was hanged for poisoning his best friend. It was not only the first trial involving strychnine, but the first that was moved because of the extensive publicity it received in the new penny newspapers that were exploding...

Essays and reviews concentrating on politics, economics, sociology and culture. Most of the essays began as book reviews. As book reviews they were superior when published. As essays they are exceptional for their intelligence and clarity. George’s subjects are politics, religion and society. His subject...

-“The Pit and the Pendulum” is the Edgar Allan Poe gothic short story that continues to fascinate readers with its nightmarish chamber of horrors. -The language of over 170 years ago has been updated making Poe’s difficult text easily understood by today’s readers. -Every effort...

“The Fall of the House of Usher” is one of the most famous short stories ever written. It describes the disintegration of a house and its owner and pre-dates modern psychology. -The language of over 170 years ago has been updated making Poe’s difficult language easily understood by today’s...

Asıl adı Eric Arthur Blair olan İngiliz yazar George Orwell’ın siyasi hiciv tarzındaki kısa öyküsü Hayvan Çiftliği 1945 yılında yayımlanmıştır. Eser, alegorik açıdan zengin bir eserdir ve Sovyetler Birliği, Nazi Almanyası gibi totaliter rejimleri mizahî bir dille eleştirmektedir....

The Scientific Evidences of Organic Evolution George Romanes, canadian-born English evolutionary biologist and physiologist (1848-1894) This ebook presents «The Scientific Evidences of Organic Evolution», from George Romanes. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly...

“The Minister's Black Veil” is the well-known Nathaniel Hawthorne short story that presents the dilemma faced by everyman who believes his nature is corrupt. -The language of almost two hundred years ago has been modernized. -End notes, interpretation, and discussion of major themes...

Dans le pays, on l'appelait la petite Fadette, car elle avait la taille d'un farfadet et les pouvoirs d'une fée. Comme sa grand-mère, elle guérissait les hommes et les animaux. Landry, l'un des jumeaux de la ferme voisine, tombe amoureux d'elle. Mais l'amour d'une sorcière est mal vu dans cette...

Indiana George Sand, romancière et écrivain française (1804-1876) 1832 Ce livre numérique présente "Indiana", de George Sand, édité en texte intégral. Une table des matières dynamique permet d'accéder directement...

From the distinguished polymath George Steiner comes a profound and illuminating vision of the inseparability of Western philosophy and its living language. With his hallmark forceful discernment, George Steiner presents in The Poetry of Thought his magnum opus: an examination of more than...

“The Black Cat” is the well-known Edgar Allan Poe short story of a man who commits a crime and then cannot help but incriminate and condemn himself. -The language of over 170 years ago has been updated making Poe’s difficult language easily understood by today’s readers. -Every...