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Home-Life - A Friend in the Library - Volume III
A Practical Guide to the Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, James Russell Lowell, John Greenleaf Whittier, Oliver Wendell Holmes - In Twelve Volumes
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2018
Eva March Tappan's “A Friend in the Library” series is a comprehensive guide to the writings of six seminal American writers, including Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, James Russell Lowell, John Greenleaf Whittier, and Oliver Wendell Holmes. This volume deals...
by William Lyon Phelps
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2016
This early work by William Lyon Phelps was originally published in 1928 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'Love' is an essay about the virtues of love and its place in Christianity and society. William Lyon Phelps was born on 2nd January 1865, in New Haven, Conneticut,...
by Alfred Russel Wallace
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2016
This early work by Alfred Russel Wallace was originally published in 1879 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'New Guinea and its Inhabitants' is a general sketch of the island and the peculiar forms of life that inhabit it, and to discusses briefly some of the...
by Alfred Russel Wallace
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2016
This early work by Alfred Russel Wallace was originally published in 1857 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'On the Natural History of the Aru Islands' is an article detailing the discoveries of new bird and insect life that Wallace made on his travels to the...
by Frank Boreham
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2016
“Mushrooms on the Moor” is a collection of essays by Reverend Frank William Boreham. Fascinating, entertaining, and insightful, these essays cover many subjects and are delivered with the gentle eloquence Boreham is famous for. A must-read for fans of Boreham's beautiful work and worthy of a place...
A Relation of Apparitions of Spirits in the County of Monmouth and the Principality of Wales
With other Notable Relations from England; Together with Observations about Them, and Instructions from Them - Designed to Confute and to Prevent the Infidelity of Denying the Being and Apparition of Spirits tends to Irreligion and Atheism
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2017
This vintage book contains accounts of ghost encounters in England and Wales, with detailed descriptions, analyses, historical information, and more. It will appeal to those with an interest in the supernatural and would make for a fantastic addition to collections of allied literature. Contents include:...
by Thomas Okey
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2016
This book is a comprehensive treatise on Parisian history from Graeco-Roman Paris to modernity. A fascinating and insightful volume, “The Story of Paris” will appeal to those with an interest in French history, and it would make for a worthy addition to collections of allied literature. Contents...
by William Ernest Henley
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2015
This early works by William Ernest Henley were originally published in the late 19th and early 20th century and we are now republishing them with a brand new introductory biography. 'A Selection of Poems' is a collection of some the best poetry by Henley, and includes 'Invictus', 'Lady Probationer',...
by Alexandre Dumas
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2015
This antiquarian book contains Alexandre Dumas’s work "Martin Guerre". It was first published as part of his eight-volume series "Celebrated Crimes" (1839–40), and recounts the unbelievable story of a famous case of imposture in sixteenth-century France. Some years subsequent...
by Robert Barr
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2015
This early work by Robert Barr was originally published in 1899 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. The short story “The Ambassador's Pigeons” follows Haziddin, the ambassador on his journey to the mysterious Baalbek. R
by John Buchan
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2015
A powerful and compelling novel, completed days before John Buchan's death. Edward Leithen is perhaps John Buchan's most autobiographical character and here Leithen is an old man given a year to live, he chooses to help a friend find a man in the wild rugged interior of Canada. Vast sweeping landscapes are expertly described by Buchan using his own experiences of travelling around Canada.
by John Buchan
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2015
First published in 1927 and set in the 17th century, this is a wonderful story of witchcraft in the forests of England.
by John Buchan
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2015
The first novel by John Buchan is a fascinating insight into the themes that would continue to appear throughout all of his later work. Set in 17th century Scotland, the story revolves around the middle aged Jean Sieur de Rohaine and his battle to deal with the his sense of duty and emotional weakness....
by John Buchan
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2015
A classic John Buchan story of daring-do and espionage during World War I. This classic works, originally published in 1933, is here being republished together with a new introductory biography of the author.