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  • The Art of Fencing; Or, The Use of the Small Sword (Annotated)

    Enriched Edition. A Classical Small Sword Manual of French Fencing, Footwork, Parries, Thrusts, and Dueling Technique

    by Maître d'armes Labat, Orla Henswick ...
    Translated by Andrew Mahon ...
    The Art of Fencing; Or, The Use of the Small Sword is a precise manual of eighteenth-century swordplay, devoted to posture, measure, thrusts, parries, feints, tempo, and the disciplined management of the body in combat. Written in the lucid, prescriptive manner of the classical fencing treatise, it belongs to the age in which the small sword became both a gentlemanly accomplishment and a refined ... Read more

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  • The Art of Fencing; Or, The Use of the Small Sword

    Enriched edition. A 17th-Century Guide to Small-Sword Technique, Strategy, and Gentlemanly Conduct

    by Maître d'armes Labat ...
    Translated by Andrew Mahon ...
    In "The Art of Fencing; Or, The Use of the Small Sword," Maître d'armes Labat offers a comprehensive examination of the techniques and philosophy underpinning the practice of small sword fencing in the 17th century. The work is characterized by its didactic style, blending explicit instructional diagrams with rich prose, making it accessible both to the novice and the seasoned fencer. Set against ... Read more

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  • The Art of Fencing; Or, The Use of the Small Sword

    Enriched edition. Unlocking the Secrets of Blade Mastery and French Fencing Style

    by Maître d'armes Labat, Cassidy Whitfield ...
    Translated by Andrew Mahon ...
    In "The Art of Fencing; Or, The Use of the Small Sword," Maître d'armes Labat intricately dissects the nuanced techniques of small sword fencing, providing readers with a comprehensive guide steeped in the traditions of 18th-century martial arts. The book not only elucidates specific stances and movements but also contextualizes the art of fencing within the broader cultural practices of dueling ... Read more

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  • The Best Werewolf Short Stories 1800-1849: A Classic Werewolf Anthology

    Best Short Stories 1800-1849, #2

    by Andrew Barger ...
    Series Book 2 - Best Short Stories 1800-1849
    For the first time in one anthology, Andrew Barger has compiled the best werewolf stories from the period when werewolf short stories were first written. The stories are "Hugues the Wer-Wolf: A Kentish Legend of the Middle Ages," "The Man-Wolf," "A Story of a Weir-Wolf," "The Wehr-Wolf: A Legend of the Limousin," and "The White Wolf of the Hartz Mountains." It is believed that two of these stories ... Read more

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  • Gargantua

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    The Life of Gargantua and of Pantagruel (in French, La vie de Gargantua et de Pantagruel) is a connected series of five novels written in the 16th century by François Rabelais. It is the story of two giants, a father (Gargantua) and his son (Pantagruel) and their adventures, written in an amusing, extravagant, satirical vein.Bonus :- Biography- TOCHappy reading !! ... Read more

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  • Victor Hugo - Poetry Volume 1

    by Victor Hugo ...
    Series Book 1 - Poetry Of Victor Hugo
    Victor Hugo is best known most for his epic novels Les Miserables and The Hunchback Of Notre Dame. However in his day he was equally famed for his Poetry of which he wrote many volumes. The masterful Hugo loses none of his insightful scope writing on a smaller scale. Indeed, the disciplines and structures of his craft are heightened and the works represent a bold triumph. Readers will be ... Read more

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  • Victor Hugo - Poetry Volume 2

    by Victor Hugo ...
    Series Book 2 - Poetry Of Victor Hugo
    Victor Hugo is best known most for his epic novels Les Miserables and The Hunchback Of Notre Dame. However in his day he was equally famed for his Poetry of which he wrote many volumes. The masterful Hugo loses none of his insightful scope writing on a smaller scale. Indeed, the disciplines and structures of his craft are heightened and the works represent a bold triumph. Readers will be ... Read more

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  • Gargantua

    by Francois Rabelais ...
    Series Book 34 - French Classic Literature
    Rabelais’ acclaimed fantasy of a mythical family of giants. Gargantua introduces Pantagruel’s father—another wondrous giant. As he tells Gargantua’s life story from his birth and education to his later life, Rabelais uses the events of the giant’s life to parody medieval and classical learning, mock traditional ecclesiastical authority, and proffer his own thoughts on humanism and society. Marked ... Read more

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    The Shorter Poems

    by Ezra Pound ...
    A new edition of Pound's groundbreaking shorter poems.If the invention of literary modernism is usually attributed to James Joyce, T. S. Eliot and Ezra Pound, it was Pound alone who provided (in Hugh Kenner's words) "the synergetic presence") to convert individual experiment into an international movement. In 1926 Pound carefully sculpted his body of shorter poems into a definitive collection ... Read more

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  • Gargantua (Dream Classics)

    by François Rabelais, Dream Classics ...
    Gargantua is a novel written in the 16th century by François Rabelais. It is the story of a giant and his adventures, written in an amusing, extravagant, satirical vein. ... Read more

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  • Poems Of The Past And The Present

    by Hardy,Thomas ...
    An amazing anthology of poetry - this book contains beautiful poems on the topics of war, pilgrimage and imitation. These poetical pieces depict the innermost feelings of Hardy. His emotions and ideas are picturesquely depicted and deeply touch the emotions of the readers. A highly poignant and influential work. ... Read more

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