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The Fighter of Auschwitz: The incredible true story of Leen Sanders who boxed to help others survive
**A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER**‘He had the dream again last night… He taps the gloves of his unbeaten Polish opponent. There are rumours that the loser will be sent to the gas chamber.’
In 1943, the Dutch champion boxer, Leen Sanders, was sent to Auschwitz. His wife and children were put to death while he was sent ‘to the left’ with the others who were fit enough for labour. Recognised by an SS officer, he was earmarked for a ‘privileged’ post in the kitchens in exchange for weekly boxing matches for the entertainment of the Nazi guards. From there, he enacted his resistance to their limitless cruelty.
With great risk and danger to his own life, Leen stole, concealed and smuggled food and clothing from SS nursing units for years to alleviate the unbearable suffering of the prisoners in need. He also regularly supplied extra food to the Dutch women in Dr. Mengele’s experiment, Block 10. To his fellow Jews in the camp, he acted as a rescuer, leader and role model, defending them even on their bitter death march to Dachau towards the end of the war.
A story of astonishing resilience and compassion, The Fighter of Auschwitz is a testament to the endurance of humanity in the face of extraordinary evil.
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Sign Language: Travels in Unfortunate English from the Readers of The Daily Telegraph (Telegraph Books)
A hilarious tour of the state of our mother tongue, from the people who brought you Am I Alone In Thinking . . . ?, Sign Language is a collection the most inappropriate, confusing, poorly translated and mind-bogglingly bizarre signs from around the world.
Few things amuse and appal Telegraph readers as much as the abuse, misuse, mistranslation and outright mangling of the English language. So, for the past three years the Telegraph has run a weekly feature inviting members of the public to send in photographs of menus, health and safety warnings, road signs, adverts, headlines and personals columns – anything in which the language has gone egregiously, hilariously and, usually, unintentionally wrong.
Entitled Sign Language, the published selection of the very best images has become one of the newspaper’s most popular features, attracting over 300,000 online visitors every week and attracting thousands of submissions from around the world.
Now, we present the very best of Sign Language – both seen and unseen – and offer a timely warning about the imperilled state of modern English.
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Baby Fairies 2: A Greyscale Coloring Book – Relax and Improve Your Drawing Skills
Step into the enchanting world of “Baby Fairies 2: A Greyscale Coloring Book – Relax and Improve Your Drawing Skills,” the highly anticipated sequel by artist Kristina Lewis.
- Explore20 unique baby fairy portraits, each showcasing different ethnicities and adorned with special features for a truly enchanting and diverse coloring experience.
- Suitable for both beginners and advanced colorists, this book caters to a wide range of skill levels, ensuring enjoyment for all.
- Embrace the scientifically proven benefits of coloring as art therapy, as it can promote relaxation, reduce stress, and enhance focus, making it a wonderful tool for mindfulness.
- Improve your drawing skills as you master the art of creating depth and dimension with various shades of colors.
- Enjoy versatility with a range of coloring tools like pens, pencils, watercolor pencils, and markers, unleashing your creativity in your preferred medium.
- Single-sided prints to prevent bleed-through
- Use the provided coloring test page to discover your perfect palette and experiment with delightful color combinations.
- Give the gift of inspiration and relaxation to adults, teens, girls, seniors, or anyone seeking to express their artistic flair through coloring.
We are beyond excited to see how you will infuse life and magic into these adorable tiny fairies!In this magical world, you have the power to make these fairies truly your own. Whether you use vibrant hues or subtle shades, each choice will be a reflection of your inner world and imagination. Your colors will give wings to their dreams, and your creativity will weave a tapestry of captivating stories. So, take your time, savor each moment, and let the enchantment unfold on every page. We can’t wait to be a part of this incredible journey with you and witness the beauty you’ll create. Happy coloring, and may the magic of “Baby Fairies 2” fill your heart with joy!
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The Ultimate Survival Medicine Guide: Emergency Preparedness for ANY Disaster
No one knows what the next disaster will be: earthquake, Coronavirus, flu epidemic, flood, terrorist attack. But everyone should know how to survive a medical emergency if a medical professional isn’t available.From Dr. Joe Alton and Amy Alton ARNP comes an updated edition of their bestseller The Survival Medicine Handbook. This unique medical book is meant to enable the average person to handle injuries and illness in situations in which modern medical facilities and professionals aren’t available due to a disaster.
