Examining how Charles Johnson's 1724 bestseller General History of the Pyrates depicts figures like Blackbeard both as monsters and Great Men, Noel Chevalier explores how the work untangles the contradictions…

Reprint of the original, first published in 1883.

A heartwarming story about perseverance, teamwork and the power of family - featuring inspirational lessons for readers of all ages. Learn how Eric Wood learned to harness the power of…

Contains extracts from Johnson’s several interviews, giving an account of Johnson’s development from the late 1970s until the early years of the twenty-first century. This title brings up many elements…

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Catalogue of interlocking and railroad signaling appliances is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1889. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as…

This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to…

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the…