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  | | Adam's Navel(Reprint) A Natural and Cultural History of the Human Form by Michael Sims Paperback, 352 Pages, Published 2004 by Penguin Books Bargain Price ISBN-13: 978-0-14-200464-7, ISBN: 0-14-200464-2 "Are we more than the sum of our parts? Perhaps, but it's fascinating nonetheless to look at our noses, ears, feet, and other bits as isolated evolutionary stories. That's just what Michael Sims does in Adam's Navel, an amusing collection of bodily facts. Sims wrote the book while laid out recovering from back surgery, jotting free association musings about whatever body part he had in mind. The result is a set of chapters with such titl ..." |
 | | The Adventures of Henry Thoreau A Young Man's Unlikely Path to Walden Pond by Michael Sims Hardcover, 384 Pages, Published 2014 by Bloomsbury Usa ISBN-13: 978-1-62040-195-8, ISBN: 1-62040-195-9 "Henry David Thoreau has long been an intellectual icon and folk hero. In this strikingly original profile, Michael Sims reveals how the bookish, quirky young man who kept quitting jobs evolved into the patron saint of environmentalism and nonviolent activism. Working from nineteenth-century letters and diaries by Thoreau's family, friends, and students, Sims charts Henry's course from his time at Harvard through the years he spent livi ..." |
 | | The Penguin Book of Victorian Women in Crime Forgotten Cops and Private Eyes from the Time of Sherlock Holmes (Penguin Classics) by Michael Sims, Penguin Classics Paperback, 352 Pages, Published 2011 by Penguin Classics Mobipocket_Ebook ISBN-13: 978-0-14-310621-0, ISBN: 0-14-310621-X "A wonderfully wicked new anthology from the editor of "The Penguin Book of Gaslight Crime" It is the Victorian era and society is both entranced by and fearful of that suspicious character known as the New Woman. She rides those new- fangled bicycles and doesn't like to be told what to do. And, in crime fiction, such female detectives as Loveday Brooke, Dorcas Dene, and Lady Molly of Scotland Yard are out there shadowing suspects, craw ..." |
 | | Arthur & Sherlock Conan Doyle and the Creation of Holmes (Paperback) by Michael Sims Paperback, 256 Pages, Published 2017 by Bloomsbury Paperbacks ISBN-13: 978-1-4088-5855-4, ISBN: 1-4088-5855-X "Although Doyle was training to be a surgeon, he was cultivating essential knowledge that would help him to define the art of the detective novel." |
 | | The Story of Charlotte's Web(1st Edition) E. B. White's Eccentric Life in Nature and the Birth of an American Classic by Michael Sims Hardcover, 320 Pages, Published 2011 by Walker Books ISBN-13: 978-0-8027-7754-6, ISBN: 0-8027-7754-6 "A Washington Post Notable Nonfiction Book for 2011 As he was composing what was to become his most enduring and popular book, E. B. White was obeying that oft-repeated maxim: "Write what you know." Helpless pigs, silly geese, clever spiders, greedy rats-White knew all of these characters in the barns and stables where he spent his favorite hours. Painfully shy his entire life, "this boy," White once wrote of himself, "felt for animals a ..." |
 | | In the Womb Animals by Michael Sims, Peter Tallack Hardcover, 160 Pages, Published 2009 by National Geographic ISBN-13: 978-1-4262-0175-2, ISBN: 1-4262-0175-3 "In the Womb: Animals follows the developmental path of three different mammals utilizing some of the most amazing technology available. This incredible journey was first chronicled for the critically acclaimed National Geographic Channel special of the same name, where 3-D and 4-D ultrasound was used on animals for the first time on television. These and other amazing computer-generated graphics highlight the path of development and in ..." |
