John Pemberton: 6 books
Conquistadors
Searching for El Dorado: The Terrifying Spanish Conquest of the Aztec and Inca Empires
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2011
In the sixteenth century the King of Spain issued his soldiers with a three-pronged mission: to find gold, spread the word of Christianity and claim new territories for Spain. The Conquistadors, as they became known, set off into the world to do just that, and nothing was to stand in their way. Some...
Myths and Legends
From Cherokee Dances to Voodoo Trances
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2011
Many ancient legends in circulation, either through verbal story-telling, ancient script or paintings, have assisted the human race in understanding the complex world we live in, even if they have been embellished over the years. They have helped us form societies and have given people reason to live,...
by Wilkie Collins, Arthur Conan Doyle, Arthur Morrison
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2012
The theme of this Megapack is classic mystery and crime fiction from the Victorian era. We have taken the liberty of extending the qualifying publication dates to the end of World War I, since that event marked more of a turning point in world literature than the advent of the Edwardian Age. Certainly...
by Jeffery Farnol, Stephen W. Meader, Benjamin Barker
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2010
A collection of some of the world's most beloved pirate stories with an active table of contents.Works include:"Black Bartlemy's Treasure" by Jeffery Farnol"The Black Buccaneer" by Stephen W. Meader "Blackbeard" by Benjamin Barker"Blackbeard: Buccaneer" Ralph D. Paine"Captain Blood" by Rafael...
by Algernon Blackwood, Alan Graham, John Galsworthy
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2011
When Edward J. O'Brien asked me to cooperate with him in choosing each year's best English short stories, to be published as a companion volume to his annual selection of the best American short stories, I had not realized that at the end of my arduous task, which has involved the reading of many hundreds...
by Charles J. Yeo, MD, FACS
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2012
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