Walter: 4352 books

The Abbot (1820) is a historical novel by Sir Walter Scott. A sequel to The Monastery, it is one of Scott's Tales from Benedictine Sources and is set in the time of Mary, Queen of Scots. The story follows the fortunes of certain characters Scott introduced in The Monastery, but it also introduces...

Here is the perfect little book for anyone—teenage or otherwise—who has ever wanted to master the art of good table manners. Written by Walter Hoving, former chairman of Tiffany's of New York, it is a step-by-step introduction to all the basics, from the moment the meal begins ("It is customary...

“What Walter Tevis did for pool in The Hustler, he does for chess in The Queen’s Gambit” (Playboy). When eight-year-old Beth Harmon’s parents are killed in an automobile accident, she’s placed in an orphanage in Mount Sterling, Kentucky. Plain and shy, Beth learns to play chess from...

Just like men, women have wondered what a man is looking for in the woman he wants.It was once said that "a way to a man's heart is through his stomach", but in the modern world this is not exactly something that works, with every man.What a man wants is pretty basic, and just like women some...

The book is an edited and illustrated version of the original one and includes 18 or more unique illustrations which are relevant to its content.The poetry of Walter de la Mare sings boldly and beautifully without any of these hedges and condescensions. His work has the honest candor of the border ballads...

In todays world of political and religious unrest, there is a growing need for shared ethical will, moral force, and energy among the worlds religious traditions. Drawing on key Jewish texts, Hans Küng and Rabbi Walter Homolka demonstrate how it is possible to achieve this global ethic through the practices...

An engaging and sobering look at memorializing in Judaism and why memory—ours and God's—is so central to people. Through a series of lively introductions and commentaries, over thirty contributors—men and women, scholars, rabbis, theologians and poets, representing all Jewish denominations—examine...

Walter Savage Landor was born in Warwick, in 1775, and died in Florence in 1864. His output in prose and poetry was prodigious. 'No English writer - no English poet - of equal size and quality has been less attended to in the last fifty years' wrote Geoffrey Grigson in 1964, and though three selections...

Finally available, a high quality book of the original classic edition of Uncle Walt Walt Mason - The Poet Philosopher. It was previously published by other bona fide publishers, and is now, after many years, back in print. This is a new and freshly published edition of this culturally important...

Poetry. Jewish Studies. Walter Hess's remarkable JEW'S HARP is a celebration of family, of tradition, of living through terrible and wonderful times, and even of memory itself. The obvious themes are love and survival. The controlled lyric and narrative voice of the poems is that of a son, and grandson,...

The purpose of this brief commentary is to provide a positive biblical portrait of what a godly marriages entails. In a culture that is confused about the importance and benefits of marriage, respected Bible scholar and teacher Walter Kaiser brings much-needed wisdom to the table based on the Song...

SERAPIS CLASSICS INCLUDES BONUS STORIES BY MARK GANES, F.L. WALLACE & WALTER MILLER! ___________ There has always been strong sympathy for the poor, meek, downtrodden slave - the kindly little man, oppressed by cruel and overbearing masters. Could it possibly have been misplaced...?

Krimis der Sonderklasse - hart, actionreich und überraschend in der Auflösung. Ermittler auf den Spuren skrupelloser Verbrecher. Spannende Romane in einem Buch: Ideal als Urlaubslektüre. Dieses Buch enthält folgende Krimis: Alfred Bekker: Der Killer wartet Walter G. Pfaus: Nacht der Gewalt A.F....

Wow your friends and family with 101 simple magic tricks, gag ideas, hilarious comics, and funny jokes that will entertain readers of all ages! Every kid is amazed by magic tricks. This book offers the perfect combination of tricks, jokes, and comics that not only entertains the reader, but also acts...