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The Wilderness of The Upper Yukon

Sheldon, Charles

The House of Mirth

Edith Wharton

This early work by Edith Wharton was originally published in 1905 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. The House of Mirth tells the story of Lily Bart, a woman who is torn between her desire for luxurious living and a relationship based on mutual respect and love....

Anne of Avonlea

L. M. Montgomery

Anne of Avonlea is the second novel in the Anne of Green Gables series. It follows the grown up redhead as she enters maturity and develops as a young adult. Although Anne is now a responsible adult and teacher, she continues to get her self into all manner of imaginative predicaments. There are lot...

Skull-Face

Robert E. Howard

This early work by Robert E. Howard was originally published in the 1929 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. Skull-Face is one of Howards stories featuring the character Sailor Steve Costigan and his hashish addiction. Robert Ervin Howard was born in Peaster, Texa...

The Story of Alchemy and the Beginnings of Chemistry

M. M. Pattison Muir

The quest to turn base metals into gold captured the imagination of some of the finest minds of the enlightenment, this exciting book looks at the experiments carried out in dark basements away from the eyes of the public and the church. Little did these pioneers realise they were setting the founda...

Johannes Brahms - Cello Sonata No.1 - Op.38 - A Score for Cello and Piano

Johannes Brahms

Brahms composed the first two movements during the summer of 1862, as well as an Adagio which was later deleted. The final movement was composed in 1865. The sonata is actually entitled "Sonate für Klavier und Violoncello" (for Piano and Cello) and the piano "should be a partner - often a leading, o...

The Maine Woods - The Writings of Henry David Thoreau

HENRY DAVID THOREAU

"The Maine Woods" is the third volume in "The Writings of Henry David Thoreau" series. It is a fantastic collection of essays written by Henry David Thoreau during numerous visits to the Maine woods. A charming combination of prose, poetry, and scientific fact, "The Maine Woods" will appeal to all n...

The Amethyst Box

Anna Katharine Green

This early work by Anna Katharine Green was originally published in 1905 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introduction. The Amethyst Box is one of Greens novels of crime and mystery. Anna Katharine Green was born in Brooklyn, New York, USA in 1846. She aspired to be a writer from a yo...

The Sundering Flood (1897)

William Morris

This early work by William Morris was originally published in 1899 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. William Morris was born in London, England in 1834. Arguably best known as a textile designer, he founded a design partnership which deeply influenced the decora...

Anne's House of Dreams

L. M. Montgomery

Anne's House of Dreams' is book five in the 'Anne of Green Gables' series. It chronicles Anne's early married life, as she and her childhood sweetheart Gilbert Blythe begin to build their life together. In Four Winds, Anne and Gilbert meet many interesting people, such as Captain Jim, a former sailo...

Mary Tudor

Víctor Hugo

This volume contains Victor Hugos 1833 historical play, "Mary Tudor". It portrays the rise, fall, and eventual execution of Fabiano Fabiani, a fictional favourite of Mary I of England (1516-1558). Fabiani is incarcerated within the Tower of London and remains there until his death, despite the Quee...

The Secret of the Island

Jules Verne

This book is a sequel to Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea. A party of British adventurers, who had been ballooning, but whose trip had ended by being cast away on a Pacific island, have various setbacks due to both pirates and convicts who had escaped from jails in mainland Australasia. They re...