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By: Robert MacMicking | |
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Recollections of Manilla and the Philippines During 1848, 1849 and 1850 |
By: Robert Means Lawrence (1847-1935) | |
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Magic of the Horse-Shoe
The study of the origin and history of popular customs and beliefs affords an insight, otherwise unattainable, into the operations of the human mind in early times. Superstitions, however trivial in themselves, relics of paganism though they be, and oftentimes comparable to baneful weeds, are now considered proper subjects for scientific research. While the ignorant savage is a slave to many superstitious fancies which dominate his every action, the educated man strives to be free from such a bondage, yet recognizes as profitable the study of those same beliefs... |
By: Robert Means Lawrence (1847-1935) | |
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Primitive Psycho-Therapy and Quackery | |
By: Robert Michael Ballantyne (1825-1894) | |
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The Coral Island - A Tale of the Pacific Ocean
Ralph Rover is a traveler at heart, and has always dreamed of shipping out to the South Seas islands. He finally convinces his aging parents to let him go and find his way in the world. But the islands that Ralph finds are not as idyllic as in his dreams. Shipwrecked on a large, uninhabited island, Ralph and his fellow survivors, Jim and Peterkin, discover a world of hostile natives and villainous pirates. Danger, high adventure, and wonders of the sea greet them at every turn. When all seems lost, they find help from an unexpected source. | |
Black Ivory
Although the book's title Black Ivory denotes dealing in the slave trade it is not our heroes who are doing it. At the very first chapter there is a shipwreck, which leaves the son of the charterer of the sinking ship, and a seaman friend of his, alone on the east coast of Africa, where Arab and Portuguese slave traders were still carrying out their evil trade, despite the great efforts of patrolling British warships to limit it and free the unfortunates whom they found being carried away in the Arab dhows... | |
Gorilla Hunters
Ralph Rover is happily at home from his adventure on The Coral Island and wondering if he should settle down when he receives a visit from an eccentric stranger that won't give his name. This visit starts him on a string of adventures that find him getting charged by rhinoceroses, chased by African natives, and facing down a larger-than-life gorilla on his own. Of course, this is only the start of his adventure in to the land of the gorillas. Please note: this book has some words now considered derogatory, which are used in a generic way without any derogatory meaning... | |
The Big Otter | |
Hudson Bay | |
The Rover of the Andes A Tale of Adventure on South America | |
The Golden Dream Adventures in the Far West | |
Ungava | |
The Fugitives The Tyrant Queen of Madagascar | |
The Eagle Cliff | |
The Prairie Chief | |
Six Months at the Cape | |
Charlie to the Rescue
Charlie Brooke is always rescuing others, and sometimes even himself! His latest rescue, though, could turn out to be fatal... | |
Gascoyne, the Sandal-Wood Trader | |
Hunting the Lions | |
Island Queen
The story of Dominic, Otto and Pauline Rigonda, three siblings who are blown onto an island after being shipwrecked, and are later joined by the immigrant passengers and crew of a ship that is wrecked on the same island. When the question of government comes up, the little colony chooses a queen, and they work on improving the island for some time, despite internal dissensions, and an attack by savages. But eventually the colony encounters natural forces it cannot resist, and the queen and her family return to England, hopefully to live "happily ever after". | |
Fighting the Whales | |
The Settler and the Savage | |
Handbook to the new Gold-fields | |
Red Rooney The Last of the Crew | |
Erling the Bold | |
Blown to Bits The Lonely Man of Rakata, the Malay Archipelago | |
Fighting the Flames | |
The Red Man's Revenge A Tale of The Red River Flood | |
The World of Ice | |
Hunted and Harried | |
Martin Rattler | |
Martin Rattler | |
Fighting the Whales | |
The Wild Man of the West A Tale of the Rocky Mountains |
By: Robert Neilson Stephens (1867-1906) | |
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The Continental Dragoon A Love Story of Philipse Manor-House in 1778 |
By: Robert Ottiwell Gifford-Bennet (1834-1902) | |
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Buxton and its Medicinal Waters |
By: Robert Patterson (1829-1885) | |
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Fables of Infidelity and Facts of Faith Being an Examination of the Evidences of Infidelity |
By: Robert Pierpont Wilson | |
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Mosaics of Grecian History |
By: Robert S. Rait (1874-1936) | |
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Life in the Medieval University | |
An Outline of the Relations between England and Scotland (500-1707) |
By: Robert Smythe Hichens (1864-1950) | |
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The Spell of Egypt
The author, a British journalist and novelist, is interested in the feel of the places he visits. He describes at length a visit he has made to Egypt, with emphasis on the emotional response the places generate. |
