Duke: 399 books

Chicken humor at its funniest- chicken jokes, cartoons, stories, situations, pets, and a super chicken soup recipe. Chicken holds up sign saying "Eat more beef and pork." "When a poor man eats a chicken, one of them is sick" (explained in the book). "Which came first, the chicken...

A tree is known by its fruit, not the roots. In the Efik communities, we sing and dance when we are happy and when we are sad. There are seasonal, celebratory, occupational and occasional songs and dances, reflecting the whole gamut of existence as appreciated within our cosmology. It is also through...

One man's intricate ring becomes another's folly in this short strange tale of a dead man who was unable to rest in peace.

A giant and very profitable industry exists to satisfy the desire for alcohol poisoning. Alcohol intoxication causes many terrible accidents, and alcohol addiction (alcoholism) is the ruin of many individuals and families.. This book explains how alcohiol came about, and how it works to destroy...

     Creating H-Bombs and stockpiling them in large numbers is folly of the most extreme kind, since their use in thermonuclear World War 3 would mean the end of all human life.      This book explains why H-Bombs were created and stockpiled, and the significance of their existence in...

At the time this book was first written and published, I was not aware of the revolutionary new space flight propulsion development called “The Pares Space Warp Drive Motor,” and I wrote this book about employing Time Dilation by approaching light speed as the method of achieving interstellar space...

Alastair Duke has long been recognized as one of the leading scholars of the early modern Netherlands, known internationally for his important work on the impact of religious change on political events which was the focus of his Reformation and Revolt in the Low Countries (1990). Bringing together...

Sherlock Holmes investigates the mysterious cases of mutilated cattle,  cattle in trees, and a cattle watchman's death. Due to Holmes's investigation the mutilations end as he predicted. The authorities are well satisfied, but Holmes is not, and directs that the case be written up, but not published...

Cattle are found mutilated, sometimes located high up in trees. Prize-winning heifer Lulu disappears, and her watchman is found dead,  without a mark on his body. Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson investigate, and brilliantly applying his astonishing powers of observation and logical deduction, Holmes...

This is a continuation of my best selling "Sherlock Holmes And the Man In Concrete" now also available in German and Spanish.A concrete block with the head of a young attractive woman sticking out of it is found at low tide. The detectives at Scotland Yard ask for Sherlock Holmes's help. Holmes...

Sherlock Holmes investigates two aerial mysteries; the unexplained death of a balloonist, and the crash on launch of Professor Samuel Langley's steam powered Aerodrome flying machine.  The balloonist has no mark on his body, and was well supplied with oxgen. The Aerodrome's wreckage does not reveal...

Sherlock Holmes is called upon to investigate two aerial mysteries; the strange death of a balloonist, and the unexplained crash on launch of Professor Samuel Langley's Aerodrome. Employing his astonishing powers of observation and logical reasoining to the full,  Sherlock Holmes brilliantly...

A lady of high station is saved from scandal, and a mysterious death is explained.  The authorities are satisfied and the case is closed, but there remains a loose end, and a disturbing possibility associated with it, that cannot be explained.. Sherlock Holmes is not satisfied, and directs...

There is nothing more fun and exciting than training your dog to do something other than sit, fetch or stay. Basic obedience training is great and it is the foundation of everything you teach your dog, but when you want to really show off your dog’s special skills and enjoy a little bit of more closeness and camaraderie you have to have a few special tricks in your bag of tricks also.