Churchill: 361 books

A tale of politics, money, and corruption, young Mr. Vane breaks with his father, chief counsel for the railroad that controls the politics of New Hampshire. Vane junior wins a damage suit against the railroad and hopes to run for governor, but his father blocks his nomination as his last act of duty to the railroad.

At certain moments during the days that followed the degree of tension her relationship with Ditmar had achieved tested the limits of Janet's ingenuity and powers of resistance. Yet the sense of mastery at being able to hold such a man in leash was by no means unpleasurable to a young woman of her vitality...

The burden of the valley of vision: woe to the Honourable Adam B. Hunt! Where is he all this time? On the porch of his home in Edmundton, smoking cigars, little heeding the rising of the waters; receiving visits from the Honourables Brush Bascom, Nat Billings, and Jacob Botcher, and signing cheques to...

On the exotic island of Madeira, an American Navy sailor meets a young British woman. As they decide to dispense with formalities, their sly and secretive arrangements (with a little help from a crewman friend) supply the humor in this 1896 story—the first by a master of American naturalism.

CONTENTS DEDICATION INTRODUCTORY NOTE MAPS AND PLANS CHAPTER I. STEAMING SOUTH R.M.S. 'Dunottar Castle,' October 26 and October 29, 1899 CHAPTER II. THE STATE OF THE GAME Capetown; November 1, 1899 CHAPTER III. ALONG THE SOUTHERN FRONTIER East London: November 5,...

This book is about the true life adventure of a raccoon mother who suddenly gave birth in an Ottawa home basement one day. The book takes you through what the author learned about raccoons in general and how her respect and admiration for the mother grew into a trusting and fun-loving adventure with her six babies

Bringing together an international range of contributors from the fields of practice, theory and history, this book takes a fresh look at occupation. It argues that occupation is a prospect that begins with ruin--a residue from the past, an implied or even a resounding presence of something previous...

John Marvin started the town of Milan in 1831 by placing a two-story log building beside a dirt Native American trail. The Saline River was just a few steps away. About that time, Native Americans were either moving to reservations west of Michigan or blending in with the melting pot. Milan and its neighboring...

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.

The Saga of Pappy Gunn is the biography of heroic World War 2 Air Force fighter pilot, Colonel Paul Irving Gunn. This new 2018 edition of the celebrated US Army pilot's incredible wartime exploits includes an image gallery.

This book is a collection of twelve essays devoted to Michael Boylan's important work in moral philosophy,A Just Society. The collection is thematically organized to mirror Boylan's own volume, so the first half explores fundamental issues of justification in ethics while the second half focuses on...