Hero Tales from American History
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A fascinating look at some of the greatest heroes of American history, written by Theodore Roosevelt and his friend Henry Cabot Lodge, the eminent historian.Includes writings on: George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, General Grant, John Quincy Adams, and the battles of Gettysburg, New Orleans and the Alamo.
Indian Heroes and Great Chieftans
¥19.52
A collection of fascinating biographies of some of the most famous Native Americans, including Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse.
Language
¥19.52
Taken from the work of late-19th/early-20th century anthropological linguist Edward Sapir, this is a fascinating comprehensive introduction to the field of linguistics.
Steady Now Doctor
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Steady Now Doctor by Dr Robert Clifford, is a novel, as opposed to the nine autobiographical books of his Doctor series. He achieves the same balance of comedy, pathos and tragedy as he did in the Doctor series. We follow the life of Andy Howard through the ups and downs of school days, an heroic bicycle ride to Blackpool, warring parents and success and failure at rugby. This is followed by his life as a house surgeon with medical and personal dramas, seduction, violence and eventually sweet, true love and marriage. As in his Doctor series, Dr Clifford writes with a great sense of humour, and a rare insight and humanity.
Red Badge of Courage
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Published in 1895 by the American author Stephen Crane. This book is considered to be one of the most influential works in American Literature, it features a young recruit who overcomes his fears to be a hero, it also gives an insight into the cruelty of the American Civil War.
Don King Came Calling
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The book opens when I receive an unexpected phone call from Hector Elizalde, an employee at Don King's office in Florida. He is en route to a meeting in Europe and will return to the UK in a week's time. He promises to call again upon his return. He is as good as his word and phones with an offer to join Don King's organisation where the expertise I gained while working for CNN International for ten years, can be put to good use. Satellite broadcasting provides a means of distributing current or delayed footage of boxing programmes to subscribers throughout the world. Consequently, my knowledge will generate more income from the sale of Don King's boxing programmes. Subscribers download the satellite's signals and, depending on time zones, they can broadcast the programming immediately or at a time of their choosing. Two broadcasts of the programme are permitted under the contract for each programme received. The book, while concentrating on the Don King story, intercedes with my life story up to the time when I eventually join Don at his office in Florida. My knowledge of an annual event, named Sportel, which is held in Monaco, persuades Don King to rent a booth where sales of programming are made to buyers eager to meet Don King. This results in increased sales of his boxing programmes and opens the way for Sportel to extend its reach to an annual event in Miami.Don King Came Calling, with its twists and turns is a remarkable book that will captivate its readers.
Robinson Crusoe
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Daniel Defoe's classic tale of the castaway who spends 28 years on a remote tropical island has been enjoyed around the world for over 290 years. A staple of classic English literature, the book's name alone has become a synonym for 'castaway'.
Sign of Four
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's famous London detective Sherlock Holmes tackles another intriguing case. A young woman seeks Holmes' help after a crazed, escapee murderer refuses to leave her alone in his search for missing treasure. When the young woman is kidnapped Holmes and Watson start their search in the city's criminal underworld.
Green Flag
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A fantastic collection of short stories by the creator of Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, all revolving around tales of war and hunting.
Girl Called Jake
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Two natives, one b*stard and a mighty bog... A Girl Called Jake draws on a translation from a hitherto secret archive to tell the story of a gigantic narcotics plant that's built upon a mighty bog. But in a strange and distant land, a rising for liberty is crushed with vicious and unparalleled violence. And in the country of the book's principal action an agitation grows - and grows. For here too is a disturbing spirit of national sentiment. And here too a rising - a strictly unconstitutional affair!!! - takes place. So in the giant plant is fought once more one of the great battles of classical antiquity. But in the very moment of victory - defeat! For just as the cops' big bust gets under way - the whole plant tilts and flips, and sinks forever in its mighty bog: and everything goes back to the good old way that it was. With an introduction: and, by the translator, an afterword.
Adventures of Rum Ba-Ba
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Rum Ba-Ba is a cheeky young lamb who is full of energy. He is always getting himself into scrapes and sees every day as an opportunity for a new adventure. In these eight short stories, ideal for bedtime reading for 6-9 year-olds, Rum Ba-Ba rescues a trapped lamb, makes friends with a fox, saves the flock from a storm, gets his wool sheared, meets a hedgehog, leads the other sheep in a dance, and finds a new home.
Glenfinnan Manuscript
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This novel is the second in a projected five-part series called The Second British Protectorate - a series of high-concept, story-driven commercial fictions from the viewpoint of alternate history, supposing a sovietised post-war Britain modelled on Cromwell's 17th century Protectorate. The themes are both historical and modern. For instance - what shape would a popular rising against such a state have taken? Who would have collaborated with the regime - who might have resisted - and who might have loafed on the leathered benches of least resistance? What would the state's religious policy have been? Might that policy have forced the merger of the churches of Scotland and England? Might the religious and messianic mania of the 17th century have returned? Might it have been believed that Jesus had come (back) to England? Might George VI have gone to the scaffold as Charles I had - dead by winter axe in London's Whitehall? What role would the great lawyers of the land and their sacred notions of constitutionality and amour-propre (not to mention the school-fees) have had in all of this? What about civil liberties, and clear and present dangers to the state? What about the asymmetric distribution of lethal capacities for oppression and resistance? What about the nature of religious identity as the ideology of that resistance? What role might cocaine have played in a ruined command-economy with a worthless currency? Might the Americans have smuggled it into Britain in huge quantities as a way of funding democratic terrorism? The Glenfinnan Manuscript (the lass with the siller buckle) - as the churches of Scotland and England are forced to merge, a band of outlaw Daniels murder the Archbishop of Canterbury in the very centre of Edinburgh, and escape with six tons of English (or British) gold. But - where is that gold now?
