Charles Wilkins: 32 books
Little Ship of Fools
Sixteen Rowers, One Improbable Boat, Seven Tumultuous Weeks on the Atlantic
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2013
The dramatic and hilarious story of risk and survival, as well as the importance of our connections to the planet, on a human-powered journey across the ocean
It was to be an expedition like no other—a run across the Atlantic from Morocco to Barbados aboard an experimental rowboat. There...
In the Land of Long Fingernails
A Gravedigger's Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2011
"If Raymond Chandler had written a memoir, I could imagine it reading like this." -- Mary Roach
First published in hardcover in 2008, In the Land of Long Fingernails was shortlisted for the Trillium Book Prize, the Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour, and the Toronto Book Awards.
During...
High on the Big Stone Heart
And Further Adventures in the Boreal Heartland
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2009
High on the Big Stone Heart is a collection of vibrant and entertaining essays on the people and places of Canada’s Boreal North as seen through the eyes of one of the country’s most celebrated writers of non-fiction. Accompany Charles Wilkins as he ranges across the wilds of northern Quebec;...
Breakfast at the Hoito
And Other Adventures in the Boreal Heartland
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2001
Breakfast at the Hoito brings together a collection of stories and essays on the dreamlike world of Lake Superior’s north shore … on wilds and wildlife, people and places.
Spend a day in the kitchen of the famed Hoito Restaurant in Thunder Bay. Discover the secret life of ravens; the passions...
When the Final Buzzer Sounds
NHL Greats Share Their Stories of Hardship and Triumph
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2000
Sharing the sometimes bittersweet, sometimes unexpected, always insightful accounts of the lives of some of the NHL's most famous players after retirement and the turns their lives have taken—often just as wild and crazy as their time on the ice—this collection of poignant stories details the...
by Charles Dickens, Henry James, Montague Rhodes James
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2019
This volume contains the following 50 works, arranged alphabetically by authors’ last names: Asquith, Cynthia: “The Corner Shop” Benson, E. F.: “Caterpillars” Benson, E. F.: “The Face” Bierce, Ambrose: “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” Bierce, Ambrose: “The Middle Toe of the...
by Bram Stoker, Mary Shelley, Edgar Allan Poe
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2019
Here you will find the following works, arranged alphabetically by authors’ last names: Austen, Jane: “Northanger Abbey” Benson, E. F.: “Caterpillars” Bierce, Ambrose: “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” Blackwood, Algernon: “The Listener” Blackwood, Algernon: “The Willows” Brontë,...
by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Washington Irving, Edgar Allan Poe
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2016
Contents
THE PROPHETIC PICTURES
By Nathaniel Hawthorne
THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW
By Washington Irving
THE GOLD-BUG
By Edgar Allan Poe
CORPORAL FLINT'S MURDER (From "The Oak Openings")
By J. Fenimore Cooper
UNCLE JIM...
BEST AUTHORS BEST STORiES - 1
The Happy Prince
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2018
Best Selected Short Stories - 1
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Charles Dickens-The Signal Man
Oscar Wilde-The Happy Prince
H.G. Wells-The Magic Shop
Washington Irving-Rip Van Winkle
Charlotte Perkins Gilman-The Yellow Wallpaper
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle-B24
Mary E. Wilkins Freeman-Ann Mary;...
THE SPELL HAS BEGUN: 550+ Supernatural Mysteries, Macabre & Horror Classics
Black Magic, Sweeney Todd, The Vampyre, Dracula, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Frankenstein, The Picture of Dorian Gray, The Tell-Tale Heart, A Haunted Island, Northanger Abbey, The Horla, The Willows…
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2018
This meticulously edited horror collection is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents: Mary Shelley: Frankenstein The Mortal Immortal… John William Polidori: The Vampyre Bram Stoker: Dracula The Jewel of Seven Stars… Gaston Leroux: The Phantom of the Opera Marjorie...
by E. F. Benson, Ambrose Bierce, Algernon Blackwood
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2017
If you were looking for the Holy Bible of the horror anthologies, consider yourself lucky, because you just found it! Cosmic horror, supernatural events, ghost stories, weird fiction, mystical fantasies, occult narratives, this book plunges you into dark domains and brings you face to face with surreal...
Santa's Christmas Library: 400+ Christmas Novels, Stories, Poems, Carols & Legends (Illustrated Edition)
The Gift of the Magi, A Christmas Carol, Silent Night, The Three Kings, Little Lord Fauntleroy, Life and Adventures of Santa Claus, The Heavenly Christmas Tree, Little Women, The Tale of Peter Rabbit…
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2018
This holiday, we are offering to you our own Christmas box - filled up to the top with the best Christmas novels, classics to read during holidays, magical Christmas tales, legends, most famous carols and the unique poetry of the giants of literature dedicated to this one and only holiday: The Gift...
by Annie Roe Carr, Alice Duer Miller, Berthold Auerbach
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2018
This holiday, we proudly presents to you this unique collection of the greatest Christmas classics: most beloved novels, tales, legends, poetry & carols - to warm up your heart and rekindle your holiday sparkle: Works by Charles Dickens, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Leo Tolstoy, Willa Cather, Beatrix Potter,...
by Annie Roe Carr, Alice Duer Miller, Berthold Auerbach
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2018
This holiday, we proudly presents to you this unique collection of the greatest Christmas classics: most beloved novels, tales, legends, poetry & carols - to warm up your heart and rekindle your holiday sparkle: Works by Charles Dickens, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Leo Tolstoy, Willa Cather, Beatrix Potter,...