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Written by William Shakespeare, published in 1623. View all four folios at digital.lib.MiamiOH.edu/folios.
On February 20, 1962, after three years of training, John Glenn rocketed into space aboard the Mercury capsule Friendship 7. He became the third American in space and the first to orbit Earth. The historical flight was no easy feat. At the end of his first orbit, a yaw attitude jet clogged, forcing Glenn to abandon the automatic control system and use the manual electrical fly-by-wire system.
In 4 hours and 56 minutes, John Glenn circled the globe three times, reaching speeds of more than 17,000 miles per hour. The successful mission concluded with a splashdown and recovery in the Atlantic Ocean, 800 miles southeast of Bermuda.
Written by William Shakespeare, published in 1623. View all four folios at digital.lib.MiamiOH.edu/folios.
The Illustrated News of the World – First Edition 1858.
‘The Illustrated News of the World and National Portrait Gallery of Eminent Personages’ was a new publication with the strong visual emphasis of numerous large woodcuts to illustrate local and world events, and also featuring a number of fine steel engravings of eminent persons. The publishers stated their hopes that the publication would match or supplement the existing illustrated magazines:- The Illustrated London News and Punch Magazine .
Published by Illustrated News of the World, The Strand, London. Annual bound collection, red cloth boards 338 pages 42cm x 29cm.
Graham, the central character of the novel, awakens into a troubled world after a two-hundred year slumber, much like Rip Van Winkle. The compound interest on his bank accounts has made him the richest man in the world and a very powerful one indeed. A trust known as the White Council used Graham’s wealth to establish a vast political and economic world order, which is now much hated by the people. Word spreads that the fabled sleeper has awakened and the people demand to see him. The Council, which rules the world in his name, prefers that he remain out of the way and places him under house arrest. He is liberated by revolutionaries and he soon learns the ugly truth about this new world, which persuades him to take part in the revolution.
The novel has plenty of action which more than makes up for the author’s socialist inclinations. It has engine-driven “aeroplanes” with 600-foot wing spans and smaller, nimbler “aeropiles,” it has a revolution and a counter-revolution, and there are battles fought in the air for supremacy.
Written by William Shakespeare, published in 1623. View all four folios at digital.lib.MiamiOH.edu/folios.
Nombre: Hot Shot
Afiliación: Autobots
Línea: Transformers Prime: Robots In Disguise
Clase: Deluxe
Año: 2012
Número de adquisición: 554
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Name: Hot Shot
Allegiance: Autobots
Line: Transformers Prime: Robots In Disguise
Class: Deluxe
Year: 2012
Number in Collection: 554
Nombre: Vehicon
Afiliación: Decepticons
Línea: Transformers Prime First Edition
Clase: Deluxe
Año: 2012
Número de adquisición: 574
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Name: Vehicon
Allegiance: Decepticons
Line: Transformers Prime First Edition
Class: Deluxe
Year: 2012
Number in Collection: 574
The first edition of the parkrun at Seaton. Saturdays 0900 from now onward. Watch out at the pinch point near the start, with people running through in both directions after a while.
Conditions were a little challenging for photography with mist and drops of rain.
The first edition of the parkrun at Seaton. Saturdays 0900 from now onward. Watch out at the pinch point near the start, with people running through in both directions after a while.
Conditions were a little challenging for photography with mist and drops of rain.
Written by William Shakespeare, published in 1623. View all four folios at digital.lib.MiamiOH.edu/folios.
So, how well articulated is the figure? Depends on how you want to move him. The shoulders and hips ratchet out horizontally and vertically, giving a nice range of movement (until they hit the damned backpack), the ankles have some pivot, meaning you can get some nice actiony poses out of him. The elbows are actually double jointed, and there is a bicep swivel. All in all, not bad. What the figure lacks is any waist or wrist articulation. I don't really miss the waist movement, but the wrists would have been nice.
Written by William Shakespeare, published in 1623. View all four folios at digital.lib.MiamiOH.edu/folios.
MFAMILY Erasmus Mundus, European Master in Social Work with Family and Children graduation ceremony of the first edition took place at ISCTE-IUL J. J. Laginha auditorium on august 3rd. Fotografia Hugo Alexandre Cruz.
Written by William Shakespeare, published in 1623. View all four folios at digital.lib.MiamiOH.edu/folios.
Written by William Shakespeare, published in 1623. View all four folios at digital.lib.MiamiOH.edu/folios.
Written by William Shakespeare, published in 1623. View all four folios at digital.lib.MiamiOH.edu/folios.
Shirley, James (1596-1666). The Opportunitie. A Comedy. London: Printed by Thomas Cotes for Andrew Crooke, [1640]. First Edition. Bloomington, Indiana, USA. Copyright 2023, James A. Glazier
The illuminated initial around Mowgli is from the story “The Spring Running.”
