North: 717 books

What do you mean you don't like poetry? Too stuffy; bland? Yes, I see. But don't be so glum; I make it fun. Read me!!!! It's my destiny.

I went in behind the lines and emerged as a kind of agent. I went in as a reporter and came out a kind of soldier. I sometimes wish I had never gone in at all. -Paul Morton War correspondents have long entered combat zones at great personal risk, determined to capture the conflict for...

Finally available, a high quality book of the original classic edition of Bobs, a Girl Detective. It was previously published by other bona fide publishers, and is now, after many years, back in print. This is a new and freshly published edition of this culturally important work by Grace May...

When it comes to sheer savagery endured by the American fighting man, few combat theaters could match the Pacific in WorldWar II: the sodden malarial and Japanese infested jungles of New Guinea and Guadalcanal, the kamikaze pilots for whom death was no deterrent, and the blood-soaked beaches taken...

On the morning of June 13, 1814, the British warship HMS" Nimrod" attacked the town of Wareham, Massachusetts. As a center for shipbuilding and iron, Wareham was a perfect target for the British fleet. When the lead barge deceptively appeared with a white flag at its bow, Wareham never suspected anything...

The Great War ate men, machines, and money without mercy or remission. At the end of 1915, the German army chief of staff, Erich von Falkenhayn, believed he knew how to finally kill the beast and win the war. On Christmas day, 1915, Falkenhayn sent a letter to Kaiser Wilhelm II proposing a campaign...

When unhappily married Fiona Edwards answers the door of her farmhouse bed and breakfast, she discovers a tall man shouldering a hulking backpack. He is unshaven, sweat-soaked...but arrestingly handsome. American Alec Hudson has carried the ashes of his ex-wife from London's Heathrow Airport...

This is my third volume of short essays to make you think. I look for patterns and generalisations; keep things simple - not to offer truths, but to highlight where complication and specialisation might get things wrong. From the nature of God to what is knowledge, I theorise on subjects as varied as politics and psychology. I even attempt an explanation of Adam's Rib.

"One of the most valuable books on the relation of philosophy and science which has appeared for many years." — The Cambridge Review "A great contribution to Natur-philosophie, far the finest contribution . . . made by any one man. — Mind In addition to his brilliant achievements...

This edition includes a modern introduction and a list of suggested further reading. Interweaving science and metaphysics, The Principle of Relativity presents what is commonly acknowledged as the most interesting alternative to Einstein's general theory of relativity. The great mathematician and philosopher...

This edition includes a modern introduction and a list of suggested further reading. Alfred North Whitehead’s Introduction to Mathematics is one of the most charming books ever written about the queen of the sciences. It gives a delightful and intellectually stimulating exposition of mathematical...

I Poet, Volume Two, with lots of poems for you; there’s life and humour and even a scream, I’ll even try to turn you green; and make you think anew.

Michael's Gemstone Dictionary Part 2 is a guidebook that identifies some of the most popular (and common) gemstones and their energetic characteristics. The alphabetical layout offers easy to understand information for selecting gemstones to achieve desired results, such as intellectual clarity,...

Beautifully written speculative fiction from Metaphorosis magazine. The best science fiction and fantasy stories from Metaphorosis magazine's second year. Snow queens and their daughters, invisible giants pining for vanished lovers, searches, quests, and discoveries of all kinds. Contents: Snow...