Aldrich: 148 books

Writers of the modern essay can trace their chosen genre all the way back to Michel de Montaigne (1533–92). But save for the recent notable best seller How to Live: A Life of Montaigne by Sarah Bakewell, Montaigne is largely ignored. After Montaigne—a collection of twenty-four new personal essays...

Ceylon, or Sri Lanka, was long known to travellers for its luxuriant landscapes, colourful temples and friendly inhabitants – the island once named Serendip. This book explores the sojourns of gay visitors from the late 1800s to the modern day, providing a history of homosexuality, travel and cultural...

"Have you ever thought, "Oh, if only I could be like....if only I were as pretty as....oh, to be as talented as...."? If you have ever had these longings, then you will enjoy reading Geordy and the Nuthatch.

This publication will teach you the basics of how to start a Nail File Business. With step by step guides and instructions, you will not only have a better understanding, but gain valuable knowledge of how to start a Nail File Business

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900's 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.

Since the first edition was published in 1980, Metric Pattern Cutting for Menswear has become established as the standard work on this subject and has proved invaluable as both a textbook for students and a reference source for the practising designer. In this fifth edition, the chapter on...

“If you’ve set your sights on a career in healthcare management, this book will be your personal guide to what it takes to succeed. Who better to learn from than today’s top executives who have scaled the ladder ahead of you.” —Kathyrn Ullrich, author of Getting to the Top, Strategies for...

Gentle Persuasion is an encouraging appeal of all Christians of all ages and abilities to become part of God's strategy for brings needy men and women to Christ. Join Joe as he explains how cherry piess, hammers and saws, lawn mowers, broken-down cars, chariots of fire, babysitters, duck hunters, llama farmerss--and even attack lambs with steel wool--can draw your friends to the Savior.

DEEP IN THE SOUTH OF TEXAS About twenty years ago Here on this tiny lil island She called herself Marie Laveaux Ardella and Frank had the Poop Deck She came in to dry her hair With the bright sun and the gulf breeze Frank said Youre the one Come on aboard and well have some fun! Everyone knows It...

It was the first Tuesday in August. The Nebraska heat rolled in upon one like the engulfing waves of a dry sea,--a thick material substance against which one seemed to push when moving about. Two women, standing by the back porch of a house in the north end of Cedartown, commented wearily. "Hot." "Awful." The...

Through an explanation of forty figures in European culture, ^The Seduction of the Mediterranean argues that the Mediterranean, classical and contemporary, was the central theme in homoerotic writing and art from the 1750s to the 1950s. Episodes of exile, murder, drug-taking, wild homosexual orgies...

This is the story of a bad boy. Well, not such a very bad, but a pretty bad boy; and I ought to know, for I am, or rather I was, that boy myself.