John Muir, famous for his naturalist essays and books, was over 70 years old when he wrote "The Yosemite" as a reflection on the beauty of the national park. Muir was a naturalist, so he was highly invested in describing the landscape, flora,...
This is an electronic edition of the complete book complemented by author biography. This book features a table of contents linked to every chapter. The book was designed for optimal navigation on the iPad, PDA, Smartphone, and other electronic reade...
Four literary works portraying both the gritty beauty and the brutality of Glasgow and western Scotland in the mid-twentieth century. Includes:Poor Tom by Edwin MuirFernie Brae by J. F. HendryFrom Scenes Like These by Gordon M. WilliamsApprent...
In the summer of 1869, John Muir set out from California's Central Valley with a flock of sheep and trekked into the foothills of the Sierra Nevada. His journals describe the summer he spent in what would become Yosemite National Park. Celebrating th...
This anthology is a thorough introduction to classic literature for those who have not yet experienced these literary masterworks. For those who have known and loved these works in the past, this is an invitation to reunite with old friends in a fres...
'Beware! Beware! The Bight of Benin! There's few come out though plenty go in!' When Randolph Stoup III keels over in front of Carlton Rollover on the terrace of Malachite City's Hotel Splendide, could this be the moment when their fort...
Another classic converted by eBooksLib.com. Moral improvers have calls to preach. I have a friend who has a call to plough, and woe to the daisy sod or azalea thicket that falls under the savage redemption of his keen steel shares. Not content with...
An aboriginal artist paints his life and soul on canvas, then loses the painting. While he can see the painting, he is unable to recover it, and therefore is unable to leave the area until he is reunited with it. The events of daily life continue aro...
This is the second collection of 17 new, and original easily readable short stories. The wide range of genres include a mixture of wonderfully witty, superb suspense and seriously sad tales.. A novella is included....
A collection of 13 easily readable stories including a novella. A broad range of genres. Some wonderfully witty, some superb suspense, and others being seriously sad tales. All stories written so you don't need a dictionary by the bed; just concentra...
The first book in a series involving TA. The Philippines Government claims a decisive and final success against against the insurgents of the New Peoples Army (NPA). TA travels to the Philippines to re-kindle a flame started on a previous visit. He t...
Not all mysteries and puzzles have been solved in the 20th and 21st century. Some important ones like Why does the plug pop out when I'm having a bath? This used to be a big problem. People had known why for hundreds of years, but they just did not k...
An aged WW2 Polish lady survivor gate-crashes a rural weekend market to sell her wares. She intrigues other stall holders with her War stories as she sells her replica war medals, home-made biscuits and lollies. She is generous with her tasty samples...
In an effort to try and clarify what happened to his co-tourists after the insurgent uprising 12 months previous, TA returns to the Philippines. He briefly meets up with the mysterious ex-pat who guided him through his previous misadventure. After ma...
The 3rd collection of short stories by this author. In many of the stories, a slightly different view of events is taken. Children do not approach problems from the same perspective as adults; neither does a victim, or someone considering an on the s...
Though I have described this collection as fairy tales for teens, it is also very much for those people up to 100 years old who can remember reading these tales in their youth. Most of the collection is my adaption of some of these old, but well know...
William Frederic Bade (January 22, 1871 - March 4, 1936), perhaps best known as the literary executor and biographer of John Muir, was a versatile scholar of wide interests. As an archaeologist, he led the excavation of Tell en-Nasbeh in Palestine, n...
Delight in nature with Little Muir!
This playful book invites children to ramble through rolling hills, climb friendly trees, and listen to bird song on the breeze as they follow along with famed conservationist John Muir’s lyrical prose...
John Muir (1838-1914) was one of the first modern preservationists. His letters, essays, and books telling of his adventures in nature, and wildlife, especially in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California, were read by millions and are still popular...
Introduced by Frank Tindall.Unknown in his native Scotland, John Muir is renowned in America as the father of conservation. A friend of presidents and founder of National Parks, Muir was inspired by a love and a vision of nature as remarkable today a...