Mackenzie: 844 books

The inspiring stories of 6 people who changed history. Contents:Mayer Amschel Rothschild who started a bank which made his family richCornelius Vanderbilt who became one of the richest people in the USAW. K. Kellogg who started the world’s biggest cereal companyElizabeth Arden who built the Elizabeth...

When she fell pregnant in London in 1938, Jean knew that she couldn't keep her baby. The unmarried daughter of an elder in the Church of Scotland, she would shame her family if she returned to the north in such a condition. Scared and alone in a city on the brink of war, she begged the Foundling Hospital...

The passionate love making that regularly occurs during a very happy couple is out of this world.

John, Paul, George and Ringo still rule! The music of the most important and popular group ever fills the airwaves to this day, winning a new generation of fans to the fold almost thirty years after the quartet disbanded. For everyone who has ever been entranced by the Beatles' joyful, electrifying...

The inspiring stories of 6 people who changed history. Contents:Johann Sebastian Bach who wrote the Brandenburg ConcertosWolfgang Amadeus Mozart, the child geniusGiuseppe Verdi who wrote the operas Aida and La TraviataJohann Strauss, ‘The Waltz King’Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky who wrote the ballet...

The inspiring stories of 6 people who changed history. Contents:Pablo Casals, the Catalan cello-playerLouis Armstrong, the American trumpet-player and singerFrank Sinatra, the Italian-American singer and actorÉdith Piaf, France's famous singing starMaria Callas, the Greek opera singerElvis Presley,...

The family trees contained within this ebook are best viewed on a tablet. A fabulously wealthy New York beauty marries a cold-hearted British aristocrat at the behest of her Machiavellian mother – then leaves him to become a prominent Suffragette. Consuelo Vanderbilt was one of the greatest heiresses...

At Spinster House, a woman can enjoy the spoils of single life—or find the love of a lifetime… *** *** It has been twenty years since Lord William Wattles laid eyes on Annabelle Frost. Still, he remembers everything—her ethereal beauty, her bookish intelligence, her surprisingly modern attitudes...

A gripping tale of murder and mystery in eighteenth century England. Across the still, dark English Channel come the smugglers. But tonight they carry an unusual cargo: a coffin. Several miles inland, a respected banker holds a birthday party for his wife. Within days, one of the guests is...

A killer is at large and Reverend Hardcastle and Mrs Chaytor are on the case - but with a family feud raging and a vast inheritance at stake, it's going to be a challenge. Will they be able to solve the crime and save the villagers of St Mary from the mur A twisting tale of murder, mystery...

This book, originally published in 1949 (but here re-issuing the second edition of 1966) presents a history of international socialism, not just from the political but also the economic standpoint.

THE Indian’S CONDITIONS OF SETTLEMENT. The conditions which govern the Indian’s occupation of his Reserve are, probably, so well known, that any extended reference under this head will be needless. He ceded the whole of his land to the Government, this comprising, originally, a tract which pursued...

The inspiring stories of 5 people who changed history. Contents:Leonardo da Vinci who painted the Mona LisaChristopher Wren who rebuilt LondonAntoni Gaudí who built the Sagrada Familia in BarcelonaPablo Picasso, the famous Spanish painterFrida Kahlo, the famous Mexican female artist BRITISH ENGLISHWord...

Philosophy in both Australia and New Zealand has been has been experiencing, for some time now, something of a 'golden age', exercising an influence in the global arena that is disproportionate to the population of the two countries. To capture the distinctive and internationally recognised contributions...