Stevenson: 1819 books

Who doesn't love a bit of surprise, danger, eerie atmosphere, and just the right hint of romance! So, here's presenting to you our best ever gothic collection, with all the well known classics, all the hidden gems, and lots of surprises for all the fans of chills, darkness and mystery out there. Also,...

This edition features • illustrations • a linked Table of Contents, Footnotes, and Index CONTENTS. I. The Processes of Early Engraving. The Beginnings of Engraving in Relief. Xylography and Printing with Movable Type II. Playing Cards. The Dot Manner III. First Attempts at Intaglio Engraving....

A wickedly funny look at the challenges of new parenthood. **With cocktail recipes. ** ** ** Being a new mom is “AHHHH! WHAT HAVE I DONE?” hard. Why are all these tiny clothes so expensive? Who wrote these mind-numbing board books? Will Mommy ever carry a purse again that’s not a diaper...

Politician, journalist, reformer, convict, social commentator and all-round thorn in the side of the establishment, William Cobbett cut a swathe through late-eighteenth and early-nineteenth century British society with his copious and acerbic writings on any and every issue that caught his attention....

This compact and accessible reference work provides all the essential facts and figures about major aspects of modern British history from the death of Queen Anne to the end of the 1990s. The Longman Handbook of Modern British History has been extended to include a fully-revised bibliography (reflecting...

- Honore de Balzac: The Human Comedy - L. Frank Baum : Oz the Complete Collection - Brontë Sisters: Complete Novels and Poems - Joseph Conrad: Complete Works - Daniel Defoe: Piracy Collection - Charles Dickens: Complete Christmas Books and Stories - Nikolai Gogol: Complete Novels - Herman Melville:...

Conte l'histoire d'un avoué, Charles Utterson, qui enquête sur le lien étrange entre Edward Hyde et le médecin Henry Jekyll. Le Docteur Jekyll, un philanthrope obsédé par sa double personnalité, met au point une drogue pour séparer son bon côté de son mauvais, mais c'est ce côté-là qui, nuit après nuit, finalement prendra le dessus et le transformera en monstrueux Mister Hyde.

Peter Paul Rubens is a biography of the famous Flemish artist.

On the death of Fleeming Jenkin, his family and friends determined to publish a selection of his various papers; by way of introduction, the following pages were drawn up; and the whole, forming two considerable volumes, has been issued in England.  In the States, it has not been thought advisable...

Ce livre contient les ouvrages suivants classés par ordre alphabétique (noms de famille auteurs ) Les Mille et une nuits - Tome I & Tome II [Anonymous] Les Cinq Filles de Mrs Bennet (Orgueil et Préjugés) [Jane Austen] Le Père Goriot [Honoré de Balzac] Lettres de mon moulin [Alphonse Daudet]...

Vous chercheriez en vain sur la carte d’Europe l’État de Grunewald. Principauté indépendante et membre infinitésimal de l’Empire d’Allemagne, ayant joué pendant quelques siècles son rôle dans les discordes européennes, elle disparut enfin à la maturité des âges et sous la baguette...

Master the markets and make wise investments. Investing in Shares For Dummies gives you the sound advice and proven tactics you need to play the markets and watch your profits grow. The experienced authors introduce you to all categories of shares, show you how to analyse the key markets, and...

Selection of essays on subjects as varied as marriage, illness, age and youth, idlers, English Admirals and the romance of old gas lamps in newly electrified Edinburgh (1878). Contents "Virginibus puerisque" -- Crabbed age and youth -- An apology for idlers -- Ordered South...