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In some ways a sequel or successor to The Autocrat At The Breakfast-Table, there is plenty of philosophy, social critique and religious insights. Physician, poet, philosopher and essayist, Holmes also contributed much to medical reform in the 1800s. He was a member of the Fireside Poets and regarded as one of the best writers of his day. a collection of essays originally published in The Atlantic Monthly in 1857 and 1858 before being collected in book form. The essays take the form of a chiefly one-sided dialogue between the unnamed 'Author' and the other residents of a New England boarding house who are known only by their profession, location at the table or other defining characteristics. The topics discussed range from an essay on the unexpected benefits of old age to the finest place to site a dwelling and comments on the nature of conversation itself. The tone of the book is distinctly Yankee and takes a seriocomic approach to the subject matter. Each essay typically ends with a poem on the theme of the essay. There are also poems ostensibly written by the fictional disputants scattered throughout. -
Oliver is eighteen and wants to enjoy himself before going to university. But this is the 1920s and he lives in Stilbourne, a small English country town where everyone knows what everyone else is getting up to, and where love, lust and rebellion are closely followed by revenge and embarrassment. -
Historians have long whispered that Elizabeth "the Virgin Queen's" passionate, lifelong affair with Robin Dudley, Earl of Leicester, may have led to the birth of a son, Arthur Dudley. Set against the background of the Spanish Armada's invasion of England in 1588, two parallel tales unfold: Queen Elizabeth's affair with Leicester, her politically dangerous pregnancy and elaborate scheme to hide it from the world and the tragedy of her still-born son; and the story of Arthur, their illegitimate son, born alive but secretly swapped at birth to be brought up as a country gentleman completely unaware of his identity. A dreamer, romantic and magnificent horseman, he sets off to fight Philip II of Spain. Years later, his story collides with that of his mother when his adoptive father confesses all on his deathbed. -
Julian Day adventure No. I. It was for the lovely Sylvia Shane that Julian decided to set out on his quest, but it was the fascinating, dangerous Princess Oonas Shahamalek who delayed his departure. The quest was for the treasure of Cambyses, buried for more than two thousand years. It led Julian to a night in the Tomb of the Sacred Bulls in Alexandria; to an encounter with white slavers and dope runners outside of Cairo; to a voyage up the Nile where death waited for them. It ends in the Libyan desert, five hundred miles from civilisation. -
The Quest: Wilbur Smith
$12.00Book IV of the Egypt series, continuing the story of the Warlock, Taita, master of magic and the supernatural. Egypt is struck by a series of terrible plagues that cripple the kingdom and then the ultimate disaster occurs - the Nile fails. The nourishing, sustaining waters dry up. Something catastrophic is taking place in the distant, unexplored depths of Africa, from where the mighty river springs. Taita is the only man who might win through to the source of the Nile and discover the cause of its failure. But no-one knows what terrible enemy lies in wait to ambush the Warlock in those mysterious lands at the end of their world.
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Three previously unpublished short stories by the author of the classic Little Women. In this volume: The Quiet Little Woman: Patty, an orphan, is constantly overlooked by those wishing to adopt a girl, since she is short and has one shoulder higher than the other. The great day does come, when she is chosen - the people are kind, her work is light and she is fed and clothed well. Yet Patty yearns for love...Tilly's Christmas: The good heart of a kind child is rewarded very unexpectedly. Rosa's Tale: On Christmas Eve, so legend says, the animals are given an hour in which they may talk to humans, and Rosa, a white horse, takes the opportunity to tell her young lady her life's story. Illustrated by C. Michael Dudash. -
The Rainmaker: John Grisham
$12.00A young untried lawyer, disappointed of a job when the law firm that hired him collapses in a takeover, is hired by a mother and her young son, who is dying of leukemia. They are determined to take the insurance company, Great Benefit, to trial for non-payment of benefits. As is the case goes on there is more and more evidence of a huge corporate fraud and a willingness by the Corporation to use any and all methods to stop the trial. -
Book IV of The Saga Of Roland Inness. King Richard has made peace with Saladin, but must run a gauntlet of enemies to get home from the Crusade. While England waits for her King, Prince John spares neither lives nor fortune to usurp his brother’s crown. Roland Inness, Declan O’Duinne and Millicent de Laval once more find themselves at the centre of a growing civil war. Each will play a crucial role in deciding who will ultimately sit on the throne of England.
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A Roger Brooks Adventure, No. VI. Roger Brook – 'wanted' for illegal duelling – sailed for Calcutta in the summer of 1796. With him went his lovely Clarissa. And in Calcutta Clarissa was abducted. Abducted by Rinaldo Malderini, a Venetian senator and a disciple of the Devil, an enemy as vicious and unscrupulous as any that Roger Brook had faced. Through shipwreck, capture by slavers, a desperate night attack on a walled city, Roger Brook seeks his revenge: and achieves it on entering Venice with Napoleon. Illustrated by Patrick Rixson.
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