This book is written by America’s top medical preparedness experts: Joe Alton, MD, and Amy Alton, ARNP. Their mission: to put a medically prepared person in every family for when medical help is not on the way. Using decades of medical experience, they address, in plain language, dozens of medical issues associated with surviving disasters and epidemics. The Altons also discuss the medical supplies needed to become a medical asset to your family and community as well as alternative and natural strategies for when pharmaceuticals aren’t available. Topics include:
- Appendicitis and Conditions that Mimic It
- Urinary Tract Infections
- Mosquito-Borne Illnesses
- Allergic Reactions and Anaphylaxis
- Head Injuries
- Animal Bites
- Snake Bites
- Head injuries
- Kidney Stones
- Dislocations and Fractures
- Nosebleeds
- Pain Medications
- Natural Pain Relief
- And much much more!
Most medical books will send you to the doctor or hospital when an emergency happens. The Altons assume that the worst might actually happen—that the average person could be left without medical help in a disaster. With their book, you can keep your family healthy in times of trouble.
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Alien Adoption Agency: Collection 2 (Alien Adoption Agency – Collections)
If you like strong women, dragon-shifting warriors, adorable baby aliens, wild adventures, steamy sensual scenes, and happily-ever-afters, then you’ll love exploring exotic frontier worlds with the Alien Adoption Agency!This exclusive collection includes all three dragon-shifting warrior romances that take place on the frontier moon of Lachesis:
Zane:
She hungers for justice, but this troubled soldier hungers only for her.
Sarah Flynn is committed to avenging her father’s death at any cost. Even if that means adopting a baby and traveling to a remote frontier moon. She’s built a wall around her heart so she can do what needs to be done. But when she meets her new son and the handsome dragon warrior assigned to protect him, she can feel her defenses beginning to crumble.Odin:
This young widow swore she would never love again, but a dragon warrior’s heat might just melt her resolve…
Liberty has come to Lachesis for a chance to raise a child and get a fresh start on a far away frontier moon. But she isn’t ready for the baby to come with Odin, an Invicta dragon warrior who has sworn to protect the child with his life. And she certainly doesn’t expect the burly warrior to awaken feelings in her that she thought she left behind forever.Rexx:
It’s love at first sight for sunny Abigail. Now she just needs to survive the train ride to get to her new home.
Abigail Shaw can’t believe her good luck. The Alien Adoption Agency has selected her to adopt adorable baby Rio. And baby Rio comes with Rexx, a handsome Invicta warrior guard, whose dark eyes seduce Abigail before he even opens his mouth. When he offers her his mate bond, she thinks things can’t get any better. She’s finally going to have a family of her own. And they’re getting a free ride on the famous Iron Peregrine express train to their new home. But things on the Peregrine aren’t always what they seem…Indulge in all five Alien Adoption Agency collections:
Collection 1: Clothos
Collection 2: Lachesis
Collection 3: Atropos
Collection 4: Han-2
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Katie Morag and the Dancing Class (Katie Morag, 2)
Welcome to the Island of Struay, home of one of the best-loved characters in children’s books and as seen on TV – Katie Morag McColl!
Everyone is excited about the new ballet and tap classes. Everyone, that is, except Katie Morag! But the two grandmothers have decided – she will go to ballet and she will wear a frilly skirt! What is Katie Morag going to do?
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True Tales Of The Supernatural: Real Christmas Ghost Stories: Volume Five (Real Ghost Stories: True Supernatural Tales)
12 GHASTLY REAL GHOST STORIES FOR CHRISTMAS
According to ancient folklore, the 12 Days of Christmas, beginning on Christmas Day, mark a period when the barrier between the living and the dead becomes blurred, allowing phantoms to wander our world. What better way to honour those 12 disquieting days than with the same number of ghostly tales?
Brace yourself for harrowing accounts such as:
- The eerie hotel resident who liked to watch in Rapunzel…
- The terrible act of kindness in One Last Holiday…
- The man with death in his eyes in Deadbeat Daniel…
- The wraith who craved togetherness in Misery Loves Company…
- The unholy horror in the library in By The Book…
- The unnatural echoes that tormented a family in Upstairs, Downstairs…
And remember, amidst the sparkle of tinsel and the joy of gift-giving, the spirit of Christmas isn’t always merry. Sometimes, it lurks in the shadows, eager to trace icy fingers down your spine…
Ready for those delicious, spine-tingling chills? Scroll up and hit buy now!
