Whitlock publishing apr 2017 (8 Ergebnisse)

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Temperament and Penmanship is an edition of Rosa Baughan's 1877 work Character Indicated by Handwriting. With her knack for writing about the then taboo subjects of palmistry, graphology, and divination, Rosa Baughan has been dazzling readers since the Victorian age. Few authors of her time dared to touch upon such subjects. This unique book of research is paired with never before published letters to friends by Rhoda Broughton, a Welsh novelist. With signatures of Lord Alfred Tennyson, William Shakespeare, and Marie Antoinette, this book provides an interesting peek into the pseudoscience of graphology in the 1800s.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The Gentleman's New Jockey, a compilation of the newest animal husbandry techniques and remedies of 1700, suggests using a broken sword blade to scrape sweat from one's horse, provides directions for inserting lead into a horse's forehead to create a white star, and examines the zodiac signs and lucky dates on which to administer important medical or breeding procedures. From horse-racing to breeding sheep, healing ointments to recipes for poison that blinds mice, this work offers a comprehensive guide to maintaining various livestock animals. This edition covers the horse industry, training, breeding, medicinal practices; killing vermin; and management of cattle, sheep, and swine. Published in London in 1700, The Gentleman's New Jockey acts as a manual for the eighteenth-century farmer and horseman. …

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In 1889, journalist Nellie Bly challenged herself to turn the fictional journey of Jules Verne's Around the World in 80 Days into a reality. Elizabeth Bisland followed, and single-handedly put Cosmopolitan on the map. This book combines the full narratives of both Bly and Bisland as they circumnavigate the globe. Follow these intrepid young writers as together they shatter expectations and set the stage for the women's travel narratives like Gilberts' Eat Pray Love and Savage's Miles from Nowhere that readers are familiar with today.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - When Charlotte Smith published Marchmont in 1796, she was not only publishing a love story gone gothic, but also a fictional tale that described events of her life. Althea, the heroine of the novel, resembles Smith in both personality and action, and encounters people throughout the story who mirror those in Smith's life. Through its representations of politics, gender issues, and nature, Marchmont offered the English reader something new and set itself apart from other Romantic period works.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware.