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Legends of Old Honolulu (Mythology); Collected and Translated from the Hawaiian
Beneath the sunlit palms of nineteenth-century Hawaii, stories once whispered by firelight now beck
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The life and works of Sir Charles Barry
A rising mist over the Thames, the silhouette of the Palace of Westminster etched against a broodin
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The motherless bairns, and who sheltered them
A battered bonnet lost in the heather, a child's hand clasped tight against the chill-amidst the wi
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The legend of Perseus (Volume 2)
A single token-fragile as breath, potent as fate-can decide the course of a hero's life and the mem
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Lectures on Language, as Particularly Connected with English Grammar
Imagine a time when the very fabric of language was being unravelled and rewoven, not in the quiet
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It is to laugh
Laughter rings out across generations, its echoes as timeless as the games that spark it. In an age
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Essays in eugenics
A world poised on the brink of modernity, yet still tethered to the certainties of the past-such is
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Life of Beethoven
A solitary figure at the piano, deaf to the world yet shaping melodies that would echo across centu
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The Life and Times of Queen Victoria (Volume 4)
A world in flux, a monarch in mourning, and an empire at a crossroads-here, the Victorian era's gra
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Letters on the equality of the sexes, and the condition of woman
A letter can ignite a revolution-an idea, quietly penned, can echo across centuries. In the crucibl
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Letters to a daughter
A father's pen hovers over the page, tracing the delicate boundary between guidance and affection,
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Fanny Hill
A rain-soaked London alley, the flicker of candlelight behind a shuttered window, and the hush of f
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The Layton Court mystery
A single gunshot shatters the peace of an idyllic English manor, and in its echo, the genteel world
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The Magic House, and Other Poems
Mist and memory mingle on the edge of a northern wood, where childhood's laughter echoes through de
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Tales Of The Dandenongs - Fourth Series
Mist drifts through ancient gums, and the hush of the Australian bush is broken only by the voices
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Head-hunters, black, white, and brown
Smoke rises over the lush canopy of the nineteenth-century Pacific, where the boundaries between bl
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The Maker of Moons and Other Stories
A moonlit lake shimmers with impossible reflections; shadows curl at the edge of vision, hinting at
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The reaping
A shadow falls across the American countryside, where the hush of old secrets is louder than the wi
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Worth his while
A restless boy stands at the edge of a sun-dappled wood, torn between the innocence of childhood an
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A little gipsy lass
Mist and heather sweep across the wild moorland, where the laughter of a spirited gipsy girl echoes
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The Station
Dust rises in the dawn-lit silence, broken only by the distant lowing of cattle and the rhythmic cl
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The Pilgrim Church
Torchlit trails wind through centuries of devotion and dissent, revealing a hidden lineage of faith
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The long arm of Fant繫mas
A shadow glides across the moonlit rooftops of Belle ?poque Paris, where the boundary between brill
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The Lightning Warrior
A streak of lightning splits the wild frontier sky as a lone figure flees through the shadowed pine
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Excalibur
Mist shrouds the ancient forests as swords clash and destinies are forged in the shadow of Camelot.
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Madame Chrysantheme (Volume 1)
A lacquered gate swings open onto the misty streets of Nagasaki, where the ancient and the modern b
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The little elves seeking the beautiful world
Beneath the whispering boughs of ancient forests, where sunlight dapples moss and secrets linger, a
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What to eat and when
Steam rises from a well-laid Victorian breakfast table, where every morsel is chosen not by whim, b
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Paul Ferroll
A single candle flickers in a silent parlour, casting long shadows that hide as much as they reveal
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Survey of London, Volume 05 (of 14), the parish of St. Giles-in-the-Fields, part 2
A city's soul is inscribed in its stones, and nowhere is this more vivid than in the streets and st
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Luke's wife
A quiet lane winds through the Victorian countryside, where the hush of rural English life conceals
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The willow weaver, and seven other tales
A willow bends, not breaks, in the wind-so too do the souls within these pages, caught between the
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The Incredulity of Father Brown
A priest in a threadbare cassock steps quietly through the foggy lanes of early 20th century Englan
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The City Condemned to Hell
Behind the fog-shrouded streets of 1920s London, a city teeters on the edge of the uncanny-where th
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Wild Freedom
A wolf's cry shatters the night, echoing through untamed wilds where men and beasts alike test the
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The doctor, &c., vol. 6
A candlelit parlour, the low murmur of wit and debate, and the distant echo of a society on the cus
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The lively adventures of Gavin Hamilton
A cannon thunders in the distance, and a boy's heart beats in time with the march of armies-a world
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Little Sunbeam
A shaft of golden light in a world shadowed by hardship, this poignant children's novel transports
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A quiet valley
Mist curls along the hedgerows as dawn breaks over a tranquil corner of Victorian England, where th
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Red Devil of the Range
A wild stallion thunders across the open range, its spirit as unbroken as the young cowboy determin
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Martyrdom in Missouri, Volume 1
A church bell rings out over a scarred Missouri landscape, its call echoing through empty pews and
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A little town mouse
A flicker of candlelight in a quiet cottage, laughter echoing across dew-soaked fields-such vivid m
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Education and life
A classroom in flux, caught between the echo of ancient ideals and the clamour of modern demands-he
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A Little Girl in Old Quebec
Mist drifts along the cobbled streets of early Quebec, where ancient stone walls echo with the laug
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As many as touched Him
A country lane bathed in golden light, the hush of a farmhouse at dusk, and a child's quiet prayer-
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Rigby's Romance
A battered swagman trudges across the ochre sweep of the outback, his dreams as vast and unpredicta
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The happy six
A sudden term at an American boarding school can feel like stepping onto a stage where every friend
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Weapon
A scalpel gleams beneath the harsh light of the laboratory, poised between salvation and catastroph