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East African travels, sport, and adventure, submits it to the public without apology, and without preface other than the expression of gratitude for favors received at the hands of many friends. Kind remembrance is due to my friend and traveling companion, Dr. W. L. A bbott, patron and contributor to theS mithsonian I nstitution, Washington, D.C., for valuable assistance on theM asai-land expedition; toM r. L. A. Bacheldcr, whose hospitality made my stay in Zanzibar pleasant; and to United States Consul Seth A. Pratt and Mrs. Pratt, to whom I am indebted for many courtesies. Also to Her Majesty sC onsulG eneral, Col. Euan-S mith, and toG eneral Matthews, Commander-in-chief of the army of His Highness theS ultan of Zanzibar, thanks are due for courteous consideration shown to the representative of an American newspaper. Captain Brackenbury of H. M. S. Turquoise won my gratitude for receiving me aboard his ship in theB agamoyo roadstead, when Major Wissmann, German Imperial Commissioner, allowed himself to forget for the moment that aG erman officer should always, and under all circumstances, be a gentleman.(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the aged text. Read books online for free at

Over 156,000 soldiers took part in D-Day. This is the story of one man’s war.Staff Sergeant Charlie Manning is a twenty-two-year-old pilot in Britain’s Glider Pilot Regiment, who finds himself responsible for safely landing thirty elite soldiers, in one of the most daring operations of the Second World War.All Charlie wants to do is get through this battle and make it home, but when he is distracted by other thoughts, he puts his own life at risk, as well as the other men in his Horsa glider. On the eve of being sent to war, any young man would relish in an encouraging pep talk from his father, but what Charlie received instead, haunts him.Caught in the middle of the Normandy landings, which he doesn’t think he is courageous enough for, Charlie must battle with his own mind to stay on task.Will he manage to stay focused? Will he land his glider safely? Or will his thoughts get the better of him? Don’t miss The Silent Invader, the first book in the ‘Gliders over Normandy’ series by Thomas Wood. If you usually like fast-paced, war thrillers by people like Andy McNab or Chris Ryan, then this book will keep you racing through the pages!

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Thomas Stevens (1854-1935) was the first person to circle the globe by bicycle. The New York World asked Thomas in 1888 to join its search in East Africa for the explorer Henry Morton Stanley. Stanley had travelled up the Congo but a year and a half had passed without news. Stevens called it "a grand opportunity; the one chance, mayhap, of a lifetime, to spring into fame on the stage of African exploit. How would I Found Stanley look in the libraries with I Found Livingstone?"Stevens led a six-month expedition, writing for the newspaper of climbing Mount Kilimanjaro and hunting big game. He found Stanley's camp in a race with the rival New York Herald and wrote his book, "Scouting for Stanley in East Africa". It concluded: "By the end of February 1890, I was again in New York. I had been gone fourteen months. I had not 'found Stanley,' as Stanley had found Livingstone in 1871; the circumstances were altogether different. I had, however, gratified a pardonable journalistic ambition in being the first correspondent to reach him and to give him news of the world, after his long period of African darkness. That I had done this under most trying conditions, Mr. Stanley fully appreciated; and warmly reciprocated by showing me every courtesy in his power, on the march to the coast, in Zanzibar, and in Egypt."No one who has read Thomas Stevens's "Around the World on a Bicycle" need be told that he is a brave, hardy traveller whom no obstacles or dangers can daunt. This quality was useful in the venture which he has described in Scouting for Stanley in East Africa. He repaired to Zanzibar, and not considering it advisable to fit out a large exploring party, pushed into Masai land, and waited for news. Not an hour was wasted by him, however, and his lively volume relates the abundance of the impressions he received of Africa and its peoples while waiting for letters from the great explorer. He had the pleasure of being the first correspondent to greet Stanley at last, and talks with him and with Emin Pasha fill the closing chapters. Scouting for Stanley in East Africa is entitled to a place among the most readable volumns written on that much bewritten land. The part which we think will most interest our readers is dealing with the slave trade. These cunning scoundrels, these dealers in women and children, set the chiefs of Chaga to warring and raiding, in order that they may obtain slaves for the Zanzibar and Pemba shambasi. . If these inhuman vultures were kept out of Chaga, or suppressed, the great incentive of the chiefs to make war on each other would be removed; and there is no reason why, with a little good management, peace and good-will might not be established between the fourteen bantam States of Kilimanjaro. Is it not too horrible to think of, that these Swahili slave hunters and dealers should purposely set these tribes fighting that they may purchase of them the captured prisoners?

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Klondaeg: Book 1Klondaeg is the world’s greatest monster hunter. Armed with a bickering battle-axe with a split personality, he rampages through the countryside in a tireless quest to avenge his parents and slay every monster that crosses his path, is visible from his path, or even leers in the general direction of his path. Join Klondaeg on six madcap adventures as he teams up with outlandish adventurers to battle lycanthropic garden gnomes, mummified Elves, a cybernetic bird-man, an acid-drooling wizard, and an army of gold-devouring demons.For fans of Discworld and Saturday morning cartoons.

Over 156,000 soldiers took part in D-Day. This is the story of one man’s war.Staff Sergeant Charlie Manning is a twenty-two-year-old pilot in Britain’s Glider Pilot Regiment, who finds himself responsible for safely landing thirty elite paratroopers, in one of the most daring operations of the Second World War.All Charlie wants to do is get through this battle and make it home, but when he is distracted by other thoughts, he puts his own life at risk, as well as the other men in his Horsa glider. On the eve of being sent to war, any young man would relish in an encouraging pep talk from his father, but what Charlie received instead, haunts him.Caught in the middle of the Normandy landings, which he doesn’t think he is courageous enough for, Charlie must battle with his own mind to stay on task.Will he manage to stay focused? Will he land his glider safely? Or will his thoughts get the better of him? Don’t miss The Silent Invader, the first book in the ‘Gliders over Normandy’ series by Thomas Wood. If you usually like fast-paced, war thrillers by people like Andy McNab or Chris Ryan, then this book will keep you racing through the pages!

Take an exciting trip through the Solar System. Join our two young brave astronauts and their trustworthy robot friend as they visit all the planets (and the Moon) and discover fun facts through rhymes and colorful illustrations.The text may also spark some wonderful conversations about things like gravity and natural satellites. It's a great way to get kids interested in science!

Excerpt from Scouting for Stanley in East AfricaAnd, also, whilst not forgetting many other courte sies shown by many friends, lastly, to the editor and business manager of the New York World, who kindly returned several installments of unpublished mss., in order that this book might be published without delay.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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