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Basin-Plateau Aboriginal Sociopolitical Groups, by Julian B. Steward, 1938.

George MacDonald (1824-1905) was a Scottish author, poet, and Christian minister, who inspired many authors, including W.H. Auden, J.R.R. Tolkein, C.S. Lewis, E. Nesbit, and Madeleine L'Engle. At the Back of the North Wind is a fantasy centered around a boy named Diamond and his adventures with the mysterious Lady North Wind.

Amy E. Blanchard wrote historical adventure stories for girls, including A Girl of '76, A Revolutionary Maid, and A Daughter of Freedom.

Charles Raymond Macauley (1871-1934) was a well known illustrator/cartoonist who illustrated several editions of Arthur Conan Doyle's works, created the 'Big Stick' drawings published during the Theodore Roosevelt administration, and won the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning in 1930. In addition to The Red Tavern, he collaborated with John Kendrick Bangs (1862-1922) to write Rollo in Emblemland, inspired by Alice in Wonderland.

Ouida (1839-1908) was the pseudonym of the English novelist Maria Louise Ramé, a writer of sensational and swashbuckling tales.

Frederic Stewart Isham (1865-1922) was an American writer of short stories, novels, and plays. Under the Rose is a blend of history and fantasy Set in and around the court of Charles V ruler of the Holy Roman Empire from 1519 and the Spanish Empire from 1516, the story follows a jester with a secret and a princess seeking true love.

Maria Theresa Luisa of Savoy, Princess de Lamballe (1749-1792) became the confidante of Queen Marie Antoinette. Catherine Hyde, called the "Marquise de Gouvion Broglie Scolari," purports to have collected, edited and annotated the private papers and letters of the princess. Hyde claims to have been the princess's secretary/confidante. The identity of Catherine herself is in question.

Vicente Blasco Ibáñez (1867-1928) was a Spanish realist novelist, a screenwriter, and occasional film director, best known in the English-speaking world for his World War I novel The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.

This Geological Survey Bulletin 1200, updated in 1966, is the first part of a compilation of the geologic names of the United States, its possessions, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, and the Panama Canal Zone, covering "Aarde Shale" to "Chariton Conglomerate."

Carl Gustaf Verner von Heidenstam (1859-1940) was a Swedish poet and novelist, a winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1916. The Charles Men (Karolinerna) is a series of historical portraits of King Charles XII of Sweden and his cavaliers.

Called to Yemen to help her old friend Halima, correspondent Elizabeth Darcy combines work with the chance to repay an old debt. But the narrow, mysterious streets are populated with armed men and veiled women; who can tell friend from foe?Her first priority is to help Halima's young brother Ali, who has become involved with religious extremists. But murder dogs her footsteps, and she is under police surveillance. Abducted along her investigative trail, Elizabeth is drawn into the terrorists' web. She must work with two men-one Yemeni, one British-who are on a mission of their own. What are their plans? And why have they all ended up in the remote Hadhramaut wadi where the Incense Road once began?Elizabeth pieces together the plot, hoping she's in time to save Halima and Ali. But can she save herself as well?"Peggy Hanson's Deadline Yemen is terrific. She brilliantly captures its mystery and its fascination, and yes, its dangers as well. I know-I've been there." - Charles Todd, author of the Ian Rutledge Mysteries and the Bess Crawford mysteries."I love learning something new when I read fiction, and Deadline Yemen fills the bill. This is more than a compelling mystery. It's an education about a place filled with complications, paradox, conflict and deep beauty. In short, this book is a treasure."- Anne Hillerman, author of Spider Woman's Daughter, a Joe Leaphorn/Jim Chee mystery

Elizabeth Darcy is in the world's most intriguing city to cover for old friend and fellow correspondent Peter Franklin, found dead in the Bosphorus. She's convinced it wasn't an accident.But uncovering secrets can be a dangerous business. Are spies involved? Criminals? Where does religion become politics, and vice versa? And who are those men following her? Danger stalks her through the ancient streets. Elizabeth will be lucky to return safely to Washington. Fortunately, she has her Jane Austen book and the cat Sultana to hold onto-as long as that comfort lasts. "When journalist Elizabeth Darcy travels to Istanbul to investigate the death of a friend and colleague, she is quickly immersed in a Byzantine world of secrets and deception. Peggy Hanson's evocative description of this city of minarets and sultan's palaces is as vibrant and rich as a multi-colored Turkish carpet."- Ellen Crosby, author of Multiple Exposure"Deadline Istanbul introduces a smart, determined new detective, a newspaper reporter with a can-do spirit and a sense of humor. Istanbul itself, ancient and modern, filled with its own mysteries and contradictions, comes to life in Peggy Hanson's admirable novel. Well done!"- Anne Hillerman, author of Spider Woman's Daughter, a Joe Leaphorn/Jim Chee mystery

