Auk Classics imprint: 344 books

Catholic Bishop John Stephen Vaughan lays down the arguments for the existence of the office of Pope, the head of the Roman Catholic Church, and of the structure and hierarchy of the Church.

This classic collection of vintage recipes teach you how to use left-overs to create new dishes - perfect for watching the pennies! Dozens of recipes covering everything from meat, to fish, to poultry, to salads and many more besides.

120 fantastic recipes for all sorts of confectionary, from dried fruits to candies to preserves and jellies to biscuits and cakes, taken from the cookbook of Mrs Mary Eales, confectioner to Queen Anne. It even contains the very first instance of a recipe for ice cream to be included in an English cookbook.

This historical document was a brewing manual from 1736, described as promoting 'the many advantages of Body and Purse that may arise from a due Knowledge and Management in Brewing Malt Liquor'.

A collection of fantastic stories about the so-called 'Father of Europe', King of the Franks and Emperor of the Romans Charlemagne. Taken from Thomas Bulfinch's famous compilation 'Bulfinch's Mythology'.

This incredibly useful book will appeal to writers, public speakers and anyone else who would like to improve their vocabulary. It contains a huge number of phrases which you can use in everyday speech and at special occasions, which will help you express your thoughts, ideas and feelings in a brand...

Fantastic classic recipes for cooking game and poultry, from classic favourites like chicken, to more outlandish like quail.

Taken from the famous literary biography series English Men of Letters, this is a biography of the 14th century writer Geoffrey Chaucer, the author of The Canterbury Tales.

A fantastic collection of eleven short stories by Victorian novelist Elizabeth Gaskell.Contains the stories:• The Old Nurse’s Story• Clopton House• The Crooked Branch• Crowley Castle• Curious, if True• Disappearances• Two Fragments of Ghost Stories• The Heart of John Middleton• Morton Hall• The Well of Pen-Morfa• The Shah’s English Gardener

Hundreds of recipes for every kind of fish, covering everything from anchovies to whiting. Each fish has several different recipes covering the various different cooking methods and dishes. There is also a section with a hundred miscellaneous seafood recipes.

A fantastic biography of the 20th President of the United States, James Abram Garfield, written by Scottish scholar William G. Rutherford.

A fantastic look at the great Ancient Greek authors. Covers Homer, Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes, Herodotus, Thucydides, Plato and Demosthenes.

A fascinating look at the history of Ancient Rome from the earliest times to 476 AD, written by eminent American classicist Robert Franklin Pennell.

A fascinating look at the events of the American Civil War. Part of the fifty volume series on American history, Chronicles of America.