Notabell Series

Delicious Imaginations

Interviews with some of the country's top literary figures, including Charles Baxter, Charles Simic, Donald Revell, Gerald Stern, Sandra Gilbert, Catherine Bowman, Campbell McGrath., and a previously unpublished interview with Russell Banks, are anthologized for the first time in this compelling collection.

The Ecology of Stray Dogs

A Study of Free-Ranging Urban Animals
“This fascinating small monograph is the work of a man who—armed with camera, tape recorder and thermometer and driving not a Land-Rover but a used sedan—studied free-ranging dogs among the bricks of Baltimore.”
—Scientific American

The Harvest Story

The Harvest Story tells the epic tale of wheat threshing in turn-of-the-century North America. This book gathers into a coherent recitation over fifty volumes of material published in the Iron-Men Album Magazine from 1946 until the present. From this rich mine, the author has distilled a story of hard but honest work, of heartfelt cooperation, of triumph not unmarred by tragedy - a complex, fascinating story about America's past.

The Homes of Oberammergau

Originally published in 1872, this work is based on the author's experiences in the town of Oberammergau, Germany, the site of the world famous Passion Play. Greatorex, a famous illustrator of the period, recounts her three-month stay during which time she illustrated twenty of the town's famous homes, which are an essential part of the work. Mork, a distinguished Passion Play scholar, not only places the book into an historical context but also describes the play as it was performed during that time.

Mark Twain Speaks for Himself

Where does the Twain meet? As observer and reporter. As teacher and preacher.  With a twinkle in his eye. With whimsy in his heart. Twain indeed speaks volumes for himself through his newspaper stories, humorous columns, letters, speeches, and interviews, gathered together here for the first time in one paperback volume and providing a picture of the consummate writer, unabashed, critical, and cutting. A perfect title for every Twain collection.

Master Richard's "Bestiary of Love" and "Response"

This affordable reprint edition of the beautifully illustrated translation of Richard de Fournival's Bestiary of Love and the anonymous Response makes this medieval examination of the nature of love accessible to students and the general reader.

A Perfect Harmony

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Route Across the Rocky Mountains

In this book, the author gives an edited version of the actual events of two nineteenth century pioneers, Overton Johnson and William H. Winter, exploring westward expansion. The book provides a colorful tale of the men’s journey, as well as the two years spent in the West. The book also demonstrates the diversity among territories by describing Indian, American, English, and California settlements. 

Six Years in Bolivia

Anselm Verener Lee Guise was a young British mining engineer appointed to the post of assistant manager of a tin mine in the first decades of the twentieth century in Bolivia. Six Years in Bolivia: The Adventures of a Mining Engineer (1922) was the result of his experiences and contact with the Bolivian landscape and people. His travel book underlines Guise's concerns with cultural, economic, and gender differences while presenting a personal transformation forced by his adaptation to new ways of life, which compelled him to perform activities far beyond his knowledge.