Ivan: 285 books

‘A funny thing happened on my way to the billabong…' Sure did. In fact, a lot of funny things happened on the 3rd Altrincham Rover Crew Australasian Expedition fifty years ago. Here's how my expedition from the UK to Australia missed its target by 5000 miles and ended up in Tokyo. In an old van...

This new interpretation of the New England Witch Trials offers an innovative, well-grounded explanation of witchcraft's link to organic illness. While most historians have concentrated on the accused, Laurie Winn Carlson focuses on the afflicted. Systematically comparing the symptoms recorded in colonial...

Marriage is something no one is ever prepared for and because of this, ones need a heads up, like a preparation before the main day. This book gives 13 out of many advices that could be given to a couple or person before he or she marries that would prepare them for marriage. It does not seek to answer...

Wendy Cunningham, the Princess of Pastries, has been recruited into being a judge on the National Bake-Off Championship.  When the ex-flame she left behind turns out to be a fellow judge, she decides to make the best of the situation, because she needs the publicity to open her newest high-end bakery. ...

Cosa lega il duro scozzese William MacKenzie, la dolce principessa Charlotte de Shih, il gentile olandese Edward Van Pieterzoon, lo stravagante inglese Peter Hawkyns e l’autoritario Capitano Marlow? Sono i membri della ciurma della St. Barbara che recluta tutti i ragazzi che vogliono affrontare...

The world sings to me but I shut it out, because my parole forbids me from using my power. I went to prison because I didn’t want to join the Hero Council, become one of the so-called “good guys” and give up my freedom. I just wanted a place where I could be free, with other Empowered...

It is the adventure of a young raccoon who is excited to know the big city, and despite the advice and warnings of his parents, he decides to undertake this challenge, however at the end of his journey he realizes that it was not a good decision to undertake this challenge, because its habitat can never be replaced and it is always good to listen the advices that our parents give us.

This is the story of a small turtle that was cared in a pet shop and was frightened when people tried to adopt him because he wasn’t sure if he would be taken care of the same way, but this was not the case, there was a boy who adopted the turtle and he took care of him and loved the turtle, the boy treated the turtle perfectly and made him feel at home.

Do chickens think? Of course they do, but they have their own vocabulary which reflects the small size of their brains.This story is a biography of one particular chicken who lived in a back yard in the North of England a few years ago.You can get an idea of what life's like from a chicken's point of view.

Journey of Life in itself is a journey. By the end of the book, you will feel like you have gone through an emotional and cerebral roller-coaster. This book will really make you think; but more than that, it will make you feel. Journey of Life is a call to action for all generations, young...

  *** A quest for justice…*** After a devastating betrayal, ex-DEA agent Samuel "The Ghost" Carpenter devotes his life to searching for the person who cost him not only his job but nearly his life.  When he discovers a link between the man he's hunting and a beautiful executive...

Wilhelm Worringer's landmark study in the interpretation of modern art, first published in 1908, has seldom been out of print. Its profound impact not only on art historians and theorists but also for generations of creative writers and intellectuals is almost unprecedented. Starting from the notion...

Irina and Jinne are roommates and friends, but at the same time they are complete opposites. Irina is a hard-working and serious young woman while Jinne, being a freelance artist, has always had her head full of weird ideas. One night Jinne decides to disappear, and wants Irina to find her. Unwillingly...

A superb history of the world's people during the last four million years, beginning before the human race moved out of Africa to explore and settle the other continents. Mr. Blainey explores the development of technology and skills, the rise of major religions, and the role of geography, considering...