Richardson: 1439 books

Children of Australia's founding convicts grow up in a unique environment. On the one hand, convicts labour in chains under lashweilding redcoats; on the other, immigrant farmers strive to carve out a living, reluctant convicts their only available labour. Adam seeks his father knowing only that he...

The Western has become an archetype for the founding of a great portion of the United States. The behavior of the men and women who pioneered the great, vast prairies of the land west of the Mississippi set standards which continue today. Living on the outskirts of formal settlements, they governed...

This is just a book fictionwith some true and false characters in it. It is just the visions that I have seen in the short chapter of my life. How the system is still showing racial barrels but what is mind boggling to me is that my own race gets in certain position and forgets where they come from....

A fatal crash involving two college students heading home for the holidays seems like an unfortunate accident. But when the surviving girl wakens, she tells a curious story of the vehicle that forced them off the road - an old-fashioned, 1950s-style hearse. Reporter Branigan Powers delves into the...

Eternity. How many times since Mathias came into my life had I considered it? Had I not taken risks that would have left us together for eternity? What I hadn't expected was to have the choice taken from us. Vampires are independent creatures and the old ones definitely don't like being bound...

When Nita's mother becomes depressed after a trip to her native Thailand, shy ten-year-old Nita feels lost. But one day a snowy owl appears in the dunes near their home, and from then on, Nita finds herself doing things she never would have done before. She even wins the lead in the school play, entering...

The incredible stories of the New Zealanders who have been awarded the Victoria Cross for courage under fire, from WWI to the war in Afghanistan. Here are the stories of the 27 men who won the Victoria Cross in both world wars and in Afghanistan in the 21st century - fighting heroes who risked...

Un sorprendente viaje por diez rutas que, más largas o más cortas y en diferentes épocas, dieron forma al mundo que conocemos hoy. Con este libro cruzarás el puente de Beringia hacia América con los primeros pobladores de ese continente y seguirás a los animales salvajes por la ruta migratoria...

It is the story of a young girl Laura who encounters the conventionality of school society with great persistence. The story starts when admitted in a boarding school in Melbourne, Laura tries hard to adjust but as the author writes "She could not know the right hole seeming unfitness prove to be...

Traveling to Brookhaven on business, Kathleen decides to take a detour to Caroline Porters hometown of Maple Glen. Although it is quite different from Carolines 1880 description, Kathleen is moved by the remnants of the past that still remain. Still determined to get to the bottom of the questions...

Kathleen, puzzled by the ending of the second journal, has many unanswered questions. Although determined to do extensive research once she returns to Alabama, the mystery of Caroline Porter will have to remain just that. For the time being, she will be content to help Ben clean out and restore the...

Detective fiction is said to have begun in 1841 with Edgar Allan Poes The Murders in the Rue Morgue. There are antecedents to Poe, but Poe is the progenitor for most Americans. The genre continues to this day with writers like Sue Grafton producing a whole series of books featuring private detective...

First in its Sarajevo field. 'Sarajevo' () is the assets and greatest town of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with an approximated populace of 369,534. There has never been a Sarajevo Guide like this. It contains 190 answers, much more than you can imagine; comprehensive answers and extensive details and...

First published in 1910, this vintage book explores the various uses of dogs in war, in the police force, and in the home. As much an exposition on what a dog can do as what a dog cannot do, this handbook offers the reader a wealth of valuable information and it will be of significant utility to those...