Recommended reading : 600 classics reviewed

Table of Contents: “…Of Human Bondage - W,. Somerset Maugham --…”


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Now read on : a course in multicultural reading

Table of Contents: “…Lawrence -- A Farewell to Arms / Ernest Hemingway -- Keep the Aspidistra Flying / George Orwell -- No Harvest But a Thorn / Shahnon Ahmad -- The God of Small Things / Arundhati Roy -- Scorpion Orchid / Lloyd Fernando -- A Village by the Sea / Anita Desai -- Sect. 5 Poetry -- In My Country / Pitika Ntuli -- Mandela's Sermon / Keorapetse Kgositsile -- Bride Price / Mabel Segun -- Bride's Complaint / Bini -- The Rime of the Ancient Mariner / Samuel Taylor Coleridge -- La Belle Dame sans Merci / John Keats -- The Charge of the Light Brigade / Alfred, Lord Tennyson -- Daffodils / William Wordsworth -- Rainbow / John Agard -- The Dulang-Washer / Shirley Lim -- Woman Work / Maya Angelou -- Men Are / The Joeys -- A narrow Fellow in the Grass / Emily Dickinson -- Three Beserah Fishermen / Muhammad Haji Salleh -- The Convergence of the Twain / Thomas Hardy -- Sect. 6 Short Stories -- Three Points of Entry -- The Force of Circumstance / W. Somerset Maugham -- True Love / Isaac Asimov -- May Day Eve / Nick Joaquin -- The Garden Party / Katherine Mansfield -- You Are Now Entering the Human Heart / Janet Frame -- Sect. 7 Plays -- Macbeth / William Shakespeare -- A Night Out / Harold Pinter -- Dance Like a Man / Mahesh Dattani -- In the Name of Love / Ramli Ibrahim -- Sect. 8 Novels -- Animal Farm / George Orwell -- Shane / Jack Schaefer -- To Kill a Mockingbird / Harper Lee -- Walkabout / James Vance Marshall -- Sect. 9 Poetry -- Time / Kojo Gyinage Kyei -- Stop All the Clocks / W. …”


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Treasury of world literature,

Table of Contents: “…Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov -- Gotthold Ephraim Lessing -- Sinclair Lewis -- Lin Ho-Ching -- Li Po -- Liu Chi -- Li Shang-Yiu -- Jack London -- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow -- Federico Garcia Lorca -- Lusin -- Antonio Machado -- Maurice Maeterlinck -- Stéphane Mallarmé -- Thomas Mann -- Alessandro Manzoni -- Christopher Marlowe -- John Masefield -- William Somerset Maugham -- Guy de Maupassant -- François Mauriac -- Herman Melville -- Mêng Hao-Jan -- George Meredith -- Adam Mickiewicz -- Edna St. …”


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A scriptural, ecclesiastical, and historical view of slavery : from the days of the patriarch Abraham to the nineteenth century, addressed to the Right Rev. Alonzo Potter. by Hopkins, John Henry, 1792-1868

Table of Contents: “…40. Case of the negro Somerset -- Argument of Hargrave from the state trials -- Observations -- 41. …”


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Ceramic material systems : in architecture and interior design by Bechthold, Martin, Kane, Anthony, King, Nathan H., 1979-

