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Sir David Russell
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Tact
The social practice of tact was an invention of the nineteenth century, a period when Britain was witnessing unprecedented urbanization, industrialization, and population growth. In an era when more and more people lived more closely than ever before with people they knew less and less about, tact was a new mode of feeling one’s way with others in complex modern conditions. In this book, David Russell traces how the essay genre came to exemplify this sensuous new ethic and aesthetic. Russell argues that the essay form provided the resources for the performance of tact in this period and analyzes its techniques in the writings of Charles Lamb, John Stuart Mill, Matthew Arnold, George Eliot,...
It's a George Thing!
George spends most of his time with his friends Peachy and Moon. Peachy and Moon are very noisy boys who are into bodybuilding and weightlifting - but neither of these are George's 'thing'. But when he hears some music coming from a river boat, George's reaction is instinctive. George was born to dance!
Antique Woodworking Tools
A stunning array of edge and boring tools from Britain, continental Europe and North America provides a survey of hand tool-making from prehistory to today.
David Ruggles
Presents the life of the most prominent black abolitionist of antebellum America, describing his work as a writer and activist whose assistance to runaway slaves in New York City inspired the formation of the Underground Railroad.
