"The Champagne Standard" by Mrs. Lane John is a captivating exploration of luxury and the art of living well. The narrative delves into the world of high society, where champagne is not just a drink but a symbol of celebration and sophistication. Through vivid descriptions and engaging characters, the book invites readers to experience the opulence and allure of a lifestyle filled with glamour. Mrs. Lane John masterfully weaves together themes of ambition, desire, and the pursuit of happin...

"The Champagne Standard" by Mrs. Lane John is a captivating exploration of luxury and the art of living well. The narrative delves into the world of high society, where champagne is not just a drink but a symbol of celebration and sophistication. Through vivid descriptions and engaging characters, the book invites readers to experience the opulence and allure of a lifestyle filled with glamour. Mrs. Lane John masterfully weaves together themes of ambition, desire, and the pursuit of happin...

On the morning of Saturday, November 20, 1943, the U.S. 2d Marine Division undertook the first modern amphibious assault against a well-defended beachhead. The objective was tiny Betio Island in Tarawa Atoll. The result was an classic story of tragedy and near defeat turned around into an epic of victory and indomitable human spirit.Built around the updated text of their 76 Hours: The Invasion of Tarawa, Hammel and Lane now reveal the graphic horror of warfare at its worst with the present...

"In an age that values faster and faster travel, Lane's river memoir affirms the great value of floating and observing."— BooklistThree months after a family vacation in Costa Rica ends in tragedy when two fellow rafters die on the flooded Rio Reventazón, John Lane sets out with friends from his own backyard in upcountry South Carolina to calm his nerves and to paddle to the sea.Like Huck Finn, Lane sees a river journey as a portal to change, but un...

Corruption, infatuation, and conflicting loyalties collide in a rural Southern mill town in this debut novel by an award-winning poet and environmentalist.On a placid Blue Ridge mountain lake on Labor Day Weekend in 1935, three locals in an overloaded boat drown, and the cotton mill scion who owns the lake is indicted for their murders. Decades later Ben Crocker—a reluctant participant in the aftermath of this long-forgotten tragedy—is drawn back into the morally am...

Acclaimed as one of the funniest and most perceptive accounts ever written about Peru, this travel book is exotically set in South America, spanning the sandy shores of the Pacific coast, across the heights of the snow-capped Andes to the dark rain forests of the Amazon, relating an interlude passed by an English adviser based in Lima improbably establishing a Ladies' Healthcare Clinic.Aside from the eccentric trials and tribulations of setting the new facility to work, a central f...

Romance, adventure, adversity and success - such is the panoramic sweep of this compelling story that starts and finishes in the little-known heart of the Amazon rain forest. A story that reaches out from the New World to the Old and back again to the jungle city of Iquitos and the headwaters of the mighty Amazon, king of rivers - this is a triumphal and joyous celebration of love and creation that sings in the heart like a great symphony.

This captivating work tells of Afghanistan before the Taliban - a land of majestic mountains and arid plains, terrain contaminated by the deadly remnants of war; landmines and unexploded ordnance, silent killers ready to kill and maim the innocent and unsuspecting. A historic and timeless land of fearless warriors and never ending-conflict. A country where there have been many losers in years gone by - and where there will be many more … A no-man's land where no-one wins.This is th...

This book is for young children to learn about the details of the birth of the Christ child. This book is intended for gifted children who have a thirst for learning more details or those who always ask, "Why," or "Tell me more."

In "Balthasar and Other Works," Anatole France presents a rich tapestry of narrative interwoven with philosophical introspection and social commentary. The titular story, "Balthasar," unfurls in a vibrant Parisian setting, showcasing France's characteristic blend of irony and romanticism, while challenging notions of morality and redemption through the eponymous protagonist's existential journey. France's prose reflects a mastery of style, marked by wit and lyricism that encapsulates the b...

While scouting sites for geology field trips, poet and naturalist John Lane encountered deep gullies created between the Civil War and the 1930s contributed to by his mother’s tenant farming family and their rural neighbors in Piedmont South Carolina. This brush with the poor farming practices of the past leads Lane into an exploration of his own family’s complicated history and of the larger environmental forces that have shaped the region where he chooses to live. With his sister as guid...

the book is about a person who is relating a story suggesting that strange and unusual farm animals down the road from where he lives are doing strange and weird things. the actions that this person says he has witnessed or is witnessing are things that these animals would not and could not ever be capable of doing or even think of doing in real life.