Lang Lang: 1830 books

This Thanksgiving give yourself a nice gift! Presenting the Thanksgiving tales from the acclaimed authors to help you soak into the spirit of this wonderful festival: An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving (Louisa May Alcott) Two Thanksgiving Day Gentlemen (O. Henry) The Purple Dress (O. Henry) An English...

Andrew Lang was a Scottish writer best known for collecting folklore, legends, and fairy tales and making a compendium of them to celebrate ethnic heritage.

Sir Walter Scott and the Border Minstrelsy is an outstanding biography published in 1910; it makes Scotts character crystal-clear. Lang has analyzed Scotts work minutely. Moreover he has thrashed out his literary success and life from cradle to grave. Fascinating

Persons not much interested in, or cognisant of, “antiquarian old womanries,” as Sir Walter called them, may ask “what all the pother is about,” in this little tractate. On my side it is “about” the veracity of Sir Walter Scott. He has been suspected of helping to compose, and of issuing...

The aim of this book is to prove that the Homeric Epics, as wholes, and apart from passages gravely suspected in antiquity, present a perfectly harmonious picture of the entire life and civilisation of one single age. The faint variations in the design are not greater than such as mark every moment...

In this riveting read, you will enter the mind of the killer, experience the fear of the victim, mourn with the shattered family, walk behind the crime scene tape, uncover crucial evidence, witness the autopsy, determine the cause of death, engage the judge in his chambers, kick in doors with the...

A fascinating look at twelve historical mysteries by famed anthropologist and historian Andrew Lang.

This anthology of hard-to-find primary documents provides a solid overview of the foundations of American media studies. Focusing on mass communication and society and how this research fits into larger patterns of social thought, this valuable collection features key texts covering the media studies...

Ancient science is a subject that commands extensive general interest. This is the first non-technical survey of the interface between ancient and modern science. It is aimed at crossover student sales in classics, the history of ideas and the history and philosophy of science. Modern science and...

Andrew Lang was a Scottish prolific author, mostly known as a collector of folk and fairy tales.  “Allerleirauh; Or, The Many-Furred Creature” is a German tale, entered in “The Green Fairy Book” collection. The story narrates about one King, who has a beautiful wife with golden hair....

An irresistible cookbook featuring more than 50 family-friendly fried chicken recipes, including classic Southern, globally influenced, and skillet- and deep-fried variations. Fried chicken is comfort food at its finest. Served alongside a biscuit, atop waffles, or just on its own, fried chicken...

Many ideas about poverty and discrimination are nothing more than politically driven assertions unsupported by evidence. And even politically neutral studies that do try to assess evidence are often simply unreliable. In Poverty and Discrimination, economist Kevin Lang cuts through the vast literature...

A book for parents who have adopted special needs children and who now find themselves faced with difficult behaviors and other challenges. This book offers fun creative suggestions on how to gain compliance and strategies for working with schools, finding a therapist, addressing safety issues and building support networks.

"Told with brains and heart" —Michelle Gable, New York Times bestselling author of A Paris Apartment "Bristles with charm and curiosity" —Winston Groom, New York Times bestselling author of Forrest Gump "A wholly original and superbly crafted work of art,...