Flinders: 50 books

When, in the end of 1880, I first started for Egypt, I had long been preparing for the expedition; during a couple of years before that measuring instruments, theodolites, rope-ladders, and all the impedimenta for scientific work, had been prepared and tested. To start work under circumstances so...

In considering the history of any people, one of the main elements is that of their status. What were their abilities and how were they shown? What permanent mark did they make on their period? How did they stand in reference to their neighbours, in the same country and in other countries? There are...

In this 1898 collection of lectures, the great Egyptologist explores the nature of religion, as well as popular ancient beliefs about the soul; spirit, animal, human, and cosmic gods; character and conscience; duties of parents and children; and more.

This 1909 work by the father of modern Egyptology begins by tracing theories of consciousness and religion, and applying them to Egyptian documents dating back to 500 B.C. The author examines what the ancients believed about the world, the gods, and how to live. He covers their organizations, dwellings, and marriage customs as well.

Paris. Occupied. The Resistance will do whatever it takes to garner information for their cause. Recruits are chosen to entertain the dread German forces. Some Nazis like women. Others...

The politics of seduction turned lovely Cynthia into one of the most successful diplomats ever to have graced a gilded boudoir, a canopied bed, a softly-purring limousine. Warm, witty and irresistible, she was born to win—and to enjoy to the full the juicy fruit of her victories!

The spectacularly endowed Jud Elkov finally gets to Princeton as the paid lover of the wealthy Adam—and finds as many fascinated women available as ever!

This present handbook is intended to aid in the understanding of Egyptian art, and the illustrations and descriptions are selected for that purpose only. The history of the art would require a far greater range of examples, in order to illustrate the growth and decay of each of the great periods;...