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Author: Olson, James StuartSummary: -
Author: Austen, JaneSummary:Jane Austen's remarkable juvenilia date from 1787, when she was eleven, to 1793, when she was seventeen. She preserved these early writings in three manuscript notebooks, entitled 'Volume the first', 'Volume the...
- Author: Cicero, Marcus TulliusSummary:
De Natura Deorum (On the Nature of the Gods) outlines Stoic, Epicurean and Academic (Skeptical) views on religious questions. Problems discussed include: evil, the origin of the world, divination, and characteristics of God(s).
- Author: Johnston, Annie F. (Annie Fellows)Summary:
Annie Fellows Johnston (1863–1931) was an American author of children's fiction who wrote the popular "Little Colonel" series, which was the basis for the 1935 Shirley Temple film The Little Colonel. She was...
- Author: Berthe, AugustinSummary:
In this book the reader will see that it is possible to vanquish the Revolution and wrest nations from its mortal embrace: Garca̕ Moreno, in the same anarchist America that caused Bolv̕ar to despair, held the Revolution at his feet,...
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Author: Korda, MichaelSummary:This biography of Dwight D. Eisenhower places particular emphasis on his brilliant generalship and leadership in World War II, and provides, with the advantage of hindsight, a far more acute analysis of his character and personality...
- Author: THOMAS, AtholSummary:
True stories of the Kimberley region in the outback of Western Australia.
- Author: Harry, LilianSummary:
It is 1941 and at quiet Harrowbeer, in Devon, a new airfield has been built. Amongst the squadrons moving in are pilots from Britain, Canada and Poland. The airfield, with its noise and its population, has a massive impact on the...
- Author: Hospital, Janette TurnerSummary:
Haunted by the memory of the hijacked Paris-New York flight on which his mother was killed when he was a teenager, Lowell has been receiving calls from a stranger obsessed with learning the whole truth about Air France 64 badgering him...
- Author: Drewe, RobertSummary:
Set among the surf and sandhills of the Australian beach – and the tidal changes of three generations of the Lang family – The Bodysurfers is an Australian classic. A short-story collection which has become a...
- Author: Becker, JamesSummary:
A mysterious inscription found on a slab of stone points to the darkest of secrets hidden for centuries by the Vatican -- a secret for which countless innocent lives will be sacrificed. A debut thriller from a promising new author from...
- Author: Blair, EmmaSummary:
The characters are well drawn, and the story easy to follow and neatly written Western Daily Press.
- Author: Young, LouisaSummary:
A story that intertwines the lives of two very different couples during World War I follows army soldier Riley as he fights for the love of Nadine despite a terrible injury, and Riley's commanding officer Peter Locke, who returns...
- Author: La Plante, LyndaSummary:
Helping to investigate a series of killings, Detective Inspector Anna Travis accepts an offer of assistance from Cameron Welsh, a convicted murderer she helped arrest in the past, but Welsh's obsession with Anna brings terrible...
- Author: Colquhoun, KateSummary:
The fascinating story of the first ever railway murder
- Author: Harper, Karen (Karen S.)Summary:
Katherine Ashley, the daughter of a poor country squire, happily secures an education and a place for herself in the Tudor court of Henry VIII. As a dying favor to the doomed Anne Boleyn, Kat becomes governess and surrogate-mother to...
- Author: SMITH, WilburSummary:
A brother and sister set out to discover the whereabouts of their famous explorer father who vanished in Africa. Adventure with slave traders, native Africans and the British Navy.
- Author: Johns, W. E. (William Earl)Summary:
Biggles is on a cruise after being advised by his doctor that he needs a rest. Algy and Ginger are travelling with him. To their surprise, the ship is attacked and sunk off the coast of Spain. Biggles, Algy and Ginger swim to the shore...
- Author: Johns, W. E. (William Earl)Summary:
This contains thirteen short stories, eleven of which were originally published in THE CAMELS ARE COMING (1932) and two of which (The Thought Reader and Biggles Finds His Feet) were originally published in BIGGLES OF THE CAMEL SQUARDRON...
- Author: Johns, W. E. (William Earl)Summary:
Biggles is intrigued by a mystery. Supply ships have been disappearing in the Indian Ocean and before they sank they managed to broadcast a final message. In all cases, when they referred to the word "weather" it was misspelt...
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