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This reminiscence of daily life on a Southern plantation during the Civil War was originally published in 1888. The book is filled with vivid details of everything from methods of making dyes and...

A Buddhist manual of psychological ethics of the fourth century B.C., being a translation, now made for the first time from the original Pali, of the first book in the Abhidhamma pitaka, entitled,...

A Commentary on Macaulay's History of England. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Hesperides...

A Guide to Spirit Healing - Edwards, Harry Fascinating book describing the methods by which this form of healing may be accomplished. This book will be of value not only to those who desire to heal...

CONTENTS Foreword Preface to First British Edition The Philosophy of Friendship On Pony-back in the Himalayas My Bungalow on a Mountain-top Projected Expedftion to Mount Kaiias in Tibet Magnificence...

Sykes was educated at the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst and, upon his commission as an officer in the British Army, joined a cavalry regiment in India in 1888. In November 1892, he undertook a...

Originally published in 1903, this book is a comprehensively detailed guide to technical drawing and machine design. The authors have provided a large number of dimensioned illustrations as examples,...

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high...

Aristotle is indisputably of central importance to the development of philosophical and scientific thought in the western world. Here he refers to three types of lives, the common life, the political...

"A Road to Self Knowledge and the Threshold of the Spiritual World" is a vintage self-help book written by Rudolf Steiner and first published in 1918. Rudolf Joseph Lorenz Steiner (1861 - 1925) was...

Contents Page INTRODUCTION A.D.600, THE MIDDLE EAST IN DISINTEGRATION THE RISE AND DECLINE OF THE MUSLIM CIVILIZATION, (610-1517) THE OTTOMAN AND PERSIAN EMPIRES, AND THE GROWTH OF EUROPEAN...

This text contains Annie Besant's seminal treatise on consciousness. Chosen for its significant historical and education value, this fascinating exposition on consciousness will appeal to collectors...

This antiquarian book contains a comprehensive treatise on the topic of public finance, with information on taxation, employment, wages, and much more. This is a text that will be of considerable...

One object we had in initiating this study was to provide a convenient reference book for anthropologists. We also hope that it will be a contribution to the discipline of comparative politics. We...

Ah, Wilderness ! and Days Without End. Two Plays by Eugene O'Neill. Scenes: ACT ONE Sitting-room of the Miller home in a large small-town in Connecticut early morning, July 4th, 1906. ACT TWO...

ALCUIN OF YORK By Right Rev G F Browne 1908 PREFACE No attempt has been made to correct the various forms of many of the proper names so as to make the spelling uniform. It is true to the period to...

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high...

AMONG INDIAN RAJAHS AND RYOTS A Civil Servant's Recollections amp Impressions Of Thirty-Seven Years Of Work amp Sport In The Central Provinces amp Bengal By Sir Andrew H.L.Fraser. CONTENTS: EARLY...

AN APPROACH TO REALITY BY N. SRI RAM 1951. THIS volume consists of a number of addresses delivered in different places, and some articles dealing with matters touched upon in the addresses. They. are...

Originally published in 1934, this book covers every phase of coarse fishing from A to Z and includes a chapter on Thames Trouting. Practised anglers will enjoy those features in this book which are...

Written by J. A. Bierens de Haan, this book contains a concise yet comprehensive investigation into the topic of animal psychology. This fascinating treatise is based on the idea that all animal...

ANTHONY EDEN A BIOGRAPHY by ALAN CAMPBELL JOHNSON. CONTENTS: CHAPTER PAGE. PREFACE 9I. OTHER EDENS 13II. FROM WlNDLESTONE TO WAR 30III. M.C., B.A., M.P. 39IV. MAIDEN SPEECHES 50V. REDLETTER DAYS 67VI...

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Hesperides Press are republishing these classic works in...

Originally published in 1937. ARABIA AND THE ISLES by HAROLD INGRAMS. Contents include: PART I PAGE Foreword by Sir Bernard Reilly, K.C.M.G., C.IE, O.B.E . ixAuthors Foreword......... xiPrelude.........

This vintage book is Bertram Thomas's 1932 travelogue, "Arabia Felix". It is a factual account of his epic voyage across the vast southern desert of the Arabian Peninsula from 1930-3. A fascinating...

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high...

"The Barrack-Room Ballads" is a collection of songs and poems by Rudyard Kipling. They deal chiefly with the late-Victorian British Army and are primarily written in a vernacular dialect. This...

A fascinating and exhaustive examination of the Second World War. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly...

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Hesperides Press are republishing these classic works in...

The author of this book sets out to show how a fascinating hobby can become a profit making pursuit. He does not attempt to encourage new apiarists to take up the hobby primarily to make money, but...