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The Condition of the Working Class in England
One of the classic texts of Marxist thought, a vitally important political, social and historical document, written out of a deep humanity and with great analytic skill.
The Chinese Parrot: A Charlie Chan Mystery
1926. The character of Charlie Chan was based in part on the experiences of two Chinese detectives, Chang Apana and Lee Fook, who Biggers had read about in a Honolulu newspaper …
The Bones of Birka
How many female Viking warriors does it take to make a fact? When archaeologist Dr. Charlotte Hedenstierna-Jonson discovers that the bones contained in the most significant Viking …
The Age of Miracles
The history of medical treatment from the barbarous era of the eighteenth century through the revolutionary and often bizarre changes of the nineteenth century: the introduction of …
English Laws for Women in the 19th Century
In 1836, after eleven years of marriage, George Norton locked his wife Caroline out of their house, prevented her from seeing her children and sued for divorce. He lost the suit …
The School's on Fire!
The School’s on Fire! follows the path of the December 1958 fire that killed 92 kids and 3 teachers at Our Lady of the Angels School in Chicago and changed fire safety laws …
Charlie Chan Carries on
In this 5th installment of the classic series of mysteries featuring Charlie Chan of the Honolulu Police, we meet Scotland Yard's Inspector Duff, first introduced in Behind That …
The Intellectuals and the Masses
John Carey analyses the elitist view of some of the most highly respected literary icons of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. This book, as described in his preface, ""is …
Neck and Neck
Bringing back an acclaimed and long out-of-print cockney crime series Lionel Townsend, Sergeant Beef's priggish biographer, has surprisingly found himself the prime suspect of a …
Love of Worker Bees
Love of Worker Bees first appeared in 1923, and it consists of a remarkable novel and two striking short stories, written by the most famous and gifted Russian woman of the …
Case with No Conclusion
Once again Lionel Townsend, Beef's Dr. Watson, faithfully records the redoubtable Sergeant's escapades. Beef has left the Braxham police and gone into business for himself. Beef …