Contemporary readers, who wonder at the British and American knack for misguided adventure, find useful these three essays on Custer, the Titanic, and the onset of World War I. This book consists of rapier-like literary thrusts into the lives of General George Armstrong Custer, Thomas Andrews (the builder of the Titanic), and Edward Grey.
Provides a phonics system for teaching children to read, and also for teaching reading to illiterate or semi-literate adults. This work tags the letters with a number, and prompts the student to recall the specific sound of this letter. It applies this system to all the 84 major sounds in English.
An African king, a girl who disappears in the Congo jungle, a Belgian planter escaping from his past, a journalist starting a family in Nairobi: meet them in Africa, Africa!, a collection of stories about expatriates who encounter Africa, its people, and its mysteries.
residents of the refugee camps and international observers speak out against the invasion.
Suitable for contemporary readers, who wonder at the British and American knack for misguided adventure, this title features three essays on Custer, the Titanic, and the onset of World War I. It also includes essays on the problem of pride and avoidable failure.
An African king, a girl who disappears in the Congo jungle, a Belgian planter escaping from his past, a journalist starting a family in Nairobi: meet them in Africa, Africa!, a collection of stories about expatriates who encounter Africa, its people, and its mysteries.
Provides a phonics system for teaching children to read, and also for teaching reading to illiterate or semi-literate adults. This work tags the letters with a number, and prompts the student to recall the specific sound of this letter. It applies this system to all the 84 major sounds in English.
Ali Farzat is the dean of Arab political cartoonists. His caricatures do not spare wealth, influence, or power. They give hope to the disenfranchised, the poor, and the hungry. Farzat is an authentic Arab voice who nevertheless does not hesitate to buck the tide of majority opinion.
Features essays on the theme 'local truth'. This work includes proses from 75 writers of the East and West Coasts.