![]() ![]() According to The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, Norman's "sexual philosophy" is "widely detested", but the books have inspired a Gorean subculture. The Gor series repeatedly depicts men abducting and physically and sexually brutalizing women, who grow to enjoy their submissive state. It also includes erotica and philosophy content. The series is inspired by science fantasy pulp fiction works by Edgar Rice Burroughs, such as the Barsoom series. ![]() The setting was first described in the 1966 novel Tarnsman of Gor. Gor ( / ˈ ɡ ɔːr/) is the fictional setting for a series of sword and planet novels written by philosophy professor John Lange, writing as John Norman. First published in 1966, Tarnsman of Gor is shown here with 1976 artwork by Boris Vallejo. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Every discovery, invention, and human creation comes from The Power. You are meant to have an amazing life! This is the handbook to the greatest power in the Universe-The Power to have anything you want. Among them: Plato, Leonardo, Galileo and Einstein. A number of the exceptional people who discovered its power went on to become regarded as the greatest human beings who ever lived. ![]() Fragments of The Secret have been found in oral traditions, literature, religions and philosophies throughout the centuries. And the good news is that anyone can access its power to bring themselves health, wealth and happiness. Once known only by an elite who were unwilling to share their knowledge of the power, 'the secret' of obtaining anything you desire is now revealed by prominent physicists, authors and philosophers as being based in the universal Law of Attraction. ![]() ![]() ![]() Please see our ABE store for other landmark children's titles. ![]() ADDITIONAL IMAGES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. A beautiful example of this fragile dust jacket. The jacket is the first state of the first edition showing the requisite 117th thousand to first line of the rear inner flap and the 7/6 Net price to the spine. The jacket has strong vibrant colors, and presents the book beautifully. The unrestored scarce original first state dust jacket, with the 117th Thousand on the rear flap, presents as a near fine example with but very slight nicking to the top/bottom of the spine. Beautiful clean, highly collectible example of this title. Bright gilt to the top of the page block as issued. The internal pages are clean and bright No handling marks, No stains, No writing, No bent pages and No foxing. The end papers are clean with no owner names, bookplates, no bookstore stamps and no stains. The book has sharp corners and no edgewear, with but a faint slight mark to front board. The book is clean beautiful condition with crisp green cloth boards, with bright unfaded gilt titles to spine and front. The book is in extraordinary condition considering that many children?s book are usually found ?well loved and read?. First Edition, First Printing Beautiful unrestored crisp fine/near fine book with the scarce original first edition, first state dust jacket. ![]() ![]() ![]() In some cases, they simply could not find scientific explanations for the stories they were gathering, or for what some of them had witnessed. Blum excels at demonstrating how troubled James and his cohorts were by their investigations. The author also focuses sharply on two women with apparent powers: the medium Leonora Piper and the Italian telekineticist Eusapia Palladino, who could make curtains billow and tables hang in the air. ![]() Although her focus is on the redoubtable William James, she offers much about his colleagues in the ghost-busting business, including William Crookes, William Fletcher Barrett, Edward Gurney, Richard Hodgson, Fred Myers, Henry Sidgwick, James Hyslop and others. of Wisconsin Love at Goon Park, 2002, etc.) has done her homework she seems to have read all the relevant correspondence and publications of the scientists and psychologists who, around the turn of the 20th century, tried to determine if there was scientific basis for spiritualism. Pulitzer Prize–winning reporter Blum (Science Journalism/Univ. ![]() An account of fin-de-siècle investigations into the murky worlds and weird works of mediums, mesmerists, rhabdomancers and spiritualists. ![]() ![]() ![]() Built during the reign of Emperor Theodosius II (408-450 CE), these defenses were recognized as the most formidable protection throughout Europe and were thought to be impregnable. The city had been the object of fighting throughout the centuries, but it survived siege after siege primarily because of its Theodosian Walls protecting its western side from land attacks. Still, Constantinople was looked on as the last bastion between Christian Europe and the Muslim Ottoman Empire. ![]() By the 15th century, however, both the city and the empire were in decline schism had weakened the church, warring among European powers had caused fragmentation of the empire, and plague had killed off much of the population. The ruler moved his government to the city, and it consequently became the capital of the Byzantine Empire and the center of Christianity - a position it held for a millennium. Constantinople (now known as Istanbul) had long been an important trading hub by the time it was officially established by Roman emperor Constantine the Great in 330 CE. ![]() ![]() Parts of Anthony Doerr's novel Cloud Cuckoo Land take place during the Fall of Constantinople in 1453 CE. This article relates to Cloud Cuckoo Land ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() with a squadron of Drabants and began riding along the bank at the water’s edge to inspect the men and their positions. Further, he instructed that festive evergreen branches be used to decorate the doorposts in interiors of houses, and he commanded that all citizens of Moscow should “display their happiness by loudly congratulating” In his decree, the Tsar stated frankly that the change was made in order to conform to Western practice.