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Jewel of Seven Stars
Jewel of Seven Stars
Stoker, Bram
¥19.52
This classic horror novel by the author of Dracula, Bram Stoker, is the original Mummy story. An archaeologist hatches an evil plan to resurrect Queen Tera, an ancient Egyptian mummy.
Valet's Tragedy
Valet's Tragedy
Lang, Andrew
¥19.52
A fascinating look at twelve historical mysteries by famed anthropologist and historian Andrew Lang.
Gilpins and their Fortunes
Gilpins and their Fortunes
Kingston, W. H. G.
¥19.52
A fantastic historical adventure novel by W. H. G. Kingston set in early colonial Australia.
Opera
Opera
Streatfeild, Richard Alexander
¥19.52
A fascinating look at the history and development of opera as an art form, looking at many famous examples.
Pirates of Malabar
Pirates of Malabar
Biddulph, John
¥19.52
A fascinating account of events that took place at the Malabar Coast during the mid-19th Century, including the machinations of the powerful East India Company, the rule of the Moghul, and the activities of pirates such as the fearsome Captain Kidd.
Republic by Plato
Republic by Plato
Jowett, Benjamin
¥19.52
The famous Benjamin Jowett translation of Plato's most famous dialogue, 'The Republic', in which he lays out his vision of a perfect state, a utopia, ruled by wise philosopher-kings.
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.
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.
Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Raspe, Rudolph Erich
¥19.52
A collection of tall tales about the famous German baron Karl Friedrich Hieronymus Freiherr von Munchhausen. Many of the stories may have originated from the baron himself, as he was well known as a teller of exaggerated tales, although much of the material is borrowed from other, earlier stories.
Wife and Other Stories
Wife and Other Stories
Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich
¥19.52
Nine short stories from the Russian literary master Anton Pavlovich Chekhov.Includes the stories:The WifeDifficult PeopleThe GrasshopperA Dreary StoryThe Privy CouncillorThe Man in a CaseGooseberriesAbout LoveThe Lottery Ticket
Science of Fairy Tales
Science of Fairy Tales
Hartland, Edwin Sidney
¥19.52
A fascinating look at the mythology of fairytales by famed folklorist Edwin Sidney Hartland, who takes the approach of assembling and studying persistent and widespread folklore in an attempt to provide a scientific insight into belief systems.
Uncommercial Traveller
Uncommercial Traveller
Dickens, Charles
¥19.52
Charles Dickens's fantastic collection of literary sketches and reminiscences.
Witch of Prague
Witch of Prague
Crawford, F. Marion
¥19.52
A classic fantasy novel by prolific American writer F. Marion Crawford.
Through Russian Snows
Through Russian Snows
Henty, George A.
¥19.52
A classic historical adventure novel by the master of the genre George A. Henty, telling the story of Napoleon's retreat from Moscow during the Napoleonic Wars.
Under Drake's Flag
Under Drake's Flag
Henty, George Alfred
¥19.52
A classic historical adventure from the master of the genre, George Alfred Henty. This is a wonderful adventure novel which tells 'A Tale of the Spanish Main'.
Under the Lilacs
Under the Lilacs
Alcott, Louisa May
¥19.52
The charming 1878 children's novel by the author of Little Women, Louisa May Alcott, follows the story of two little girls, Bab and Betty Moss, who discover in their play barn a young circus runaway, Ben Brown, and decide to take him in.
Voyage of the Beagle
Voyage of the Beagle
Darwin, Charles
¥19.52
Charles Darwin's famous account of the second survey expedition of HMS Beagle. On the voyage Darwin documented many different fields: biology, geology, anthropology etc., as well as starting work on his theories of evolution by natural selection that were to influence the entirety of natural scientific study.
Tragedy of the Korosko
Tragedy of the Korosko
Conan Doyle, Arthur
¥19.52
Arthur Conan Doyle's fantastic adventure novel written in 1898 follows the story of a group of tourists captured by Islamic extremists in Egypt.
Lost World
Lost World
Conan Doyle, Arthur
¥19.52
Arthur Conan Doyle's tale of an expedition to a hidden Amazonian plateau where prehistoric animals such as dinosaurs still survive has thrilled readers around the world for almost 100 years. This book introduces his second most famous creation (after, of course, Sherlock Holmes): intrepid explorer Professor Challenger.
Old Nurse's Story and Other Tales
Old Nurse's Story and Other Tales
Gaskell, Elizabeth
¥19.52
A fantastic collection of eleven short stories by Victorian novelist Elizabeth Gaskell.Contains the stories: The Old Nurse's Story Clopton House The Crooked Branch Crowley Castle Curious, if True Disappearances Two Fragments of Ghost Stories The Heart of John Middleton Morton Hall The Well of Pen-Morfa The Shah's English Gardener
Plumed Serpent
Plumed Serpent
Lawrence, D. H.
¥19.52
D. H. Lawrence's fantastic tale of bullfighting, revolution and ancient cults. Kate Leslie, a tourist in Mexico during the Mexican Revolution, meets a Mexican general, Don Cipriano, and his influential landowner friend Don Ramon, who she discovers are attempting to resurrect an ancient cult.