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The last book in the Scarlet Pimpernel series.Author: Emmuska OrczyPublisher: Oxford City PressPublication Date: Feb 02, 2011Number of Pages: 234 pagesBinding: Hardback or Cased BookISBN-10:...

In 1910, E. T. Whittaker wrote "A History of the Theories of Aether and Electricity", which gave a very detailed account of the aether theories from Ren? Descartes to Hendrik Lorentz, and which made...

Excerpt from preface: This study of witchcraft has been limited to a period of about one hundred and sixty years in English history. The year 1558 has been chosen as the starting point because almost...

"A Raw Youth", also published as "The Adolescent", contains many of the themes of "Crime and Punishment".Author: Fyodor Mikhailovich DostoevskyPublisher: Oxford City PressPublication Date: Jun 21,...

Aesop's ancient Greek fables, short tales with simple morals, often featuring talking animals, are deeply embedded in Western culture. This 1916 translation by V. S. Vernon Jones was furnished with...

These novels show Agatha Christie's detective writing genius began with her first Novel. The reviews of "The Mysterious Affair at Styles" at the time said this: The Times Literary Supplement of...

Crome Yellow, is Huxley's first novel, published in 1921. It is a British manor satire where almost nothing happens - even less than normal for this genre. The characters are immaculately presented...

In his affectionate and gently humorous verses John O'Brien (Patrick Joseph Hartigan)sang of farming life and of the life of Irish settlers in Australia - at home, on the land, and at the Church upon...

Bertrand Russell, (1872 - 1970) was a British philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, and social critic. Russell's books are excellent for those who have no experience of reading philosophy...

Dorothy Sayers' much loved "Catholic Tales and Christian Songs" together with two theological works written for the interested lay person.Author: Dorothy SayersPublisher: Oxford City PressPublication...

Collected Stories for Children was first published in 1947 and is a collection of the best seventeen short stories written by Walter de la Mare. The stories cover a range of subjects, but are all...

Eleven of John Buchan's best short stories, primarily about places - the haunted homes and wilds of the United Kingdom and the dangerous wilderness of Southern Africa -- and some rooted in ancient...

This is the definitive reference book for anatomical drawing. Comic Drawing Artists and Fine Artists alike find that this book provides the means to solve anatomical problems. Bridgman is masterful...

Copyright Law of the United States: And Related Laws Contained in Title 17 of the United States Code, Circular 92Author: U S GovernmentPublisher: Oxford City PressPublication Date: Apr 27, 2012Number...

The charming story of Pippinella, the green canary, as told by Pip herself to the Doctor.Author: Hugh LoftingPublisher: Oxford City PressPublication Date: Jul 11, 2011Number of Pages: 246...

As always, Dr. Dolittle's animal stories delight and enchant both the young, and the young at heart. (Illustrated hardback edition.)Author: Hugh LoftingPublisher: Oxford City PressPublication Date:...

Dr. Thorndyke is one of the best creations of the Golden Age of British detective fiction. He is both medical doctor and barrister and the first great exponent of forensics in fiction, with an...

Edward Morgan Forster (1879 - 1970) is best known for his beautiful novels - ironic with delicious plots, highlighting the hypocrisy and discrimination in early 20th-century British society. This...

Jim Kjelgaard wrote more than forty extremely popular novels for children. He incorporated into his books his two great loves -nature and animals. He spent much of his childhood living on farms in...

Sir Albert Howard presents a summary of his life's work in this book. Howard states "This law is true for soil, plant, animal, and man: the health of these four is one connected chain. Any weakness...

This book contains four short plays by Sayers on a religious theme. The Zeal of Thy House was written for Canterbury Cathedral and dramatises an episode in its construction. The Devil to Pay is a...

H. G. Wells (1866-1946), alongside Jules Verne, has been given the title "Father of Science Fiction" In 1898 he wrote the War of the Worlds: "Yet across the gulf of space, minds that are to our minds...

Charles Austin Beard (1874-1948) with his wife Mary were highly influential historians in the first half of the 20th century. Their works had a major impact on American historians. This book was...

A classic reprint of a 1929 text, explaining the materialist arguments against gods. This gives a clear explanation of the Socialist opposition to religion.Author: John KeracherPublisher: Oxford City...

A humorous look at a hermit's housekeeping on Jones Island, off of Long Island, New York. Cuppy is one of the America's early 20th Century's most loved comic author.Author: Will CuppyPublisher:...

This edition comes fully illustrated. From the introduction to the book: "The making of harpsichords flourished in Italy throughout the 16th and 17th centuries. The Italian instruments were of...

Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse was an English humourist and master of prose. He is widely admired by writers of every generation. He is best known for his Jeeves, Blandish Castle and Psmith Novels...

This delightful picture book, first published in 1903, still enchants its readers and listeners with easy-to-learn rhymes and gorgeous pictures. Small children will be captivated by the charming...

In the third of L. Leslie Brooke's fantastic Johnny Crow books, many more animals come to see Johnny's expanded garden. Along the way, a deer comes over queer, the weasels get measles, but the...

In the second of this wonderful series, Johnny, literature's most hospitable crow, further improves his garden and invites the other animals round for a party. Old favourites are here, such as the...