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Motorcycles |
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The Classic Motorcycling Compendium |
A-Z of Motorcycles. Classic Galleries, Crash and Burn Galleries, Top 100
Motorcycles, Classic Racing Motorcycles, A-Z of Famous Motorcycle Racers.
Grand prix Champions
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Classic Suzuki Two-Strokes
Compendium |
Complete coverage of the Suzuki T500 plus
coverage of GT750, TR750, TR250, GT380, GT550, T250, T350 and other Suzuki
two-strokes |
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Motorcycles and How to Manage Them |
This CD-ROM
includes a full scan of the early 1903 edition of the classic book - by AJ Wilson - dozens of photographs and illustrations of veteran
motorcycles |
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Motorcycles and Sidecars |
A classic treatise
on motorcycles and sidecars by Victor Page:
This CD-ROM includes a full scan of the early 1920 edition of the classic
book -
by Victor Page - 350 photographs and illustrations of veteran and
vintage motorcycles and 624 pages in all |
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The
Motorcyclist's Handbook |
This CD-ROM
includes a full scan of the early 1900s book by
"Phoenix" - 100s of photographs and illustrations of veteran motorcycles
and 322 pages |
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Speed and How
to Obtain It: |
Fascinating 1920s discussion on vintage speed tuning
- with many photos and illustrations: Vintage tuning advice and
information. Great old photos, diagrams and advertisements. |
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"Tracing
Motorcycle Troubles." |
This CD-ROM includes a full scan of the
classic veteran and vintage motorcycling help manual This post-war
edition includes a special section on the Two-Stroke engine and dynamo
lighting sets. Set out in an easy manner to trace problems the book has over
2000 specific entries and a number of period advertisements |
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ABC of the Motorcycle |
This CD-ROM
includes a full scan of the early 1916 edition of the classic book - by WJ Jackman - includes photographs and illustrations of veteran and
vintage motorcycles and 220 pages |
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All about Motorcycles and the Art of Driving Them |
Early 1920s edition of the classic book
- Motor Cycling Manual -
- includes photographs and illustrations of veteran and vintage motorcycles
and 276 pages |
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T500 Suzuki Service Manual, GT500 Technical Supplement, T500 Parts
Book and GT500 Parts Book |
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All in one service guide for the popular Suzuki 500 two-stroke twins |
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GT750 Suzuki Parts Book and Service Manual |
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Service guide to the popular Suzuki GT750 triple cylinder watercooled
two-stroke motorcycle. |
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Special DVD offer
Four Classic Motorcycle titles on one disk
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Motorcycles and How to Manage Them, Speed and How
to Obtain It,
Tracing
Motorcycle Troubles
and All about Motorcycles and the Art of Driving Them -
Four titles on one DVD at a special price. |
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Automobiles |
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A Practical Treatise on the Theory, Construction, Operation,
Care and Management of all forms of Automobiles
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1908 Ed. By
James E. Homans - with upwards of 500
illustrations and diagrams, giving the essential details of construction
and many important points of the successful operation of the various
types of motor carriages driven by steam, gasoline and electricity.
This CD-ROM includes a full scan of the
rare 1908 edition of this classic book - over 350 photographs and
illustrations of veteran automobiles and components and 600 pages |
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Automobile Driving Self-Taught
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By Thomas Russell 1909 "An exhaustive treatise on the operation,
management and care of motor-cars."This CD-ROM
includes a full scan of this early 1900s book - with illustrations and
222 pages |
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Dyke's
Supplement - 1920s |
Gasoline Fuel-feed Systems, Air Cleaners, Superchargers, Ricardo Cylinder
Head, Engine Bearings. This CD-ROM includes
a full scan of this classic book -
lavishly illustrated and 120 pages over all. There also several
fold-out diagrams of carburetors. Supplement to the famous Dyke's Automobile
and Gasoline Engine Encyclopaedia |
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Cats and Dogs |
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Our Friend the Dog |
(late 1800s) -
A complete practical guide to all that is
known about every dog breed of dog in the world.
This CD-ROM includes a full scan
of the late 1800s book Our Friend the Dog - 368 pages in all. Includes
many illustrations and full page plates and some old advertisements |
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Book of the Dog |
1st published 1870s complete with
colour plates -
includes a full scan of the 28 colour
plates and a scan of the 100s of pages of text and pictures from the
1880s
Book of the Dog by
Vero Shaw. Over 660 pages |
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The Book of the Cat |
- Beautiful old
illustrated book on cats c/w colour plates:
This CD-ROM includes a full scan of the 1903 book The
Book of the Cat - 12 colour
plates, 350 illustrations and 380 pages |
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Australian History |
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Rock Art of the Burrup Peninsula (Murujuga)
- A personal exploration - (includes a description of the Flying Foam
Massacre) |
This CDROM Ebook incorporates several hundred
images of the Burrup Peninsula and the ancient petrolglyphs (rock art) which
abound in this area. Along with the photograph record this CDROM
includes a description of the area and it's heritage value. In the 1860s the original inhabitants of the
peninsula were dispersed in an action known as the Flying Foam massacre.
