Our heroine in these two volumes which total 18 chapters, Mary Eliska Girl Detective Girl Aviatrix, is a well-off young lady whose grandfather Albert Stricklin is a newspaper publisher in Piedmont, California, who supports her as a reporter for his paper The Piedmont Star, aware that she likes to dabble in detective work. Flying in her airplane and driving her jalopy "Calamity Jane", Mary Eliska joins with her three best friends: nieces Jacqueline...

Excerpt: "It has been my endeavour to provide in this book a concise, yet sufficiently complete, account of the physical characters of the mineral species which find service in jewelry, and of the methods available for determining their principal physical constants to enable a reader, even if previously unacquainted with the subject, to have at hand all the information requisite for the sure identification of any cut stone which may be met with. For...

A remarkable new history evoking the centrality of Italy to World War II, outlining the brief rise and triumph of the Fascists, followed by the disastrous fall of the Italian military campaign. While staying closely aligned with Hitler, Mussolini remained carefully neutral until the summer of 1940. At that moment, with the wholly unexpected and sudden collapse of the French and British armies, Mussolini declared war on the Allies in the hope of making...

Este libro fue elaborado con el objetivo de presentar al lector las vivencias humanas trilladas por un hombre divino, que alcanzó la unión perfecta con Dios, reveló y legó a la humanidad el método de salvación que nos habilita para tornarnos habitantes del Reino del Cielo en la Tierra. Toda nuestra investigación se basó en los diversos libros de Enseñanzas traducidos por el Reverendo Minoru Nakahashi y en sus centenares de aulas que hablan...

The latest entry in Laurie R. King and Leslie S. Klinger's popular Sherlock Holmes-inspired mystery series, featuring fifteen talented authors and a multitude of new cases for Arthur Conan Doyle's most acclaimed detective. Sherlock Holmes has not only captivated readers for more than a century and a quarter, he has fascinated writers as well. Almost immediately, the detective's genius, mastery, and heroism became the standard by which other creators...

This early work is a fascinating read for amateur and professional antiquarians, thoroughly recommended for use as a reference on all aspects of antique chairs. Extensively illustrated with text and full page drawings to accompany the text. Contents Include: The Historic Background of Chairs; Chairs of the Seventeenth Century from Tudor Gothic through William and Mary; Slat-back and Banister-back Chairs; American Windsor Chairs; Queen Anne and Georgian...

A guide to pottery created by one of the great forgotten civilisations, the Harappa people of the Indus valley. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

¿El pasado puede perseguirte? Te invito a que conozcas la vida de Alena, una adolecente que escapa de un hogar abusivo y maltratador, por lo que debe tomar decisiones difíciles, atravesar pérdidas insuperables, un milagro y promesas de amor que perduran en el tiempo. Pero ¿qué pasaría si, después de 20 años, el pasado vuelve? Quizás no siempre debe ser malo, tal vez son las promesas que hiciste, que te recuerdan quién eres y te dicen que...

A trans-world journey with an extraordinary shorebird-from Australia's southern ocean to the Arctic and back-that explores the mysteries of the natural world and its power to heal. As the sun lowered and turned Gulf St Vincent fiery, they each called a high-pitched 'peeooowiii!', flashed their black wing-pits, spread their tail skirts and took flight... In a luminous new book, Andrew Darby follows the odysseys of two seemingly-humble Grey Plovers,...

Living on the banks of the Withlacoochee River in Crackertown, Florida was a great place to live. I was either in the river or on the river as much as possible with my friends. That was our playground. I attended elementary school in Yankeetown. Then high school in Crystal River. Good old Crystal River high school. I will never forget you. After graduation I married my boyfriend and moved to Atlanta. He was a student at Georgia Tech. We had 3 children...