The Female Quixote: Or the Adventures of Arabella (Lennox Charlotte)(Paperback)

The Female Quixote: Or the Adventures of Arabella (Lennox Charlotte)(Paperback)

The Female Quixote, a vivacious and ironical novel parodying the style of Cervantes, portrays Arabella, the beautiful daughter of a marquis, whose passion for reading romances colors her approach to her own life and causes many comical and melodramatic misunderstandings among her relatives and

Gardens in My Life (Lennox-Boyd Arabella)(Pevná vazba)

Arabella Lennox Boyd is one of the foremost garden designers in the world. She has created some of the country's most stunning private gardens, in addition to commissions for the Serpentine Sackler Gallery and projects for Sting and Sir Terence Conran. Looking back over her extraordinary career,

Female Soldier - Or, The Surprising Life and Adventures of Hannah Snell (Snell Hannah)(Paperback / softback)

Don Quixote (De Cervantes Miguel)(Paperback)

Hailed by Dostoyevsky as 'The final and greatest utterance of the human mind,' Don Quixote constitutes a founding work of modern Western literature. Cervantes' masterpiece has been translated into more than sixty languages, and the novel's fantasy-driven 'knight,' Don Quixote, and his loyal squire,

Don Quixote Vol. Ii(Paperback / softback)

The second volume of Don Quixote is much darker than the first, picking up the story where Volume I left off and taking us to Don Quixote's

Zofloya: Or the Moor (Dacre Charlotte)(Paperback)

Few venture as thou hast in the alarming paths of sin.' This is the final judgement of Satan on Victoria di Loredani, the heroine of Zofloya, or The Moor (1806), a tale of lust, betrayal, and multiple murder set in Venice in the last days of the fifteenth century. The novel follows Victoria's

The Curse of the Blue Figurine (Bellairs John)(Paperback)

Living with his grandparents gives Johnny Dixon a lot of time to find trouble. Or adventure. Or is it both? In this, the first Johnny Dixon mystery, our young hero hears the spine-tingling story of Father Baart, a madman who haunts the town's church. At first, Johnny does not believe in ghosts, but

True Story, Lucius, or the Ass (Lucian)(Paperback / softback)

Lucius, or the Ass, a satirical novel charting the adventures of a young man who has been transformed into a donkey, is usually attributed to Lucian and is thought to be a source of Apuleius's Golden

Healing Ovarian & Female Organ Cancer (Gerson Charlotte)(Paperback)

This booklet introduces Dr. Max Gerson and the foundation of the Gerson Therapy, that cancer and most chronic diseases are able to manifest in the body because of toxicity and nutritional deficiency. Charlotte Gerson gives an overview of the Gerson Therapy and reviews some of the methods used in

Tell No Tales: Pirates of the Southern Seas (Maggs Sam)(Paperback)

A swashbuckling adventure inspired by the historical exploits of real-life female pirates Anne Bonny had it all--her own ship, a pirate crew, and a fearsome reputation--but a new enemy has her on the run and it'll take all of Anne's courage to stay afloat. The night before a major heist, Anne has

Botchan (Natsume Soseki)(Paperback)

A modern classic in Japan on par with The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn or The Catcher in the Rye, Botchan is a very popular Japanese novel and still widely read decades after its first publication. Botchan, a timeless Japanese novel written by Japan's most beloved novelist, Soseki Natsume, is now

Shadow of the Minotaur (Gibbons Alan)(Paperback)

'Real life' or the death defying adventures of the Greek myths, with their heroes and monsters, daring deeds and narrow escapes - which would you choose? For Phoenix it's easy. He hates his new home and the new school where he is bullied. He's embarrassed by his computer geek dad. But when he logs

Don Quixote (De Cervantes Saavedra Miguel)(Paperback)

Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read Don Quixote has become so entranced reading tales of chivalry that he decides to turn knight errant himself. In the company of his faithful squire, Sancho Panza, these exploits blossom in all sorts of wonderful ways

The Wonderful Adventure of Nils Holgersson (Lagerlof Selma)(Paperback)

Scandinavia's best-loved children's classic, from the first female writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature A Penguin Classic Nils Holgersson is a naughty boy who tortures animals and never listens to his parents--until one day he wakes up as an elf. Deeply puzzled by his new status, he climbs

The Future Is Waiting (Christin Pierre)(Paperback)

Several new chapters of Valerian and Laureline's adventures - but are they flashbacks, or ... ? After the events of The Time Opener, Valerian and Laureline reverted to childhood, and are now living with Mr Albert on 21st century Earth. But in a universe where time travel is a reality, words like

Gladys Aylward: The Adventure of a Lifetime (Benge Janet)(Paperback)

This is the powerful story of Gladys Aylward. Without formal education or a missionary organization to back her, Gladys raised her own finances for the overland trip that would bring her to the country and people that God had etched so deeply on her heart.... China What follows is an amazing

The American Senator (Trollope Anthony)(Paperback)

Arabella Trefoil, the beautiful anti-heroine of this novel, inspired Trollope to write of her, 'I wished to express the depth of my scorn for women who run down husbands.' Arabella's determination to find a rich husband is at the heart of this story and her character, though often maligned, is one

So High a Blood - The Life of Margaret, Countess of Lennox (Ring Morgan)(Paperback / softback)

Greek Myths: A new retelling of your favourite myths that puts female characters at the heart of the story - Higgins Charlotte

'A great storyteller' Madeline Miller, author of CirceIn this powerful new collection, Charlotte Higgins foregrounds Greek mythology's most enduring heroines. Here are the myths of Heracles and Theseus, the Trojan war, Thebes and Argos and Athens. They are stories of love and desire, adventure and

Romeo And/Or Juliet: A Chooseable-Path Adventure (North Ryan)(Paperback)

The New York Times bestseller from the author of How to Invent Everything and To Be or Not To Be Romeo loves Juliet. Or Rosaline. And Juliet loves Romeo. Or Viola. Or Orlando. It's Shakespeare as you've never played him before. In this choose-your-own-path version of Romeo and Juliet, you choose

Lady Charlotte Guest: The Exceptional Life of a Female Industrialist (Owens Victoria)(Pevná vazba)

When impoverished aristocrat Lady Charlotte Bertie married wealthy Welsh ironmaster John Guest of Dowlais in 1833, her relatives looked on with dismay. Yet despite their vast difference of background and age, over their nineteen-year long marriage, husband and wife enjoyed great happiness and much

Aristocrats - Caroline, Emily, Louisa and Sarah Lennox 1740 - 1832 (Tillyard Stella)(Paperback / softback)

A fascinating insight into 18th century aristocratic life through the lives of the four Lennox sisters, the great grandchildren of Charles II, whose extraordinary lives spanned the period

Don Quixote (Cervantes Miguel de)(Paperback / softback)

Miguel de Cervantes's mock-epic masterwork, Don Quixote was voted the greatest book of all time by the Nobel Institute, and this Penguin Classics edition is translated with an introduction and notes by John Rutherford. Don Quixote has become so entranced by reading romances of chivalry that he

Spitfire: Pilots' Stories (Price Alfred)(Paperback)

The adventures of some sixty pilots and ground crewmen who flew or worked on the Spitfire during the Second World War.The Spitfire was perhaps the most successful fighter design of all time. It remained at the forefront of its genre from the biplane era until well into the jet age, a period