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Mrs. Beeton’s Dictionary of Every-Day Cookery
The reasons for the publication of this Volume—the First of a Series of Practical Manuals which were to be called the “All About It” Books—were thus explained in a Prospectus issued a few months ago, and approved by the late Mrs. S. O. Beeton:— Many wishes have been expressed to the Authoress of the “Book of Household Management” that a volume of Recipes in Cookery should be written which could be sold at a price somewhere between the seven-and-sixpenny “Household Management” and the Shilling Cookery Book. Accordingly Mrs. Beeton has prepared a Collection of Recipes, and of other Practical Information concerning the Dressing and Serving of Family Fare, which, when completed, will be published, in serviceable binding, at the price of Three Shillings and Sixpence.As Mistress, Cook, and Critic have declared that the details in Mrs. Beeton’s larger work are so easy to understand, the Authoress has followed, in every Recipe printed in the present Dictionary, the same simple plan she originally used. Regarding, however, the arrangement of the Recipes, the Authoress has chosen the Dictionary form, believing an alphabetical arrangement to be the best for a book that is being constantly referred to. By the adoption of a very intelligible system, all cross reference, and that very disagreeable[viii] parenthesis (See So-and-so) is avoided, except in a very few instances. Where any warning as to what should not be done is likely to be needed, it is given, as well as advice as to what ought to be done. No pains have been thought too great to make little things clearly understood. Trifles constitute perfection. It is just the knowledge or ignorance of little things that usually makes the difference between the success of the careful and experienced housewife or servant, and the failure of her who is careless and inexperienced. Mrs.
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Dakshin: Vegetarian Cuisine from South India (An earthly delight cookbook)
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Favourite Shakespeare Country Recipes (Favourite Recipes)
As well as its spectacular scenery and long history, Shakespeare country also has a rich heritage of regional recipes. This book brings together some of the best known of these in a compilation by Dorothy Baldock. This little book contains 34 recipes as well as a conversion guide for measurements. It’s the perfect gift for any food lover, or anyone interested in the region.Read more
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The Wheel of Health – The Secret Path of Hunza
As a basis for comparison with undernourished civilized man – in a world of apparent plenty – Dr. Wrench cites the little-known race of Hunzas, inhabiting a mountainous region in the northwestern tip of India. Here, in almost absolute isolation from the modern world, the Hunzas were found to represent, by all scientific standards, the very epitome of health, vigor and general well-being, both physically and mentally. What the Hunzas eat, how they grow it, how they prepare their food . . . all these are revealed in detail in THE WHEEL OF HEALTH. In addition, Dr. Wrench explodes the theories of heredity, (with substantiations by many other recognized authorities) explaining that diseases themselves are not passed on from one generation to another, but only those weaknesses which make a person more susceptible to the disease; weaknesses which might be corrected through proper food. Not only a very readable and thought-provoking treatise on proper diet, and an urgent plea for full recognition of vitamin values, THE WHEEL OF HEALTH provides a reliable guide to all who seek a better state of well-being and longer life, through proper eating.Table of Contents:INTRODUCTIONChapter I – THE HUNZA PEOPLEChapter II – A REVOLUTION IN OUTLOOKChapter III – THE TRANSFERENCE TO EXPERIMENTAL SCIENCEChapter IV – THE STARTChapter V – CONTINUITY AND HEREDITYChapter VI – OTHER WHOLEDIET EXPERIMENTSChapter VII – FRAGMENTATIONChapter VIII – THE CAUSATION OF DISEASEChapter IX – THE HUNZA FOOD AND ITS CULTIVATIONChapter X – PROGRESS BY RECOILChapter XI – AN ENTIRE EXPERIMENTRead more
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Memoirs of a Fox-hunting Man
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The Egyptian Cross Mystery
‘Murder on Christmas day’ is the newspaper headline no one wanted to read…
A true classic from the golden age of crime fiction.
‘Brilliant’ PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
When a small-town schoolteacher is discovered dead, beheaded, and tied to a T-shaped cross on December 25th, Ellery Queen is intrigued enough to take a closer look. But when he arrives, Queen is met with too few clues and too little evidence to produce a satisfactory verdict, even for a master sleuth such as himself, and so returns home, defeated.
But when an identical murder occurs – followed by several more – Queen discovers a horrific connection to a strange cult. This is a disturbing puzzle unlike anything he’s encountered before, and it will take all of his powers of deduction to uncover the killer.
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The Chinese Orange Mystery: 0 (An American Mystery Classic)
A topsy-turvy crime scene sends a detective on a puzzling quest for the truth.