By: Robert Southey (1774-1843) | |
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The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson |
By: Robert Stafford Arthur Palmer (1888-1916) | |
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Letters from Mesopotamia in 1915 and January, 1916, from Robert Palmer, who was killed in the Battle of Um El Hannah, June 21, 1916, aged 27 years |
By: Robert Stawell Ball (1840-1913) | |
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Great Astronomers
Of all the natural sciences there is not one which offers such sublime objects to the attention of the inquirer as does the science of astronomy. From the earliest ages the study of the stars has exercised the same fascination as it possesses at the present day. Among the most primitive peoples, the movements of the sun, the moon, and the stars commanded attention from their supposed influence on human affairs. From the days of Hipparchus down to the present hour the science of astronomy has steadily grown... |
By: Robert Sterling Yard (1861-1945) | |
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The Book of the National Parks
Robert Sterling Yard (February 1, 1861 – May 17, 1945) was an American writer, journalist, and wilderness activist. Born in Haverstraw, New York, Yard graduated from Princeton University and spent the first twenty years of his career in the editing and publishing business. In 1915, he was recruited by his friend Stephen Mather to help publicize the need for an independent national park agency. Their numerous publications were part of a movement that resulted in legislative support for a National Park Service (NPS) in 1916... |
By: Robert V. Russell (1873-1915) | |
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The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India, Volume 1 |
By: Robert Valentine Dolbey (1878-1937) | |
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Sketches of the East Africa Campaign |
By: Robert W. Chambers (1874-1942) | |
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Beowulf: An Introduction to the Study of the Poem with a Discussion of the Stories of Offa and Finn | |
The Reckoning | |
Special Messenger |
By: Robert Wood Williamson | |
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The Mafulu
The Mafulu, Mountain People of British New GuineaBy Robert W. WilliamsonINTRODUCTION By Dr. A.C. Haddon It is a great pleasure to me to introduce Mr. Williamson's book to the notice of ethnologists and the general public, as I am convinced that it will be read with interest and profit. Perhaps I may be permitted in this place to make a few personal remarks. Mr. Williamson was formerly a solicitor, and always had a great longing to see something of savage life, but it was not till about four years ago that he saw his way to attempting the realisation of this desire by an expedition to Melanesia... |
By: Rodolfo Amedeo Lanciani (1847-1929) | |
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Pagan and Christian Rome |
By: Rodris Roth (1931-2000) | |
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Tea Drinking In 18th-Century America: Its Etiquette And Equipage
The title of this 1961 Smithsonian Institution bulletin says it all. “In 18th-century America, the pleasant practice of taking tea at home was an established social custom with a recognized code of manners and distinctive furnishings. Pride was taken in a correct and fashionable tea table whose equipage included much more than teapot, cups, and saucers. It was usually the duty of the mistress to make and pour the tea; and it was the duty of the guests to be adept at handling a teacup and saucer and to provide social ‘chitchat... |
By: Roger Casement (1864-1916) | |
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The Crime Against Europe A Possible Outcome of the War of 1914 |
By: Roger Livingston Scaife (1875-1951) | |
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Cape Coddities
A message from the past from a former Cape Cod resident who delves in all things that make Cape Cod special. From explaining the adventures of hunting clams, to neighbor picnics and the food served, to boating, antique scavenging, and the beautiful rustic Cape houses...just everything that makes the Cape the ideal place, the place that he lived and was so proud of. |
By: Rollo Gillespie Burslem | |
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A Peep into Toorkisthhan |
By: Romain Rolland (1866-1944) | |
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Musicians of To-Day |
By: Ronald Sutherland Gower (1845-1916) | |
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Joan of Arc |
By: Rosalind Northcote (1873-1950) | |
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Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts |
By: Ross De Witt Netherton (1918-) | |
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The Fairfax County Courthouse |
By: Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) | |
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Puck of Pook's Hill
Puck of Pook’s Hill is a children’s book by Rudyard Kipling, published in 1906, containing a series of short stories set in different periods of history. The stories are all told to two children living near Pevensey by people magically plucked out of history by Puck. |