Martineau: 79 books

This volume brings together some of the biggest names in the field of sociology to celebrate the work of Pitirim A. Sorokin, professor and founder of the department of sociology at Harvard University. Sorokin, a past president of the American Sociological Association, was a pioneer in many fields...

This book is a historical fiction story about the pursuit of an old west outlaw gang, the High Fives Gang, or Black Jack Christian Gang, which terrorized Arizona, New Mexico, and the northern Mexican states of Sonora and Chihuahua in the late 1800s. The US Marshall service takes on the task...

From a riverboat worker who dressed as a woman to the abolitionist who died for his beliefs, It Happened on the Underground Railroad offers a gripping look at heroic individuals who became a part of the famous “road” to freedom. Read about Peter Still, a former slave who came to the Philadelphia...

This 1890 volume presents a historical and spiritual account of Catholicism. The author sums up his attitude toward his subject in the preface: “The consciousness of authority is doubtless human; but conditional on the source being divine.” Sections include “Authority Implied in Religion,” “Authority...

When the world economy crumbled in 2008 and fiscal hardships became more apparent throughout the nation, the financially educated began to stand out. Seemingly un-phased by the crippled economy, the fiscally responsible varied from high stake investors to checkers at a super market, and though their...

Sexual homicide continues to be one of the most widely reported and sensationalised forms of murder, attracting fascination from the public and scholars alike. Despite this continued interest, few empirical studies have been conducted on this particular form of sexual crime. The Sexual Murderer provides...

This 1841 novel describes life at a nineteenth-century English boarding school.  The hero, Hugh Proctor, comes to the school from a relatively privileged background and suffers there a disfiguring accident that will prove to be the defining challenge of his life.

OLD AND YOUNG IN SCHOOL. It will be seen by these last words that I consider all the members of a household to be going through a process of education together. I am not thinking only of parents drawing their chairs together when the children have gone to bed, to talk over the young people's qualities...

Brooke y la granja Brooke publicado den 1832 hace hincapié en la utilización de los factores de producción, el trabajo y el capital, la importancia de la división del trabajo y cómo emplear los medios para reducir la hambruna. Para ello la autora narra una bonita historia que describe la vida de un pueblecito inglés

La vida en territorio salvaje cuenta los avatares de una pequeña colonia británica ubicada en Sudáfrica, que tras un ataque inesperado tiene que iniciar un proceso de reconstrucción. es un ejemplo, en miniatura, del desarrollo industrial de Inglaterra.

Ella de Garveloch transcurre en las islas de Escocia, cuenta la vida de una familia que tras la muerte del padre tiene que salir adelante. En este caso, es la vida en las islas, y sobre todo la actividad pesquera, la que cobra protagonismo. Mediante una amena historia analiza la actividad empresarial y el comercio que tanto contribuyeron al desarrollo de Gran Bretaña en el siglo XIX.

When the Ibbotson sisters, Hester and Margaret, arrive at the village of Deerbrook to stay with their cousin Mr Grey and his wife, speculation is rife that one of them might marry the local apothecary Edward Hope. Although he is immediately attracted to Margaret, Hope is ultimately persuaded to marry...

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.