Olive: 152 books

Ruth Vars, with a "brilliant match" ready for marriage, revolts against her useless, conventional life--just a "Fifth Wheel to a Coach" she calls herself--and her dramatic experience in the world of loving and working follows in consequence. The real emphasis of the plot centers...

When her house in the Jamaican countryside is damaged by a hurricane, Gertrude Samphire is sent by her estranged daughter Celia to Ellesmere Lodge, an assisted living centre. Gertrude is unimpressed with her new wealthy neighbours, and spends most of her time alone. It is only through writing that...

The Pain Tree tells stories that speak to all aspects of Jamaican life. Among the characters we hear from are: poor folk making the best of past hardships (“Coal”); rich folk plotting future selfishness (“The Goodness of My Heart”); an old man, familiar with darkness, who discovers in foreign...

Little Jannita sat alone beside a milk-bush. Before her and behind her stretched the plain, covered with red sand and thorny karoo bushes; and here and there a milk-bush, looking like a bundle of pale green rods tied together. Not a tree was to be seen anywhere, except on the banks of the river, and...

Published in 1911, this penetrating analysis of gender inequality is also a full-throated demand for equal treatment of the sexes and the rights of women.  As remarkable as the book itself is the fact that Schreiner reconstructed it from memory after all her notes were lost in a fire.

This slim 1893 volume collects three short stories by Schreiner:  "Dream Life and Real Life: A Little African Story," "The Woman's Rose," to which "The Policy in Favour of Protection—" is added, in which Schreiner advocates for the strength and independence of women.

Visual history of the artillery used by both sides on the Eastern Front in World War II.

Linked is great to initiate discussions on diversity, stereotyping and privilege. Same age, same height, same grade—they could have been identical twins, but they were not. Yet they lived in the same imperfect world with overwhelming family problems. Greg’s father had walked out after striking...

     We all have a beginning. We all have an end. It’s what we do in the in-between that seals our eternal existence. John wrote, “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End” (Rev 22:13, NIV). “I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord...

This pulp classic of motherhood and money introduced the immortal character portrayed on film by Barbara Stanwyck and Bette Midler—“a feminist gem” (Michael Bronski). An ambitious woman from working-class roots, Stella sets her sights on marrying rich—and hits a bullseye. But her unshakable...

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.

When you know something works you have to teach others. Learn how to transform learning difficulties into successful learning differences, enabling youngsters and adults alike to succeed. Bridges to Success offers visually talented yet challenged individuals a completely new perspective, empowering...