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The Spinster

The Spinster

Robert Smythe Hichens

Features watercolor portraits of female college students printed by Risograph.
Byeways

Byeways

Robert Hichens

Robert Hichens. AN. ECHO. IN. EGYPT. That lustrous land of weary music and wild dancing, of reverend tombs and pertArabs, thatEgypt ofplagues and tourists, to whose sandy bosom Society flocks, affects her visitors in many different ways.
The Spell of Egypt

The Spell of Egypt

Robert Hichens

First published in 1908 under the title Egypt and Its Monuments, this is a beautifully poetic valentine to that desert land by Robert Hichens, one of the most popular fiction writers of the early 20th century.
The Garden of Allah

The Garden of Allah

Robert Hichens

Robert Hichens. BOOK. IV. THE. JOURNEY. CHAPTER. XVI. IN the evening before the day of Domini's marriage with Androvsfcy there was a strange sunset, which attracted even the attention and roused the comment of the Arabs. The day  ...
A Spirit in Prison

A Spirit in Prison

Robert Hichens

This ribbon marked her exact age clearly, he thought. "This is a new frock, and my very smartest," she said; "and you dared to abuse Paris!" "Being a man. I must retract now. You are right, we cannot do without it. But-have you an umbrella?
The Londoners

The Londoners

Robert Hichens

He is best remembered for his satire on Oscar Wilde, The Green Carnation (1894) and his novels that were made into films, including "The Garden of Allah" (1905) and "The Paradine Case" (1933) as well as the frequently anthologized story, ...
Barbary Sheep

Barbary Sheep

Robert Hichens

He is best remembered for his satire on Oscar Wilde, The Green Carnation (1894) and his novels that were made into films, including "The Garden of Allah" (1905) and "The Paradine Case" (1933) as well as the frequently anthologized story, ...
The Invisible Woman

The Invisible Woman

Frances Partridge

Let me introduce you to the Smythe household... there's me, Samantha, my husband John, and our two children Bennie and Jamie.
That Way Murder Lies: (Mitchell & Markby 15)

That Way Murder Lies: (Mitchell & Markby 15)

Ann Granger

When Meredith Mitchell's old friend Toby Smythe turns up on leave, she is delighted to see him.
Pershing: General of the Armies

Pershing: General of the Armies

Donald Smythe

World War I is the focus of this classic biography of General Black Jack Pershing
Vicky Peterwald: Target

Vicky Peterwald: Target

Mike Shepherd

BEAUTY AND THE BATTLEFIELD Her Imperial Highness the Grand Duchess Victoria Maria Teresa Inez Smythe-Peterwald, daughter of wealth and power, was raised to do little except be attractive and marry well.
My Father, Frank: The Forgotten Alpinist

My Father, Frank: The Forgotten Alpinist

Tony Smythe

FS to N. Parts of two letters, the dates, address heading, and signature removed with scissors, but written on notepaper used at Tenningshook and probably written soon after FS's return from Everest in 1938, when he had separated himself ...
The Metamorphosis of War

The Metamorphosis of War

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5' See J. Stephens, The Insurrection in Dublin, Colin Smythe, Ltd., Buckinghamshire, 1992; M. Caulfeld, The Easter ... Foy, Michael Collins' Intelligence War, Sutton Publishing, Gloucestershire, 2006; J. Augusteijn, From Public Defiance to ...
Everest

Everest

Peter Potterfield

Everest, The Mountaineers Anthology Series, Volume 4 contains extraordinary insights into the early attempts, successes, disasters, and noteworthy moments including accounts from Tom Hornbein, Jim Whittaker, Frank Smythe, Eric Simonson, ...

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