Best of
Non-Fiction
1961
The Death and Life of Great American Cities
Jane Jacobs - 1961
In prose of outstanding immediacy, Jane Jacobs writes about what makes streets safe or unsafe; about what constitutes a neighborhood, and what function it serves within the larger organism of the city; about why some neighborhoods remain impoverished while others regenerate themselves. She writes about the salutary role of funeral parlors and tenement windows, the dangers of too much development money and too little diversity. Compassionate, bracingly indignant, and always keenly detailed, Jane Jacobs's monumental work provides an essential framework for assessing the vitality of all cities.
Nobody Knows My Name
James Baldwin - 1961
Told with Baldwin's characteristically unflinching honesty, this collection of illuminating, deeply felt essays examines topics ranging from race relations in the United States to the role of the writer in society, and offers personal accounts of Richard Wright, Norman Mailer and other writers.
The Wretched of the Earth
Frantz Fanon - 1961
Fanon's masterwork is a classic alongside Edward Said's Orientalism or The Autobiography of Malcolm X, and it is now available in a new translation that updates its language for a new generation of readers.The Wretched of the Earth is a brilliant analysis of the psychology of the colonized and their path to liberation. Bearing singular insight into the rage and frustration of colonized peoples, and the role of violence in effecting historical change, the book incisively attacks the twin perils of post-independence colonial politics: the disenfranchisement of the masses by the elites on the one hand, and intertribal and interfaith animosities on the other.Fanon's analysis, a veritable handbook of social reorganization for leaders of emerging nations, has been reflected all too clearly in the corruption and violence that has plagued present-day Africa. The Wretched of the Earth has had a major impact on civil rights, anticolonialism, and black consciousness movements around the world, and this bold new translation by Richard Philcox reaffirms it as a landmark.
The Great Siege: Malta 1565
Ernle Bradford - 1961
Under their sultan, Solyman the Magnificent, the Turks had conquered most of Eastern Europe. The rulers of Christian Europe were at their wits' end to stem the tide of disaster. The Knights of St John, the fighting religious order drawn from most of the nations of Christendom had been driven from their island fortress of Rhodes 40 years earlier. From their new base of Malta their galleys had been so successful in their raids on Turkish shipping that the Sultan realised that only they stood between him and total mastery of the Mediterranean. He determined to obliterartethe Knights of Malta.
A Grief Observed
C.S. Lewis - 1961
S. Lewis's wife, the American-born poet Joy Davidman. In her introduction to this new edition, Madeleine L'Engle writes: "I am grateful to Lewis for having the courage to yell, to doubt, to kick at God in angry violence. This is a part of a healthy grief which is not often encouraged. It is helpful indeed that C. S. Lewis, who has been such a successful apologist for Christianity, should have the courage to admit doubt about what he has so superbly proclaimed. It gives us permission to admit our own doubts, our own angers and anguishes, and to know that they are part of the soul's growth."Written in longhand in notebooks that Lewis found in his home, A Grief Observed probes the "mad midnight moments" of Lewis's mourning and loss, moments in which he questioned what he had previously believed about life and death, marriage, and even God. Indecision and self-pity assailed Lewis. "We are under the harrow and can't escape," he writes. "I know that the thing I want is exactly the thing I can never get. The old life, the jokes, the drinks, the arguments, the lovemaking, the tiny, heartbreaking commonplace." Writing A Grief Observed as "a defense against total collapse, a safety valve," he came to recognize that "bereavement is a universal and integral part of our experience of love."Lewis writes his statement of faith with precision, humor, and grace. Yet neither is Lewis reluctant to confess his continuing doubts and his awareness of his own human frailty. This is precisely the quality which suggests that A Grief Observed may become "among the great devotional books of our age."
An Experiment in Criticism
C.S. Lewis - 1961
Lewis's classic analysis springs from the conviction that literature exists for the joy of the reader and that books should be judged by the kind of reading they invite. Crucial to his notion of judging literature is a commitment to laying aside expectations and values extraneous to the work, in order to approach it with an open mind.