* But to blunt the argument of those who said that God could not have made the earth in the depth of winter, Peter invited them “to view the map of the globe, and, in a pleasant temper, gave them to understand that Russia was not all the world and that what was winter with them was, at the same time, always summer in those places beyond the equator.” To celebrate the change and impress the new day on the Muscovites, Peter ordered special New Year’s services held in all the churches on January 1. ![]() “Anxious to bring both the year and New Year’s Day into line with the West, Peter decreed in December 1699 that the next new year would begin on January 1 and that the coming year would be numbered 1700. ![]() ![]() ![]() Because of this we take care in describing the condition of each book in great detail. Note: All our books are vintage and second hand with the majority being 45+ years old. ![]() Light wear to unclipped dust jacket with tears, nicks and creases to spine, edge and corners. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. ![]() ![]() Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Blue pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Shop Categories Fiction Lifestyle, Sport & Leisure Journals and Magazines Art, Fashion & Photography Biography & True Stories Classics, Poetry & Drama General Non-Fiction Humanities Social Sciences Economics Law Medicine Science Technology, Engineering & Agri Children's Myths, Legends & Supernatural Ephemera Vintage Collections Wholesale Vinyl Auctions How To Bury Yourself In The Country How To Bury Yourself In The Country by Vivian Ellis Publisher: Muller Year Published: 1964 Condition: GOOD Folio: N/A Signed: N/A 1st Edition: N/A Ex-Library: N/A Dust jacket: Yes Dust jacket condition: Pagination: 150 Edition: N/A ISBN: N/A Reference: 1642448391GST Image note: Image taken of actual book Description: 1964. How To Bury Yourself In The Country by Vivian Ellis. ![]() ![]() She captains her ship, the Mors Navis, with a crew of girls and women just like her, who have lost their families and homes because of Aric and his men. impossible to put down." -PasteĪfter her family is killed by corrupt warlord Aric Athair and his bloodthirsty army of Bullets, Caledonia Styx is left to chart her own course on the dangerous and deadly seas. ![]() This is female piracy at its best." - The San Francisco Chronicle "One of the most spell-binding adventures of the year. "The pace of the book is fast and relentless, and the action sequences tense and believable, but the best moments are the ones in which the female relationships shine." -NPR ![]() "This is Mad Max by way of Davy Jones, a high-energy, breathless adventure a group of damaged girls who find home in one another." -Booklist Now, on the deadly Bullet seas, Captain Caledonia Styx and her all-female crew are ready for revenge. ![]() Synopsis: A warlord killed Caledonia's parents and kidnapped her brother. ![]() ![]() From one crisis to the next, Maribel and Edmund fought to reach safety-and their happily ever after. The next “episode” of this exciting quest for the throne of Mercia was a non-stop rollercoaster. Edmund can no longer hide his love, but can Maribel give up her dreams of becoming a nun to love him in return? When King Ethelwulf’s army arrives at the abbey to capture Maribel, she flees with Edmund across the desolate Highlands in an attempt to reach Adelaide’s rebel army. Secretly, he loves Maribel and desperately hopes she doesn’t complete her holy order vows. ![]() Edmund escaped and has lived in the abbey ever since, uniquely trained to work with wild animals. ![]() When he was a young boy, Edmund Chambers helplessly watched King Ethelwulf murder his family. She’s carefree and happy with her life…until a visitor comes to the abbey and reveals her true identity as one of the lost princesses. ![]() Raised in an isolated abbey, Lady Maribel desires nothing more than to become a nun and continue practicing her healing arts. And a cruel king desperate to squelch the growing rebellion. ![]() Book 2 of The Lost Princess series by Jody Hedlund did not disappoint!Ĭheck out the gorgeous cover and blurb below. ![]() ![]() The fact that she’s dating a Jew, Julie is well-aware, would appall her parents, who are already unhappy that she’s dumped her high school sweetheart to pursue a career as a screenwriter. ![]() ![]() ![]() Soon Julie is Lombard’s personal assistant and having regular dinners with handsome, intense Andy. Fortunately, Julie has caught the eye of assistant producer Andy Weinstein, who introduces her to a fellow Fort Wayne refugee: screwball comedy queen Carole Lombard, whose open affair with still-married GWTW star Clark Gable is making Selznick very nervous. ![]() Sticking to her formula of situating imaginary characters in historical events ( The Daring Ladies of Lowell, 2014, etc.), Alcott sends her feisty heroine to observe the filming of Gone With the Wind.Īt first, it looks as though Julie Crawford will be packing her bags to go back to Fort Wayne, Indiana she’s delayed as she hurries to the burning of Atlanta to deliver a message from the studio to David Selznick, and the producer fires her on the spot. ![]() |