Katharine Lee Bates Knihy

The great diversity of Spain is captured here in a series of breathtaking photographs accompanying a century of travel writing from the pages of the New York Times.

One hundred years ago Katharine Lee Bates was inspired to write "America the Beautiful"; Neil Waldman's travels throughout this country the past twenty years have inspired him now to illustrate her poem. In sweeping panoramas, Neil takes us from coast to coast -- from Niagara Falls to Napa Valley's fruited plains; from the Oregon coast to the majestic mountains of the Great Smokies and the Grand Tetons. He shows us man-made wonders, such as the portraits on Mount Rushmore and the ancient dwellings of Mesa Verde, and natural ones, like Rainbow Bridge and the Grand Canyon. This beautiful book will give young readers a sense of the varied beauty of our country, and older readers -- a new appreciation of its glories.

An edition of the nineteenth-century poem that was later set to music, illustrated by a noted American artist.

Focusing on accessibility, this book is a reproduction of a historical work presented in large print, catering specifically to individuals with impaired vision. The publishing house Megali is dedicated to making classic literature more readable, ensuring that important texts remain available to a broader audience.

In this groundbreaking anthology, Lillian Faderman aims to redefine four centuries of lesbian literature, addressing a long-standing gap with a comprehensive collection of works by lesbian writers, each contextualized historically and literarily. This scholarly work illuminates the evolving concept of "lesbian literature" and explores six distinct genres: Romantic Friendship, Sexual Inversion, Exotic and Evil Lesbians, Lesbian Encoding, Lesbian Feminism, and Post-Lesbian Feminism. Faderman analyzes a diverse array of texts, including Willa Cather's My Antonia and Virginia Woolf's Orlando, alongside poetry from Gertrude Stein and Amy Lowell, and fiction by Carson McCullers, Helen Hull, and Alice Walker. The anthology also features writings by men who explored women's relationships, highlighting their role in the development of lesbian literature, especially in eras when women faced greater challenges in publishing. The fluid nature of lesbian writing, shaped by changing social attitudes and women's voices, defies the notion of a singular "great tradition." Faderman's personal quest for a definition of lesbian literature enriches the historical scope of this pioneering work, establishing it as a foundational reference for future studies in the field.