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Finally available, a high quality book of the original classic edition of Scotch Wit and Humor. It was previously published by other bona fide publishers, and is now, after many years, back in print. This is a new and freshly published edition of this culturally important work by W. H. (Walter...

“To read him is to be constantly delighted.” So reads the New York Times review of Afoot in England, W. H. Hudson’s account of his rambles through rural England. In these vignettes, the renowned naturalist shows that he is a keen student of the human being, as well as of the animals and birds he loves so much.

This volume, first published in 1990, commemorates one of the most notable economic historians of his age. Professor W.H. Chaloner taught in the History Department of the University of Manchester from 1945 to 1981. He preferred the article to the book as the most appropriate vehicle of publishing...

The present work, it is hoped, will supply a want long felt in the literature of the Catacombs. That literature, it is true, is very voluminous; but it is for the most part locked up in rare and costly folios in foreign languages, and inaccessible to the general reader. Recent discoveries have refuted...

FOREWORD The reasons for this book are as follow:—Whilst talking over early days with Mr. Courtenay-Luck, the popular Secretary of the Commercial Travellers' Club, that gentleman suggested that I should write a paper, to be read at a meeting of the Historical Society of Queensland. In...

A fantastic historical adventure novel by W. H. G. Kingston set in early colonial Australia.

Includes 15 portraits and 14 maps W. H. Fitchett brings to life some of the most notable clashes of arms between the British and the various enemies that they have fought against, from Minden to the Crimean War, from Blenheim to Salamanca. “Fights for the Flag is as good as Deeds that...

Having survived his duel with Empress Hefrask, Grogaan now fights for his life, which hangs by a thread. To prevent him from being discovered by Imperial forces, Ellarna hides him the cave where their ships are parked, and protects them by magic. While in hiding, Ellarna discovers new gifts...

W.H. Oliver, a central figure in New Zealand’s intellectual landscape, reflects on the decades of his own life and the history that has shaped him.The first editor of The Dictionary of New Zealand Biography and the author of The Story of New Zealand, Oliver tells of his Cornish upbringing, the influences...

“A traveller in little things . . . which takes you into the villages and hamlets, where you meet and converse with small farmers . . . with other persons who live on the land.” This is a stranger’s astute description of W. H. Hudson during one of his rambles around England—his experiences charmingly captured in this travel narrative.

This volume presents two books by Frederic W. H. Myers, founder of the Society for Psychical Research, and one of the most influential writers in everything related to parapsychology and unexplained phenomena related to ghosts, apparitions, possessions, and all that sort of phenomena that for ever have fascinated the curiosity of humans.

Finally available, a high quality book of the original classic edition of Curiosities of Superstition - And Sketches of Some Unrevealed Religions. It was previously published by other bona fide publishers, and is now, after many years, back in print. This is a new and freshly published edition...

Will Clayton - estranged from his family and former friends – sits alone atop a rest stop picnic table on a rural highway in central Kansas. A half-eaten candy bar, a bottle of water, and the hot Kansas sun keep him company. At fifty-five years of age, the burnt out and disillusioned modern day...

Some Heroes of Travel By W. H. Davenport Adams