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medieval
books
Books specifically used for medieval research.
Some of these may be duplicated in other sections.
Most of these are not vintage.
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moral
dilemmas & sex
Something weighing heavily on your mind? Wishing you'd been warned
about a peril into which you've inadvertantly fallen? Can
a boy and girl be "just friends"?
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god
botherers
Religion. Where would we be without it? Probably having a very nice
time, thank you. Meanwhile, keep yourself nice and we'll have none
of THAT!
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advice
for women & household guides
Many are the questions that plague a girl on the brink of womanhood
or a new mother, and with advice like this, it's a wonder we're
here at all.
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vintage
children's books
Books which were banned and other much loved children's classics.
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languages,
dictionaries, & writing guides
Thinking you'd like to try your hand at something a little more
exotic than French? Colonising a continent sometime soon? Is a hippopotamus
eating your hut? How should you decline an engagement from a suitor?
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literature
& poetry
Classic reading from Beowulf to The Picture of Dorian
Grey. Fiction and poetry from the ages for all ages.
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manly
men
Farmers, cottage builders, D.I.Y. lawyers, fishermen... advice for
every man and manly pursuits!
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academia
& business
Mathemetics, shorthand, calculus. Some things never change and here's
proof.
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science
& technology
Chemistry, physics, atomic power, geography and geology. Science
has come a long, long way and we've learned a lot since this!
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medicine,
hygiene & health
In a time where euphamisms referred vaguely to "unmentionables"
and "the curse", some startlingly graphic and illustrated
advice.
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recreation
& leisure pursuits
Fancy some boy scouting? Feel you could be doing more with driftwood
in your floral arrangements? Like to try out a "Boston?"
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history
& biography
(excluding medieval history)
Related with and without glaring omissions and horrendous racist
undertones because it seemed the proper thing to do at the time.
Times, they have a-changed.
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