Photos of the location and a description of this event are included on this CDROM |
Two books on 1
CD:
Australian Aborigines
and
"The Aborigines of Western
Australia" |
Australian Aborigines: Fascinating
Nineteenth Century books on the Australian Aborigines:
This CD-ROM includes a full scan of the 1888 book by
Roderick J. Flanagan. A humane and unbiased, sympathetic view of the
Australian Aborigine. Includes a description of the "Rising" of 1842-3 and
the Myall Creek massacre. 167 pages. One illustration.
Also included the full text plus illustrations of Albert F Calvert's
book printed in 1894. 55 pages and 4 illustrations. Fascinating descriptions of a clash of
cultures.
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Views of Western Australia |
Late 1890s book.
Each picture can be viewed full-screen and has been enhanced from the
original. These rare pictures of Western Australia taken only 60 years after
the founding of the colony. The effect of the gold-rushes can be seen in the
new magnificent public buildings as well in the pictures of the actual
gold-field. |
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1916/17 Road Guide to Western
Australia |
This CD-ROM
includes a full scan of this book . Includes strip maps of the roads of the South-West and the
Goldfields. Has detailed description of the roads and sights. Also
includes many period advertisements. 130 pages - available in PDF for PC
Windows and Mac |
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Springtime in WA, The Western Third and Perth
in Pictures |
3 Period
publications -
- from the 1940s: This CD-ROM
includes a full scan of the 1940s tourist guides to Western Australia -
Springtime in WA, The Western Third and Perth in Pictures.
All
scans are full-screen and provide a fascinating insight into the Perth
and State of Western Australia in the mid 1940s - 90 pages and 120
pictures |
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Australian Scenes
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Period publication - July 1914 - early
pictures from all States of Australia - all pre-automobile and a very rare
publication - 82 pages - full page photos - plus statistics on each State of
the Commonwealth of Australia |
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Souvenir of Western Australia |
Period
publication - turn of the century 1900s - pre autombile - early full
page photographs of Western Australia -
and very rare - 39 pages in excellent condition.
All
scans are full-screen and provide a fascinating insight into pre World
War One Western Australia.
Shots of Perth city, river, Rottnest, Fremantle, Kalgoorlie/Boulder,
Albany, Bunbury, Albany, Darling Range, aborigines etc |
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Spinifex and and Sand
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David Carnegie was the fourth son of the Earl of
Suffolk, England. After education as an engineer, David Carnegie worked on tea
plantations in Ceylon, but joined the rush to Coolgardie when gold was
discovered in Western Australia in 1892. Over a period of five years he
prospected, and led several important exploring expeditions into some of
Australia's most arid areas. In 1896-1897, the Hon. David Wynford Carnegie,
born in 1871, youngest son of the Earl of Southesk, led one of the last great
expeditions in the exploration of Australia. His route from Lake Darlôt to
Halls Creek and return, took thirteen months and covered over three thousand
miles. Carnegie financed his expedition from the results of a successful gold
strike at Lake Darlôt.
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Journal of a tour of discovery across the Blue
Mountains, New South Wales, in the year 1813 |
This eBook contains the
"JOURNAL OF A TOUR OF DISCOVERY ACROSS THE BLUE MOUNTAINS, NEW SOUTH WALES, IN
THE YEAR 1813" written by George Blaxland that was published in 1913, to
coincide with the centenary celebrations of the first crossing of the Blue
Mountains in 1813 by Blaxland, Lawson and Wentworth. This edition includes a
number of photographs from 1913 which record the route of the explorers. |
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Explorations in Australia - by
John Forrest |
1. Explorations in Search of Dr Leichardt and Party,
2. From Perth to Adelaide, Around the Great Bight and 3. From Champion Bay,
Across the Desert to the Telegraph and to Adelaide, with an Appendix on the
condition of Western Australia. First printed in 1875 with illustrations and
maps. An account of several of the most arduous exploring trips in Australia,
where survival was reliant on superb bushmanship, Aboriginal guides and good
fortune. A classic in Australian exploration on CDROM. |
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Western Australia - A History
from its Discovery to the Inauguration of the Commonwealth. - J.S. Battye |
1924 Edition - 480pp c/with maps and charts.
It includes maps and charts and additional
illustrations to accompany the text. This book covers the discovery of Western
Australia and its transition from a small settlement into a bustling mining
boom endowed State of the Commonwealth within the short period of 70 years.
Written by a renowned historian of the State of Western Australia this account
by JS Battye is a significant
contribution to the understanding of the challenges faced by this remote
colony of the British Empire. |
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Australian Discovery
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By Ernest Scott published in 1929. An excellent description of the voyages
of discovery of the Spanish, Portugese, Dutch, French and English. Read of the
wrecks and disasters on the West coast hundreds of years before Cook reached
the East Coast. Also has extensive coverage of discovery on land from Blaxland
to Stuart. Engaging extracts from explorer's journals never better presented
than in this collection by the eminent Australian historian Ernest Scott. |
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The Present Picture of New
South Wales, 1811 |
By D D Mann -
published 1811 - illustrated with 4 coloured views taken from drawings on the
spot of Sydney, the seat of Government with a plan of the Colony taken from
actual survey by public authority.
