James Richardson is one of the finest poets now writing, and the best contemporary practitioner of the art of aphorism.--Publishers Weekly

Not since the appearance of W. S. Merwin's translations and adaptations of aphorisms in Asian Figures, some thirty years ago, has an American poet managed to put down so much delightful and compelling wisdom.--American Literary Review

No one theme or moral pervades these tesserae of specificity. Rather, Richardson's elegant compression invites the reader to fill in the blanks with personal experience... Richardson's knack for the quintessential, sustained for more than a hundred pages, left me satisfied yet hungry for more.-- Times Literary Supplement

Readers will be obsessed by this book; they will memorize passages, give copies to friends, proselytize. That's because Vectors so generously provides the best that poetry can offer. It is a masterpiece of practicality, beauty, and solace.-- Boston Review

James Richardson's Vectors... penetrates to the very heart of human nature. I stand looking in the mirror, alert to my own foibles, shaking my head as I tolerate what I know he knows about who I am.-- The Georgia Review

Almost every entry... introduces a new insight, provides a revelation, supplies a surprise... it is a book one wants to spend time with, a wonderfully friendly book, generous, witty and entertaining.-- Gulf Coast

Vectors is the kind of book you read, reread, thumb through, and pick up several extra copies because you want to share the joy you found in perusing it with friends.-- Barrow Street

James Richardson's Vectors is a book of subversive wonders. Stunningly precise, these brilliant aphorisms and ten-second essays show a mind assessing, reassessing, discovering, and interrogating assumptions in ways that feel diamond-sharp, at once good-natured, quietly sly at times, and always, always, very shrewd. 'It can never be satisfied, the mind, never, ' wrote Wallace Stevens. Vectors is a remarkable testament to such questing, vivid minding, as these aphorisms alight on everything from the nature of perception, to God, success, fear, shame, self-consciousness, love and friendship.--Laurie Sheck

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Richardson is well-known for his five previous volumes of poetry and for his critical work. Along with new poems, this book includes a large selection of aphorisms, which have brought him a whole new audience. They are witty, profound, and often very funny.

Gibraltar is perfect for a short break but you still need a guidebook. This concise, readable guide will save a precious half day of your trip by taking you straight to the places you want to see. This SECOND EDITION extends the original version with extra photos, an additional 12 page full colour street atlas and an index.

• Brief overview of Gibraltar's history
• Travel essentials like money, telephones, opening times and bank holidays
• Your options for getting there, including bus times and prices from Malaga
• Orientation guide to take you straight to the action as soon as you step off your plane or cross the land border
• 9 full page colour maps to complement the text, each specially produced for this publication. These give an overview of Gibraltar, walking routes from the airport and border, street maps of the town centre and walking routes in the nature reserve. A convenient map on the back cover gives an overview of the Upper Rock for handy reference as you explore.
• A further 12 pages of 1:7000 scale street maps covering the whole of Gibraltar. These ensure you are never lost if you leave íthe main tourist areas. They also cover the Spanish streets between the border and La Línea bus station.
• Full colour pages, with over 30 photographs. Unlike many travel books, these are not library shots of market stalls, plates of food and people in national dress, or artistic close ups of ornate stonework. Instead they are straight forward pictures of Gibraltar's attractions, to help you plan your visit and fill you with enthusiasm for your trip.
• Suggested itineraries for different trip lengths, from visits of less than a day to trips of three days plus.
• Explanation of Gibraltar's bus system including lists of stops and a unique route map
• Index

The whole book is presented in an easy to read style. Rather than get bogged down with tedious detail for every restaurant and historic building, it presents the main attractions and explains how to get to them quickly. The format is optimised for the maps, large pages yet thin enough to hold in one hand as you wander the town and nature reserve.

This book is only about Gibraltar. Other than transport details from Malaga to the adjacent town of La Línea, Spain is not covered at all.

We are all settlers on our own personal frontiers.

It's our national way of life. Individualism. America has now taken individualism to its logical extreme like no other society on Earth. And the results are mixed. Radical autonomy without wisdom and lots of social support is a dangerous gift. It can even become a curse of self-destruction.

This book explores how individualism affects the five major domains of American life that comprise 80% of our waking time - work, fun, food, friends, and family.

Using fresh national research on older Americans' life experiences, his training as a cultural anthropologist, and his own awkward life experiences, Dr. Richardson has crafted a first-of-its-kind social history of the late 20th century and what it yielded to us as a nation.

