A shortened, simplified version of the tale in which a little girl falls down a rabbit hole and discovers a world of nonsensical and amusing characters.

"The "lively" (The New York Times) Agents of the Crown series continues with this thriller about Queen Elizabeth I's advisor John Dee in a race to save the Empire with the help of a mysterious manuscript that offers global power. With rumors of the end times swirling, philosopher and astronomer John Dee travels to Prague in an effort to prevent one of Catherine de Medici's seductive ladies-in-waiting from luring the Holy Roman Emperor into a crusade against England. To convince the famously occult-loving Emperor to join his side, Dee entices him with the esoteric Book of Secrets, a volume that, if decoded, could provide the chance to control the levers of heaven and earth. But Dee faces enemies at every turn, including a female codebreaker who could be the undoing of Dee and the British Empire"--

Reprint of the original, first published in 1883.

When Thalo Wilks discovers her husband has imported an underage Korean prostitute, she runs off to Tahiti to gain time and distance to consider her marriage. There she meets Michael. A woman is murdered, a smarmy stranger persistently spies on her every move, and someone tries to kill her. Frightened, she accepts Michael's offer to take her aboard his yacht to Pago Pago, as an untraceable escape. After a hazardous journey that they barely survive, they land in Hawaii. Michael and Thalo are deeply in love, but Hawaii is no safe haven. Thalo is kidnapped and taken aboard a filthy freighter—destination Asia. From that moment on her life is in jeopardy. Why is that? What possible connection can there be between Thalo, a very average New Yorker, and the Oriental killer with the polished manner, or to the ugly American with no polish at all? How is she involved in the theft of the most dangerous substance on earth, or the subsequent deadly and comlex shell game played by competing murderous thieves? Why is a vicious sexual sadist intent on wrecking vengeance upon her? And will American soldiers half a world away suffer massive and horrible death?

"Having left his humanitarian posting in Africa to raise his two orphaned nieces in San Francisco, Dr. Gavin Brice has enough on his plate without an inconvenient attraction to his new boss! The frosty Dr. Virginia Potter clearly disapproves of his maverick ways, but with one amazing kiss, the ice begins to thaw"--Page 4 of cover.

The young girl Alice climbs through a mirror and ends up in a magical, mirror-reversed world. Even the logic is reversed, so if you run, you stand still, and if you walk away from something, you get closer. On Alice's journey through the Looking-Glass Land, she meets many fantastic figures from English nursery rhymes, such as Humpty Dumpty and Tweedledum and Tweedledee. Through the Looking-Glass [1871] is a standalone sequel to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland [1865], and just like its predecessor, it is filled with inventive characters and magical escapades. LEWIS CARROLL, the pseudonym for Charles Lutwidge Dodgson - born in 1832 in Daresbury, Cheshire, and died in 1898 in Guildford, Surrey - was a British author, mathematician, and logician.

"The School Queens" is a unique penned by means of L. T. Meade, a prolific British writer of ladies' stories in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Published in that generation, the narrative revolves around the lives of a collection of schoolgirls and their stories at the fictitious faculty depicted within the tale. As with many of Meade's works, the radical delves into issues of friendship, non-public growth, and the demanding situations confronted by means of younger girls all through their college years. The plot unfolds with a focal point on the social dynamics in the school, exploring the relationships and rivalries some of the college students. The time period "School Queens" indicates a hierarchy or recognition contest the various ladies, reflecting the social intricacies of formative years. Meade frequently used her writings to offer ethical classes and emphasize the importance of person improvement, and "The School Queens" probable touches upon those components because the characters navigate their relationships and demanding situations. Meade's storytelling is characterized by means of a mix of realism and ethical instruction, creating relatable characters and situations for her younger readers.

Set in the South Pacific, this novel is written in the form of an autobiography, told by Hilary Telfer. Fascinated by tales of sailors and South Sea Traders, he leaves Sydney at the age of seventeen to take up a life at sea. The novel follows his adventures and provides a commentary on the trade between the islands and the practice of "blackbirding" that was rife at the time.-Wikipedia.