“sansom ian”

Israel Armstrong--the young librarian who solves crimes, mysteries, and domestic problems while driving a mobile library--returns for more crime solving adventure, in this hilarious second novel in the Mobile Library series.Mr. Dixon a member of the Ulster Association of Magicians, has gone missing-... More

Israel Armstrong is a passionate soul, lured to Ireland by the promise of an exciting new career. Alas, the job that awaits him is not quite what he had in mind. Still, Israel is not one to dwell on disappointment, as he prepares to drive a mobile library around a small, damp Irish town. After all, ... More

Israel Armstrong, one of literature's most unlikely detectives, returns for more adventure in this hilarious third novel in the Mobile Library series. The hunt for a missing book mobile leads him on a twisting trail through the countryside in pursuit of a convoy of dreadlocked New Age travelers.Disg... More

Sansom delivers a playful, profound, and frequently very funny collection of observations of babies that are juxtaposed with those of famous thinkers and writers.In this unusual book, Ian Sansom conveys the oddness and beauty of human beings in their first year of life, and the cataclysmic affect th... More

Five classic fairy tales featuring favorite princesses are told in this compendium. With a wheel on every spread, young readers are encouraged to find the right scene at a particular point in the story and match the appropriate sticker. Full color. Consumable.... More

The author has attempted to eschew theoretical assumptions about human societies and confined himself to a straightforward narrative. He has made use of the work of leading Japanese historians, and consulted primary sources.... More

'All students of Japanese history will welcome the completion of this history...These volumes, with the author's earlier works, provide the standard and point of departure for future work in Japanese history.' -The American Historical Review... More

In what's being called a brilliant debut, Sansom presents a riveting historical novel in which issues of politics and faith collide when a gruesome murder is committed in a remote Benedictine monastery during the reign of Henry VIII.Exciting and elegantly written, "Dissolution" is an utterly compell... More