The Making of the President 1960
Theodore H. White - 1961
White in the opening chapter of this book, are as true today as when they were written over a half-century ago. His unprecedented examination of crucial campaign, in which the young, charismatic John F. Kennedy squared off against the seasoned vice president, Richard M. Nixon, is both a fascinating historical document & a compelling narrative of character & consequence. The reporter's detailed appreciation of the instinct & experience that shape the political process is a revelation in our current age of sound bites, relentlessly chattering punditry & the all-consuming influence of tv, —an influence 1st felt in the Kennedy-Nixon debates that proved to be a critical factor in the 1960 election. Following seven candidates from the earliest stirrings of aspiration thru the rigors of the primaries, the drama of the conventions & the grueling campaigning that culminated in one of the closest electoral contests in history, White provides a valuable education in the ways & means of our political life. The Making of the President 1960 is an extraordinary document, a celebration of the genius of American democracy & an anatomy of the ambition, cunning & courage it demands from those who seek its highest office. For what it can teach us about the forces that determine the destiny of presidential candidates, it remains required reading today. White was born in Boston in 1915. After Harvard graduation, he was recruited by John Hersey to cover E. Asia for Time, becoming chief of its China Bureau in '45. This experience inspired his 1st book, Thunder Out of China (written with Annalee Jacoby). In '48 he went to live in Europe. His experience as a European correspondent led to Fire in the Ashes, published in '53. That same year he returned to the USA to work as national correspondent for The Reporter, then for Collier's. After its collapse in '56, he completed two novels, The Mountain Road & The View from the Fortieth Floor, in the next four years. At the time Collier's closed, he was planning a story on "The Making of the President 1956" for the magazine. He revived the idea in the next election year, resulting in his most famous book, The Making of the President 1960, which was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction in 1962. Having found his vocation as our "storyteller of elections," he went on to produce three more Making of the President volumes, covering 1964, 1968 & 1972 campaigns. Subsequently, he was author of Breach of Faith: The Fall of Richard Nixon; In Search of History: A Personal Adventure; & America in Search of Itself: The Making of the President 1956-80. He died in 5/86.
The Undiscovered Self
C.G. Jung - 1961
In this challenging and provocative work, Dr. Carl Jung—one of history’s greatest minds—argues that civilization’s future depends on our ability as individuals to resist the collective forces of society. Only by gaining an awareness and understanding of one’s unconscious mind and true, inner nature—“the undiscovered self”—can we as individuals acquire the self-knowledge that is antithetical to ideological fanaticism. But this requires that we face our fear of the duality of the human psyche—the existence of good and the capacity for evil in every individual. In this seminal book, Jung compellingly argues that only then can we begin to cope with the dangers posed by mass society—“the sum total of individuals”—and resist the potential threats posed by those in power.
A Girl and Five Brave Horses
Sonora Carver - 1961
Dr. W.F. Carver, who ran the show, had previously started "The Wild West" shows with his friends, Buffalo Bill Cody and Wild Bill Hickok. (The movie Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken is loosely based on her life.)
The Dog Who Came to Stay: A Memoir
Hal Borland - 1961
Pat, as the dog came to be known, and his raffish travelling companion, a young pup, "were even more unwelcome than the weather," but after a few preliminaries both settled in as members of the Borland household. The pup eventually found his permanent home elsewhere, but Pat became Hal Borland's true companion - and a local legend, the terror of woodchucks for miles around. With his keen sensitivity to the natural world, Borland here recounts, with deep affection and wonder, how a man and his dog can form a magical and unforgettable partnership. First published in 1961, THE DOG WHO CAME TO STAY "will appeal to many sportsmen and to all people who have ever been closely attached to a dog." (The New York Times Book Review)
Beyond Our Selves
Catherine Marshall - 1961
Along the way, Marshall offers guidance on topics such as forgiveness, suffering, miracles, unanswered prayer, and healing. The result is a poignant revelation of her authentic search for a meaningful life, a practical faith, and a closer relationship with God.With more than two million copies in print, the continuing vitality of Beyond Our Selves stems from its basic practicality as a book that shines insight on subjects concerning every believer. In fact, Beyond Our Selves is inspiring millions of people around the world in search of meaning for their lives-challenging them to stretch their beliefs, deepen their faith, and revitalize their purpose.
Harpo Speaks!