Tarnished Pendant
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The thrilling second novel from John Smalldridge in the Tarnished Series.The Tarnished Pendant is story of a prealuvian priest. It portrays the world before the flood and depicts the reason why the church of today can turn a blind eye to sin in its ranks. A mixture of characters, views, religion, trials and tribulations, love and war make this book a compelling read.
Spice Girls Quiz Book
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The Spice Girls was one of the most influential pop groups of the 1990s and the most successful British band since the Beatles, but how much do you know about the band members? Are you an expert on the multi-award winning, chart topping songsters? Have you followed the careers of Geri, Mel C, Emma, Mel B and Victoria since they left the Spice Girls or would you like to find out more about what they have been up to? Dip into this exciting new quiz book and discover how well you really know the '90s pop sensation.The 100 questions in The Spice Girls Quiz Book have been designed to test your memory of the remarkable Spice Girls' story. The book is full of facts about the original all girl band including the many unforgettable hits, awards and accolades, records, individual ventures, career highlights and personal details.This book about the Spice Girls is one that you won't want to be without and is a nostalgic and fun read for fans of all ages.
GreekQuest
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Discover an amazing life in Ancient Greece when you enter this adventure from the international superselling gamebook author of the GrailQuest series, Herbie Brennan.
Pavillion
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Pavilion - Samuel's story sets the opulence and excesses of the former Prince Regent, recently crowned George IV and his summer residence the magnificent Brighton Pavilion against a young architect's assistant Samuel Grey who finds himself working there. Samuel has a heavy social conscience and is appalled at the King's profligacy when the working people of England are hungry and suppressed following the end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815. After accidentally witnessing the violation of Caroline a young servant girl in the fables tunnels underneath the Pavilion by one of the King's acolytes, Samuel first vows to avenge her, then falls in love with her. But after making a terrible discovery in one of the tunnels their plans for revenge expand even further than either of them had dared to imagine, perhaps even to the toppling of the Monarchy itself. A lot of the characters, the King, Lord Alvanley and John Nash obviously did exist but I have taken some liberties with their manner and propensities!
Dream of Christmas
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A Dream of Christmas is a fantastic festive tale during which a child dreams of visiting Santa's toy factory. But is it just a dream? The story features 24 pictures and wonderfully written rhyming verse, and is a favourite of children across the world.
Whispers From Behind The Cellar Door
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Tales to send chills down your spine, raise goosebumps and stand your hair on end. Tales to terrify and disturb, to intrigue and unsettle. Fans of horror and the supernatural will relish this collection of original stories, featuring among much else...- a haunted swimming pool- something horrible in a garden shed- a doppelganger husband- a zombie mother-in-law- a ghostly sender of emails- and an embalming that goes very wrong indeed...
DODICI GIORNI DI NATALE
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Dodici giorni di Natale e l'interpretazione autore di fama mondiale bambini Suzy-Jane Tanner del noto canto. Splendidamente illustrato con 12 disegni a colori, e nuova 'regali' adatto per bambini piccoli, questo eBook meraviglioso e sicuro di essere uno dei preferiti di Natale. Questo libro e anche disponibile in una gamma di altre lingue.
Brick Monster
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Let your imagination feed on itself as a Brick Monster comes to live under the sidewalk of a seaside resort. He has anti-social eating habits, bad breath, is thrown out by his parents and at the tender age of 58 has to fend for himself. The Brick Monster finds new friends, eats a Mermaid, and then falls in love. Author Harry Pope brings together a range of characters, situations and humour that children and adults will find enjoyable
Sherlock Holmes in Advertising
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This fascinating book explores the way that Sherlock Holmes has been appropriated by British businesses to advertise everything from carpets and tyres, to honey and whisky. Somerset Maugham believed that Holmes had survived so long in the public imagination because Arthur Conan Doyle had hammered the detective's idiosyncracies into the minds of his readers with 'the same pertinacity as the great advertisers use to proclaim the merits of their soap, beer or cigarettes'. Linking Holmes with consumer products in this way implies that the detective was becoming a 'brand' in his own right. But if he was a brand, then what values did he portray? Why would advertisers want to associate those values with their own products - even if those products had, on the face of it, nothing whatsoever to do with Sherlock Holmes? And how did they go about it? The book draws on a treasure-trove of advertisements in the Arthur Conan Doyle Collection - Richard Lancelyn Green Bequest at Portsmouth Museum.

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