The offices of foreign literature publisher and renowned stamp collector Donald Kirk are often host to strange activities, but the most recent occurrence the murder of an unknown caller, found dead in an empty waiting room is unlike any that has come before. Nobody, it seems, entered or exited the room, and yet the crime scene clearly has been manipulated, leaving everything in the room turned backwards and upside down. Stuck through the back of the corpse’s shirt are two long spears and a tangerine is missing from the fruit bowl. Enter amateur sleuth Ellery Queen, who arrives just in time to witness the discovery of the body, only to be immediately drawn into a complex case in which no clue is too minor or too glaring to warrant careful consideration.
Reprinted for the first time in over thirty years, The Chinese Orange Mystery is revered to this day for its challenging conceit and inventive solution. The book is a “fair-play” mystery in which readers have all the clues needed to solve the crime. In 1981, the novel was selected as one of the top ten locked room mysteries of all time by a panel of mystery-world luminaries that included Julian Symons, Edward D. Hoch, Howard Haycraft, and Otto Penzler.
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Halfway House
Called to an urgent meeting at a mysterious shack in the middle of nowhere, attorney Bill Angell finds his brother-in-law, traveling salesman Joe Wilson, stabbed. With Joe’s dying breath, he manages to convey that his murderer was a veiled woman. Was it the wild-eyed woman who had sped past Bill on his way up the dark road to the shack?To help him unravel the mystery, Bill calls on his old friend Ellery Queen. But first Queen will have to unravel the victim’s double life – starting with the shack where he’s been found dead, smack dab between two very different worlds.
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The Door Between
Raised in Japan by American expatriates, Karen Leith now lives a reclusive life in New York, known chiefly for her highly regarded novels, of which the latest has won a major American literary award. When she is found on the floor behind her desk, surrounded by blood, it looks like foul play. But the only possible suspect is Leith’s future daughter-in-law, Eva, who has recently become engaged. Eva swears by her innocence, even though she was the last to hear Leith alive and the first to find her dead.Eva was waiting outside Leith’s office to share the happy news and maintains that no one entered through that door, while the room’s other possible exit was locked. The only one who can help her clear her name is mystery writer Ellery Queen, an acquaintance of the victim through New York’s literary circles. Queen intends to unravel the locked-room mystery, but with no murder weapon and too many incriminating fingerprints, this case just might be one even he can’t solve.
From his first appearance in print in 1929, Ellery Queen became one of America’s most famous and beloved fictional detectives. Over the course of nearly half a century, Frederic Dannay and Manfred B. Lee, the duo writing team known as Ellery Queen, won the prestigious Edgar Award multiple times, and their contributions to the mystery genre were recognized with a Grand Master Award, the highest honor bestowed by the Mystery Writers of America. Their fair-play mysteries won over fans due to their intricate puzzles that challenged the reader to solve the mystery alongside the brilliant detective. Queen’s stories were among the first to dominate the earliest days of radio, film, and television. Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, which the writers founded and edited, became the world’s most influential and acclaimed crime fiction magazine.
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Gaudy Night: the classic Oxford college mystery (Lord Peter Wimsey Series Book 12)
The twelfth book in Dorothy L Sayers’ classic Lord Peter Wimsey series, introduced by actress Dame Harriet Mary Walter, DBE – a must-read for fans of Agatha Christie’s Poirot and Margery Allingham’s Campion Mysteries.
‘D. L. Sayers is one of the best detective story writers’ Daily Telegraph
Harriet Vane has never dared to return to her old Oxford college. Now, despite her scandalous life, she has been summoned back . . .
At first she thinks her worst fears have been fulfilled, as she encounters obscene graffiti, poison pen letters and a disgusting effigy when she arrives at sedate Shrewsbury College for the ‘Gaudy’ celebrations.
But soon, Harriet realises that she is not the only target of this murderous malice – and asks Lord Peter Wimsey to help.
‘She brought to the detective novel originality, intelligence, energy and wit.’ P. D. James
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The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes is the final set of twelve (out of a total of fifty-six) Sherlock Holmes short stories by Arthur Conan Doyle.The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes includes ‘”The Adventure of the Illustrious Client”, “The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier”, “The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone”, “The Adventure of the Three Gables”, “The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire”, “The Adventure of the Three Garridebs”, “The Problem of Thor Bridge”, “The Adventure of the Creeping Man”, “The Adventure of the Lion’s Mane”, “The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger”, “The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place” & “The Adventure of the Retired Colourman”.
Rip-roaring and spine-chilling, these stories have been intriguing readers for generations.
