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  • Goldfish in the Parlour
    John Simons
    'For the first time, fish became our companions and a corner of many a Victorian parlour was given over to housing tiny fragments of their world enclosed in glass.'The experience of seeing a fish swimming in a glass tank is one we take for granted now but in Victorian England this was a remarkable sight. People had simply not been able to see fish as they now could with the inv...
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    18,49 €

  • A Comparison of Egyptian Symbols With Those of the Hebrews
    Frederic Portal / John W Simons
    The origin of the science of symbols is lost in the distance of time, and seems to be connected with the cradle of humanity - the oldest religions were governed by it; the arts of design, architecture, statuary, aud painting were born under its influence, and primitive writing was one of its applications. Did symbols exist in spoken, before being translated into written, langua...
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    7,92 €

  • Obaysch
    John Simons
    Obaysch: A Hippopotamus in Victorian London tells the remarkable story of Obaysch the hippopotamus, the first ‘star’ animal to be exhibited in the London Zoo.In 1850, a baby hippopotamus arrived in England, thought to be the first in Europe since the Roman Empire, and almost certainly the first in Britain since prehistoric times. Captured near an island in the White Nile, Obays...
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    24,24 €

  • Worte
    John Inman / Teresa Simons
    Die Welt der Schriftsteller, Leser und Rezensenten besteht aus einer eng verbundenen Familie von Freunden, Fans und Literaturfanatikern. In dieser Welt leben Milo Cook und Logan Hunter, angetrieben durch den Austausch von Kreativität und das Teilen von Geschichten und Ideen, während sie unentwegt ihre grenzenlose Liebe zu Büchern und den Worten genießen, die ihnen die Luft zum ...
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    13,10 €

  • Payback (Deutsch)
    John Inman / Teresa Simons
    Als Tyler Powells Leben von einem furchtbaren Verbrechen erschüttert wird, sehnt er sich nach Rache. Während er sich bemüht, die Trümmer seiner Existenz zusammenzusetzen, kann er kaum an etwas anderes denken. Rache.Wird er diesem Verlangen nachgeben und zu dem werden, was er am meisten hasst? Zu einem Mörder?Erst mithilfe von Detective Christian Martin, der in Tylers Fall ermit...
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    14,83 €

  • The Atheist Coloring and Activity Book
    John Simons
    The Atheist Coloring and Activity Book provides a broad though compact course on the world view of Atheism. While adhering to the format of a coloring book, it is a completely serious work that was designed to inform while entertaining adults. 3 ...
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    14,78 €

  • The Tiger That Swallowed the Boy
    John Simons
    Looking at zoological gardens, private menageries, circuses, and natural history museums, this fascinating account explores the surprising extent of the exotic-animal trade in 19th-century England and its colonies. Filled with entertaining anecdotes-from the tiger that prowled down St. George’s Street in London with a boy in its mouth and the polar bear that killed a dog in Liv...
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    16,58 €

  • Rossetti’s Wombat
    John Professor Simons / John Simons
    Rossetti’s Wombat tells the story of Top, a wombat who belonged to the Pre-Raphaelite painter Dante Gabriel Rossetti for a few months in 1869. The book also describes the strange history of the European fascination with the wildlife of Australia, from the late 18th century onwards. By 1860, most well-to-do people could buy a pet kangaroo from a London pet shop - and many of the...
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    17,77 €

  • Comparison of Egyptian Symbols With Those of the Hebrew
    Frederic Portal / John W. Simons / John WSimons
    ''A Comparison of Egyptian Symbols With Those of the Hebrew'' by Frederic Portal is a comprehensive study of the similarities and differences between the symbols used in ancient Egypt and those used in Hebrew culture. The book delves into the meanings and interpretations of various symbols, such as the ankh, the scarab, and the serpent, and how they were used in both cultures. ...
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    23,35 €

  • Masonic Eclectic or Gleanings from the Harvest Field of Masonic Literature Part 2
    John W. Simons / John WSimons
    This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world’s literature in affordable, high quality, modern edit...
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    46,00 €

  • Masonic Eclectic or Gleanings from the Harvest Field of Masonic Literature Part 1
    John W. Simons / John WSimons
    This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world’s literature in affordable, high quality, modern edit...
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    52,03 €

  • From Medieval to Medievalism
    John Simons
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    73,09 €