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charles miller - battle bundu first world - AbeBooks                     Shocked













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The Lunatic Express: An Entertainment In Imperialism by Charles Miller

I already have The Lunatic Express! ( A First Edition!  Light It Up ).....I'll have to get the BUNDU!!!!   Yep, Thought So








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wonders tropics or explorations adventures henry m stanley other world  renowned travelers - Used - AbeBooks

I've got one of these. (1889)

Doctor Livingstone I presume?, 1871. The historic meeting between Henry  Morton Stanley (1841-1904)..., Stock Photo, Picture And Rights Managed  Image. Pic. HEZ-2323243 | agefotostock







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The Lunatic Express: An Entertainment In Imperialism by Charles Miller

I already have The Lunatic Express! ( A First Edition!  Light It Up ).....I'll have to get the BUNDU!!!!   Yep, Thought So



Tell the truth Ed, Lunatic Express is your autobiography under a pseudonym...
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Now I need a nap after the use of those big words...
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....and he spelled them correctly......  Light It Up
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Amazon.com: African Kaiser: General Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck and the Great  War in Africa, 1914-1918 (9780425283714): Gaudi, Robert: Books

Well I just finished this. As soon as I regain my composure I will start something else. But you guys need to read this.








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The Death Ship by B. Traven

Welp....THE DEATH SHIP is the winner. Another B. Traven treatfest....










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TheDeathShip.jpg

A picture of a First Edition of THE DEATH SHIP published in German in 1926.

It was translated in English---or at least published in English---B Traven said he actually wrote it in English----in 1934. The English version is longer than the original German edition.


Bruce Catton called the book "..a startling novel about the horrible things that can happen to a man in the cock-eyed post-war world of Europe if he can't prove he is who he says he is..."

It has been said---unproven--that Albert Einstein named THE DEATH SHIP as the book he would like to take with him to a desert island. 





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WWI, 11 March 1917. Port stern view of the 3509 ton British merchant ship,  Wordsworth, captured by the German armed merchant raider, S… | Ship,  Merchants, Steamship






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Support Independent Bookshops in Wales - Wales Arts Review






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Hay-on-Wye Guide: The Adorably Cute Book Town of Wales | solosophie





Hay on Wye Map Great Britain Latitude &amp;amp; Longitude: Free Wales Maps                                                    Reader Manuscript Hay-on-Wye









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Weird History on Twitter: &amp;quot;In 1917, the Zeppelin L59 flew on a mission to  Africa, covering 4,200 miles in 95 hours - still the longest non-stop  military flight ever.… https://t.co/ajZoh20olu&amp;quot;






The Ghosts of Africa by William Stevenson

In the midst of reading this "historical fiction" based on fact but changed around a little bit. 


Colonel Paul Von Lettow-Vorbeck commanded soldiers in German … stock image  | Look and Learn







A ZEPPELIN OVER AFRICA II | Weapons and Warfare







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Aspects of the Novel by E.M. Forster

Reading E M Forster's lectures on writing




I miei libri... e altro di CiBiEffe: Edward Morgan Forster | Good novels to  read, Best novels, Novels to read






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TARZAN AND THE LOST EMPIRE by Burroughs, Edgar Rice [cover and title page  art by Frank Frazetta]: Very Good Mass Market Paperback (1962) First Thus.  | biblioboy


I am now reading TARZAN AND THE LOST EMPIRE one of the more terrific ERB entries.....I first got this book mail-order back in 1963 from Ace.....40 cents plus postage......














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Back in the old days (the 1950s) our elementary school library was full of these books about all kinds of American historical figures. I read a million of them, plus another series of books of the same type from another publisher. 

https://oldscrolls.wordpress.com/2012/01/07/Landmark-Books:-First-rate-history-series-for-readers-and-collectors......





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Generation Past | Perspectives on History | AHA







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Children and Childhood in Western Society Since 1500 - 3rd Edition



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The Tiger&amp;#39;s Prey (Courtney, #16) by Wilbur Smith

I picked this up in the library the other day while grabbing some DVDs. I can't put it down.



Just a few minutes ago I was looking up Wilbur Smith and I was astonished to learn that he had died three weeks ago!











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