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The Horizontal Man: A Library of America eBook Classic
Helen Eustis’s The Horizontal Man (1946) won an Edgar Award for best first novel and continues to fascinate as a singular mixture of detection, satire, and psychological portraiture. A poet on the faculty of an Ivy League school is found murdered, setting off ripple effects of anxiety, suspicion, and panic in the hot house atmosphere of an English department rife with talk of Freud and Kafka. This classic novel is one of eight works included in The Library of America’s two-volume edition Women Crime Writers: Eight Suspense Novels of the 1940s & 50s, edited by Sarah Weinman.Read more
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The Last Hero
A little wear but a nice copy. Minor imperfections to lovely jacketRead more
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Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Novels and Stories Volume II (Sherlock Holmes The Complete Novels and Stories Book 2)
Since his first appearance in Beeton’s Christmas Annual in 1887, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes has been one of the most beloved fictional characters ever created. Now, in two paperback volumes, Bantam presents all fifty-six short stories and four novels featuring Conan Doyle’s classic hero–a truly complete collection of Sherlock Holmes’s adventures in crime!Volume II begins with The Hound of the Baskervilles, a haunting novel of murder on eerie Grimpen Moor, which has rightly earned its reputation as the finest murder mystery ever written. The Valley of Fear matches Holmes against his archenemy, the master of imaginative crime, Professor Moriarty. In addition, the loyal Dr. Watson has faithfully recorded Holmes’s feats of extraordinary detection in such famous cases as the thrilling The Adventure of the Red Circle and the twelve baffling adventures from The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes.
Conan Doyle’s incomparable tales bring to life a Victorian England of horse-drawn cabs, fogs, and the famous lodgings at 221B Baker Street, where for more than forty years Sherlock Holmes earned his undisputed reputation as the greatest fictional detective of all time.
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Latter End (Miss Silver Mystery Book 11)
A classic mystery novel from one of the mistresses of the genre.
Things had never been quite the same at Latter End since Lois had taken over. Suddenly life seemed to be an endless succession of bitter family rows which Lois, needless to say, invariably won.
More than one person at Latter End found themselves stretched to the limit by Lois and her bullying, and it was only a matter of time before somebody snapped. It was unthinkable of course . . . but if anyone ever murdered Lois Latter, it would be very embarrassing to discover just how many people might have wished her dead.
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Full Gallop (Pine Hollow)
Carole, Stevie, Callie, and Lisa believe that their hard work and efforts are paying off as they prepare for the future, confront fears, and build relationships, but a tragic night throws everything into uncertainty.Read more
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Aesop’s Fables: Classic Children’s Stories by Aesop (Classic Books)
Aesop’s Fables
Have you heard the story of the tortoise and the hare? What about the ant and the grasshopper? Aesop lived more than 2500 years ago, yet his timeless stories continue to entertain, educate and inspire today. Aesop’s fables are a collection of stories from the Greek oral tradition. These stories have been used for moral instruction for thousands of years. “The Boy who Cried Wolf” is just one of many of these fables, all of which include a moral. Aesop was a slave and a storyteller who lived in ancient Greece between 620 and 564 BC. His stories are still being told and retold and this collection is an excellent way to read ancient wisdom in an entertaining form.
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Encyclopedia Madonnica
The press reports her every move, her fans defend her every faux pas as if she were divine, her detractors think she’s the devil in a bustier, and Norman Mailer thinks she’s our “greatest living female artist.” In short, Madonna is the biggest star in the world.
Unlike some stars, Madonna isn’t famous simply for being famous. She’s carved her popularity and her notoriety out of chart-busting singles, sold-out tours, movie roles in Desperately Seeking Susan and Dick Tracy, her best-selling book, Sex, and the most artistically sound music videos in the genre.
Encyclopedia Madonnica appraises all aspects of Madonna’s brilliant career, but it doesn’t stop there. With a book chock-full of fabulous photos, Matthew Rettenmund has compiled information on Madonna from her childhood in Michigan and her early years in New York, as well as from her heady international success and her present status as unpredictable provocateur, insatiable sex siren, and pop culture goddess. In hilarious, info-packed entries, Rettenmund pokes fun at everything from Madonna-hatred to Madonna herself, all from a Madonna-friendly stance.