Part One - How to Make a Hyper-Individualistic Society in Seven Easy Steps

Part Two - How It Became Awkward at Work

Part Three - How We Got Lost in the American Fun-house

Part Four - How We Came To Eat Whatever, Whenever

Part Five - How We Turned Friends into Entertainment Devices

Part Six - How We Shriveled the American Family

Part Seven - The Future of Individualism in America

Dr. Richardson argues that individualism is not an inevitable way of life. We can take our gifts of autonomy and calibrate them to a more community-oriented future. We have to truly understand what we have before we make changes we would regret as a country.

How To Play Guitar Songbook For ChildrenCongratulations You have bought the best guitar songbook for your child. If your child has book 1 'How To Play Guitar For Children' then this new songbook is a great addition to help your child build their song collection and expand their repertoire.This book shows how to play some of the best nursery rhymes and popular songs with really easy chord diagrams and lyrics. Practice makes perfect and by playing these songs on a daily basis, your child should be able to rock 'n' roll with family members in no time. Complete with easy to read chord boxes, learning guitar has never been easier. Includes these great nursery rhymes: - The Alphabet song - Baa Baa Black Sheep - Head, Shoulders, Knees And Toes and many more This book not only teaches your child but you (the parent) too What are you waiting for? Get Rockin and a Rolling with the family now Songs included in this book: THE ALPHABET SONGBAA BAA BLACK SHEEPBINGODINGLE DANGLE SCARECROWFARMER IN THE DELL5 GREEN & SPECKLED FROGSFIVE LITTLE DUCKSFIVE LITTLE MONKEYSFRERE JACQUESIF YOU'RE HAPPY AND YOU KNOW ITHEAD, SHOULDERS, KNEES AND TOESHOKEY POKEYHERE WE GO ROUND THE MULBERRY BUSHHOT CROSS BUNSI'M A LITTLE TEAPOTTHE ITSY BITSY SPIDERJACK AND JILLJINGLE BELLSLONDON BRIDGE IS FALLING DOWNMARY HAD A LITTLE LAMBMICHAEL FINNEGANOLD MACDONALD HAD A FARMRING AROUND THE ROSIESROCK A BYE BABYROW, ROW, ROW YOUR BOATSHE'LL BE COMING ROUND THE MOUNTAINSING A SONG A SIX PENCETHERE WAS AN OLD LADY WHO SWALLOWED A FLYTHREE BLIND MICETINY TIMTWINKLE, TWINKLE, LITTLE STARTHE WHEELS ON THE BU

By: James Richardson, Pub. 1930, Reprinted 2018, 342 pages, New Index, ISBN #0-89308-504-9.

The narrative history of Greenville County is an excellent companion volume to Landrum's History of Spartanburg County, SC and Chapman's History of Edgefield County, SC, both neighboring counties of Greenville with much overlapping on both historyand families. This history not only completes the history of this midsection of Upper South Carolina but in addition provides th reader in many instances with detailed histories of over 167 of the early prominent families. These family sketches will help the new comer to the area to better understand the sometime complexities of family relationships brought about by the many intermarriages of these pioneer families. The book is profusely illustrated with photographs of many of the biographees. The NEW INDEX that was produced for this reprint contains the names of approximately 3,000 individuals.

Travels in Morocco in two volumes is a travel narrative written by American missionary and explorer James Richardson, and published by his wife after he lost his life at Bornou, in Central Africa. Richardson traveled to Africa as a missionary, but also undertook several other tasks in order to understand the condition of the strange and remarkable races of men who inhabit that part of the world. His goal was to introduce them with a legitimate commerce, with a view to destroy slave trade, and thus pave the way for the spreading of Christianity among a benighted people. Also he used every opportunity of studying the geography of the country, and of gaining an insight into the manners, customs, prejudices, and sentiments of its inhabitants.

MARTY MOUSE BOOK 1 & 2This book includes two great stories of Marty Mouse. Read below for more details.MARTY MOUSE FINDS A HOUSEA Very Funny, Rhyming Bedtime Story/Picture Book for Beginner Readers, starring Marty Mouse the Lonely Mouse, Ages 2-8Marty Mouse is a confused and lonely rodent that isn't wanted by anybody. He finds that he is not wanted in his home and decides to go out one night on a journey to find a new house. Full with adventure and surprise Marty Mouse Finds A House, is a fun and exciting bedtime story with a rhyming narration. Marty Mouse bumps into other little creatures in the dark wood and is caught by surprise from a hungry owl. Full of amusing rhyme and whimsical illustrations that will delight every family member in your household MARTY MOUSE FINDS A FRIENDA Very Funny, Rhyming Bedtime Story/Picture Book for Beginner Readers, starring Marty Mouse the Lonely Mouse, Ages 2-8Marty Mouse is a confused and lonely rodent that isn't wanted by anybody. He is bored of being all alone, so Marty decides to go out and look for friends in the woods. Full with adventure and surprise Marty Mouse Finds A Friend, is a fun and exciting bedtime story with a rhyming narration. Marty Mouse bumps into other little creatures in the dark wood and makes friends and plays all night. Full of amusing rhyme and whimsical illustrations that will delight every family member in your household

This collection of literature attempts to compile many classics that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them.

