Doré's engravings for The Rime are considered by many to be his greatest work. The terrifying space of the open sea, the storms and whirlpools of an unknown ocean, the hot equatorial seas swarming with monsters, the ice of Antarctica, more — are all rendered in a powerful manner. Full text and 38 plates.
Your body is their business! Five young students at a Buddhist university, three guys and two girls, find little call for their job skills in today's Tokyo... among the living, that is! But all that stuff in college they were told would never pay off - you know, channeling, dowsing, ESP - gives them a direct line to the dead... the dead who are sti...more
From the original 1929 promotion….Here Robert Ripley describes the land where rain has fallen for a million years; here he talks with you about the Ever-Standing Men and the Upside-Down Men of Benares. Sport enthusiasts will prick up their ears at the queer tales told by the man who it is said can answer more questions on sports than any other l...more
In the wonderful world of Monopoly, it still only costs GBP50 to buy a house in Islington, you can move around London with the shake of a dice and even park your car for free. In "Do Not Pass Go", Tim Moore, belying his reputation as a player, who always paid that GBP10 fine rather than take a 'Chance', fearlessly tackles the real thing, and along ...more