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An Afternoon with the Secret Seven (Secret Seven Short Stories #3) by Enid Blyton
Category: Early Reader | Series: Secret Seven Colour Short Stories
Peter is running the hoopla-stall, but when Fred offers him a pony ride, Scamper is left in charge. When Peter returns Scamper and the money are missing!
An Elegant Young Man by Luke Carman
Category: Fiction | Series: Giramondo Shorts Ser.
For a long time Western Sydney has been the political flash-point of the nation, but it has been absent from Australian literature. Luke Carman's first book of fiction is about to change all that: a collection of monologues and stories which tells it how it is on Australia's cultural frontier. His young ...Show more
An Experiment in Misery by Stephen Crane
Category: Fiction | Series: Short Story Collections
During his short life, Crane produced stories that are among the most enduring in the history of American fiction. The works here include The Monster, An Experiment in Misery, The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky, and more.
Anarchism: A Very Short Introduction by Colin Ward
Category: Philosophy and Religion | Series: Very Short Introductions
The word 'anarchism' tends to conjure up images of aggressive protest against government, and - recently - of angry demonstrations against bodies such as the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. But is anarchism inevitably linked with violent disorder? Do anarchists adhere to a coherent ideol ...Show more
Ancient Assyria: A Very Short Introduction by Karen Radner
Category: History | Series: Very Short Introductions Ser.
Assyria was one of the most influential kingdoms of the Ancient Near East. In this Very Short Introduction, Karen Radner sketches the history of Assyria from city state to empire, from the early 2nd millennium BC to the end of the 7th century BC. Since the archaeological rediscovery of Assyria in the mi ...Show more
Ancient Egyptian Art and Architecture: A Very Short Introduction by Christina Riggs
Category: History | Series: Very Short Introductions
From Berlin to Boston, and St Petersburg to Sydney, ancient Egyptian art fills the galleries of some of the world's greatest museums, while the architecture of Egyptian temples and pyramids has attracted tourists to Egypt for centuries. But what did Egyptian art and architecture mean to the people who f ...Show more
Ancient Greece: A very short introduction by Paul Cartledge
Category: Popular History | Series: Very Short Introductions
A highly stimulating Very Short Introduction to the history of Ancient Greek civilization, from the first documented use of the Greek language in about 1400 BCE, through the glories of the Classical and Hellenistic periods, to the foundation of the Byzantine empire in about CE 330.
Ancient Myths, Legends and Superheroes - And How They Live on Today by Stephen Kershaw
Category: History | Series: Very Short Introductions Ser.
Ancient Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction by Julia Annas
Category: Reference | Series: Very Short Introductions
The tradition of ancient philosophy is a long, rich and varied one, in which a constant note is that of discussion and argument. This book aims to introduce readers to some ancient debates and to get them to engage with the ancient developments of some themes. Getting away from the presentation of ancie ...Show more
Ancient Warfare by Harry Sidebottom
Category: History | Series: Very Short Introductions
Examines various aspects of ancient warfare from philosophy to the technical skills needed to fight. This work looks at war in a wider context and explores the ways in which ancient society thought about conflict: can a war be just? Why was siege warfare particularly bloody? What role did divine interve ...Show more
Animal Stories by Enid Blyton
Category: Junior Fiction | Series: Bumper Short Story Collections
A charming new bumper short-story collection from the world's best-loved storyteller. A fantastic collection of 30 stories about animals of all shapes and sizes, this will charm children aged 6 and up. From pet puppies to woodland wildlife, garden birds to pond-dwelling frogs, Enid Blyton was a devoted ...Show more
Anthropocene: A Very Short Introduction by Erle C. Ellis
Category: Science | Series: Very Short Introductions Ser.
The proposal that the impact of humanity on the planet has left a distinct footprint, even on the scale of geological time, has recently gained much ground. Global climate change, shifting global cycles of the weather, widespread pollution, radioactive fallout, plastic accumulation, species invasions, t ...Show more