Books with author John Lange

<p>Three months after a family vacation in Costa Rica ends in tragedy when two fellow rafters die on the flooded Rio Reventaz&oacute;n, John Lane sets out with friends from his own backyard in upcountry South Carolina to calm his nerves and to paddle to the sea.</p><p>Like Huck Finn, Lane sees a river journey as a portal to change, but unlike Twain&rsquo;s character, Lane isn&rsquo;t escaping. He&rsquo;s getting intimate with the river that flows right past his home in the Spartanburg suburbs. Lane&rsquo;s three&shy;hundred-mile float trip takes him down the Broad River and into Lake Marion before continuing down the Santee River. Along the way Lane recounts local history and spars with streamside literary presences such as<i> Mind of the South</i> author W. J. Cash; Henry Savage, author of the Rivers of America Series volume on the Santee; novelist and Pulitzer Prize&ndash;winner Julia Peterkin; early explorer John Lawson; and poet and outdoor writer Archibald Rutledge. Lane ponders the sites of old cotton mills; abandoned locks, canals, and bridges; ghost towns fallen into decay a century before; Indian mounds; American Revolutionary and Civil War battle sites; nuclear power plants; and boat landings. Along the way he encounters a cast of characters Twain himself would envy&mdash;perplexed fishermen, catfish clean&shy;ers, river rats, and a trio of drug-addled drifters on a lonely boat dock a day&rsquo;s paddle from the sea.</p><p>By the time Lane and his companions finally approach the ocean about forty miles north of Charleston they have to fight the tide and set a furious pace. Through it all, paddle stroke by paddle stroke, Lane is reminded why life and rivers have always been wedded together.</p>

You have heard of India, of its riches and its grandeur and its glory, of its hundreds of millions of people, and of the great deeds that have been done there. But perhaps you have never heard who it was that gave India to England; you may possibly know nothing of Robert Clive, the boy who, when he was really little more than a boy, laid for us the foundations of the vast Empire in the East..

A history of the United States Army during the time it served as the vanguard of western expansion and a description of its uniforms and equipment in the late nineteenth century. Each volume in this ongoing series combines detailed and informative captions with over 100 rare and unusual images. These books are a must for anyone interested in American military uniforms.

Details on the weapons, uniforms, and equipment of these legendary regiments Coverage of both little-known and famous campaigns in the West After the Civil War, the American army was drastically reduced in size. By 1866 only ten regiments of cavalry were available for active duty west of the Mississippi, but they became legends of military history. This volume draws together more than 100 rare images to reveal the American cavalrymen as they appeared throughout the turbulent campaigns in the West. It shows the men, their uniforms, and equipment as they actually appeared. The cavalry were heavily involved in fighting Indians across the Mississippi, forming punitive columns and pursuing bandits along the Mexican border and, in a less glamorous role, serving as garrisons in forts dotted along Americas expanding and untamed frontier.

In the words of the text's best-selling author, John Langan, "Grammar books can be really dull. But they don't have to be. English Essentials is a new text that makes grammar, punctuation, and usage interesting--with pictures, stories, and activities students will enjoy." The affordable price, ease of use, and simple, familiar language distinguish this engaging text from others on the market.

Here is a unique opportunity to visit the great figures of the past on often momentous occasions in history, as they flick open their napkins and reach for the menu at some of the grandest banquets ever conceived. A rich collection of menu cards from historical feasts forms the basis of this journey back to an age of excess, via wartime culinary quirks and unusual gourmet delights, where kings and princes dined in style and politicians and presidents entertained one another with the fashionable food of the time. A Taste of the Past offers: * A unique insight into the sumptuous spectacle accompanying banqueting since the eighteenth century * Beautifully illustrated with historic menu cards collected form real events * Fascinating background and sample recipes * A glimpse into the unguarded world of the great and the good The menus themselves are delightfully decorated, and beautifully made. There is great variety in this book, from royal weddings to dinner at the captain's table, all brought to life with background information and featured recipes for one or two dishes in each chapter that the reader can re-create. Having sampled the lifestyle of the great and the good, readers too can dine like the world leaders of the past!

A remarkable study of an age that incorporated the spirit of the nineteenth-century with the technology of modern aggression One hundred years ago American colonial ambition found expression in the seizure and occupation of Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines, and intervention in the Boxer Rebellion in China. These military enterprises cast the American Army in a dramatic new role; the G.I.s had to suddenly adapt from policing the American interior to sustaining an international power in far-flung corners of the world.

Sheet music, lyrics and all ukulele chords. CONTENTS: ADVENTURES IN PARADISE . . . ALOHA ANGEL . . . ALOHA LAND . . . BLUE HAWAII . . . THE DAY YOU SAY GOODBYE TO OLD HAWAII ... FAIR HAWAII . . . FIGHT FOR OLD HAWAII . . . GOOD NIGHT ALOHA . . . HAWAIIAN TIME . . . O, ALOHAI - HOW ARE YOU? . . . HILO . . . HONEYMOONING IN HAWAII . . . HONOLULU . . . IN A CHURCH IN AN OLD HAWAIIAN TOWN . . . IN THE ROYAL HAWAIIAN HOTEL . . . ISLAND SERENADE . . . IT'S HEAVEN IN HAWAII . . . IT'S TIME TO PLAY AGAIN IN HONOLULU .. . KALUA LULLABY . . . LANI . . . LOVE SONG OF KALUA . . . MANUELA BOY . . . MY HAWAIIAN SONG OF LOVE . . . MY HAWAIIAN SOUVENIRS . . . MY SWEET PIKAKE LEI . . . PARADISE ISLES . . . REMEMBER WAIKIKI . . . SAMOAN WHALEBOAT CHANT . . . SWEET BROWN MAID OF KAIMUKI . . . TROPIC TRADE WINDS . . . WARM HAWAIIAN MOON . . .

JordyLou is a little caterpillar that wants to fly. She has all these ideas to launch herself but they aren't the kind of ideas that will work out in the long run, JordyLou's mother encourages her to slow down and grow into her own potential by being patient and developing her true self. Someday is a pleasant little poem that is very open ended for a parent and child's exploration of their own gifts, dreams, and goals.