Encyclopedia Madonnica is a fan’s dream come true. It’s the first appraisal of all things Madonna that documents the entire Madonna phenomenon and gives the star credit where credit is due. Matthew Rettenmund’s irreverent writing style also manages to capture what happens to be Madonna’s major appeal: FUN. If you’ve ever had fun listening to, watching, or thinking about Madonna, you’ll love Encyclopedia Madonnica.Read more
£10.00Encyclopedia Madonnica
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Sir Hugh Owen, his life and work
1885. 138 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and tanning.Read more
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Strange Scriptures That Perplex The Western Mind
Because the Bible describes a culture very different from that of Western countries today, what it says is sometimes puzzling to modern readers. In many cases, however, the ways in which Near Eastern merchants and farmers carry on their daily work have hardly changed over the intervening centuries since the inspired authors wrote. The aim of this interesting volume is to clarify familiar scriptural phrases and texts by explaining some unusual Eastern customs, thereby shedding new light on the unchanging truth of God’s word.Here are fascinating insights into a number of areas of life in biblical lands yesterday and today―clothing and jewels, feasts, home life, women, peasants, fields, tombs, tents, trades, and much more.
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Life of the Rev. George Crabbe, by his son
This is a reproduction of a classic text optimised for kindle devices. We have endeavoured to create this version as close to the original artefact as possible. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we believe they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.Read more
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Backfire
Alan Clark’s passion for cars – that he bought, drove and wrote about over 50 years
Alan Clark was passionate about cars from an early age. He bought his first car – a secondhand 6.5 litre Bentley – while still a schoolboy at Eton and without a driving licence. By the time he was 24 he had been banned from driving three times, not only for speeding but in one instance for driving an open Buick Roadster with a girl on his lap. He dealt in ‘classic’ and vintage cars and soon built up an impressive stable of his own.
One of his first published pieces of journalism appeared in the US magazine, Road and Track, for which he was briefly UK correspondent. BACK FIRE, the title of a column he wrote in Thoroughbred and Classic Cars magazine, ran for three years until his death in September 1999. Alan Clark’s elder son, James Clark – who has inherited his father’s motoring enthusiasms – provides a Prologue; Alan Clark’s widow Jane writes a moving Afterword.
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The Life of Charlotte Bronte: A Glimpse into the Author’s Inspirations and Struggles by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
Delve into Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell’s biographical account of the life and literary journey of renowned author Charlotte Bronte.
The Life of Charlotte Bronte by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell: Step into the world of literary biography with Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell’s “The Life of Charlotte Bronte.” This biography offers an intimate look into the life and career of the renowned author Charlotte Bronte. Gaskell’s portrayal captures the struggles, triumphs, and creative spirit of Bronte, providing a window into the 19th-century literary landscape.
Why This Book? “The Life of Charlotte Bronte” is a biographical tribute to one of literature’s iconic figures, offering insights into the personal and artistic journey of Charlotte Bronte. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell’s empathetic portrayal and her exploration of the challenges faced by women writers make this biography a compelling read for literature enthusiasts.
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The Soong Sisters
“If the story of the Soong family were told as fiction, people would say it was fascinating but too improbable. . . . A dramatic human chronicle . . . engrossing.” —The New York Times Book Review
In the early twentieth century, few women in China were to prove so important to the rise of Chinese nationalism and liberation from tradition as the three extraordinary Soong sisters—Eling, Chingling and Mayling—who would each marry historic figures. Told with wit and verve by New Yorker correspondent Emily Hahn, a remarkable woman in her own right, the biography of the Soong sisters reveals the story of China through both World Wars. It also chronicles the changes to Shanghai as they relate to a very eccentric family that had the courage to speak out against the ruling regime. Greatly influencing the history of modern China, they interacted with their government and military to protect the lives of those who could not be heard, and appealed to the West to support China during the Japanese invasion.
“[A] first-rate reportorial job on three distinguished women.” —Kirkus Reviews
“A spirited, well-informed book . . . a fascinating saga . . . Hahn skillfully interweaves the personal material which she has collected in abundance with some indispensable background knowledge of Chinese history.” —The AtlanticRead more
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Holiday Memory
This recollection of childhood and August Bank Holiday by Dylan Thomas is reissued in a gift format with a new jacket. Dylan Thomas recreates a wonderful holiday through the eyes of a child – its events, people and the sounds, smells and tastes of the day.Read more
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Virginia Woolf: A Critical Memoir
Virginia Woolf is one of the most important writers of the twentieth century.Part of the Bloomsbury set, she lived surrounded by other artists and writers, and her novels and essays have inspired generations of readers and writers ever since their publication.
