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  • ELBOW ROOM A NOVEL WITHOUT A PLOT
    CHARLES HEBER CLARK
    Light humour, 1860s style, via short chapters that are self-contained stories but with some recurring characters. True to the subtitle there is no plot. A fun read. (Goodreads) ...

    $39.70

  • THE FORTUNATE ISLAND AND OTHER STORIES
    CHARLES HEBER CLARK
    The story of a professor and his daughter shipwrecked on a magical island stuck in the Middle Ages. This story led to rivalry with fellow humorist Mark Twain. Clark accused Twain of plagiarising parts of “The Fortunate Island” in A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court. ...

    $39.70

  • OUT OF THE HURLY-BURLY, OR LIFE IN AN ODD CORNER
    CHARLES HEBER CLARK
    Excerpt: “If Peter Menuit had never been born, it is extremely probable that this book would not have been written. Mr. Menuit, however, had nothing to do with the construction of the volume, and his controlling purpose perhaps was not to prepare the way for it. Peter Menuit was a Swede who in 1631 came sailing up the Delaware River in a queer old craft with bulging sides and w...

    $39.70

  • RELIGIONS OF OLD KOREA
    CHARLES ALLEN CLARK
    This book, first published in 1932, was written by a Western expert on Korea, and was the first to thoroughly investigate and document the old religious practices of Korea. No book like this could be written again from original sources, for all of the data has passed away, and archival records are not necessarily complete. It is a key text in the study of Korean religion. ...

    $1,000.00

  • UNEMPLOYMENT IN IRELAND
    CHARLES CLARK / CATHERINE KAVANAGH
    Published in 1998, this book looks at unemployment in Ireland, the country's most serious social and economic problem. It is the major contributor to poverty, exclusion and social decay. This book contributes to the growing debate on the unemployment problem in Ireland. It is the first academic collection of papers on this issue and contains contributions from some of Ireland's...

    $980.00

  • ECONOMIC TRANSITION IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
    CHARLES MICHAEL ANDRES CLARK
    This title was first published in 2001. This volume of essays studies the problem of transition in economics from a historical perspective. It uses historical ideas and theories in a modern context to examine economic thought. It aims to show that social and historical context are important when considering economic transitions. ...

    $980.00

  • PROFILES FROM THE KITCHEN
    CHARLES A. BAKER-CLARK
    "A well-researched collection of portraits of famous figures from the culinary world's past and present." ― Library Journal   Despite their diverse personalities, backgrounds, and interests, the subjects of this book are a testament to the fact that both cooking and eating are endeavors well worth learning and sustaining. Profiles from the Kitchen includes well-known food write...

    $251.00

  • THE READERS' ADVISORY GUIDE TO MYSTERY
    JOHN CHARLES / CANDACE CLARK
    Something sinister is afoot out there—and this newly updated readers’ advisory has all the clues to help librarians solve the mystery of which titles readers should check out next. Equally useful for novice librarians and seasoned gumshoes, this handbook * Summarizes the history of mystery fiction, highlighting key figures in its development * Covers the latest and mos...

    $781.14