G A : 1890 books

It was early in December that H.M.S. Perseus was cruising off the mouth of the Canton River. War had been declared with China in consequence of her continued evasions of the treaty she had made with us, and it was expected that a strong naval force would soon gather to bring her to reason. In the...

Try a little dragon tenderness.   I am Ghleanna the Decimator. I am a warrior. A soldier. I know no fear. No pain. No mercy. I do, however, know acute embarrassment! How could I not after getting dumped by a bastard dragon in front of my own troops? So I tuck tail and return to my cave, drowning...

In a world where stick-thin women adorn fashion magazines and silver screens, plus-sized private eye Savannah Reid is grateful for the wild success--and fabulous fashion tips--of full-figured model Cait Connor. When Cait is found dead after months of extreme dieting, everyone assumes the risky regimen...

This file includes: On the Irrawaddy: a Story of the First Burmese War, On the Pampas or the Young Settlers, One of the 28th: a Tale of Waterloo, The Orange and the Green: a Tale of Boyne and Limerick, The Queen's Cup, Rujub the Juggler. Saint Batholemew's Eve: a Tale of the Huguenot Wars, Saint George...

Western, first published in 1896. 12 illustrations. According to the Preface: "The principal part of the tale is laid among the cow-boys of the Western States of America, a body of men unrivalled in point of hardihood and devotion to work, as well as in reckless courage and wild daring. Texas,...

Plus-sized P.I. Savannah Reid and her pals at the Moonlight Magnolia Detective Agency know a thing or two about fine dining. But when murder shows up on the menu, it's time to go back to the kitchen. . . When the Moonlight Magnolia gang learns their friends Ryan Stone and John Gibson are planning...

Frank Hargate is not your average teenage boy. He's a dedicated amateur scientist whose evenhanded demeanor often comes in handy, such as in the case when he is able to avert a tragedy by saving several classmates from drowning. Based on his valor, he is selected to serve as an assistant to a well-known naturalist on a two-year expedition into the heart of Africa.

Two pairs of brothers and sisters travel back in time to solve the mystery of a dinosaur painting that was given to them at a local flea market. Bill, April, Fred and Amy, are members of the Dinosaur Patrol. They begin to give themselves this name during their first journey to the prehistoric past. The...

NETS - HOW TO MAKE, MEND AND PRESERVE THEM. This book remains one of the best and most detailed books on net making ever published. It deals with the manual methods of net making and mending and is intended for the professional and amateur alike, of all ages. The learner is led step by step to the...

The function of philosophy may be circumscribed as consisting in ma­ king a keen analysis of the peculiar nature of the crisis-situation, as it has existed among men throughout the centuries of human history, and as it manifested itself in definite ways at the various stages of this his­ tory. That...

In this collection of shorter stories we visit Malay pirates, have a couple of tales of India, a shipwreck off the Channel Islands and a bursting dam in California, and finish off escaping from captivity in China.

George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific eng novelist and a special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. During the Indian war with Tippoo Saib, an eng boy attempts the rescue of his father, a captive for nine years of the "Tiger of Mysore."

ON April 29th, 1849, two men were seated in a room whose open windows commanded a view down the Tiber. A sound of confused uproar rose from the city. "I am afraid, Leonard," the elder of the two men said, "that the crisis is at hand. The news that the French are landing to-day at Civita...

PREFACE: “As a rule the minor wars in which this country has been from time to time engaged, have been remarkable both for the admirable way in which they were conducted and for the success that attended them. The two campaigns in South Africa, however, that followed each other with but a brief...