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A Source Book Of
Australian History |
Compiled by Gwendolen H. Swinburne - published
1919. The aim is to place the reader in contact with the evidence of history
in order that he may become his own historian by drawing his own deductions
from the contemporary records. These are the records written by the men who
gave their life and health to lay the foundation of Australia. They are aglow
with the heat of action; they are inspiring in their quiet modesty and
strength. |
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The Part Borne by the Dutch in the
Discovery of Australia 1606-1765 |
By J. E. Heeres, LL. D. Professor at the Dutch Colonial Institute Delft - published
1899.
Here in Dutch and English from
original documents is a description of the discoveries of Western and Northern
Australia hundreds of years before Cook landed on the East Coast. Amazing
tales of shipwreck, mutiny, conflict with aborigines and voyages in unknown
waters.
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Discoveries in Australia: with an account of the coasts
and rivers explored and surveyed during the voyage of HMAS Beagle, in the
years 1837 - 38 - 39 - 40 - 41 - 42 - 43 |
By
Command of the Lord's Commissioners of the Admiralty - also A Narrative of
Captain Owen Stanley's visits to the islands of the Arafura Sea by J. Lort
Stokes Commander RN - Volumes 1 and 2 - 1846. An extraordinary account of the
exploration of the coast of Australia and the Arafura Sea.
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Australia Twice Traversed - Volumes 1 and 2 - Ernest
Giles |
The Romance Of Exploration, Being A Narrative Compiled
From The Journals Of Five Exploring Expeditions Into And Through Central
South Australia, And Western Australia, From 1872 To 1876. Ernest Giles
crossed the continent in both directions, an immense achievement despite
aboriginal attack, thirst and deprivation. His companion Simpson was
lost in the Desert and never found again. A remarkable of narrative of
exploration complete with illustrations and expedition maps. |
Narrative of an
Expedition undertaken under the direction of
the Late Mr. Assistant Surveyor E. B. Kennedy (1849) |
By William Carron. A description of a tragic tale of
exploration in the wet Tropics of Far North Queensland. A Victorian
heroic tragedy of Australian exploration. Illustrated. |
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Europe |
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Exeter Illustrated |
Great old illustrated souvenir booklet on Exeter at the turn of the
Century - no cars and buildings preserved for centuries. A long lost
time captured by the camera. Twentyfive full page land and streetscape
shots, plus period advertising. Full title - Exeter illustrated -
Photographic views of the cathedral, Public Buildings, Colleges and
Places of Interest in the City. |
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Pictures in Colour of the Isle of Wight
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CONTAINING FIFTY BEAUTIFULLY
COLOURED PICTURES OF THE ISLE OF WIGHT -
with descriptive notes -Printed London Jarrold and
Sons c. 1910. Reproduced on CDROM. To those who have never visited the
Island, the accompanying illustrations will unfold sufficient of its beauty
to give some idea of its resources. Being reproductions from actual
photographs they may be relied upon as being true to Nature.
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Yorkshire
Coast and Moorland Scenes
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Painted and described by GORDON
HOME - Second
Edition
1907 -
"It may seem almost superfluous
to explain that this book does not deal with the whole of Yorkshire, for it
would obviously be impossible to get even a passing glimpse of such a great
tract of country in a book of this nature. But I have endeavoured to give my
own impressions of much of the beautiful coast-line, and also some idea of
the character of the moors and dales of the north-east portion of the
county." |
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Yorkshire Painted And Described, by Gordon
Home |
Painted and described by
GORDON HOME -
London London: Adam & Charles Black - 1904.
148pp,
31
lovely colour paintings by the author with descriptive text.
Reproduced on CDROM |
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Paris -
Photographs in Colour (Paris - Photographies en Couleurs) |
A fabulous period piece from pre-war Paris,
pre-automobile, in all it's Imperial splendour, aprox 1900.
Wonderful hand coloured photographs, 20 in all, in a Souvenir postcard
folder. All copied faithfully to CD-ROM and all pictures full screen
size and easier to view than in real life. An uncommon survivor of the
lost world of "Gaye Pariee" |
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Africa |
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Souvenir of Durban |
Published by A. Rittensberg, Durban, South Africa c1890-1900s.Wonderful hand coloured postcards of
colonial Durban, full screen shots of Durban beaches, city, port, rickshas
and other features. Twelve wonderfully preserved plates bringing alive a
Victorian city on the edge of Africa |
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Seven years in South Africa - Sieben Jahre in Süd-Afrika
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By Emil Holub the cartographer of Victoria Falls (book in German) published
1881 |
Two Books on CD:
Ancient Egypt
and
History Of Egypt From 330 B.C. To The Present Time |
Ancient Egypt- by George Rawlinson,
M.A. - Published 1886 Illustrated, and
History of Egypt (3 volumes)
profusely illustrated - Published 1904 |
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India and Asia |
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Wallace - The Malay Archipelago
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The land of the Orangutan and the Bird of Paradise - A Narrative of Travel
with studies of Man and Nature by Alfred Russel Wallace - 1898
Wallace
chose the Indonesian
Archipelago for detailed study, travelling to what was referred to in those days as "the
Malay Archipelago." He arrived in Singapore on 20 April 1854, to begin what
would turn out to be the defining period of his life.
