McGuffey’s Eclectic Primer, USA, McGuffey Readers, Paperback

McGuffey’s Eclectic Primer, USA, McGuffey Readers, Paperback Learn to read the old fashioned way, with McGuffey’s Eclectic Primer. This first reading book begins with the alphabet and moves from simple sentences made up of one-syllable words (“A cat and a rat.”) through more difficult sentences of one-syllable words (“A good child likes to go to school.”). The book includes “slate exercises” of the script alphabet and charming 19th-century illustrations throughout. This is the revised 1881 edition. The McGuffey Readers are among the best known schoolbooks in the history of American education, having sold more than 120 million copies since the time of their first publication in 1836.

Benjamin Franklin’s Book of Virtues

Benjamin Franklin’s Book of Virtues This pocket-sized hardcover edition contains all thirteen “moral virtues” as Benjamin Franklin wrote them in his memoirs, first posthumously published in 1791. In the heart of this larger work–today known as The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin –he writes of the “bold and arduous Project of arriving at Perfection” that he set for himself as a young man. In this task for perfection, young Benjamin prepared a catalog of thirteen necessary or desirable virtues that he might strive to acquire by means of habit and daily practice. This Applewood Books edition includes a chart that Benjamin Franklin used to track his personal progress towards perfection.

McGuffey’s First Eclectic Reader, USA, McGuffey Readers, Paperback

McGuffey’s First Eclectic Reader, USA, McGuffey Readers, Paperback The tried and true McGuffey’s First Eclectic Reader develops basic reading comprehension skills for children as young as three all the way to adults learning to read. Using stories, word lists, phonics charts, and 19th-century illustrations, it is a timeless teaching tool. This is the revised 1879 edition. The McGuffey Readers are among the best known schoolbooks in the history of American education, having sold more than 120 million copies since the time of their first publication in 1836.

Constitution of the United States, USA, Books of American Wisdom, Hardback

Constitution of the United States, USA, Books of American Wisdom, Hardback The landmark legal document of the United States, the U.S. Constitution comprises the primary law of the Federal Government. Signed by the members of the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia on September 17, 1787, the Constitution outlines the powers and responsibilities of the three chief branches of the Federal Government, as well as the basic rights of the citizens of the United States. This beautiful gift edition contains the complete text of the United States Constitution, as well as all of its amendments. It is a treasure for Americans of all ages.

The Slip

Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Title:The SlipISBN13:9781848617216ISBN10:1848617216Author:Perril, Simon (Author)Description:The Slip Is The Final Volume Of Perril’s Trilogy Excavating The Crime Scene At The Centre Of Archaic Lyric We Can’t Know Whether Ancient Greece’s First Lyric Poet Archilochus ‘Really’ Used His Iambic Prowess To Curse Lycambes’ Family To Its Grave For A Broken Marriage Oath But Neither Can We Doubt That His Poetic Legacy, In Antiquity And Beyond, Was A By-Word For Judgements Over The Acceptability, Or Otherwise, Of Indulgence In Poetic Harm; Just As The Literary Form Of Iambic He Is Famous For Initiating Is A Locus Of Ethical Crises The Slip Is Steeped In The Animal Fables Within The Surviving Fragments Of Archilochus, Pre-Aesopical Ainos That Were Likely Stock Elements Of Iambic Verse Most Famous Are The Sequence Of Fragments In Which The Fox Recounts His Revenge Upon The Eagle (Widely Regarded As Code For Lycambes) Who Has Betrayed Their Friendship By Eating The Vixen’s Cubs The Fox Curses The Eagle And Appeals To Zeus To Intervene And Bring Justice To Bear; The Greedy Eagle Steals Meat From A Sacrificial Altar Only To Have It Burn Down His Nest And Cause Its Young To Fall Out Into The Jaws Of Its Vulpine Rival So, Here Are The Last Steps Of The ‘Wolf Walker’ Lycambes, Undergoing His Curse In The Dog Days Of Summer On The Cusp Of Following The Death Of His Daughters With His Own, And Reminiscing Central To This Reminiscence Are The Early Expeditions To Colonise Thasos He Undertook With Telesicles, Archilochus’s Father, And That Doubtless Confirmed, If Not Established, The Bond Between The Families That He Shatters In Breaking His Oath In Pottery, The Slip Is A Liquified Suspension Of Clay In Water And Was Painted Onto The Areas Of Ancient Pots Intended To Emerge Black In The Firing Process Needless To Say, Notions Of The Slip Also Encompass All Manner Of Acts Of Evasion, Disguise, And The Tying Of A Noose Binding:Paperback, PaperbackPublisher:SHEARSMAN BOOKSPublication Date:2020-09-18Weight:0.29 lbsDimensions:0.23” H x 8.5” L x 5.51” WNumber of Pages:98Language:English