Victorian Jamaica (Barringer Tim)(Paperback)

Victorian Jamaica (Barringer Tim)(Paperback)

Victorian Jamaica explores the extraordinary surviving archive of visual representation and material objects to provide a comprehensive account of Jamaican society during Queen Victoria's reign over the British Empire, from 1837 to 1901. In their analyses of material ranging from photographs of

Time-Travelling Cat and the Great Victorian Stink (Jarman Julia)(Paperback)

Entrepreneurship: Successfully Launching New Ventures, Updated 6e, Global Edition (Barringer Bruce)(Paperback / softback)

The Time Machine (Wells H. G.)(Paperback)

At a Victorian dinner party in Richmond, London, the Time Traveler returns to tell his extraordinary tale of mankind's future in the year 802,701 AD. It is a dystopian vision of Darwinian evolution, with humans split into an above-ground species of Eloi, and their troglodyte brothers. The first

The Time Machine (Wells H. G.)(Paperback)

A Victorian scientist develops a time machine and travels to the year 802,171 AD. There he finds the meek, child-like Eloi who live in fear of the underground-dwelling Morlocks. When his time machine goes missing, the Traveller faces a fight to enter the Morlocks' domain and return to his own time

The Time Machine (Wells H. G.)(Paperback)

Wells's genre-defining novel of time travel When a Victorian scientist propels himself into the year a.d. 802,701, he is initially delighted to find that suffering has been replaced by beauty, contentment, and peace. Entranced at first by the Eloi, an elfin species descended from man, he soon

Barnaby Rudge (Dickens Charles)(Paperback)

Written at a time of social unrest in Victorian Britain and set in London at the time of the anti-Catholic Gordon Riots, Dickens's brooding novel of mayhem and murder in the eighteenth century explores the relationship between repression and liberation in private and public life. Barnaby Rudge

Vintage Breadboards (Neave Madeleine)(Paperback)

Decorative 'bread-platters' were hugely popular in Victorian times, firstly among the elite who commissioned custom-made items featuring their coats-of-arms and mottos. They were also used to commemorate royal ceremonies, and of course, families put their crests on them if they were upper class. By

Hard Times (Easy Classics)(Paperback / softback)

An illustrated adaptation of Charles Dickens's Victorian classic - at an easy-to-read level for readers of all

Compacts and Cosmetics: Beauty from Victorian Times to the Present Day (Marsh Madeleine)(Paperback)

Cosmetics have been used to increase attraction since Ancient times whilst Compacts have been a symbol of love for generations but especially since the 1920s. In this fascinating book, vintage accessories' expert, Madeleine Marsh, discusses just what makes compacts so desirable and reveals their

Small Place (Kincaid Jamaica)(Paperback / softback)

Match Girls (Kerrigan Juliet)(Paperback)

In Victorian times, many children had to work to earn money for their family. One factory employed young girls to make matches, but the chemical they used made them very ill and many died. One woman decided to stand up for these girls, and her protest took her all the way to the Houses of

The Darwin Affair (Mason Tim)(Paperback)

Dive into this edge-of-your-seat Victorian-era thriller, as London's Chief Detective Inspector Charles Field investigates a string of unspeakable crimes set off by the controversial publication On the Origin of Species. 'Intellectually stimulating and viscerally exciting, The Darwin Affair is

Third Circle - Number 4 in series (Quick Amanda)(Paperback / softback)

The brand new Victorian romance from NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author, Amanda

Victorian Chaise-Longue (Laski Marghanita)(Paperback / softback)

Time Machine (Wells H. G.)(Paperback / softback)

Victorian scientist propel himself into the year 802,701 AD, where he is delighted to find that suffering has been replaced by beauty and contentment in the form of the Eloi, an elfin species descended from man. But he soon realizes that they are simply remnants of a once-great

Charles Dickens's Great Expectations (Sutherland John)(Paperback)

Great Expectations is one of the best-selling Victorian novels of our time. No Dickens work, with the exception of A Christmas Carol, has been adapted more for both film and television. It has been as popular with critics as it has with the public. In 1937, George Bernard Shaw called the novel

Victorian London (Picard Liza)(Paperback)

From rag-gatherers to royalty, from fish knives to Freemasons: everyday life in Victorian London. Like its acclaimed companion volumes, Elizabeth's London, Restoration London and Dr Johnson's London, this book is the product of the author's passionate interest in the realities of everyday life so

Victorian Fashion (Shrimpton Jayne)(Paperback)

The sweeping crinolines, corsets, bustles, bonnets, and parasols of Victorian Britain are indispensable to our period dramas, and their influences can still be seen within burlesque and steampunk fashions. This is no surprise, as nineteenth-century clothing was so wide-ranging and decorative. We

Victorian Pumping Stations (Yorke Trevor)(Paperback)

Victorian pumping stations are colorful cathedrals of utility. Their imposing and striking exteriors enclose a highly decorative cast-iron frame, built to encage mighty steam engines. They are glorious buildings which display the Victorians' architectural confidence and engineering skills. More

The Pointe Book: Shoes, Training, Technique (Barringer Janice)(Paperback)

A complete examination of the pointe technique and pointe shoes is provided in this guide. Dancers tired of their pointe shoes wearing out too quickly benefit from a thorough explanation of the shoemaking process, and the book includes tips that show how to best fit, care for, and custom order toe

How to Be a Victorian: A Dawn-To-Dusk Guide to Victorian Life (Goodman Ruth)(Paperback)

Lauded by critics, How to Be a Victorian is an enchanting manual for the insatiably curious, the 'the cheapest time-travel machine you'll find' (NPR). Readers have fallen in love with Ruth Goodman, an historian who believes in getting her hands dirty. Drawing on her own firsthand adventures living

The Society of Blood: Obsidian Heart Book 2 (Morris Mark)(Paperback)

Transported through time to the dank streets of Victorian London, Alex Locke seeks to unravel the mysteries of the Obsidian Heart. When a string of murders takes place, Alex follows a trail that will lead him through the opium dens of Limehouse into the dark world of the Society of Blood, and

Parallel Lives - Five Victorian Marriages (Rose Phyllis)(Paperback / softback)