“A provocative history . . . helps us to understand why the Arab spring is so important and valuable.”—David Ignatius, National InterestIn the twentieth century, while fighting a common enemy in Europe, Britain and France were locked in a clandestine struggle for power in the Middle East. From the first agreement to divide the region between them to the birth of Israel, A Line in the Sand is a gripping narrative of the last gasp of imperialism, with tales of unscr...

If you like ghost stories then come and meet Jerry Thorne!Three stories from the annals of hapless paranormal investigator, come ghost hunter, Jeremiah Thorne. Aided and abetted by his sassy niece Frankie and their benevolent, rugby playing curate friend Stephen.In this light-hearted supernatural collection, the motley trio deal with a nasty spirit brought to a nurse's staff accommodation block by a séance. Why is it displaying such agonies...

"A Correct and Authentic Narrative of the Indian War in Florida" by Captain James Barr is a firsthand account detailing the events and experiences surrounding the Second Seminole War (18351842) in Florida. Written by a military officer who participated in the conflict, the narrative offers a unique perspective on the challenges faced by American forces as they engaged with the Seminole tribes resisting removal from their ancestral lands. Barr's work provides insight into the tactics used b...

Greed and intrigue combine explosively in this gripping tale of how the mercurial Lawrence of Arabia changed the Middle East forever.It was T. E. Lawrence’s classic Seven Pillars of Wisdom that made the Arab Revolt a legend and helped turn the British intelligence officer into the mythical “Lawrence of Arabia.” But the intrigue behind the revolt and its startling consequences for the present-day Middle East have remained a mystery for nearly one hundred ye...

A MILESTONE IN GAY FICTIONPhillip Froelich is in trouble. The year is 1946, and he's traveling to Seattle where he will face a court martial for acting insubordinate to a lazy officer in the closing days of World War II. On the way to Seattle he meets Tim Danelaw, and soon the court martial is among the least of Phillip's concerns....So begins Quatrefoil, a novel originally published in 1950. It marked a milestone in gay writing, with two of the first non-stereotyped gay char...

A path-breaking history of how the United States superseded Great Britain as the preeminent power in the Middle East, with urgent lessons for the present dayWe usually assume that Arab nationalism brought about the end of the British Empire in the Middle East -- that Gamal Abdel Nasser and other Arab leaders led popular uprisings against colonial rule that forced the overstretched British from the region.In Lords of the Desert, historian James Barr...

The chief occasion for this edition is the change in the first-year curriculum in Harvard Law School, which assigned to other courses many things formerly appropriated to the course in the Law of Torts and hence treated in former editions. Thus causation is now treated in a course on the Principles of Legal Liability; certain excuses, such as consent and self-defence, are dealt with in that course, and trespass to land and conversion, which analytically might well be treated in the first c...

IN the beginning of January, 1836, the inhabitants of New Orleans received tidings from Florida of a very alarming and distressing nature. An able and brave, but unscrupulous chieftain, named Powell, had been for some time suspected of harboring designs to prevent the removal of the Seminole Indians, beyond the Mississippi, according to treaty. For this or some such cause, Powell was arrested and thrown into double irons, at Fort King, by General Thompson, the Indian agent. He was soon rel...

DO NOT JUDGE A BOOK BY IT’S COVER- KEEP READINGThe story is about how we ought to or not judge or classify individuals or books by the manner in which they look outside since you can say or pass judgment on the great capacities or great substance individuals or books have in the inward piece them. Try not to jump to hasty conclusions since you as an individual don't have a clue about the valuable moral for all of us. The story likewise lets us know the worth of not...

Follow the reflective narrative of a packman, reminiscent of contemporary religious/political allegory, as he ventures with his faithful donkey to a mountaintop utopian town.

Paphos Publishers offers a wide catalog of rare classic titles, published for a new generation.A Correct and Authoritative Narrative of the Indian War in Florida is a first hand account of the Seminole War.

In "A Selection of Cases on the Law of Torts," a curated anthology from various authors, legal scholars and practitioners meticulously analyze landmark cases that have shaped tort law. This collection is structured to facilitate an in-depth understanding of key principles such as negligence, intentional torts, and strict liability. The authors employ a blend of analytical rigor and accessible prose, presenting complex legal doctrines within a framework that encourages critical thinking. Th...