Like as if it were built of books ''.

Their books found no less willing readers outside than inside the South, even while memories of the war were still sharp.

The confused rambling of guerrilla warfare, such as most of Garibaldi's campaigns were, was brought to life by Trevelyan's pen in some of the best passages in the books.

The `` orphaned poems '' mentioned in the letter to Meynell comprised a group of five sonnets, which were published in the 1913 edition of Thompson's works under the heading `` Ad Amicam '', plus certain other completed pieces and rough drafts gathered together in one of the familiar exercise books.

That he read some of the books assigned to him with a studied carefulness is evident from his notes, which are often so full that they provide an unquestionable basis for the identification of reviews that were printed without his signature.

Of course, there were books about which nothing good could be said.

The CTCA program of activities was profuse: William Farnum and Mary Pickford on the screen, Elsie Janis and Harry Lauder on the stage, books provided by the American Library Association, full equipment for games and sports -- except that no `` bones '' were furnished for the all-time favorite pastime played on any floor and known as `` African golf ''.

One or two were writers of books ; ;

His saloon was a meetin' place for influential Wyoming cattlemen, and one year durin' a severe blizzard, when his herd-owner customers were wearin' long faces, he said, `` Cheer up, boys, whatever happens, the books won't freeze ''.

In fact, during the first century B.C., an extensive literature sprang up devoted to these subjects, finding its typical expression in the so-called `` wei books '', a number of which were specifically devoted to the Lo Shu and related numerical diagrams, especially in connection with divination.

However, the wei books were also destroyed in a series of Orthodox Confucian purges which culminated in a final proscription in 605.

And the best books by generals were not necessarily the first ones written.

The logical works of Aristotle were compiled into six books in about the early 1st century AD:

Several later books were original in Europe, and at least one novel has only ever appeared in Italian, no English version yet published.

These parameters were most clearly articulated in the various rubrics of the successive prayer books, as well as the Thirty-Nine Articles of Religion.

A collection of short stories for children Gallery of Children, and other stories that became part of the Winnie-the-Pooh books, were first published in 1925.

Looking back on this period ( in 1926 ) Milne observed that when he told his agent that he was going to write a detective story, he was told that what the country wanted from a " Punch humorist " was a humorous story ; when two years later he said he was writing nursery rhymes, his agent and publisher were convinced he should write another detective story ; and after another two years he was being told that writing a detective story would be in the worst of taste given the demand for children's books.

All three books were illustrated by E. H. Shepard.

The rights to the Pooh books were left to four beneficiaries: his family, the Royal Literary Fund, Westminster School and the Garrick Club.

Many of the settings for Agatha Christie ’ s books were directly inspired by the many archaeological field seasons spent in the Middle East on the sites managed by her second husband Max Mallowan.

Some details were changed slightly to allow more player choice-for example, players can be full Trump Artists without having walked the Pattern or the Logrus, which Merlin says is impossible ; and players ' psychic abilities are far greater than those shown in the books.

Both books were translated and released by French publisher Jeux Descartes in 1994 and 1995.

The first book assumes that gamemasters will set their campaigns after the Patternfall war ; that is, after the end of the fifth book in the series, The Courts of Chaos, but uses material from the following books to describe those parts of Zelazny's cosmology that were featured there in more detail.

In a culture that set a high value on oratory and public performances of all kinds, in which the production of books was very labor-intensive, the majority of the population was illiterate, and where those with the leisure to enjoy literary works also had slaves to read for them, written texts were more likely to be seen as scripts for recitation than as vehicles of silent reflection.

Contemporary hymnbooks did not contain music and were simply small books of religious poetry.

Years later in 1890 Edward Granville Browne described how ` Abdu ' l-Bahá was " one more eloquent of speech, more ready of argument, more apt of illustration, more intimately acquainted with the sacred books of the Jews, the Christians, and the Muhammadans ... scarcely be found even amongst the eloquent.

The Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox receive several additional books in to their canons based upon their presence in manuscripts of the ancient translation of the Old Testament in to Greek, the Septuagint ( although some of these books, such as Sirach and Tobit, are now known to be extant in Hebrew or Aramaic originals, being found amongst the Dead Sea Scrolls ).

Many of the most popular books of the Golden Age were written by Agatha Christie, who produced a long series of books featuring her detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple, amongst others, and usually including a complex puzzle for the reader to try to unravel.

" The early lectionaries of the Anglican Church ( as included in the Book of Common Prayer of 1662 ) included the deuterocanonical books amongst the cycle of readings, and passages from them were used in the services ( such as the Benedicite )

It was only in the 19th century, with the increasing interest in occultism amongst the British following the publication of Francis Barrett's The Magus ( 1801 ), that the term entered the English language in reference to books of magic.

Indeed, amongst many ancient writers, Moses himself was seen as an Egyptian rather than a Jew, and two manuscripts likely dating to the 4th century, both of which purport to be the legendary eighth Book of Moses ( the first five being the initial books in the Biblical Old Testament ), present him as a polytheist who explained how to conjure gods and subdue demons.

The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses were amongst the works that later spread to the countries of Scandinavia, where, in the Danish and Swedish languages, grimoires were known as ' black books ' and were commonly found amongst members of the army.

In 2006, Mere Christianity was placed third in Christianity Todays list of the most influential books amongst evangelicals since 1945.

Robert Abbot's books are conspicuous amongst the works of his time by their terseness and variety.

The concept of the Book of Shadows was then adopted by other Wiccan traditions, such as Alexandrianism and Mohsianism, and with the rise of books teaching people how to begin following Wicca in the 1970s onward, the idea of the Book of Shadows was then further propagated amongst solitary practitioners unconnected to earlier traditions.

At the time a group of women in Millington formed a reading club purchasing a small number of books to trade amongst themselves.

His whole house & garden is a paradise and Cabinet of rarieties & that of the best collection, amongst Medails, books, Plants, natural things.

* In the book Frost at Christmas by R. D. Wingfield, the vicar has a copy of Fanny Hill hidden in his trunk amongst other dirty books.

They are less than long, and found in damp corners or amongst books and paper in houses.

The library is unique amongst the UK's legal deposit libraries in keeping a large proportion of its books on open access and in allowing some categories of reader ( for example Cambridge academics, postgraduates and undergraduates ) to borrow from its collection.

'" Green was always more popular amongst fellow authors than with the general public ; none of his books sold more than 10, 000 copies, although he was more widely read in the forties, when Loving appeared briefly on the US bestseller lists.

Bodoni got to work publicizing the house with the creation of specimen books, which were very well received amongst the upper classes of European capitals.

" Although Emden did not approve of the Hasidic movement which evolved during his lifetime, his books are highly regarded amongst the Hasidim.

Howe illustrated many other books, amongst which many belong to the fantasy genre ( Robin Hobb's books for instance.

One of the Kindred of the East books also makes reference to an ancient legend amongst the Kue-Jin, of powerful heroes of old who were corrupted by their own power.

* Church of the SubGenius, often regarded as a parody of religion in general, with elements of fundamentalist Christianity, Scientology, new-age cults, pop-psychology, and motivational sales techniques amongst others, has become a movement in its own right, inspiring several books, art exhibits, rock albums, conventions, and novelty items.