John Rae

On a sultry, threatening summer afternoon, Siobhan, Penelope, Alyce and Emily are picnicking. When the storm breaks they run for shelter - straight into an unfamiliar world which they don't understand and where they seem to be in some danger. They have somehow (but how?) arrived, as they gradually come to realise, in some dark corner of the past, and the people they have to deal with are plotting a terrible massacre. Where and of whom, the girls cannot at first discover. Siobhan, the eldest, is also the most concerned, not only because of the real danger to herself and her sisters, but also because she feels she must warn the authorities in the person of the King's Secretary, Robert Cecil - and yet she is fascinated by Catesby, the central conspirator. Because she has taken little interest in history, she does not know how the story will end...

The Golden Crucifix

Lewis Carroll

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New Adventures of Alice

Adam Smith was born at Kirkcaldy, in the county of Fife, Scotland, on the 5th of June 1723. He was the son of Adam Smith, Writer to the Signet, Judge Advocate for Scotland and Comptroller of the Customs in the Kirkcaldy district, by Margaret, daughter of John Douglas of Strathendry, a considerable landed proprietor in the same county...

Life of Adam Smith

Describes how one determined nun battled the Catholic Church, the IRA, and the British Army to create Saint Louise's School, which provided a safe haven for a generation of girls growing up in Belfast during the late 1960s and 1970s.

A Courageous Woman's Triumph in Northern Ireland

Sister Genevieve

Reproduction of the original: Life of Adam Smith by John Rae

Report on Their Construction and Working During 1876

Railways of New South Wales

Written by a critic of Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations, this 19th-century work of economics exposes the "fallacies" of free trade.

Statement of Some New Principles on the Subject of Political Economy

Collects the writings of Scottish doctor and explorer John Rae who played a key role in mapping out the North.

The Arctic Journals of John Rae

Although Arctic explorer and Hudson Bay Company surveyor John Rae (1813-1893) travelled and recorded the final uncharted sections of the Northwest Passage, he is best known for his controversial discovery of the fate of the lost Franklin Expedition of 1845. Based on evidence given to him by local Inuit, Rae determined that Franklin's crew had resorted to cannibalism in their final, desperate days. Seen as maligning a national hero, Rae was shunned by British society. This collection of personal correspondence—reissued here for the first time since its original publication in 1953—illuminates the details of Rae's expeditions through his own words. The letters offer a glimpse into Rae's daily life, his ideas, musings, and troubles. Prefaced by the original, thorough introduction detailing his early life, John Rae's Arctic Correspondence is a crucial resource for any Arctic enthusiast. This new edition features a foreword by researcher and Arctic enthusiast Ken McGoogan, the award-winning author of eleven books, including Fatal Passage: The Untold Story of John Rae (HarperCollins, 2002).

John Rae's Arctic Correspondence, 1844-1855

Eigt Hours for Work

Return to the Winter Palace

Jean de La Fontaine

W. T. Larned

A collection of eighteen fables as told by Jean de La Fontaine, including "The Tortoise Who Ran a Race with the Hare" and "The Grapes Hang High for Reynard the Fox."

Reynard the Fox and Other Fables

Student, Monk, Reformer

Martin Luther

William Barr

John Rae is best known today as the first European to reveal the fate of the Franklin Expedition, yet the range of Rae’s accomplishments is much greater. Over five expeditions, Rae mapped some 1,550 miles (2,494 kilometres) of Arctic coastline; he is undoubtedly one of the Arctic’s greatest explorers, yet today his significance is all but lost. John Rae, Arctic Explorer is an annotated version of Rae’s unfinished autobiography. William Barr has extended Rae’s previously unpublished manuscript and completed his story based on Rae’s reports and correspondence—including reaction to his revelations about the Franklin Expedition. Barr’s meticulously researched, long overdue presentation of Rae’s life and legacy is an immensely valuable addition to the literature of Arctic exploration.

John Rae

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