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  • Folk-lore and Legends: Russian and Polish

    by Charles John Tibbits ...
    Once upon a time there were two brothers who lived upon a piece of ground. The one was rich and the other poor. One day the poor brother went to the rich one to ask him to lend him a horse, so that he might carry wood from the forest. The rich brother lent him the horse, and then the poor one asked him to also let him have a collar for it. The rich man, however, got angry, and would not let him ... Read more

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  • The Neurotic Turn

    by Charles Johns ...
    Taking their cue from the work of Charles Johns, who has argued that, far from being an ailment, neurosis is in fact the dominant condition of our society today, an array of thinkers have gathered in The Neurotic Turn to address the question: what can ‘neurosis’ tell us about our current social impasse?What emerges in The Neurotic Turn is the awareness that the medicalization of neurosis was ... Read more

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  • Captain Kettle on the War-path

    Restored Classics to Go Edition

    by Charles John Cutcliffe Wright Hyne ...
    Captain Sir Owen Kettle, the one-legged seaman who chafes at being kept from the war, leaps at a secret mission to intercept a German submarine and outwit official caution with sheer nerve. In New Orleans, he and politician Martin Carnforth adopt aliases, trail the suspicious tanker Grüda, and are drugged and shanghaied aboard, where Kettle's hard-handed ingenuity quickly turns survival into a ... Read more

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  • Folklore and Legends

    Oriental

    by Charles John Tibbitts ...
    This is an anthology of tales from several widely separated Asian story-telling traditions, with the center of gravity somewhere in Persia. The book is meant to be enjoyed as light reading, and the stories are unattributed and uncredited. The tales originate from Arabian, Persian, Indian, and Kalmyk sources, and have Islamic, Hindu, Buddhist and Zoroastrian elements. ... Read more

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  • The Armourer and his Craft from the XIth to the XVIth Century

    by Charles John Ffoulkes ...
    The importance of the craft of the armourer in the Middle Ages can hardly be overestimated, for it is, to a large extent, to the excellence of defensive armour and weapons that we owe much of the development of art and craftsmanship all over Europe. The reason for this somewhat sweeping statement is to be found in the fact that up to the sixteenth century the individual and the personal factor ... Read more

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  • A Second Letter on the late Post Office Agitation

    by Charles John Vaughan ...
    A Second Letter on the late Post Office Agitation is a historical pamphlet authored by Robert Stephenson, published in 1844, addressing the controversies and public debates surrounding the British Post Office reforms of the mid-19th century. In this detailed and articulate letter, Stephenson responds to criticisms and misconceptions that arose following the implementation of Rowland Hill’s postal ... Read more

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  • The Lost Continent

    by Charles John Cutcliffe Wright Hyne ...
    The finest tale ever written of fabled Atlantis, The Lost Continent is a sweeping, fiery saga of the last days of the doomed land. Atlantis, at the height of its power and glory, is without equal. It has established far-flung colonies in Egypt and Central America, and its mighty navies patrol the seas. The priests of Atlantis channel the elemental powers of the universe, and a powerful monarch ... Read more

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  • The English Church in the Eighteenth Century

    by Charles John Abbey, John Henry Overton ...
    Although this edition has been shortened to about half the length of the original one, it is essentially the same work. The reduction has been effected, partly by the omission of some whole chapters, partly by excisions. The chapters omitted are those upon the Jacobites, the Essayists, Church Cries, and Sacred Poetry – subjects which have only a more or less incidental bearing on the Church ... Read more

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  • Armour & Weapons

    A Comprehensive Exploration of Medieval Warfare and Battle Gear

    by Charles John Ffoulkes ...
    In "Armour & Weapons," Charles John Ffoulkes meticulously explores the evolution of military gear from antiquity to the modern era, emphasizing the intricate relationship between technology and society. Drawing upon a rich tapestry of historical sources and artifacts, Ffoulkes presents an analytical narrative that showcases not only the physical aspects of armor and weaponry but also their ... Read more

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  • The Lost Continent

    by Charles John Cutcliffe Wright Hyne ...
    A classic "lost race" story, with all of the required elements: a seductive empress, a straight-arrow hero, battles, escapes, sorcery, and earth-shattering cataclysms! Eminently readable and very entertaining, without any profundity to distract a fan of Haggard, Aubrey, or Janvier-style fantasy literature. ... Read more

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  • A History of Castles of Herefordshire and Their Lords

    by Charles John Robinson ...
    Forty-Two castles (or their ruins) are described in detail and their storied histories outlined."The Western Borderland is perhaps as rich in monuments of the past as the Northern, and abounds in spots about which we may say with truth,We never tread upon them but we setOur feet upon some reverend history.But the memorials are hard to decipher, and certainly the traditions live no longer upon the ... Read more

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  • A Master of Fortune: Being Further Adventures of Captain Kettle

    Restored Classics to Go Edition

    by Charles John Cutcliffe Wright Hyne ...
    Series series
    Excerpt: "The pay is small enough," said Captain Kettle, staring at the blue paper. "It's a bit hard for a man of my age and experience to come down to a job like piloting, on eight pound a month and my grub.""All right, Capt'n," replied the agent. "You needn't tell me what I know already. The pay's miserable, the climate's vile, and the bosses are beasts. And yet we have more applicants for these ... Read more

    $1.99 USD