“The Second Jungle Book” is a sequel to “The Jungle Book” by English author Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936). First published in 1895, it features five stories about Mowgli, the abandoned boy who is raised by wolves, and three unrelated stories. All but one is set in India and all were previously published in magazines in 1894-5. Kipling was born in India, spent the first six years of his childhood there and returned as an adult to work there for about six-and-a-half years. He put into his stories everything he knew about the Indian jungle. His father, John Lockwood Kipling, spent most of his career in British India as Principal of the Mayo School of Arts and curator of the Lahore Museum. He did the illustrations for the book.
The Wonderful Fire Proof Phenomenon,
Who lately caused so much Astonishment in Paris, by his supernatural Powers, and in consequence of GOING INTO AN OVEN, in Presence of the Royal Academy of Physicians, WITH A LEG OF MUTTON, and remaining shut up in it until the meat was well-baked. This Experiment he will have the honor of performing again, whenever a liberal subscription shall be made for the purpose.
IVAN IVANITZ CHABERT,
The only Really Incombustible Phenomenon
His performance will consist of the following extraordinary proofs of his supernatural Power of RESISTING THE MOST INTENSE HEAT OF EVERY KIND, and he pledges himself that no sleight of hand (as is usual in these Things) will be practiced:
1. He will forge with his Hands and Feet a Bar of Red Hot Iron, which he will, without other means, widen and lengthen considerably.
2. He will undergo the Torture by Fire, as used in the Spanish Inquisition.
3. He will drink, positively, boiling Oil and wash his hands and feet in it.
4. He will drop on his Tongue a large Quantity of Burning Sealing Wax, from which any of the Company may take impressions of their Seals.
5. He will eat burning Charcoal.
6. He will inspirate the Flames of a Torch.
7. Will bathe his feet in boiling Lead, and pour it into his Mouth with his hand, or any of the Company may do it with a spoon.
8. Will pour the strongest Aqua Fortis on Steel Filings, and trample on it with his bare Feet.
9. He will hold in his Teeth a Bar of Red Hot Iron, until it shall lose its principal heat.
10. Will rub a Red Hot Shovel on his Arms and Legs, and hold it on his head until the Hair Shall be too warm for any By-stander to hold his Hand on it.
11. He will pour Vitriol, Oil, and Arsenic into the Fire, and hold his Head in the Flames, and inhale the vapours.
12. He will eat of a lighted torch with a Fork, as if it were a salad.
13. Will dissolve a Piece of Copper in the Hollow of his Hand, with Aqua Fortis.
And in the Evening, to complete the Astonishment of those who may honor him with their Presence, a brilliant Display of FIREWORKS will play on him, till his SHIRT shall be burnt on his Back.
Written by William Shakespeare, published in 1623. View all four folios at digital.lib.MiamiOH.edu/folios.
The novelist Ernest Hemingway once remarked that “all modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn,” and other writers such as poet T. S. Eliot and African American novelist Ralph Ellison have added their acclaim. Mark Twain, the pen name of Samuel Clemens, worked for eight years on the story of an outcast white boy, Huck, and his adult friend Jim, a runaway slave, who together flee Missouri on a raft down the Mississippi River in the 1840s. The book has been controversial since the day it was published, opinions ranging from “the book is a masterpiece” to the book is “trash and suitable only for the slums.” The free-spirited and not always truthful Huck narrates the colorful stories in the book in his own coarse and ungrammatical voice. He shows a lack of respect for religion and adult authority and repeatedly uses the “n” word. Some readers view the book as satire and consider it a powerful attack on racism. Others believe it contributes to a “racially hostile environment” and are offended by the language and the portrayal of the slave Jim. In spite of it all, Huck Finn remains the Great American Novel to the many people who have read it and loved it.
Written by William Shakespeare, published in 1623. View all four folios at digital.lib.MiamiOH.edu/folios.
Close call!
We shot several lots of cool old books this afternoon while the crisp fall days are still hanging on and the light is just perfect.
A quick bit of Google research at my desk showed me that the dark blue book with the orangy title to be no ordinary used book, but a genuine 1927 first edition copy of Sinclair Lewis's famous work; Elmer Gantry!
In the first edition, the first letter of Gantry looks like the letter "C" and it's worth a nice chunk of change. Cool!
Who'da thunk it?
rii joins anouk. she is wearing a kelly (barbies daughter) dress that i just got for her. both of them are pink and girly even though i normally don't like that ;), but it's cute!