Table of Contents: “…Ceramic material systems -- Fired clay: a material legacy : From the origins to the 19th century ; From the 20th century to today ; Materials and material properties : Clay ; Clay bodies ; Shrinkage ; Properties of ceramic parts ; Glazes ; Other surface treatments and coatings -- Production processes : Dry-pressing ; Extrusion ; Slump forming/slump molding ; Die-cutting ; Plastic pressing ; Slip casting ; Wheel-throwing ; Jiggering ; Firing and kilns ; Glazing ; Post-processing ; Packaging and distribution -- Applications: interiors : Adhered tile systems ; Mechanically connected tiles ; Sanitary ware -- Applications: exteriors : Bonded tile facades ; Ventilated facades ; Screen surfaces ; Acoustic surfaces ; Roofs ; Other outdoor applications -- Material flows: life cycle aspects : Extraction-to-production phase ; Construction and use phase ; End-of-life scenarios ; Life cycle analysis (LCA) and material comparisons -- Surface effects : Surface reliefs : The Wallpaper Factory, Islington, North London, UK ; Color variation : Museum Brandhorst, Munich, Germany ; Custom glazes : The Holburne Museum extension, Bath, Somerset, UK ; Three-dimensional surfaces : Museum der Kulturen Basel, Switzerland ; Pearlescent glazes : Algueña MUCA Music Hall and Auditorium, Alicante, Spain ; Glaze transfers : One Eagle Place, London, UK ; High performance surfaces : West Beach Promenade, Benidorm, Spain ; Inkjet printing : La Mandarra de La Ramos, Pamplona, Spain ; Nano-coatings : Pinnacle, Bologna, Italy -- Patterns and aggregations : Complex geometry : Pulsate, Primrose Hill, London, UK ; Complex assembly : Jewish Community Center, Mainz, Germany ; Non-repeating patterns : Zamet Center, Rijeka, Croatia ; Figurative urban mosaics : Muhammad Ali Center, Louisville, Kentucky ; Curved surface urban mosaics : Santa Caterina Market, Barcelona, Spain ; Robotic tiling : Iowa State mural, Ames, Iowa ; Tessellated surfaces : Urban Guerrilla, Valencia, Spain ; Hanging assemblies : Xinjin Zhi Museum, Chengdu, China ; Three-dimensional assemblies : 3Dx1, Milan, Italy ; Structural assemblies : Casalgrande Ceramic Cloud (CCCLoud), Reggio Emilia, Italy -- Thermodynamic skins : Reclaimed tile tectonics : Warehouse 8B administrative offices, Madrid, Spain ; Grão, ceramic pixels : Jardim Botânico Tropical, Travessa do Marta Pinto, Belém/Lisbon, Portugal ; Masonic louvers : Student services building, University of Texas at Dallas, Texas ; Modulating light : Addition to the Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel ; Perforated slab : School library, Gando, Burkina Faso ; Cool cavity : Patio 2.12, Andalucía Team, Solar Decathlon Europe 2012, 2nd prize, Madrid, Spain ; Breathing columns : Spanish Pavilion at the International Exposition of Zaragoza, Spain ; BIO SKIN : Sony Research and Development Office, Tokyo, Japan -- Form customization strategies : Computer-aided slump molding : Villa Nurbs, Empuriabrava, Spain ; Volumetric pixalization : Spanish Pavilion, Expo 2005, Aichi, Japan ; High-relief slip-cast surfaces : Villa for an industrialist, Shenzhen, China ; Low-volume custom extrusion : Kosemo Brick, Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, Montana ; Systemic variation : Ministry of Urban Development and Environment, Hamburg, Germany ; Digital reconstruction : Alberta Legislature Building, dome reconstruction, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada ; Angular variation, Trumpf Industrial Campus restaurant, Ditzingen, Germany ; Delineated parallax : La Riera de la Salut remodel, Sant Feliu de Llobregat, Spain ; Aggregate production processes : Oceanário addition, Lisbon, Portugal ; Compound surface discretization : Museum of Fundatie extension, Zwolle, Overijssel, The Netherlands -- Emerging systems : Robotic tile mosaics / Design Robotics Group at Harvard University Graduate School of Design -- Integrated environmental design-to-robotic production / Design Robotics Group at Harvard University Graduate School of Design ; Thermally active building envelope / The Center for Architecture, Science and Ecology, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) ; Structural ceramic shell / Material Processes and Systems Group at Harvard University, Graz University of Technology ; Photosensitive blueware / Studio Glithero ; Foamed ceramics / European Ceramic Work Center, Joris Laarman Studio BV ; Additive ceramic systems ; Automated material manipulation -- Products and technologies : Large-format production lines ; Large-format tiles: Neolith, Techlam, Maximum ; High-strength porcelain: SaphirKeramik sink ; Bioactive ceramics: Bionictile ; Slumped tile: UP ; Slumped tile: STAR ; Translucent porcelain: SlimmKer-Light ; Modular ceramic stove ; Berlin stove tiles ; Keramos cabinets ; Inkjet-printed tiles: Emotile ; Physical vapor deposition: metallic coatings ; Laser engraving ; Recycled tiles ; Preassembled systems: Flexbrick ; Ceramic-concrete composition system: Terraclad ; Ceramic louver system: Shamal ; Photovoltaic roof tiles: Panotron ; Ceramic wardrobe: Milky Star ; Acoustic ceramics: acoustic shingle ; Industrial tile: Acigres ; Material mimicry: Age Wood, Age Beton, Age Blend.…”


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Minnesota biographical dictionary.

