Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Hesperides Press are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

The Radium Woman;A Youth Edition of the Life of Madame Curie

History

Doorly, Eleanor

World

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This early work is Louisa May Alcott’s 1863 collection of historical sketches, “Hospital Sketches - An Army Nurse's True Account of her Experience During the Civil War”. Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888) was an American author, best known for her novel “Little Women”. She was also the first Civil War army nurse to publish an account of her service. During her internship of six week, Alcott wrote a series of letters home within which she described her experiences. This fascinating and insightful volume will appeal to those with an interest in nursing, and is not to be missed by fans and collectors of Alcott’s work. Many classic books such as this are becoming increasingly rare and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author.

Hospital Sketches: An Army Nurses's True Account of Her Experience During the Civil War

Biographies & Memoirs

ALCOTT,LOUISA MAY

Arts & Literature

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Hesperides Press are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

The Promised Land

The Promised Land' is Mary Antin's 1912 autobiography, which tells the story of her early life in what is now Belarus and her immigration to the United States in 1894. Antin describes her public school education and assimilation into American culture, as well as life for Jews in Czarist Russia. Mary Antin (1881 - 1949) was an American author and immigration rights activist. Other notable works include 'From Plotzk to Boston' (1899) and 'They Who Knock at Our Gates - A Complete Gospel of Immigration' (1914).

Antin, Mary

Community & Culture

"My Own Story" is the 1914 memoirs of Emmeline Pankhurst. Emmeline Pankhurst (1858-1928) was a British political activist who organised the British suffragette movement and helped women attain voting rights. "Time" magazine named Pankhurst one of the 100 most important people of the 20th century in 1999. This volume offers a fascinating insight into the life and mind of one of the architects of the British suffragette movement and is not to be missed by those with an interest in suffragism and women's history. Contents include: "The Making of a Militant", "Four Years of Peaceful Militancy", and "The Women's Revolution". Read & Co. is now republishing this classic work in a new edition complete with an introductory extract from 'Women as World Builders'.

My Own Story: With an Excerpt From Women as World Builders, Studies in Modern Feminism By Floyd Dell

Pankhurst, Emmeline

Dell, Floyd

The Letters of Gertrude Bell - Volume One

Bell, Gertrude

The Letters of Gertrude Bell - Volume Two

Florence Nightingale (1820-1910) was an English social reformer, statistician, and pioneer of modern nursing. She became famous during the time she served as manager and trainer of nurses during the Crimean War, giving nursing a positive reputation and becoming a Victorian culture icon. Also known as "The Lady with the Lamp", she was an accomplished writer who produced work related to medical knowledge. Nightingale's 1859 work "Notes on Nursing - What It Is, and What It Is Not" represented the fundaments of the curriculum at the Nightingale School and other nursing schools, despite originally devised as a guide for home nursing. It includes every day sanitary knowledge, covering such topics as taking food and what kinds of food, bed and bedding, light, cleanliness of rooms, personal cleanliness, etc. Contents include: "Ventilation And Warming", "Health Of Houses", "Petty Management", "Noise", "Variety", etc. Other notable works by this author include: "Florence Nightingale to Her Nurses" (1914), "Suggestions for Thought" (1860), and "Una and the Lion" (1871). Read & Co. are republishing this volume now in a modern edition complete with an introductory from "Beneath the Banner, Being Narratives of Noble Lives and Brave Deeds" by F. J. Cross.

Notes on Nursing - What It Is, and What It Is Not: With a Chapter From 'Beneath the Banner, Being Narratives of Noble Lives and Brave Deeds' by F. J. Cross

Nightingale, Florence

Cross, F. J.

Military

First published in 1909, “Florence Nightingale the Angel of the Crimea” is a biographical sketch of Nightingale by American author Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards Florence Nightingale (1820–1910) was an English social reformer, statistician, and pioneer of modern nursing. She became famous during the time she served as manager and trainer of nurses during the Crimean War, giving nursing a positive reputation and becoming a Victorian culture icon. Also known as "The Lady with the Lamp", she was an accomplished writer who produced work related to medical knowledge. Contents include: “How Florence Got Her Name”, “Little Florence”, “The Squire's Daughter”, “Looking Out”, “Waiting For The Call”, “The Trumpet Call”, “The Response”, “Scutari”, “The Barrack Hospital”, “The Lady-In-Chief”, “The Lady With The Lamp”, etc. Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards produced over 90 books over many genres, including poetry, biographies, and children's literature. Her most notable work is her children's poem "Eletelephony". Other notable works by this author include: “Baby's Rhyme Book” (1878), “Babyhood: Rhymes and Stories, Pictures and Silhouettes for Our Little Ones” (1878), and “Baby's Story Book” (1878). Read & Co is republishing this volume now in a high-quality, modern edition, complete with a biography of the author by Elizabeth Lee.

Florence Nightingale the Angel of the Crimea: With the Essay 'Representative Women' by Ingleby Scott

Scott, Ingleby

First published in 1914, "Florence Nightingale to Her Nurses" contains a selection of addresses given by Nightingale to the probationers and nurses of The Nightingale School at St. Thomas's Hospital. Florence Nightingale (1820-1910) was an English social reformer, statistician, and pioneer of modern nursing. She became famous during the time she served as manager and trainer of nurses during the Crimean War, giving nursing a positive reputation and becoming a Victorian culture icon. Also known as "The Lady with the Lamp", she was an accomplished writer who produced a large corpus of work related to medical knowledge. Offering a unique insight into the mind and work of one of the most famous nurses in history, "Florence Nightingale to Her Nurses" is not to be missed by those with an interest in Florence Nightingale and how she shaped the face of modern nursing over a century ago. Other notable works by Florence Nightingale include: "Notes on Nursing: What Nursing Is, What Nursing is Not" (1859), "Suggestions for Thought" (1860), and "Una and the Lion" (1871). Read & Co. are republishing this volume now in a modern edition complete with an introductory from "Beneath the Banner, Being Narratives of Noble Lives and Brave Deeds" by F. J. Cross.

Florence Nightingale to Her Nurses: With a Chapter From 'Beneath the Banner, Being Narratives of Noble Lives and Brave Deeds' by F. J. Cross

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The Radium Woman;A Youth Edition of the Life of Madame Curie

Hospital Sketches: An Army Nurses's True Account of Her Experience During the Civil War

The Radium Woman;A Youth Edition of the Life of Madame Curie

The Promised Land

My Own Story: With an Excerpt From Women as World Builders, Studies in Modern Feminism By Floyd Dell

The Letters of Gertrude Bell - Volume One

The Letters of Gertrude Bell - Volume Two

Notes on Nursing - What It Is, and What It Is Not: With a Chapter From 'Beneath the Banner, Being Narratives of Noble Lives and Brave Deeds' by F. J. Cross

Florence Nightingale the Angel of the Crimea: With the Essay 'Representative Women' by Ingleby Scott

Florence Nightingale to Her Nurses: With a Chapter From 'Beneath the Banner, Being Narratives of Noble Lives and Brave Deeds' by F. J. Cross