Leland: 295 books
by Charles Godfrey Leland
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2015
This book consists almost entirely of legends or traditions of a varied character, referring to places and buildings in Florence, such as the Cathedral and Campanile, the Signoria, the Bargello, the different city gates, ancient towers and bridges, palaces, crosses, and fountains, noted corners, odd...
American Architecture
A History
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2018
More than fifteen years after the success of the first edition, this sweeping introduction to the history of architecture in the United States is now a fully revised guide to the major developments that shaped the environment from the first Americans to the present, from the everyday vernacular to...
by Leland Earl Pulley
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2014
This book stresses the years of childhood, adolescence, and early adulthood. Some of the most significant events in our lives occur during these growing up years. We develop into our adult selves. This time period has a great impact on what we do with the rest of our lives.
So much of what...
by John Leland
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1989
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1989
Retracing for modern-day visitors the Paris of "The Sun Also Rises" and "A Moveable Feast," of James Joyce, Gertrude Stein, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Ezra Pound, thsi guidebook uncovers the cafes, hotels, restaurants, bars, nightclubs, gardens, and other landmarks immortalized by Hemingway in his fiction and nonfiction.
Secrets of the Cold War
US Army Europe's Intelligence and Counterintelligence Activities Against the Soviets During the Cold War
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2013
Secrets of the Cold War focuses on a dark period of a silent war and offers a new perspective on the struggle between the superpowers of the world told in the words of those who were there. The author, formerly an expert in counterintelligence in US Army Europe, weaves together exciting true accounts...
Worldly Saints
The Puritans As They Really Were
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2010
"Ryken's Worldly Saints offers a fine introduction to seventeenth-century Puritanism in its English and American contexts. The work is rich in quotations from Puritan worthies and is ideally suited to general readers who have not delved widely into Puritan literature. It will also be a source...
by Aaron W. Leland And Elihu W. Baldwin
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Giorgio Agamben
A Critical Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2009
Giorgio Agamben is a philosopher well known for his brilliance and erudition, as well as for the difficulty and diversity of his seventeen books. The interest which his Homo Sacer sparked in America is likely to continue to grow for a great many years to come. Giorgio Agamben: A Critical Introduction...
Translating Truth (Foreword by J.I. Packer)
The Case for Essentially Literal Bible Translation
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2005
Which translation do I choose?
In an age when there is a wide choice of English Bible translations, the issues involved in Bible translating are steadily gaining interest. Consumers often wonder what separates one Bible version from another.
The contributors to this book argue that there...
by Charles G. Leland
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2009
The Library of Alexandria is an independent small business publishing house. We specialize in bringing back to live rare, historical and ancient Books. This includes manuscripts such as: classical fiction, philosophy, science, Religion, folklore, mythology, history, literature, politics and sacred texts,...
How to Start a Motivational Speakers - Independent Business
How to Start a Motivational Speakers - Independent Business
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2015
This publication will teach you the basics of starting a Motivational Speakers - Independent 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 Motivational Spe
Pastors in the Classics
Timeless Lessons on Life and Ministry from World Literature
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2012
Throughout the history of English literature, church ministers have figured prominently in novels, plays, morality tales, and even poetry. Pastors in the Classics is a unique, unprecedented collection of relevant literary masterpieces in which the pastor's experience is a major part of the story.
Part...
Courage to Be First
The Journey of Mid-Columbia Medical Center in The Dalles , Oregon Becoming the First Planetree Hospital in America
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2009
This book is more than the story of a small, rural Oregon hospital’s successful attempt to profoundly change for the better the way patients, their families and friends, staff and employees experience healthcare. It is the account of an extraordinary effort that led to a remarkable transformation...