Wallace's name is now inextricably linked with his travels in the
Indonesian region. He spent nearly eight full years there; during that period
he undertook about seventy different expeditions resulting in a combined total
of around 14,000 miles of travel. He visited every important island in the
archipelago at least once, and several on multiple occasions. His collecting
efforts produced the astonishing total of 125,660 specimens, including more
than a thousand species new to science. The volume he later wrote describing
his work and experiences there, The Malay Archipelago, is the most
celebrated of all writings on Indonesia, and ranks with a small handful of
other works as one of the nineteenth century's best scientific travel books.
Highlights of his adventures there include his study and capture of
birds-of-paradise and orangutans, his many dealings with native peoples, and
his residence on New Guinea (he was one of the very first Europeans to live
there for any extended period).
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Beasts, Men and Gods |
By
Ferdinand Ossendowski - a tale of escape and mystery
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The Story of the Guides
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By Col. G.J. Younghusband, C.B. -
Queen's Own Corps of Guides.
Author of "Eighteen Hundred Miles on a Burmese Tat,"
"Indian Frontier Warfare," "The Relief of Chitral,"
"The Phillipines and Round About," ETC." Printed 1908
with illustrations. "The
duties of the Corps of Guides were clearly and concisely defined..... It was to contain trustworthy men, who
could, at a moment's notice, act as guides to troops
in the field; men capable, too, of collecting trustworthy
intelligence beyond, as well as within, our
borders; and, in addition to all this, men, ready to
give and take hard blows, whether on the frontier
or in a wider field. And finally, they were to be a new feature in the
fighting forces of the Empire".
This book is a grand description of a famous unit which fought on the
frontiers of India under the Raj. great pictures and a fascinating tale. |
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The Indian Mutiny |
This CD-ROM
includes a full scan of the 1858 book The Indian Rebellion
- Its Causes and Consequences by
Alexander Duff- 409 pages in all. An important eye witness account by
a leading and far sighted missionary who had long worked in India.
Insightful
descriptions written at the time of the mutiny in India which bring to life
the fears and concerns of a British expatriate in the thick of the rebellion. Describes in
graphic detail the rebellion as it happened across Northern India from Meerut, Delhi, Lucknow to Cawnpore. An ultimate Victorian nightmare for
Europeans stranded in a hostile land.
Accompanying
this book is a
Description of the Indian Mutiny, its causes, major campaigns
and effects.
Includes a detailed map of India at the
time of the Mutiny and the disposition of British and Native Indian forces.
Illustrated by period photos and drawings.
Also included
is the full text of the 1910 book -
A Narrative of the Seige of
Delhi with an account of the Mutiny at Ferozepore in
1857 by Charles John
Griffiths late Captain 61st Regiment |
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The Anzac Book
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The Book of Anzac was written in the trenches of Anzac
at Gallipoli late in 1915. Nearly every word was written and every line under
fire. Day and night, during the whole process of its composition~ the crack of the
Mauser bullets overhead never ceased. At least one good soldier that we know of, who was preparing a contribution for these pages, met his death while the work was still unfinished. The ANZAC Book was to have been a New Year Magazine to help this little British Australasian fraternity in Turkey to while away the long winter in the trenches.
This CD includes, in addition, a detailed
description of the Gallipoli Campaign, reports and despatches related to the
campaign, with extra photographs and maps. |
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Australia in the Great War - The Story told in
Pictures |
The object of this publication (which was produced
over eight issues in 1917-18) was to present a pictorial record of the
Australian Imperial Force in France, Great Britain, Egypt and elsewhere. |
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GALLIPOLI DIARY
- Vol 1 |
by General
SIR IAN HAMILTON, G.C.B. Published 1920. Hamilton spent six fruitless months
unimaginatively bombarding the Turks at Gallipoli, making little progress but
incurring severe casualties. Made a scapegoat for the failure of the operation
(despite being hopelessly undermanned and having faced formidable logistical
difficulties), Hamilton was recalled to London on 16 October 1915, effectively
ending his military career. He published a two volume diary of his wartime
experiences, Gallipoli Diary, in 1920. This Ebook is of the first volume of
his wartime experiences, the most important covering the period before and
after the landing and the lead-up to stalemate. |
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The 7th Battalion AIF - Resume of the activities of the 7th
Battalion in the Great War 1914-18 |
The 7th Battalion was among the first infantry
units raised for the AIF during the First World War. It took part in the ANZAC
landing on 25 April 1915, as part of the second wave. Ten days after the
landing, the 2nd Brigade was transferred from ANZAC to Cape Helles to help
in the attack on the village of Krithia. The attack captured little ground
but cost the brigade almost a third of its strength. The Victorian
battalions returned to ANZAC to help defend the beachhead, and in
August the 2nd Brigade fought at the battle of Lone Pine. The battalion's first major action in
France was at Pozières in the Somme valley where it fought between 23-27
July and 15-21 August 1916.
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The History of the Fourteenth Battalion AIF |
Principally from
Melbourne and its suburbs the 14th Bn landed at ANZAC Cove on the afternoon of 25 April 1915. On 19
May the Turks launched a massive counter-attack. During this fighting Lance
Corporal Albert Jacka of the 14th was awarded the AIF's first Victoria Cross. The battalion served at ANZAC until the
evacuation in December. In June 1916 they sailed for France and the Western
Front. From then until 1918, the battalion took part in bloody trench
warfare.
In March and April 1918, the battalion helped stop the German spring
offensive. It subsequently participated in the great allied offensive of 1918,
fighting near Amiens on 8 August 1918. This advance by British and empire
troops was the greatest success in a single day on the Western Front, one that
German General Erich Ludendorff described as "..the black day of the German
Army in this war...". |
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The Fighting Thirteenth - The
History of the 13th Battalion AIF |
The 13th Battalion AIF was raised from late
September 1914, six weeks after the outbreak of the First World War. The
battalion was recruited in New South Wales, and with the 14th, 15th and 16th
Battalions formed the 4th Brigade, commanded by Colonel John Monash. The 4th
Brigade landed at ANZAC Cove late in the afternoon of 25 April 1915. The
battalion served at Gallipoli until the evacuation in December. In June 1916,
the 13th sailed for France and the Western Front. From then until 1918, the
battalion took part in action at Pozières , Bullecourt and in advancing to the
Hindenburg Line.
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The Old Sixteenth - being a record of the 16th Battalion AIF during the Great
War 1914-18 |
Published by the 16th Battalion Association 1929.
Illustrated 274pp. Battle Honours - Landing at ANZAC, Sari Bair, Pozieres, Bullecourt, Messines, Ypres, Polygon Wood, Hamel, Amiens and the Hindenburg
Line. The Sixteenth Battalion was recruited in Western Australia and South
Australia. |
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The Red and White Diamond - The Official
History of the 24th Battalion Australian Imperial Force 1915 - 1919: |
The 24th Battalion was formed during the
first week of May 1915. On 4 September 1915 the Battalion went ashore at
Gallipoli. It spent the next 16 weeks sharing duty in the Lone Pine trenches
with the 23rd Battalion. The Battalion proceeded to France in March 1916. It
took part in its first major offensive around Pozières and Mouquet Farm in
July and August 1917.In May 1917 the battalion participated in the successful,
but costly, second battle of Bullecourt. It was involved for only a single day
- 3 May - but suffered almost 80 per cent casualties. The AIF's focus for the
rest of the year was the Ypres sector in Belgium, and the 24th's major
engagement there was the seizure of Broodseinde Ridge. When the Allies took to
the offensive, the 24th fulfilled supporting roles during the battles of Hamel
and Amiens. At Mont St Quentin, however, it played a major role by recapturing
the main German strong point atop the summit on 1 September 1918.
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The Thirty-Seventh - The History of the 37th Battalion AIF |
The 37th Battalion was formed, as part of the
10th Brigade of the 3rd Australian Division, in February 1916 in
Victoria. Its recruits were drawn from Melbourne, north-east Victoria and
Gippsland. The battalion moved to France on 23 November 1916.
The 37th fought in its first major battle at Messines, in Belgium, between 7-9
June 1917. For his actions during this battle, Captain Robert Grieve was
awarded the Victoria Cross. The battalion fought in the battle of Broodseinde, and the battle of Passchendaele. In September
1918 several battalions were ordered to disband to provide reinforcements for
others. The 37th was one such battalion. Its CO, Lieutenant Colonel Charles
Story, was dismissed for questioning the order. The men of the
battalion subsequently mutinied. On 23 September the order to disband was
temporarily suspended, and the battalion fought its last battle - St Quentin
Canal - six days later.
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The Forty-First - Being a Record of the 41st Battalion AIF
During the Great War 1914-18 |
The 41st
Battalion was raised in February 1916 with recruits from Brisbane, northern
Queensland and the northern rivers district of New South Wales. When the
German Army launched its last great offensive in March 1918, the battalion was
rushed south to France and played a role in blunting the drive towards the
vital railway junction of Amiens. The Allies launched their own offensive on 8
August 1918, and the 41st played an active role both in the initial attack and
the long advance that followed throughout August and into September. The 41st
participated in its last major action of the war between 29 September and 2
October 1918 as part of the Australian-American operation that breached the
formidable defences of the Hindenburg Line along the St Quentin Canal.
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The Spirit
of the Forty-Second - 42nd Battalian AIF |
The 42nd Battalion was raised at Enoggera, on the
outskirts of Brisbane, in December 1915 and became part of the 11th Brigade of
the 3rd Australian Division. The battalion became known as the "Australian
Black Watch". This association was recognised with a bagpipe band.