 | | Agency Account Handling(1st Edition) Avoiding Blood, Sweat and Tears by Michael Sims Hardcover, 208 Pages, Published 2004 by Wiley ISBN-13: 978-0-470-87159-1, ISBN: 0-470-87159-8 "Agency Account Handling strives to distinguish between good account handling and great account handling. This book will help you understand the wider picture of client servicing, give you satisfied customers and allow you to go home at night with a smile on your face. In reality it may not avoid all the a blood, sweat and tearsa but it will certainly reduce them to a manageable level. Good account handlers know instinctively most of th ..." |
 | | Adam's Navel(1st Edition) A Natural and Cultural History of the Human Form by Michael Sims Hardcover, 352 Pages, Published 2003 by Viking Adult ISBN-13: 978-0-670-03224-2, ISBN: 0-670-03224-7 "Are we more than the sum of our parts? Perhaps, but it's fascinating nonetheless to look at our noses, ears, feet, and other bits as isolated evolutionary stories. That's just what Michael Sims does in Adam's Navel, an amusing collection of bodily facts. Sims wrote the book while laid out recovering from back surgery, jotting free association musings about whatever body part he had in mind. The result is a set of chapters with such titl ..." |
 | | Dracula's Guest(1st Edition) A Connoisseur's Collection of Victorian Vampire Stories (The Connoisseur's Collections) by Michael Sims Paperback, 480 Pages, Published 2010 by Walker Books ISBN-13: 978-0-8027-1971-3, ISBN: 0-8027-1971-6 "Before Twilight and True Blood, even before Buffy and Anne Rice and Bela Lugosi, vampires haunted the nineteenth century, when brilliant writers everywhere indulged their bloodthirsty imaginations, culminating in Bram Stoker's legendary 1897 novel, Dracula. Michael Sims brings together the very best vampire stories of the Victorian eraâfrom England, America, France, Germany, Transylvania, and even Japanâinto a unique collection that ..." |
 | | The Adventures of Henry Thoreau(Reprint) A Young Man's Unlikely Path to Walden Pond by Michael Sims Paperback, 384 Pages, Published 2015 by Bloomsbury Usa ISBN-13: 978-1-62040-197-2, ISBN: 1-62040-197-5 "Henry David Thoreau is an American intellectual icon; what made him so was the decade between his graduation from Harvard and the years he spent in a cabin he built himself on Ralph Waldo Emerson's land at Walden Pond--the formative decade that turned him into one of America's most influential writers. In a detailed and textured narrative, Sims brings Thoreau to life--striding across the page like a radical folksinger rather than the cu ..." |
 | | Darwin's Orchestra(1st Edition) An Almanac of Nature in History and the Arts (Henry Holt Reference Book) by Michael Sims Hardcover, 508 Pages, Published 1997 by Henry Holt & Co ISBN-13: 978-0-8050-4220-7, ISBN: 0-8050-4220-2 "A day-by-day journal of nature anecdotes drawn from 2,500 years of history includes pages devoted to figures such as Josephine Baker, "Calvin and Hobbes," Sherlock Holmes, Emperor Hirohito, Alfred Hitchcock, and Virginia Woolf. 12,500 first printing." |
 | | Arthur and Sherlock(Reprint) Conan Doyle and the Creation of Holmes by Michael Sims Paperback, 256 Pages, Published 2018 by Bloomsbury Publishing ISBN-13: 978-1-63286-040-8, ISBN: 1-63286-040-6 "2018 Edgar Award NomineeShortlisted for the H. R. F. Keating Award from the International Crime Writers AssociationFrom Michael Sims, the acclaimed author of The Story of Charlotte’s Web, the rich, true tale tracing the young Arthur Conan Doyle’s creation of Sherlock Holmes and the modern detective story.As a young medical student, Arthur Conan Doyle studied in Edinburgh under the vigilant eye of a diagnostic genius, Dr. Joseph Bell. Do ..." |
 | | The Story of Charlotte's Web(Reprint) E. B. White's Eccentric Life in Nature and the Birth of an American Classic by Michael Sims Paperback, 307 Pages, Published 2012 by Walker Books ISBN-13: 978-0-8027-7816-1, ISBN: 0-8027-7816-X "While composing what would become his most enduring and popular book, E. B. White obeyed that oft-repeated maxim: "Write what you know." Helpless pigs, silly geese, clever spiders, greedy rats--White knew all of these characters in the barns and stables where he spent his favorite hours as a child and adult. Painfully shy, "this boy," White once wrote of himself, "felt for animals a kinship he never felt for people." It's all the more i ..." |
