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  • The Adventures of Bobby O’Malley and Bandit - Trilogy
    J.W. Jacobs / J.WJacobs
    This trilogy includes the first two books (Little Bobby O’Malley and The Spirit of the Conch Shell) that reflected some of the fond memories the author had of the undeveloped jungles and wooded areas of Southeast Florida in 1949. In the new third book, The Pirates of the Bermuda Triangle, the author’s imagination carries the reader on an exciting adventure at sea.All three book...
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    12,40 €

  • Fine Feathers Ship’s Company, Part 1.
    W.W. Jacobs / W.WJacobs
    This book has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies and hence the text is clear and readable. ...
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    10,85 €

  • Dirty Work Deep Waters, Part 11.
    W.W. Jacobs / W.WJacobs
    A shiver of nostalgia, a spark of discovery, and a masterclass in suspense. Dirty Work Deep Waters, Part 11., reawakens a vanished era with a modern heartbeat.This restored edition gathers edwardian mystery tales that drift from nautical mystery anthology shores to the shadowed lanes of british seaside towns. In a seaside village, deception and revenge ripple through quiet live...
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    15,83 €

  • Dialstone Lane, Part 2.
    W.W. Jacobs / W.WJacobs
    A sly wink of a smile, a crowded drawing room, and a thread of mischief running through every tale. Dialstone Lane, Part 2., continues W. W. Jacobs’s beloved mosaic of late Victorian and Edwardian Britain with the same deft charm that made classic British short stories a cultural touchstone.This collection of short stories blends sharp social observation with warm, human humour...
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    16,78 €

  • Dialstone Lane, Part 3.
    W.W. Jacobs / W.WJacobs
    A spark of seaside mischief, a village of curious souls, and a voice that still rings with wit. Dialstone Lane, Part 3., from W. W. Jacobs, returns to delight readers with the crisp charm of late Victorian and Edwardian England.This instalment is more than a stroll through an old harbour town; it is a deft demonstration of Victorian humorous fiction, where social awkwardness be...
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    16,08 €

  • Dialstone Lane, Part 4.
    W.W. Jacobs / W.WJacobs
    A sparkling glimpse into Edwardian England that still sparks and surprises. Dialstone Lane, Part 4., with W. W. Jacobs’s wit and warmth, invites readers to spot the small follies and grand pretensions that knit a London suburb into a living, breathing character.This complete short stories collection, presented with care, offers a frank, humorous look at social class, money and ...
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    16,58 €

  • Dialstone Lane, Part 5.
    W.W. Jacobs / W.WJacobs
    A brisk, affectionate wink and a warm invitation to return to a London that still hums with mischief. Dialstone Lane, Part 5. gathers W. W. Jacobs’s deft, humane tallies of ordinary life into one sparkling volume.This late Victorian England set of british short stories blends sharp domestic satire with a generous spirit of humour in ordinary life. As a complete short stories co...
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    15,80 €

  • The Bequest; Ship’S Company, Part 6
    W.W. Jacobs / W.WJacobs
    A wittily woven voyage into the heart of Victorian seafaring, The Bequest invites you to sail through a treasure chest of nautical fiction.This instalment in W. W. Jacobs’s Ship’s Company blends humour with hard-won wisdom from the docks and decks of British port towns. In a sea stories anthology that savoury readers of nautical humour will prize, the tales illuminate sailors’ ...
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    15,83 €

  • Deserted Sailor’S Knots, Part 1.
    W.W. Jacobs / W.WJacobs
    A brisk, buoyant voyage into Victorian and Edwardian waters of wit and wonder. A sailor’s life, told with humour that still shimmers as the sea itself.Deserted Sailor’s Knots, Part 1 gathers a celebrated nautical humour collection in a durable modern edition. Though the stories originated in Victorian Britain, their maritime themed anecdotes and shipboard mishaps humor endure a...
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    15,83 €

