Nicholson: 562 books

This description of the province of Fars, was written around the beginning of the 12th century A.D. The author cites his qualifications for it "I was well acquainted with the present condition of the people of Fars ... being well versed also in the events of their history and exactly acquainted with the story of their kings and rulers." This is a reprint of the edition of 1952.

Bobbys Song - California dreamin, is a collection of stories about two friends. One friend, Rick Nelson is a retired contractor now working part-time as a Private Investigator. The other friend, Bob Moore who is dead joins Rick in Spirit form in helping to solve various mysteries in both the spirit,...

This holiday, we proudly present to you this unique collection of the greatest Christmas stories. Over 250 of them are included by your favourite authors:Charles Dickens, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Leo Tolstoy, Willa Cather, Beatrix Potter, Louisa May Alcott, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Hans Christian Andersen, E.T.A. Hoffmann, O. Henry, Mark Twain and many more!

A collection of seven stories involving the fictional Inspector George Jarrold of the Great Yarmouth Police, set at the end of the Victorian period.  Pre-dating finger prints and other basics if forensic investigation, Jarrold depends on his common sense and his knowledge of human behavior in...

When a sixteen year old boy is taken prisoner by a young German submariner on a popular holiday beach in Norfolk, he has no idea how to escape from the deadly situation...especially as WW2 has been over for more than fifty years.  That is the immediate problem.  Somehow he has managed...

Three short stories to savour as you relax with your favourite blend of coffee.  Each is written to amuse and bring a wry smile to your face. For the reader who prefers a light-hearted tale without the modern trend for questionable language.  Enjoy!!

William Faraday, a raw young recruit to television news, longs to join the close jealous band of foreign correspondents – that exclusive, hard drinking, hard swearing, whoring world of the cynical professional. His break comes when he is sent to cover a Marxist coup on a tiny coral island...

When a typographical error causes Australia to buy 150 submarines instead of 15, major consequences follow. While the mistake nearly bankrupts the economy, it also turns the country into a naval superpower. The nation is outraged and there is a seismic change in the political landscape. The Greens...

A powerful blast blows away a bank wall and five innocent people – and 4,250,000 in gold bars disappear. A coolly-plotted assassination seems accidental, as a militant left-wing labor leader, on the eve of a paralyzing national strike, takes a fatal fall down the world’s longest escalator. Off...

Have you ever not wanted to go to sleep in fear that you would have a nightmare? Have you ever not wanted to wake up in the morning? Have you ever sat in the parking lot of your workplace and cried your eyes out? Have you ever pretended to be happy while you were dying on the inside? Well, I have...

This volume celebrates Peter Edbury’s career by bringing together seventeen essays by colleagues, former students and friends which focus on three of his major research interests: the great historian of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, William of Tyre, and his Historia rerum in partibus transmarinis gestarum...

A country house mystery involving a missing actress of exceptional talents and virtues, a bogus widow, a returned soldier, spies, plots and suspicions.

As was explained in the preface to my Studies in Islamic Poetry, the following essays conclude a series of five, which fall into two groups and are therefore published in separate volumes. While mysticism, save for a few casual references, found no place in the studies on the Lubádbu ?l-Albáb of ?Awfí...

Literacy in Early Childhood and Primary Education provides a comprehensive introduction to literacy teaching and learning. The book explores the continuum of literacy learning and children's transitions from early childhood settings to junior primary classrooms and then to senior primary and beyond....