Hamlin: 137 books

A history of architecture is a record of man’s efforts to build beautifully. The erection of structures devoid of beauty is mere building, a trade and not an art. Edifices in which strength and stability alone are sought, and in designing which only utilitarian considerations have been followed,...

This book argues that critical realism offers the theory of cognitive rationality a real way of overcoming the limitations of methodological individualism by recognising both the agents' - and the social structure's - causal powers and liabilities. Cynthia Lins Hamlin persuasively argues that critical...

There is no formula to life; it is a constant and ever-changing learning process. We all experience trials of varying degrees, and how we navigate through them can have a tremendous impact on the direction of our lives. Learning to hear the Holy Spirit through Scripture provides an anchor in the midst...

This book puts German policy toward Romania and the German East into a global context. One of the signal events of the twentieth century was Germany's effort to construct an empire in Europe modeled on the European experience outside Europe. The turn to European empire resulted less from the dynamics...

According to Wikipedia: "Main-Travelled Roads is a collection of short stories by the American author Hamlin Garland. First published in 1891, the stories are set in what the author refers to as the "Middle Border," the northwestern prairie states of Wisconsin, Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota...

We live in a leader-centric culture. But what if leadership isn't our goal? Can we use our skills to perform with excellence—as followers? In Embracing Followership, Allen Hamlin Jr. showed that you don't need to be a leader to make a difference. In this 16-part study guide to the...

Classic western novel. According to Wikipedia: "Hamlin Hannibal Garland (September 14, 1860 March 4, 1940) was an American novelist, poet, essayist, and short story writer. He is best known for his fiction involving hard-working Midwestern farmers."

Winner of the 1922 Pulitzer Prize for biography, A Daughter of the Middle Border picks up where the enormously popular A Son of the Middle Border left off in 1893, following acclaimed writer Hamlin Garland’s life through marriage and his later career, until 1914 and the death of his father.

A literary success when it was published in 1902, Captain of the Gray-Horse Troop follows the trials of Captain George Curtis at the Indian Agency at Pine Ridge. In this engrossing novel, Hamlin creates a romantic adventure story about the unjust treatment of the American Indian by cattlemen, drawing on his experiences visiting American Indian reservations.

Classic western novel. According to Wikipedia: "Hamlin Hannibal Garland (September 14, 1860 March 4, 1940) was an American novelist, poet, essayist, and short story writer. He is best known for his fiction involving hard-working Midwestern farmers."

Classic western novel. According to Wikipedia: "Hamlin Hannibal Garland (September 14, 1860 March 4, 1940) was an American novelist, poet, essayist, and short story writer. He is best known for his fiction involving hard-working Midwestern farmers."

Classic western novel. According to Wikipedia: "Hamlin Hannibal Garland (September 14, 1860 March 4, 1940) was an American novelist, poet, essayist, and short story writer. He is best known for his fiction involving hard-working Midwestern farmers."

The young protagonist of this novel is gifted with psychic powers, which take control of her, entrapping her in trances. Dreaming of a normal life, she is rescued by a scientist who believes she should be allowed to determine her own fate. Complete with séances and ghosts, this tale was inspired by Hamlin Garland’s interest in psychic phenomena.

Hamlin Garland’s enormously popular novels about the West represented a change in locale and writing style from his novels and short stories about life on a Midwestern farm. In The Spirit of Sweetwater, a mining adventure and tale of love set in Colorado, his dynamic characters exemplify the rugged individuals typically found out West.