The Swallows and Amazons are sailing with Nancy and Peggy's Uncle Jim (better known as Captain Fl...

Nancy Blackett, the terror of the seas, has finally met a real pirate - the tiny, pistol-carrying...

Describes Russia at the time of the Bolshevik takeover.

Researches on tuberculosis; - The Weber-Parkes Prize essay is an unchanged, high-quality reprint ...

Excerpt: ...painting, a Gabriel Metsu or a Jan van Eyck, in which he paints Wainewright with his ...

Spring always seems to begin on the morning that the Imp, in a bright pink nightgown, comes rushi...

This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to lit...

Describes Russia at the time of the Bolshevik takeover.

Excerpt: ... and sneezing. The good gold pieces flew all ways at once. And the old woman threw he...

Ransome says in a note at the beginning that the stories in this book are those that Russian peas...

The Child's Book of the Seasons, is many of the old classic books which have been considered impo...

The book '' The Crisis in Russia 1920 '' has been considered important throughout the human histo...

Russia in 1919, is a classical and a rare book, that has been considered important throughout the...

1. The Magic Swan Geese 2. The Tale of Tsar Saltan 3. Emelya and the Pike 4. The Frog Tsarevna 5....

The ultimate children's classic - long summer days filled with adventure. John, Susan, Titty and ...

'Swallows and Amazons for ever!'Rediscover this classic tale of adventure. The Walker children - ...

`Barbecued billygoats!¿Can you imagine finding gold? That¿s just what the Swallows and Amazons an...

CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship is the Caldecott Medal-winning p...

The Ds can't wait to go and stay with Nancy and Peggy in the Lake District during the summer holi...

Pond and Stream

Reunited for the summer, the Swallows and Amazons with Dick and Dorothea launch a prospecting exp...

'Now Susan,' Mother said, 'And you too, John. No night sailing. No going outside the harbour. And...

'Let fly jib sheet! Slack away main! Fenders out!' Dick and Dorothea - also known as The Ds - arr...

'First published in 1936 by Jonathan Cape Ltd.; revised edition published in 1983'--Copyright page.

'You know what it's like. Dark at teatime and sleeping indoors: nothing ever happens in the winte...

'Why shouldn't we be detectives too?'When Dick and Dorothea arrive in the Norfolk Broads all set ...

Flat on his front, binoculars to his eyes, alone at dusk, Dick makes a remarkable discovery: two ...

For anyone who loves sailing and adventure, Arthur Ransome's classic Swallows and Amazons series ...

'Let fly jib sheet! Slack away main! Fenders out!' Dick and Dorothea - also known as The Ds - arr...

This book, from the series Primary Sources: Historical Books of the World (Asia and Far East Coll...

The Swallows, Amazons and Captain Flint don't pay much heed to the harbourmaster's friendly warni...

Bohemia in London

There's a crime wave on the lake! All evidence points to three boatbuilders' sons. They claim to ...

Racundra's First Cruise is Arthur Ransome's account of Racundra's maiden voyage, which took place...

John, Susan, Titty and Roger, the crew of the Swallow, take on the job of mapping the mass of sma...

'Barbecued billygoats!'Can you imagine finding gold? That's just what the Swallows and Amazons an...

'So long,' called the harbourmaster. 'Don't run into Missee Lee!'The Swallows, Amazons and Captai...

It's great detective work that's needed now. Bill, Peter and Joe are falsely accused of setting b...

A fascinating account of the honeymoon cruise of Swallows & Amazon's author, Arthur Ransome, afte...

He wants to take the credit for it. Not only do the Swallows and Amazons have to prove the facts ...

The poor old Amazons become Martyrs and the Ds Picts living in the woods, in Arthur Ransome's 11t...

'Why do they call him Black Jake? Is it because of his hair?' Titty asked.'Because of his heart' ...

Old Peter's Russian Tales

'You'll start with a blank map, that doesn't do more than show roughly what's water and what isn'...

This is a book written far away in Russia, for English children who play in deep lanes with wild ...

For the Walker children, sailing the boat Swallowto an island for a camping trip is a fantastic a...

'Ahoy! Ahoy! Swallows! Ahoy!'Have you ever sailed in a boat or built a camp? Have you caught trou...

The dreaded Great Aunt has invited herself to stay with Nancy and Peggy just as their friends Dic...