Her personal struggles with depression and mental illness, and her feminist beliefs come across strongly in her work, illuminating an important period in British social history, not just for women’s rights, but for a whole nation scarred by the effects of two world wars.
Winifred Holtby gives us Woolf the critic, the essayist and the experimental novelist in this critical memoir which is of particular interest as the work of one intelligent, though very different, novelist commenting on another.
Holtby’s careful reading of Woolf’s work is set in the context of the debate between modernist and traditional writing in the 1920s and 1930s.
Although Holtby greatly admires Woolf’s art, she considers its limitations as an elite form that ignores the material conditions of everyday life and the consequent social responsibility expected of the novel.
Choosing to write about Woolf as ‘the author whose art seemed most of all removed from anything I could ever attempt, and whose experience was most alien to my own,’ Holtby has written a candid appreciation of the complex, groundbreaking work of a contemporary writer at the height of her career.
Winifred Holtby (1898-1935) was an English novelist and journalist. She is also the author of the ‘South Riding’ series.
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Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda (8 Volume Set)
The Complete Works Of Swami Vivekananda (Set Of 8 Volume) comprises the complete works of Swami Vivekananda, compiled from his numerous lectures from around the world. Through his writing, Swami Vivekananda sought to revive Hinduism amidst the disintegration of the modern world. He wanted to consolidate and strengthen the underlying principles of Hinduism, and immortalize its rich heritage. He believed only in the existence of truth and humanity, and binding all religions together with the common thread of love. Within his Guru, Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, Swami Vivekananda found the embodiment of all that was written in ancient texts, despite the former not having read a single one of them. This filled him with a feverish desire to attain supreme knowledge. In his work, he explored the the concept of Advaita (or non-dualism) as he learnt from his Guru, Ramakrishna Paramahamsa. He espoused the belief that all the religions of the world are true, and serving mankind was equal to serving God. He believed that a nation s future was in the hands of its people. His writings provide foundational insight into Vedanta and Yoga disciplines of Hinduism.Read more
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Sacred Journey: A Memoir of Early Days
Filled with hundreds of specific examples and organized into a coherent framework of practical concepts that can be applied by managers and entrepreneurs at all levels, Built to Last provides a master blueprint for building organizations that will prosper in the 21st century and beyond. In Good to Great, the most widely anticipated management book of the year, Jim Collins presents nothing less than a recipe book on how to make a good company great. Following the success of his international blockbuster Built to Last, where he and co-author Jerry Porras discovered the secrets of companies that were outstanding at their founding and then sustained greatness, Collins wondered what could be done for the company that is good or mediocre at best? He questioned whether there have been companies that started weak and finished strong, and if so, what can be said about these companies that might help managers turn a mediocre organization into a great one? So Collins and his research team undertook a massive five year study of every company that has made the Fortune 500 since the advent of that listing in 1965, and has crafted a book as practical and insightful as BUILT TO LAST. This exclusive deluxe box set brings together the two most important business books of the last decade from Jim Collins, the leader in modern business theory.Read more
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Singin’ and Swingin’ and Gettin’ Merry Like Christmas
Here Maya Angelou, dazzling entertainer, casts the spotlight on her show business career — a pageant of international scope. Maya, the woman, shares her sad, failed marriage to a white man, her early motherhood and achingly sensitive relationship with her young son, and her bone-deep, painful suspicion of the white world that welcomes her talent so dramatically …Read more
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Pilot’s Summer: A Central Flying School Diary
Author: F.D. Tredrey
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I. Asimov: A Memoir
Arguably the greatest science fiction writer who ever lived, Isaac Asimov also possessed one of the most brilliant and original minds of our time. His accessible style and far-reaching interests in subjects ranging from science to humor to history earned him the nickname “the Great Explainer.” I. Asimov is his personal story–vivid, open, and honest–as only Asimov himself could tell it.Here is the story of the paradoxical genius who wrote of travel to the stars yet refused to fly in airplanes; who imagined alien universes and vast galactic civilizations while staying home to write; who compulsively authored more than 470 books yet still found the time to share his ideas with some of the great minds of our century. Here are his wide-ranging thoughts and sharp-eyed observations on everything from religion to politics, love and divorce, friendship and Hollywood, fame and mortality. Here, too, is a riveting behind-the-scenes look at the varied personalities–Campbell, Ellison, Heinlein, Clarke, del Rey, Silverberg, and others–who along with Asimov helped shape science fiction.
As unique and irrepressible as the man himself, I. Asimov is the candid memoir of an incomparable talent who entertained readers for nearly half a century and whose work will surely endure into the future he so vividly envisioned.
