L - Libros y biografía

John L. Ransom was the quartermaster of Company A, 9th Michigan Volunteer Cavalry during the American Civil War and a Union prisoner in the infamous Confederate prison at Andersonville, Georgia. This...

This charming little book compiles together a number of recipes, set out in an easy to understand manner, along with a poetic story about the stages of bread production. This book was produced as a promotional...

A guide to cycling in the European Alps in the days before surfaced roads and automobile tourism. As the author explains, the spectacular views are well worth the effort of pushing your bicycle up the...

Gilbert Patten, writing under the pen name of Burt L. Standish, wrote innumerable novels that were very popular in their time. His Frank Merriwell stories were later adapted for radio and these, too,...

G.L.Vandenburg wrote quirky and funny Science Fiction stories for Amazing Science Fiction Stories, and similar magazines in the 1950's. These four are a selection that give a good taste of his offbeat...

This version of the classic tale of the three pigs, their houses and a wolf, published in 1904, has a new twist in its second half.

Four American Indians by Edson L. Whitney and Frances M. Perry, gives a short history of King Philip, Sachem of the Wampanoags; Pontiac, an Ottawan chief; Tecumseh, a Shawnee chief; and Osceola, a Seminole...

Kathleen O'Hara is a young pretty girl sent to school in England from Ireland by her father to get a good education, but Kathleen has other ideas. She quickly become friends with the girls of the school...

Rick and Scotty fly off to the Caribbean, along with Drs. Briotti and Zircon, in search of pirate treasure. They soon become entangled with foreign spies and a hurricane and Steve Ames and the U.S. Navy,...

Canadian zoologist, Austin L. Rand, takes a divergence from his scholarly works on ornithology to give us 60 entertaining sketches of bird life and lore from Birds Bathing to Courtship Feeding. From...

Isabella Bird travels abroad in Canada and the United States in the 1850s. As an Englishwoman and a lone female, she travels as far as Chicago, Prince Edward Island, and Cincinatti. Her observations on...

"Miss Florence Cusack was featured as an amateur detective who assists in solving crimes in five short stories authored by L. T. Meade and Robert Eustace that appeared in Harmsworth/London Magazine....

An exposition of the verse, “Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth...

MENSONGES, ESPIONNAGE,STAR DE CINEMA ET MEURTRE…DES FÊTES DE FIN D’ANNÉEBIEN MOUVEMENTÉES ! Nouvel an 1921. Posie est invitée par Richard Lovelace, l’inspecteur de Scotland Yard, pour l’accompagner dans...

This collection of fantasy stories was originally serialized in regional newspapers, prior to being published as a complete volume. The stories, as critics have noted, lack the high-fantasy aspect of...

Frank Merriwell is from Yale he excelled at football, baseball, basketball, crew and track at Yale while solving mysteries and righting wrongs the stories show how he handles a number of challenges that...

Owen Clancy befriends a lad he saves from peril. He and his friend foil a nefarious plot.

Frank L. Packard worked as a civil engineer for the Canadian Pacific Railway. He brings this experience to the fictional Hill Division -- those those twisting, climbing, dangerous and glorious miles of...

If it's not one thing, it's another… or another… or another.The hits just keep coming as Captain Dani Devereaux and the rest of Osirion's crew take being lost in space to a whole new level.Once again,...

A fall from grace. A second chance. But can you ever truly go home?Captain Dani Devereaux is back and tasked with a new, top-secret mission. But not everybody is happy to see her.To Dani, her crew is...

The Heart of Mystery by L. T. Meade and Robert Eustace was published in 1901 in six installments in the Windsor Magazine, Vol. 14. The stories relate the adventures of a young Englishman summoned to the...

The Bluebird Books is a series of novels popular with teenage girls in the 1910s and 1920s. The series was begun by L. Frank Baum using his Edith Van Dyne pseudonym, then continued by at least three others,...

Lorsqu’une amitié censée indéfectible bascule dans une haine brûlante, cela peut conduire à bien des dérives. Andrew et Shawn sont inséparables depuis la maternelle, complices à la vie, à la mort. Jusqu’au...

Publishing and promoting made simple!Have you dreamed of publishing a book but didn't know where to begin? This book guides you through identifying markets, budgeting, building an online presence, and...

The first three thrillers in the Jade Harrington series—Don't Speak, Rule of Law, and The Divide—with a bonus short story, "Few are Chosen."Praise for the Jade Harrington Novels"Brown has created strong,...

A beautifully illustrated children’s picture book. Listen to the narration while you view a variety of delightful animals doing strange things such as the kangaroo who tried to paint the roses blue. This...

Enter the world of Covenant...For Alexandria, being destined to become some kind of supernatural electrical outlet isn't exactly awesome - especially when her 'other half' is everywhere she goes. Seth's...

A couple years after Angela Sanderson's parents die in a tragic accident, her brothers start talking about selling off chunks of their property. Angie wants to revive the family business – it was all...

Before he wrote the Oz books, L. Frank Baum wrote this book which was the best selling book of 1897. Taking 22 beloved nursery rhymes, he explains their meaning and fascinating history. What is the true...

If you are a fan of Girl's School tales this one will definitely not disappoint. Filled with fantastic adventures of midnight feasts, gypsy sightings and naughty pranks, this charming story centers on...