Search Results: BOXING DAY from Aruna Mettler

This Atlas is unusal and comprehensive volume of its kind. It is story of American battle for independence with help of maps, may of which have been reproduced over 250 years ago. The publisher was able to work directly with the original engravings.

This book belonged to my mother-in-law, Irene Mettler who was an avid reader. The book is in very good condition
The cover show a bit of age not noticeable.

Posthumus work from Mark Twain. The book has dark humor on life, death, religion, & sin. This was written after the death of his wife and daughter.
Dust cover shows being hand held and signs of age. Over all in acceptable condition. Book is in very good condition. Book cover almost as if new.

Ball's Bluff is an interesting battle-certainly a textbook example of how to cross a river under fire. It was a dramatic affair and this book gives its full factual account. The book was publish also to save Ball's Bluff National Cemetary. By calling attention to the historic battle and to honor the soldiers who lost their lives in this battler. A noble cause to preserve local history.

The great swamp was from a short distance from New York city. Much more than a swamp ist was a combination of woodlands and wetlands combind in one and a great sanctury for wildlife. A vital watershed enjoyed by 250,000 people who enjoyed the nature's tranquility.
The decision to demolish the Great Swamp was devastating to the area's residents. These citizens gathered to fight this decision by the legislature. Ultimately a permanent solution was found to save this area of great beauty. A fascinating true account of amazing people.

The dust cover looks a bit used. However, the hard cover and the interior of the book is like new.
A brilliant account by the author by New York Times:
For a learned and vivid excrusion through savior vivre, one could hardly ask for a better companion than Mr. Bernier."

The dust jacket shows a bit of aging. The book is in excellent condition. This book is historic. It records 200 years of history of an Institution that was conceived by the Dutch Church during a period of internal crisis, was first chartered in 1766 as Queen's College. Eventually, it was nourished by church as a full-fledged stat university-RUTGERS.

Book is in good condition. Hard cover has look of age. Interior like new.
Collector's item

It is joy to read this book. It words sweep you away to the Mississippi river. A reader becomes the explorere, the voyager, nobility and more.
The basi of 300,000 square miles in Texas and New Mexico which in many aspects for a part of Mississippi Basin and is the second great valley of the world. Absolutely brilliant.

"A VIOLENT, SCANDALOUS ERA IN THE HISTORY IS RECONSTRUCTED THROUGH CLAUDIUS CAESAR'S OWN STORY OF HIS LIFE IN TOME DURING THE BLOODY REIGN OF AUGUSTUS, TIBERIUS AND THE MAD CALIGULA."
This best-selling Novel won both:
THE JAMES BLACK AND HAWTHORNEDEN PRIZES IN 1935.

FROM THE PUBLISHER
Mathew Brady, one of the foremost early American photographers and one of the earliest war photographers, was official photographer for the Union Army in the Civil War. With his assistants and his horse-drawn photographic wagon, Brady accompanied the troops and recorded the war firsthand. His war pictures are among the greatest war photographs ever taken, and constitute a prized pictorial record of American history.A photographer much in demand by statesmen and celebrities, Brady amassed a gallery of distinguished portraits. Most famous of these is the Brady Lincoln, the photograph used for the engraving of the Lincoln head on the five-dollar bill. There are even photographs of Brady himself. But the heart of the book is the Civil War photographs: Battle Smoke, Union Wounded at Fredericksburg, Burnside's Bridge over the Antietam, Death of a Rebel Sniper, Remains of the Dead at Chancellorsville, Embalming Surgeon at Work, Atlanta Ga. Just After Its Capture, and others. Meredith's… Read More

Theis book is in box case with three books. It is in excellent condition. Almost new. It is the story of how American precidency was created and the power behind it. Fascinating book to have. Great resource for School and college students.
Amazing photographs and illustrations.

This book is new. Never opened or used. Excellent condition. This book is dedicated to the memory of two departed friends- Helen L. Card and E. Walter Latendorf.
"In the words of the authors: They devoted themselves to the advancement of American Illustration as a great art. Their like will never be seen again."

Book is in excellent condition. Dust Jacket slight discoloration due to aging but in very good condition.
Opposing Grant and the Army of the Potomac was Robert. E. Lee, the last great knight of the battle. He was a god to his men and scourge to his antagonists.
A brilliant description of an important chapter in the Civil War history.

This is a heart touching story of Lincoln's love for toys. After his death when his body was being prepared for his final journey a room full of toys was discovered by the attendants. He was in stature a gian of a man but his heart was soft as a feather. A beautiful story of one of the greatest president's of our nation.

Colleen McCullough novel Thorn Birds was a landmark event in her career and it laid the foundation of her excellent story telling as a writer.
The First Man in Rome engages the reader into a vivid world of political intrigue, danger, wars, assassination, upheavel, passionate family alliances and rivalries- and stark realty.
It is hard to put the book away once one begins to read....

"Sumter started the greatest war this land ever knew. It was far more causative significance than Pearl Harbor. It represents the Noth-South Quarrel. The author tells the story of extraordinary courage of American Military and Major Robert Anderson who was the defender of the fort." A must read for history buffs.

The dust jacket has slight aged symptoms otherwise in good condition. The book is in good condition.
Faulkner was a noble prize winner for Authur of Soldier's pay, Sanctury and a few other novels.

Book is in very good condition. Dust jacket colored with age otherwise fine.
It is amongst the rare book find.

This book is a celebration of Masterpiece Theater's first decade. Alistair Cooke has converted introductory talks into essays about history and personalities and literary works that inspired and shaped the programs. he included acute studies of such Continentals as Tlstoy, Flaubert, Balzac, and Dostoyevsky. Arranged chronologically from Henry the V111 to World War 11. Absolutely amazing and a treasure that is timeless.