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Authoritative Life of General William Booth
Authoritative Life of General William Booth
Railton, George Scott
¥19.52
A fascinating biography of the founder of the Salvation Army, one of the world's most successful distributers of humanitarian aid.
Story of Versailles
Story of Versailles
Payne, Francis Loring
¥19.52
A history of the city of Versailles in France. Versailles was once the capital of France and the Palace of Versailles is considered one of the most beautiful palaces in the world. This is a comprehensive study of many important periods in the history of the city.
Ancient East
Ancient East
Hogarth, D. G.
¥19.52
A fascinating look at ancient Eastern history, from the Babylonian Empire to the conquest of the East by Alexander, written by British archaeologist and scholar David George Hogarth of Oxford's Ashmolean Museum.
Day of the Confederacy
Day of the Confederacy
Stephenson, Nathaniel W.
¥19.52
A fascinating look at the events of the American Civil War. Part of the fifty volume series on American history, Chronicles of America.
Doings of Raffles Haw
Doings of Raffles Haw
Conan Doyle, Arthur
¥19.52
The fantastic tale of the benefits and drawbacks of great wealth, written by the creator of Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
English Governess at the Siamese Court
English Governess at the Siamese Court
Leonowens, Anna
¥19.52
The fascinating and somewhat sensationalist memoirs of Anna Leonowens, the English travel writer, educator, and social activist that became tutor to the wives and children of the king of Siam from 1862-68. Her story was later fictionalised in the book 'Anna and the King of Siam', which was adapted by Rogers and Hammerstein into the hit 1951 musical 'The King and I'.
House of the Wolf
House of the Wolf
Weyman, Stanley J
¥19.52
A fantastic romance novel set during the 16th century French Wars of Religion, written by the master of the romance novel, Stanley J. Weyman.
Land We Live In
Land We Live In
Mann, Henry
¥19.52
A fantastic look at the history of the United States by American author, editor, journalist, civil war veteran and politician Henry Mann.
Man Who Died
Man Who Died
Lawrence, D. H.
¥19.52
D. H. Lawrence's classic two-part story, originally published as 'The Escaped Cock', is a re-imagining of the Biblical story of the Resurrection. The author himself described the story in a letter to his friend Earl Brewster thusly:'I wrote a story of the Resurrection, where Jesus gets up and feels very sick bout everything, and can't stand the old crowd any more - so cuts out - and as he heals up, he begins to find what an astonishing place the phenomenal world is, far more marvellous than any salvation or heaven - and thanks his stars he needn't have a mission any more.'
Minister of Evil
Minister of Evil
le Queux, William
¥19.52
The Secret History of Rasputin's Betrayal of Russia'Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin was one of the most influential people in Russia in the late-19th/early-20th century. A Russian mystic who apparently had great personal influence over the Russian royal family at the turn of the century, Rasputin is renowned for his mysterious ways and the legends that have built up around his life and death. Written by the famous Anglo-French journalist William Tufnell Le Queux.
Case of the Hungarian Foot
Case of the Hungarian Foot
Colkitto, George
¥19.52
Sebastian Symes, rival of Sherlock Holmes, searches for a butcher's missing daughter. He and his companion Major Ritson encounter a Hungarian Count, a religious relic and a company of Hussars, in a tale of Victorian morality.
Mystery of Edwin Drood
Mystery of Edwin Drood
Dickens, Charles
¥19.52
This book, Charles Dickens' final novel, was never completed, leaving the reader to wonder at the final fate of the characters. Edwin Drood's uncle, a choirmaster named John Jasper, falls in love with his pupil, who happens to be Drood's fiance, Rosa Bud, who is also fancied by Neville Landless, a man from Ceylon (now better known as Sri Lanka). Amid these turbulent relationships Drood mysteriously vanishes.
Poison Belt
Poison Belt
Conan Doyle, Arthur
¥19.52
Arthur Conan Doyle's fantastic second adventure starring the intrepid Professor Challenger. The Professor sends cryptic telegrams to his companions from the events of 'The Lost World', Edward Malone, Lord John Roxton, and Professor Summerlee, telling them to join them at his home. There he tells them that he has detected a giant belt of poisonous ether that the Earth is about to come in to contact with, and they must all seal themselves in a room with oxygen tanks to protect themselves. How will they survive as the whole world dies around them?
Poorhouse Waif
Poorhouse Waif
Byrum, Isabel C.
¥19.52
Based on a true story and set during the American Civil War this novel follows the tale of Edwin, one of three children placed in a poorhouse by their mother who has lost her husband in the war and cannot afford to care for them.
Recreations of a Country Parson
Recreations of a Country Parson
Boyd, A. K. H.
¥19.52
A fantastic collection of light, chirping articles originally published in Fraser's Magazine from Church of Scotland minister Andrew Kennedy Hutchison Boyd.
Refugees
Refugees
Conan Doyle, Arthur
¥19.52
A fantastic historical novel by the creator of Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Set in France during the reign of Louis XIV, the story follows Amory de Catinat, a Huguenot (Protestant) guardsman of the king during a time when France, then predominantly Catholic, became more and more difficult for Protestants, resulting in the Edict of Nates being revoked and the Huguenots being deported to America.
Rover of the Andes
Rover of the Andes
Ballantyne, R. M.
¥19.52
A fantastic historical adventure by the Scottish master of juvenile fiction R. M. Ballantyne.
Seven Who Were Hanged
Seven Who Were Hanged
Andreyev, Leonid
¥19.52
A Russian classic by author Leonid Andreyev. Seven men, five terrorists and two common peasants, are condemned to death by hanging. The book follows each of the men's personal journey as they seek to deal with their fate.
Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Tainted Canister
Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Tainted Canister
Turley, Thomas A.
¥19.52
A lost chapter in the Holmes canon finally appears, as Dr. Watson recounts the mystery behind the tragic death of his beloved Mary Morstan. Join him as he attempts to bring a murderer to justice. Along the way, readers will encounter old friends and enemies from several of the other stories, leading to a startling conclusion that may baffle even Sherlock Holmes.
Birds in Town and Village
Birds in Town and Village
Hudson, William
¥19.52
An in-depth discussion on many different species of British birds by famed ornithologist William Hudson.
Black Beauty
Black Beauty
Sewell, Anna
¥19.52
Written by Anna Sewell in the last years of her life in 1877, this was her only novel but is one of the best selling children's books of all time.The story is narrated in the first person as an autobiographical memoir of a horse named Black Beauty, starting with his days as a colt on an English farm, to his hard life pulling cabs in London, to his happy retirement in the countryside. Throughout his life he suffers many hardships and recounts many tales of cruelty and kindness. Every chapter is a story of an incident in Black Beauty's life usually containing a lesson or moral.