For James Richardson, poetry is serious and speculative play for both intellect and imagination... [He] makes familiar scenes strange enough to provoke new and startling insights.--National Book Award Judges

James Richardson is . . . a poet who earned his reputation as a master of imagery and concision.--The Christian Science Monitor

[O]ne of America's most distinctive contemporary poets . . . a powerful and moving body of work that in its intimacy and philosophical naturalism is unique in contemporary American poetry.--Boston Review

James Richardson's poetry is . . . unusual, quirky, personal, and profound.--The Threepenny Review

In this seriously playful new collection, James Richardson enters into underused and forgotten places in our emotional spectrum to revive lost feelings. His breathtaking skill with aphorisms open portals of new perspective to refresh us with their humor and make the familiar reinvigorated with the blessedly strange.

From Big Scenes

And what was King Kong ever going to do
with Fay Wray, or Jessica Lange,
but climb, climb, climb and get shot down?
No wonder Gulliver's amiably chatting
with that six-inch woman in his palm.
Desire's huge, there's really nowhere to put it
in this small world that it will stay put:
might as well just talk...

James Richardson is the author of eight books of poetry, including By the Numbers, which was a National Book Award finalist, and his poems appear regularly in The New Yorker. He is a professor of English and creative writing at Princeton University and lives in New Jersey.

His recent book of aphorisms (Vectors: Aphorisms & Ten-Second Essays) has done very well, charming readers with his wit, profundity, and easy accessibility. He's a great self-promoter, giving numerous readings and lectures.

Richardson's recent critical success has created fresh interest in his older out-of-print work.

16 of the greatest Children's Classic Christmas Carols prepared for guitar and complete with chord boxes and lyrics. This book is a festive delight for all the family Sit by the fire and sing the songs or use it to go Carol Singing. This book is a must buy for the greatest festive season of the year.

Title: Travels in the Great Desert of Sahara, in 1845 and 1846; including a description of the oases and cities of Ghat, Ghadames and Mourzuk.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC.The HISTORY OF TRAVEL collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. This collection contains personal narratives, travel guides and documentary accounts by Victorian travelers, male and female. Also included are pamphlets, travel guides, and personal narratives of trips to and around the Americas, the Indies, Europe, Africa and the Middle East. ++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library Richardson, James; 1848. 2 vol.; 8 . 1434.i.31.

James Richardson is . . . a poet who earned his reputation as a master of imagery and concision.--The Christian Science Monitor

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Classic meets contemporary in James Richardson's ninth collection. Writers from Bashō to Hardy, from Merwin to Porchia, inspire meditations on everything from artichokes to cosmology that somehow morph into fables of limitation and desire. This new poetry made the old way takes seriously the task of lightening and illuminating our experience, and especially, of distilling it. As Richardson writes, The road not taken also would have gotten me home. More than sixty poems of ten lines or fewer, and two sequences of Richardson's trademark aphorisms and ten-second essays, are set alongside surging lyric meditations and odes. For Now celebrates nows of every length, from the sweep of cosmic evolution, to the span of a life, to the glint of dew on a cold shovel.

Embark on an exotic and captivating journey through the vibrant landscapes of Morocco with James Richardson in 'Travels in Morocco.' Penned in the 19th century, this travel narrative offers readers a vivid and detailed account of Richardson's experiences as he explores the diverse cultures, traditions, and landscapes of this North African gem. As Richardson navigates through bustling souks, ancient cities, and the vast expanses of the Sahara, he unfolds tales of cultural encounters, historical marvels, and the allure of Morocco's unique charm. 'Travels in Morocco' is more than a travelogue; it's a timeless exploration of a country where the past and present coexist in a tapestry of rich traditions. Join Richardson on this literary expedition where each page reveals a new chapter of discovery, making 'Travels in Morocco' an essential read for those captivated by tales of North African exploration and the enchanting allure of Morocco.