books by Dodo Press     books:     Dodo Press      Little Black Sambo (Illustrated Edition) (Dodo Press) Helen Bannerman Dodo Press, 2006 By the Scottish author of a number of children's books, the most famous being Little Black Sambo. She lived for a good proportion of her life in India, where her husband was an officer in the Indian Medical Service. The story takes place in a fairy tale India where a little boy outwits the predators in his world, to return safely home and eat 169 ...             Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare (Illustrated Edition) (Dodo Press) E. Nesbit Dodo Press, 2007 Wonderful Book To Introduce Your Children to Shakespere When searching for a child friendly book of stories based on William Shakespere's works I came across this little gem. The book is authored by Edith Nesbit, best known for her books "The Railway Children, Five Children and It and The Enchanted Castle." Edith has done a ...             Theodore Roosevelt, An Autobiography (Dodo Press) Theodore Roosevelt Dodo Press, 2006 He Earned His Spot on Mt Rushmore If he had never entered the public square, Teddy Roosevelt would have created a noble legacy somewhere. He lived every moment of his life to the fullest extent and loved every second of it! He embodied the same ardent zest in the boxing ring, watching birds, being a ...             Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution (Dodo Press) P. Kropotkin Dodo Press, 2007 Required bio reading This book, which appears to be about the only surviving scientific text from Kropotkin's work, is very interesting and insightful. The first two chapters which deal with animals I found most interesting, because they address the roots of the falsehood of ...             The Island of Doctor Moreau (Dodo Press) H. G. Wells Dodo Press, 2007 One of my favorite HG Wells stories and very thought provoking I wanted to read this story after we found a used DVD of the movie version with Val Kilmer and Marlon Brando. I often like to read the original material to see how it compares to movie interpretations. What surprised me, was how much I enjoyed the book, given that the ...             The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783 (Dodo Press) Alfred Thayer Mahan Dodo Press, 2008 The Influence of Sea Power upon History, 1660-1783 This book ,written by an obscure U.S. Navy officer, is credited with opening the eyes of many emerging countries to the need for seapower. It lit off the first arms races that almost bankrupted countries building "dreadnoughts" (early Battleships) and lead to the rise ...             The Art of Fencing, or, The Use of the Small Sword (Illustrated Edition) (Dodo Press) Monsieur L'Abbat Dodo Press, 2007 Monsieur L'Abbat was a French author and a Fencing Master at the Academy of Toulouse in France in the late seventeenth century. He was the author of the first comprehensive study of the art of fencing entitled Questions Sur L'Art En Fait D'Armes, which was first translated into English by Andrew Mahon in 1734 and called, The Art of Fencing, or, ...             What's Wrong With The World (Dodo Press) G. K. Chesterton Dodo Press, 2006 Great Edition This is a wonderful edition of What's Wrong With the World. If you have read much of Chesterton's social commentary or essay work, you know that he makes many allusions to people, places, and ideas that were common to him in the early part of the 20th Century. ...             The Ballad of the White Horse (Dodo Press) G. K. Chesterton Dodo Press, 2008 Simply amazing I had read some of Chesterton's fictional books, most of which contain poems which he has written, and I very much enjoyed his poems, so I decided to get a book of his poetry. This too I really enjoyed, so I decided to get another book of his poetry, this time it was ...             Parables of the Cross (Illustrated Edition) (Dodo Press) I. Lilias Trotter Dodo Press, 2008 Isabella Lilias Trotter (1853-1928) was an artist and a missionary for over 38 years to the Muslims of Algeria. John Ruskin, the famous art critic, didn't believe that ladies could paint before he met Lilias, he changed his mind after he met her, and believed that if she would give her life to painting she could become the greatest painter of the ...             The Napoleon of Notting Hill (Dodo Press) G. K. Chesterton Dodo Press, 2008 Great Introduction to the Creative Mind of G. K. Chesterton This short book, The Napoleon of Notting Hill, written 100 years ago, is a futuristic fantasy, a political satire, a prophetic tale, and a comic novel, all intertwined. Published in 1904, The Napoleon of Notting Hill was G. K. Chesterton's first novel. It has been ...             History of the Incas Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa Dodo Press, 2007 Conquistadors History This translation of the work of Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa is both riveting and detailed. As an account of the history of the Incas it is unsurpassed in its accuracy, presenting evidence gained from the Incas themselves circa 1570AD. Events and occurrences are vividly ...             The Man Who Died (Dodo Press) D. H. Lawrence Dodo Press, 2008 DARING MASTERPIECE!!! Anyone who has a passing interest or knowledge of the origins of Christian Myth will recognize those roots in this final masterpiece by D.H. Lawrence. It is amazing how prescient Lawrence was here. Remember, this was written some 20 years before the discovery of the ...             All Things Considered (Dodo Press) G. K. Chesterton Dodo Press, 2008 Chesterton handles all things well G. K. Chesterton is well known as a novelist, essayist, storyteller, poet, philosopher, theologian, historian, artist, and critic. He's less well-known as a journalist these days, yet all evidence indicates that he viewed his work for the various newspapers as his ...             The Gracchi Marius and Sulla (Dodo Press) A. H. Beesley Dodo Press, 2007 Admirable Work Interesting work on the military history of Rome. I highly recommend it for anyone who likes ancient military history and battles.          products you might be interested in search for books autobiography, considered, evolution, illustrated, roosevelt, shakespeare      toavi.com    web we recommend One of my favorite HG Wells stories and very thought provoking randomly chosen book: Healing Back Pain