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Great Riots of New York
￥19.52
The City of New York has always been a melting pot of ideas and politics, and has seen many different riots during its history. This guide concentrates on those that took place in the 18th and 19th Centuries, such as the Stamp-Act Riot, the Draft Riots and the Orange Riots.
Lure of the Labrador Wild
￥19.52
The story of Leonidas Hubbard's ill-fated expedition to canoe up the Naskaupi River in Labrador, Canada, written by his companion on the journey Dillon Wallace.
Yankee Tea-Party
￥19.52
A fantastic account of the famous 'Boston Tea Party' when, in 1773, colonists in Boston protested the East India Company's stranglehold on the tea import market by throwing three shiploads of tea into the sea, and the events that followed.
Poison Belt
￥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?
Indian Fairy Tales
￥19.52
A classic collection of fantastic fairy tales drawn from the rich folklore of India and its neighbour countries.
Myths and Myth-Makers
￥19.52
A fascinating look at various different myths from across the world and throughout history, using the approach of Comparative Mythology, comparing different myths to find shared themes and characteristics.
Great Americans of History - Thomas Jefferson
￥19.52
A character study of one of America's greatest Presidents, Thomas Jefferson. This study contains information on Jefferson's life, his famous speeches including the whole text of his First Inaugural Address, and the personality, anecdotes and sayings of the great man.
History of the Ottawa and Chippewa Indians of Michigan
￥19.52
One of the first authoritative accounts of the Ottawa and Chippewa peoples to be published. A fascinating look into the cultures of these native peoples, even including an introduction to Ottawa and Chippewa grammar. Written by Ottawa tribe leader and historian Andrew Blackbird.
Scenes of Clerical Life
￥19.52
A fantastic collection of three stories by the author known as George Eliot, her first published work. The stories are set in the late-18th/early-20th century in and around the fictional town of Milby in the English Midlands.
When London Burned
￥19.52
A fantastic historical adventure novel set during the time of the Great Fire of London by the master of the genre G. A. Henty.
Old Bell of Independence
￥19.52
A fantastic telling of the tale of the Liberty Bell by American author Henry C. Watson.
Men of the Bible - Some Lesser-Known Characters
￥19.52
A study of some of the more obscure people in the Bible, such as Joreboam or Barabbas, as well as some of the more recognisable but less studied, such as Joseph of Arimathea.
Elizabeth and Her German Garden
￥19.52
This semi-autobiographical book is about the life of a young English woman who marries an ageing German aristocrat and in the marriage she focuses on her garden and children, at the same time running a country house.She also writes down her observations of the stuffy German aristocratic set using her razor sharp wit.Von Arnim was a successful author in her time and deserves to be re-discovered, this novel is a gem. In the first year of publication this book was re-printed twenty times. Von Arnim wrote another 20 books that were all published.
Montezuma's Daughter
￥19.52
A fantastic adventure novel by the master of the genre H. Rider Haggard. Follow the adventures of Englishman Thomas Wingfield as he tangles with murderers, shipwreck, slavers and the Spanish Inquisition.
No Hero
￥19.52
A fantastic novel by Ernest William Hornung, the author most famous as the creator of the Raffles series of novels. Set in a Swiss hotel, an Eton boy has fallen in love with an 'adventuress', and the protagonist, a friend of the boy's mother, attempts to disillusion the boy.
Son of the Wolf
￥19.52
A collection of short stories by the prolific American author Jack London, edited on the same day he was married to Elizabeth "e;Bessie"e; Maddern.
Blue Fairy Book
￥19.52
Thirty-seven traditional fairytales collated by famed anthropologist Andrew Lang, as one of his series of "e;Coloured"e; Fairy Books. Contains many childhood favourites, such as Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast, Snow-White and Aladdin, as well as many forgotten classics like Toads and Diamonds or The Princess on the Glass Hill.
Northanger Abbey
￥19.52
Northanger Abbey tells the story of Catherine Morland, a seventeen-year-old fan of Gothic novels, who is invited to Northanger Abbey, the estate of the father of her love interest, a place she expects to be dark and Gothic like the books she loves.
Pink Fairy Book
￥19.52
Forty-one traditional fairytales collated by famed anthropologist Andrew Lang, as one of his series of "e;Coloured"e; Fairy Books. Contains many childhood favourites, such as The Snow Queen and The Wounded Lion, as well as many forgotten classics like Princess Minon-minette or Uraschimataro and the Turtle.
Man-Wolf and Other Tales
￥19.52
The classic tales of werewolves from the masters of supernatural horror, French writing duo Emile Erckmann and Alexandre Chatrian. Also included are six other spooky short stories from the macabre pair.
Authoritative Life of General William Booth
￥19.52
A fascinating biography of the founder of the Salvation Army, one of the world's most successful distributers of humanitarian aid.
