The Codex

"Greetings from the dead," Maxwell Broadbent declared from the videotape he left behind after his mysterious disappearance. A notorious treasure hunter and tomb robber, Maxwell accumulated a priceless collection of rare art, gems, and artifacts before vanishing completely-- along with all his riches.
At first, robbery is suspected, but the truth proves far stranger: as a final challenge to his three sons, Maxwell has buried himself and his treasures somewhere in the world, hidden away like an ancient Egyptian pharaoh. If his sons wish to claim their inheritance, they must find their father's concealed tomb.

Haunted Bookshop 03 - The Ghost and the Dead Man's Library

Bookshop owner Penelope Thornton-McClure has just received a rare collection of Poe's complete works. Rumor has it a secret code, trapped within the pages, leads to buried treasure. But it seems everyone who buys...dies. Now Pen will need resident ghost P.I. Jack Shepard to help crack the case.

Buried Treasures: Finding and Growing the World's Choicest Bulbs

Latvian nurseryman Ruksans illuminates the realm of uncommon, alluring flowering bulbs, while chronicling his uncommon plant-hunting forays throughout what he calls the Soviet Empire. Renowned for these intrepid plant explorations, as well as for his expansive knowledge of breeding and growing bulbous plants, Ruksans offers an entertaining narrative that remains instructive. To begin, Ruksans puts forth a thorough and engaging presentation of cultivating bulbous plants, from the merits of growing bulbs from seeds to the use of tweezers for pollination.

Look Homeward, Angel: A Story of the Buried Life

Look Homeward, Angel: A Story of the Buried Life is a 1929 novel by Thomas Wolfe. It is Wolfe's first novel, and is considered a highly autobiographical American Bildungsroman. The character of Eugene Gant is generally believed to be a depiction of Wolfe himself. The novel covers the span of time from Gant's birth to the age of 19. The setting is the fictional town and state of Altamont, Catawba, a fictionalisation of his home town, Asheville, North Carolina.

Matthew Arnold: Selected Poetry

Matthew Arnold was an English poet and cultural criticist on contemporary social issues. Contents: Apollo Musagetes, Bacchanalia or The New Age, Cadmus and Harmonia, Consolation, Dover Beach, From the Hymn of Empedocles, Immortality, Isolation, Lines Written in Kensington Gardens, Memorial Verses: April 1850, Morality, Mycerinus, Obermann Once More, Palladium, Philomela, Quiet Work, Requiescat, Rugby Chapel,Shakespeare, Self-Dependence, Stanzas from the Grande Chartreuse, The Buried Life, The Forsaken Merman,The Future, The Last Word, Worldly Place, The Scholar-Gipsy, The Song of Callicles, The Strayed Reveller, Thyrsis a Monody, To Marguriet: Continued, Youth and Calm, Index of First Lines