Download or read book The Coming Wave Or The Hidden Treasure of High Rock Esprios Classics written by Oliver Optic and published by . This book was released on 2020-06-17 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William Taylor Adams (July 30, 1822 - March 27, 1897), pseudonym Oliver Optic, was a noted academic, author, and a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives. Adams first began to write at the age of 28, and his first book, Hatchie, the Guardian Slave (1853), was published under the pseudonym of Warren T. Ashton. It was only a modest success, but Adams was undaunted. In 1854 Adams produced his first real hit, the initial volume in the Boat Club series. Among his best-known works were the two "Blue and Gray" series, which were set during the Civil War. Adams wrote well over 100 books in total, most of them for a boy audience, and the majority of these in series of four to six volumes.

Download or read book The Coming Wave Or the Hidden Treasure of High Rock written by Optic Oliver and published by Hardpress Publishing. This book was released on 2016-06-23 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.

Download or read book The Karen People of Burma written by Harry Ignatius Marshall and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book The Year of Reading Dangerously written by Andy Miller and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2014-12-09 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An editor and writer's vivaciously entertaining, and often moving, chronicle of his year-long adventure with fifty great books (and two not-so-great ones)—a true story about reading that reminds us why we should all make time in our lives for books. Nearing his fortieth birthday, author and critic Andy Miller realized he's not nearly as well read as he'd like to be. A devout book lover who somehow fell out of the habit of reading, he began to ponder the power of books to change an individual life—including his own—and to the define the sort of person he would like to be. Beginning with a copy of Bulgakov's Master and Margarita that he happens to find one day in a bookstore, he embarks on a literary odyssey of mindful reading and wry introspection. From Middlemarch to Anna Karenina to A Confederacy of Dunces, these are books Miller felt he should read; books he'd always wanted to read; books he'd previously started but hadn't finished; and books he'd lied about having read to impress people. Combining memoir and literary criticism, The Year of Reading Dangerously is Miller's heartfelt, humorous, and honest examination of what it means to be a reader. Passionately believing that books deserve to be read, enjoyed, and debated in the real world, Miller documents his reading experiences and how they resonated in his daily life and ultimately his very sense of self. The result is a witty and insightful journey of discovery and soul-searching that celebrates the abiding miracle of the book and the power of reading.

Download or read book The Young Lieutenant written by Oliver Optic and published by . This book was released on 1865 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sequel to The soldier boy. Sequel: Fighting Joe.

Download or read book Haste And Waste Or The Young Pilot Of Lake Champlain A Story For Young People written by Oliver Optic and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-07 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Oliver Optic, a well-known author of children's and young adult books wrote an interesting book called Haste and Waste; Or, the Young Pilot of Lake Champlain. The story is about Paul Duncan, a young man with a lot of energy and drive who wants to become a skilled pilot on Lake Champlain. Set against the lake and the towns around it, the story looks at Paul's goals, difficulties, and growth as he moves through the water and faces different problems. As the name suggests, Haste and Waste are about making decisions on the spot and the bad things that can happen when you don't think things through. Paul is eager to show himself as a pilot, so he makes quick decisions that put him in dangerous situations and set him back. He learns important lessons about patience, duty, and the need to think things through before making decisions.

Download or read book The Boat Club Or The Bunkers of Rippleton written by Oliver Optic and published by . This book was released on 1869 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Poor and Proud Or The Fortunes of Katy Redburn written by Oliver Optic and published by . This book was released on 1859 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book The Bloater written by Rosemary Tonks and published by New Directions Publishing. This book was released on 2022-09-06 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A rediscovered literary classic, The Bloater is a rollicking hothouse novel where love and repulsion are two paths to the same abyss Why do the only men I know carry wet umbrellas and say “Umm?” I’m being starved alive. Quick: the first bookshop for a copy of the Kama-Sutra. Min works at the BBC as a sound engineer, and in theory she’s married, but her husband George is so invisible that she accidentally turns the lights off even when he’s still in the room. Luckily, she has her friends and lovers to distract her: in Min’s self-lacerating, bracingly opinionated voice, life boils down to sex appeal—and of late she’s being courted by an internationally renowned opera singer whom she refers to as The Bloater (a swelled, salted herring). Disgusted by and attracted to him in equal measure, her dilemma—which reaches a hysterical, hilarious pitch—is whether to sleep with him or not. Rosemary Tonks—the salt and pepper of the earth—is a writer who gets her claws into the reader with all the joy of a cat and a mouse. Vain and materialistic, tender and savage, narrated in brilliant, sparkling prose, The Bloater is the perfect snapshot of London in the 1960s.

Download or read book Palace and Cottage Or Young America in France and Switzerland written by Oliver Optic and published by . This book was released on 1876 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Plane and Plank written by Oliver Optic and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-04-12 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book John Cage written by David Patterson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-28 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Cage seeks to explore the early part of the composer's life and career, concentrating on the pre-chance period between 1933 and 1950 that is crucial to understanding his later work. The essays consider Cage's influences, his evolving aesthetic, and his movement toward ideology that would later shape his work.