Robin Hood and His Adventuresby Paul Creswick Illustrations by N.C. Wyeth"Robin Hood is a figure in archetypal English folk tales, whose story goes back to medieval times. In popular culture he is painted as a man known for robbing the rich to provide for the poor and fighting against injustice and tyranny. His band consists of "seven score" group of fellow outlawed yeomen – called his "Merry Men". He has been the subject of numerous movies, television series, books, comics ...

Daniel Defoe's faith-filled The Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe finds Crusoe bored with his prosperity and consumed by an irresistible longing to return to the island he left many years before. Along with his trusty servant and companion, Friday, he embarks on a harrowing high-seas adventure that takes them to China, over the Russian steppes, and into Siberia. Readers will find themselves captivated by this sequel, which is every bit as engaging as the original.

PERHAPS no other stories have ever been told so often or listened to with so much pleasure as the classic tales of ancient Greece. For many ages they have been a source of delight to young people and old, to the ignorant and the learned, to all who love to hear about and contemplate things mysterious, beautiful, and grand. They have become so incorporated into our language and thought, and so interwoven with our literature, that we could not do away with them now if we would. They are a po...

As a young widow with a small child, Elinore Pruitt left Denver in 1909 and set out for Wyoming, where she hoped to buy a ranch. Determined to prove that a lone woman could survive the hardships of homesteading, she initially worked as a housekeeper and hired hand for a neighbor — a kind but taciturn Scottish bachelor whom she eventually married.Spring and summers were hard, she concedes, and were taken up with branding, farming, doctoring cattle, and other chores. But with the arri...

Fenimore Cooper is known for everyone who were interested in Indians and their life in childhood. Almost everyone knows the name of Cooper’s favorite hero, wandering from novel to novel – Natanael, Bampo. The hero of „The Last of the Mohicans” is Hawkeye. The last members of a dying Native American tribe, the Mohicans – Uncas, his father Chingachgook, and his adopted half-white brother Hawkeye – live in peace alongside British colonists. But when the daughters of a British colonel are kidn...

This illustrated omnibus gathers eight of Daniel Defoe's prose fictions, presenting the breadth of his adventure writing: shipwreck, piracy, criminal underworlds, plague, war, commerce, and moral survival. Written in the plain, documentary style that made his narratives seem almost eyewitness testimony, these works stand at the threshold of the English novel, where journalism, spiritual autobiography, travel literature, and picaresque fiction converge. From Robinson Crusoe to Moll Flanders...

American photographer Tara Lynch has never wanted anything more than to visit Ireland—but her itinerary didn't include chasing peacocks around a wildlife park! On the other hand, it didn't include meeting a tall, handsome Irishman and falling head over heels for him in a heartbeat, either, so it might be time for Tara to re-think what makes a perfect holiday.Peacock shifter Declan McCarthy, a local artist, certainly didn't expect to meet his fated mate during an afternoon ...

Published in 1809 when distillation of spirits was legal, The Practical Distiller provides recipes and distillation methods for homemade whiskey, gin, and brandy as well as history of the various ways that alcohol has been made since the 1600s. This tome includes entire sections devoted to yeast, choosing the best rye and malt, hogsheads, methods for setting stills, clarifying whiskey and recipes for making honey wine, elderberry wine and American wine. With an effluence of recipe...

There is no evidence that in the beginning when God made man he was supremely fit and agile. Over the years, men and women deteriorated from what they had been doing. They have done more things than we could ever do today, with our technology, science and machines.They failed to take into account that in the beginning God created man and woman. Even professors and eminent teachers would dismiss that as nonsense. 'Stone age' men were more vigorous than we could every know and unders...

An evening at the art gallery... The clinking of wine glasses... The hopeful thrill of a first date... But someone has murder on their mind!All that Detective Ashley Westgard wanted was a night off—and maybe a little romance later on. But when a body is discovered during an event with dozens of wealthy art collectors in attendance, her fairy tale dream turns into a nightmare for everyone. Now Ash must put her hopes on hold, flash her police badge, ...

A prophet speaks the very words of God. A false prophet speaks out of his own mind. It will be there to guide people, help them and encourage them. A prophet is open minded and he will go up to any of the people including kings and speak what God wants him to find, or do, or to work out. Many people do amazing things, the achievements of a mighty man toils against the enemy and the opponent is defeated. Some people have a gift for magnificent things, which stagger and persuade the crowds. ...

Slavery has been going on for a long while, probably it is always there. Each person uses a slave to do what he doesn't want to do. Most people use a slave to do the dirty work.It was different now after Jesus had died in the New Testament bringing the kingdom of God back to those who had believed. Free men and slaves they can be set free, not from slavery but doing things differently. Instead of being slaves to Satan doing evil things, we had to be slaves for God instead, doing ri...