Who is Ruth McBride Jordan? A self-declared "light-skinned" woman evasive about her ethnicity, yet steadfast in her love for her twelve black children. James McBride, journalist, musician, and son, explores...
Condition: Reasonable red hardcover, rubbed on the edges, inscription on the free flyleaf in an intact but soiled, chipped, torn and mended dust jacket. 1812 and the fate of Europe lies in...
A story featuring the trials and tribulations of Nigel Molesworth at St Custards school. Using his own brand of outrageous spelling, it includes his advice on how to cope with...
Journeys to the end of the world, fantastic creatures, and epic battles between good and evil—what more could any reader ask for in one book? The book that has it...
The Concise Household Encyclopedia 2 Volumes Hardback Published by the Educational Book Company Illustrated - mainly B/W with some colour plates Topics include - Cookery, Gardening, Animals, Hobbies, Health Games...
Without doubt, the international contemporary art stage increases annually, drawing new crowds and new interest. Whilst enticing, contemporary art can be bewildering. This accessible and beautifully produced guide will pinpoint...
Over 250 examples of freehand lettering and graphics by professional calligraphers and graphic designers Publisher : Rockport Publishers Inc. (1 October 1992) Language : English Format : Hardcover/Dust...
Arthur Miller's classic parable of mass hysteria draws a chilling parallel between the Salem witch-hunt of 1692 - one of the strangest and most awful chapters in human history -...
The Dark Room tells the stories of three ordinary Germans: Helmut, a young photographer in Berlin in the 1930s who uses his craft to express his patriotic fervour; Lore, a...
Tom Falconer is in trouble. Pursued by the notorious criminal Ratsey, Tom soon finds himself alone and hungry on the streets of London. Luckily enough, the mysterious Dr. Mobius soon...
Chase through the streets of Elizabethan London in this historical adventure from the creator of Alex Rider. London is dirty, distant and dangerous ... but that's where orphan Tom Falconer...
Bierce was born in 1842 & disappered in Mexico in 1913. His unflinching assessment of human foibles has made him an important influence on American letters. Has numerous illustrations throughout by...
Friendship is a slippery notion. We lose friends as we change and our friends don't, or as we form other alliances, or as we betray our friends or are ourselves...
For Paul West, a meaningful life is one built around food and community. In The Edible Garden Cookbook & Growing Guide, Paul shows you how easy it is to grow and...
A lot of Shakespeare's plays tell very good stories. But they can be hard to follow because of the difficult language. This book tells of eleven of the best stories...
"What does the word 'erotic' mean to you? What was your first erotic experience? What was your strongest erotic experience? Do you have any fantasies? These were the questions that...
With the wit and imagination of Lewis Carroll, and the ability to grip the reader from the start, Jasper Fforde has written a richly imaginative, hilarious, and poignant novel.There is...
'I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, then all at once.'Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything...
This gate here, I recognise it. Behind it is a steep slope, a hill, fields, grass. We would slide down it in winter.' At last, an incontrovertible test through which...
Suitable for ages 5–8, the Australian First Oxford Thesaurus is the most up to date primary thesaurus available in Australia. Designed to encourage Australian Primary School students to expand their...
Charles Smithson, a respectable engaged man, meets Sarah Woodruff as she stands on the Cobb at Lyme Regis, staring out to sea. Charles falls in love, but Sarah is a...
The men were huddled in lifeboats. Some prayed that their legs would work. Some smiled to show they weren't scared. They peered into the darkness ahead and saw nothing. Then,...
Innovative, startlingly perceptive and aglow with colour, these fifteen stories were written towards the end of Katherine Mansfield's tragically short life. Many are set in the author's native New Zealand,...