Field: 704 books
Louisiana Voyages
The Travel Writings of Catharine Cole
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2006
When nature exudes in a swamp in Louisiana it is rich, tropical, juicy, dark, verminy, repellant and lovely all in one," wrote Catharine Cole in 1889. "It is like a coffin crowned with flowers; a death trap baited with roses." Writing under the pseudonym Catharine Cole, Martha R. Field (1855-1898)...
Renegade
The Life and Times of Darcus Howe
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2017
Born in Trinidad during the dying days of British colonialism, Darcus Howe has become an uncompromising champion of racial justice. The book examines how Howe's unique political outlook was inspired by the example of his friend and mentor C.L.R. James, and forged in the heat of the American civil...
Waterloo: Rout and Retreat
The French Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2017
This, the fourth volume in Andrew Field's highly praised study of the Waterloo campaign from the French perspective, depicts in vivid detail the often neglected final phase – the rout and retreat of Napoleon's army. The text is based exclusively on French eyewitness accounts which give an inside...
Life Skills for Kids
Equipping Your Child for the Real World
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2010
Does your child know how to use a check book? Boil an egg? Do the laundry? Read a map? Homeschooler Christine Field helps parents systematically teach kids - from preschool to the teen years - what they need to know to thrive as adults.
by Marion Field
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2017
Woking is a rather strange place. The Saxon village of ‘Old Woking’ appears in the Domesday Book but ‘new’ Woking is a nineteenth-century town. Over the years, the town has continually reinvented itself. Demolished buildings have been rebuilt and new roads streak across the countryside. However,...
by Marion Field
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2017
From humble beginnings Woking grew with the opening of the Wey Navigation Canal in the mid-seventeenth century, carrying traffic from Guildford to the River Thames, then more significantly with the arrival of the railway in 1838 and subsequent development of 'New Woking' in the mid-nineteenth century....
by Jd Field
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2013
Olwen Sanden like to be known as 'Oh.'She also like finding trouble.This story is about how, on the edge of Britain's wild Salisbury plain, trouble finds her.
by James Field
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2013
Alf, Bert, and Professor Maurice Masterson are minor characters from the 'Cloud Brothers' series. Nonetheless, their lives are so interesting that I feel compelled to recount their exploits.
Every so often, between the Cloud Brother's major adventures, I plan to release a free short story. Here's...
Counting Our Blessings: Wonderful Thanksgiving Tales for Children
44 Stories: The First Thanksgiving, The Thanksgiving Goose, Aunt Susanna's Thanksgiving Dinner, A Mystery in the Kitchen, The Genesis of the Doughnut Club, The Thanksgiving of the Wazir...
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2017
It's that time of the year again when families get together to celebrate, laugh, enjoy, and bond over yummy food! So, come along with us and relish the magic of these Thanksgiving classics for a wholesome holiday mood: An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving (Louisa May Alcott) Aunt Susanna's Thanksgiving Dinner...
by Field-Marshal Earl Wavell
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2016
In this thoughtful and well written account of the Palestinian campaigns, Field Marshal Wavell (at that time a Colonel) gives not only a very readable account of the actual campaigns themselves but also highlights the military maxims that gave success to the British Forces. Wavell himself was on the...
Prelude to Waterloo: Quatre Bras
The French Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2014
The Battle of Quatre Bras was critical to the outcome of the Waterloo campaign – to the victory of the allied armies of Wellington and Blücher, the defeat of the French and the fall of Napoleon. But it has been overshadowed by the two larger-scale engagements at Ligny and at Waterloo itself. And...
by Cyril Field
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2013
Finally available, a high quality book of the original classic edition of The British Navy Book. It was previously published by other bona fide publishers, and is now, after many years, back in print.
This is a new and freshly published edition of this culturally important work by Cyril Field,...
Russia's Long Twentieth Century
Voices, Memories, Contested Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2016
Covering the sweep of Russian history from empire to Soviet Union to post-Soviet state, Russia's Long Twentieth Century is a comprehensive yet accessible textbook that situates modern Russia in the context of world history and encourages students to analyse the ways in which citizens learnt to live...
Thanksgiving: Heart-Warming Stories for Children
An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving, Aunt Susanna's Thanksgiving Dinner, The Queer Little Baker Man, The Genesis of the Doughnut Club, The Thanksgiving of the Wazir, A Turkey for the Stuffing...
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2017
This carefully selected and edited collection is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving (Louisa May Alcott) Aunt Susanna's Thanksgiving Dinner (Lucy Maud Montgomery) The Genesis of the Doughnut Club (Lucy Maud Montgomery) An English...