William Bryant: 20 books

In a sublime exploration of the most unpredictable element of the earth, William Bryant Logan opens our eyes to the astonishing physics, chemistry, biology, history, art, and even music of the air. Air sustains the living. Every creature breathes to live, exchanging and changing the atmosphere....

"A gleeful, poetic book…Like the best natural histories, Dirt is a kind of prayer." —Los Angeles Times Book Review "You are about to read a lot about dirt, which no one knows very much about." So begins the cult classic that brings mystery and magic to "that stuff...

The ultimate distance race is within your reach—a completely updated edition of the now-classic work. Professional arborist and award-winning nature writer William Bryant Logan deftly relates the delightful history of the reciprocal relationship between humans and oak trees since time immemorial—a...

Picturesque America was a two-volume set of books describing and illustrating the scenery of America, which grew out of an earlier series in Appleton and #39;s Journal. It was published by D. Appleton and Company of New York in 1872 and 1874 and edited by the romantic poet and journalist William Cullen...

Picturesque America was a two-volume set of books describing and illustrating the scenery of America, which grew out of an earlier series in Appleton and #39;s Journal. It was published by D. Appleton and Company of New York in 1872 and 1874 and edited by the romantic poet and journalist William Cullen...

Iquitos 1910 is based on the underground gay classic--Roger Casements description in his own of his voyage of investigation in the Putumayo region of the Amazon, with related passages on Alfred Russel Wallace who explored the same region in the mid 19th century. Memo Strozzi, aspiring writer and amateur...

This book is about commencing my life with nothing but overcoming severe, next-to-impossible obstacles meanwhile attaining great success in military service, business, and politics, but failing in love. Most readers of this book will recall a similar situation in their past. Sex orientation was not...

Dark Desert Hot River is a study of the historical background of the Gulf War, starting with T. E. Lawrence and the development of British interests in the Middle East, leading to the emergence of the Baath Party in Iraq and the rise of Saddam Hussein. The long essay on Lawrence is marbled with unexpected...

On January 11, 1821, he married Frances Fairchild. With an invitation to address the Harvard University Phi Beta Kappa Society he wrote "The Ages", a panorama in verse of the history of civilization, culminating in the establishment of the United States. That poem led a collection, entitled Poems, which...

On January 11, 1821, he married Frances Fairchild. With an invitation to address the Harvard University Phi Beta Kappa Society he wrote "The Ages", a panorama in verse of the history of civilization, culminating in the establishment of the United States. That poem led a collection, entitled Poems, which...

4 works of William Cullen Bryant American romantic poet, journalist, and long-time editor of the New York Evening Post (1794-1878) This ebook presents a collection of 4 works of William Cullen Bryant. A dynamic table of contents allows you to jump directly to the work selected. ...

4 works of William Cullen Bryant American romantic poet, journalist, and long-time editor of the New York Evening Post (1794-1878) This ebook presents a collection of 4 works of William Cullen Bryant. A dynamic table of contents allows you to jump directly to the work selected. ...

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...

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