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Arthur Ransome
‘You know what it’s like. Dark at teatime and sleeping indoors: nothing ever happens in the winter holidays.’ Or so Nancy thinks. Then the lake ices over completely and the…
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John, Susan, Titty and Roger sail their boat, Swallow, to a deserted island for a summer camping trip. Exploring and playing sailors is an adventure in itself but the island…
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Russia in 1919, is a classical and a rare book, that has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha…
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The ultimate children’s classic - long summer days filled with adventure. John, Susan, Titty and Roger sail their boat, Swallow, to a deserted island for a summer camping trip.
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This is the third volume of Ransome's dispatches from Russia in 1917-1924. It covers the years 1919-1921.The main issues discussed are the border state movements for independence, Allied intervention and…
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This is volume four of Arthur Ransomes dispatches written from Russia ans Eastern Europe in 1922-1924. The principal topic is Lenin's death and the changes in the Bolshevik Party and…
Hugh Brogan
For a man who longed for a quiet existence, Arthur Ransome led a remarkably adventurous life. His bohemian years as a writer in Chelsea before the First World War closed…
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Roger Wardale
The inside story of the two Swallows and Amazons books set on the Norfolk Broads.
Outside in the forest there was deep snow, and the sound of more falling down from the branches, but the little hut where Old Peter lived with his grandchildren Vanya…
Another adventure by the author of Swallows and Amazons .
On December 17, 1919, the moment it became clear that there was a real possibility that the civil war was drawing to an end, Trotsky allowed the Pravda to print…
John, Susan, Titty and Roger, the crew of the Swallow, take on the job of mapping the mass of small islands round Pin Mill while living on the biggest one…
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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
This work is in the public…
Discover timeless favourites from The Jungle Book and Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland to modern classics such as The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas and The Curious Incident of the Dog…
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This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by…
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Originally published in 1915, this book gathers together a collection of papers on tuberculosis by the renowned British epidemiologist Arthur Ransome (1834-1922). The papers approach the subject from a number…
Arthur Ransome was a keen fisherman as well as a famous children’s author, and fishing and other outdoor pursuits feature often in his books. This Reader’s Guide was published in…
First published in 1937 by Jonathan Cape Ltd.; revised edition published in 1983. –title page verso.
The Child’s Book of the Seasons by Arthur Ransome.
The book
The Crisis in Russia 1920
has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation…
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high…
There was, of course, a dreadful scrimmage about getting away. Several people were not ready at the last minute. Only one motor was obtainable for nine persons with their light…
Tom Dudgeon has cast off a motor cruiser from its moorings to protect a coot’s nest, but now the cruiser is searching high and low for him - even offering…
Nancy Blackett, the terror of the seas, has finally met a real pirate - the tiny, pistol-carrying Missee Lee, who has rescued them after their shipwreck off the coast of…
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing’s Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because…
First published in 1936 by Jonathan Cape Ltd.; revised edition published in 1983 –Copyright page.
Arthur Ransome's memoir offers a vivid account of life as a bohemian writer in early 20th century London. Chronicling his experiences and encounters with other writers, poets, and artists, this…
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Old Peter’s Russian Tales is a collection of twenty-one Russian folktales drawn from Ransome’s time in Russia.
