Harrison: 1975 books

A little book of whimsy, a very quick read indeed.

LIM-R-IDDLES REVISITED – Fast, Effective and Fun! 157 brain teasing, laugh provoking scrambled word limericks to challenge readers of all ages If you enjoy puzzles, limerick poetry, words and delightful illustrations LIM-R-iDDLESREVISITED is a book you must have. Millions of readers looked forward...

        In contrast to the overabundance of writings about martial arts that are often promotional and misinformative, there are rare works by scholars that are praiseworthy for their sincere, unbiased approach to writing. This is the very definition of “scholarly.” This two-volume...

This book contains multiple stories about travelling from the world's greatest travellers: New Dependencies of the United States (OLIVER H. G. LEIGH) Winter and Summer in New England (HARRIET MARTINEAU) Niagara Falls and the Thousand Islands (CHARLES MORRIS) From New York to Washington in 1866 (HENRY...

In 1928, Rosina Harrison arrived at the illustrious household of the Astor family to take up her new position as personal maid to the infamously temperamental Lady Nancy Astor, who sat in Parliament, entertained royalty, and traveled the world. "She's not a lady as you would understand a lady" was...

The first comprehensive history of the state since the publication of Thomas D. Clark's landmark History of Kentucky over sixty years ago. A New History of Kentucky brings the Commonwealth to life, from Pikeville to the Purchase, from Covington to Corbin, this account reveals Kentucky's many faces...

The Nazi siege of Leningrad from 1941 to 1944 was one of the most gruesome episodes of World War II. Nearly three million people endured it; just under half of them died. For twenty-five years the distinguished journalist and historian Harrison Salisbury pieced together this remarkable narrative of villainy and survival, in which the city had much to fear-from both Hitler and Stalin.

Written history is only one version of the truth. The version lived by people who struggled with fear, hunger, guilt and hopelessness is very different from that of dull dusty history books. This is not an historical treatise but the story of two ordinary young people caught up in events not of their...

A Soldier's Recollections: Leaves from the Diary of a Young Confederate recounts the experiences of Randolph Harrison McKim during the Civil War. Heraklion Press has included a linked table of contents.

General James Harrison Wilson, author of this biography, said of his subject, "JOHN A. RAWLINS, all things considered, was the most remarkable man I met during the Civil War..." That is a remarkable statement from one who served under McClellan and Grant, and was a cavalry leader in his own right....

The shocking true crime story of child murderers Ian Brady and Myra Hindley, Great Britain’s most horrific serial killers. During the early 1960s, just as Beatlemania was exploding throughout the United Kingdom, a pair of psychopathic British killers began preying on the very young, innocent,...

Young Abraham Lincoln and his family joined the migration over the Ohio River, but it was Kentucky--the state of his birth--that shaped his personality and continued to affect his life. His wife was from the commonwealth, as were each of the other women with whom he had romantic relationships. Henry...

ABOUT THE BOOK This book is for people who are interested in successfully getting a girlfriend who speaks Chinese primarily. We will touch on Chinese girls' likes and dislikes, expectations, and inhibitions, as well as interests and concerns based on their social background. Using these as...

Although no battles were fought on Long Island, the Civil War deeply affected all of its residents. More than three thousand men--white and black--from current-day Queens, Nassau and Suffolk Counties answered the call to preserve the Union. While Confederate ships lurked within eight miles of Montauk...