Griffith: 522 books

A love that leads to treason …1435, England. Eleanor Cobham has married into the highest ranks of the aristocracy – she is now the Duchess of Gloucester. She and her husband, the Duke Humphrey, set up a court of their own to rival the royal court in London, surrounding themselves with fascinating...

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Vauban was the foremost military engineer of France, not only during his lifetime, but also throughout the 18th century when his legacy and methods remained in place almost unchanged. Indeed, his expertise and experience in the construction, defence, and attack of fortresses is unrivalled by any of...

Translated by C.E.Detmold. With an Introduction by Lucille Margaret Kekewich. Written in 1513 for the Medici, following their return to power in Florence, The Prince is a handbook on ruling and the exercise of power. It remains as relevant today as it was in the sixteenth century. Widely quoted...

This booklet has been compiled at the request oi several influential and representative Canadian Churchmen who wish to have in brief form a statement of the main teaching of the New Testament and Prayer Book on the Lord's Supper with special reference to certain present-day controversies. The booklet...

This whimsical, curiously charming, enchanting story, takes place twenty years after the ending of The Handsome Farmhouse Ghost. Echo Hudson is all grown up in this sequel and now becomes the new Head Witch. But before that fabulous event can take place, people die, others get wed, glorious spells...

The Vedas are a large body of texts originating in ancient India. Composed in Vedic Sanskrit, the texts constitute the oldest layer of Sanskrit literature and the oldest scriptures of Hinduism. 4 VEDAS: The Rigveda The Yajurveda The Samaveda The Atharvaveda

CONTENTS.   PREFACE BOOK I.  New and Full Moon sacrifices Removal of the calves The milking Purification of the milk The Vow of Abstinence Preparation of the rice Rice-cake offered to Agni Rice-cake to Agni-Soma Bringing forward the sacrificial waters Purification of the waters...

You wish to have love and to be happy. Th is book represents an attempt to give you love and happiness, by showing you a view of what love really is, and how peace, freedom and security surely come with it. To help you to be happy, the book, with your cooperation, tries to sneak certain very desirable...

Presenting the most up-to-date information available about dementia and intellectual disabilities, this book brings together the latest international research and evidence-based practice, and describes clearly the relevance and implications for support and services Internationally renowned...

An adventure to another plane of existence! The Mummy and Miss Nitocriss: A Phantasy of the Fourth Dimension is a wild ride, a sci-fi novel with a cast of zany characters and unpredictable plot turns!

I believe we have followed the wrong gods home. The rape of the Earths elements. The razing of the fi elds and forests. The slaughter of the animals. The pollution of the air and water. The abuse of fi re and electricity. Etc. It is not enough to change our behavior. We have to develop the consciousness...

PREFACE This famous and marvellous Sanskrit poem occurs as an episode of the Mahabharata, in the sixth—or "Bhishma"—Parva of the great Hindoo epic. It enjoys immense popularity and authority in India, where it is reckoned as one of the ``Five Jewels,"—pancharatnani—of Devanagiri...

It is sometimes said that Christianity has suffered much from not accepting the modern scientific doctrine of Evolution. Do those who speak in this way really know what Evolution means? Could they define it? Could they tell in what way it has been modified since the time of Darwin? There is no little...