 | | Dracula's Guest (Connoisseur's Collections) by Michael Sims Paperback, 480 Pages, Published 2011 by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc ISBN-13: 978-1-4088-0996-9, ISBN: 1-4088-0996-6 "Even in the twenty-first century, the undead walk among us...Before Twilight and True Blood, vampires haunted the nineteenth century, when brilliant writers indulged their bloodthirsty imaginations, culminating in Bram Stoker's legendary 1897 novel, Dracula. Acclaimed author and anthologist Michael Sims brings together the finest vampire stories of the Victorian era in a unique collection that highlights their cultural variety. Beginni ..." |
 | | Dracula's Guest A Connoisseur's Collection of Victorian Vampire Stories by Michael Sims Hardcover, 480 Pages, Published 2010 by Bloomsbury Uk ISBN-13: 978-1-4088-0825-2, ISBN: 1-4088-0825-0 "Even in the twenty-first century, the undead walk among us...Before "Twilight" and "True Blood", vampires haunted the nineteenth century, when brilliant writers indulged their bloodthirsty imaginations, culminating in Bram Stoker's legendary 1897 novel, "Dracula". Acclaimed author and anthologist Michael Sims brings together the finest vampire stories of the Victorian era in a unique collection that highlights their cultural variety. Be ..." |
 | | Arthur & Sherlock Conan Doyle and the Creation of Holmes by Michael Sims Hardcover, 256 Pages, Published 2017 by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Deckle Edge ISBN-13: 978-1-4088-5853-0, ISBN: 1-4088-5853-3 "From Michael Sims, the acclaimed author of The Story of Charlotte's Web, the rich, true tale tracing the young Arthur Conan Doyle's creation of Sherlock Holmes and the modern detective story.As a young medical student, Arthur Conan Doyle studied in Edinburgh under the vigilant eye of a diagnostic genius, Dr. Joseph Bell. Doyle often observed Bell identifying a patient's occupation, hometown, and ailments from the smallest details of dre ..." |
 | | Arthur and Sherlock(1st Edition) Conan Doyle and the Creation of Holmes by Michael Sims Hardcover, 256 Pages, Published 2017 by Bloomsbury Usa ISBN-13: 978-1-63286-039-2, ISBN: 1-63286-039-2 "2018 Edgar Award NomineeShortlisted for the H. R. F. Keating Award from the International Crime Writers AssociationFrom Michael Sims, the acclaimed author of The Story of Charlotte’s Web, the rich, true tale tracing the young Arthur Conan Doyle’s creation of Sherlock Holmes and the modern detective story.As a young medical student, Arthur Conan Doyle studied in Edinburgh under the vigilant eye of a diagnostic genius, Dr. Joseph Bell. Do ..." |
 | | The Adventures of Henry Thoreau A Young Man s Unlikely Path to Walden Pond (Hardback) by Michael Sims Hardcover, 384 Pages, Published 2014 by Bloomsbury Publishing ISBN-13: 978-1-4088-3049-9, ISBN: 1-4088-3049-3 "Josiah Quincy had found Henry a bit insubor- dinate and lax in his studies and Emerson defended him. He didn't yet know him well, but he was generous in his support of talented young men. Then on Independence Day Henry sang in the ..." |
 | | Bloods and Crips The American Menace by Michael Sims Hardcover, Published 2012 by Trafford Publishing ISBN-13: 978-1-4669-5514-1, ISBN: 1-4669-5514-7 |
 | | The Story of Charlotte's Web E. B. White and the Birth of a Children's Classic by Michael Sims Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 2012 by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc ISBN-13: 978-1-4088-2777-2, ISBN: 1-4088-2777-8 "While composing what would become his most enduring and popular book, Charlotte's Web, E. B. White was obeyingthat oft-repeated maxim: 'Write what you know.' Helpless pigs, silly geese,clever spiders, greedy rats - White knew all of these characters in the barnsand stables where he spent his favourite hours as child and adult. Painfullyshy, White once wrote of himself 'this boy felt for animals a kinship he neverfelt for people'. Noneth ..." |
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