Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) is best known as the author of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Treasure Island, and Kidnapped, but his essays comprise an oft-overlooked trove of gems, intriguing in their content and generous in their scope. This collection of nearly three dozen of St[...]

St Maximus' two main collections of theological reflections-his Ambigua (or "Difficulties") and his Questions to Thalassius - plus one of his christological opuscula, hitherto unavailable in English, are accompanied by immensely helpful notes, and prefaced by a long, brilliant introduction to the th[...]

Treasure Island is the archetypal adventure story. This edition includes Robert Louis Stevenson's account of how he came to write the story on a rainy afternoon in Scotland, inspired by map that gave him inspiration. A full-page copy of Stevenson's map is reproduced.[...]

Stevenson's tale of a South Sea Islands trader takes on many nineteenth-century taboos: miscegenation, racism, and colonialism. A precursor to the work of Joseph Conrad, the story deftly combines an exotic adventure yarn with the moral and psychological questing of great fiction.[...]

The gold of Captain Flint is buried somewhere on Treasure Island, and only you have the map to find it. You and your friends set sail to gain riches beyond your wildest dreams, but when your crew reveal themselves as pirates, your island adventure becomes a dangerous struggle to survive. Do you have[...]

This classic of children's literature, first published in book form in 1883, had an enormous influence on popular perceptions of pirates.[...]

While going through the possessions of a deceased guest who owed them money, the mistress of the inn and her son find a treasure map that leads them to a pirate's fortune.[...]

Presents a brief, simplified retelling of the episode in Treasure Island during which Jim Hawkins gives Squire Tralawney a packet left behind by a sea captain staying at Jim's parents' inn, and which pirates are trying to find. Original.[...]

A brief, simplified retelling of the episode in "Treasure Island" during which Jim Hawkins tries to keep a treasure map safe from Long John Silver and his pirate band.[...]

This title is suitable for children aged 10 years old and up. The respected Dr. Jekyll appears to have fallen under the spell of a disreputable character named Edward Hyde. Hyde has access to Jekyll's bank account and Jekyll has named Hyde as his sole heir in a recently drafted will. And there is so[...]