Category: Classic, History, Travel Book Title: People of the Abyss Author: Jack London Book Description: In 1902 the American novelist Jack London went underground in England's capital, to provide an eye-witness narrative of the shocking squalor of the notorious East End. He found that for the poor and criminal classes, little had changed since the grim days of Queen Victoria's reign. The first edition sold out with twenty four
Category: Adventure, Classic, Travel Book Title: Eight Years' Wanderings in Ceylon Author: Samuel White Baker, Sir Book Description: The original evocative and amusing text, from this ripping colonial adventure. Hunting and fishing stories from 1845, plus ethnic observations, annotated with biographical notes, plus vintage photos, prints and maps of 19th Century Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Highly recommended entertainment!
Category: Adventure, Classic, Travel Book Title: Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah Author: Sir Richard Francis Burton Book Description: Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah
by Captain Richard F. Burton
Edited by Isabel Burton
(Originally published by the notorious Leonard Smithers, friend and patron of Aubrey Beardsley and Oscar Wilde)
The original text from Volumes 1 and 2 of this fascinating travelogue by the famous and erudite
Category: Classic, Fiction, Novels Book Title: Pride and Prejudice Author: Jane Austen Book Description: It as a truth universally acknowledged that Jane Austen, in possession of a good novel must be in want of a reader.
Undeniably one of the greatest authors in classic literature, Austen begins her classic masterpiece, Pride and Prejudice, with her renown truth. Ironic, amusing and romantic, Pride and Prejudice still offers many
Category: Adventure, Classic, Travel Book Title: The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia and the Sword Hunters of the Hamran Arabs Author: Sir Samuel White Baker Book Description: The original text, from one of Baker's most daring colonial adventures. His account of a 14 month voyage through the dangerous tribes of Abyssinia, culminating in the discovery of Lake Albert, for which Baker was knighted. Annotated with biographical notes, plus many of the original line art illustrations, plus period photos and
Category: Children, Classic, Fantasy Book Title: Daffodeelia Author: Janaki Sooriyarachchi (Author illustrator) Book Description: Daffodeelia is a fairy who loves to paint flowers in beautiful colors. Do you know what happens when she helps a pale, sad flower that is trapped in a witch's yard. Oh nooooooo............................
Category: Children, Classic, Fantasy Book Title: Emirosy Author: Janaki Sooriyarachchi (Author illustrator) Book Description: Emirosy is a pretty little doll. But she is not as new as her owner's other dolls. Because she does not have nice dresses. So she is not invited to the dolls dance. See out what happens when a fairy comes to help and how Emirosy's dream come true.
Category: Children, Classic, Illustrated Picture Books Book Title: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Author: Lewis Carroll Book Description: "What is the use of a book without pictures or conversations?" thought Alice.
Get a free full-text b&w pdf book containing well known classic fairy-tale, with fourty-two illustrations by Sir JohnTenniel.
Category: Animals, Children, Classic Book Title: Little Black Sambo Author: Helen Bannerman Book Description: Little Black Sambo, at least in its original form, is almost impossible to find. It's absence is entirely due to what is assumed to be some kind of insult to black people, by which, in the United States, is meant those of African origin. But Sambo is not about Africans at all, but South Indians, and of those black people it is
