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By: George Alfred Townsend (1841-1914) | |
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Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, and His Romaunt Abroad During the War |
By: George Bethune English (1787-1828) | |
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A Narrative of the Expedition to Dongola and Sennaar
As a second lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps during the War of 1812 assigned to Marine Corps headquarters, English sailed to the Mediterranean, and was among the first citizens of the United States known to have visited Egypt. Shortly after arriving in Egypt he resigned his commission, converted to Islam and joined Isma'il Pasha in an expedition up the Nile River against Sennar in 1820, winning distinction as an officer of artillery. He published his Narrative of the Expedition to Dongola and Sennaar (London 1822) regarding his exploits. (Introduction adapted by obform from Wikipedia) |
By: George Brannon | |
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Brannon's Picture of The Isle of WightThe Expeditious Traveller's Index to Its Prominent Beauties | |
By: George Broke (1861-1932) | |
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With Sack and Stock in Alaska
In 1888, George Broke with Harold Topham and William Williams, made the first exploration of the Alaskan Mt. St. Elias range, including the crossing of the great Malaspina Glacier and an attempt on the S.E. face of Mt. St. Elias itself. The journey is described in the interesting work With Sack and Stock in Alaska, vividly detailing the country visited and the characters met along the way. - Summary by Fritz |
By: George Cary Eggleston (1839-1911) | |
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The Big Brother A Story of Indian War |
By: George Dunderdale (1822-1903) | |
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The Book of the Bush
While the world was young, nations could be founded peaceably. There was plenty of unoccupied country, and when two neighbouring patriarchs found their flocks were becoming too numerous for the pasture, one said to the other: "Let there be no quarrel, I pray, between thee and me; the whole earth is between us, and the land is watered as the garden of Paradise. If thou wilt go to the east, I will go to the west; or if thou wilt go to the west, I will go to the east." So they parted in peace.(excerpt from book) |
By: George Ernest Morrison (1862-1920) | |
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An Australian in China Being the Narrative of a Quiet Journey Across China to Burma |
By: George Gilbert (1874-1943) | |
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Cathedral Cities of England |
By: George Gissing (1857-1903) | |
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By the Ionian Sea Notes of a Ramble in Southern Italy |
By: George H. Devol (1829-1903) | |
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Forty Years a Gambler on the Mississippi |
By: George H. Smith (1922-1996) | |
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Benefactor |
By: George Hamilton | |
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Voyage Round the World in His Majesty's Frigate Pandora
George Hamilton was the surgeon assigned to the frigate Pandora. The British Admiralty ordered the ship to the Pacific to arrest the Bounty mutineers and bring them back to England for trial. The commander, Captain Edward Edwards, also was ordered to chart the passage between Australia and New Guinea. While Edwards managed to arrest the mutineers still on Tahiti, he sank the Pandora on a reef near Australia. Hamilton tells this story and also the story of the crew’s fate after the Pandora sank. |
By: George Hamlin Fitch (1852-1925) | |
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The Critic in the Orient |
By: George Kennan (1845-1924) | |
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Tent Life in Siberia |
By: George Manington | |
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Soldier Of The Legion; An Englishman's Adventures Under The French Flag in Algeria And Tonquin An educated gentleman, Mr Manington has given an insight into the unusual experiences of an Englishman in the French Foreign Legion, such as no ordinary "mercenary" could have done. Most of the narrative deals with Tonquin, and the fighting there against the rebels in their forest fastnesses. Incidentally, in giving an account of his friendship for the native sergeant, Doy-Tho, the author has been able to impart to the pages of the book an Oriental atmosphere that we think will prove attractive to the reader. - Summary by Editors' Note |
By: George Manville Fenn (1831-1909) | |
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Bunyip Land
Joe Carstairs is a boy on a farm in Australia. His father is a keen naturalist who, some years before had set off for New Guinea in search of specimens, and never been heard of again. Joe is old enough to mount a search expedition, and takes with him a local doctor and an aboriginal worker on his farm. They find themselves joined by a stowaway, Jimmy, whose father is a squatter (farmer) nearby, together with his dog, Gyp.This team sets off, arrive in New Guinea, hire some more porters, and travel guided by some sixth sense straight to where Mr... | |
Yussuf the Guide The Mountain Bandits; Strange Adventure in Asia Minor | |
The Adventures of Don Lavington Nolens Volens | |
Dead Man's Land Being the Voyage to Zimbambangwe of certain and uncertain blacks and whites | |
Cutlass and Cudgel
Based around the crew of cutter HMS White Hawk, this is a tale of smuggling in the early 19th century off the coast of Wessex. The midshipman of the cutter is taken hostage by the smugglers and is befriended by a farm-boy, son of one of the smugglers. His friendship is rudely rebuffed, the midshipman eventually escapes and the farm-boy gets his long-held dream of becoming a seaman on an Excise vessel. | |
Nic Revel A White Slave's Adventures in Alligator Land | |
Nat the Naturalist A Boy's Adventures in the Eastern Seas | |
The Ocean Cat's Paw The Story of a Strange Cruise | |
Crown and Sceptre A West Country Story | |
