... lady will be allowed two portmanteaus , each thirty - six inches long ... cabins - a very wholesome rule , as putrefaction becomes rapid . Ports and ... avoid bolting of food by hungry boys and nurses . At once place the children's seats ...

... Lady Kennaway. Hood's cabin (although 'deficient in comfort') was 'a ... scarlet fever on board; it was called measles and believed to be such; but truth will out. We are now adopting every precaution to avoid this terrible complaint, and our ...

If you want to build your own fireplace, or your own cabin in the woods with its wood-burning fireplaces, this book contains cabin plans and detailed instructions you will need.

This fascinating book is the first volume in a projected cultural history of the United States, from the earliest English settlements to our own time.

What begins as the captivating story of one woman’s ambition and idealism soon becomes a heart-racing novel of suspense, raising questions about memory, history, privacy, democracy, and the limits of human knowledge.

Examines the economy and it's impact of slavery on the coast land slave states pre-Civil War.

For this edition the text is reset in a spacious format, flowing around illustrations that range from paintings to line drawings, emblems, motifs, and symbols. The book incorporates freshly drawn maps, a revised preface, and a new index.

A fastidious Englishman, Phileas Fogg, puts his life's savings at stake, claiming he can travel around the world in just eighty days.

From acclaimed author Laurie Halse Anderson comes this compelling, impeccably researched novel that shows the lengths we can go to cast off our chains, both physical and spiritual.