Tom Melville: 3 books

Did modern baseball spontaneously arise from the genius of the American people? Did professionalism arise simply from a desire to turn baseball into a business? Did William Hulbert, organizer of the National League, really “save” baseball? These are three of the questions examined in this work...

Twenty ghostly tales from the supernatural masters of the Victorian age. Wimbourne Books presents the fourth in a series of rare or out-of-print ghost stories from Victorian authors. With an introduction by author Alastair Gunn, Volume 4 in the series spans the years 1835 to 1869 and includes stories...

Von den Mythen der Ureinwohner Hawaiis bis zur ersten Beschreibung des Wellenreitens durch den Seefahrer Captain Cook. Von den Briefen des Draufgängers Mark Twain, in denen er seine ersten Surfversuche beschreibt, bis zu der Hymne, die Jack London auf diesen "königlichen Sport" anstimmt....