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A quarto of modern literature,

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The great Wisconsin touring book : 30 spectacular auto trips by Knowles, Gary G.

Table of Contents: “…Croix Falls -- Dresser -- Osceola -- Somerset -- Hudson -- River Falls -- Prescott) -- Cranberries and wildlife (Wisconsin Rapids -- Stevens Point -- Marshfield -- Arpin -- Vesper -- Rudolph -- Monroe Center -- Necedah -- Mather -- Warrens -- Dexterville -- Nekoosa -- Port Edwards -- Wisconsin Rapids) --…”


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The portable Dorothy Parker. by Parker, Dorothy, 1893-1967

Table of Contents: “…Elliott: Parktilden Village; John Barth: The end of the road; Vance Bourjaily: The violated; Vladimir Nabokov: Lolita ; Ellery Queen: The New York murders ; Truman Capote: Breakfast at Tiffany's; John Updike: The poorhouse fair ; James Thurber: The years with Ross ; Katherine Anne Porter: Ship of fools ; Shirley Jackson: We have always lived in the castle -- Uncollected articles: Good souls -- The artist's reward -- The siege of Madrid -- The middle or blue period -- Variations on a theme, by Somerset Maugham.…”


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Cancer nursing : principles and practice

Table of Contents: “…Prostate cancer / Meredith Wallace Kazer, Ashley Somerset Harmon -- 65. Renal cancer / Laura S. Wood -- 66. …”


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Death in literature

Table of Contents: “…Death personified -- from The Mahabharata / Anonymous -- from Richard II / William Shakespeare -- Death, be not proud / John Donne -- from Paradise lost / John Milton -- The carol of death / Walt Whitman -- Because I could not stop for death / Emily Dickinson -- Go down death / James Weldon Johnson -- Appointment in Samarra / W. Somerset Maugham -- I have a rendezvous with death / Alan Seeger -- from The palm-wine drinkard / Amos Tutuola --…”


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The graphic canon. Volume 3, From Heart of Darkness to Hemingway to Infinite Jest

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Ghosts : true encounters with the world beyond by Holzer, Hans, 1920-2009

Table of Contents: “…Mark's -- The Clinton Court Ghosts -- Hungry Lucy -- The House Ghost of Bergenville -- The Riverside Ghost -- Ocean-Born Mary -- The Ghosts of Stamford Hill -- The "Spy House" Ghosts of New Jersey -- The Strange Case of the Colonial Soldier -- The House on Plant Avenue -- The Whaley House Ghosts -- The Ghost at the Altar -- A Ghost's Last Refuge -- The Octagon Ghosts -- The Octagon Revisited -- The Integration Ghost -- The Ardmore Boulevard Ghosts -- The Ghost Who Refused to Leave -- The Haunted Motorcycle Workshop -- Encountering the Ghostly Monks -- The Somerset Scent (Pennsylvania) -- The House of Evil (New York) -- The Specter in the Hallway (Long Island) -- The Bayberry Perfume Ghost (Philadelphia) -- The Headless Grandfather (Georgia) -- The Old Merchant's House Ghost (New York City) -- The House on Fifth Street (New Jersey) -- Morgan Hall (Long Island) -- The Guardian of the Adobe (California) -- The Mynah Bird (Canada) -- The Terror on the Farm (Connecticut) -- A California Ghost Story -- The Ghostly Usher of Minneapolis -- The Ghostly Adventures of a North Carolina Family -- Reba's Ghost -- Henny from Brooklyn -- Longleat's Ghosts -- The Ghosts at Blanchard -- The Ghosts of Edinburgh -- The Ghostly Monk of Monkton -- Scottish Country Ghosts -- The Ghost on the Kerry Coast -- Haunted Kilkea Castle, Kildare -- The Ghosts at Skryne Castle -- Ghost Hunting in County Mayo -- The Ghost at La Tour Malakoff, Paris -- Haunted Wolfsegg Fortress, Bavaria -- A Haunted Former Hospital in Zurich -- The Lady from Long Island -- The Ghost of the Olympia Theatre -- The Haunted Rectory -- The Haunted Seminary -- The Ghostly Sailor of Alameda -- The Ghost Clock -- The Ghost of Gay Street -- The Ship Chandler's Ghost -- The Ghost-Servant Problem at Ringwood Manor -- The Phantom Admiral -- The Ghosts in the Basement -- Miss Boyd of Charles Street, Manhattan -- The Haunted Ranch at Newbury Park, California -- The Narrowsburgh Ghost -- The Ghost in the Pink Bedroom -- The Poughkeepsie Rectory Ghost -- The Ghost at West Point -- The Stenton House, Cincinnati -- The Ghost at El Centro -- The Ghostly Stagecoach Inn -- Mrs. …”


