Washington: 971 books

Environmental scientist and writer Haydn Washington argues that we will not solve the environmental crisis unless we change our worldview and ethics, and to do so we must rejuvenate our sense of wonder at nature. This book focuses on humanity’s relation with nature, and the sense of wonder...

La leyenda de Sleepy Hollow o La leyenda del jinete sin cabeza es un relato corto de terror y romanticismo, escrito por Washington Irving en 1820. La historia se sitúa en 1784, en los alrededores del asentamiento neerlandés de Tarry Town (Tarrytown, Nueva York), en un apartado valle...

“Hace muchos años, poco antes del estallido de la Revolución Francesa, mi tío pasó varios meses en París. Los ingleses y los franceses mantenían por aquel tiempo muy buenas relaciones, al contrario de lo que acontece ahora, y era habitual verlos juntos en las reuniones de sociedad.”

"Die Legende von Sleepy Hollow" ist eine Erzählung des amerikanischen Schriftstellers Washington Irving (1783-1859), die 1820 als Teil seines "Skizzenbuchs" erschien. Die Geschichte von der nächtlichen Begegnung des Landschulmeisters Ichabod Crane mit einem geisterhaften "Reiter...

Tales of a Traveller, by Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. (1824) is a collection of essays and short stories written by Washington Irving. It was written while Irving was living in Europe, primarily in Germany and Paris, and was published under his Geoffrey Crayon pseudonym.

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Newlyweds Quest & Michaela Ramsey begin their lives together in the midst of a scandal that is about to rock Quest's family. The couple enjoy a brief interlude to share their most intimate secrets & indulge in the pleasure that thrives like a living thing between them. ** This story; along with...

My name is Justin Hauten. My friends call me Hotten. So do my enemies. I’m a staff sergeant in the U.S. Army and for the last few months I’ve been deployed to Afghanistan on a sensitive reconnaissance mission, along with my best friend—and troublemaker—Sean “Nebraska” Walker. I’m...

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In 1809, New Yorkers were buzzing about a series of classified ads concerning the whereabouts of Dutch historian Diedrich Knickerbocker. They were unaware that Washington Irving had invented the man entirely and placed the ads himself. Knickerbocker's purported manuscript, A History of New York, was...

Spanish Papers is a number of stories and legends covering the history of the Muslim conquest of Spain and the later recovery by Christian forces. These stories are from unpublished manuscripts left by Washington Irving in his will after his death.(Goodreads)

George Washington Cable (October 12, 1844 – January 31, 1925) was an American novelist notable for the realism of his portrayals of Creole life in his native New Orleans, Louisiana. He has been called "the most important southern artist working in the late 19th century", as well as "the...

A classic tale by George Washington Cable.

A collection of stories and legends written by Washington Irving. Apart from Rip Van Winkle and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow which made both Irving and The Sketch Book famous , the other tales include Roscoe, The Broken Heart, A Royal Poet, The Spectre Bridegroom, Westminster Abbey, Little Britain, and others. The book also marks Irving's first use of the pseudonym Geoffrey Crayon.