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This book contains classic material dating back to the 1900s and before. The content has been carefully selected for its interest and relevance to a modern audience. Carefully selecting the best articles from our collection we have compiled a series of historical and informative publications on the...

A republication of the 1897 edition. A study and interpretation of dreams including a key to various types of dreams.

A fascinating work containing detailed playing instructions and explanations of 34 vintage card games dating from Victorian times and before. A treasure trove of card games many of which have been long forgotten. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. We are...

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900's and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

No part of a book is so intimate as the Preface. Here, after the long labor of the work is over, the author descends from his platform, and speaks with his reader as man to man, disclosing his hopes and fears, seeking sympathy for his difficulties, offering defence or defiance, according to his temper,...

This book contains a wide selection of articles and anecdotes on the subject of game shooting. Contains many interesting chapters on the shooting of many different game birds including Grouse, Pheasant, Partridge, Quails, Woodcock and Snipe. A comprehensive view of rearing and management of various...

Illustrations are like windows to the house of knowledge. They let light in upon the understanding, and they facilitate the outlook upon truth and beauty. To illustrate is to help one sense by the use of another, to reason by analogy, and to teach the unknown by the known. When definition fails, illustration...

WHAT CAUSED THE WAR BARON BEYENS I Political designs of Francis Ferdinand. The Archduke Francis Ferdinand will go down to posterity without having yielded up his secret. Great political designs have been ascribed to him, mainly on the strength of his friendship with William II. What do we really know...

The Ice Hotel Wedding Test by Charmaine PaulsJess and Derrick have been together for twelve years. When Jess finally gives Derrick an ultimatum, tie the knot or set her free, he proposes a bizarre test to decide their destiny.Love Thaws a Frozen Heart by Valerie J. ClarizioCasey is hell bent on getting...

This collection of one-act plays appears because of an increasingly large demand for such a volume. The plays have been selected and the Introduction prepared to meet the need of the student or teacher who desires to acquaint himself with the one-act play as a specific dramatic form. The plays included...

Ten years ago the hot but cocky Navy SEAL went from ignoring her, to kissing her, to rejecting her. The last thing she wants now is his help, even if he is willing and uniquely qualified to give it. And she really doesn’t want to still want him . . . She was the girl next door....

A collection of twelve original short stories from Bosnia and Herzegovina. These stories are based on Slavic mythical creatures: sprites, fairies, deities...