Wharton: 570 books

There’s something different about AWESOME women. They’re distinctive for at least two reasons:•Women called to ordained ministry in the Church of England•Women from the evangelical traditionThat distinctive difference can be a challenge. It’s a challenge to follow God’s calling...

Everything there is to know about traditional Native American basket weaving. Native American basket weaving is an intricate and powerful art, representative of the legends and ceremonies of the Indian nations and their cultures. George Wharton James’s Indian Basketry is an invaluable aid...

Wharton's first (1899) published collection of short stories ranges from light humor, social commentary, deception, and travel, to the darkly Gothic. Includes “The Muse's Tragedy," “A Journey," “The Pelican," “Souls Belated," “A Coward," “A Cup of Cold Water," “The Portrait," and a short play, “The Twilight of the Gods."

Edith Wharton's Coming Home is a short story of seven chapters that centers around the life of a French man named Jean de Réchamp during the war. The story is narrated in the first-personal pronoun and bases itself on reports about the atrocities committed by the German army.

The Balyan family were a dynasty of architects, builders and property owners who acted as the official architects to the Ottoman Sultans throughout the 18th and 19th centuries. Originally Armenian, the family is responsible for some of the most famous Ottoman buildings in existence, many of which...

After spending ten years in the army, James Wharton enters civilian life and settles in the idyllic English countryside with his husband and two dogs, in what seems to be a perfect fairy-tale ending. But only a year later, separated from his husband, James finds himself trying to carve out...

Francophile Wharton, an American buried in Versailles, was one of the few foreign front-line correspondents in France during World War I. A passionate advocate for the French national cause, this 1918 novella of a young American soldier in the Foreign Legion takes the United States to task for its slow aid to its ally.

Born in England, George Wharton James emigrated to America to work as a Method minister in the desert Southwest, but soon entered into a period of intense personal strife, during which he learned valuable lessons about life. The timeless self-help classic Quit Your Worrying! is a must-read for anyone struggling with anxiety.

The Great Recession brought rising inequality and changing family economies. New technologies continued to move jobs overseas, including those held by middle-class information workers. The first new edition to capture these historic changes, this book is the leading text in the sociology of work and...

The Old Franciscan Missions Of California by George Wharton James.

The Indians Of The Painted Desert Region by George Wharton James.

Finally available, a high quality book of the original classic edition of Picturesque Pala - The Story of the Mission Chapel of San Antonio de Padua Connected with Mission San Luis Rey. It was previously published by other bona fide publishers, and is now, after many years, back in print. This...

Originally published in 1903, The Descent of Man and Other Stories is an early collection of short fiction that isn't held together by any particular theme. Of all the stories perhaps the most interesting for technical reasons is The Lady's Maid's Bell, a ghost story that incorporates a distinctly unreliable...