An evil Arabian sorcerer loans a golden flask full of the Great Elixir - a magic liquid that endows a person with pronounced health, strength, and...

A clear and delightful peek into the world of Japanese girls and women of the late 1800s: their childhood, education, marriage and intimate family...

A framing story is told in the first person by Darrell Standing, a university professor serving life imprisonment in San Quentin State Prison for...

This is a story about Jacob Pratt who “stood bond” for his brother and then lost all his money and was unable to pay his debts. Two years later...

Collection of Japanese Fairy tales

Another delightful look back at how people and children lived in the late 1800s in this part of the British Empire. This book introduces us to...

Is it possible to be familiar with Jesus, to know the Bible, to be involved in church life, and yet not really know Jesus at all well? Andrew...

Fanny Kemble was a British actress who married mega-plantation owner, Pierce Butler of Georgia. During her marriage she kept journals of everyday...

A collection of short stories from the author of the What Katy Did series, for an audience ranging from younger to older children - and enjoyable...

These little books were designed to cover Canadian history in a scholarly and readable fashion. This volume, as suggested in the title, folows the...

A selection of famous tales selected and re-worked for a junior audience. Stories are taken from Arabian Nights, Robinson Crusoe, Gulliver's...

Marie Stopes was a highly controversial scientist and activist in her era, campaigning for radical new views of love-based marriage, birth control...