After training in Australia and Britain, the 42nd deployed to France on 26
November 1916 and in 1917, the operations of the 3rd Division were focussed on
the Ypres sector of Belgium. The 42nd participated in major battles at
Messines on 7 June, Warneton on 31 July, Broodseinde on 4 October, and
Passchendaele on 12 October. On 20 September 1918 the
42nd was ordered to disband to provide reinforcements for other battalions.
Its men mutinied winning the Battalion a temporary reprieve. On 2
October the order to disband was once again issued. The men still disobeyed,
but pressure from the AIF hierarchy eventually forced compliance. The 42nd
Battalion was disbanded on 22 October 1918. |
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The Forty-Third -
the story and official history of the 43rd Battalion AIF |
The battalion embarked in June 1916 and, after landing briefly in Egypt, went
on to Britain for further training. The battalion arrived on the Western Front
in late December. In June 1917 the battalion took part in the battle of Messines
and in October the Third Battle of Ypres.The battalion spent much of 1918 fighting in the Somme valley. In April they
helped stop the German Spring offensive at Villers-Bretonneux. In July the
battalion was part of General Monash's attack at Hamel. In August and
September the battalion helped drive the Germans back to the Hindenburg Line.
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44th Battalion - Eggs-a-Cook
- The story of the Forty-Fourth Bn AIF in the Great War - War as the Diggers
Saw It
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The 44th Battalion was raised at Claremont, Western Australia in February
1916. The battalion fought in its first major battle at Messines, in Belgium, between 7 and 10 June. In the months that followed it
was heavily employed in the Ypres sector, taking part in another major battle
to capture Broodseinde Ridge. The 44th took part in the preparatory battle of Hamel on 4
July 1918, and was part of the first wave when the offensive itself was
launched on 8 August. The 44th's last major action of
the war was fought between 29 September and 3 October 1918 as part of the
Australian-American operation that breached the formidable defences of the
Hindenburg Line along the St Quentin Canal. |
Two Unit Histories:
1. The Story of the 21st -
Being the Official History of the 21st Bn AIF plus
2, The 38th Battalion AIF -
The Story and Official History of the 38th Bn
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The 21st Battalion arrived in Egypt in June 1915
and proceeded to Gallipoli in late August. In early May 1917, the battalion fought at Bullecourt,
and then in October participated in the 3-kilometre advance that captured
Broodseinde Ridge, east of Ypres. The 21st battalion participated in the battles - Hamel, Amiens and Mont St.
Quentin. The 21st could barely muster a
company after the 1918 offensive. It was ordered to disband and in response, the men of the 21st mutinied on 25 September
1918. By the end of that day, the order was withdrawn, and the battalion
fought its last battle at Montbrehain on 5 October. The following day it
became the last Australian battalion to withdraw from active operations on the
Western Front, and.....
The 38th Battalion - After training in both Australia and Britain, the
38th Battalion crossed to France in late November 1916. In February 1917 the 38th Battalion provided 400 troops, with
a similar party from the 37th Battalion, to form a special raiding
"battalion". The 38th fought in its first major battle at Messines, in
Belgium, between 7-9 June 1917. It fought in another two major attacks in this
sector - the battle of Broodseinde on 4 October, and the battle of
Passchendaele on 12 October. It was the 38th's most costly operation of the war, resulting in 62 per cent
casualties. The 38th participated in its last major action of the war between
29 September and 2 October 1918 as part of the Australian-American operation
that breached the formidable defences of the Hindenburg Line along the St
Quentin Canal. It was disbanded in April 1919. |
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History of the Second Light Horse Regiment -
Australian Imperial Force - Aug 1914 - Apr 1919 - with introduction by Lt
General Sir Harry Chauvel: |
The 2nd Light Horse Regiment was raised at
Enoggera in Queensland on 18 August 1914. The 2nd Light Horse Regiment
deployed to Gallipoli without its horses and landed there on 12 May 1915,
joining the New Zealand and Australian Division. Back in Egypt, the 2nd Light
Horse joined the ANZAC Mounted Division. The 2nd Light Horse Regiment rejoined
the Allied advance across the Sinai in November and was subsequently involved
in the fighting to secure the Turkish outposts on the Palestine frontier. The
2nd Light Horse Regiment participated in the advance to Jaffa that followed,
and was then committed to operations to clear and occupy the west bank of the
Jordan River. |
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History of The Fifth Light Horse Regiment 1914-19
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Unit history of the 5TH Light Horse Regiment
in the First World War which covers operations in the First World War. This CDROM reproduction of the
book includes photos, charts and maps from the Unit history. The history
covers the monumental activities of this unit as a member of the ANZAC Corps
at Gallipoli and as part of the Desrt Mounted Corps in Palestine (where the
unit took part in the last great cavalry action in history - The Battle of
Bersheeba) |
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History of The Eleventh Light Horse Regiment 1914-19 |
The formation of
the 11th Light Horse Regiment as part of it, was announced on 11 February
1915. Two squadrons of the 11th Light Horse were subsequently formed in
Queensland, and a third in South Australia.
The regiment deployed to Gallipoli as infantry at first. Returning to its
mounted role, the 11th Light Horse joined the forces defending the Suez Canal.
It joined its first major battle when it attacked Gaza. The 11th Light Horse participated in the pursuit that followed, and moved into the
Jordan Valley in time to participate in the Es Salt raid.
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Over the Top
with the 3rd Australian Division |
By GP Cuttriss 1917/1918. 139pp plus bw plates and other illustrations
on CDROM.
Contemporary stories, sketches and poetry relating to the 3rd Division in
World War One. Illustrated by Neil McBeath. With Introduction by Major-General
Sir John Monash. |
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The Story of Dunsterforce
- Stalky's Forlorn Hope |
The amazing story of the intervention in Persia/Iraq/and the
trans-Caucasia to try to prevent German and Turkish troops capturing Baku and
entering Persia after the collapse of Russia to the Bolsheviks in 1918.
A campaign that rings
down through the years to today where the conflict between the Kurds,
Armenians, Arabs, Iranians, Turks etc still rages. |
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With Horse and Morse in Mesopotamia - The Story of ANZACs in
Asia |
The fascinating histories during World War One in the middle
east of the 1st Australian Pack
Wireless Signal Troop, The NZ Wireless Signal Troop, the 1st Australian and
New Zealand Wireless Signal Squadron, the 1st Cavalry Divisional Signal
Squadron, the Light Motor Wireless Sections, the Australians of Dunsterforce
(Persia and Russia), the Australian Nurses in India and the Australian
Representative at Bombay. Photos and text of this rare book. Rare insight into
an area of great interest to the world until this day. |
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The Leicestershires
Beyond Baghdad |
Battles in
Mesopotamia in World War I with the Leicestershire Regiment - Beled, Harbe,
The First Battle of Istabulat, The Battle for Samarra, Huweslet; The Battle of
Juber Island, Daur, Aujeh, Tekrit and down to Busra. Terrible conditions and
terrible battles in this ancient and continuing war zone. |
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Germany's High
Seas Fleet |
By Admiral Reinhard Scheer 1920 - profusely illustrated
in this new edition available only on CDROM.
This edition of Admiral
Reinhard Scheer's memoirs is a transcript of the original English version
which was published in 1920. Germany"s
High Seas Fleet in the World War is not a history of the German navy in World
War 1, it is rather a history of the Imperial fleet stationed in Germany which
challenged the British Royal Navy for control of the North Sea. This is one of
the principal books on naval operations in World War 1. |
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Seven Pillars of Wisdom |
With Lawrence
in Arabia: The classic work by T.E. Lawrence on the Arab Revolt during the
First World War in the Middle East. "This book offers a classic understanding
of the differences between feudal tribes and the need to harness their
strengths to bring them around. The book is still relevant to our times in the
Middle East and Iraq in particular.
Lawrence articulated the complex, and often overlapping, religious and tribal
loyalties and motivations of the region. A fascinating account of the campaign in
the desert which still has implications for today. |
Two World War
One Books on One CD:
1. Book of the War
and
2.
The Geography of the Great War
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Book of The War - A Concise View of its Causes, Countries Involved,
Theaters of Action, Leaders and Chief Events shown in Parallel Columns and
Striking Picture Maps - Compiled from official reports and edited by
Henry W Ruoff. Published 1918, and
The Geography of the War -
by Frank McMurry Ph.D Printed 1919 |
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The Second Battle of the Marne -
Michelin Guide |
(in French - La deuxième bataille de la Marne)
- a fascinating battlefield guide to the dreadful battle
of the Marne in World War One - illustrated with numerous photos and maps.
Published 1919. |
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Letters From France |
By Charles Bean 1971 - an account of the
Australian Imperial Force on the Western Front in the Great War |
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Soldaten-Atlas
Wehrmacht
1941 |
Tornisterschrift des
Oberkommandos der Wehrmacht (Wehrmacht Soldier'
Atlas - 1941) In German on CD.
For use inside the Wehrmacht only. Published for the soldiers at front to
inform them about the ongoing war. |
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Japan's Mein Kampf - the Tanaka
Memorial |
A description of Japan's plans for conquest - published 1942 |
Two WW1 books on 1 CD
Into the Jaws of Death
and
The Story of the
28th (North West) Bn
6th Canadian Infantry Brigade |
Into the Jaws of Death
- Private O'Brien's story of capture
and escape
and The Story of the 28th -
Canadian Unit History from WW1
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The 7th Manchesters -
1917-1919
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By Captain SJ Wilson MC - 1920. Unit
History in action in the Sinai and the Western Front |
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A General Sketch of the
European War |
By Hillaire Belloc - 1915 |
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World War 1 book - Georges Guynemer -
Knight of the Air |
WW1 French air Ace |
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World's War Events |
Edited
by Francis Reynolds - WW1 stories recorded by the Statesmen, Commanders,
Historians and men who fought or saw the Great Campaign |
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World War One Book:
Ambassador Morgenthau's Story |
By Ambassador Morganthau, Formerly
American Ambassador to Turkey - Illustrated. Published 1918. Inside story
on the war in Turkey, the Gallipoli campaign, the downfall of the Sultan and
the massacre of the Armenians. |
Three WW1 books on 1 CD:
1. The Army and The Navy of the USA
- 1917
2. Manual for NCOs and Privates of Infantry of the
Army of the US - 1917
3. America's Army and its Part in the Great War
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Fascinating books illustrating America's view of the Great War
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Two WW1 books on 1 CD:
1. The Plattsburg Manual 1918
and
2. The Military Instructors Manual 1918
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The Plattsburg Manual -
written by Majors Ellis and Garey, will prove
very useful to men who are contemplating military training. It will
also be of great value to those who are undergoing training.
It is full of practical information presented in a simple and direct
manner and gives in detail much data not easily found elsewhere. It
is a useful book, easily understandable by those who have had little
or no military experience.
The MIlitary Instructors Manual condenses and
systematizes general military instruction and the work done at Plattsburg so
that it may be easily utilized in training troops.
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North Sea Days
- A Brief History of the USS Texas - and life generally in the North Sea during a war |
A record of the Battleship USS
Texas whilst it served as part of the Grand Fleet in the North Sea during
World War 1. |
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History of the World War
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By F. A. March- published 1919 - 736 pgs, well illustrated c/w
maps |
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A Short History of the
Great War by A F Pollard |
A concise history of World War I written from
the perspective of the early 1920s. Includes 19 foldout maps |
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Raemaekers' Cartoons - Two Books on
one CD |
Propaganda publications from 1916. One a 38 page book of
cartoons of atrocities in Belgium and the Great War. Secondly, a large book of
cartoons attacking Germany's role in the War with each cartoon accompanied by
a description by a famous British author. Both books published in 1916. |
Two WW1 Books on One CD:
1. Kitchener - Organiser of Victory
and
2.
Foch the Man
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A Life of the Supreme Commander of the Allied Armies
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Kitchener by Howard Begbie. Published 1915.
Illustrated
Foch
by Clara E. Laughlin. Published 1918. Illustrated
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History General |
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Two History
Atlases on 1 CD: An Atlas of Ancient and Classical History and A School Atlas of
English History
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Fascinating coloured maps illustrating
European history and surrounding continents |
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The Cambridge
Modern History Atlas |
Edited by Sir Adolphus William Ward, G.W.
Prothero, Sir Stanley Mordaunt Leathes, and E.A. Benians. Cambridge University
Press; London. 1912. Wonderful coloured
maps of the history of Europe and the rest of the World from 1490 - 1910
An excellent reference source for the student or the history buff. |
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Wonders of the past - 2 Volumes -
Hammerton |
1252 pages, 1450
illustrations and 45 colour plates - A vast reference to the Ancient World |
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Literature |
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Invasion Literature - read about this
fascinating genre here: Invasion literature
was a historical literary genre most notable between 1871 and the First World
War (1914). The genre first became recognizable starting in Britain in 1871 with
the short story The Battle of Dorking, a fictional account of an invasion of
England by Germany. The Battle of Dorking was so popular it started a literary
craze for stories that aroused imaginations and anxieties about hypothetical
invasions by foreign powers, and by 1914 the genre had amassed a corpus of over
400 books, many best-sellers, and a world-wide audience. The genre was extremely
influential in Britain in shaping politics, national policies and popular
perceptions in the years leading up to the First World War, and still remains a
part of popular culture to this day. |
Battle of Dorking by George Chesney
The Coming
Conquest
of England by August Niemann
When William Came
by
Saki
World peril of 1910
by George Griffiths
War of the Worlds
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illustrated 1898 version - by HG Wells
The World Set Free
- by
HG Wells
Little Wars and Floor Games
by HG Wells
The War in the Air
by HG Wells
The Outlaws of
the Air by George Griffiths
The Raid of the Le Vengeur
- by George Griffiths
Angel of the Revolution - A Tale
of the Forthcoming Terror by George Griffiths
Riddle of the Sands
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Erskine Childers
The Great War in
England in 1897 - by William Le Queux
The Land Ironclads
- by HG Wells
Olga Romanoff - The Syren of the
Skies
- by George Griffiths
The Swoop or How Clarence Saved
England - PG Wodehouse
Banzai! - by
Ferdinand Heinrich Grautoff
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Invasion Literature Compendium
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on CDROM, all of the above titles
plus:
The New Zealanders are Coming
New Worlds for Old
Dr Trifulgas by Jules Verne
If London were Like New York
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South America - The Making of Nations (Illustrated)
US History - The Fight for
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- 2 stirring
adventure stories from 1914
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- 2 stirring adventures stories from the 20s
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The Quest of the Aztec
Treasure
The Army Boys
- 2 stirring
adventures from WW1
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