Harpo Marx - 1961
Despite only a year and a half of schooling, Harpo, or perhaps his collaborator, is the best writer of the Marx Brother. Highly recommended." -Library Journal "A funny, affectionate and unpretentious autobiography done with a sharply professional assist from Rowland Barber." -New York Times Book Review
Black Like Me
John Howard Griffin - 1961
Using medication that darkened his skin to deep brown, he exchanged his privileged life as a Southern white man for the disenfranchised world of an unemployed black man. His audacious, still chillingly relevant eyewitness history is a work about race and humanity-that in this new millennium still has something important to say to every American.
Asylums: Essays on the Social Situation of Mental Patients and Other Inmates
Erving Goffman - 1961
It focuses on the relationship between the inmate and the institution, how the setting affects the person and how the person can deal with life on the inside.
Gardening Without Work
Ruth Stout - 1961
The Stout System of mulch gardening will allow you to throw away your weeding tools, pesticides, and fertilizers, and will conserve and replenish the soil to make plants thrive. (6 X 9, 226 pages, illustrations)
The City in History: Its Origins, Its Transformations, and Its Prospects
Lewis Mumford - 1961
Winner of the National Book Award. “One of the major works of scholarship of the twentieth century” (Christian Science Monitor). Index; illustrations.
Ishi in Two Worlds: A Biography of the Last Wild Indian in North America
Theodora Kroeber - 1961
For more than forty years, Theodora Kroeber's biography has captivated readers. Now recent advances in technology make it possible to return to print the 1976 deluxe edition, filled with plates and historic photographs that enhance Ishi's story and bring it to life.Ishi stumbled into the twentieth century on the morning of August 29, 1911, when, desperate with hunger and terrified of the white murderers of his family, he was found in the corral of a slaughter house near Oroville, California. Finally identified as a Yahi by an anthropologist, Ishi was brought to San Francisco by Professor T. T. Waterman and lived there the rest of his life under the care and protection of Alfred Kroeber and the staff of the University of California's Museum of Anthropology.Karl Kroeber adds an informative tribute to the text, describing how the book came to be written and how Theodora Kroeber's approach to the project was a product of both her era and her special personal insight and empathy.
The Whispering Land
Gerald Durrell - 1961
The sequel to A Zoo in My Luggage, this is the story of how Durrell and his wife's zoo-building efforts at England's Jersey Zoo led them and a team of helpers on an eight-month safari in Argentina to look for South American specimens. Through windswept Patagonian shores and tropical forests in Argentina, from ocelots to penguins, fur seals to parrots, Durrell captures the landscape and its inhabitants with his signature charm and humor.
Peter Freuchen's Book of the Eskimos
Peter Freuchen - 1961
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The Image: A Guide to Pseudo-Events in America
Daniel J. Boorstin - 1961
Boorstin’s prophetic vision of an America inundated by its own illusions has become an essential resource for any reader who wants to distinguish the manifold deceptions of our culture from its few enduring truths.Cover design by Matt Dorfman.
Floreana
Margret Wittmer - 1961
A breath-taking firsthand account of Wittmer's successful attempt to settle the island of Floreana. In 1932, Margaret Wittmer leaves Germany with her husband and step-son and travels to Floreana, a small, almost unpopulated island in the Galapagos chain, where they settle, clear land, and, after five months of living in old pirates' caves, move into the house they finish just in time for Margaret to have a baby. Over time, the Wittmers acquire a number of remarkable neighbors, including convicts, military personnel and a mysterious baroness who aspires to build a hotel for millionaires. They receive visits from people as diverse as Franklin D. Roosevelt and Thor Heyerdahl, who comes to investigate a reported "head" much like the ones on Easter Island, only to find it was carved by Margaret's husband. There are wild bulls and boars, a dog named Lump that serves as a babysitter, a distant war, a daughter who would rather have a machete or a hoe than a doll, years of settled life, and finally grandchildren. At times the entire situation borders on the unbelievable, but Margaret Wittmer provides equal measures of intrigue, fantasy, and common sense as she writes in her down-to-earth and often very humorous fashion about her years on Floreana.
Rural Free: A Farmwife's Almanac of Country Living
Rachel Peden - 1961
In a time when the complexities of urban life are hurling thousands into the suburbs and country, this book is like a breath of fragrant country air redolent with sweet clover and timothy. Rachel Peden is a writer of surpassing insight who deeply senses the appeal of "people and other farm things" to those who have left the city for the country life, to those city exiles from a country past, and to those, as well, who have always lived in rural U.S.A.Rural Free is divided into twelve eventful chapters, one for each month of the country year. It is a book knee-deep in life, in the endless variety, richness, motion, and events of the four seasons on a farm. It is also Americana in the deepest sense, preserving the habits of mind, the talk, the pungent figures of speech which arise so spontaneously from rural life and which thin out so in a generation of city living. The book is too true to be folksy, for folksiness is a product of an alien view of life in the country. It is too real to be sentimental, too much engaged with the richness of life, now, this month, to be nostalgic, yet it is evocative of all the things the generations remember from the simpler life. It is filled with the doings of a farm and a family, for Mrs. Peden is a wife, mother, and neighbor who, fortunately for her readers, has also found the time to share her multitudinous activities. Reading about it from Rachel Peden is next best to picking the "goodies" out of a black walnut cracked on the bottom of a flatiron on a winter's night.[From the inside jacket]
Nurses Who Led the Way
Adèle de Leeuw - 1961
Stories of brave women who were the first nurses.
Symbols and the Interpretation of Dreams
C.G. Jung - 1961
Dookie, Sookie, and Big Mo
Alice Mertie Underhill - 1961
Big Mo is well-known in his tribe as a great fighter and an alcoholic. A rich, four-cow man, he doesn't feel the need of anything. That is, until the day he attends a burning of a dead mother and her still living child. Feeling pangs of injustice, Big Mo tries to save the infant, but is too late. The witch doctor condemns his actions, and Big Mo begins a journey to find meaning in his life and answers to his questions. During this time he finds Dookie, an abandoned infant about to be devoured by wild dogs. After saving the child, Big Mo attempts to raise the child on his own. As the child grows, she makes friends with another girl who is her own age and who is a Christian. This sparks a feud between himself and the tribal witch doctor who curses Big Mo and Dookie with the "curse of the snake." Ironically, the young child is bitten by a poisonous snake a few months later and becomes deathly ill to the point that a cure seems hopeless. Is the power of the evil spirits stronger than the Christian magic that Big Mo is learning about? Follow the tales of Big Mo and his adoptive daughter, Dookie, in their Indian village as they learn about the Great Spirit from the Christians. A must-read for all ages, Dookie, Sookie, and Big Mo will make you laugh and cry, and bring you closer to the Christian God they are learning to love, Jesus Christ.
Tales of the Mystic East
Radha Soami Satsang Beas - 1961
This book features 150 tales. The stories in this book point to many different aspects of the way to God.
The Penguin Atlas of Medieval History
Colin McEvedy - 1961
IntroductionThe Area CoveredThe Shadings UsedLimitationsBackground NotesNote on Mountains & ForestsAtlasIndex
The Unfolding Message of the Bible; the Harmony and Unity of the Scriptures
G. Campbell Morgan - 1961
Ship Model Building
Gene Johnson - 1961
The book is unusual in its attention to minute and authentic detail, supplying more than a thousand diagrams. Included are details and features of a typical whaling vessel of the Moby Dick era, river and harbor ferryboats of the double-ender type and, in removable inserts, complete working plans for a clipper ship, a Gloucester fisherman, a harbor tugboat, a dragger, and the "ironclads" Monitor and Merrimac.
By the Seat of My Pants: A Pilot's Progress from 1917 to 1930
Dean C. Smith - 1961
Smith shares with the reader the full range of experiences he had in the world of aviation beginning with his enlistment in the U.S. Army Signal Corps in July 1917, age 17. He was promoted to the highest non-commissioned rank in the Signal Corps and went on to be an aviation cadet. He proved an adept pupil during flight training, so much so that with just 57 flying hours in his logbook, Smith became a flight instructor and received a commission as a Second Lieutenant. Lieutenant Smith then applied for transfer to a combat unit in France. But the Army felt that his talents were best used on the home front. So, for the remainder of the First World War, Smith trained pilots for combat in fighters (which were then known as 'pursuits'.). By March 1919, Smith received his Army discharge and did a spell of barnstorming. Then he joined the U.S. Postal Service and was instrumental in establishing airmail service throughout the country. The book details many of his experiences as an airmail pilot and his later work as a pilot with the Byrd Antarctic Expedition of 1928–1930. "By the Seat of My Pants" is a book that will thrill any reader with a zest for adventure.
