Macdonald: 1436 books
by Fiona Macdonald
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2011
From its earliest inhabitants up to the beginnings of Stewart rule, 'Scotland: A Very Peculiar History - Volume 1' is a lively and informative account of the chequered (or rather, 'tartaned') history of Scotland. Detailing grisly clan wars and the many mythical creatures to look out for while you're...
by Fiona Macdonald
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2011
“Scots Wha Hae!” 'Scotland, A Very Peculiar History - Volume 2' is the concluding part of a lively and informative account of the vibrant history of Scotland, from the beginnings of Stewart rule up to modern-day Scotland. Celebrating the many and varied cultural and historic achievements of the Scottish,...
by Fiona Macdonald
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2012
Just when you thought it was safe to take a sneak peek into your stocking, it's 'Christmas: A Very Peculiar History'. Taking an unbiased view of the myth and mystery surrounding the origins of the yuletide season, this book introduces mindbending facts about the holiday season and shatters the myths...
Flashman
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2013
If ever there was a time when I felt that 'watcher-of-the-skies-when-a-new-planet' stuff, it was when I read the first Flashman."– P.G. Wodehouse
Fraser revives Flashman, a caddish bully from Tom Brown's Schooldays by Thomas Hughes, and relates Flashman’s adventures after he is expelled...
United States Army in WWII - Europe - the Last Offensive
[Illustrated Edition]
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2014
[Includes 26 maps and 92 illustrations]
The American armies that absorbed the shock of the German counteroffensives in the Ardennes and Alsace in the winter of 1944-45 were the most powerful and professional that the United States had yet put in the field. That this was the case was abundantly demonstrated...
Racine: Three Plays
Berenice, Phèdre, Britannicus
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2010
Includes the plays Britannicus, Phedra and Berenice
Jean Racine is the greatest tragedian of the French seventeenth century, using its strict rules and conventions to tell stories of overwhelming passion and cruelty.
This volume brings together three of his greatest plays. Britannicus,...
Niagara Daredevils
Thrills and Spills over Niagara Falls
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2012
"Blondin's daring and cool demeanour made him an instant celebrity - on one [tightrope crossing, he carried a small cook stove, stopped midway, fried up two omelettes, and lowered them to spectators aboard the Maid of the Mist." This book will be especially fascinating for all readers interested...
by George MacDonald Fraser
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2013
"Horse riding, sword fighting, fistfights, escapes, chases... If anyone is looking for a successor to James Bond, Flashy is the one."—The New York Times
In Volume II of the Flashman Papers, Flashman tangles with femme fatale Lola Montez and the dastardly Otto Von Bismarck in a battle...
Lethal Ladies
Crimes of Passion, Tales of Deceit and Treachery!
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2011
Grace Marks, the Victorian servant who inspired Margaret Atwood's Alias Grace ... Elizabeth Workman, a Sarnia housewife who turned on her abusive husband and paid the price for it ... Evelyn Dick, a glamourous 1940s party girl who Hamiltonians still talk about ... These are just some of the murderers...
The Greatest Christmas Stories & Poems (Illustrated Edition)
230+ Stories, Poems & Carols: The Gift of the Magi, The Mistletoe Bough, A Christmas Carol, A Letter from Santa Claus, The Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe, The Fir Tree, The Christmas Angel…
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2017
This carefully edited collection has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Contents: Christmas Tales A Merry Christmas & Other Christmas Stories (Louisa May Alcott) The Gift of the Magi (O. Henry) The First Christmas of New England...
Communicating Partners
30 Years of Building Responsive Relationships with Late Talking Children including Autism, Asperger's Syndrome (ASD), Down Syndrome, and Typical Devel
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2004
Communicating Partners, the result of over thirty years of clinical practice and research work with pre-verbal and verbal children with language delays, offers an innovative approach to working with late talking children that focuses on developing relationships through mutual understanding. Providing...
by Fiona Macdonald
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2012
Dragged from the deepest, darkest depths of the 'Very Peculiar History' vaults, this book collects tales of terror, morbid myths and frightening facts that will chill you witless. Introduced by everyone's favourite bloodsucker, Count Dracula, 'Vampires: A Very Peculiar History' features the origin of...
by Ross Macdonald
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2013
In the last days of World War II, a sailor discovers a transcontinental conspiracy in this classic from “the greatest mystery novelist of his age” (John Connolly, author of Every Dead Thing).
It is February 1945, and the war in the Pacific is nearing its climax. In Hawaii on his way to...
Mass Communication and American Social Thought
Key Texts, 1919-1968
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2004
This anthology of hard-to-find primary documents provides a solid overview of the foundations of American media studies. Focusing on mass communication and society and how this research fits into larger patterns of social thought, this valuable collection features key texts covering the media studies...