Winter Evening Tales, Paperback - James Hogg

Winter Evening Tales (1820; second edition 1821) was James Hogg's most successful work of prose fiction in his lifetime.Publisher: Edinburgh Univer...

At first glance this is a witty and comical collection of poems. But the eccentric nature of many of the poems nevertheless belies the often seriou...

It is Scotland in the early eighteenth century. Fear and superstition grip the land. Robert Wringhim, a boy of strict Calvinist upbringing, is corr...

The long-awaited autobiography of national treasure Bernard Cribbins.

Robert Wringham's family is composed of a dissolute father and brother, a pious mother, and a rival father in the person of a fanatical Calvinist m...

Description"A real work of imagination, ponderated and achieved." -- Robert Louis Stevenson The son of a radical Calvinist minister conducts a crim...

The authorised biography of Richard Briers, best known for his role as Tom Good from BBC sitcom The Good Life.

Publisher: Edinburgh University PressAuthor(s): James HoggNumber of pages: 630Collection: Stirling / South Carolina Research Edition of the Collect...

A new edition of the classic novel from 1824, which traces one man's descent into madness and despair. Introduced by Ian Duncan, an acknowledged Ho...

A collection of cosy animal stories for sharing on a wintry night. Featuring stories from much-loved authors, including Holly Webb and Michael Broad.

Elemental, timeless stories, set in Italy, Finland, Ireland, Russia, Germany, Scotland and America, reveal the impact the seasons can have on our i...

The authorised biography of Richard Briers, best known for his role as Tom Good from BBC sitcom The Good Life.

This lively and entertaining collection of folk tales from the Scottish Borders is rich in stories both tall and true, ancient and more recent, dar...

Reducere. Delightful Chanukah tales your family will enjoy again and againFinalist for the National Jewish Book Award for Family Literature!"The Lethal Latke...

Reducere. This collection of ten time-honored tales brims with enchantment, whimsy, and sly humor. Assembled by a renowned poet and student of Gaelic languag...

Publisher: Samuel French LtdAuthor(s): James GoldmanIllustration(s): plansNumber of pages: 64Collection: Acting Edition S.Publication date: 1970Dim...

Reducere. Baptism by Toilet Water is Jim Winter's bittersweet memoir retracing his difficult childhood and early adult years. Growing up in the sixties with ...

Reducere. Traversing the borderlands between terror and lush, fantastic beauty, Winter Children and Other Chilling Tales, Angela Slatter's eighth collection ...

When Scotland's 1846 potato crop was wiped out by blight, the country was plunged into crisis. The dramatic events that followed have long been ign...

Reducere. Return to USA Today bestseller Tiffany Reisz's Original Sinners series with Winter Tales, a collection of three fan-favorite Christmas novellas plu...

Reducere. Irish Fairy Tales is a selection of mythical stories highlighting themes of love, duty and deception in the magical setting of ancient and medieval...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: James GainesIn one corner, a godless young warrior, Voltaire's heralded 'philosopher-king', the It Boy of the Enlightenment...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Reg DownTiptoes Lightly lives in an acorn high up in the branches of a great oak tree. "The Festival of Stones" follows her...

Reducere. DescriptionWhen Max and Cody wake up to a huge snowfall, they can't wait to get outside. But they have a couple of big problems: They don't have sl...

DescriptionLight the fire, burn the candles, grab yourself a snuggly blanket and get yourself all lovely and cosy this winter - it's time to bring ...

The Winter Elf is a classic fireside tale of winter magic, woodland creatures, and long forgotten Elvish wisdom affirming the paradox of embracing ...

When Scotland's 1846 potato crop was wiped out by blight, the country was plunged into crisis. In the Hebrides and the West Highlands a huge relief...

A collection of fine Japanese tales and legends passed down through generations. The 28 tales in this collection reflect the breadth of Japanese wi...

Reducere. Receiving an invitation to Almack's, the most exclusive ball in London, is every woman's dream come true. Love and marriage are certain to follow.T...

Reducere. Swirling mystery permeates Sea of Trees as Bill, an American college student, and his Japanese girlfriend Junko traverse the Aokigahara Forest in J...

Reducere. Johann Sebastian Bach created what may be the most celestial and profound body of music in history; Frederick the Great built the colossus we now k...

An exquisite debut novel. A mid-life coming-of-age story charting one man's sexual awakening and his spectacular fall from grace in 1990s London, r...

Jack Foley has been prominent in the San Francisco Bay Area poetry scene since the mid-1980s. The Light of Evening traces the arc of his life. This...

Reducere. Tales of the South Pacific is the iconic, Pulitzer Prize winning masterpiece that inspired a Broadway classic and launched the career of James A. M...

Publisher: Titan Books LtdAuthor(s): James LovegroveNumber of pages: 416Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 197 x 131 x 35Cover type: Paperback / sof...

Reducere. A new translation by Andy Gaus of these classic popular satirical Wilhelm Busch cartoons, with original illustrations, in black and white, througho...

Reducere. DescriptionTales of Gor brings you into a striking world of science-fantasy roleplaying. Born from the Gorean Cycle (34 books) by John Norman, Tale...

Reducere. Skiing--like surfing, fishing, sailing, mountaineering and climbing--is an environment sport. It doesn't come to us--we must go to the places where...

Reducere. Between 2013 and 2015, A Nos Amours presented in London a complete retrospective of the films of the celebrated film-maker Chantal Akerman, the onl...

A new, larger format edition of the Royal School of Needlework's essential guide to blackwork. The Royal School of Needlework teaches hand embroide...

Publisher: The History Press LtdAuthor(s): Maureen JamesNumber of pages: 192Publication date: 2013Dimensions: 198 x 126 x 15Cover type: Paperback /...

Dictionarul marilor batalii - Ian V. Hogg

Reducere. A New York Times Notable Book A powerful historical picture book about the child of founding father Thomas Jefferson and the enslaved Sally Hemings...

Reducere. DescriptionPrimitive Money of Africa entertwines the culture, history, and traditions of the African people through the uses of objects such as bea...

A subject-specific guide for teachers to supplement professional development and provide resources for lesson planning.

Reducere. Struggles can demand action on the part of the person who is affected, whether it be positive or negative. My faith has carried me through 26 years...

Telling Tales in English - Megan James

Reducere. The essential strange fiction of Catherine CroweCatherine Ann Stevens was born in Kent in 1803 and in common with many English young ladies of her ...