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Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

The witty, bitter and caustic memoirs of an anonymous Canadian stretcher-bearer who served during some of the fiercest fighting on the Western Front in 1916 and 1917 before being invalided back to his native land. “FOR military reasons, it has been judged wiser to withhold the full name of the Canadian...

Peculiar work, first published at Paris in the 1940s for the enjoyment of German occupation forces. (And who do we know that might have published something like that? Maurice had paper in the '40s... and worked both sides.) What young Dorian was really up to all those years. Volume One traces his initial growth into a legend of decadence.

Even in the midst of the death and destruction of war there are strange and funny occurrences. Occurrences made hilarious and farcical because of the circumstance in which they occur. These hilarious occasions are more often than not recalled with greater ease and much mirth long after the war has...

Herein are 26 illustrated tales about the goblins, fairies, elves, pixies, and ghosts of Lancashire for children. As you can see this book is not only about goblins but rather about the many beings which inhabit the lands of the Fairy Kingdom. Herein you will find stories like: The White Dobbie The Skriker,...

Herein are 3 richly illustrated tales for children to read especially at Christmas time. Compiled and illustrated by one of the master illustrators of the late Victorian era – Walter Crane. It is uncertain if Walter Crane authored these stories, but sources seem to believe he did. The stories...

This vintage book contains a complete guide to farming fish, with information on starting out, creating ponds and lakes, nutrition, spawning, hatching, and many other related aspects. With simple instructions and helpful illustrations, “Fish Farming; For Pleasure And Profit” will be of utility...

The Apocrypha, Translated out of the Greek and Latin Tongues. Being the Version Set Forth A.D. 1611 Compared with the most Ancient Authorities and Revised. Contents Include - I. Esdras - II. Esdras - Tobit - Judith - The rest of Esther - The Wisdom of Solomon - Ecclesiasticus - Baruch, with the Epistle...

ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 210 In this 210th issue of the Baba Indaba’s Children's Stories series, Baba Indaba narrates the French story of “Aurore Dupin at Play.” This is a true story about a young girl growing up in France during the Napoleonic wars. This story is about Aurore Dupin, in...

ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 209 In this 209th issue of the Baba Indaba’s Children's Stories series, Baba Indaba narrates the story of “The Pets of Aurore Dupin.” This is a true story about a young girl growing up in France during the Napoleonic era. This story is about Aurore Dupin, who later...

This book is part of a series on historical female figures. It features the French painter and sculptor Rosa Bonheur. She achieved notoriety for Ploughing in the Nivernais and The Horse Fair and is widely accredited with being the best known female painter of the nineteenth century.

ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 372 In this 372nd issue of the Baba Indaba’s Children's Stories series, Baba Indaba narrates the Fairy Tale "THE TWO CASKETS”. ONCE upon a time, long, long ago and far, far away, in the midst of a pine forest, there lived a woman who had both a daughter and a...

ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 142 In this 142nd story in the Baba Indaba’s Children's Stories series, Baba Indaba narrates the Celtic story of a wife kidnapped each night by the fairies. The husband awakens and follows his wife to fairyland. But how is he to get back from under the spell of the fairies?...

ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 273 In this 273rd issue of the Baba Indaba’s Children's Stories series, Baba Indaba narrates the Greek tale of “THE FAIRY WIFE.” ONCE upon a time, long, long ago and far, far away Greece, Demetros the goatherd, lived alone with his mother on the Keafa Hill. Near his hut...