Describes Paris cafes, restaurants, bars, hotels, and landmarks portrayed by Hemingway in his fiction and nonfiction

Product Description: A thanksgiving and lament for life on the South Carolina coast; Columbus knew no greater thrill than I, a ten-year-old discovering new creeks and branches and islands and mainland hideaways.... I resolved to make my living as an explorer and said so in school when we were all asked what we planned to do upon our growing up...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work...read more

Amazon.com Review: The author of Hip: The History reveals the lessons of the original hipster bible, On the Road Legions of youthful Americans have taken On the Road as a manifesto for rebellion and an inspiration to hit the road. But there is much more to the novel than that...read more

Product Description: This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience...read more

Product Description: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work...read more

Product Description: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work...read more

Chronicles the evolution of American pop culture in the twentieth century, explaining how consumer trends and product popularity shaped the nation's self-image, impacted international style, and changed perspectives on mainstream value.

Product Description: In Learning the Valley, award-winning nature writer John Leland guides readers through the natural and human history of the Shenandoah Valley in twenty-five short essays on topics ranging from poison ivy and maple syrup to Stonewall Jackson and spelunking...read more

Looks at the natural history of introduced plants and animal species in the United States.

Product Description: Award-winning nature writer John Leland offers a collection of twenty-seven short, poetic essays that marry science and the humanities as the author seeks meaning in trees. Readings in Wood is an investigation of trees and forests and also of wood as a material that people have found essential in the creation of society and culture...read more

Product Description: FIREFLIES is a collection of lyric poems, formal and informal, that seek solace in nature and memory for the heartache of being human. From children chasing fireflies at night to middle agers chasing lost loves at three in the morning, they trace the compromises we make to make it--the dead mice, cats, fetuses, and loves left in our wakes...read more