Skip to main content

Shopping Cart

You're getting the VIP treatment!

Item(s) unavailable for purchase
Please review your cart. You can remove the unavailable item(s) now or we'll automatically remove it at Checkout.
itemsitem
itemsitem

Recommended For You

Loading...
  • Colored Freemen as Slave Owners in Virginia

    Was it commonplace for free Blacks to own slaves in Virginia, prior to 1865? Professor John Henderson Russell (born 1884) has surprising answers in his short 12-page work titled "Colored Freemen as Slave Owners in Virginia," first published in 1916.In describing one motive for freed slaves to purchase other slaves, Russell writes:"During the last quarter of the eighteenth century slaveowners in ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Florence Under Siege

    Surviving Plague in an Early Modern City

    A vivid recreation of how the governors and governed of early seventeenth-century Florence confronted, suffered, and survived a major epidemic of plaguePlague remains the paradigm against which reactions to many epidemics are often judged. Here, John Henderson examines how a major city fought, suffered, and survived the impact of plague. Going beyond traditional oppositions between rich and poor, ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The West Indies

    "The West Indies" by John Henderson is a captivating exploration of the rich cultural tapestry and diverse landscapes of the Caribbean islands. Through vivid descriptions and engaging narratives, Henderson invites readers to experience the vibrant life, history, and traditions that define this unique region. The book delves into the complexities of colonialism, the resilience of the local ... Read more

    $0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The West Indies

    History of West Indies. West Indies culture, West Indies people, West Indies facts, West Indies location, West Indies information. Introduction; West Indies are Spanish Indias Occidentales, French Indes Occidentales, Dutch West-Indië, are crescent-shaped group of islands more than 2,000 miles (3,200 km) long separating the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, to the west and south, from the ... Read more

    $4.75 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The West Indies

    Exploring the diverse cultural tapestry of the Caribbean islands

    In "The West Indies," John Henderson crafts a profound exploration of the social, cultural, and economic landscapes of the Caribbean region, intricately weaving a narrative that reflects the complexities of colonial history and contemporary identity. His literary style is marked by vivid imagery and meticulous detail, allowing readers to immerse themselves in the rich tapestry of Caribbean life. ... Read more

    $1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The West Indies

    History of West Indies. West Indies culture, West Indies people, West Indies facts, West Indies location, West Indies information. Introduction; West Indies are Spanish Indias Occidentales, French Indes Occidentales, Dutch West-Indië, are crescent-shaped group of islands more than 2,000 miles (3,200 km) long separating the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, to the west and south, from the ... Read more

    $4.00 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The West Indies

    History of West Indies. West Indies culture, West Indies people, West Indies facts, West Indies location, West Indies information. Introduction; West Indies are Spanish Indias Occidentales, French Indes Occidentales, Dutch West-Indië, are crescent-shaped group of islands more than 2,000 miles (3,200 km) long separating the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, to the west and south, from the ... Read more

    $3.93 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The West Indies

    History of West Indies. West Indies culture, West Indies people, West Indies facts, West Indies location, West Indies information. Introduction; West Indies are Spanish Indias Occidentales, French Indes Occidentales, Dutch West-Indië, are crescent-shaped group of islands more than 2,000 miles (3,200 km) long separating the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, to the west and south, from the ... Read more

    $5.41 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Story Of Frithiof

    Mr. Henderson's beautiful prose translation of the "Frithiof Saga" ought to make that famous work, originally a poem, better known in English-speaking countries than it is today. How it has happened that a work which has been translated into the Danish, Norwegian, German, English, French, Russian, and Latin languages, and which is to be found in almost every house in Sweden, should be so little ... Read more

    $5.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Virgil, Aeneid 11 (Pallas & Camilla), 1–224, 498–521, 532–96, 648–89, 725–835

    Latin Text, Study Aids with Vocabulary, and Commentary

    Series Book 7 - Classics Textbooks
    A dead boy (Pallas) and the death of a girl (Camilla) loom over the opening and the closing part of the eleventh book of the Aeneid. Following the savage slaughter in Aeneid 10, the book opens in a mournful mood as the warring parties revisit yesterday’s killing fields to attend to their dead. One casualty in particular commands attention: Aeneas’ protégé Pallas, killed and despoiled by Turnus in ... Read more

    $4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Juvenal's Mayor

    The Professor who Lived on 2D. a Day

    Series Book 20 - Proceedings of the Cambridge Philological Society Supplementary Volume
    A lively study of the life and times of J. E. B. Mayor, one of the towering figures of Classics in Victorian Britain, and author of a still standard commentary on Juvenal's Satires. ... Read more

    $28.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Classics: A Very Short Introduction

    A Very Short Introduction

    Series series Very Short Introductions
    This Very Short Introduction to Classics links a haunting temple on a lonely mountainside to the glory of ancient Greece and the grandeur of Rome, and to Classics within modern culture-from Jefferson and Byron to Asterix and Ben-Hur.We are all Classicists - we come into touch with the Classics daily: in our culture, politics, medicine, architecture, language, and literature. What are the true ... Read more

    $7.99 USD