Lane: 1880 books

Lecumberri was a Mexican Prison. Opened in 1900 and as I am a witness closed August 26, 1976. I arrived on August 24, 1972 around noon. We Americans as well everyone, find ourselves in a world of payoffs, mordidas, bribes, daily handouts, rent on cells, fees for using the shower, a hotplate, a raffle,...

In this book, John Lane calls us to awaken to the possibilities of a culture that recognizes the importance of beauty, and to acknowledge that we are only fully human in contact with the beautiful. Once, people were instinctively tuned to the beautiful. In those distant days before the advent of the...

A collection of slightly fictionalized, autobiographical short stories from one man's life.

Very short stories. Bite sized fiction to entertain, thrill, amuse, or perhaps scare you in a small package. Stories that attempt to really go places in only a few sentences.

The Routledge Concise History of Canadian Literature introduces the fiction, poetry and drama of Canada in its historical, political and cultural contexts. In this clear and structured volume, Richard Lane outlines: the history of Canadian literature from colonial times to the present key...

Marguerite Lane removes the pain With a cheery little rhyme When your mojos like a yoyo Bring it into line. If you long for some redemption From the Spirits pain Join us to release the tension Smiling to stay sane.

When Beatrix Potter died, few people knew the full story of her life. Margaret Lane's remarkable piece of literary detective work, originally published only three years after Beatrix's death, told her story for the first time. Extensively revised in 1985 to include new material that had come to light,...

From the author of Her, a suspenseful, assured literary debut that explores the dark side of desire and ambition through one woman's unlikely entry into an elite world. Driving home to London one winter evening, Frances happens upon a car that has flipped onto its side. She comforts the dying...

"Undoubtedly the best gardening book for the past 30 years--provocative, full of information, witty and very funny" --Financial Times An award-winning historian of antiquity, Robin Lane Fox is also one of Britain's foremost gardening experts, and in Thoughtful Gardening he takes readers...

Henry the Lion (1129 1195) was the Duke of Saxony, and one of the most powerful German princes of his era. He is also well known for being the cousin of Frederick I Barbarossa. Henry the Lion is a wonderful, brief biography by historian Austin Lane Poole. A table of contents is also included for easier navigation.

On the morning of Saturday, November 20, 1943, the U.S. 2d Marine Division undertook the first modern amphibious assault against a well-defended beachhead. The objective was tiny Betio Island in Tarawa Atoll. The result was an classic story of tragedy and near defeat turned around into an epic of...

In The Classical World, eminent classicist Robin Lane Fox brilliantly chronicles this vast sweep of history from Homer to the reign of Hadrian. From the Peloponnesian War through the creation of Athenian democracy, from the turbulent empire of Alexander the Great to the creation of the Roman...

The Mongol Empire was the mightiest land empire the world has ever seen. At its height it was twice the size of its Roman equivalent. For a remarkable century and a half it commanded a population of 100 million people, while the rule of Chinggis (Genghis) Khan marched undefeated from the Pacific Ocean...

New Thought Advocate and well-known musician and workshop facilitator, Lauren Lane Powell, discovered she had developed Stage 3C Ovarian Cancer in the prime of her life. When she went within for guidance she heard, "Do it differently." Follow Lauren's different journey, from diagnosis, through...