A Collection of short stories of crime and murder from the underbelly of London's criminal society. Authors included are, Arthur Conan Doyle, Charles Dickens and P. D. James

THE THEORY OF THE MODERN STAGE

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing many of these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

The zombie apocalypse can really put a downer on your holiday... 38 holiday-themed zombie stories from new and established authors including Night of the Living Dead co-writer, John Russo, Tony Burgess, Shaun Jeffrey, Rod Glenn, Ian McKinnon, Matt Hilton, David Dunwoody, Wayne Simmons, Bowie V Ibarra, Joe McKinney, Remy Porter, A P Fuchs and Eric S Brown. Over 500 pages crammed full of flesh-eating horror and dark humour from the cream of UK, US and Canadian talent. Theme parks, serial killers, seaside resorts, Christmas, Thanksgiving and fishing trips. ...

In 1763, an 11-year-old boy named Thomas Chatterton began publishing mature works of poetry. Before long, he was fooling the literary world by passing his work off as that of a non-existent 15th-century poet named Thomas Rowley—which he did until unmasked by Horace Walpole. Brought up in poverty and without a father, he studied furiously and went on to try and earn a living from his writing. After impressing the likes of the Lord Mayor, William Beckford and the radical leader John Wilkes, he eagerly looked for an outlet in London for his political works ...

This volume contains a collection of classic articles on the subject of sailing yachts, dealing with storms, winds, and how to handle them. Carefully selected for a modern readership, these timeless articles will be of considerable utility to anyone with a practical interest in yacht sailing, and would make for worthy additions to collections of allied literature. The articles include: “Dinghy Sailing – Simply Explained”, “Elements of Yacht Sailing and Cruising”, “The Cruiser's Manual – A Complete Handbook of Yacht ...

This fascinating book contains a collection of essays and articles on diseases that affect livestock, with information on the classification, causes, and prevention of such ailments. Although old, much of the information contained herein is timeless and continues to be of as much use to modern farmers as it was to those contemporary with the original publication of this text. Complete with detailed descriptions, helpful tips, and simple instructions, this text will be of much use to those interested in the subject and is not to be missed by collectors of ...

The Bedlington Terrier - A Complete Anthology of the Dog gathers together all the best early writing on the breed from our library of scarce, out-of-print antiquarian books and documents and reprints it in a quality, modern edition. This anthology includes chapters taken from a comprehensive range of books, many of them now rare and much sought-after works, all of them written by renowned breed experts of their day. These books are treasure troves of information about the breed - The physical points, temperaments, and special abilities are given; celebrated ...