Lucas Malet Boeken

Malet's novel explores the consequences of a young woman's illicit affair and the societal pressures that force her to conceal her secret. With vibrant characters and a gripping plot, this book is a page-turner that will keep you on the edge of your seat.

We are presenting this edition as a part of the selected Christmas specials and classics published for this joyful and charming holiday season, for all those who want to keep the spirit of Christmas alive with a heartwarming tale. Little Peter is a tale of a young boy who lived on the edge of the pine forest in a big wooden house with his parents, his two brothers and their servants Eliza and Gustavus. Peter is the youngest child in the Lepage family by number of years and this Christmas he is about to have an adventure to remember.

This comprehensive Latin language textbook is designed for beginners and employs the direct method, emphasizing the use of conversation as the primary tool for learning. With clear explanations, practical exercises, and engaging cultural insights, this book is the perfect resource for anyone interested in learning Latin.

"The pine forest is a wonderful place. The pine-trees stand in ranks like the soldiers of some vast army, side by side, mile after mile, in companies and regiments and battalions, all clothed in a sober uniform of green and grey. But they are unlike soldiers in this, that they are of all ages and sizes; some so small that the rabbits easily jump over them in their play, and some so tall and stately that the fall of them is like the falling of a high tower. And the pine-trees are put to many different uses. They are made into masts for the gallant ships that sail out and away to distant ports across the great ocean. Others are sawn into planks, and used for the building of sheds; for the rafters and flooring, and clap-boards and woodwork of our houses; for railway-sleepers, and scaffoldings, and hoardings. Others are polished and fashioned into articles of furniture. Turpentine comes from them, which the artist uses with his colours, and the doctor in his medicines; which is used, too, in the cleaning of stuffs and in a hundred different ways. While the pine-cones, and broken branches and waste wood, make bright crackling fires by which to warm ourselves on a winter's day. But there is something more than just this I should like you to think about in connection with the pine forest; for it, like everything else that is fair and noble in nature, has a strange and precious secret of its own."

The History of Sir Richard Calmady is a romantic novel set in 19th century England. The plot revolves around the life of a wealthy landowner who falls in love with his beautiful and mysterious neighbor. It is a gripping tale of love, passion, and intrigue that will keep you engrossed from beginning to end.