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This classic tale of simple faith by Paul Gallico begins: "Once there was a boy named Pepino who lived in the mountain town of Assisi. He had no mother. He had no father. He lived in a stable with his donkey, Violetta. Violetta was everything to Pepino." Then one day Violetta gets sick, and nothing seems to help. Pepino is sure that if he can just bring her into the crypt of Saint Francis, who loves all animals, she will get well. But can he convince the priests to let him try? If he can, it will be a miracle...Illustrated by Edgar Norfield. -
Here is all the splendour and frivolity of the court of Charles II and the story of his marriage to Catherine of Braganza, whom Charles called his "Little Rose". She had led a sheltered life, convent reared until 18 years of age. Despite Charles many amorous meanderings, Catherine was his most trusted confidante. The Great Plague of 1665, the Great Fire of London, the political intrigues of the day and the bawdy humour of Wycherley's comedies - it's all vividly recreated here. -
Book II of Amra's Journey. For the past fifty years the golden treasures of Troy have been lying in the basement of the Pushkin Museum in Moscow. Now Germany and Turkey are both reclaiming the treasures, but who really owns the precious antiques? And how far is each country prepared to go to claim them as their own? American lawyer Sarah Kaplan, an expert on the reclamation of property, is drawn into the debate when the Turkish government employs her to get the treasures back. But things go horribly wrong and Sarah ends up in a Turkish gaol, accused of theft and blasphemy. Alone in the filthy cell, Sarah's only link with the outside world is the amulet she wears around her neck, passed down to her from her great-grandmother. Engraved with the symbols of the bull and the owl of Troy, the amulet's origin is a mystery. But gradually, through the interweaving of two stories 3000 years apart, the secret of the amulet becomes known... https://cosmiccauldronbooks.com.au/p/the-gift-of-evil-alan-gold/ -
Roger Brook adventure No. VIII. Pauline Leclerc: the loveliest, most licentious woman in Paris – and the favorite sister of Napoleon himself. Roger Brook is back in France – playing a deadly game as Prime Minister Pitt's most daring secret agent. But when he is ordered to console the newly-widowed Pauline he finds that, for once, the calls of duty and passion coincide... -
This story is set during the Napoleonic Wars ( in which Marryat himself served with distinction). Easy is the son of foolish parents, who spoil him. His father, in particular, regards himself as a philosopher, with a firm belief in the rights of man and equality. By the time he is a teenager Easy has adopted his father's point of view, to the point where he no longer believes in private property. He joins the navy, which his father believes to be the best example of an equal society, and Easy becomes friendly with a lower deck seaman named Mesty (Mephistopheles) an escaped slave and former prince of Africa. He has to pull Easy out of several scrapes the impulsive 17-year-old gets himself into as he cruises the Mediterranean on several British ships. Can Easy become a competent officer and a mature man? -
Shan: Eric Van Lustbader
$10.00China Maroc Book II. Jake Maroc is the Prodigal Son. A martial arts expert and former agent of the top secret US government agency known as the Quarry, he Maroc has experienced great betrayal and tragedy. Caught up in a game of shifting loyalties, assassins, and power hungry nations, he knows there are few he can trust. Now part of Hong Kong’s yuhn-hyun, the inner circle that will someday control all of Asia, Jake is poised to lead China to fulfill its ancient destiny. On a plateau in the heart of the Burmese highlands lies Shan, the holy site where men are tested and the deepest secrets of Eastern mysticism are revealed. It is here that Jake will face his greatest challenge as the fate of the world hangs in the balance. https://cosmiccauldronbooks.com.au/p/jian-eric-van-lustbader/ -
No mistake, it was a real wilderness - nothing but trees, goannas, dead timber...and the nearest house, Dwyer's, was three miles away. Dave's only pair of pants were pretty well wore off him; Joe hadn't a decent coat for Sunday; Dad himself wore a pair of boots with the soles wired on; and Mother fell sick...' Steele Rudd immortalised Dad, Dave, Mum, Joe and Sandy - and the Snake Gully stud - now classic Australian literature as the family comes to grief, hilarity and practicalities as they farm their selection. This is the fully restored version as written by Rudd and as published by The Bulletin in 1899, with original illustrations. -
Good Behaviour: Molly Keane
$12.00Behind the gates of Temple Alice the aristocratic Anglo-Irish St Charles family sinks into a state of decaying grace. To Aroon St Charles, large and unlovely daughter of the house, the fierce forces of sex, money, jealousy and love seem locked out by the ritual patterns of good behaviour. But crumbling codes of conduct cannot hope to save the members of the St Charles family from their own unruly and inadmissible desires. Keane wrote plays and novels under the name of M.J. Farrell from 1926 to 1961 when her last play, Dazzling Prospect failed. She did not write again until 1981. Good Behaviour may not have seen the light of day if not for Keane's friend actress Peggy Ashcroft's reading of the manuscript and urging her to publish - for the first time - under her own name. -
Patrick Norval, a widower who commutes to a humdrum job in the city, has been content to jog along in his unambitious, pleasant life - until suddenly, his only son hits the pop music jackpot. Catapulted into a world of lush living, instant sex, drugs and ruthless greed, the lad is relieved to employ his father as his manager. But for Patrick it proves to be a difficult assignment. The tension between generations, between people who accept morals and manners as a necessary part of life and people who don't, highlights a problem that - in one form or another - must touch nearly all fathers and sons.
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