Автор: Cheape, Jane Название: Hand to mouth ISBN: 0861527275 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780861527274 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 9730.00 T Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ. Описание: In this enthralling memoir we follow Max Evans and Sam Peckinpah through conversations in bars, family gatherings, binges on drugs and alcohol, struggles with film producers and executives, and Peckinpah`s abusive behavior - sometimes directed at Evans himself. Evans`s stories provide a uniquely intimate look at Peckinpah, their famous friends, and the business of Hollywood in the 1960s and 1970s.
Автор: Lofting Hugh Название: The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle: [Illustrated] ISBN: 6257120187 ISBN-13(EAN): 9786257120180 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 18380.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle was the second of Hugh Lofting's Doctor Dolittle books to be published, coming out in 1922. It is nearly five times as long as its predecessor and the writing style is pitched at a more mature audience. The scope of the novel is vast; it is divided into six parts and the illustrations are also more sophisticated. It won the Newbery Medal for 1923. It was one of the novels in the series that was adapted into the film Doctor Dolittle.
The novel begins when Tommy Stubbins, the narrator of the story, finds a squirrel injured by a hawk. Matthew Mugg, the cat's meat man, informs him to get help from Doctor Dolittle, who can speak the language of animals. The Doctor is away on a voyage, but when he returns, he attends to the squirrel. Tommy is introduced to some of the strange animals in Dolittle's care, such as the Wiff-Waff fish, and those who care for his household, such as Dab-Dab the duck, and Jip the dog.Polynesia the parrot arrives in Puddleby from Africa informs the Doctor that Bumpo is studying in Bullford. Tommy begins his studies with Doolittle, or rather with Polynesia who teaches Tommy the language of animals. Chee-Chee comes from Africa disguised as a lady and tells about his voyage to Puddleby. The Doctor acquires The Curlew and is thinking of taking Tommy, Polynesia, and Luke the Hermit. They find out from the hermit's dog, Bob, that he was sent to prison for murder but Bob is a witness so when the court is in the process the Doctor proves to the judge that he can talk to animals when this is settled he translates Bob's story to English. When the story is finished the judges conclude that the hermit is innocent.
Автор: Vaughan William Название: The Newlanders Cure: Aswell of Those Violent Sicknesses Which Distemper Most Minds in These Latter Dayes: As Also by a Cheape and Newfound ISBN: 1275816800 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781275816800 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 20000.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Title: The Newlanders cure: aswell of those violent sicknesses which distemper most minds in these latter dayes: as also by a cheape and newfound dyet, to preserue the body sound and free from all diseases, vntill the last date of life, through extreamity of age: wherein are inserted generall and speciall remedies against the scuruy, coughes, feauers, goute, collicke, sea-sicknesses, and other grieuous infirmities.
Author: William Vaughan
Publisher: Gale, Sabin Americana
Description:
Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U.S. Civil War and other military actions, Native Americans, slavery and abolition, religious history and more.
Sabin Americana offers an up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere, encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North America in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides access to documents from an assortment of genres, sermons, political tracts, newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature and more.
Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of original works are available via print-on-demand, making them readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars, and readers of all ages.
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SourceLibrary: Huntington Library
DocumentID: SABCP03570800
CollectionID: CTRG01-B931
PublicationDate: 16300101
SourceBibCitation: Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to America
Notes: In verse. The words "Scuruy ... Sea-sicknesses," on the title page are in two columns with four brackets in the middle. Printer's name from STC.
Collation: 16], 143 p
Автор: Lofting Hugh Название: The Story of Doctor Dolittle: [Illustrated] ISBN: 6257120233 ISBN-13(EAN): 9786257120234 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 12250.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: The Story of Doctor Dolittle, Being the History of His Peculiar Life at Home and Astonishing Adventures in Foreign Parts (1920), written and illustrated by the British author Hugh Lofting, is the first of his Doctor Dolittle books, a series of children's novels about a man who learns to talk to animals and becomes their champion around the world. It was one of the novels in the series which was adapted into the film Doctor Dolittle.
John Dolittle, MD, is a respected physician and quiet bachelor living with his spinster sister Sarah in the small English village of Puddleby-on-the-Marsh. His love of animals grows over the years and his household menagerie eventually scares off his human clientele, leading to loss of wealth. But after learning the secret of speaking to all animals from his parrot Polynesia, he takes up veterinary practice.His fortunes rise and fall again after a crocodile takes up residence, leading to his sister leaving in disgust with the intention of getting married, but his fame in the animal kingdom spreads throughout the world. He is conscripted into voyaging to Africa to cure a monkey epidemic just as he faces bankruptcy. He has to borrow supplies and a ship, and sails with a crew of his favourite animals, but is shipwrecked upon arriving to Africa. On the way to the monkey kingdom, his band is arrested by the king of Jolliginki, a victim of European exploitation who wants no white men travelling in his country.
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