Dhan Gopal Mukerji wrote Sandhya, Songs of Twilight while in San Francisco, as a way to support himself and pay for his college education. This collection of poems has several references to his homeland, India.
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Kotto contains 20 Japanese stories, collected from different sources and translated by Lafcadio Hearn. The types of stories in this collection are widespread: There are old ghost stories Hearn is best known for (The Legend of Yurei-Daki), his own observations and musings (Pathological), as well as the translation of ‘A Woman’s Diary’, a touching account of the life of the poorer classes in Tokyo, written at the end of the 19th century.
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The poetry of Adela Florence Cory aka Violet Nicolson, is some of the most unique and passionate in the English language. Under the pen name of Laurence Hope, her works were extremely popular in the early years of the 20th century, inspiring popular music, lovers, silent films and even the creation of Shalimar perfume. Her work wades fearlessly into issues of racism, same sex attraction, violence and taboo love, but also transports the reader to a vibrant India of another era, with it’s exotic peoples, flora, fauna, folklore and larger than life landscapes and intrigues.
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These are the adventures of Sir Gibbie through the Scotland moors. Not being able to read or speak, Gibbie survives on the streets without a mother and having an alcoholic father. Yet, he wins the hearts of his neighbors and helps others. Children and adults learn through Sir Gibbie self-sacrifice, honesty, and purity.
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Peter Rabbit goes to school, with Mother Nature as his teacher. In this zoology book for children, Thornton W. Burgess describes the mammals of North America in the form of an entertaining story, including plenty of detail but omitting long scientific names. There is an emphasis on conservation.
Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt was a Prussian geographer, naturalist, explorer, and influential proponent of romantic philosophy. Many consider him to be the last of the great polymaths. After his death, the scientific world began to divide into separate disciplines, each with its own knowledgeable but narrowly defined experts. Humboldt’s mind encompassed all that was then known of nature in one great whole.
Sidelights on Relativity contains ETHER AND THE THEORY OF RELATIVITY, an address delivered on May 5th, 1920, in the University of Leyden; and GEOMETRY AND EXPERIENCE, an expanded form of an address to the Prussian Academy of Sciences in Berlin on January 27th, 1921.
The first of six volumes, this volume covers in extensive detail the topics of “The Evolution of Modesty”, “The Phenomena of Sexual Periodicity”, and “Auto-Eroticism”. Written as an anthropological and psychological study from the point of view of Havelock, the famous British sexologist of the late 19th century, who was also a physician and social reformer.
Jacob Faithful is a tale centred on the lives of the Thames watermen who made their living along the tidal reaches of that river and in the Port of London. Particularly it deals with the story of young Jacob literally born and raised on the river. He is orphaned in bizarre circumstances, gets an education, is apprenticed to a bargeman and then to a wherryman before being “pressed” into the Royal Navy. The book gives an interesting insight into the life of London and it’s great river at the beginning of the 19th Century.
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This course is designed to prepare students for life in Russia by giving the necessary basic skills in the language. Leaving the student with the ability under no hesitation any number of situations from day to day life.
You are about to begin a course designed to enable you to communicate in situations that you are likely to encounter in Korea. The emphasis of the course is on speaking and understand Korean, and you will be working extensively with tapes. Reading and writing Korean is optional; we encourage you to at least become familiar with the alphabet. With only a little practice you will be able to read people’s names of streets or shops.
Learning Portuguese is the gateway to one of the most unique, exotic, and exciting cultures in the world. The remarkable blend of European, Indian and African cultures come together to form a society of fun-loving, creative, and forward looking people.
The Norwegian course is designed to give the student a basic overview of the daily life of Norway. Giving the student the ability to say enough to get through the basic conversation.
Along with language ability, a genuine interest in the cultural life of a host country can also work wonders. You will discover that learning about Italian culture will help you in your language study, since true mastery of any language requires an understanding of the people who speak it. This course offers an introduction to a rich and varied culture that has evolved over many centuries.
This collection of short essays follows New England’s changing seasons and moods in all its natural beauty.
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This gifted nature writer who is so good at describing animals and their habitat and habits here gives us a look at many of the fascinating creatures that can be found on the seashore. Starfish, the many types of crabs, shrimp, sea weed and finally something called the Precious Wentletrap which I will allow your imagination to think about for a while. His writing is clear and, as always, easy to read. Note that these are presented as educational ‘lessons’ on the various animals found near the sea and each lesson or chapter ends with a few questions called ‘Exercises’ which the student is asked to see if the main points of the chapter are retained.
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Written by a forester, this book looks at the definition of “forest”, what the life of a forester entails, discusses the forest service both on the state and national levels, and the training required to be a forester. As a forester himself, and the chief of the US Forest Service, Pinchot was a foremost expert in this topic,and, based on his preface to the work, seems to expect this work to either encourage or dissuade young people from a life in forestry.
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