In this informative and entertaining critique of music in the Catholic Church, Thomas Day outlines a stinging indictment of the influence of popular culture on American Catholicism, particularly as expressed in church music. Taking aim at the Irish-American repertoire of songs that overwhelms Catholic music in America, Day assails the secularization of liturgical practices that began, in the author’s view, with the Second Vatican Council in 1962. And while targeting the demise of services,...

The book tells the story of two young boys, Tommy Merton and Harry Sandford, who come from different social backgrounds. Tommy is wealthy and privileged, while Harry comes from a poorer family. Despite their differences, the boys become close friends and embark on various adventures together, guided by their mentor, Mr. Barlow.Throughout the book, Mr. Barlow imparts moral lessons to Tommy and Harry through anecdotes, fables, and practical experiences. These lessons cover a wide range of to...

The novel tells the story of Little Jack, an orphaned boy who grows up under the care of a benevolent benefactor. It explores themes of innocence, kindness, and the importance of upbringing in shaping one's character. Day's narrative style often emphasizes moral lessons and virtues, reflecting the educational aims of children's literature during the late 18th century.Thomas Day's works, including "The History of Little Jack," contributed to the development of children's literature as a gen...

The History of Sandford and Merton was one of the best-selling children's books written by Thomas Day. He created it as a contribution to Richard Lovell and Honora Edgeworth's Harry and Lucy, a collection of short stories for children that Maria Edgeworth continued some years after Honora died.

Thomas Day (1801–61), a free man of color from Milton, North Carolina, became the most successful cabinetmaker in North Carolina — white or black — during a time when most blacks were enslaved and free blacks were restricted in their movements and activities. His surviving furniture and architectural woodwork still represent the best of nineteenth-century craftsmanship and aesthetics.In this lavishly illustrated book, Patricia Phillips Marshall and Jo Ramsay Leimenstoll show how Da...

pubOne.info thank you for your continued support and wish to present you this new edition. Description of Harry Sandford and Tommy Merton – Adventure with the Snake – Harry in Mr Merton's house – Mr Barlow undertakes the education of Tommy – The first day at Mr Barlow's – Story of the Flies and the Ants – Harry rescues a Chicken from a Kite – Story of the Gentleman and the Basket-maker – Tommy learns to read – Story of the two dogs.

Thomas Day's "The History of Sandford and Merton" is an enlightening tale that intertwines moral instruction and juvenile adventure through the experiences of its two central characters, Harry Sandford and Tom Merton. Written during the late 18th century, the narrative employs a didactic tone, reflecting the Enlightenment ideals of reason and education. Day skillfully crafts an engaging prose filled with vivid depictions of nature and social dynamics, challenging contemporary educational p...

The true story of a horrifying natural disaster—and the corruption that made it worse—by the New York Times–bestselling authors of Voyage of the Damned.In late April 1902, Mount Pelée, a volcano on the Caribbean island Martinique, began to wake up. It emitted clouds of ash and smoke for two weeks until violently erupting on May 8. Over 30,000 residents of St. Pierre were killed; they burned to death under rivers of hot lava and suffocated under pou...

**A New York Times Bestseller • A Washington Post Best Book of the Year • A New York Times Notable Book“[Pynchon's] funniest and arguably his most accessible novel.” —The New York Times Book Review**“Audacious, bodacious, entropic, synoptic, electric, eclectic, entertaining, hyperbraining, high-roller, tripolar . . . Buy Against the Day." —The Philadelphia InquirerSpanning the era between the Chi...

"Darker Days is a meticulous work of terror, a harrowing drop into a moral nightmare. If you can imagine the philosophical oomph of Bergman's The Seventh Seal joined to the rustic shocks of Midsommer, and all of it transported to America's suburbia, you'd have something like Darker Days. It's a scream." — Joe Hill, #1 New York Times bestselling author of King Sorrow"Darker Days reinforces that O...

30 Felonies a Day is the outrageous, true-crime memoir of Tommy Gandolfo and Cheryl Songer, two unlikely lovers turned modern-day outlaws. Broke, on parole, and with nothing to lose, they hatch a bold, bizarre, and wildly illegal plan to scam their way across America using counterfeit traveler’s checks, fake badges, and a whole lot of nerve.From wild encounters in convenience stores to near misses with the Secret Service, their two-year crime spree is equal parts thrilling, absurd,...

The New York Times bestseller that tells the story of an overheated stock market and the financial disaster that led to the Great Depression of the 1930s.A riveting living history about Black Tuesday, October 29, 1929. Captures the era, the intoxicating expectancy, the hope that ruled men's heart and minds before the bubble burst and the black despair of the decade that followed.