After Fifteen Years
Leon Jaworski - 1961
His enduring fame came from leading the prosecution of the Watergate case, United States v Nixon, and heading the large Texas based law firm Fulbright and Jaworski. Jaworski wrote a number of autobiographical books, in this, his first volume of memoirs, he reflects on his wartime career during which he served in the United States Army judge advocate general's department . He was made chief of the trial section of the war crimes branch in the late stages of the war in Europe. In this office he directed investigations of several hundred cases concerning German crimes against persons living and fighting in the American zone of occupation. He also personally tried two cases—the first having to do with the murder of American aviators shot down over Germany in 1944 and the second involving the doctors and staff of a German sanatorium where Polish and Russian prisoners were put to death. Jaworski had risen to the rank of colonel by the time he returned to civilian life in October 1945.
The Minack Chronicles Revisited
John Nash - 1961
With the 50th Anniversary of the first book in the series of books known as The Minack Chronicles, the book has been reprinted under a new title 'The Minack Chronicles Revisited'.Written by John Nash and funded by The Friends of Minack Society it will be launched at the Gala Event of the Society on 18th March 2011 at The Queens Hotel in Penzance.Its a very special book and tells the story of Derek and Jeannie Tangye and how they came to live at Dorminack, their friends and life there.
New England Flavor - Memories of a Country Boyhood
Hayden S. Pearson - 1961
The First Bohemian: The Life of Henry Murger
Robert Baldick - 1961
It is a hundred years since the death of Henry Murger, but, although several romanced accounts have appeared since then, this is the first fully documented of the man who created the legend of Bohemia.
Leaves from a Journal: A Record of the Visit of the Emperor and Empress of the French to the queen and of the Visit of the Queen and H.R.H. the Prince Consort to the Emperor of the French, 1855
Queen Victoria - 1961
Has illustrations and introductory material.
Complex Variables and the Laplace Transform for Engineers
Wilbur R. LePage - 1961
B. Sevart, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Wichita"An extremely useful textbook for both formal classes and for self-study." — Society for Industrial and Applied MathematicsEngineers often do not have time to take a course in complex variable theory as undergraduates, yet is is one of the most important and useful branches of mathematics, with many applications in engineering. This text is designed to remedy that need by supplying graduate engineering students (especially electrical engineering) with a course in the basic theory of complex variables, which in turn is essential to the understanding of transform theory. Presupposing a good knowledge of calculus, the book deals lucidly and rigorously with important mathematical concepts, striking an ideal balance between purely mathematical treatments that are too general for the engineer, and books of applied engineering which may fail to stress significant mathematical ideas.The text is divided into two basic parts: The first part (Chapters 1–7) is devoted to the theory of complex variables and begins with an outline of the structure of system analysis and an explanation of basic mathematical and engineering terms. Chapter 2 treats the foundation of the theory of a complex variable, centered around the Cauchy-Riemann equations. The next three chapters — conformal mapping, complex integration, and infinite series — lead up to a particularly important chapter on multivalued functions, explaining the concepts of stability, branch points, and riemann surfaces. Numerous diagrams illustrate the physical applications of the mathematical concepts involved.The second part (Chapters 8–16) covers Fourier and Laplace transform theory and some of its applications in engineering, beginning with a chapter on real integrals. Three important chapters follow on the Fourier integral, the Laplace integral (one-sided and two-sided) and convolution integrals. After a chapter on additional properties of the Laplace integral, the book ends with four chapters (13–16) on the application of transform theory to the solution of ordinary linear integrodifferential equations with constant coefficients, impulse functions, periodic functions, and the increasingly important Z transform. Dr. LePage's book is unique in its coverage of an unusually broad range of topics difficult to find in a single volume, while at the same time stressing fundamental concepts, careful attention to details and correct use of terminology. An extensive selection of interesting and valuable problems follows each chapter, and an excellent bibliography recommends further reading. Ideal for home study or as the nucleus of a graduate course, this useful, practical, and popular (8 printings in its hardcover edition) text offers students, engineers, and researchers a careful, thorough grounding in the math essential to many areas of engineering. "An outstanding job." — American Mathematical Monthly
And Then He Called My Name: In Tragedy and Triumph of the Cross Like You've Never Experienced It Before
Richard Exley - 1961
Each easy-to-read meditation is short enough to read in just moments, but long enough to provide lasting inspiration.
