An Elegant Madness: High Society in Regency England29 reviews Venetia Murray Penguin (Non-Classics), 2000 Delightful Overview for the Uninitiated + Couldn't tear myself away + Elegant Madness - Current U.S. Politics + Good read             Heroes & Monsters: The Unofficial Companion to the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen3 reviews Jess Nevins MonkeyBrain Books, 2003 Excellent companion piece! + Jess acknowledged me! + I got mine autographed For any true fan of the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (the comics, not the film), this is the book to purchase. The League is not only a wonderful story, but is also filled to the brim with references and images from other Victorian fictions of the same era. Some references are quite obvious, ...             Daily Life in Victorian England (The Greenwood Press Daily Life Through History Series)6 reviews Sally Mitchell Greenwood Press, 1996 Exceptional! + indepth and invaluable + One of the best books about Victorian England + A Great Academic Resource             A Blazing World: The Unofficial Companion to the Second League of Extraordinary Gentlemen3 reviews Jess Nevins MonkeyBrain Books, 2004 Go to Blazes! + A great follow-up to the first LEG companion This is a reference book for The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume Two. It helps the reader to identify the characters and references in the comic book. For example, it will tell you who John Carter and Gullivar Jones are, and will even identify all the different races of Martians and ...             Looking Backward: 2000 - 1887 (Broadview Literary Texts)2 reviews Edward Bellamy Broadview Press, 2003 Edward Bellamy's classic utopian novel and other writings + Classic Victorian fantasy Edward Bellamy's "Looking Backward 2000-1887" remains the most successful and influential utopian novel written by an American writer mainly because the competition consists mostly of dystopian works, from Jack London's "The Iron Heel" to Margaret Atwood's "The Handmaid's Tale," or science fiction ...             The Victorian World Picture1 review David Newsome Rutgers University Press, 1999 The subtitle says it all Newsome presents a highly readable overview of, as his subtitle puts it, Victorian "Perceptions and Introspections." The emphasis is on Victorian thought, as may be seen by the number of literary quotes that open chapters and dot the text. Those looking for a quick overview of Victorian life ...             The Way People Live - Life in Victorian England (The Way People Live) Gwen Remington Lucent Books, 2005 England in the era of Queen Victoria was a dynamic society in the throes of change. This book examines the everyday lives of its people: the working poor struggling to survive; the middle class expanding and challenging the power of the aristocracy; and the upper classes defying the tides of change. (20020101)             Transactions of the Royal Martian Geographical Society: The Journal of Victorian Era Roleplaying4 reviews Mark Clark, Jeff Boyle, ... Heliograph, 1999 There! Syrtis Major! Did I ever tell you about the ... + Better than the first volume, if that's possible! + A most welcome compilation! + Wonderful resource for Space: 1889             Capitalism and the Historians2 reviews University Of Chicago Press, 1963 Capitalism not as a "dirty word." + what is history Hayek's books are always not easy ones. This book, not unlike other ones, is hard to understand. If you think the word "capitalism" is a dirty word. Buy this book or Milton Friedman's "Capitalism and Freedom." You will learn much about capitalism and its meanings. This is a great investigation ...             The Machinery of Freedom: Guide to a Radical Capitalism21 reviews David D. Friedman Open Court Publishing Company, 1989 A true classic + Seminal work on Anarcho-Capitalism + Tackles the hard question. + Brilliancy in the line of Mises and Rothbard             Impossible Territories: An Unofficial Companion to The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen2 reviews Jess Nevins MonkeyBrain Books, 2008 Continuing the series of excellent companions to The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen If you're on this page, it's most likely that you're a fan of Alan Moore's League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. If so, and especially if you're a fan of the details, then these guidebooks are a godsend. I've been waiting for this one for quite some time, and it just arrived a few days ago. Been ...             The Industrial Revolution, 1760-1830 (OPUS)2 reviews T. S. Ashton Oxford University Press, USA, 1998 simply delightful to read as well as a thorough resource + A solid, no-nonsense book about an important subject I can't believe I'm the first to write about this. I bought this a few years back while a graduate student in modern European history. My focus was primarily industrialization. This book is a joy. Ashton provides a thorough picture of the Revolution from several perspectives. He describes ...             Manor House: Life in an Edwardian Country House3 reviews Juliet Gardiner Bay Books (CA), 2003 Good companion piece to the PBS series. + More information about Manor House series I missed most of the series on PBS, but what I saw looked very good, much better than the earlier 1900 House. This book is the companion to the TV program and is really better suited to those who have seen it as I found some parts a little confusing due to not having watched most of it. The book ...             An Incomplete Education, 3,684 Things You Should Have Learned But probably Didn't90 reviews Judy Jones, William Wilson Ballantine Books, 2006 An Incomplete Education + A great gift item I've seen this book in numerous catalogs and knew that my 15 year old daughter would love it. In the catalogs it was around $35 + shipping. I found it here at a much lower price; the book arrived promptly; and it was in excellant condition. I come here first for any of my online shopping needs. ...             Stories of Other Worlds and A Honeymoon In Space: From The Forgotten Futures Library George Griffith Heliograph, 2000             The Myth of the Robber Barons22 reviews Young Amer Foundatio, 1987 "Robber Barons" Ought to be Called "Productive Geniuses" + Fascinating and Refreshing + Insightful perspective both on specific entrepreneurs and on the reasons for inaccuracy in the history books + It's amazing... + Who were the real robber barons             The Writer's Guide to Everyday Life in the 1800s (Writer's Guides to Everyday Life) Marc McCutcheon Writers Digest Books, 1993 A once-over-lightly, but surprisingly useful + Great Tool For Writer's Research + Somewhat helpful, very interesting I've been researching the 19th Century (with specific attention to the Old West, but a lot of Eastern culture got transplanted there, so inevitably I've had to learn about that too) for 35 years now, and I still find that a book can occasionally give me some information I didn't have. This is one ...             Sky Galleons of Mars / Cloudships & Gunboats (Space 1889 Sci-Fi Roleplaying)3 reviews Frank Chadwick, Tim Bradstreet, ... Heliograph, Inc., 2000 The Art is Fantastic! + Flying ships on Victorian Mars! Well, I have to admit that I am prejudice. Tim Bradstreet is not the only Illustrator of this book. My brother, James Colton McGonigle, also provided illustration for this book as well. He is a fantastic fantasy artist!             DR JEKYLL & MR HYDE (Garland Reference Library of the Humanities)2 reviews Geduld Scholarly Title, 1983 A read for self insight + I eat entire pizzas sometimes I really enjoyed this book, rapidly consuming every word and phrase. It's an old yet interesting and very relevant novel. The plot is shaped like a clever allegory describing mans most vicious and precious moments. Mr. Stevenson tells the tale with an appealing and fast phased language, in spite of ...             English Society in the Eighteenth Century, Second Edition (The Penguin Social History of Britain)9 reviews Roy Porter Penguin (Non-Classics), 1990 A Pure Delight + Great historic review + Helpful History + History Repeats Itself