"Tenderfoot Days" is a memoir written by George Robert Bird that tells the story of his youth in the American West during the late 19th century.Born in Iowa in 1862, Bird moved with his family to Kansas and then to Colorado as a young boy. Growing up in the rugged and untamed wilderness of the West, Bird had many adventures and experiences that shaped his life and worldview."Tenderfoot Days" is a collection of stories and anecdotes from Bird's youth, including his encounters with Native Am...

A deeply informative and gorgeously illustrated look at the Statue of Liberty, from award-winning nonfiction master Robert Byrd.America's most iconic national symbol was a gift from France to the United States--provided America raised the money for the pedestal on which it was to stand. Urged on by the publisher Joseph Pulitzer, it was raised, largely with the help of children, in the first example of a crowd sourced fund-raising campaign. This book tells the story...

A dramatic historical novel rooted in early American frontier life.

"The Infidel" primarily follows the exploits of Hernán Cortés, the Spanish conquistador who led the expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire. The story intertwines the lives of historical figures with fictional characters, offering a rich narrative that explores the cultural and ideological conflicts between the Spanish invaders and the indigenous peoples of Mexico.Key themes in the novel include the clash of civilizations, the brutality of conquest, and the complexities of loya...

In the year of Grace fifteen hundred and twenty, upon a day in the month of May thereof, the sun rose over the islands of the new deep, and the mountains that divided it from an ocean yet unknown, and looked upon the havoc, which, in the name of God, a Christian people were working upon the loveliest of his regions. He had seen, in the revolution of a day, the strange transformations which a few years had brought upon all the climes and races of his love. The standard of Portugal waved fro...

"HAWKS OF HAWK-HOLLOW A TRADITION OF PENNSYLVANIA ERT MONTGOMERY BIRD, THE", authored by Robert Montgomery Bird. This edition delivers a compelling exploration of its central themes and offers readers an immersive and thought-provoking experience. It examines wide-ranging themes that will resonate with thoughtful readers. Readers can expect a clear structure: an engaging opening that establishes stakes, a sequence of scenes or essays that develop central ideas, and a concluding section tha...

The Hawks of Hawk-Hollow: A Tradition of Pennsylvania, Volume 1 by Robert Montgomery Bird is more than just a story—it is a powerful journey into the heart of human passion, mystery, and the deep roots of American tradition.In this audiobook, Bird’s masterful storytelling breathes life into a tale where the echoes of Pennsylvania’s past meet timeless human struggles. The narrative blends romance, suspense, and history, weaving together a landscape ...

This autobiography follows West Virginia senator Robert C. Byrd’s experiences from his boyhood in the early 1920s to his election in 2000, which won him an unprecedented eighth term in the Senate. Within these pages, Senator Byrd offers commentary on national and international events that occurred throughout his long life in public service.His journey from the hardscrabble coalfields to the marbled halls of Congress has inspired generations of people in West Virginia and throughout...

In the last thirty years of the Soviet Communist project, Viktor Koretsky's art struggled to solve an enduring riddle: how to ensure or restore Communism's moral health through the production of a distinctively Communist vision. In this sense Koretsky's art demonstrates what an "avant-garde late Communist art" would have looked like if we had ever seen it mature. Most striking of all, Koretsky was pioneering the visual languages of Benetton and MTV at a time when the iconography of interra...

The moment Angelique arrives in Paris, she is taken prisoner by the SS. In a lonely little room, she is put in a chair with leather straps and a bloodstained seat and ordered to tell her captors everything she knows about the resistance. But Angelique knows nothing. She cares only for Martin, the boy who has been unable to speak since the bombs first fell during the Blitzkrieg. He has a secret-and she will protect it until her dying breath. Though Angelique loves him like her own, Martin i...

The Great American Adventure: 20 Classic Novels gathers a capacious tradition of U.S. adventure writing, where frontier romance, sea narrative, wilderness memoir, travel chronicle, juvenile fiction, satire, and tales of survival meet. Its selections trace contested landscapes—from forests, rivers, and prairies to oceans, mining camps, and polar routes—while testing the moral costs of expansion, encounter, mobility, and self-reliance. Sea voyages, western expeditions, and wilderness ordeals...

Annotated Companies Legislation is the only single volume commentary with a complete set of company law materials. It draws together in one place all you need to know about the legislation with substantive and high-quality commentary in a section-by-section format. With a high quality author team from a mix of disciplines, this guide to the Companies Act 2006 and surviving parts of older legislation is easy to navigate and value for money. Annotated Companies Legislation has also ...