Griffis: 92 books

Herein are 35 Japanese Children’s Fairy Stories  taken from the Wonderlore of Japan – and plentiful it is. Japanese lore was well already established when Europe was starting to emerge from the Dark Ages. Compiled in the 19th C. by W E Griffis these stories have been illustrated by Ozawa of Tokio...

5 works of William Elliot Griffis American orientalist, Congregational minister, lecturer, and prolific author (1843-1928) This ebook presents a collection of 5 works of William Elliot Griffis. A dynamic table of contents allows you to jump directly to the work selected. Table of Contents:...

William Elliot Griffis was an American orientalist, Congregational minister, lecturer, and prolific author. Griffis was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of a sea captain and later a coal trader. Belgian Fairy Tales is a collection of tales penne by Griffis. Contents include: The War Storm...

John Chambers written by William Elliot Griffis who was an American orientalist, Congregational minister, lecturer, and prolific author. This book was published in 1903. And now republish in ebook format. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to...

Much has been written about America’s war in Vietnam, and an enduring and troubling subtext is the composition of the body of soldiers that made up the U.S. troop deployment: from the initially well-trained and disciplined group of largely elite units that served in the mid-sixties to what has been...

Japanese Fairy World: Stories from the Wonder-Lore of Japan written by William Elliot Griffis who was an American orientalist, Congregational minister, lecturer, and prolific author. This book was published in 1880. And now republish in ebook format. We believe this work is culturally important in...

A Vermont Gardening Memoir, is my 5th Memoir it tells how I started learning about gardening in Aynho England as a child. Finally after all our travels we moved to Vermont and ended up opening our own greenhouse business. It describes how we brought English style gardening to New England. There are over...

AMONG the earliest memories of a childhood spent near the now vanished Philadelphia Navy Yard, are the return home of the marines and sailors from the Mexican war, the launch of the noble steam frigate Susquehanna, the salutes from the storeship Princeton, and the exhibit of the art treasures brought...

Dawn was born in England in 1940. She trained as a nurse in England. In 1962 she married an American, and three years later moved to America with her husband, Mike and their two daughters. This book describes her experiences in nursing and living in nine different States in America. From the deep south...

In a short line of Texas Highways distinguished photo editors, J. Griffis Smith has been described by a fellow photographer as a “galactic force,” reveling in taking pictures of everything Texas wherever the magazine’s assignments took him, all with the goal of inspiring “folks to travel.” Celebrating...

This book is a tribute to all the people who were part of the rehabilitation of the men who had suffered severe head injuries during WWII. The doctors, nurses, therapists and staff who were all part of the life at Headington Hill Hall during those years. The contribution these people made have had profound...

Throughout history, the Amoven have survived by staying in the realm of legend, disbelief, and deliberate misdirection. But now, these werewolves have more to fear than hunters: nature and evolution are coming for them.Daniel McTavish's drive to rise in Amoven society pits him against...

When Leo and Gerald go on their honeymoon to the English seaside, they expect to spend a lot of time in a luxurious bed and a little in the sun and surf. Unfortunately, a murder on their hotel floor ruins that lovely plan. With the deceased an acquaintance of Leo’s–and a German diplomat–Leo...

In this page-turning post-apocalyptic thriller, Roy M. Griffis explores an alternate timeline in which America falls victim to a coordinated attack by Islamic jihadists and Chinese Communists. It’s 2008 and George W. Bush is still president. Three years later, the man called “Lonesome George”...