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The Devil of Pei-Ling

The Devil of Pei-Ling

Herbert Asbury

Herbert Asbury was known as the Dean of True Crime but did you know that he wrote some eerie thrillers back in the 20s? Long out of print, the book is brought back with an introduction by John Pelan, who knows his pulp thrillers.
The Barbary Coast: An Informal History of the San Francisco ...

The Barbary Coast: An Informal History of the San Francisco ...

Herbert Asbury

This is the story of the banditry, opium bouts, tong wars, and corruption, from the eureka at Sutter's Mill until the Great Fire.
Gem of the Prairie: An Informal History of the Chicago ...

Gem of the Prairie: An Informal History of the Chicago ...

Herbert Asbury

This classic history of crime tells how Chicago's underworld earned and kept its reputation.
The French Quarter: An Informal History Of The New Orleans ...

The French Quarter: An Informal History Of The New Orleans ...

Herbert Asbury

For over a century the French Quarter was the center of a city of sin and gaiety unique on the North American continent.
Sucker’s Progress: An Informal History of Gambling in America

Sucker’s Progress: An Informal History of Gambling in America

Herbert Asbury

He tells the story of the New York underworld of the past century, and his narrative is excellently presented in a book adorned with amusing pictures from the weeklies and newspapers.”—E. Pearson, The Sat. Rev. of Books
George Herbert's Pastoral: New Essays on the Poet and Priest ...

George Herbert's Pastoral: New Essays on the Poet and Priest ...

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127–48; and Cristina Malcolmson, George Herbert: A Literary Life (Basingstoke, England: Palgrave Macmillan, 2004), x–xi. 4. To emphasize Herbert's parliamentary career would have meant emphasizing Herbert's clientage to William Herbert ...
The Gangs Of Chicago: An Informal History Of The Chicago ...

The Gangs Of Chicago: An Informal History Of The Chicago ...

Herbert Asbury

The story of Chicago’s golden age of crime climaxes with a dramatic account of the careers of the “biggest of the Big Shots”: Big Jim Colosimo, Terrible Johnny Torrio, and the elusive Al Capone.
The Gangs of New York: An Informal History of the Underworld

The Gangs of New York: An Informal History of the Underworld

Herbert Asbury

Traces the history of the gangs that once terrorized the Bowery, Hell's Kitchen, and Five Points sections of New York, and offers brief profiles of the most influential gang leaders, including Dandy Johnny Dolan, Kit Burns, and Edward ...
The Dragon in the Sea

The Dragon in the Sea

Frank Herbert

from The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction Frank Herbert (1920–1986) was a US writer born in Tacoma, Washington, and educated at the University of Washington, Seattle; he was Brian Herbert's father. Herbert worked as a reporter and editor ...
New Jersey Index of Wills, Inventories, Etc: In the Office ...

New Jersey Index of Wills, Inventories, Etc: In the Office ...

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Herbert, Cornelia H., 13663M. W. 1879. Inv. 1879. Herbert, Cornelius H„ 12908M. Inv. 1872. Herbert, Daniel, 1395-1398M, 1957M. В. Ë, p. 82. W. 1747- Inv. 1747- Herbert, Daniel, 10276M. W. & Cod. 1836. Inv. 1836. Herbert, Daniel, 13948м.
The Collected Stories of Frank Herbert

The Collected Stories of Frank Herbert

Frank Herbert

The Collected Stories of Frank Herbert is the most complete collection of Herbert's short fiction ever assembled-thirty-seven stories originally published between 1952 and 1979, plus one story, "The Daddy Box," that has never been appeared ...
Hellstrom's Hive

Hellstrom's Hive

Frank Herbert

Frank Herbert's classic SF tale of an insect menace threatening the USA First published in 1973, Frank Herbert's vivid imagination and brilliant view of nature and ecology have never been more evident than in this classic of science fiction ...
The Encyclopedia of the Stone-Campbell Movement

The Encyclopedia of the Stone-Campbell Movement

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William R. Barr Willett, Herbert Lockwood (1864-1944) Biblical scholar and educator, editorialist, ecumenist, pastor, ... Interpretation in North America (1997) • Herbert L. Willett, Life and Teachings of Jesus (1898) • Herbert L. Willett, The ...
Sexuality, Politics and AIDS in Brazil: In Another World?

Sexuality, Politics and AIDS in Brazil: In Another World?

Herbet Daniel

Living with AIDS: A Personal Perspective 129 8 News from Another Life Herbert Daniel 131 9 Above All, Life Herbert Daniel 135 10 From the Paralysis of Fear to the Response of Solidarity Herbert Daniel 145 11 You'll Never Forget Your First ...
The Ladybird

The Ladybird

David Herbert Lawrence

The Ladybird was written in the year 1923 by David Herbert Lawrence. This book is one of the most popular novels of David Herbert Lawrence, and has been translated into several other languages around the world.
The Hasinais, Southern Caddoans as Seen by the Earliest ...

The Hasinais, Southern Caddoans as Seen by the Earliest ...

Herbert Eugene Bolton

Herbert Eugene Bolton Russell M. Magnaghi. Renowned as the founder of Spanish borderlands studies, Herbert Eugene Bolton was the first U.S. historian to build his research on Spanish archives and other forgotten archives in California, ...
The Mortal Coil

The Mortal Coil

David Herbert Lawrence

The Mortal Coil was written in the year 1917 by David Herbert Lawrence. This book is one of the most popular novels of David Herbert Lawrence, and has been translated into several other languages around the world.
Sexuality, Politics, and AIDS in Brazil: In Another World?

Sexuality, Politics, and AIDS in Brazil: In Another World?

Herbert Daniel

Herbert Daniel, Richard Guy Parker. Contents. Series Editor's Preface ix Note on Translation and Language xi Acknowledgments xii Introduction 1 Herbert Daniel and Richard Parker Part 1. The Social Construction of AIDS in Brazil 5 1 AIDS in  ...
Herbert Schiller

Herbert Schiller

Richard Maxwell

Herbert I. Schiller (1919-2000) has been called America's most original and influential media analyst of the left in the twentieth century.
Herbert the Lion

Herbert the Lion

Clare Turlay Newberry

Herbert is a gentle, frindly lion cub who lives in the city with his owner, a young girl named Sally.
Ceremony and Community from Herbert to Milton: Literature, ...

Ceremony and Community from Herbert to Milton: Literature, ...

Achsah Guibbory

Original readings of Herbert, Herrick, Browne and Milton in the context of seventeenth-century religious conflict.
Herbert Hoover: A Life

Herbert Hoover: A Life

Glen Jeansonne

A compelling and rich examination of his character, accomplishments and failings, this is the magnificent biography of Herbert Hoover we have long waited for. INCLUDES PHOTOS From the Hardcover edition.
Heart-work: George Herbert and the Protestant Ethic

Heart-work: George Herbert and the Protestant Ethic

Cristina Malcolmson

This book places George Herbert's writing and biography within the history of social and economic change in seventeenth-century England.
The Chemistry of Rhenium

The Chemistry of Rhenium

Harold Herbert Snyder

Harold Herbert Snyder. THE CHEMISTRY OF RHENIUM I. A SPECTROPHOTOMETRY STUDY OF THE THIOCYANATE COMPLEX OF RHENIUM II. RHENIUM RECOVERY BY ADSORPTION METHODS By HAROLD HERBERT SNYDER A ...
The Alstons and Allstons of North and South Carolina - ...

The Alstons and Allstons of North and South Carolina - ...

Joseph Asbury Groves

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

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