Edwards: 2518 books

It's every motorcyclist's dream. A friend or acquaintance says, "You know, there's an old bike that's been sitting in this garage for years." The hunt is on. And rather than the usual worthless Hondazukimaha pile of hopeless oxidation, at the back of that barn you find a genuine classic,...

Thousands of convicts were transported to Australia. Of these, some managed to escape incarceration and went on to achieve notoriety in their new land. A few tried to invent a Robin Hood reputation, taking the side of the poor settler against those in authority. Some committed crimes so heinous they...

The Lives of the Caesars include the biographies of Julius Caesar and the eleven subsequent emperors: Augustus, Tiberius, Gaius Caligula, Claudius, Nero, Galba, Otho, Vitelius, Vespasian, Titus, Domitian. Suetonius composed his material from a variety of sources, without much concern for their reliability....

Photo chronicle of the German invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941.

A visual history of the German soldier on the Eastern Front of World War II.

Their willingness to pay any price to uphold the honour and integrity of their Air Force meant an uphill battle against bigotry, difficult conditions of work and outdated equipment. However, showing tremendous fortitude, Harjinder and his men took the fight to the enemy and rose splendidly to the...

Slovakia has struggled with a low international profile. Often overlooked as the Czech Republic's little sister, it is a young country with an old culture and history, and a people who are proudly Central (not Eastern) European. Although for much of the twentieth century Czechs and Slovaks lived together...

On June 24, 1973, a fire in a New Orleans gay bar killed 32 people. This still stands as the deadliest fire in the city’s history. Though arson was suspected, and though the police identified a likely culprit, no arrest was ever made. Additionally, government and religious leaders who normally would...

Twenty authors tell amazing stories about the efforts that went into writing their first book.

With “a touch of genius,” this round-robin mystery follow-up to The Floating Admiral features famous detectives including Lord Peter Wimsey (The Times Literary Supplement). Following the success of The Floating Admiral, in which certain members of the Detection Club—including Agatha Christie,...

85 authentic recipes for your manor or boarding house … The mouthwatering Poldark cookery book you’ve dreamed about! The ultimate gift for Poldark fans! Divided into boarding house or manor, and complete with homey and festive dishes for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and dessert, this Poldark...

A collection of love poems – ambrosia – for the soul. This is not a collection of sappy love poetry about how wonderful someone is. Sure, there is some of that but this collection goes deeper to all the shades of grey and touches all the seasons of love. There is poetry about being in love, about...

A new John Carradine dimension. 'John Carradine' (born 'Richmond Reed Carradine'; February 5, 1906– November 27, 1988) was an American performer, finest recognized for his parts within terror features and Westerns as well like Shakespearean playhouse. A associate of Cecil B. DeMille's merchandise corporation...

The House of the Dead is a novel published in 1862 by Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky which portrays the life of convicts in a Siberian prison camp. The novel has also been published under the titles Memoirs from the House of The Dead and Notes from the Dead House . The book is a loosely-knit...