Andrews Uk: 3156 books

Do you enjoy reading poetry? Are you looking for something out of the ordinary? A poem can affect our mood and make us see the world differently. It can convey a wealth of emotion in just a few short lines. The skill of the poet is in choosing the right words to get his message across and create a lasting...

A collection of ten short stories by Thomas Hardy, many of them set in his famous fictional county of Wessex.

Heroes, Gods and Monsters in Ancient Greek Mythology' is a collection of classic archetypal Ancient Greek myths, including the stories of Jason, Perseus, Odysseus, Heracles, Oedipus and Theseus, and many more dark and delirious, famous Ancient Greek myths. These stories, which have had a great influence...

A choice selection of one-act plays from the Nobel Prize for Literature and Academy Award winning playwright George Bernard Shaw.Includes:• Augustus Does His Bit: A True-to-Life Farce• The Dark Lady of the Sonnets• How He Lied to Her Husband• The Inca of Perusalem: An Almost Historical Comedietta• Overruled• Press Cuttings

The fourth novel in E. F. Benson's classic 'Mapp and Lucia' comedy series following the lives of Emmeline "Lucia" Lucas and Elizabeth Mapp in the one-upmanship and snobbery of the 1920s/30s British social scene.

The last novel in E. F. Benson’s classic 'Mapp and Lucia' comedy series following the lives of Emmeline 'Lucia' Lucas and Elizabeth Mapp in the one-upmanship and snobbery of the 1920s/30s British social scene.

A fantastic novel set in the final days of Ancient Pompeii before it was destroyed by the eruption of mount Vesuvius, written by English politician, poet, playwright, and prolific novelist Edward Bulwer-Lytton. Inspired by Karl Briullov's painting The Last Day of Pompeii (which appears on the cover of...

A fascinating look at some of the greatest German composers in history, including Bach, Handel, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven and many more.

A fascinating bible study on the message of the gospel of Jesus Christ, written by Scottish author, poet, and Christian minister George MacDonald.

A fantastic light-hearted look at the world of the psychics, astrologers and fortune-tellers of Victorian New York City, written by 'Q. K. Philander Doesticks', the alter-ego of American humorist Mortimer Q. Thomson.

Black Antigone is a fresh and provocative interpretation of Sophocles’ tragedy, based on the belief that the potent rhythms of the African people were much more a part of ancient Greece than has ever been suggested - especially by the Victorian classics professors on whose translations of Antigone...

The second novel in E. F. Benson’s classic 'Mapp and Lucia' comedy series following the lives of Emmeline "Lucia" Lucas and Elizabeth Mapp in the one-upmanship and snobbery of the 1920s/30s British social scene. Also includes the short story "The Male Impersonator".

A fantastic collection of eight spooky tales by American author, editor and satirist John Kendrick Bangs. Bangs was famous as the originator of so-called 'Bangsian fantasy', which follows famous historical figures' interactions in the afterlife.Contains the stories:• The Water Ghost of Harrowby Hall•...

A fascinating fictionalisation of the life of the biblical figure Mary Magdalene, written by American writer Edgar Saltus.