Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass (Worth Press Classics)

Literature & Fiction

Lewis. Carroll

British & Irish

Worth Press

Marking the 200th anniversary of Dicken's birth, this book assembles a feast of words, set off by alluring pictures, with clear, explanatory captions. This book discusses his life and achievements - not just literacy, but in making the world a better place. It lists all the characters in each novel and discusses each novel's story. It covers his travels and influence abroad, with maps to pinpoint exact places. This celebration brings together the most important and lasting aspects of Dicken's life, work and legacy to his fellow human beings, while giving a series of fresh takes on the world's best-loved writer.

Charles Dickens: A Celebration of His Life and Work

CHARLES MOSLEY

This elegant and stunningly illustrated collection not only includes a wonderful gathering of fairy tales but also discovers how ancient folk tales and legends developed, changed and spread - and how in their retelling they became the familiar stories that people our children's dreams today. As well as relating the familiar and most-loved tales like Aladdin, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Snow White, The Emperor's New Clothes and The Ugly Duckling, this book traces their development, discovers the compilers who researched and sought out all the fairies, princesses, witches and dwarfs that still stir our imagination, as well as authors and illustrators who made these stories their own and generated new tales too.

The Joy of Fairy Tales

Gill, Davies

Canadian War Posters, Posters from the First and Second World Wars

Choko, Marc H.

Complete World of Jane Austen

Nixon, Lauren

Its Past, Present and People. This timeline will appeal to a wide audience - Inhabitants, tourists, visitors and anyone who has an interest in the city and capital of the United Kingdom. The timeline explores the fascinating history since its earliest beginnings, how it has developed from a small town on a riverbank to the vast city of today. This unique work reveals an amazing amount of information about a city that has so many facets to reveal. London is a city of contrasts where authors, film makers, painters, playwrights and poets have all been inspired by the city and used as a setting.

Timeline History of London

History

Davies, Gill

Europe

<p>On Love is a beautiful collection f timeless love poems and letters, exploring the universal theme of love. The book has two sections: Famous Love Poetry and Famous Love Letters. Thoroughly explores this timeless subject. Provides help and guidance to the lover lost for words and reassurance to the lover who feels no one has ever suffered as he or she does. Presents an ideal literary keepsake for those who treasure all aspects of romantic writing. This edition includes works by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, William Blake, Robert Browning, Emily Dickinson, John Keats, and Edgar Allan Poe, to name a few.</p>

On Love

Press, Worth

Poetry

This stylish new series of the best-loved classics by Jane Austen, Charlotte Bronte, Emily Bronte, Charles Dickens, Edgar Allan Poe and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle are sure to appeal to all book lovers. From students to adults, to those of us who enjoy rereading our favourite classics and to the newest enthusiasts who have been introduced to these classics through film and TV, there is always something more to discover in these books and the new designs will make them even more irresistible. With their fine attention to detail - including cloth covers, gold foil detail, coloured edges and illustrated endpapers - these volumes will make a highly collectable addition to everyone's bookshelves.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - Hound of the Baskervilles (Signature Classics)

<p>Only six decades ago the greatest war ever fought drew to a close a global conflict that many people still remember because they were part of it. They can vividly recall what they went through and the dramatic events that unfolded across the globe. Their children and grandchildren hear the stories, see the movies and are fascinated by what happened. World War II remains a source of unending fascination for us all. This book chronicles that epic war in its many locations and in its many forms, from the exhausting heat of Burma s jungle to the icy waters of the Arctic Convoys, and from the spectacular panzer thrusts of the blitzkrieg to the desperate hand-to-hand conquest of tiny islands in the Pacific Ocean. Throughout the book runs a continuous timeline, month by month identifying the events in each theater of war. This is illustrated with more than 400 photographs and maps, with data tables, biographies of the main leaders and generals, and assessments of the armies, their weapons and personnel. In addition to the military history there are sections on resistance in occupied countries, civilians at war, the Holocaust, and war crimes trials. Clear, concise and painstakingly researched, it makes the ideal companion to major histories and other media, a quick and easy reference for experts and enthusiasts alike.</p>

The History of World War II

Biographies & Memoirs

Evans,David

Leaders & Notable People

With spectacular monuments such as the Pyramids and the Sphinx, and a view of the afterlife that produced thousands of mummies, relics, and myths, ancient Egypt has fascinated everyone from Napoleon Bonaparte to schoolchildren around the world. The History of Ancient Egypt explores the lives of the pharaohs and other historical figures, but also looks in detail at the daily lives of ordinary people-scribes, priests, and villagers-who maintained the machinery of the state. The book explains the intricacies of the culture's religious beliefs; examines ancient Egypt's art, relics, temples, monuments, and language; and follows the rhythm of an agricultural society. As a great regional power, Egypt's relationships with its neighbours influenced the wider world. This book looks at the trading patterns and military expeditions that left Egypt's mark on Africa, the Mediterranean, western Asia, and even farther afield. The History of Ancient Egypt explores how archaeologists have uncovered various aspects of this unique society. Comprehensive, clear, concise and painstakingly researched, it makes the ideal companion to major histories and other media, a quick and easy reference for experts and enthusiasts alike.

The History of Ancient Egypt

Ratnagar, Shereen

Religion & Spirituality

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