African Genesis
Robert Ardrey - 1961
He saw, culled from a cave occupied by early humans, a collection of antelope jawbones perfect for sawing, and antelope forelegs perfect for clubbing. He saw the skull of a juvenile proto-human, apparently bashed in. A growing body of evidence suggested that man had evolved on the African continent from carnivorous, predatory stock, who had also, long before man, achieved the use of weapons.An acclaimed dramatist, Ardrey's interest in the African discoveries sprang less from purely scientific grounds than from the radical new light they cast on the eternal question: Why do we behave as we do? Are we naturally inclined towards war and weapons? From 1955 to 1961, Ardrey commuted between the museums and libraries and laboratories of the North, and the games reserves and fossil beds of Africa trying to answer that question.The result was African Genesis. In a sweeping work that encompasses the evolutionary roots of nationalism and patriotism, private property and social order, hierarchy and status-seeking, and even conscience, Ardrey tells a story of man never before heard, and redefines what exactly it means to be human.
Rufus Jones Speaks To Our Time An Anthology
Rufus Matthew Jones - 1961
A collection of writings by the Quaker theologian Rufus Jones (1863-1948), edited by Harry Emerson Fosdick
Hemingway and his critics an international anthology
Carlos Baker - 1961
The Larousse Encyclopedia of Mythology (Journal Offprints)
A.R. Clapham - 1961
Covers the ancient civilizations of Egypt, Greece, Italy, China, Japan, India, and more.
Canada Ride
Mary Bosanquet - 1961
This narrative of her travels across the vast Dominion has, apart from its intrinsic merits, a double element of novelty: the territory covered and the people encountered are not as well known to English readers as they might be, and the traveller is a young woman. Her story is told in simple fashion, part descriptive writing, part pages from a diary, that will appeal to all young readers.Mary Bosanquet's love of horses and the knowledge of them, born during her experience of hacking, horse shows and hunting in England, are the background to adventures both thrilling and amusing in strikingly different conditions of her vast unknown continent.
Bed Hangings: A Treatise on Fabrics and Styles in the Curtaining of Beds, 1650-1850
Jane Nylander - 1961
A classic work on early American examples of this domestic art is once again available with a new introduction and updated bibliography.
The Interurban Era
William D. Middleton - 1961
Evolved from the urban streetcar, the interurban appeared shortly before the dawn of the 20th century, grew to a vast network of over 18,000 miles in two decades of exuberant growth, and then all but vanished after barely three decades of usefulness. But within its brief life span the interurban bridged the gap between a horse and buggy nation and a modern America that rides on rubber over endless lanes of concrete and asphalt. It changed the ways of rural life forever, and frequently set a pattern for metropolitan growth that continues even today."
The Life Treasury of American Folklore
LIFE - 1961
More than 100 color illustrations, contains old timers' memories, twangy ballads, laughable exaggerations, rural remedies, citified humor, local traditions, choice jokes, lusty tales of heroes and bad men, witches and wits and troublesome ghosts.
Handbook Of California Birds
Vinson Brown - 1961
Covers bird behavior from migration and courtship to sounds and songs.
Mark Twain and Me
Dorothy Quick - 1961
S. Minnetonka in 1907. He was seventy-two years old, she almost eleven. The two began a great friendship that would endure until his death some years later. Dorothy became a frequent houseguest of Twain’s, both at his Tuxedo Park home, in New York City, and in Redding Connecticut. Her recollections of life in those places dispel the image of Twain as a man bitter and pessimistic in his later years, revealing him instead as warm and fun-loving. Together they read his stories, which she knew well and loved, and he encouraged her to write, forming the “Author’s League for Two.”
The Romance Of Words
Ernest Weekley - 1961
half-title:'...first published by John Murray in 1912.'
Mark Twain and the River
Sterling North - 1961
As everyone remembers, he and Huck Finn camped on an island, got lost in a cave, and visited an old graveyard at midnight. These adventures were based upon the author's real boyhood experiences along the Mississippi River. Trace Mark Twain's life from 1835, when his birth was heralded by Halley's Comet, to 1910, when the comet returned upon his death, in this fascinating biography by Newbery Honor author Sterling North.
