Percy: 428 books

With a blend of exciting discoveries and important scientific theory, this innovative and readable introduction to astronomy is ideal for anyone who wants to understand what we know about the universe, and how we know it. Each chapter starts with details of a method of jow astronomers over time have...

‘Writing about jazz is like dancing about architecture,' observed TheloniousMonk. It's possibly one of the few times he was wrong. Jazz poetry is almostas old as jazz itself. Poets such as Thulani Davis, Langston Hughes and ourown Keorapetse Kgositsile and Mongane Wally Serote have long heard thepatterns...

A few leading thoughts culled from such men as Tylor, Lubbock, Wilson, McLennan, Frazer, and Boyd Dawkins, etc., the experiences of our modern travellers among primitive races, Indian and European folk-lore, the world's credulities past and present, have helped me to fix the idea that amongst the true historians of mankind the children of our streets find a place.

                The purpose of these pages is to present a short history of Ancient Egypt from the founding of the monarchy until the disintegration of the empire 3,000 years afterwards. The material for such a work has for many years been accumulating, and we therefore venture to lay before...

This volume of essays by the influential New England critic is introduced by John Greenleaf Whittier. The wide-ranging title essay was described by the Boston Gazette as “a mine of almost inexhaustible wealth.” Also included are “Daniel Webster as a Master of English Style,” “Emerson and Carlyle,” “Emerson as a Poet,” and “Character and Genius of Thomas Starr King.”

John Bell Hood was a career soldier, the commander of the Texas Brigade, a staunch supporter of the Confederacy, serving Robert E. Lee and Jefferson Davis. His military history embraced both incredible success and dismal failure as he moved from the traditions of West Point to lead the ragged Confederate...

A Thriling Story set in WW! aboard a British Submarine

Those whose memories carry them back a few years will not have forgotten the sensation produced throughout Europe when, in spite of the most stupendous efforts to keep the facts from becoming public, the news suddenly leaked out that the young Arminian Emperor, Willibald II., had mysteriously disappeared....

First published in 2007. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

The S.S. "Donibristle" Hilda Vivian "Heave-to or I'll sink You" Under Fire Captured Under Hatches Ramon Porfirio The Compound The First Day on the Island Investigations A Fight to a Finish Plans "Getting on with It" The Vigil on the Cliffs How Minalto Fared Captain Consett's Report The Scuttling of...

What should a celebrated officer do with his time once the war comes to a finish? In the case of Sir Reginald Fosterdyke, a renowned wing commander, the obvious answer is entering an airship in an around-the-world race. Will he beat out the other opponents, including those who are willing to cheat to be first to cross the finish line? Read The Airship "Golden Hind" to find out.

The San Martin, a single-screw cargo steamer of 3050 tons, was on her way from Realejo to Tahiti. Built on the Clyde twenty years back, this Peruvian-owned tramp was no longer in her prime. Since passing out of the hands of her British owners, neglect had lessened her speed, while the addition of various...

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