Books published by publisher Alexander Book

First published in 1881, this book tells the story of Frederick Courteney Selous, generally acknowledged as the greatest African hunter of all time. While Selous was first and foremost a hunter, he was also a close personal friend of President Theodore Roosevelt and a naturalist whose careful observations and succinct writings were read by layman and scholar alike. The African wing of the British Museum of Natural History is named after him, and the crack special forces unit in the Zimbabwe War of Independence was named the Selous Scouts.

Logicide! Heretic! Everyone knows cats can't talk. Everyone except Niclas, a halfwit slum boy who's just landed a new job as a talking cat's man-servant. But this is Laburnum and the age of Rationalism. Here, the Academy's Inquisition takes illogical happenings very seriously. Locking people up, throwing away keys, that sort of thing. And it's not just the Crimson Men Niclas and his new master have to worry about. A man with no name has come to the capital in search of the Black Science - they call him Witchhunter.

A narrative of adventure in the southern Appalachians and a study of life about the mountaineers. Horace Kephart is the man most responsible for the existence of the Great Smoky Mountain National Park spanning the North Carolina and Tennessee border. Using his numerous journals, he wrote of first-hand observations of the mountains and people during his 10 years of travels through the Appalachians. 6x9 trade paper, 548 pages. Includes foreword by Ralph Roberts.

First published in 1881, this book tells the story of Frederick Courteney Selous, generally acknowledged as the greatest African hunter of all time. While Selous was first and foremost a hunter, he was also a close personal friend of President Theodore Roosevelt and a naturalist whose careful observations and succinct writings were read by layman and scholar alike. The African wing of the British Museum of Natural History is named after him, and the crack special forces unit in the Zimbabwe War of Independence was named the Selous Scouts.

Alexis was looking forward to another year at the Academy when he began to realise that his mother, the Emperor, had other plans. Furious, he heads out into space with Xim and Lissa determined to make his own way to the space station. To make the journey more interesting he decides to visit a couple of planets on the way. They discover the truth about the soyafarms on Mars, revisit some old friends and pay a visit to Aurelius Marcus on Thera. Finally, it is time to return to the Academy, but an old adversary provides a diversion. Stranded on a dying space station, Alexis learns more about his past, but can he use this knowledge to map his future before the outdated systems fail completely?

Prince Alexis Oscar Ramasov is now fifteen and it is time for him to enrol in the Imperial Legion and be sent to the Academy to be trained. There he is joined by his alter ego, Alexander Aurelius, or is he? How can there be two of him and do the Academy have them the right way round? Xim and Lissa are on hand to assist the deception but can Alexis pull his project off successfully before he is found out? With the distractions of his fellow students, both male and female, and the rigid rules of the Academy, Alexis soon finds himself heading for more trouble than he had anticipated. It is time for him to fly away, but has he left it too late?

Two years after learning that his mother is the new Emperor of Earth and the surrounding galaxy, Alexis is bored and frustrated by the lonely routine of an imperial prince. His mother's absence on a diplomatic mission gives him the opportunity to escape from the Palace, and on an evening that did not quite go to plan, he bumps into his old friend Xim. Xim needs to go to London to look for his father and a fortunate accident means that Alexis can go too. Should he? But of course, Xim needs him! Alexis embarks on a series of adventures that certainly broadens his education and eventually takes him back into the stars. Only his wits can bring him back from space but will he be welcomed home?

Out of the still calm at the end of a normal space day came an attack by marauders. Alexis was sent away to safety, but there was nothing safe about that sector of space. The marauders were looking for him. The people that helped him on his way told him a little about the Imperial Legion and their power of Thoughts, but what exactly was his connection with the Emperor and why were the marauders so desperate to find him? It was all very confusing, even more confusing when you had spent all your life in a small space lab and were totally unused to living anywhere else.

Natasha had lived all her 12 years in the idyllic island off the coast of Madagascar. Never having had friends, she has never missed them. Fa and her plants are all the company she needs. Out of the stars then come her cousins and within weeks of their fleeting visit Tasha loses everything she has ever had. The new world she finds herself in is very strange and immersing herself in her plants does not disguise the danger she is in from the mysteriously threatening Emperor, her Father’s bitter enemy.

Despite Ivan's best efforts, he is returned to the imperial Palace in Geneva where he must live under the decree of his distant relative, the Emperor. Fortunately, his cousin Natasha arranges for him to work in the municipal laboratories and now he can throw himself into his scientific research. Ivan is still not allowed to forget his imperial background and Johan Pieter becomes a welcome addition to his life. When winter comes, Ivan finds himself known as the Snow Prince, a popular alternative to the Emperor. This puts him in more danger but friends arrive from unexpected places to give him his freedom. Where exactly will his destiny take him now?