Discover a Richer Life
Ernest Shurtleff Holmes - 1961
Is something missing in your life? The quality of our life's experience, from health and success to prosperity and happiness, stems directly from our relationship with the Universe and the patterns of thought that it inspires. In this beloved inspirational guidebook, Holmes provides the tools and blueprint for the foundation of a new and more successful life, grounded by and centered on the nature and meaning of reality. The world is ripe for discovery, and Discover a Richer Life is the map that will guide readers on a great adventure to a vibrant, fully realized life.
The Diplomacy of the Winter War: An Account of the Russo-Finnish War, 1939-1940
Max Jakobson - 1961
The Railways Of Britain
Jack Simmons - 1961
Following a short history of their early days Professor Simmons goes on to deal with the component parts of the railways, their works and track, buildings, locomotives and rolling stock, equipment and its operation; this leads him into a discussion of the men who built and ran them. Having set the scene, the author takes the reader on a series of journeys over three of the more interesting stretches of line in England and Scotland, and gives a complete analysis of the railway system in a single county, Suffolk.”
The Astronauts: Pioneers in Space
L. Gordon Cooper Jr. - 1961
A grueling ride in a centrifuge, the eerie feeling of total weightlessness, the ear-splitting thunder of a giant rocket lifting off -- these are some of the sights, sounds and impressions that come to life as the seven astronauts of Project Mercury tell, in their own words, the story of their preparations for the historic leap to outer space.
Anatomy of a Bullfight
Arthur Greenfield - 1961
It assumes no prior knowledge of the subject on the part of the reader.
The Great Deceit: Social Pseudo-Sciences
Zygmund Dobbs - 1961
The Economic Interpretation Of History
Edwin Robert Anderson Seligman - 1961
Second Edition, Revised
Space (Picture Reference)
Sue Becklake - 1961
A visually exciting and comprehensive look at the wonders of space.
Collins Gem Dictionary Of Quotations
J.B. Foreman - 1961
4,000 memorable quotations700 authorsHomer to churchillcomprehensive subject index
The Indians of Texas: From Prehistoric to Modern Times
William Wilmon Newcomb, Jr. - 1961
Bloodthirsty Comanches, who to most Texans are synonymous with Indians, once more gallop forth on forays, adorned in grotesque buffalo-horn headdresses, with faces stained a fearful red, carrying gaudily painted buffalo-hide shields. Wichitas, the short, stocky, dark-skinned, tattooed natives whose ancestors inhabited the province of Quivira, visited by Coronado in 1541, again practice their witchcraft, destroying an enemy by placing a lock of his hair in the mouth of a toad, then killing the toad.In this, the most comprehensive and authoritative book ever written about the Indians of Texas, W.W. Newcomb, Jr., has pieced together scattered data to present a lively re-creation of all aspects of Indian existence within the present borders of the state. The tribes were not cast from the same mold, and in some cases they were not even vaguely similar. Moreover, most tribes disappeared many years ago, some before Americans entered what is now the Lone Star State.
Letters of Michelangelo: Complete in Two Volumes, slipcased.
Michelangelo Buonarroti - 1961
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Society and Personality: Interactionist Approach to Social Psychology
Tamotsu Shibutani - 1961
The aim of the book is to help the reader develop an orderly perspective--a consistent point of view from which to see his (or her) own conduct and that of his (or her) fellows. Propositions about behavior seen from the viewpoint are presented, and relevant evidence, both descriptive and experimental, is examined and evaluated.The author draws upon the two great intellectual traditions of pragmatism and psychoanalysis, and attempts to integrate them into a single, consistent approach. All concepts are reduced to behavioristic terms--defined always in terms of what people do. In this way, it is possible to draw freely on these two schools, and at the same time, avoid much of the jargon of both. Other approaches to the study of human behavior are frequently mentioned and sometimes discussed, but the objective is to give the reader one perspective rather than confuse him with many. Of course, this standpoint is presented as only one of many possible ways of looking at people.Although the book's basic ideas are drawn from two main schools of psychological thought, relevant material has been gathered from other sources as well--sociology, ethnography, linguistics, experimental psychology, and clinical data from psychiatry. One very important extra feature is the List of Personal Documents, compiled by the author to guide interested readers to first-person accounts--biographies, diaries, clinical records--each of which provides a valuable record of human experience.
Life Pictorial Atlas of the World
Norman P. Ross - 1961
Folio size, beautiful color maps and color illustrations throughout.