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  • The Rare or Unread Stories of Grant Allen

    Edited by Peter Morton ...
    Here lies a collection of some of Grant Allen’s lesser-known stories, many of which have not been reprinted since the original 19th century publications. They have remained largely unread since then. They cover a wide range of genres from detective fiction and romance, to science fiction, each story depicting Victorian British society with a humour and wit which has stood the test of time.Charles ... Read more

    $7.37 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Trial of Tempel Anneke

    Records of a Witchcraft Trial in Brunswick, Germany, 1663

    Edited by Peter Morton ...
    The accused was Anna Roleffes, known as Tempel Anneke. She was arrested on the charge of witchcraft in June of 1663. She was found guilty and was executed on December 30th that same year. Her trial was long and involved, with many witnesses from several towns and villages. Consisting of direct translations of the trial testimony, The Trial of Tempel Anneke portrays a large and varied cast of ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • The Diary of a Nobody

    by George Grossmith, Weedon Grossmith ...
    The Diary of a Nobody, the spoof diary of Charles Pooter, a London clerk, first appeared as a book in 1892 and has never been out of print since. The hilariously trivial doings of the accident-prone Pooter, his wife Carrie and their troublesome son Lupin have inspired many writers since, including the authors of Bridget Jones's Diary and The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole. The satirical novelist ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD

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  • The Rare or Unread Stories of Grant Allen

    1848-1899

    Edited by Peter Morton ...
    Here lies a collection of some of Grant Allen’s lesser-known stories, many of which have not been reprinted since the original 19th century publications. They have remained largely unread since then. They cover a wide range of genres from detective fiction and romance, to science fiction, each story depicting Victorian British society with a humour and wit which has stood the test of time.Charles ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD

  • Benin Studies

    by R. E. Bradbury ...
    Series series African Ethnographic Studies of the 20th Century
    This collection of R. E. Bradbury's papers, originally published in 1973 includes edited sections of his (then hitherto) unpublished thesis on the Benin village in Western Nigeria. The book is arranged in 3 parts: historical and political studies of the kingdom of Benin; Benin village organization and religion and art. An introduction by Peter Morton-Williams traces bradbury's development as an ... Read more

    $71.44 CAD

  • Toward A Better Life

    America's New Immigrants in Their Own Words From Ellis Island to the Present

    by Peter Morton Coan ...
    This book offers a balanced, poignant, and often moving portrait of America's immigrants over more than a century. The author has organized the book by decades so that readers can easily find the time period most relevant to their experience or that of family members. The first part covers the Ellis Island era, the second part America's new immigrants-from the closing of Ellis Island in 1955 to ... Read more

    $26.99 CAD

  • The Vital Science (Routledge Revivals)

    Biology and the Literary Imagination,1860-1900

    by Peter Morton ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    In this title, first published in 1984, Peter Morton argues that in late Victorian Britain a group of novelists and essayists quite consciously sought and found ideas in post-Darwinian biology that were susceptible to imaginative transformation. The period between 1860 and 1900 was a time of great confusion in biology; the natural selection hypothesis was in retreat before its acute critics, and ... Read more

    $83.99 CAD

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  • Complete Works of Virginia Woolf (Delphi Classics)

    by Virginia Woolf, Delphi Classics ...
    Series Book 25 - Delphi Series One
    Virginia Woolf was one of the foremost authors of the twentieth century, whose ground-breaking novels and essays had a profound impact on modernist literature. For the first time in publishing history, Delphi Classics is proud to present Woolf’s complete works in a single edition. The comprehensive eBook is complemented with numerous illustrations, rare texts appearing in digital print for the ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD

  • The Diary of a Nobody

    by George Grossmith ...
    Weedon Grossmith's 1892 book presents the details of English suburban life through the anxious and accident-prone character of Charles Pooter. Pooter's diary chronicles his daily routine, which includes small parties, minor embarrassments, home improvements, and his relationship with a troublesome son. The small minded but essentially decent suburban world he inhabits is both hilarious and ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD

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  • Darwin

    Portrait of a Genius

    by Paul Johnson ...
    Eminent historian Paul Johnson provides a rich, succinct portrait of Charles DarwinCharles Darwin is arguably the most influential scientist of all time. His Origin of Species forever changed our concept of the world’s creation.Darwin’s revolutionary career is the perfect vehicle for historian Paul Johnson. Marked by the insightful observation, spectacular wit, and highly readable prose for which ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

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  • The Complete Works (Annotated)

    Enriched Edition. Includes: Mrs. Dalloway + To the Lighthouse + A Room of One's Own + Orlando + The Waves & much more…

    by Virginia Woolf, Cora Tallowmere ...
    The Complete Works of Virginia Woolf gathers the fiction, essays, criticism, and autobiographical writings of one of modernism's most searching minds. From the luminous interiority of Mrs Dalloway and To the Lighthouse to the experimental historical playfulness of Orlando and the polemical clarity of A Room of One's Own, Woolf's prose reshapes narrative around consciousness, time, gender, and ... Read more

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  • A Very British Murder

    by Lucy Worsley ...
    This is the story of a national obsession.Ever since the Ratcliffe Highway Murders caused a nation-wide panic in Regency England, the British have taken an almost ghoulish pleasure in 'a good murder'. This fascination helped create a whole new world of entertainment, inspiring novels, plays and films, puppet shows, paintings and true-crime journalism - as well as an army of fictional detectives ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD