The Swallows and Amazons are sailing with Nancy and Peggy's Uncle Jim (better known as Captain Fl...

Nancy Blackett, the terror of the seas, has finally met a real pirate - the tiny, pistol-carrying...

Researches on tuberculosis; - The Weber-Parkes Prize essay is an unchanged, high-quality reprint ...

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Spring always seems to begin on the morning that the Imp, in a bright pink nightgown, comes rushi...

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Ransome says in a note at the beginning that the stories in this book are those that Russian peas...

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The ultimate children's classic - long summer days filled with adventure. John, Susan, Titty and ...

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It was going to be a great summer for the Amazons until their great aunt came to stay. She's deci...

A fascinating account of the honeymoon cruise of Swallows & Amazon's author, Arthur Ransome, afte...

'So long,' called the harbourmaster. 'Don't run into Missee Lee!'The Swallows, Amazons and Captai...

'Ahoy! Ahoy! Swallows! Ahoy!'Have you ever sailed in a boat or built a camp? Have you caught trou...

Arthur Ransome was born in Leeds in l884 and went to school at Rugby. He was in Russia in l917, a...

'You'll start with a blank map, that doesn't do more than show roughly what's water and what isn'...

John, Susan, Titty and Roger, the crew of the Swallow, take on the job of mapping the mass of sma...

'Barbecued billygoats!'Can you imagine finding gold? That's just what the Swallows and Amazons an...

Tom Dudgeon has cast off a motor cruiser from its moorings to protect a coot's nest, but now the ...

'Let fly jib sheet! Slack away main! Fenders out!' Dick and Dorothea - also known as The Ds - arr...

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The Swallows, Amazons and Captain Flint don't pay much heed to the harbourmaster's friendly warni...

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'Like to spend a night in the Goblin?'The Swallows are staying on the Suffolk coast while they wa...

He wants to take the credit for it. Not only do the Swallows and Amazons have to prove the facts ...

Bohemia in London

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It's great detective work that's needed now. Bill, Peter and Joe are falsely accused of setting b...

Pond and Stream

The poor old Amazons become Martyrs and the Ds Picts living in the woods, in Arthur Ransome's 11t...

'Why do they call him Black Jake? Is it because of his hair?' Titty asked.'Because of his heart' ...

Aladdin and his Wonderful Lamp in Rhyme

'You'll start with a blank map, that doesn't do more than show roughly what's water and what isn'...

The Ds can't wait to go and stay with Nancy and Peggy in the Lake District during the summer holi...

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Follows the adventures of the five Walker children after their parents leave them on a 'desert is...

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Old Peter's Russian Tales

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The dreaded Great Aunt has invited herself to stay with Nancy and Peggy just as their friends Dic...

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'First published in 1936 by Jonathan Cape Ltd.; revised edition published in 1983'--Copyright page.

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