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On doctor[i]ng : stories, poems, essays

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Shakespeare's life and times: a pictorial record. by Frye, Roland Mushat

Table of Contents: “…-- Farming the Land -- In The Reign of King James I: King James I Comes to London -- James I as a Theatre Patron -- Queen Anne and the Players -- Sir Dudley Carleton -- A Highwayman Comments on Hamlet -- Grooms of the Chamber at Somerset House -- Playing at Whitehall Palace -- Actors on Tour -- Shakespeare's London Apartment -- Shakespeare Sues an Apothecary -- The Welcombe Hills: A New Investment -- Davenant Tavern and Sir William Davenant -- William Camden -- Church of England Communion -- William Drummond of Hawthornden -- A Daughter's Marriage -- A Son-in-Law's Book -- A Brother Buried -- London and Blackfriars -- An Indoor Stage -- Francis Beaumont -- John Fletcher -- William Cartwright -- The Sonnets -- Dr. …”


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Eighteenth century women poets : an Oxford anthology

Table of Contents: “…-1723) -- Jane Brereton (née Hughes) (1685-1740) Anonymous -- Martha Sansom (née Fowke) (1691-1736) -- Constantia Grierson (née Crawley) (c.1705-32) -- Judity Mada (née Cowper) (1702-81) -- Elizabeth Tollet) (1694-17540 -- Mary Davis (1674-1732) -- Arabella Moreton (after 1690-before 1741) Frances Seymour) (née Thynne), Countess of Hertford (later Duchess of Somerset) (1699-1754) -- Mehetabel Wright (née Wesley) (1697-1750) -- Anonymous -- Mary Barber (c. 1690-1757) -- Miss W -- Anonymous -- Anne Ingram, Viscountess Irwin (née Howard, later Douglas) (c. 1696-1745) -- Mary Jones (1707-78) -- Elizabeth Carter (1717-1806) -- Mary Collier (1690?…”


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Religion in early Stuart England, 1603-1638 : an anthology of primary sources

Table of Contents: “…God in his providence and omnipotence discovered : a sermon preached ad magistratum at Chard in Somerset, 1633 / Humphrey Sydenham -- The survey of London, 1633 / Anthony Munday -- God's love to mankind, 1633 (1635?) …”


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Masterpieces of world literature in digest form. by Magill, Frank N. (Frank Northen), 1907-1997

Table of Contents: “…Dalloway / Virginia Woolf -- Moby Dick / Herman Melville -- A modem comedy / John Galsworthy -- Moll Flanders / Daniel Defoe -- Monsieur Beaucaire / Booth Tarkington -- Mont-Oriol / Guy de Maupassant -- The moon and sixpence / W. Somerset Maugham.…”


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Books and bipeds. by Starrett, Vincent, 1886-1974

Table of Contents: “…-- A major novelist [Somerset Maugham] -- Some long book titles -- Six detectives in miniature -- Mademoiselle of Armentieres -- The tired businessman -- An early desert island list -- The power of suggestion -- Frederic Dorr Steele -- The key to Finnegan['s Wake] -- Reading in bed -- Mamma love papa? …”


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The Greenhaven encyclopedia of witchcraft

Table of Contents: “…Shamanism -- Sheba, Lady -- Sherwood, Grace -- Sigils -- Silver -- Silver circle -- Skull -- Skyclad -- Solitaries -- Somerset, witch trial of -- Sommers, Montague -- So mote it be - Sorcery -- Spain, witch trials of -- Spells -- Spring equinox -- Starhawk -- StarKindler tradition -- Stones -- St. …”


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