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  • Stories from the Iliad

    by Jean Lang ...
    For two Greek boys the author has made this little book, which tells them in English some of the stories that they soon will read for themselves in the tongue of their forefathers. But the stories are not only for boys whose fatherland lies near the sunny sea through which ships, red-prowed and black, fared in the long-ago days. Of such great deeds, by such brave men, do they tell, that they must ... Read more

    $1.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Revolutionary War Memoirs of Major General William Heath

    by William Heath ...
    First published in 1798, this Revolutionary War memoir is one of the few ever written by a senior Continental Army commander. It provides a unique glimpse into the administrative operations and inner workings of the army during the American Revolution. Major General William Heath offers rare insights on the war's major military personalities on both the American and British sides. Of particular ... Read more

    $28.99 CAD

  • Blacksnake?s Path

    The True Adventures of William Wells

    by William Heath ...
    This splendid novel about an unsung hero of American history carries its prodigious learning lightly in order to tell vividly the authentic story of William Wells’s remarkable life. Blacksnake’s Path recreates an entire period (1770-1812), showing how the Indians lived, fought for their homeland, and dealt with defeat. Because Wells was always the man in the middle, moving between two clashing ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD

  • William Wells and the Struggle for the Old Northwest

    by William Heath ...
    Born to Anglo-American parents on the Appalachian frontier, captured by the Miami Indians at the age of thirteen, and adopted into the tribe, William Wells (1770–1812) moved between two cultures all his life but was comfortable in neither. Vilified by some historians for his divided loyalties, he remains relatively unknown even though he is worthy of comparison with such famous frontiersmen as ... Read more

    $32.99 CAD

  • Conversations with Robert Stone

    Edited by William Heath ...
    Series series Literary Conversations Series
    Ever since A Hall of Mirrors depicted the wild side of New Orleans in the 1960s, Robert Stone (1937-2015) has situated novels where America has shattered and the action is at a pitch. In Dog Soldiers, he covered the Vietnam War and drug smuggling. A Flag for Sunrise captured revolutionary discontent in Central America. Children of Light exposed the crass values of Hollywood. Outerbridge Reach ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

  • How to Live in a Flat

    by William Heath Robinson, K.R.G. Browne ...
    Series Book 16 - Vintage Words of Wisdom
    'How to Live in a Flat', if posed as a question, is worth asking today with so many articles on tiny flats with hugely inflated price tags in the newspapers. Flat-dwellers were faced with very similar problems in 1936. During 1932 and 1933 Heath Robinson had drawn a series of cartoons for 'The Sketch' entitled 'Flat Life', which depicted various gadgets designed to make the most of the limited ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Humours of Golf

    by William Heath Robinson ...
    Series Book 13 - Vintage Words of Wisdom
    First published in 1923, 'Humours of Golf' by William Heath Robinson was created from the golfing illustrations he drew for 'The Bystander' magazine. In addition to these cartoons, Heath Robinson made a number of small line drawings on golfing subjects that were added at intervals through the book. There are several allusions to contemporary events, fashions and inventions in his illustrations ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Heath Robinson: Wonderful Contraptions and Extraordinary Inventions

    by William Heath Robinson ...
    ‘I really have a secret satisfaction in being considered rather mad.’ The name of William Heath Robinson has entered the national vocabulary as a by-word for eccentric inventions and makeshift solutions – and with good reason. His world of cogs, bits of string, magnets and precarious tipping points holds a universal appeal. Whacky machines and bemusing solutions to everyday problems are brought to ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

  • Heath Robinson On Travel

    by William Heath Robinson ...
    ‘I really have a secret satisfaction in being considered rather mad.’ The name of William Heath Robinson has entered the national vocabulary as a by-word for eccentric inventions and makeshift solutions – and with good reason. His world of cogs, bits of string, magnets and precarious tipping points holds a universal appeal. The world of travel is lampooned and reinvented in this brilliantly funny ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • The Spectator Best of Notes On ...

    From kippers to jeans and everything in between

    by William Moore, Gus Carter ...
    Book clubs and toffee apples. Hedgehogs and hangovers. Croquet, ferret racing… and everything in between.The Best of Notes on... gathers the funniest, sharpest and most wonderfully random pieces from The Spectator’s beloved miscellany column. For more than a decade, these short, sharp essays have uncovered the intrigue in the everyday and the delight in digression. Witty, unpredictable and ... Read more

    $20.99 CAD

  • How to Make a Garden Grow

    by William Heath Robinson, K.R.G. Browne ...
    Series Book 12 - Vintage Words of Wisdom
    The origins of 'How to Make a Garden Grow' lie in an article in 'The Strand' Magazine called 'A Highly Complicated Science'. The science referred to was that of gardening and the article by K. R. G. Browne was accompanied by nine of Heath Robinson's drawings, all of which were subsequently used in their book for the How To… series. Much of the subject matter for this book was drawn from Heath ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Whole Bible Story

    Everything that Happens in the Bible

    by Troy Schmidt, Dr. William Marty ...
    Illustrated by Heath McPherson ...
    From Genesis . . ."In the beginning, God created everything out of nothing."What do all the Bible stories actually mean?Will the Bible be too boring for me?Why is the Bible so long?Have you ever asked--or been too embarrassed to ask--any of these questions? This young reader's edition of The Whole Bible Story will help you understand what the stories in the Bible are actually all about and how ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD