Antiquities & Oddities

//Antiquities & Oddities
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  • An English family moves to the New World of Australia. First published in 1864.
  • Warne's Star Series. This volume also appears under the titles of The Percys; A Mother's Influence and Ever Heavenward. (Not to be confused with Stepping Heavenward.) First published in 1870, we learn that Mr. Percy has decided to send his older children to school hours away in New York City, resulting in many changes to his whole family. Mrs. Percy is broken-hearted but agrees to let them go, as her husband is convinced that the trials and temptations of school will help the children grow in their Christian faith. Through personal letters, we learn about life at boarding school and its challenges, as well as events back at home. With realism and humor, the author draws the reader into to this loving family and makes one feel at home among them. They are not without their struggles andtroubles but comic relief is provided by twin brothers Rio and Lio and the clumsy Daisy. Mrs. Percy is the real hero of the story, as she guides her flock, teaching them love for God above all.
  • No matter how conservative science can explain somethings, strange phenomena continues:  Yeti sightings, the Loch Ness Monster, spontaneous human combustion and encounters with angels are just a very few of the explorations of this author.
  • Six adventures with Simon Templar - The Saint. This volume includes: The Helpful Pirate; The Bigger Game; The Cleaner Cure; The Intemperate Reformer; The Uncured Ham; The Convenient Monster.
  • Collected and published by the "Boy's Own" paper. In this volume: The Sword Tyrfing; How Egil Skallagrimson Saved His Head; Thor's Adventures in Outgarth; The Griffin's Egg; Frithiof The Bold; Thor Loses His Hammer; Helga and Sigrun; The Deeds of Orm Storolfson; The Rival Scalds; Audun and the Bear; Gunnar The Hero; Snowfair; The Burning of Njal; Brand, The Generous; Kari, The Avenger; King Ragnar Lodbrok and Crow, the Goat-Girl; The Weird Valley; Nornagest; The Death of the Niflungs; Frodi's Meal; Half and His Heroes; The Wooing of Frey's Wife; King Rakni's Treasures; The Battle That Never Ends; Rolf Kraki and His Kemps; Nanna's Lovers.
  • By that infamous hilarious member of the Goons, Harry Secombe. Larry Gower left the Army with one ambition: to be a comedian.  His pal Wally got him started in a tough Northern variety theatre, and after that, life was a hectic round of landladies and lodgers, amorous artistes and awkward audiences. But it was the life that Larry wanted - seedy clubs, spotlights and all.
  • If you want Irish oatmeal bread, Italian bread sticks, French or Alsatian sourdough bread, Jewish honey cakes, Swedish limpa, German buttermilk rye or the more exotic German farmer's herb-parmesan bread, you'll find it all here - and much, much more. John Braué has lovingly collected priceless recipes which have been handed down family to family, baker to baker, friend to friend, for generations.  But this book is more than that; it's also an entertaining primer of fascinating bread lore covering the different properties of flours, the vast differences in recipe results due to climate, altitude and ovens; and the little known techniques of baking perfection. Tucked between the recipes are dozens of wise hints on the good life, good baking, good humor - and good eating.
  • Adventures as the yacht, Wanderer, sailing around the South Seas looking for treasure. wanders into an atomic testing area of the Pacific.  Illustrated by S. Fezzard. The author, Percy Francis Westerman (1876 - 1959) was a prolific author of children's literature, many of his books adventures with military themes. His writing career allegedly began with a sixpence bet made with his wife that he could write a better story than the one he was reading to his son, who was at the time ill with chickenpox. His first book for boys, 'A Lad of Grit', was published in 1908. During the 1930s Westerman was voted the most popular author of stories for boys, having published over 170 books.
  • Over the modern world lies the shadow of mysteries that neither reason nor science can explain. In this volume, investigative author the late John Pinkney covers: The Corpse, The Duke and the Nazi Spy: Was Edward, Duke of Windsor in deep with the Nazis? Don't Disturb the Dead: the discovery of a mummified hunter in 1990, 53 centuries frozen in the Otzal Mountains, seemed to unleash a curse on those who disturbed him. The Man Who Vanished From The Sky - Inexplicable Disappearances: In 1928 the world's third-richest man, Alfred Loewenstein, vanished from a plane in mid-flight; The Book That Foretold Diana's Doom - Premonitions in Books and Films : 'David Lancaster's book, Caroline R, was published in 1980 - which foretold Diana's life from the moment of her marriage to Prince Charles; Nightmare In The Garden - Reports From Reality's Edge: In 1999, a roadhouse cook was awoken at 1.30 a.m. by her dogs barking. When she went out to quiet them, she saw something she would never forget, and which would rob her of sleep for months to come; The Secret Agent And The Uncanny Cloud -  Wartime Mysteries: An elite British secret agent is dropped in the wrong place for her mission, yet an inexplicable force guided her to the right place..and she wasn't the only one to have this experience. Seashells In The Trees and Other Strange Skyfalls: In  1985,  a mass of exotic seashells usually found in the warm waters of the Philippines, cascaded onto a village in England; Insane Egotist - The Mass Murderer Who Adored Publicity: The FBI's finest couldn't crack the Zodiac Killer's code - but a high school history teacher could. The Dead Sailor Who Invaded a Photo - Ghost Mysteries; Did Amelia Die? Or Did the Government Lie? Courageous aviatrix Amelia Earhart allegedly vanished with her navigator in July 1937 while circumnavigating the world. Eighteen months later, the US Government declared them both officially dead. But in the 70 years since, scores of people have come forward with very good reasons to believe that her disappearance may be the biggest cover-up in American history; Triangular Evidence - The Geometric Markings on UFO Abductees' Skins; The Woman Who Slept For 32 Years: Carolina Olssen lived a quiet life, with one claim to fame; she slept uninterrupted from 1876 to 1908 then woke apparently healthy and unaffected by this extraordinary event; Hell From Within: Spontaneous human combustion has been documented for thousands of years, yet still, science does not know what causes it. Did James Leininger Live Before? The Riddle of the Reborns: Six year old James not only claimed to be a naval fighter pilot who had died in World War II, he knew details that only the US Navy and the dead man's family could know. Jewels From Jupiter: In 1851, John Evans, part of a team of geologists and engineers, stumbled on a massive, gem-studded meteorite deep in Oregon territory. He casually took a few samples and left again, neglecting to chart its location. Treasure hunters have been looking for it ever since. The Strange Case of the Separated Sisters - Astonishing Coincidences: British siblings  Evelyn and Edna were separated at birth. Yet 58 years later, Evelyn found out that her long-lost sister had moved in next door. The Dream That Proved A Dead Man Was Alive - Sleep and the Seventh Sense: In 1944, the Australian  Army broke the news to Eddie Hooker's family that their son was missing in action, believed dead. The family were shattered, but Eddie's brother Harold was unable to mourn. He dreamed for weeks that Eddie would come home, healthy and happy. Harold's dream came true in every detail after the end of the Pacific War.