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  • Augustus Carp, Esq., by Himself

    by Henry Howarth Bashford ...
    "A sublime ferocious farce." — The New Yorker."Incomparable ... a wonderful slapstick satire on hypocrisy." — New Statesman."One of the great comic novels of the twentieth century." — Anthony Burgess.Meet our memoirist, Augustus Carp, a self-proclaimed "good man" who relishes every opportunity to condemn the weaknesses of others while excusing his own failings. In this spoof autobiography, the ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • The Heroic Record of the British Navy

    A Short History of the Naval War, 1914-1918

    by Henry Howarth Bashford, Archibald Hurd ...
    Example in this ebookIn the years immediately preceding the Great War, already so hard to reconstruct, it was not uncommonly suggested that the British seafaring instinct had begun to decline. In our professional navy most thinkers had confidence, as in a splendid machine ably manned; but, as regarded the population as a whole, it was feared that modern industrialism was sapping the old sea-love. ... Read more

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  • The Heroic Record of the British Navy: A Short History of the Naval War, 1914-1918

    by Sir Henry Howarth Bashford & Archibald Hurd ...
    It was early on the morning of July 20, 1914, that a couple of guests, who had courteously been invited to be present in the gunboat Niger for the King's inspection of the Fleet, made their way through the sleeping streets toward Portsmouth Dockyard. There were to be no manoeuvres this year since, as had already been announced in March, a test mobilization of the Third Fleet was to take their ... Read more

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  • Decision at Sea

    Five Naval Battles that Shaped American History

    by Craig L. Symonds ...
    From thunderous broadsides traded between wooden sailing ships on Lake Erie, to the carrier battles of World War II, to the devastating high-tech action in the Persian Gulf, here is a gripping history of five key battles that defined the evolution of naval warfare--and the course of the American nation. Acclaimed military historian Craig Symonds offers spellbinding narratives of crucial ... Read more

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  • The Grand Scuttle

    The Sinking of the German Fleet at Scapa Flow in 1919

    by Dan van der Vat ...
    A true account of a unique event in naval history from "a superb storyteller" ( Northern Mariner).On June 21, 1919, the German High Seas Fleet, one of the most formidable ever built, was deliberately sent to the bottom of the sea at the British Grand Fleet's principal anchorage at Orkney by its own officers and men.The Grand Scuttle became a folk legend in both Germany and Britain. However, few ... Read more

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  • H.M.S. Rodney

    Warships of the Royal Navy

    by Iain Ballantyne ...
    The biography of a British battleship, from an author with " a facility for rendering nonfiction into a narrative as brisk and readable as a novel" ( HistoryNet).The Second World War battleship HMS Rodney achieved lasting fame for her role in destroying the pride of Hitler's navy, the mighty Bismarck, in a thrilling duel. The Rodney, carrying the largest guns ever mounted in a British warship, ... Read more

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  • M. R. James: The Complete Supernatural Stories (30+ tales of horror and mystery: Count Magnus, Casting the Runes, Oh Whistle and I’ll Come to You My Lad, Lost Hearts...) (Halloween Stories)

    by M. R. James ...
    Montague Rhodes James (1862-1936) was an English author, medievalist scholar and provost of King’s College, Cambridge, and of Eton College. Though James’s work as a medievalist is still highly regarded, he is best remembered for his ghost stories, which are regarded as among the best in the genre. He redefined the ghost story for the new century by abandoning many of the formal Gothic clichés of ... Read more

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  • Little Dorrit

    by Charles Dickens ...
    Upon his return to England after many years overseas, Arthur Clenman takes a curious interest in Amy Dorrit, his mother’s seamstress, and in Amy’s father, William Dorrit, who has been imprisoned many years for outstanding debts in the Marshalsea. As their relationship progresses, Arthur learns that William’s imprisonment affects people beyond the walls as well, from kind Mr. Panks, a reluctant ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

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  • The M.R. James Megapack

    27 Classic Horror Stories

    by M.R. James ...
    Montague Rhodes James (1862 – 1936), who wrote as M. R. James, was an English medieval scholar and provost of King's College, Cambridge (1905–1918), and of Eton College (1918–1936). He is best remembered for his ghost stories, which are regarded as among the best in the genre. James redefined the ghost story for the new century by abandoning many of the formal Gothic cliches of his predecessors ... Read more

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  • Complete Works of George Gissing (Delphi Classics)

    by George Gissing, Delphi Classics ...
    Series Book 8 - Delphi Series Three
    George Gissing was one of the leading novelists at the end of the nineteenth century, lauded by critics and admired by his literary friends. For the first time in publishing history, Delphi Classics is proud to present Gissing’s complete works in this comprehensive eBook, with all 23 novels, the entire non-fiction and special bonus texts. (Version 1)* Illustrated with images relating to Gissing's ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Ghost Stories of an Antiquary

    Unabridged Edition - 15 Stories

    by M.R. James ...
    "Ghost Stories of an Antiquary" is a collection of supernatural tales by M.R. James, one of the greatest masters of the English ghost story. James was a scholar of medieval manuscripts. His background in antiquarian studies deeply shaped his fiction with stories that often feature ancient manuscripts, medieval relics, and ruined churches.This new unabridged edition contains 15 stories - Count ... Read more

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  • Kind Hearts and Coronets

    Israel Rank

    by Roy Horniman ...
    That man is fortunate who has the world against him.Israel Rank has many advantages and qualities which should enable an ordinary man to get through life quite successfully. But he’s not content to be an ordinary man. He’s a distant heir to the Gascoyne earldom, and he will not rest until he inherits it, lock, stock and barrel. One tiny problem: he must kill everyone in line before him, without ... Read more

    $3.99 USD