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Crusade in Europe: A Personal Account of World War II
A classic of World War II literature, an incredibly revealing work that provides a near comprehensive account of the war and brings to life the legendary general and eventual president of the United States. • “Gives the reader true insight into the most difficult part of a commander’s life.” —The New York TimesFive-star General Dwight D. Eisenhower was arguably the single most important military figure of World War II. Crusade in Europe tells the complete story of the war as he planned and executed it. Through Eisenhower’s eyes the enormous scope and drama of the war–strategy, battles, moments of great decision–become fully illuminated in all their fateful glory. Penned before his Presidency, this account is deeply human and helped propel him to the highest office. His personal record of the tense first hours after he had issued the order to attack leaves no doubt of his travails and reveals how this great leader handled the ultimate pressure. For historians, his memoir of this world historic period has become an indispensable record of the war and timeless classic.
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Morrie In His Own Words: Life Wisdom From a Remarkable Man
‘To Morrie, life was a process of opening oneself lovingly – to other people, to the world, ultimately to something larger than ourselves. To the last instant, Morrie was full of wonder and joy. The way he lived his final year was this great teacher’s final lesson.’ – Paul Solman, from the introduction
At the age of seventy-seven, sociology professor Morrie Schwartz learned that he had motor neurone disease: incurable, progressively disabling and eventually fatal. Undaunted, he embraced his illness, choosing to live as fully as possible in the time he had left. He also embarked on his greatest teaching adventure, sharing his evolving knowledge of living while dying.
Previously published as Letting Go, Morrie in His Own Words offers Morrie Schwartz’s remarkable philosophy. He writes with great humour and compassion, combining wise sayings, inspiring lessons and practical advice, showing that it’s never too late to become the kind of person you’d like to be. This book is a magnificent legacy of love, forgiveness, transcendence and redemption – a guide to living fully to the end of your days.
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Madame Curie: A Biography (Da Capo Series in Science)
Marie Sklodowska Curie (1867-1934) was the first woman scientist to win worldwide acclaim and was, indeed, one of the great scientists of the twentieth century. Written by Curie’s daughter, the renowned international activist Eve Curie, this biography chronicles Curie’s legendary achievements in science, including her pioneering efforts in the study of radioactivity and her two Nobel Prizes in Physics and Chemistry. It also spotlights her remarkable life, from her childhood in Poland, to her storybook Parisian marriage to fellow scientist Pierre Curie, to her tragic death from the very radium that brought her fame. Now updated with an eloquent, rousing introduction by best-selling author Natalie Angier, this timeless biography celebrates an astonishing mind and a extraordinary woman’s life.Read more
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The Medical Discoveries Of Edward Bach Physician: What the Flowers Do for the Human Body
In 1912 Edward Bach qualified as a medical doctor and embarked upon a career which not only had a profound effect on medical science, but brought to ordinary people the world over, a simple, safe and effective system of healing.
Dr. Bach made a detailed study of bacteriology, immunology and homeopathy and found a clear connection between chronic disease and negative mental attitudes. It was the relationship between mind and body which formed the basis of his further research and as he became increasingly convinced that emotional harmony was the key to good health, he was determined to find a simple, non-invasive and harmless method of healing which could be used safely by everyone.
The Medical Discoveries of Edward Bach tells how Dr. Bach’s work developed, from his childhood hopes and dreams of a healthy society, to the discovery of a complete system of 38 natural remedies which address all aspects of human nature, emotional outlook and personality. Edward Bach was an eminent physician whose remarkable contribution to medicine, healing and humanity has yet to be fully realised.
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William Shakespeare – A Critical Study
William Shakespeare, English poet, playwright, and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world’s pre-eminent dramatist, is often called England’s national poet, and the “Bard of Avon”. His extant works, including collaborations, consist of approximately 38 plays, 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems, and a few other verses, some of uncertain authorship. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright.Read more
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The Hums of Pooh
Physical description: 67 pages: illustrations; 31 cm. Subjects: Winnie-the-Pooh (Fictitious character); Juvenile poetry. Winnie-the-Pooh (Fictitious character); Poetry. Milne, A. A. (Alan Alexander) 1882-1956; Musical settings. Milne, A. A. (Alan Alexander) 1882-1956. Children’s stories, English. Other names: Shepard, Ernest H. (Ernest Howard) 1879-1976. Cox and Wyman [printer]. Genre: Fiction. Illustrated. Musical settings.Read more
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