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Complete Sinawali is the definitive guide to the intricate and highly-refined Filipino martial art of double-weapon fighting. The warriors of the Philippines have long been respected as fierce, courageous, and effective fighters, and the martial art of Sinawali has developed multiple-weapon...

Looking beyond diplomats and generals, Neiberg shows that neither nationalist passions nor desires for revenge took Europe to war in 1914. Dance of the Furies gives voice to a generation who suddenly found themselves compelled to participate in a ghastly, protracted orgy of violence they never imagined would come to pass.

Cobb is remembered best for his humorous stories of Kentucky and is part of the American literary regionalism school. These stories were collected first in the book Old Judge Priest (1915), whose title character was based on a prominent West Kentucky judge named William Pitman Bishop. Writer Joel...

“Éste es el libro que he estado escribiendo toda mi vida—el que hubiera querido tener para que me ayudara a navegar por el turbulento mar de la vida”. A pesar de que le ha tocado enfrentar pruebas muy duras, María Celeste siempre ha sabido salir adelante y lograr lo que pocos logran:...

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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.

Oh, Well, You Know How Women Are!' by Cobb & 'Isn't That Just Like a Man!' by Rinehart.

I want to thank my Mother and Father for engraining in me the values I have always tried to live by. Honesty, Truth, and to help others when they need help. My brothers and sister for all of the memories I have of growing up in what I think were the best of times. The many friends I had at that time...

A fascinating look at the life and adventures of the famous American folk hero David ‘Davy’ Crockett.

Aging is a serious business that combines memory lapses with cholesterol counts and fixed incomes. In Funny Side Up, a former columnist for the Mobile Press Register shares a collection of unabashed, unapologetic short stories that provide an amusing glimpse into the whirlwind life and opinions of...

Vietnam POWs came home heroes, but twenty years earlier their predecessors returned from Korea to shame and suspicion. In the Korean War American prisoners were used in propaganda twice, first during the conflict, then at home. While in Chinese custody in North Korea, they were pressured to praise...

This study reassesses the criminal body from sentencing to execution and afterlife, using the nineteenth-century Red Barn murder as a case study. Positioned within the burgeoning field of medical humanities, it places culture and power at the centre of debates surrounding criminal justice and public punishment.

Since its original publication in Paris in 1959, Naked Lunch has become one of the most important novels of the twentieth century. Exerting its influence on the relationship of art and obscenity, it is one of the books that redefined not just literature but American culture. For the Burroughs enthusiast...

A fantastic look at narrow escapes from the perils of the historical high seas, such as icebergs, sickness and pirates.