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Robert Ashton
"This is a book of life and why we should celebrate our roots before it is too late. Fascinating." - John Connell, bestselling author of The Cow Book
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Robert Barr
A Prince of Good Fellows, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made…
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Robert Knox
Karpa Talesman is an adult crossworlds fantasy, that blends dystopian, quest and high fantasy to tell a story of our dying Earth and a brave man dream-traveling other worlds, risking…
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Robert Barr (16 September 1849 - 21 October 1912) was a Scottish-Canadian short story writer and novelist who also worked as a newspaper and magazine editor. Barr was born in…
John Robert Lun
Reprint of the original, first published in 1883.
In recent years, growing attention has been paid to the relationship between international law and aesthetics. This collection situates this relationship within its wider political context, demonstrating that the question…
Homer
Features Achilles, the greatest warrior-champion of the Greeks, and his refusal to fight after being humiliated by his leader Agamemnon. But when the Trojan Hector kills Achilles’ close friend Patroclus…
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Virgil
Tells the story of an epic voyage in which Aeneas crosses stormy seas, becomes entangled in a tragic love affair with Dido of Cathage, descends to the world of the…
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A translation that presents Homer’s poem, recounting the great wandering of Odysseus during his ten-year voyage back home to Ithaca, after the Trojan War.
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John Robert Lunn
One of the epics in Western literature, The Iliad recounts the story of the Trojan wars. In his introduction, the author observes that although the violence of the Iliad is…
Robert Fellowes,Robert Knox
To Which Is Subjoined Robert Knox’s Historical Relation Of The Island, With An Account Of His Captivity During A Period Of Near Twenty Years. Due to the very old age…
Henry Lonsdale
A Sketch of the Life and Writings of Robert Knox - The anatomist is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1870. Hansebooks is editor of the literature…
Robert Macoy
The Fellow Craft is a book written by Robert Macoy that delves into the second degree of Freemasonry. It is a comprehensive guide that covers the history, symbolism, and teachings…
"Raise our minds heavenward and upward to think on your true glory."
"Grace from Heaven now has a home next to my Bible, and I trust it'll find a home…
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
This work is in the "public…
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
This work is in the public…
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the…
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high…
Reprint of the original, first published in 1862.
Reproduction of the original: An Historical Relation of the Island Ceylon in the East-Indies by Robert Knox
Subtitle: And of the Captain’s Miraculous Escape and Return to England in September 1680, After Detenation on the Island of Nineteen Years and a Half General Books publication date: 2009…
And Of The Captain[–[s Miraculous Escape.
Published in 1855, this volume provides a detailed survey of the geology, topography, and history of eastern Yorkshire, including the towns of Scarborough, Pickering, and Whitby. The author is highly…
Robert Knox’s well-tended garden of verses discovers a universe in a perennial flower garden. A reporter and a novelist, his poems are as immediate as today and as universal as…
A Manual of Artistic Anatomy: For the Use of Sculptors, Painters, and Amateurs (1852) is a comprehensive guide to the study of human anatomy as it pertains to the visual…
From Leonardo da Vinci to Michelangelo, this book examines the lives and work of some of the greatest artists and anatomists in history. With clear and engaging prose, Robert Knox…
