Books with author Bradley Alan

Excerpt from The English LakesOn the Slopes of Ortest, too, is the house of Elleray, successor to that older one in which Professor Wilson, by no means the least one of the Wordsworthian band, led his breezy, strenuous life. Son of a wealthy Glas gow merchant, winner of the Newdigate and a first classman at Oxford, and scarcely less conspicuous for his athletic feats and sporting wagers, young Wilson bought the land at Elleray while an undergraduate and built a house on it later, after the passing of an unsatisfactory love affair. As Christopher North every lover of the rod with any sense of its literature knows him yet. Nor would all this be worthy of record were it not that the brilliant little band who did none of these things held Wilson of Elleray as one of themselves. Losing his fortune ten years later through a defaulting trustee, he became the brilliant supporter of Black-wood and Professor of Moral Philosophy in Edinburgh University, though always retaining his connection with Windermere. In fact, when Scott made his memorable visit to the Lake District, and with Lockhart and Canning stayed with the then owner of Storrs Hall, now a hotel on the lake shore, we find Wilson doing the honours of Windermere as commodore of its large fleet of yachts.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

A little boy’s trip to the park with his mom turns into a magical occasion! Finnegan learns about his imagination and where it can take him. He discovers, with the help of his “Magic Sunglasses” and the encouragement of his mom, that he can be whatever he can imagine!Little ones will love this fun filled adventure that will lead them to discover their own imaginations!Broaden your child's mind, read together.

Two Englishmen, racing houseboats on an Australian river..What could possibly go wrong?Big Fish to Rubber Ducky is about mateship; the kind of mateship that is fundamentally male.The kind that must compete, constantly, whether it's in business or on the road or at the helm of a three-tonne steel houseboat on a fast-flowing river. The kind that has women shaking their heads and wondering…Do boys ever really grow up?

Excerpt from Old Virginia Before introducing to the reader, to the English reader at any rate, so many old friends and well remembered scenes from Virginian life, it seems to me that it would be not wholly amiss to give some slight historical account of the Old Dominion itself. I am perfectly aware of a certain incongruity in prefacing sketches of so light a character with anything in the shape of a historical essay. An author, however, may be allowed perhaps some license in this particular so long as he distinctly labels such a chapter with an unmistakable title. For no reader of a light work, I take it, considers himself bound to read the intro duction. And that there is perhaps even less occa sion than usual in this case, so far as the continuity of this little book is concerned, I will frankly admit. Having thus, I trust, made my peace with those who have no curiosity whatever regarding the past history of Virginia, I will remind those who have that this. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

For very-nearly-eleven-year-old Flavia de Luce, the discovery of a dead snipe on the doorstep of Buckshaw, the de Luce country seat, was a marvellous mystery, especially since it had a rather rare stamp impaled on its beak. However, her father, Colonel de Luce, usually untroubled by emotion of any kind, seems genuinely frightened. When Flavia finds something even more shocking in the cucumber patch, the police descend on Buckshaw and her father retreats into grim-faced silence. It is up to Flavia to piece together the clues - including the disappearance of a slice of Mrs Mullet's unspeakable custard pie.