A timeless account of life on a nineteenth-century whaler, from the misery of seasickness and rigors of sea voyages; to the thrill and violence of whale hunts; to the sights…

The Pythian Games are not as well known as the Olympic Games but were nonetheless important over a period of more than a thousand years of Greek and Roman history…

Title: Kenna’s Kingdom: a ramble through Kingly Kensington.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world’s largest…

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…

In this modern and complete history, Robert Weir explicates the apparent paradoxes that defined colonial South Carolina. In doing so he offers provocative observations about its ascension to the pinnacle…

This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR’d book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have…

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A substantial essay explores the complex early publication history of the novel Weir of Hermiston on both sides of the Atlantic, and exceptionally full explanatory notes and other background information…