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Joseph Lee (March 8, 1862 – July 28, 1937) was a wealthy Bostonian who trained as a lawyer but never practiced law, and is considered the "founder of the playground movement". He was a social worker, author, and philanthropist.
The People in the Playground (1993) (In-depth study of children's playground lore and life). Iona Opie. The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren (1959). Steve Roud, The Lore of the Playground, Random House (2010). ISBN 978-1-905211-51-7; Robert Paul Smith. Where Did You Go? Out. What Did You Do? Nothing.
Historical method is the collection of techniques and guidelines that historians use to research and write histories of the past. Secondary sources, primary sources and material evidence such as that derived from archaeology may all be drawn on, and the historian's skill lies in identifying these sources, evaluating their relative authority, and combining their testimony appropriately in order ...
The Robert Collier Letter Book, first published in 1931 by the McGraw-Hill Book Company, [5] [6] is a compilation of some of Collier's most effective letters and copywriting techniques. The book includes letters for a variety of purposes, such as sales letters, fundraising letters, and letters to build relationships with customers.
While regretting that several Future History stories Heinlein planned were never written, Algis Budrys praised the collection as "some of the finest writing this field has ever known". He described the book as "a magnificent compendium, coincidentally a rewarding and perhaps accurate cross-section of a writer's career", and required for any ...
Arcadia Publishing is an American publisher of neighborhood, local, and regional history of the United States in pictorial form. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Arcadia Publishing also runs the History Press, which publishes text-driven books on American history and folklore.
Free People is an American bohemian apparel and lifestyle retail company that sells women's clothing, accessories, shoes, intimates, and swimwear. It also has a beauty and wellness category, which includes products such as cosmetics, skin, and oral care, oral supplements, crystals, and books.
Menzies noticed that they kept encountering the year 1421 and, concluding that it must have been an extraordinary year in world history, decided to write a book about everything that happened in the world in 1421. Menzies spent years working on the book and, by the time it was finished, it was a massive volume spanning 1,500 pages.