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90s Pop Music Quiz Book
90s Pop Music Quiz Book
Andrews, Paul
¥19.52
How well do you know your 90's Pop Music? This Quiz book will test even the most avid fan, with questions that span the 90's bands and songs! Test yourself and your friends with this 90's Pop Music Quiz Book.
Texican Way
Texican Way
Veale, Bernard
¥19.52
Daniel Beauregard is a young Texan drafted into the Confederate Army. He is a crack shot with his Whitworth rifle and becomes a sniper. He meets Quantrill and joins his raiders. He is sent to Texas by Quantrill where he encounters General Robert E Lee. Lee has to return to Virginia in a hurry and he asks Daniel to escort him. Lee is being pursued by a US cavalry troop disguised as Confederates. Daniel decimates the disguised troop with his sniping skills. He realizes that Lee must have been betrayed by someone close to President Jefferson Davis and to track the traitor down he assumes the role of a US Army lieutenant and is quickly promoted to Captain. He discovers the codebook for US Army telegraphic communications and works out who the traitor is. He successfully supplies Lee with much crucial information. Due to the high rate of casualties, Daniel is a brigadier in the US Army when Lee finally surrenders.With the war over, Daniel returns to playing poker; a skill he learned from his father. He travels on a riverboat down to New Orleans. On board he meets Senorita Teresita Rozas who, although he is much taken with her, does not return the compliment. While traveling to Laredo to be married to a rich ranchero, Teresita is captured by Comanche Indians. Daniel, now a very successful poker player, hears of the tragedy and using his special skills, finds and recovers her.
Guide to Event Management
Guide to Event Management
Slater, Rus
¥19.52
This book aims to guide you through all the elements you need to consider to make an event go well, avoiding the firefighting, crisis management and squabbling that can erupt if you fail to plan. It will take you through the whole process from setting and agreeing the intention of the event, through clarifying who can make what decisions, through all the different facets of making sure that the event actually runs smoothly on the day. Whether you are planning a wedding or a street party, a corporate conference or a fundraiser this book will be a very useful little helper to ensure that you come out of the whole thing looking, sounding and acting like a seasoned professional.
Lucia's Progress
Lucia's Progress
Benson, E. F.
¥19.52
The fifth novel in E. F. Benson's classic 'Mapp and Lucia' comedy series following the lives of Emmeline "e;Lucia"e; Lucas and Elizabeth Mapp in the one-upmanship and snobbery of the 1920s/30s British social scene.
It Might Have Been
It Might Have Been
Holt, Emily Sarah
¥19.52
Remember, remember the fifth of November,the gunpowder treason and plot.I see no reason why the gunpowder treasonshould ever be forgot.A fantastic fictionalisation of the famous gunpowder plot, where Guy Fawkes and his band of conspirators hatched a daring plan to blow up the Houses of Parliament.
Ivanhoe
Ivanhoe
Scott, Sir Walter
¥19.52
This classic novel by Sir Walter Scott has been enjoyed by readers around the world for over 190 years.Often cited for its influence over the formation of the Romanticism movement, this historical fiction is undoubtably one of the English classic greats.
John Knox
John Knox
Innes, Alexander Taylor
¥19.52
A fascinating biography from the "e;Famous Scots Series"e;, written by famed church historian Alexander Taylor Innes about the 16th century Protestant Reformationist John Knox.
Legends that Every Child Should Know
Legends that Every Child Should Know
Mabie, Hamilton Wright
¥19.52
A fantastic collection of 19 essential mythological tales for children, from Beowulf, to the death of King Arthur, to the Legend of Sleepy Hollow.
Little Dorrit
Little Dorrit
Dickens, Charles
¥19.52
This classic Dickens novel has been enjoyed around the world for over 150 years.Like much of Dickens' work, Little Dorrit is a social criticism, focusing on the injustices of the debtors' prisons, and of the bureaucracy of the British Treasury.
History of Modern Philosophy
History of Modern Philosophy
Falckenberg, Richard
¥19.52
Richard Falckenberg's fantastic work on the history of philosophy from Nicholas of Cusa (the 15th century Catholic cardinal) up to the end of the 19th century.
Persuasion
Persuasion
Austen, Jane
¥19.52
Jane Austen's last novel published in 1816.The story is about Anne Elliot who falls in love with a naval officer and her family force her to abandon the relationship.They then meet again, Ann is now 27 and still unmarried and the story continues in Bath.
Pickwick Papers
Pickwick Papers
Dickens, Charles
¥19.52
Charles Dickens' first published novel, The Pickwick Papers, has delighted readers for over 170 years. Follow the colourful characters that make up the Pickwick Club as they travel the country finding quaint and curious phenomena of life to report them to the Club.
Violet Fairy Book
Violet Fairy Book
Lang, Andrew
¥19.52
Thirty-five traditional fairytales collated by famed anthropologist Andrew Lang, as one of his series of "e;Coloured"e; Fairy Books. Contains many forgotten classics like Schippeitaro, The Child Who Came From an Egg and How a Fish Swam in the Air.
History of the French Revolution
History of the French Revolution
Mignet, Francois
¥19.52
Francois Mignet's 'Histoire de la revolution francaise' is a study of the events that caused a huge shift of power in France around the turn of the 19th Century.This was primarily a study of the theories and ideologies behind the events, rather than a factual record.
House to Let
House to Let
Dickens, Charles
¥19.52
A fantastic experiment in literary collaboration by Charles Dickens, Wilkie Collins, Elizabeth Gaskell and Adelaide Ann Procter. Dickens wrote the outline for this short Christmas story, as well as the chapter 'Going into Society' and co-writing the first and last chapters with fellow author Wilkie Collins, who also contributed the chapter 'Trottle's Report'. Gaskell and Proctor provided the chapters 'The Manchester Marriage' and 'Three Evenings in the House', respectively.
Prussian Officer and Other Stories
Prussian Officer and Other Stories
Lawrence, D. H.
¥19.52
A fantastic collection of 12 short stories from the renowned English novelist, poet, playwright, essayist and literary critic D. H. Lawrence, including the famous 'Odour of Chrysanthemums'.
Account of Egypt
Account of Egypt
Herodotus
¥19.52
The full translated text of 'An Account of Egypt', the ancient manuscript by the 'Father of History', Greek historian Herodotus. This is not only a fascinating look into the history of Ancient Egypt, but also a look into Herodotus' own world-view, as an exemplar of Greek thinking at the time.
Anglo-Saxon Britain
Anglo-Saxon Britain
Allen, Grant
¥19.52
A fascinating look into what life was like in Britain at the beginning of the formation of the English people: the Anglo-Saxons.
Personal Record
Personal Record
Conrad, Joseph
¥19.52
The memoirs of the famous Polish-British novelist Joseph Conrad.
At the Earth's Core
At the Earth's Core
Burroughs, Edgar Rice
¥19.52
Written by Tarzan author Edgar Rice Burroughs, this book is the first in a series written about the 'hollow earth' realm of Pellucidar. Follow the intrepid David Innes as he tunnels 500 miles into the earths crust - into a secret subterranean world!
Authors of Greece
Authors of Greece
Lumb, Thomas Wallace
¥19.52
A fantastic look at the great Ancient Greek authors. Covers Homer, Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes, Herodotus, Thucydides, Plato and Demosthenes.