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Wood Techonology
The Puering, Batting and Drenching of Skin [hardcover] Joseph T. Wood
PREFACE THE present volume is the outcome of a desire to preserve the numerous notes that I have made during over twenty years of work in the practical and scientific study of bating. It has been my wish to complete the investigation of this important process in leather manufacture, for, as Lord Allerton has paradoxically remarked Good leather is made before the skins go into the tan liquor at all, but owing to circumstances having drawn me more and more to the commercial side of the business, I have been compelled to abandon this project…
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Sociology
The Continuum [hardcover] Nathan C. Schaeffer
The Progress of educational thought during the closing years of this century has been marvellous. Professional schools have created a demand for professional teaching by giving an increasing group of skilled instructors to our schools. This professional activity has caused our leading cities to provide training schools as integral parts of the city education system. Finally, our great universities have established pedagogy departments for higher training in education. As a result, the leading positions in higher schools and supervision are increasingly demanding professionally trained leaders.
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Classic Fiction, Fiction, literature, Literature & Fiction
Best of Children’s Classics (Set of 8 Books) – Gift Set for Kids – Peter Pan, Heidi, The Wonderful Wizard of OZ, The Railway Children, Black Beauty, Pollyanna, The Secret Garden, The Little Prince [hardcover] Various Authors
Classic Fiction, Fiction, literature, Literature & FictionBest of Children’s Classics (Set of 8 Books) – Gift Set for Kids – Peter Pan, Heidi, The Wonderful Wizard of OZ, The Railway Children, Black Beauty, Pollyanna, The Secret Garden, The Little Prince [hardcover] Various Authors
This amazing collection contains eight of the best books from the timeless classics for children. Be it entering into the magical world of Oz – The Great Wizard, exploring the Swiss Alps with young and vivacious Heidi, flying with Peter Pan to Neverland, living in “the three chimneys house”, running across the English farm with black beauty, crash landing in Sahara and meeting the little prince, playing “the glad game” with Pollyanna Whittier and finding the secret garden with Mary, children will enjoy reading these exciting stories.
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Classic Fiction, Fiction, literature
The Best of Frances Hodgson Burnett Boxed Set (A Little Princess, The Secret Garden, Little Lord Fauntleroy) Set of 3 Books [hardcover] Frances Hodgson Burnett
Classic Fiction, Fiction, literatureThe Best of Frances Hodgson Burnett Boxed Set (A Little Princess, The Secret Garden, Little Lord Fauntleroy) Set of 3 Books [hardcover] Frances Hodgson Burnett
We explore her best works in this boxed collection; each one is a masterpiece in and of itself. Following the journey of little Sara Crewe through hardship, A Little Princess tells a story of tenacity and creativity. Two young characters in The Secret Garden show us the transformational power of friendship and nature. Last but not least, Little Lord Fauntleroy introduces us to the charming Cedric, a young child who gracefully and compassionately navigates the intricacies of nobility. Burnett’s fascinating tales, which continue to enthral readers of all ages, will take you on a literary journey. Timeless tales of resilience and imagination await. Explore the transformative power of nature and friendship. Enter the enchanting world of aristocracy and compassion. Discover Burnett’s best works in one captivating collection. Journey through generations with enduring classics for all.
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Classic Fiction, Fiction
Black Beauty
“It is Good People Who make good places.”Well-born and well-bred, the handsome horse named Black Beauty spends his early days with his mother at an English farm. Treated with affection and kindness. he is encouraged to be good always.”… I hope you will fall into good hands, but a horse never knows who may buy him or drive him; it is all a chance for us; but still I say, do your best, wherever it is, and keep up your good name.”
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Games & Quizzes, Hobbies & Home
20th Century Standard Puzzles [hardcover] A. Cyril Pearson
In Albert Durer’s day, as in Milton’s, melancholy meant thoughtfulness, and on this ground, we find on his woodcut, “Melancholia, or the Genius of the Industrial Science of Mechanics,” a very early instance of a Magic Square, showing that Puzzles had a recognised place in mental gymnastics four hundred years ago.
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Fiction
Awakening And To Let [hardcover] John Galsworthy
John Galsworthy Om was an English novelist and playwright. He is best known for his trilogy of novels collectively called the Forsyte Saga, and two later trilogies, A Modern Comedy and End of the Chapter. He won the Nobel Prize in the Noble Prize in Literature in 1932.
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Classic Fiction, Comedy
Mosquitoes [hardcover] William Faulkner
Mosquitoescentress around a colourful assortment of passengers on a boating excursion from New Orleans. The rich and the aspiring, social butterflies and dissolute dilettantes, are all easy targets for Faulkner’s barbed wit in this engaging, high-spirited novel, which offers a fascinating glimpse of Faulkner as a young artist.
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