"The top drawer of the second cabinet felt empty as she began to pull it open, but she never saw its interior. The floor dropped from under her. As she fell, she clutched wildly at the handle of the cabinet's drawer, but her grip had been too loose. It slipped through her fingers, and for an instant she fell into nothingness. Then she landed on a steep incline of smooth metal. Her feet hit first and instantly shot out from under her, and she fell backward with a thud that stunned her. She caught a glimpse of a trap door closing over her head as she slid rapidly down the incline into darkness."A-Z Publications has provided Adelle Gernyan with a great salary and office but the mundane work assigned her doesn't merit such treatment. Annoying colleagues, spying maintenance men and a mysterious boss add to the puzzle of her strange job. Adelle's boredom changes to terror when she is trapped under her office building with her fellow employees. Subjected to hunger, sleep deprivation, deadly traps and the horrors of armed attack, Adelle doesn't know that she has become part of a vicious experiment on the human mind labeled only as "The Telo-um Test"... a test with death as its final grade.This is a griping suspense story from an acknowledged master of mystery and science fiction, Lloyd Biggle, Jr.

A translation of the old Norse tale "The Tale of Hogni and Hedinn," translated by Eiríkr Magnússon and William Morris.

This 1940 operation manual for the 1940 Autocar Truck model U-2044 combines: Autocar Company information, including brances and officers; the car building record; instructions; parts list; service bulletins; and schematics.

Source Material on the History and Ethnology of the Caddo Indians, by John R. Swanton, 1942.

Anthropological Papers, Numbers 13-18, 1941. Includes The Mining of Gems and Ornamental Stones by American Indians, by Sydney H. Ball; Iroquois Suicide: A Study in the Stability of a Culture Pattern, and Tonawanda Longhouse Ceremonies: Ninety Years After Lewis Henry Morgan, by William N. Fenton; The Quichua-Speaking Indians of the Province of Umbabura (Ecuador) and Their Anthropometric Relations with the Living Populations of the Andean Area, by John Gillin; Art Processes in Birchbark of the River Desert Algonquin, a Circumboreal Trait, by Frank G. Speck; and Archeological Reconnaissance of Southern Utah, by Julian H. Steward.

Maurice Baring (1874-1945) was an English dramatist, poet, novelist, translator, essayist, travel writer and war correspondent. His novel Cat's Cradle follows the life of an English girl married off to an Italian prince.

Virginia Perdue was an American novelist best known for her detective fiction, including Alarum and Excursion, The Silent Stranger, and The Singing Clock, described by the New York Times as "charming . . . an expert and dreadful tale." Perdue was a friend of Robert Heinlein and an early mentor of Ray Bradbury.

Not a lot is known about Christopher B. Booth, who published prolifically in the pulp magazines of the early 20th century-primarily penning mysteries and westerns. He published 20 books under his name and the pseudonym "John Jay Chichester," all released by Chelsea House. Chelsea was the book publishing arm of Street & Smith, a leading magazine publisher, and all of their releases had originally appeared in Street & Smith publications, most notable Detective Story Magazine, which had become one of the leading mystery venues of the time.

Arthur W. Marchmont (1852-1923) was a popular British author, best known for his novel By Right of Sword. The Queen's Advocate follows a British-American adventurer prospecting in Bosnia who rescues a girl from kidnappers, swashbuckles his way through perils, and discovers the girl is the heir to the Bosnia throne.

John Jeffery Farnol (1878-1952), was an English author, best known for his many romantic novels set in the English Regency period and swashbucklers. With Georgette Heyer, Farol helped found the Regency romantic genre.

Philippe de Commines (1447-1511) was a writer and diplomat in the courts of Burgundy and France. He has been called the first truly modern writer and the first critical and philosophical historian since classical times. This two-volume work contains the "histories of Louis XI and Charles VIII, Kings of France, and of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy. To which is added, The Scandalous Chronicle, or The Secret History of Louis XI, by Jean de Troyes."

Charles John Huffam Dickens (1812-1870) was considered to be the greatest English novelist of the Victorian era. Oliver Twist follows the adventures of a poor orphan boy in the workhouse and then living on the streets of London.

This classic crime novel introduces A. J. Raffles, a gentleman thief who leads a double life as a skilled cricketer and a notorious burglar. Alongside his loyal companion, Bunny Manders, Raffles navigates high society while secretly engaging in daring heists. With wit, charm, and a touch of moral ambiguity, Hornung's creation stands as a captivating anti-hero in the genre of crime fiction.Ernest William Hornung (1866-1921) was an English author, best known for the Raffles series of novels about a gentleman thief in late Victorian London. This volume is illustrated by photographs from the 1930 film version.

E. M. Shilstone was a very influential genealogist and head of the Barbados Museum.

Emmeline Morrison wrote dozens of novels beginning in 1921 with Good Grain and continuing on through 1970's No More Such Days. Her classic Red Poppies is a historical novel set around World War I.

Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve (1804-1869) was a literary critic and one of the major figures of French literary history. This two-part work collects his articles and essays.