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  • History of Lace

    Enriched edition. Exploring the Cultural Legacy of Lace Artisans

    In "History of Lace," Mrs. Bury Palliser embarks on an intricate exploration of lace, tracing its origins and evolution across various cultures and time periods. This meticulously researched work intertwines historical narrative with rich visual illustrations, revealing lace as not merely a decorative fabric, but a multifaceted symbol of social status, creativity, and craftsmanship. Palliser's ... Read more

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    Them Days 1.1

    Unabridged

    1 hour 42 min

    The publication that started it all--the very first issue of Them Days magazine. It debuted in 1975 and started 50 years of recording and sharing oral histories from across Labrador. Sit back and listen to the stories of the Big Land--tales of trapping and fishing, sickness and remedies, a life on that land that was both harsh and beautiful. ... Read more

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    The history of Witchcraft, a subject as old as the world and as wide as the world,—since I understand for the present purpose by Witchcraft, Sorcery, Black Magic, Necromancy, secret Divination, Satanism, and every kind of malign occult art,—at once confronts the writer with a most difficult problem. He is called upon to exercise a choice, and his dilemma is by no means made the easier owing to the ... Read more

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  • John Law

    A Scottish Adventurer of the Eighteenth Century

    by James Buchan ...
    At the summit of his power, John Law was the most famous man in Europe.Born in Scotland in 1671, he was convicted of murder in London and, after his escape from prison, fled Scotland for the mainland when Union with England brought with it a warrant for his arrest.On the continent he lurched from one money-making scheme to the next - selling insurance against losing lottery tickets in Holland, ... Read more

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  • Lord Chesterfield's Letters

    Series series Oxford World's Classics
    `My object is to have you fit to live; which, if you are not, I do not desire that you should live at all.' So wrote Lord Chesterfield in one of the most celebrated and controversial correspondences between a father and son. Chesterfield wrote almost daily to his natural son, Philip, from 1737 onwards, providing him with instruction in etiquette and the worldly arts. Praised in their day as a ... Read more

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  • The Travels of Marco Polo

    by Marco Polo ...
    Skyros Publishing is dedicated to reproducing the finest books ever written and letting readers of all ages experience a classic for the first time or revisit a past favorite.Marco Polo was an Italian merchant who traveled through Asia and became the first European to write a detailed book on his experiences in China. The Travels of Marco Polo also inspired Christopher Columbus and many other ... Read more

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  • Guernsey Folk Lore

    A Collection of popular Superstitions, legendary Tales, peculiar Customs, Proverbs, weather sayings, ... of the people of that island

    Of late years the ancient superstitions of the people, their legendary tales, their proverbial sayings, and, in fine, all that is designated by the comprehensive term of "Folk-Lore," have attracted much and deserved attention. Puerile as are many of these subjects, they become interesting when a comparison is instituted amongst them as they exist in various countries. It is then seen how wide is ... Read more

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  • A Brief History of the Knights Templar

    by James Burnes ...
    It was in the year 1119, the twentieth of the Christian dominion in Syria, that nine pious and valiant Knights, the greater part of whom had been the companions of Godfrey de Bouillon, formed themselves into an association, the object of which was to protect and defend Pilgrims on their visits to the holy places. These Knights, of whom the two chief were Hugo de Payens and Godfrey de St. Omer, ... Read more

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  • The Vampire, His Kith and Kin

    IN all the darkest pages of the malign supernatural there is no more terrible tradition than that of the Vampire, a pariah even among demons. Foul are his ravages; gruesome and seemingly barbaric are the ancient and approved methods by which folk must rid themselves of this hideous pest. Even to-day in certain quarters of the world, in remoter districts of Europe itself, Transylvania, Slavonia, ... Read more

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  • A Brief History of the Knights Templar

    by James Burnes ...
    It was in the year 1119, the twentieth of the Christian dominion in Syria, that nine pious and valiant Knights, the greater part of whom had been the companions of Godfrey de Bouillon, formed themselves into an association, the object of which was to protect and defend Pilgrims on their visits to the holy places. These Knights, of whom the two chief were Hugo de Payens and Godfrey de St. Omer, ... Read more

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  • Mary Tudor: Queen of France

    The date of Mary's birth has at last been fixed as the 18th March 1495. The day and the month have hitherto been a matter of uncertain conjecture, and the year has been given as 1496 on the strength of a privy seal of Henry VII. which runs as follows: "de Termino Paschæ anno xi. regis nunc: Anne Skeron nutrici dominæ Mariæ ls. pro quarterio unius anni finiti ad festum Sancti Johannis Baptistsæ ... Read more

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  • The life and correspondence of Sir Anthony Panizzi, K.C.B. (Vol. 1&2) (Annotated)

    Enriched Edition. Complete Edition

    Louis Fagan's The Life and Correspondence of Sir Anthony Panizzi, K.C.B. is a richly documentary Victorian biography, tracing Panizzi's journey from Italian exile and political suspect to Principal Librarian of the British Museum. Across its two volumes, the work combines narrative life-writing with extensive letters, official papers, and personal reminiscences, situating Panizzi within the ... Read more

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