Hunt: 1407 books

Ages 10-14 Cassie knows she is meant to be a professional singer. So it only makes sense that she should attend the prestigious--and expensive--School for the Performing Arts. Unfortunately, her newly divorced parents don't agree. "Too expensive," her mom says. "A waste of time,"...

"Saving Godzilla and the Other Dinosaurs" Written and Illustrated by Eve Hunt. As you will see, playtime for Edward and his friends was always fun and exciting. Although it was dangerous and off limits, the construction site promised even MORE fun and excitement. Deeply engaged during...

Coral Comes High is Captain George P. Hunt's account of what happened to himself and his company during the initial stages of the Peleliu invasion by the US Marines during World War 2. The company sustains terrible casualties and is isolated in a seemingly hopeless position for a nightmare forty-eight...

Although no battles were fought on Long Island, the Civil War deeply affected all of its residents. More than three thousand men--white and black--from current-day Queens, Nassau and Suffolk Counties answered the call to preserve the Union. While Confederate ships lurked within eight miles of Montauk...

Corner Boys is Robert Hunt’s memoir of growing up on the mean streets of St. John’s in the 1950s and ’60s. Within the working-class neighbourhoods that are central to this tale, trouble seemed to lurk behind every corner, ready to be found by those who were looking for it. This dark yet humorous...

"Written with brio, warmth, and historical understanding, this is the best biography of one of the most attractive inhabitants of Victorian England, Marx's friend, partner, and political heir."—Eric Hobsbawm Friedrich Engels is one of the most intriguing and contradictory figures...

Abe Lincoln had several breaks. Isaac Newton did too. Tolstoy and Beethoven were cracked at times. Churchill, Van Gogh, and Hemingway...cracked as well. Being sucked into the abyss and spat out the other side is other worldly unpleasant. There are gems that await, though.

Most books on the history of gardens describe the way that gardens have been created; by contrast, The Afterlife of Gardens examines the way that gardens have been experienced. Using examples from many sites around the world, John Dixon Hunt examines responses to gardens, from Renaissance sites to...

"Those who cannot remember the past are doomed to repeat it." George Santayana. Writing historical fiction involves more than taking a story and substituting carriages for cars. The historical novelist must do her best to understand the mindset of the people she writes about, even while...

In the summer of 1938, as war clouds loom overseas, auto racers from around the world gather at the Bonneville Salt Flats west of Salt Lake City, intent on breaking the land-speed record. But when Clive Underhill, a wealthy English motorist, mysteriously disappears and his younger brother, Nigel,...

Vibrates with encouragement for women who want to explore and enjoy the world of booksGladys Hunt, long-time advocate of reading and author of the cherished Honey for a Child’s Heart, has written this new book for busy women who want a wider worldview and stimulus for intellectual and emotional...

The pebbles of the concrete mind excavates the pearls of the expansive mind, if aware. Whatever state we happen to find ourselves, pebbles and pearls abound. Both states of mind are valuable, as are the bounties produced by each.

Help Your Teen Catch the Lifelong Reading Bug.Honey for a Teen’s Heart spells out how good books can help you and your teenager communicate heart-to-heart about ideas, values, and the various issues of a Christian worldview. Sharing the adventure of a book lets both of you know the same people,...

The years 1801 to 1808 saw the emergence of Leigh Hunt as a public figure on the London literary scene, and his appreciation of good books and great writers was highly respected. Collected here are such essays as “Deaths of Little Children,” “An Earth upon Heaven,” “Shakespeare’s Birthday,” and “A Few Thoughts on Sleep.”