Powell Books

Thank you, Steerforth & Tim Page (and Gore Vidal) for making the work of Dawn Powell available. Of all her books, I like the diaries the best--so candid, such a grown-up view of the world; her comments on writing, the New York literary world, and the gritty beauty and ugliness of New York are always acute. Her grasp of the complexity of relationships is amazing-her comments about her husband Joe, her sweetheart, and her child are poignant reminders that life need not be perfect to be rich. Here is the voice of a remarkable woman, one of the most clear-eyed American writers of the twentieth-century. She captures a particular New York moment as does no other writer, and that's saying something.

I am somehow reminded of another great writer, another unsentimental woman: Natalia Ginzburg. An Italian, her work and Powell's are very different, yet they share a rare candor and stoicism.

This book is incredible!! Encouraging, funny, honest, open, and wonderful! You will not be disappointed!! Buy one for yourself and a friend!

School-age beginner English Language Learners like to use this board book as a learning tool. Once it is read a few times, teachers can have students practice rereading it independently. It can be a template for learning to ask questions to express themselves and their thoughts.

My twins were given this book as a gift when they were around 12 months old. I used to read it to them and they liked it. But now at 16 months they love it and my one little girl brings it to me to read over and over. When you pull the tabs out, it says "No, I am a (whatever animal its supposed to be)". Both of my girls pull it out themselves and say the NO part and then "pretend" they are saying the rest. Its really cute to watch! I have to order another though because the one they have is not in the greatest of shape anymore from being "read" so much.

This is one of the funniest books I have ever read. An idealistic young American, who finds botany more compelling than his family's desires for status and wealth, goes to a Caribbean island to teach the locals how to grow Dwarf Cavendish bananas. He get kidnapped by the local revolution; there is an island custom: "One son goes into law, one goes into the priesthood, and one into the revolution; so the family is insured against everything, including the Second Coming." Disturbed by the inefficiency of his captors, he uses his Boy Scout training to teach them woodcraft and organizational skills. As his beard grows out, he starts looking more and more like the leader of the revolution, who is not at all pleased by this. I don't want to give away the whole plot, but I've read this many times over several decades and it remains hilarious throughout. Woody Allen took some of the plot - without attribution - for his movie "Bananas"; he would have done better to have made a straight adaptation, because this book is far funnier than that movie.

Willy Nilly is always being told just what to say -- unfortunately, these phrases don't always apply as well to all situations. This is a short book that had my son laughing out loud. Grandma enjoyed the story, too (and she was sitting across the room and couldn't even see the pictures). It's definitely a hit with the 4-6 year old set. It is aimed squarely at the right audience, yet it is enjoyable for adults too.

I'd love to see more by this author/illustrator team.

An amazing journey of John Wesley Powell going down the Colorado River in the early 1900's, good illustrations as well.

This worked miracles for me. I highly recommend it!!!

This book is a practical introduction to the art of deciphering your dreams. You'll learn how to remember & analyze your dreams & to initiate & control them. The book features a dream dictionary of common themes & symbols and also includes a professional analysis of real dreams.

Beautiful photographs & illustrations.

This is the first collection of records the researcher should turn to in any genealogical investigation in the Buckeye State. Taking the place of pre-1820 census records, this work presents a county-by-county list of Ohio settlers and residents from about 1800 to 1825. Along with the 1801 tax list of the Virginia Military District, it contains the names of taxpayers listed in various county tax rolls, and it also contains lists of original proprietors and settlers (taken from other sources), names of holders of military warrants, voters' lists, householders' lists, occasional lists of Revolutionary soldiers, and lists of resident proprietors.

The work is arranged by county, with multiple tax lists arranged chronologically thereunder. There is at least one tax list given for each of the seventy-five counties covered, the combined lists naming about 50,000 taxpayers. Each county tax list is accompanied by a brief history of the county's formation. Researchers should note that tax lists were not available for the following counties: Auglaize, Carroll, Erie, Fulton, Lake, Lucas, Noble, Ottawa, Paulding, Summit, Vinton, and Wyandot.

Our reprint combines the original 1971 publication and the 1973 index, both first published by the Ohio Genealogical Society.