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The Bee-Master of Warrilow
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Tickner Edwardes
"Is it true that a bee can only sting once?" I asked him, as he bent again over the crocus beds.He laughed."What would be the…
The London and Country Brewer
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William James Mcglothlin
The unknown author of this book, appears to have experienced too many unwholesome and unpleasant beers and ales on his numerous travels in L…
The Lore of the Honey-Bee
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Tickner Edwardes
The sun shines — you know it has always shone, changeless as Time itself. With such a faith — unfounded and therefore incontestable — I cam…
Stories of the Lifeboat
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Frank Mundell
There's fury in the tempest,And there's madness in the waves;The lightning snake coils round the foam,The headlong thunder raves;Yet a boat …
The Art Of Cookery Made Plain And Easy
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Hannah Glasse
Although this recording has been made using the 1784 version, the original book of The Art of Cookery, Made Plain and Easy was first publish…
Lift-Luck on Southern Roads
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Tickner Edwardes
Here for you is the tale of my latest solitary ramble. The journey covers, as you shall see, some two hundred odd miles, through five southe…
Stories of the Royal Humane Society
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Frank Mundell
Established in 1774, the ‘Society for the Recovery of Persons Apparently Drowned’ published information on how to save people from drowning,…
Stories of the Victoria Cross
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Frank Mundell
The Victoria Cross is the highest military award that can be made to members of the British and Commonwealth armed forces for acts of gallan…
With The Royal Army Medical Corps in Egypt
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Tickner Edwardes
Throughout the First World War, members of the Royal Army Medical Corps provided constant support for British and Allied military troops whe…
The Daredevil of the Army - Experiences as a ''Buzzer'' and Despatch Rider
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Austin Patrick Corcoran
At just twenty-six years of age, the author – A P Corcoran had already led an adventurous life, having twice sailed around the world, experi…
Stories of North Pole Adventure
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Frank Mundell
This volume does not pretend to be a history of Artic exploration. My aim has been to narrate some of the most thrilling incidents of Polar …
The Complete Confectioner
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Hannah Glasse
The original version of Hannah Glasse’s ‘The Complete Confectioner’ was first produced about 1760 but the publication referenced here is fro…
Neighbourhood – A Year’s Life in and About an English Village
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Tickner Edwardes
If you love the quiet of the country - the real quiet which is not silence at all, but the blending of a myriad scarce-perceptible sounds yo…
Heroines of Travel
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Frank Mundell
Heroines of Travel documents the bravery and fortitude of a number of Victorian-era women who showed that adventure and exciting experiences…
The Story of Edison and The Wonders of Electricity
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Frank Mundell
Despite not having attended conventional school for more than a few months during his childhood, Thomas Alva Edison received a good groundin…
The Tale of a Tank, and Other Yarns
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Harold Ashton
Harold Ashton was the War Correspondent of The Daily News during the First World War and reported extensively on the British army’s involvem…
First From the Front
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Harold Ashton
In this brief book I have lifted a very small corner of the curtain of war, to tell of my adventures — a week in the North Sea, and a breath…
Private Pinkerton Millionaire
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Harold Ashton
The sketches and stories in this little volume must be read as fiction. But they are all, or nearly all, founded on fact, and built up from …
Stories Of Alpine Adventure
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Frank Mundell
Mont Blanc is the Monarch of the Mountains: They crown'd him long ago On a throne of rocks, in a robe of clouds, With a diadem of snow. (Byr…
Stories Of Balloon Adventure
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Frank Mundell
In the following pages will be found brief narratives of some of the more famous incidents and exciting episodes which mark the history of b…
An Idler In The Wilds
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Tickner Edwardes
Although he was well known around the South Downs in West Sussex as 'The Bee-man of Burpham', Tickner Edwardes also had a great affinity for…
The Burston Rebellion
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Thomas George Higdon
The early 20th century in Great Britain saw a seismic shift in political awareness especially amongst the working classes. This led to a sig…
Stories of the Fire Brigade
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Frank Mundell
The stories presented here have been collected from reports of actual incidents responded to by various fire brigades with examples from bot…
Rough Talks by a Padre
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Geoffrey Studdert Kennedy
Geoffrey Anketell Studdert Kennedy MC was an ordained Anglican priest, who in the early stages of World War I volunteered for duty as a chap…
Stories of the Coal Mine
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Frank Mundell
Men, women and children (who could until 1842 be as young as four years old and from 1900 had to be over thirteen years of age) worked in th…