So, how does the figure measure up in the final analysis? I do like it. Maybe not $60 like it, but I do. I think the biggest problem is that this is a kid's toy that Hasbro tried to market as a collector's toy. Had this thing just hit the market as a $40 Leader Class figure rather than an Amazon Exclusive super figure, there would have been a lot less bitching. As it is, I don't regret buying it (unless it does drop down to $40, then I'll feel like an ass :P)
The novelist Ernest Hemingway once remarked that “all modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn,” and other writers such as poet T. S. Eliot and African American novelist Ralph Ellison have added their acclaim. Mark Twain, the pen name of Samuel Clemens, worked for eight years on the story of an outcast white boy, Huck, and his adult friend Jim, a runaway slave, who together flee Missouri on a raft down the Mississippi River in the 1840s. The book has been controversial since the day it was published, opinions ranging from “the book is a masterpiece” to the book is “trash and suitable only for the slums.” The free-spirited and not always truthful Huck narrates the colorful stories in the book in his own coarse and ungrammatical voice. He shows a lack of respect for religion and adult authority and repeatedly uses the “n” word. Some readers view the book as satire and consider it a powerful attack on racism. Others believe it contributes to a “racially hostile environment” and are offended by the language and the portrayal of the slave Jim. In spite of it all, Huck Finn remains the Great American Novel to the many people who have read it and loved it.
Written by William Shakespeare, published in 1623. View all four folios at digital.lib.MiamiOH.edu/folios.
Written by William Shakespeare, published in 1623. View all four folios at digital.lib.MiamiOH.edu/folios.
The first edition of the parkrun at Seaton. Saturdays 0900 from now onward. Watch out at the pinch point near the start, with people running through in both directions after a while.
Conditions were a little challenging for photography with mist and drops of rain.
The first edition of the parkrun at Seaton. Saturdays 0900 from now onward. Watch out at the pinch point near the start, with people running through in both directions after a while.
Conditions were a little challenging for photography with mist and drops of rain.
Written by William Shakespeare, published in 1623. View all four folios at digital.lib.MiamiOH.edu/folios.
Written by William Shakespeare, published in 1623. View all four folios at digital.lib.MiamiOH.edu/folios.
Kia Sportage 2.0 CRDi First Edition in Sirius Silver.
This is the first release of this new vehicle in the UK. Only 850 have been imported from Kia's new factory in Slovenia and I have been lucky enough to get one. The rest of the model range comes on stream in November.
If anyone had asked me a few years back if I would ever buy I Kia I would have been very quick to say no.
However, having looked around at different 'crossover' vehicles such as the Nissan Qashqai, Mazda CX7, Ford Kuga and even the Land Rover Freelander this is the one that drew my eye.
I think it is a very good looker, it drives well, is very good value for money and has a lot more 'bells and whistles' than the Discovery and will certainly be a lot cheaper to run.
So there we are - a very difficult decision for a dyed in the wool Land Rover Fan
but it's done!
The first edition of the parkrun at Seaton. Saturdays 0900 from now onward. Watch out at the pinch point near the start, with people running through in both directions after a while.
Conditions were a little challenging for photography with mist and drops of rain.
Written by William Shakespeare, published in 1623. View all four folios at digital.lib.MiamiOH.edu/folios.
Here is how John Keel’s “Jadoo” is described on the dust jacket:
From the Upper Nile to the lower Ganges and the Roof of the World in Tibet, John Keel traveled in search of Jadoo – the black magic of the Orient – and had some of the most fantastic experiences ever to appear on the printed page. Everywhere he went he hunted down the mystics, lamas, jadoo-wallas and fakirs, befriending them and ferreting out their secrets. He learned how to do the Indian Rope trick, be buried alive, to charm snakes, walk on water and stick pins into himself without bleeding. He discovered the truth behind bearded cobras, two-headed snakes, trees growing out of the ground in a matter of minutes, X-ray eyes that can see through blindfolds and other “supernatural” phenomena.
But Mr. Keel also found magic with no logical explanation. As skeptical as the rest of us, he is still puzzled by the Tibetan monk who sat in his cell and knew immediately of an occurrence in a village many miles away, and the lama he interviewed who sat cross-legged in midair balanced only on a staff.
Just as fascinating as the magic are Mr. Keel’s incredible adventures in the East. In Baghdad he played Russian Roulette with “the most dangerous man in Iraq,” witnessed the religious rites of devil worshippers in an underground temple and investigated the manufacturing of mummies out of fresh corpses. He met Tenzing, the Sherpa guide, lost his car in a raging waterfall, and hunted down the “Abominable Snowman” in the Himalayas. He was almost crushed to death by a camel, bitten by a cobra and set upon by cutthroats.
What he saw and did will astonish readers with a taste for the bizarre. Here is really off-beat adventure, told by an engaging, unpredictable author.
Written by William Shakespeare, published in 1623. View all four folios at digital.lib.MiamiOH.edu/folios.
Written by William Shakespeare, published in 1623. View all four folios at digital.lib.MiamiOH.edu/folios.
Written by William Shakespeare, published in 1623. View all four folios at digital.lib.MiamiOH.edu/folios.
My husband, the best gift-giver EVER, gave me an inscribed, autographed, first edition copy of Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking. Julia's been my idol for ages and ages, so this was incredibly poignant to me.
There's a second birthday gift he gave me in here that you can't see, though--I took the photos with my new Nikon 35mm f1.8.
OMG! He hit a home run this year. Grand slam, outta the park.