The Trail of the Hawk: A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life is a 1915 novel by Sinclair Lewis.The story follows the life of Carl Ericson as he grows up and matures. He has to face the choice of either going to his town college, to a private school with a childhood friend, or live in the wilderness with his older friend, who had a cottage in the middle of the forest.

The 40th annual edition of the leading guide to taxation in Britain. This practical and user-friendly guide is a bestseller with students, professionals, accountants and private individuals; explaining in simple terms how the UK tax system works and how best to minimise tax liabilities.

The Innocents: A Story for Lovers is a 1917 novel by Sinclair Lewis.This distinctive pulp novel follows a longtime married couple as they vacation away from their home in New York City and contemplate starting a business.

Our Mr. Wrenn: The Romantic Adventures of a Gentle Man is a 1914 novel by Sinclair Lewis and the first to be published under his real name.Mr. Wrenn, an employee of a novelty company, quits his job after inheriting a fortune from his father. He decides to go traveling.

Babbitt (1922), by Sinclair Lewis, is a satirical novel about American culture and society that critiques the vacuity of middle class life and the social pressure toward conformity. The controversy provoked by Babbitt was influential in the decision to award the Nobel Prize in Literature to Lewis in 1930.The word Babbitt entered the English language as a "person and especially a business or professional man who conforms unthinkingly to prevailing middle-cl...

Global food production and climate change among other concerns are societal issues that require major research input from crop science. While suggestions are abundant on how crop science can help to resolve these issues, many of the suggestions come from people who are not actually familiar with the challenges and requirements to modify crop plants grown under field conditions to achieve the necessary improvements. Efforts to alter a gene or even several genes have very rarely proven succe...

In "The Hidden Places," Sinclair likely explores themes related to the rugged landscapes and frontier life of Western Canada. The title suggests that the novel may delve into the untamed wilderness, remote settlements, and hidden corners of the region, where characters confront challenges, conflicts, and opportunities.The narrative may follow the lives of diverse characters, including settlers, Indigenous peoples, and adventurers, as they navigate the complexities of life in the Canadian W...

Excerpt: "Long, Long Ago The Gulf of Georgia spread away endlessly, an immense, empty stretch of water bared to the hot eye of an August sun, its broad face only saved from oily smoothness by half-hearted flutterings of a westerly breeze. Those faint airs blowing up along the Vancouver Island shore made tentative efforts to fill and belly out strongly the mainsail and jib of a small half-decked sloop working out from the weather side of Sangster Island and laying her snub nose straight for...

A dramatic novel set in harsh northern landscapes, exploring endurance and human resolve.

Hollister returns from war with his face badly disfigured so that former friends no longer recognize him. His wife is gone, remarried. All his belongings are also gone. He's very depressed. He had been officially declared dead in World War I. He self-isolates in the forest, hoping to overcome his depression. But, it turns out, guess who lives nearby? (Goodreads) This edition has been fully restored with modern typesetting, custom cover design.

The hidden places is an early 20th century literary work and psychological fiction novel that explores themes of war trauma, isolation, and emotional recovery in the aftermath of conflict. It is important for its portrayal of post-war identity crisis and human resilience within natural and social landscapes. The story follows Robert Hollister, a war veteran returning from World War I who struggles with physical disfigurement and deep psychological distress. His reintegration into society i...

Excerpt: "There are no corrals in a city, dear, she explained - and I cried the harder. I could conceive of no joy in a place where I could not go out to the corrals and have some brown - faced cowpuncher hoist me up on a gentle horse and let me hold the reins while the pony moved sedately about." This edition has been fully restored with modern typesetting, custom cover design.