Symonds: 104 books

Book cover of American Naval History: A Very Short Introduction
by Craig L. Symonds
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2018

This fast-paced narrative charts the history of the US Navy from its birth during the American Revolution through to its current superpower status. The story highlights iconic moments of great drama pivotal to the nation's fortunes: John Paul Jones' attacks on the British during the Revolution, the...
Book cover of 100 Things to Do in Portland Oregon Before You Die, Second Edition
by Ann Smith, Alison Symonds
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2018

In this second edition of 100 Things to Do in Portland, Oregon Before You Die we've added some of our favorite old haunts as well as a few newly discovered gems. Regardless if it's tried-and-true or up-and-coming we promise if it's in here, it's worth your time. We Portlanders love craft beer, bike...
Book cover of What The Heart Can Hold
by Charlotte Symonds
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2014

“What The Heart Can Hold” has it all. It incorporates romance, passion, sex, drama with sprinkles of humor. Follow Marissa Molinari, a gregarious, hopeless romantic, 26 year old, native New Yorker from a middle-class Catholic background through twenty two days of her life which change the course...
Book cover of SEX for FUN
by Charlotte Symonds
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2015

Sex with a stranger? Might just be what Olivia needs. But, can she go through with it?A one-night stand, could Olivia pull it off? She had it all…brains, beauty, a rewarding nursing career, a fiancé and devoted friends. Then life happened. With her broken engagement and Olivia nearing the Big Three-O,...
Book cover of The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti
by John Addington Symonds
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2018

The Buonarroti Simoni, to whom Michelangelo belonged, were a Florentine family of ancient burgher nobility. Their arms appear to have been originally "azure two bends or." To this coat was added "a label of four points gules inclosing three fleur-de-lys or." That augmentation,...
Book cover of Santa's Christmas Library: 400+ Christmas Novels, Stories, Poems, Carols & Legends (Illustrated Edition)

Santa's Christmas Library: 400+ Christmas Novels, Stories, Poems, Carols & Legends (Illustrated Edition)

The Gift of the Magi, A Christmas Carol, Silent Night, The Three Kings, Little Lord Fauntleroy, Life and Adventures of Santa Claus, The Heavenly Christmas Tree, Little Women, The Tale of Peter Rabbit…

by O. Henry, Mark Twain, Beatrix Potter
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2018

This holiday, we are offering to you our own Christmas box - filled up to the top with the best Christmas novels, classics to read during holidays, magical Christmas tales, legends, most famous carols and the unique poetry of the giants of literature dedicated to this one and only holiday: The Gift...
Book cover of Sherlock Holmes and The Case of The Bulgarian Codex
by Tim Symonds
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2012

It's the year 1900. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson receive an urgent commission from the Prince Regnant of Bulgaria to come to Sofia. The Codex Zographensis, the most ancient and most sacred manuscript in the Old Bulgarian language has been stolen. Its disappearance could lead to the outbreak of war...
Book cover of Tree Identification Book
by George W Symonds
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2013

A new method for the practical identification and recognition of trees -- and an important supplement to existing botanical methods. The book is in two parts: Pictorial Keys and Master Pages. The Keys are designed for easy visual comparison of details which look alike, narrowing the identification...
Book cover of The Life Of Michelangelo Buonarroti
by John Addington Symonds
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

Book cover of Renaissance in Italy : The Fine Arts, Volume III (Illustrated)
by John Addington Symonds
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2014

“Thus what the word Renaissance really means is new birth to liberty—the spirit of mankind recovering consciousness and the power of self-determination, recognizing the beauty of the outer world, and of the body through art, liberating the reason in science and the conscience in religion, restoring...
Book cover of Percy Bysshe Shelley
by John Addington Symonds
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2015

It is worse than useless to deplore the irremediable; yet no man, probably, has failed to mourn the fate of mighty poets, whose dawning gave the promise of a glorious day, but who passed from earth while yet the light that shone in them was crescent. That the world should know Marlowe and Giorgione,...
Book cover of Gestures of Music Theater

Gestures of Music Theater

The Performativity of Song and Dance

by Dominic Symonds, Millie Taylor
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2013

Gestures of Music Theater: The Performativity of Song and Dance offers new, cutting-edge essays focusing on song and dance as performative gestures that not only entertain but also act on audiences and performers. The chapters range across musical theater, opera, theater, and other artistic practices,...
Book cover of Renaissance in Italy : The Age of the Despots, Volume I (Illustrated)
by John Addington Symonds
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2014

“Thus what the word Renaissance really means is new birth to liberty—the spirit of mankind recovering consciousness and the power of self-determination, recognizing the beauty of the outer world, and of the body through art, liberating the reason in science and the conscience in religion, restoring...
Book cover of Renaissance in Italy : Italian Literature, Volume IV (Illustrated)
by John Addington Symonds
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2014

“Thus what the word Renaissance really means is new birth to liberty—the spirit of mankind recovering consciousness and the power of self-determination, recognizing the beauty of the outer world, and of the body through art, liberating the reason in science and the conscience in religion, restoring...
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