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Wieland
Wieland
Brown, Charles Brockden
¥19.52
By Charles Brockden Brown this novel was first published in 1798 and is the first and most famous American Gothic novel.Set around the time of the American Revolutionary Wars it tells the story of the Wieland family, the father was a German immigrant who founded his own religion that failed causing him to spontaneously combust after which he soon dies.His children all begin to hear voices, affairs take place, followed by a few murders and a suicide and so the story continues...
Emma
Emma
Austen, Jane
¥19.52
Emma is one of Jane Austen's classic novels set in Georgian Regency England.Emma spends her time matchmaking, but not always with the outcome that she had hoped for.
Chateau and Country Life in France
Chateau and Country Life in France
Waddington, Mary King
¥19.52
Mary King Waddington was an American author who married a French diplomat. This is her tale of moving to live in France.
My Native Land
My Native Land
Cox, James
¥19.52
A fascinating patriotic look at the history of the United States. From the Liberty Bell to Custer to Yellowstone Park to the Witches of Salem to the Great Northwest and the Warm Southeast, read about many different aspects of America that have made it the country it is today.
Quaint Courtships
Quaint Courtships
Howells, William Dead
¥19.52
A fantastic collection of ten novelettes from the early 20th century.
Predator's Picnic
Predator's Picnic
Veale, Bernard
¥19.52
Marc Gregor had spent ten years in the Middle East and Afghanistan fighting for America. He was tired of living off a reserve officer's pay and anxious to get back to civilian life so he chose nice steady Switzerland and went there to look for a job. He found the job but it was not what he had planned and resigning turned out to be a rather permanent option. His inclination to cut and run was canceled by his first sight of Cherie, the Sergeant's daughter. After that he struggled to find out exactly what he and a bunch of the toughest mercenary soldiers he had ever seen were being trained for. Every man was out for himself and Marc uses his hard-won skills to keep ahead of the Colonel, the Sergeant and the predator pack. This was no picnic.
Aileen the Alien
Aileen the Alien
MacLaren-Scott, Andrew
¥19.52
A light-hearted novella about alien abduction that will make you smile and will make you think. A middle-aged man heads off for a break on the wild west coast of Scotland but gets a much greater change of routine than he expected. This fast-paced tale is surprising, entertaining and thought-provoking. It reveals another world rather close to home that is strangely similar to our own world, but also very different.
Football Fiction
Football Fiction
Crockett, Howard R.
¥19.52
An interactive fantasy football adventure game in which the reader acts as the star player. Based upon a role-playing concept, the reader is challenged to appear as a substitute midway in an international football match alongside a team consisting of fictional players. They must then seek to score the goals in order to 'win' the story, although depending upon their performance their team may also lose or draw, or they might be injured, substituted and even sent off. Football Fiction places an emphasis on team-work and self-determination, stimulates decision-making, and encourages football fans to enjoy reading. The book contains differing results dependant upon decisions made, and can be re-read time after time after time. Suitable for all football fans aged 8+, and no upper age limit!
James Bond 50th Anniversary Quiz Book
James Bond 50th Anniversary Quiz Book
Dugdale, Mike
¥19.52
The James Bond Quiz Book is a fun selection of original questions (and answers!), comprehensively covering the last 50 years of Bond, including the latest film - Skyfall! As a fun family game it will separate the Goldfinger's from the Oddjob's, the Scaramanga's from the Nick-Nack's, and is a fantastic way to enjoy Bond even more.
Guide to Company Downsizing
Guide to Company Downsizing
Slater, Rus
¥19.52
This guide is not aimed at board Chairmen of global companies or at the Human Resource Directors of large organisations; it is aimed at the small-business owner or the line manager who is actually going to have to look someone in the eye and tell them that they don't have a job any more .
Orinoco
Orinoco
Veale, Bernard
¥19.52
Dane Martin was dragged up in an orphanage put through an indifferent high-school education which fitted him for very little. He, and his best friend Tommy Garner, steal cars and sell them to oil-rich Arabs. Tommy was skilled with engines and Dane knew how to pick the best opportunities...
Girl Who Watched
Girl Who Watched
Funnell, Lyn
¥19.52
When obnoxious journalist Don Collins was sent to Cuba on a Press Trip, he got drunk and attacked a young Cuban girl. Life completely changed for their two families, although neither of them were aware of the other family.
Superman Villains Quiz Book
Superman Villains Quiz Book
Wheelwright, Wayne
¥19.52
This book contains well over 100 questions on the villains that continue to plague Superman, from who created the characters to events throughout comics history.
Dark Night's Work
Dark Night's Work
Gaskell, Elizabeth
¥19.52
A fantastic work of classic English literature from the author of Cranford, Elizabeth Gaskell.
Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson
Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson
Tench, Lieutenant-General Watkin
¥19.52
A fantastic eye-witness account of the first four years of the Australian settlement that became modern day Sydney. Written by Lieutenant-General Watkin Tench, who served in the First Fleet.
Desert Drama
Desert Drama
Doyle, Arthur Conan
¥19.52
A fantastic novel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle about a group of European and American tourists taken hostage in Egypt by Islamic extremists.
Taylor Swift Quiz Book
Taylor Swift Quiz Book
Wheelwright, Wayne
¥19.52
This book contains 100 questions on Taylor Swift. A varied selection from record titles to family members, record sales to romantic partners.
Love of Life
Love of Life
London, Jack
¥19.52
A fantastic collection of eight short stories from American author, journalist, and social activist Jack London. Written during his 'Klondike' period, the title story 'Love of Life' follows the trek of a prospector across the Canadian tundra.
Queen Lucia
Queen Lucia
Benson, E. F.
¥19.52
The first 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.
Queen of the Air
Queen of the Air
Ruskin, John
¥19.52
The English social thinker John Ruskin's famous trilogy of lectures on the subject of Greek myths of 'Cloud and Storm': Athena Chalinitis (Athena in the Heavens), Athena Keramitis (Athena in the Earth) and Athena Ergane (Athena in the Heart).
Reminiscences of Tolstoy
Reminiscences of Tolstoy
Tolstoy, Count Ilya
¥19.52
A fascinating biography of one of the greatest writers in all of history: Count Lyev Nikolayevich Tolstoy, author of War and Peace. Written by his son Count Ilya Tolstoy, this is a wonderfully intimate and heartfelt account of the great author's life.