Handsome and brave, Byron Tremaine was an explorer of heroic reputation who believed that a woman's place was in his arms not at his side. Then he met rebellious young society beauty Viola Lambert who was intent on breaking free of Victorian restraints.
Married to an incredibly wealthy businessman, Melanie Edmont shocks society with her scandalous liaisons and legendary love affairs. But beneath the glitter of her pampered life, Melanie burns for the love of the only man she can never possess. "A . . . scrutiny of the mores of New York society's circle of wealth and privilege in the 1890's".- ...
"This superb book does for fungi what Audubon did for birds and Freud for the psyche," wrote the "New Haven Register," "Time Magazine" called it "Fascinating" in a lead review. The little-known kingdom of fungi is revealed as never before or since-from the potato blight to the hallucinogenic mushroom, the bread mold that produced penicillin and ...
Handsome and brave, Byron Tremaine was an explorer of heroic reputation who believed that a woman's place was in his arms not at his side. Then he met rebellious young society beauty Viola Lambert who was intent on breaking free of Victorian restraints.
Introduces the problem of air pollution throughout the world. Suggests methods of purifying the atmosphere and alternatives to present imprudent pollution practices.
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The Mole People: Life in the Tunnels Beneath New York City