  • Easy Money; Night Watches, Part 9
    W.W. Jacobs / W.WJacobs
    Unlock the charm of vintage storytelling with ''Easy Money; Night Watches, Part 9'' by W.W. Jacobs, a delightful collection of humorous tales that will transport you to a world where wit and whimsy reign supreme. This captivating edition, republished by Alpha Editions, has been meticulously restored for today’s and future generations, ensuring that the magic of Jacobs’ classic ...
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    15,83 €

  • The Monkey’s Paw
    W.W. Jacobs / W.WJacobs
    ***Traditional Character Edition***Mr. and Mrs. Zhang live with their grown son Guisheng who works at a factory. One day an old friend of Mr. Zhang comes to visit the family after having spent years traveling in the mysterious hills of China’s Yunnan Province. He tells the Zhang family of a monkey’s paw that has magical powers to grant three wishes to the holder. Against his be...
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    16,43 €

  • Auf Wiedersehen! Herr Hauptman
    Earle W. Jacobs / Earle WJacobs
    It seems like you sometimes just can’t get away from the 'bad guys'. Just about the time you think you are in a good safe place where they won’t find you, there they are again. What in the world must you do when they show up virtually on your doorstep again? If excitement, intrigue and adventure are what you are looking for, this is your lucky day! Be careful though, best you d...
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    12,39 €

  • The Widow Wave
    Jay W. Jacobs / Jay WJacobs
    Will anyone ever know what happened to the Aloha, a sport fishing boat that vanished with all onboard in the Pacific off San Francisco’s coast? ’Knowing’ may be a complex, inexact business. There’s real truth and then there’s courtroom truth; a jury’s verdict may not approach what actually happened. Can someone reading about such an event-without witnesses or hard evidence to e...
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    22,26 €

  • Campus Martius
    Diane Atnally Conlin / Paul W. Jacobs II / Paul WJacobs II
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    164,15 €

  • The Monkey’s Paw
    W.W. Jacobs / W.WJacobs
    Mr. and Mrs. Zhang live with their grown son Guisheng who works at a factory. One day an old friend of Mr. Zhang comes to visit the family after having spent years traveling in the mysterious hills of China’s Yunnan Province. He tells the Zhang family of a monkey’s paw that has magical powers to grant three wishes to the holder. Against his better judgment, he reluctantly gives...
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    16,43 €

  • The Widow Wave
    Jay W. Jacobs / Jay WJacobs
    'A compelling story of a modern day maritime tragedy that beautifully discusses the vital importance of advances in observational technologies, forecasts and communications in avoiding future loss of life at sea. Jay Jacobs skillfully weaves together the legal, scientific and maritime narratives to enthrall and educate the reader.' - Julie Thomas, Scripps Institution of Oceanog...
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    41,12 €

  • Avalanche!
    Earle W. Jacobs / Earle WJacobs
    'The freeway system of Southern California is one of the largest and most complex in the world and becoming more so every year. It is clogged with traffic; in some areas almost twenty-four hours a day. And for many, new to the area, it can be a scary, unnerving experience, trying to navigate through its seemingly endless and labyrinthine maze of many differently numbered freewa...
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    27,71 €

  • Avalanche!
    Earle W. Jacobs / Earle WJacobs
    'The freeway system of Southern California is one of the largest and most complex in the world and becoming more so every year. It is clogged with traffic; in some areas almost twenty-four hours a day. And for many, new to the area, it can be a scary, unnerving experience, trying to navigate through its seemingly endless and labyrinthine maze of many differently numbered freewa...
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    17,63 €

  • Ten Days, Two Weeks---Max!
    Earle W. Jacobs / Earle WJacobs
    What started out to be just a short epilogue to wind up 'Just a Simple Job' and its predecessor, actually turned out to be a 10,000 or so word short adventure story that takes place in California, Washington, DC, England, France, Switzerland and of course, Lichtenstein, with a half dozen Arab terrorists and lots of other stuff. It is Amazing; sometimes you never know when you s...
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    13,18 €

