Stevenson: 1819 books
by Robert Louis Stevenson
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2015
"The amateur emigrant", written by Robert Louis Stevenson between 1879 and 1880, is an account of the trip that the writer do ' from Scotland to California to visit his Californian future wife seriously ill. Stevenson went by ship from Glasgow and decided to travel third class, to see how...
AN Optimist's Tour of the Future
One Curious Man Sets Out to Answer "What's Next?"
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2011
In the tradition of Bill Bryson's A Short History of Nearly Everything, a smart and entertaining guide to the future of civilization
When unexpectedly confronted with his own mortality, Mark Stevenson-a writer, deep-thinker, and stand-up comedian-began to ponder what the future holds for our...
by Robert Louis Stevenson
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson (13 November 1850 – 3 December 1894) was a Scottish novelist, poet, essayist, and travel writer. His most famous works are Treasure Island, Kidnapped, and Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. A literary celebrity during his lifetime, Stevenson now ranks among the...
by Robert Louis Stevenson
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson (13 November 1850 – 3 December 1894) was a Scottish novelist, poet, essayist, and travel writer. His most famous works are Treasure Island, Kidnapped, and Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.
A literary celebrity during his lifetime, Stevenson now ranks among the...
You Bet Your Life
My Incredible Adventures in Horse Racing and Offshore Betting
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2017
The rags-to-riches tale of one of the most remarkable figures in horse racing history.
Readers will be left breathless at the edge of their seats by the amazing stories in You Bet Your Life: My Incredible Adventures in Horse Racing and Offshore Betting, the story of celebrated jockey Dave Stevenson....
Cataclysm
The First World War as Political Tragedy
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2009
David Stevenson's widely acclaimed history of World War I changes forever our understanding of that pivotal conflict. Countering the commonplace assumption that politicians lost control of events, and that the war, once it began, quickly became an unstoppable machine, Stevenson contends that politicians...
Past to Present
A Reporter's Story of War, Spies, People, and Politics
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2012
William Stevenson may be best known for his friendship with and books about another William Stephenson, otherwise known as Intrepid, whose spy network and secret diplomacy changed the course of history. Originally published in 1976, A Man Called Intrepid sold over 2 million copies and quickly became...
by Robert Louis Stevenson
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2015
Across the Plains (1892) is the middle section of Robert Louis Stevenson's three-part travel memoir which began with The Amateur Emigrant and ended with The Silverado Squatters
This book contains 12 chapters, each a story or essay unto itself. The title chapter is the longest, and is dividied into...
The Complete Short Stories of Robert Louis Stevenson
By the prolific Scottish novelist, poet, essayist, and travel writer, author of Treasure Island, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Kidnapped and Catriona
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2017
This carefully edited collection has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 - 1894) was a Scottish novelist, poet, essayist, and travel writer. His most famous works are Treasure Island, Kidnapped, and...
by Robert Louis Stevenson
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2009
G. K. Chesterton said of Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson that he "seemed to pick the right word up on the point of his pen, like a man playing spillikins." This collection of Stevenson's essays includes: On the Enjoyment of Unpleasant Places, An Apology for Idlers, Aes Triplex, Talk and Talkers,...
by Robert Louis Stevenson
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013
Author of the timeless Treasure Island (1883), Robert Louis Stevenson is a hugely popular author, and one of the most translated in the world. First published in 1886, 'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde' is one of his best-known tales, and probably the most famous 'dual personality' story...
Island Landfalls
Reflections from the South Seas
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2010
Selected and introduced by Jenni Calder. Ill health drove Robert Louis Stevenson from Scotland; the urge for new and adventurous places drew him to the Pacific. There were those at home who would have been happier to see him purely as a spinner of the picturesque, but Stevenson could not close his eyes...
by Neil Rennie, Robert Louis Stevenson
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 1998
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 1998
IN THE SOUTH SEAS records Stevenson's travels with his wife Fanny and their family in the Marquesas, the Paumotus and the Gilbert Islands during 1888-9. Originally drafted in journal form while Stevenson travelled, it was then ambitiously rewrittento describe the islands and islanders as well as Stevenson's...
by Robert Louis Stevenson
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2012
Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson (13 November 1850 – 3 December 1894) was a Scottish novelist, poet, essayist, and travel writer. His most famous works are Treasure Island, Kidnapped, and Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. A literary celebrity during his lifetime, Stevenson now ranks among the...