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During World War II, this guide to identifying warplanes was given by Richfield Oil distributors and dealers to their customers with the proviso: "In making this book available to the public, the Richfield Oil Corporation of New York has revealed no information which would be of aid to the enemies of our country. All items included in the contents have been compiled from established, trustworthy sources and constitute general information designed to aid the layman in identifying friendly and hostile aircraft." [Facsimile Reprint]
The Aztec Treasure-House, billed as "A Romance of Contemporaneous Antiquity," is a lost-race novel, as the narrator travels to Mexico and finds a lost tribe of Aztecs, hidden treasure, and gold.Thomas Allibone Janvier (1849-1913) was an American story-writer and historian, born in Philadelphia of Provençal descent. His father in law was Philadelphia businessman and poet Francis De Haes Janvier. He received a public school education, then worked in Philadelphia for newspapers from 1870-81. He became interested in the West and Mexico, and went on to pen several novels and non-fiction works on the subjects, including The Aztec Treasure House (1890), Stories of Old New Spain (1891), and Legends of the City of Mexico (1910).
I did not write this little work with the thought of its being given to the public. It was prepared for the help of a few Christians who were desirous of loving God with the whole heart. But so many have requested copies of it, because of the benefi t they have derived from its perusal, that I have been asked to publish it.
Anna Brownell Jameson (1794-1860) was a British writer, best known for her travel writing and studies of private art collections across Europe. Shakespeare's Heroines: Characteristics of Women are remarkable for their analysis and delicacy of critical insight.
Victor Hugo (1802-1885) was a French poet, playwright, novelist, essayist, statesman, and exponent of the Romantic movement in France. Facsimile reprint of "Toilers of the Sea" and "Bug Jargal" in fifth volume of ten volume series, 1905 edition.
"The Heroic Slave, a Thrilling Narrative of the Adventures of Madison Washington, in Pursuit of Liberty" is a novella written by famous abolitionist Frederick Douglass. When the Rochester Ladies' Anti Slavery Society asked Douglass for a short story to go in their collection, "Autographs for Freedom," Douglass responded in turn with "The Heroic Slave." The novella, published in 1852 by John P. Jewett and Company, was Douglass' first and only published work of fiction (though he did publish several autobiographical narratives)."The Heroic Slave" is the fictionalized story of Madison Washington, who was a real man famous for his rebellion on board the sailing ship, the Creole.
"I can look into your soul. D'you know what I see...? ... I see your soul."-John Masefield, "The Tragedy of Nan." Kidnapping. Intrigue. A man with extraordinary abilities... A classic mystery from one of the foremost English novelists of the early 20th century.
Andrew Lang (1844-1912) was a Scots poet, novelist, literary critic, and contributor to the field of anthropology, best known for his collections of folk and fairy tales. The Blue Fairy Book contains some of the best known tales from several sources including the Brothers Grimm and The Arabian Nights "narrated in the clear, lively prose for which Lang was famous."
Joseph Jacobs (1854-1916) was a folklorist, literary critic and historian. His works included contributions to the Jewish Encyclopedia, translations of European works, and critical editions of early English literature. More English Fairy Tales is part of a popular series of fairy tale collections, annotated for those who are no longer "little boys and girls."
Noel Sainsbury, author of the Billy Smith Flying Ace and Billy Bolton aviation series, also wrote the four-book Dorothy Dixon Air Mystery Series under the pseudonym, Dorothy Wayne. Dorothy Dixon Solves the Conway Case is the third book in the series.
The Delphian Society promoted the education of women through group work circa 1928. They published several volumes of books containing an outline of human knowledge for the use of conversation. promoted the education of women through group work circa 1928. They published the 19-volume Delphian Text containing an outline of human knowledge for conversational use. Part Fifteen concludes the stories of the Romans begun in Part Fourteen, the discusses the stories of Anglo-Saxons, English and Italian Renaissance writers, Elizabethan stories, and "Oriental tales" -- The Arabian Nights and The Thousand and One Days.
The Delphian Society promoted the education of women through group work circa 1928. They published several volumes of books containing an outline of human knowledge for the use of conversation. promoted the education of women through group work circa 1928. They published the 19-volume Delphian Text containing an outline of human knowledge for conversational use. Part Fourteen discusses the stories of the Egyptians, the Ancient Hebrews, the Greeks, and begins the stories of the Romans.
William Bradford (c.1590 - c.1657) was an English Separatist leader in Leiden, Holland and in Plymouth Colony. He was a signatory to the Mayflower Compact and served as Plymouth Colony Governor five times covering about thirty years between 1621 and 1657. His journal Of Plimoth Plantation is the single most complete authority for the story of the Pilgrims and the early years of the Colony they founded. Written between 1630 and 1651, the journal describes the story of the Pilgrims from 1608, when they settled in the Dutch Republic through the 1620 Mayflower voyage, until the year 1647. The book ends with a list, written in 1651, of Mayflower passengers and what happened to them. This edition of Bradford's History includes a "Report of the Proceedings Incident to the Return of the [Original] Manuscript to Massachusetts" from London in 1897, and reproduces the original spelling of the document.
William Bradford (c.1590 - c.1657) was an English Separatist leader in Leiden, Holland and in Plymouth Colony. He was a signatory to the Mayflower Compact and served as Plymouth Colony Governor five times covering about thirty years between 1621 and 1657. His journal Of Plimoth Plantation is the single most complete authority for the story of the Pilgrims and the early years of the Colony they founded. Written between 1630 and 1651, the journal describes the story of the Pilgrims from 1608, when they settled in the Dutch Republic through the 1620 Mayflower voyage, until the year 1647. The book ends with a list, written in 1651, of Mayflower passengers and what happened to them.
James Whitcomb Riley (1849-1916) was an American writer, poet, and best selling author, known as the "Hoosier Poet." Riley's poems tended to be humorous or sentimental, often in dialect. He is best known for "The Raggedy Man" and "Little Orphant Annie" -- the poem which inspired the comic character Little Orphan Annie. Volume 1 contains a biographical sketch of Riley and Volume 10 contains an index.
James Whitcomb Riley (1849-1916) was an American writer, poet, and best selling author, known as the "Hoosier Poet." Riley's poems tended to be humorous or sentimental, often in dialect. He is best known for "The Raggedy Man" and "Little Orphant Annie" -- the poem which inspired the comic character Little Orphan Annie. Volume 1 contains a biographical sketch of Riley and Volume 10 contains an index.
It was a mad, murderous, naked, summer night.... And...like so many things that happen, this couldn't have. He couldn't be standing in the morgue, looking down at his own dead body! "That's you, Johnny," the cops told him. "Mr. Murder of 1956!" It stopped Johnny cold. But things warmed up when he got past the cops and hoods. He ran smack into a brunette just delighted to romance a real, live corpse... And a blonde who, as the bullets threatened, seemed to urge between silky kisses -- "Have a hot seat, darling!"
Wilhelm Richard Wagner (1813-1883) was a German composer, conductor, theater director, philosopher, music theorist, poet, essayist and writer primarily known for his operas, for which he wrote both the music and libretto.
Umberto Menotti Maria Giordano (1867-1948) was an Italian composer, mainly of operas, best known for his opera based on the life of the French poet, André Chénier. Luigi Illica (1857-1919) was an Italian librettist who also wrote for Giacomo Puccini and is best known for the libretti of La bohème, Tosca, and Madama Butterfly.
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