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The French Revolution (1911), by Hilaire Belloc, is a comparatively short commentary on the great revolutionary experiment between the parliamentary quarrels of 1789 to the execution of Robespierre in 1794. Though the author does not attempt to present a full chronology of events, dwelling mainly...

Short, comprehensive book about the Balkan wars of 1912/1913. It focusses not on the gory details of the battlefield but on the political background of the conflict. Secret agreements, backstabbing and lies: it was all there. The author tell about them as far as he knew about them, and acknowledges...

Excerpt: "Though our foe cannot be slain, he can, like the genii of Eastern story, be baffled. In the days of old, the Storm had it nearly all his own way. Hearts, indeed, were not less brave, but munitions of war were wanting. In this matter, as in everything else, the world is better off now...

People are always trying to save money, especially with today’s economy. No matter what your reason for saving, through this ebook, you will discover ways never considered.?The price of everything has gone up, requiring people to be more conscientious about money. The problem is that by the time...

Christmas shopping season is in full swing and there are really only two ways to get those presents you're searching for: • Wading through the crowds in all of the retail stores, • Shopping on the Internet. There are plenty of books on how to deal with scams in the retail stores, and, truthfully,...

Excerpt: "Steel played in the first ever Test Match in England at The Oval in 1880, then in the famous Test which England narrowly lost in 1882. The mock obituary was published in The Sporting Times saying "R.I.P. English Cricket...the body will be cremated and the Ashes will be taken to Australia."

In novels like "Toppleton's Client" – and in collections like" The Water Ghost and Others", which contains his best work, "Ghosts I Have Met and Some Others" and "Over the Plum Pudding" – John Kendrick Bangs attempted to master a comically debunking style of fantasy which was like that of Mark Twain.

Like the old saying goes, "Money makes the world go 'round." We use it every day. We could not acquire most necessary items needed in daily life without it. We almost always want more of it, but for coin collectors, money is much more than a piece of metal. It is a hobby, a learning experience,...

Miss Marjoribanks is an 1866 novel by Margaret Oliphant. It was first published in serialised form in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine from February 1865. It follows the exploits of its heroine, Lucilla Marjoribanks, as she schemes to improve the social life of the provincial English town of Carlingford. (Excerpt from Wikipedia)

“Erkämpftes Glück Teil 2” ist Teil des Werkes Waldröschen oder Die Rächerjagd rund um die Erde (später auch: Das Waldröschen oder die Verfolgung rund um die Erde) ist der erste von fünf Kolportageromanen von Karl May, erschienen zwischen zwischen 1882 und 1884 in 109 Fortsetzungen. Dies ist Band 9. (Auszug aus Wikipedia)

“Die Liebe des Ulanen” ist ein Fortsetzungsroman in fünf Teilen von Karl May. Er spielt zur Zeit des deutsch-französischen Krieges. Dies ist Band 2. (Auszug aus Wikipedia)

Diese Sammlung von Orientgeschichten enthält folgende acht Erzählungen: Der Zauberteppich, Das Hamaïl, Das Kurdenkreuz, Schefakas Geheimnis, Eine Weihnachtsfeier in Damaskus, Abdahn Effendi, Merhameh und Schamah.

The novel is structured as a series of letters recording the journey to London of Dr. Pringle, the minister of Garnock, with his family, to accept a legacy. It first appeared in Blackwood's Magazine in instalments from June 1820 until February 1821. (Goodreads)

Excerpt: "The Bamptons were expecting a visitor that very afternoon: which made it all the more indiscreet that young Fitzroy should stay so long practising those duets with May. It was a summer afternoon, warm and bright, and the drawing-room was one of those pretty rooms which are as English...