  • A One Horse Town
    Earle W. Jacobs / Earle WJacobs
    Transcribing from his voluminous notes our main character tells of the many adventures that beset him, beginning with his being orphaned as a teenager, his felonious Uncle Bascomb’s treachery, Prohibitions Days in Chicago and the local 'Mob', his special college Pal, Burt and his and their adventures together. The lovely Amanda Richards he meets at the University of Illinois ...
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    27,36 €

  • A One Horse Town
    Earle W. Jacobs / Earle WJacobs
    Transcribing from his voluminous notes our main character tells of the many adventures that beset him, beginning with his being orphaned as a teenager, his felonious Uncle Bascomb’s treachery, Prohibitions Days in Chicago and the local 'Mob', his special college Pal, Burt and his and their adventures together. The lovely Amanda Richards he meets at the University of Illinois ...
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    36,22 €

  • Yes, They Do-Gang Aft Agley!
    Earle W. Jacobs / Earle WJacobs
    This is an account of the circumstances and events that lead to the author’s landing on Utah Beach during the invasion of Normandy by the Allied Forces in World War II as he has remembered them, sixty-some years later. ...
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    14,77 €

  • The Good Samaritans
    Earle W. Jacobs / Earle WJacobs
    I guess it must be true; no good turn should go unpunished.  How is it possible, that a short week’s vacation in the Sierras, just to view the fall colors and try a little trout fishing, could lead to so many strange happenings, with so many strange people, some in far-off places?    Would you believe the Russian Mafia and KGB agents here in the US of A? Come on now, be serious...
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    27,73 €

  • The Good Samaritans
    Earle W. Jacobs / Earle WJacobs
    I guess it must be true; no good turn should go unpunished.  How is it possible, that a short week’s vacation in the Sierras, just to view the fall colors and try a little trout fishing, could lead to so many strange happenings, with so many strange people, some in far-off places?    Would you believe the Russian Mafia and KGB agents here in the US of A? Come on now, be serious...
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    17,65 €

  • Just a Simple Job
    Earle W. Jacobs / Earle WJacobs
    What was expected to be a simple job, checking on a few people in England and Germany and then a quick visit to Switzerland to check the status of a couple bank accouints turned out to be anything but that. One adventure after another kept our erstwhile honorary Deputy Sheriff involved much longer than he expected. This is a book that is going to be hard to put down once ...
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    28,22 €

  • Just a Simple Job
    Earle W. Jacobs / Earle WJacobs
    What was expected to be a simple job, checking on a few people in England and Germany and then a quick visit to Switzerland to check the status of a couple bank accouints turned out to be anything but that. One adventure after another kept our erstwhile honorary Deputy Sheriff involved much longer than he expected. ...
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    16,15 €

  • Good Heavens, Miss Evans!
    Earle W. Jacobs / Earle WJacobs
    Just imagine taking off on a much needed vacation that is to start along the beautiful Eastern Sierras. Plans are to fish, play golf and renew acquaintance with a favorite part of the country. Can you imagine unexpectedly becoming involved with a beautiful blond woman who is visiting from Europe with two strange men, also Europeans who, it develops, have a mysterious and dubiou...
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    13,57 €

  • The Grimpen Mire Affair
    Earle W. Jacobs / Earle WJacobs
    I could have written the story with different names. I, however, wished to see if I could capture some of the same feelings engendered by Sir Athur Conan Doyle in his stories of the great detective, Sherlock homes, as related by his friend and chronicler, the eminent Doctor Watson. ...
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    12,93 €

  • Lost and Found
    Earle W. Jacobs / Earle WJacobs
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    14,76 €

  • A Greek Reader
    Friedrich Christian W. Jacobs / Friedrich Christian WJacobs
    A Greek Reader: Selected Principally From The Work Of Frederic Jacobs (1844) is a book compiled by Friedrich Christian W. Jacobs. The book is a collection of selected pieces of Greek literature and is primarily based on the work of Frederic Jacobs. The book is designed to help students of Greek language and literature to improve their reading skills and to gain a deeper underst...
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    51,23 €


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