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Incidents In TheLife Of A Slave Girl - Illustrated & Annotated

by Harriet Ann Jacobs & Bob Carruthers

Harriet Ann Jacobs (February 11, 1813 - March 7, 1897) was an American writer, who escaped from the horrors of slavery and became an abolitionist speaker and reformer. Jacobs' single work, Incidents in the Life...


Rasputin

by Harold Shukman

Gregory Rasputin features in Russian history as a malign and destructive force, a man with an unhealthy influence on the Empress Alexandra and undue power in Russian politics. Yet his purposes were ostensibly...


The Lives of the Twelve Caesars: Tiberius

by G. Suetonius Tranquillas

The Twelve Caesars is a set of twelve biographies of Julius Caesar and the first 11 emperors of the Roman Empire written by Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus. The work, written in AD 121 during the reign of the emperor...


The Story of My Life: The Restored Edition

by Helen Keller

An American classic rediscovered by each generation, The Story of My Life is Helen Keller’s account of her triumph over deafness and blindness. Popularized by the stage play and movie The Miracle Worker, Keller’s...


Stitch of Courage: A Woman's Fight for Freedom

Trail of Thread #3

by Linda K. Hubalek

Subtitle: A Woman's Fight of Freedom, Historical Letters 1861-1865 Trail of Thread Series, Book 3 Feel the uncertainty, doubt, and danger faced by the pioneer women of Kansas as they defend their homes and pray...


Thimble of Soil: A Woman's Quest for Land

Trail of Thread #2

by Linda K. Hubalek

Subtitle: A Woman's Quest for Land, Historical Letters 1854-1860 Trail of Thread Series, Book 2 Experience the terror of the fighting and the determination to endure as you stake a claim alongside the women...


Trail of Thread

Trail of Thread #1

by Linda K Hubalek

Subtitle: A Woman's Westward Journey, Historical Letters 1854-1855 Trail of Thread Series, Book 1 Taste the dust of the road and feel the wind in your face as you travel with a Kentucky family by wagon trail...


The Education of Henry Adams

by Henry Adams

The Education of Henry Adams is among the oddest and most enlightening books in American literature. Henry Adams was the grandson of a President and the great-grandson of another one. He was also the son of...


The Buffalo Bill Megapack: 5 Classic Books About Buffalo Bill Cody

by Buffalo Bill Cody & Helen Cody Wetmore

Few people represent the spirit of the Old West like Colonel William "Buffalo Bill" Cody! From Indian fights to buffalo hunts to his now-legendary touring Wild West Show, Buffalo Bill brought the legend of the...


The Life of Ian Fleming

by John Pearson

It is now 50 years since the premiere of Dr No, the very first Bond film, with Sean Connery introducting 007 as the glamorous secret agent who would become the single most profitable movie character in the history...


Sordid Sex Lives

by Nigel Cawthorne

What do the rich and famous really get up to behind closed doors? When does sexual passion become sordid perversion? Who are history's most shocking deviants and what are their sex secrets? The pages of this...


Titans of the Middle East

by Simon Sebag Montefiore

Simon Sebag Montefiore, one of our pre-eminent historians, presents the lives of some of the most influential figures in the History of the Middle East. In short profiles, spanning the centuries, he provides...


The Lives of the Twelve Caesars: Tiberius

by G. Suetonius Tranquillus

The Twelve Caesars is a set of twelve biographies of Julius Caesar and the first 11 emperors of the Roman Empire written by Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus. The work, written in AD 121 during the reign of the emperor...


The Lives of the Twelve Caesars: Vespasian, Titus and Domitian

by G. Suetonius Tranquillus

The Twelve Caesars is a set of twelve biographies of Julius Caesar and the first 11 emperors of the Roman Empire written by Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus. The work, written in AD 121 during the reign of the emperor...


Bride of the War

by Doris Alma (Taylor) & Steven Provenzano

With a warm, genuine voice, Provenzano draws you into her life in war-torn Liverpool, filled with air raids and blackouts, backyard shelters, incendiary bombs on parachutes, food rations and grade-school gas...


The Man Who Sank Titanic

by Sally Nilsson

Robert Hitchens has gone down in history as the man who was given the famous order to steer the Titanic away from the iceberg and failed. Following this, his falling out with the 'Unsinkable Molly Brown' over...


A 1960s Childhood: From Thunderbirds to Beatlemania

by Paul Feeney

With chapters on home and school life, games and hobbies, music and fashion, alongside a selection of charming illustrations, this compendium lets you take a nostalgic look at what it was like to grow up during...


The Disastrous Mrs. Weldon: The Life, Loves and Lawsuits of a Legendary Victorian

by Brian Thompson

Born to fanatically snobbish Victorian parents, Georgina Weldon grew up to wreak havoc on almost everyone she met. She was supposed to marry well and restore the family fortune, but soon proved to have other...


A Matter of Honour: The Story of England's Last Fatal Duel

by Martyn Beardsley

Duels usually took place over insults to honour, sometimes with tragic consequences, as in this tale of betrayal.


Mystery of Ma's Ugly Pickle

by Martin Michael Neveroski

if it didn't make you laugh. MYSTERY OF MA'S UGLY PICKLE is the adventures of a fatherless Polish boy growing up during the Great Depression with a fanatically religious mother. At a tender young age and wrestling...