From the Earth to the Moon (1865) is a humorous science fantasy novel by Jules Verne and is one of the earliest entries in that genre. It tells the story of three well-to-do members of a post-American Civil War gun club who build an enormous sky-facing columbiad and launch themselves in a projectile/spaceship from it to a Moon landing.The story is also notable in that Verne attempted to do some rough calculations as to the requirements for the cannon and, considering the total lack of any ...

The act of writing a letter to a deceased family member brings them back in interesting ways. And when the recipient of that letter is someone you never knew…that is when the true marvel begins.Getting to Know You is a collection of letters written by Eleanor King Byers to her deceased family members. In long and thought-provoking missives, she unspools the lives of her cherished forebears before our eyes. This gripping, heartfelt memoir is filled with rich and emotional details ab...

Kings and Queens by Eleanor and Herbert Farjeon is a highly entertaining collection of poems about all forty-one English Kings and Queens since William I. Reissued in Puffin Poetry Kings and Queens is an authentic classic that has delighted young readers and adults alike. With wonderfully witty illustrations by Robin Jacques, history has never been so much fun!Eleanor and Herbert Farjeon were born in the 1880s into a highly literary family. Eleanor published nearl...

Did you know the king powers his car with cheese? Or that he was the first royal to have rescue dogs in Buckingham palace? And that he likes to shake hands with trees?Discover everything there is to know about King Charles III in this beautifully illustrated book. Readers will learn about Charles' childhood as the first British royal to attend school, his efforts to protect and campaign for the environment, his incredible charity work, and much more.Along the way, meet his ...

The charming real-life fairy tale of an American secretary who discovers she has been chosen king of an impoverished fishing village on the west coast of Africa. King Peggy has the sweetness and quirkiness of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series and the hopeful sense of possibility of Half the Sky.King Peggy chronicles the astonishing journey of an American secretary who suddenly finds herself king to a town of 7,000 souls o...

"A mingling of history, intrigue, romance, murder, and magic," this epic fantasy novel draws on the historical details of Alexander the Great's teen years (Cinda Williams Chima, New York Times –bestselling author of The Seven Realms series).At sixteen years old, Prince Alexander's duty is to become the King's regent, a title that feels merely ceremonial to ambitious Alexander. The young prince has no desire to keep his fa...

Weaving the fantasy appeal of Game of Thrones with the shocking details of real history, New York Times bestselling author of Sex with Kings Eleanor Herman reimagines the greatest emperor the world has ever known, Alexander the Great, in book one of the Blood of Gods and Royals series.Imagine a time when the gods turn a blind eye to the agony of men, when the last of the hellions roam the plains and evil stirs beyond the edges of the map. A time when cities burn and, in th...

Where the King of the Birds comes from is a mystery—he just turns up out of the blue one day. Some people want to get rid of him, because he is guzzling all the flowers! The children of the village will do anything to keep him. That's when everything starts to get a little crazy...

Dare to think beyond convention. Challenge truth. Question morality. Beyond Good and Evil is Friedrich Nietzsche's groundbreaking philosophical work that dismantles traditional notions of morality, truth, and virtue. Written in 1886, this provocative text builds upon the ideas introduced in Thus Spoke Zarathustra, offering sharp critiques of religion, metaphysics, and herd mentality, while championing the ideals of individual strength, intellectual courage, and self-overcoming. Nietzsch...

Meet Arthur, England's Sexiest King!Here is the story of King Arthur and his knights the way it really was! Told from the Celtic, pre-Grail, pagan point of view. In this translation of what he claims is a little known Welsh saga, Eleanor Tremaine presents a rousing, erotic, roisterous, randy, ribald take on the loves and sexual peccadilloes of the legendary king, the knights of his roundtable, and the ladies and not-so-ladylike women they loved.Here is King Arthur as he tru...

The story of that amazingly influential and still somewhat mysterious woman, Eleanor of Aquitaine, has the dramatic interest of a novel. She was at the very center of the rich culture and clashing politics of the twelfth century. Richest marriage prize of the Middle Ages, she was Queen of France as the wife of Louis VII, and went with him on the exciting and disastrous Second Crusade. Inspiration of troubadours and trouvères, she played a large part in rendering fashionable the Courts of L...