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Witches of New York
￥19.52
A fantastic light-hearted look at the world of the psychics, astrologers and fortune-tellers of Victorian New York City, written by 'Q. K. Philander Doesticks', the alter-ego of American humorist Mortimer Q. Thomson.
Three Years in France with the Guns
￥19.52
This book details some 'episodes in the life of a Field Battery' during the First World War.From the introduction by the author:The story is a simple record of the fortunes of my own Battery and Brigade, and is intended as a tribute to the good comradeship which existed, under all conditions, among all ranks.
Under Wellington's Command
￥19.52
Published in 1899, this sequel to With Moore at Corunna follows the story of Terrance O'Conner, who joins Sir Arthur Wellesley, the Duke of Wellington's expedition to Portugal. A fantastic piece of historical fiction.
What Prohibition Has Done to America
￥19.52
Fabian Franklin lays out his arguments against the famous Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution which established Prohibition in America. His arguments correctly predicted the rise in bootlegging alcohol and organised crime caused by the introduction of the legislature.
Winter Sunshine
￥19.52
A fascinating collection of writings on many naturalist and conservationist themes by American essayist John Burroughs.
Sherlock Holmes and the Clapham Witch
￥19.52
In this excellent short story, sad old men are throwing themselves under trains for a variety of reasons and Holmes must place himself in harm's way to discover the truth of a rather bewildering case. Bordering on the supernatural, this Sherlockian short was first published in 2016 in the third collection of the Final Tales of Sherlock Holmes.
Witching Hill
￥19.52
Generations ago the evil nobleman Lord Mulcaster lived on the Witching Hill estate. Now everyone who comes to live in the suburban villas erected on the subdivided estate succumb to the curse of Mulcaster's bad deeds, and are driven to evil acts. Uvo Delavoye, an indirect descendent of Mulcaster, has to work out the reasons behind the crimes and tragedies committed on the estate.Written by Ernest William Hornung, the author most famous as the creator of the Raffles series of novels.
Guide to Surviving Redundancy
￥19.52
Your company has hit you with a redundancy notice... you have either been escorted from the building like a common criminal or you have been told that you have a couple of weeks left before you are "e;let go"e;. Either way you need to get your act in gear pretty quickly. It's a lousy situation to be in, The Guide to Surviving Redundancy will help you get through these testing times with do's and don'ts, brushing up you cv, negotiating your worth and many other tips.
Betrothed
￥19.52
Sir Walter Scott's fantastic historical novel set in Wales under King Henry II, the first of his two 'Tales of the Crusaders'.
Borgias
￥19.52
The family of the House of Borgia are remembered for their corrupt rule during the period when one of them, Rodrigo Borgia, was Pope. This text was taken from a series of essays on famous criminals and crimes by the author of The Count of Monte Cristo and The Three Musketeers, Alexandre Dumas. The Borgia's crimes reputedly ran the gamut from theft and bribery to rape, incest and murder.
Celtic Twilight
￥19.52
One of the best known prose collections of Irish poet and dramatist William Butler Yeats takes a look at the long connection between the people of Ireland and the mystical creatures known as Fairies.
Tom Brown's Schooldays
￥19.52
The story of Tom Brown as he attends Rugby School, a public school for boys, has enthralled readers for over a century and a half.
Two Gallant Sons of Devon
￥19.52
A fantastic adventure novel set on the high seas, written by British civil engineer and author of nautical fiction William Lancaster, under his pseudonym Harry Collingwood.
Amateur Poacher
￥19.52
A fascinating series of autobiographical writings by English nature writer John Richard Jefferies, which give an intriguing insight into English rural life in the 19th century.
Battle of Life
￥19.52
The fourth of Charles Dickens' famous 'Christmas Books' series (which began with the all-time classic 'A Christmas Carol').
Beetle
￥19.52
A mysterious oriental man known only as 'the Beetle' terrorises london with his unearthly powers of hypnosis and shape-shifting. Written by British author Richard Bernard Heldmann under the pseudonym of Richard Marsh, this book was published in the same year as 'Dracula', and was initially more successful than Bram Stoker's now more famous work. Like Dracula, and other books of the time such as Sax Rohmer's Fu Manchu novels, this was also of the 'sensation novel' genre, building up the suspense surrounding a mysterious villain by narrating the story from several viewpoints.
Evolution of Empires
￥19.52
A fantastic and comprehensive look at the historical development of the empires of France, Germany and England, written by American author and historian Mary Platt Parmele.
Fall of the Moghul Empire of Hindustan
￥19.52
The Mughal, or Moghul, Empire ruled much of the Indian subcontinent (archaically called 'Hindustan') for 3 centuries, finally falling in the mid-19th century. This is a fantastic and comprehensive account of the last years of the Empire and its fall, one of the most important events in Indian history.
Great Boer War
￥19.52
While most people remember Sir Arthur Conan Doyle for his 'Sherlock Holmes' stories, he actually wanted more to be a journalistic and historical writer. This is one of his works in that vein, documenting the events of the Boer War, which had yet to end at the time of writing.
Hermit and the Wild Woman and Other Stories
￥19.52
Seven short stories from the prolific Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist Edith Wharton.
House Behind the Cedars
￥19.52
Charles W. Chesnutt wrote The House Behind the Cedars as a response to what he viewed as inadequate and inaccurate depictions of the complexity of racial relationships in the southern states of America in the media and literature of the time. He aimed to provoke serious political discussion with the novel. Oscar Micheaux made a film adaption of the book in 1927.
