Stevenson: 1819 books

From the author of Letters of Transit and, more recently, Whistle-Stopping America comes this account of rail journeys across Russia, China, Eastern Europe, Malaysia, pre-war Syria, and the United States. Acclaimed travel writer and essayist Matthew Mills Stevenson writes...

“Fifteen men on the Dead Man's Chest! Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum! Drink and the devil had done for the rest. Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum!” ― Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island. ‘Billy’ Bones, Robinson Crusoe, Friday, Lemuel Gulliver, Long John Silver, Captain Flint...

In Life Beside Itself, Lisa Stevenson takes us on a haunting ethnographic journey through two historical moments when life for the Canadian Inuit has hung in the balance: the tuberculosis epidemic (1940s to the early 1960s) and the subsequent suicide epidemic (1980s to the present). Along the way,...

Contains 17 illustrations that the author took whilst in France. William Yorke Stevenson was one of a hardy bunch of American volunteers who joined the French army as an ambulance driver and was, indeed, a driving force behind American aid for the many wounded soldiers. As he was initially posted...

Enlevé Robert Louis Stevenson, romancier, poète, essayiste, voyageur ecossais (1850–1894) Ce livre numérique présente «Enlevé», de Robert Louis Stevenson, édité en texte intégral. Une table des matières dynamique permet...

“Yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum.” —Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island Perhaps the most iconic pirate story of all time, Treasure Island was written by Robert Louis Stevenson in 1881. The book follows young Jim Hawkins who finds himself in possession of a treasure map and embarks on...

Voyage avec un âne dans les Cévennes... Avec un âne, ou même à vélo ou à cheval, ou tout simplement en lisant ce guide original et écologique de voyage porté par l’érudition objective de son auteur, mais aussi par le talent esthétique et sensible de l’écrivain de « l’île au trésor...

Treasure Island is a much loved Puffin Classic by Robert Louis Stevenson. Following the demise of bloodthirsty buccaneer Captain Flint, young Jim Hawkins finds himself with the key to a fortune. For he has discovered a map that will lead him to the fabled Treasure Island. But a host of villains,...

An engaging discussion about the new roles schools are taking and how they are expanding their traditional mission.. n this timely book, Matia Finn-Stevenson and Edward Zigler argue that the federal government alone cannot address the need for child care and family support services that, like education,...

*** Mit alphabetischem Index *** Die Werke auf 3391 Seiten Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson war ein schottischer Schriftsteller des viktorianischen Zeitalters. Er wurde nur 44 Jahre alt; jedoch hinterließ er ein umfangreiches Werk von Reiseerzählungen, Abenteuerliteratur und historischen Romanen sowie...

This volume contains an extensive collection of poems by the famous Scottish writer Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson. This beautiful collection of poesy will appeal to a wide range of poetry lovers, and it is not to be missed by fans and collectors of Stevenson's masterful work. The poems contained...

Diverso dal narratore di avventure piratesche o di guerriglie tra clan scozzesi – iniquità ritualmente compiute da un affascinante ribaldo – è lo Stevenson che, per la prima e ultima volta in vita sua, scrive una storia d’amore, questa preziosa fiaba del principe Otto, che corteggia sua moglie,...

Brain Words - Great Classics - brings to you three great titles from Robert Louis Stevenson. This book contains: • Biographical Note • Treasure Island (unabridged) • Kidnapped (unabridged) • Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes (unabridged)

This book contains Robert Stevenson's 1887 work, "Memories and Portraits". It is a collection of essays that form an autobiographical sketch of this most esteemed author, and it will greatly appeal to those with an interest in his life and mind. The chapters of this book include: "The Foreigner at...