Hamilton: 2081 books

"That cold-blooded human spider spinning his lousy webs of intrigue...” Matt Helm is on vacation in Mexico with nothing on his mind except fishing, when some joker tries to shoot him in the back. Naturally it was no accident. When secret agents get shot at, it never is. So Helm has...

ABOUT THIS BOOK... A brand-new edition of the classic novel. In order to foil a mass assassination plot, Matt Helm must undertake his most dangerous mission: matrimony. An agent like Helm might be a nice man to live with for a while, be he’s not the kind a woman would marry. Unless...

Exclusive bundle of books 7, 8, and 9 in the wildly popular series Ava Lee: The Triad Years. This bundle includes: In The King of Shanghai Ava is finally ready to begin her new life as a partner in the Three Sisters venture capital firm. Ava travels to Shanghai to hear a pitch on a new...

This carefully edited historical collection has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices.   This study presents the myths, beliefs and customs of the indigenous peoples in North America. This collection is comprised of many bodies of...

Fiona Sweeney wants to do something that matters, and she chooses to make her mark in the arid bush of northeastern Kenya. By helping to start a traveling library, she hopes to bring the words of Homer, Hemingway, and Dr. Seuss to far-flung tiny communities where people live daily with drought, hunger,...

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 quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Books are as much a part of the furnishing of a house as tables and chairs, and in the making of a home they belong, not with the luxuries but with the necessities. A bookless house is not a home; for a home affords food and shelter for the mind as well as for the body. It is as great an offence against...

Meet Thor, Odin, Loke, Balder, and the other denizens of Asgard. The Eddas—poems and tales from Norse mythology—come to vivid life in Mabie’s faithful1882 retellings. Includes “The Making of the Hammer,” “The Making of the World,” “Thor Goes A-Fishing,” “The Binding of the Wolf,” and many more.

An essay discussing philosophical aspects of American literature of the 19th century, with mention of various significant authors — Emerson, Irving, Hawthorne, Bryant, Lowell, Poe, Whittier, Holmes, Thoreau, Whitman, etc. — excerpted from a book published in 1906, “Men of Mark in America,” Volume 2.

Published in 1903, this collection of essays focuses on writers and the locales they inhabited which most prominently inspired them.  Chapters include "The Lake Country and Wordsworth," "Emerson and Concord," "The Washington Irving Country," "Weimar and Goethe," "The Land of Lorna Doone," "America in Whitman's Poetry," and "The Land of Scott."

This eBook has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. "During the earlier years of my life with the Zuñi Indians of western-central New Mexico, from the autumn of 1879 to the winter of 1881—before access to their country had been rendered...

This anthology is a thorough introduction to classic literature for those who have not yet experienced these literary masterworks. For those who have known and loved these works in the past, this is an invitation to reunite with old friends in a fresh new format. From Shakespeare's finesse to Oscar...

My story is based on a dream I had one cool spring night and the vividly-recalled visions that followed. In my dream, I found myself stranded on a deserted island and giving up all hope. In the midst of resigning myself to an inevitable, untimely end, my subconscious mind called out loudly...

It looked like an ordinary group of tourists – a mix of easy-going and critical, quiet and talkative, enthusiastic and bored. But antiques dealer Lara McClintoch is leading this tour through the souks, mosques and ruins of Tunisia so you know it is going to get complicated. One member of the group...