The Crystal Hunters A Boy's Adventures in the Higher Alps | |
In the King's Name The Cruise of the "Kestrel" | |
First in the Field A Story of New South Wales | |
Mass' George A Boy's Adventures in the Old Savannah | |
Syd Belton The Boy who would not go to Sea | |
The Rajah of Dah | |
Jack at Sea All Work and no Play made him a Dull Boy |
By: George W. Carleton (1832-1901) | |
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Our Artist in Cuba, Peru, Spain and Algiers Leaves from The Sketch-Book of a Traveller, 1864-1868 |
By: George W. Peck (1840-1916) | |
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Peck's Bad Boy Abroad Being a Humorous Description of the Bad Boy and His Dad in Their Journeys Through Foreign Lands - 1904 |
By: George W. T. (George William Thomson) Omond (1846-1929) | |
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Peeps At Many Lands: Belgium | |
Bruges and West Flanders |
By: George Walter Thornbury (1828-1876) | |
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Haunted London
London: one of the oldest and most populous cities in the world. Surely it holds a few secrets within its ancient walls and the stories of ghostly presences abound. |
By: George Warburton (1816-1857) | |
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The Conquest of Canada, Vol. 1 |
By: George Wharton Edwards (1859-1950) | |
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Vanished towers and chimes of Flanders |
By: George Wharton James (1858-1923) | |
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The Grand Canyon of Arizona; how to see it |
By: Gerald Prance | |
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The Land of the Black Mountain The Adventures of Two Englishmen in Montenegro |
By: Gertrude Bell (1868-1926) | |
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Syria: the Desert and the Sown
Gertrude Bell's Syria: The Desert and the Sown describes her travels in the Levant during the first years of the 20th century. In this vivid and painstakingly documented narrative, Bell recounts her visits to Damascus, Jerusalem, Beirut, Antioch and Alexandretta, as well as the time she spent in the deserts of the region. Fluent in Arabic and several other languages, Bell brings to her account a level of insight beyond the reach of an average travel writer. She would later go on to play a highly influential role in the politics of the Middle East, drawing on the knowledge and personal connections she built up during these and other travels... |
By: Gilbert White (1720-1793) | |
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The Natural History of Selborne
The Reverend Gilbert White was the curate of the village of Selborne, a village in Hampshire, from 1784 to his death in 1793, living most of his life in the village. The book is in the form of a collection of letters to two friends, discussing the natural history of the areas that he knew, and natural history in general. White’s intense curiosity and his love for the world about him flow through his simple, straightforward style, and a gentle sense of humour colours many of his anecdotes. | |
The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 1 | |
The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 2 |
By: Giovanni Battista Cerruti (1850-1914) | |
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My Friends the Savages Notes and Observations of a Perak settler (Malay Peninsula) |
By: Giovanni Verga (1840-1922) | |
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House by the Medlar Tree
In a nineteenth century Sicilian fishing village, the Malavoglia family gambles everything on being able to profit from a cargo of lupin nuts. The cargo is lost at sea and a succession of misfortunes and tragedies assails the family. A masterpiece of social commentary hailed within Italy but neglected by the wider world, The House by the Medlar Tree ranks alongside the works of Zola, Dickens or Balzac among the great books of European literature. The book is the inspiration behind the 1948 film 'La Terra Trema' , one of the earliest works of the great Italian director Luchino Visconti. - Summary by Tom Denholm |
By: Giraldus Cambrensis (1146-1223) | |
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The Description of Wales | |
The itinerary of Archbishop Baldwin through Wales |
By: Gordon Cochrane Home (1878-1969) | |
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Yorkshire | |
Normandy, Illustrated | |
Yorkshire—Coast and Moorland Scenes | |
Beautiful Britain—Cambridge |
By: Gottfried Achenwall (1719-1772) | |
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Achenwall's Observations on North America |
By: Grace Dunlop Peter | |
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A Portrait of Old George Town |
By: Grant Allen (1848-1899) | |
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The British Barbarians
After Civil Servant Philip Christy crosses paths with the mysterious Bertram Ingledew in the respectable suburb of Brackenhurst, Philip and his sister Frida, married to the wealthy Scot Robert Monteith, become friends with the stranger. Bertram has some unconventional concepts about society, and as the story unfolds, his beliefs and actions cause much disruption in the family and the neighbourhood.Who is Bertram? Where does he come from? Allen explores some interesting ideas about society, some of which are curiously relevant today... |
By: H. Beam Piper (1904-1964) | |
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Flight From Tomorrow |
By: H. G. Wells | |
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The Sleeper Awakes
Originally serialized from 1898 to 1903, Wells later made some crucial changes to the piece to create a flawless dystopian science fiction novel published in 1910 and renamed The Sleeper Awakes. The novel focuses on an Englishman, who falls in a deep sleep lasting two centuries, and sees him wake up in an unrecognizable setting and extremely wealthy. An enthralling tale of dystopian society depicted through a colorful imagination, The Sleeper Awakes concentrates on topics including dystopia, political power, religion, plutocracy, and individual and social awakening... |