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Lonesome Quarter - Bok av Richard Wormser - Häftad

Lonesome Quarter - Bok av Richard Wormser - Häftad

Her name was Vera Mae, and she had been around these dusty tank towns too long-working the two-bit rodeos and cozying up to suckers, like this fat tourist in the bar.Oh God, she thought, I can con him and ditch him by nine-thirty, but what then? Sit in a hotel room. Get drunk and pass out. I'll be an old bag before I'm thirty.That was Vera Mae: fed up and ripe for trouble, when a lean ex-bronc rider named Lonnie drifted in from the desert...

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Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend - A Collection of Mysterious and Invaluable Arts and Remedies, for Man as Well as Animals - Bok av John George Hohman -

Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend - A Collection of Mysterious and Invaluable Arts and Remedies, for Man as Well as Animals - Bok av John George Hohman -

Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend is a 19th-century compilation of folk remedies, prayers, and protective charms rooted in the traditions of Pennsylvania Dutch folk magic. Written by John George Hohman, the book blends Christian and esoteric elements, offering cures for ailments, protection against evil, and guidance on daily matters. Revered as a practical guide to folk healing, it remains a fascinating artifact of early American mystical and spiritual practices.John George Hohman -- a Pennsylvania..

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Making His Way - Bok av Horatio Alger - Häftad

Making His Way - Bok av Horatio Alger - Häftad

Horatio Alger, Jr. (1832-1899) was a prolific 19th-century American author, best known for his many formulaic juvenile novels about impoverished boys who struggle to escape poverty through hard work, clean living, and pluck. Scholar John Geck of the University of Rochester notes that \the Horatio Alger plot was viewed from the perspective of the Progressive movement as a staunch defense of laissez-faire capitalism, yet at the same time criticizing the cutthroat business techniques and offering hope..

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Age of Reason - Being an Investigation of True and Fabulous Theology (Wildside Classics) - Bok av Thomas Paine - Häftad

Age of Reason - Being an Investigation of True and Fabulous Theology (Wildside Classics) - Bok av Thomas Paine - Häftad

Before his arrest and imprisonment in France, knowing that he would probably be arrested and executed, Paine, following in the tradition of early eighteenth-century British deism, wrote the first part of \The Age of Reason,\ an assault on organized \revealed\ religion combining a compilation of inconsistencies he found in the Bible with his own advocacy of deism, calling for \free rational inquiry\ into all subjects, especially religion. \The Age of Reason\ critique on institutionalized religion..

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The Double Shadow - Bok av Clark Ashton Smith - Häftad

The Double Shadow - Bok av Clark Ashton Smith - Häftad

Clark Ashton Smith -- one of the \big three\ classic authors from the legendary pulp magazine Weird Tales (the others being H.P. Lovecraft and Robert E. Howard) -- began writing early in the twentieth century. By the 1920s, he became a regular poet and author in Weird Tales magazine, helping to usher in its golden age. \The Double Shadow\ was originally published by the Auburn Journal in 1933 in an oversized edition limited to only 1,000 copies. Smith carefully signed and hand-corrected many..

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Jimgrim and the Woman Ayisha - Bok av Talbot Mundy - Häftad

Jimgrim and the Woman Ayisha - Bok av Talbot Mundy - Häftad

Jimgrim and the Woman Ayesha is a short novel by Talbot Mundy (William Lancaster Gribbon) featuring his great hero James Schuyler Grim, better known as Jimgrim. Jimgrim is an American secret service agent employed by the British and stationed in the Mid-East. His adventures, protecting British interests against the French and other countries meddling in the region following World War I, comprise one of the most interesting creations from the pulp magazines of the early 20th century. \Mundy's forte..

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Fort McDowell - Bok av Anonymous - Häftad

Fort McDowell - Bok av Anonymous - Häftad

Fort McDowell, located on Angel Island in San Francisco Bay, served various military purposes throughout its history. Established in the late 19th century, it initially functioned as a processing center for troops during the Spanish-American War. It later played a key role as a staging and embarkation point for soldiers heading to the Pacific during World War I and World War II. The fort also housed a detention center for enemy aliens during WWII. Today, the remnants of Fort McDowell are part of..

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Rape of the Lock - Bok av Alexander Pope - Häftad

Rape of the Lock - Bok av Alexander Pope - Häftad

Alexander Pope's The Rape of the Lock is a witty and playful mock-epic poem that satirizes the vanity and trivial pursuits of 18th-century high society. Based on a real incident, the poem humorously recounts the story of a nobleman who cuts a lock of hair from the beautiful Belinda, transforming a minor social indiscretion into a grand epic battle. With its sparkling wit and elegant verse, Pope's poem explores themes of vanity, honor, and the absurdity of aristocratic life. Infused with supernatural..

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Wings Over Talera - Bok av Charles Allen Gramlich - Häftad

Wings Over Talera - Bok av Charles Allen Gramlich - Häftad

Talera is a world of warriors and heroes, not all of them human, a world where sailing ships ply the skies as well as the waters, and where beasts are as likely to hunt men as be hunted by them. On Talera, beauty and steel are equally dangerous companions, and sorcery is the deadliest of them all.Ruenn Maclang is a 19th-century Earthman mysteriously transported to this wondrous world. His sword is his constant companion, and war a daily promise that is seldom broken. But now he must battle the woman..

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Gray Mahatma - Bok av Talbot Mundy - Häftad

Gray Mahatma - Bok av Talbot Mundy - Häftad

\The best adventure writer of the 20th century!\ -- SF Site \When Mundy published the short novel The Gray Mahatma (retitled Caves of Terror in book form) in the Nov. 10, 1922 issue of Adventure, it was the first time the supernatural and mystical elements of Eastern religion and philosophy took the forefront in his work. Mundy would return to the white man's quest for esoteric knowledge in many of his later classics such as Om -- The Secret of Abhor Valley and The Nine Unknown. In Caves of Terror,..

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