John Burnett: 34 books
Where Soldiers Fear to Tread
A Relief Worker's Tale of Survival
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
“There is going to be a shooting here and it is a toss-up who is going to get the boy’s first round. The soldier, about ten years old, is jamming the barrel of his gun hard against my driver’s face, and unless the kid decides to go for me, the relief worker, my driver is going to get his head...
Liquid Pleasures
A Social History of Drinks in Modern Britain
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2012
Drinking has always meant much more than satisfying the thirst. Drinking can be a necessity, a comfort, an indulgence or a social activity.
Liquid Pleasures is an engrossing study of the social history of drinks in Britain from the late seventeenth century to the present. From the first cup of tea...
Useful Toil
Autobiographies of Working People from the 1820s to the 1920s
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
Useful Toil engages freshly and directly with the `ordinary' people of the nineteenth century. John Burnett has assembled twenty seven telling extracts from the diaries and autobiographies of working people - wheelwrights and stone-masons, miners and munition workers, butlers and kitchen maids, navvies,...
Destiny Obscure
Autobiographies of Childhood, Education and Family From the 1820s to the 1920s
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2013
In this companion volume to Useful Toil, John Burnett has drawn extensively on over eight hundred previously unpublished manuscripts. The result is a unique record of childhood that reveals in intimate detail the trials and hard-won triumphs of nineteenth-century working-class life. Besides affording...
by John Burnett
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2003
While sailing alone one night in the shipping lanes across one of the busiest waterways in the world, John Burnett was attacked by pirates. Through sheer ingenuity and a little bit of luck, he survived, and his shocking firsthand experience became the inspiration for Dangerous Waters.
Today's...
Idle Hands
The Experience of Unemployment, 1790-1990
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2002
Idle Hands is the first major social history of unemployment in Britain covering the last 200 years. It focuses on the experiences of working people in becoming unemployed, coping with unemployment and searching for work, and their reactions and responses to their problems. Direct evidence of the...
England Eats Out
A Social History of Eating Out in England from 1830 to the Present
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2016
Why do so many people now eat out in England? Food and the culture surrounding how we consume it are high on everyone’s agenda. England Eats Out is the ultimate book for a nation obsessed with food.
Today eating out is more than just getting fed; it is an expression of lifestyle. In the past...
Plenty and Want
A Social History of Food in England from 1815 to the Present Day
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2013
What did Queen Victoria have for dinner? And how did this compare with the meals of the poor in the nineteenth century? This classic account of English food habits since the industrial revolution answers these questions and more.
by John Burnett
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2015
Auto insurance is mandatory in most states. The law mandates to have auto insurance on any vehicle you drive. And nowadays getting auto insurance is not a big deal at all. There are numerous insurance companies available today offering auto insurance policy and each insurance provider offers their...
Santa's Christmas Library: 400+ Christmas Novels, Stories, Poems, Carols & Legends (Illustrated Edition)
The Gift of the Magi, A Christmas Carol, Silent Night, The Three Kings, Little Lord Fauntleroy, Life and Adventures of Santa Claus, The Heavenly Christmas Tree, Little Women, The Tale of Peter Rabbit…
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2018
This holiday, we are offering to you our own Christmas box - filled up to the top with the best Christmas novels, classics to read during holidays, magical Christmas tales, legends, most famous carols and the unique poetry of the giants of literature dedicated to this one and only holiday: The Gift...
by A.A. Milne, Santa Claus, Golden Deer Classics
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2018
CONTENTS: A.A. MILNE 1. A Hint for Next Christmas ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER 2. The Ghost in the Picture Room ALGERNON BLACKWOOD 3. The Kit-Bag ALICE HALE BURNETT 4. Christmas Holidays at Merryvale ANDY ADAMS 5. A Winter Round-Up ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE 6. The Adventures of the Blue Carbuncle CECIL FRANCES...
The Complete Popular Children Fantasy Magic Books Anthologies (27 in 1)
Kidnapped Black Beauty Merry Adventures of Robin Hood Pinocchio Little Lord Fauntleroy Legends of King Arthur and His Knights A Little Princess Pollyanna Voyages Story of Dr. Doctor Dolittle Moonfleet Robinson Crusoe Gulliver's Travels Andersen's
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2013
This is a perfect collection for a long journey, rainy days, or for any quiet moments. This wonderful collection of books will bring adults back to their childhoods and create many happy memories for middle and young adult readers. These classics include books of adventure, animals, family life, fantasy...
The Greatest British Classics Ever Written
Diary of a Nobody, Sons and Lovers, Wuthering Heights, Alice in Wonderland, Heart of Darkness, Ulysses, Arms and the Man, The War of the Worlds, Howards End, Jude the Obscure, Hamlet…
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2018
This meticulously edited collection is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents: Hamlet (Shakespeare) Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare) Macbeth (Shakespeare) Paradise Lost (John Milton) Gulliver's Travels (Jonathan Swift) Robinson Crusoe (Daniel Defoe) The History of...
The Wildside Book of Fantasy
20 Great Tales of Fantasy
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
The Wildside book of Fantasy presents 20 great fantasy tales by modern masters. Included are stories by Tanith Lee, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Gene Wolfe, Fritz Leiber, Lawrence Watt-Evans, Robert E. Howard, and many more. A choice selection of tales! THE DEAD MAN, by Gene Wolfe BRIGHT STREETS OF AIR, by...