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The legend of Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar also known as El Cid is a huge part of the Spanish psyche and the epic tale of his victories against the moors is the subject of the oldest extant Spanish epic poem. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely...

ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 203 In this 203rd issue of the Baba Indaba’s Children's Stories series, Baba Indaba narrates the English folktale of “THE GENTLEMAN HIGHWAYMAN.” James Maclain (also spelt "Maclean", "MacLean", or "Mclane") was born in 1724 in Scotland. He was...

Includes 56 original illustrations and a map of the area. Our anonymous author was part of the 6th Poona Division, Indian Army, the first of the British Empire’s forces to be deployed to Mesopotamia during the First World War. Fighting and marching through sweltering temperatures forced much inactivity...

Illustrated with over 40 photos and 15 maps of the engagement. The momentous events of the 6th of June 1944, D-Day, still resonate around the world, almost 200,000 Allied Soldiers were thrown against the Nazi dominated coast of France in a bid to free Western Europe from the Fascist grip that had...

This classic handbook provides a wealth of information on traditional fabrics used in upholstery. Illustrated with helpful diagrams throughout, it is still of use to anyone interested in textiles, design and upholstering today. Contents include: A History of upholstery; A Guide for You; How Fabrics...

The bestselling anonymous author is back with the ultimate book to challenge conventional footballing wisdom. This is football gift with a bit of attitude. Perfect for football fans and armchair referees alike. With his trademark wit, opinion and candour, The Secret Footballer will guide the...

Ever wondered how to build a football club? What a typical match day feels like for the players on the pitch and those behind the scenes? From scouting systems to managing the big names (and their egos), merchandise deals to hotel life, the Secret Footballer takes you into the fascinating world of...

Orphan Susan is left quite alone in the world, and wholly inexperienced in matters of the heart, anatomy and lingerie. Thankfully her dear cousin Lucia Lovete appears, to her young kinswoman in all the important things. First published 1890s by Charles Carrington.

Translation of the memoirs of Countess Jacqueline, born and bred into the aristocracy of 18th-Century France, and initiated in the rites of love by her tutor... an initiation so stimulating that she devoted her life to passion, giving the noblemen--and women--of France unforgettable samplings of her delectable charms.

After years of absence, Jennie has finally returned to the house in which she was raised. To her surprise, what she finds is not the innocent childhood home that she left, but a place replete with possibilities for pleasure. Variously coy and domineering, Jennie indulges in her most elaborate fancies....

Two Glimpses of Found Love... Lost Innocence. Adolescence--Anne Turnbull, her long-repressed desires unnaturally awakened, found ultimate satisfaction only in the frenzied initiation of young girls into a cult of perverted love. But not even her own lustful masochism could sustain her life...

Arabella is no ordinary, docile young lady of the Victorian era. Proud, strong-willed and stunningly beautiful, she sets out at the age of seventeen to experience all of life's hidden pleasures. Delighting in the elegant parties and secret rendezvous on her uncle's country estate, she chronicles a life of erotic cornucopia that is truly remarkable for its time.

In this relentlessly faithful reproduction of a privately published erotic classic, limited in the early 1930s to an edition of only 250 copies, self-made millionaire Joseph Calhoun, his supercharged sexuality galvanized by a photography of his cousin's young, obviously lust-hungry wife, decides to...

From the moment the tremulous Miriam reports to the office of the school's stern Head Mistress, her life is changed. The door to the Mistress' office leads to much more than an afternoon of punishment to the crack of a birch rod. Like its contemporaries A Man With a Maid, Beatrice and My Secret Life, Miriam takes its place at the forefront of Victorian underground literature.