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Geschichte des Kriegsschiffbaues vom Altertum bis zur Einführung der Dampfkraft

Otto Altmann

Das Buch behandelt die Entwicklung des Kriegsschiffbaus von den ersten Anfängen in den alten Kulturzentren Mesopotamiens und Ägyptens bis zur Einführung der Dampfkraft im 19. Jahrhundert. Es verbindet einen kurzen geschichtlichen Überblick mit der Darstellung maßgebender Schiffstypen nach Modellaufnahmen, die in München gesammelt und ausgestellt wurden. Dabei wird auch betont, dass die Herstellung solcher Modelle erst nach langer technischer und wissenschaftlicher Zusammenarbeit möglich wurde.

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Cuttyhunk

Arthur Cleveland Hall

This book presents an account of Cuttyhunk, a small island south of New Bedford, and its historical importance in the first European settlement on New England shores. It follows the 1602 voyage of Bartholomew Gosnold, drawing on contemporary narratives by Gabriel Archer and John Brereton, as the expedition reaches the coast, names Cape Cod, and explores the islands and sounds of the region.

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The curse of Cleopatra

Michael Avallone

William Rameses, a businessman fascinated by ancient Egypt, hires a woman whose appearance reminds him of Cleopatra. A visit to an antique dealer brings them into contact with a ring said to have belonged to the queen. As they investigate its inscription and history, an old curse begins to intrude on their lives.

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The malignant jewel

Sidney Porcelain

Working among the ruins left by war, porter Palpo finds a blue jewel and secretly takes it home. His pleasure in possessing it gives way to unease when the stone seems to change from day to day. Keeping the discovery hidden becomes increasingly difficult as its presence takes over his room and his thoughts.

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The stop at Nothing

Mark Dane

At a sales convention in Providence, Sam Potter receives a telegram directing him to a midnight train and a destination called Nothing. He assumes it is a practical joke and throws it away. When the message returns, his attempts to dismiss it become a growing struggle with fear and the approaching hour.

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Mistaken identity

Ralph Williams

Traveling salesman Connor arrives in Springfield late at night and asks where he can get a quiet meal. A hotel clerk sends him to a small restaurant known for serving customers with special diets. An unpleasant steak and an increasingly strange conversation make Connor suspect that the staff have mistaken him for someone else.

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Œuvres de Froissart: Chroniques, Tome 12, 1386-1389

Jean Froissart

Ce tome des Chroniques de Jean Froissart couvre la période allant du voyage de Charles VI à l’Écluse jusqu’à la fin de l’expédition du duc de Lancastre en Espagne. Il présente les préparatifs d’une grande entreprise en Angleterre, avec l’assemblée de nombreux princes, chevaliers, arbalétriers et gens d’armes, ainsi que les déplacements de la cour de France en Flandre et dans plusieurs villes du nord. Le récit insiste aussi sur les lourdes réquisitions et les dévastations subies par les populations de Flandre et du royaume de France au passage des troupes.

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The singular occurence at Styles

Alan Henry

American visitor Newsome Holder comes to Styles determined to commit a murder worthy of British detective fiction. After carrying out his plan, he meets a local writer whose reaction is far from what he expected. This dark satire follows Holder’s desire for distinction into a community with peculiar ideas about crime.

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Summertime affair

Don Elliott

David Hughes stays in Queens while his wife and children spend the summer in the country. An affair with Janice Keller, who lives across the hall, offers an escape from his dissatisfaction with married life. Secrecy becomes harder to maintain as Janice’s expectations and the risk of discovery grow.

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Lord of Samarcand

Robert E. Howard

Robert E. Howard’s historical adventure follows Tamerlane and the aftermath of the Battle of Nicopolis, where Bayazid’s Turkish forces defeat the crusading army. Seen through the Tatars, the story dwells on the chaos of combat, the retreat of the Christians, and the grim treatment of the captured and the dead. Ak Boga then moves away from the battlefield on a separate mission, where he notices a wounded knight nearby.

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Common sense

Helen R. Hull

Store clerk Sheldon Thorpe spends his days in a basement stockroom with Red, a younger colleague who dreams of becoming an artist. Red's plans stir Sheldon's own desire to escape a life of duty and routine. A possible promotion and his wife's expectations make him question whether the security he has worked for is worth staying.

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The Frightened

Boris Karloff

New York bookkeeper Sylvester Dodge is looking forward to a long-awaited holiday in Europe. Then he notices a pale man in a raincoat on his daily journey and becomes convinced that he is being followed. As the stranger keeps appearing, Sylvester’s fear begins to govern his movements through the city.

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The lucky coffin

C. B. Gilford

A plain pine coffin seems to bring improved health to each person who owns it. When it reaches Emery’s wealthy uncle Sim, the young bank clerk fears that his hoped-for inheritance will never arrive. His plans to marry Meg become tangled with greed and the coffin’s apparent ability to keep its owner alive.

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Span trap

Sidney E. Porcelain

After her death, Mona Wilson wakes in a gray world that resembles her former roominghouse. Bells, repetitive work and unfamiliar devices regulate life there, but the routines offer her little comfort. Her attempts to escape raise troubling questions about whether death has changed the conditions she wanted to leave behind.

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White legs

Michael Avallone

Carter consults Dr. Harcourt about a nightmare that is disrupting his sleep and disturbing his wife. In it, trees turn into enormous white legs that begin to threaten him. The doctor looks for an explanation in Carter’s years as a truck driver, but the recurring dream gives their conversation an unsettling urgency.

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