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  • MORE CARGOES
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    MORE CARGOES
    W. W. JACOBS
    Excerpt: “"Wapping Old Stairs?" said the rough individual! shouldering the brand-new sea-chest, and starting off at a trot with it; "yus, I know the place, captin. Fust v'y'ge, sir?" "Ay, ay, my hearty," replied the owner of the chest, a small, ill-looking lad of fourteen. "Not so fast with those timbers of yours. D'ye hear?" "All right, sir," said the man, and, slackening his ...

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  • THE GHOST OF JERRY BUNDLER
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    THE GHOST OF JERRY BUNDLER
    W. W. JACOBS
    Scene.—The Commercial Room in an old-fashioned hotel in a small country town. An air of old-fashioned comfort is in evidence everywhere. Old sporting prints on the walls. On the table up c. are half a dozen candlesticks, old-fashioned shape with snuffer attached. Two pairs of carpet slippers are set up within fender. Red curtains to window recess. Shutters or blinds to windows....

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  • NIGHT WATCHES
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    NIGHT WATCHES
    W. W. JACOBS
    A charming collection of short stories, 10 in this book, P. G. Wodehouse claimed Jacobs was one of his greatest influences, it's not hard to see why. Jacobs stories are generally about the misadventures of sailors (tramp steamer sailors rather than Royal Navy)although there is the occasional non seafaring story, usually told by an old codger sitting outside a pub. There are six...

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  • DIALSTONE LANE
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    DIALSTONE LANE
    W. W. JACOBS
    In a small English town, a retired sea Captain comes to live who beguiles the natives with exaggerated tales, he come unstuck however when things get out of hand and an alleged map of buried treasure is stolen. ...

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  • SHIP'S COMPANY, THE ENTIRE COLLECTION
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    SHIP'S COMPANY, THE ENTIRE COLLECTION
    W. W. JACOBS
    This is a collection of short stories, set in the south of England, some time in the early years of the twentieth century. The dialogue is great - WW Jacobs brings his characters to life through the way that they speak to each other. Many of these characters are unpretentious working people, and the humour in the stories is the description of how they try and play tricks on one...

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  • DEEP WATERS
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    DEEP WATERS
    W. W. JACOBS
    A charming collection of short stories, 12 in this book, P. G. Wodehouse claimed Jacobs was one of his greatest influences, it's not hard to see why. Jacobs stories are generally about the misadventures of sailors (tramp steamer sailors rather than Royal Navy)although there is the occasional non seafaring story, usually told by an old codger sitting outside a pub. There are six...

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  • SALTHAVEN
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    SALTHAVEN
    W. W. JACOBS
    Excerpt: “Mr. John Vyner, ship-owner, pushed his chair back from his writing-table and gazed with kindly condescension at the chief clerk as he stood before it with a handful of papers. "We shall be able to relieve you of some of your work soon, Hartley," he said, slowly. "Mr. Robert will come into the firm next week." The chief clerk bowed. "Three years at Cambridge," resumed ...

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  • ODD CRAFT
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    ODD CRAFT
    W. W. JACOBS
    This volume also includes "The Money-Box," "The Castaway," "Blundell's Improvement," "Bill's Lapse," "Lawyer Quince," "Breaking a Spell," "Establishing Relations," "The Changing Numbers," "The Persecution of Bob Pretty," "Dixon's Return," "The Third String," "Odd Charges," and "Admiral Peters." Excerpt: “From "A Spirit of Avarice": "Mr. John Blows stood listening to the foreman...

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  • AT SUNWICH PORT
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    AT SUNWICH PORT
    W. W. JACOBS
    This is an absolutely delightful book, very funny indeed. (Goodreads) Excerpt: “The ancient port of Sunwich was basking in the sunshine of a July afternoon. A rattle of cranes and winches sounded from the shipping in the harbour, but the town itself was half asleep. Somnolent shopkeepers in dim back parlours coyly veiled their faces in red handkerchiefs from the too ardent flie...

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  • THE LADY OF THE BARGE
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    THE LADY OF THE BARGE
    W. W. JACOBS
    W.W. Jacobs is primarily known for the celebrated short story "The Monkey's Paw". Most of his other short stories are light tales about the misadventures of not too bright sailors. This earlier collection contains not only "The Monkey's Paw" but other serious pieces, such as "The Well" and "Three at Table." Even the light stories are among his better ones. (Goodreads) ...

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  • A MASTER OF CRAFT
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    A MASTER OF CRAFT
    W. W. JACOBS
    More of Jacobs's droll sailor misadventures, this time stretched to a novel. At the centre are not one but two Thames River captains juggling women who want to marry them, the story has traces of screwball comedy. (Goodreads) ...

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  • THE SKIPPER'S WOOING AND THE BROWN MAN'S SERVANT
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    THE SKIPPER'S WOOING AND THE BROWN MAN'S SERVANT
    W. W. JACOBS
    Excerpt: “The schooner Seamew, of London, Captain Wilson master and owner, had just finished loading at Northfleet with cement for Brittlesea. Every inch of space was packed. Cement, exuded from the cracks, imparted to the hairy faces of honest seamen a ghastly appearance sadly out of keeping with their characters, and even took its place, disguised as thickening, among the mul...

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  • LIGHT FREIGHTS
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    LIGHT FREIGHTS
    W. W. JACOBS
    A charming collection of short stories, P. G. Wodehouse claimed Jacobs was one of his greatest influences, it's not hard to see why. Jacobs stories are generally about the misadventures of sailors (tramp steamer sailors rather than Royal Navy)although there is the occasional non seafaring story, usually told by an old codger sitting outside a pub. There are sixteen stories here...

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  • SHORT CRUISES
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    SHORT CRUISES
    W. W. JACOBS
    A charming collection of short stories, 31 in this book, P. G. Wodehouse claimed Jacobs was one of his greatest influences, it's not hard to see why. Jacobs stories are generally about the misadventures of sailors (tramp steamer sailors rather than Royal Navy)although there is the occasional non seafaring story, usually told by an old codger sitting outside a pub. There are six...

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  • CAPTAINS ALL
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    CAPTAINS ALL
    W. W. JACOBS
    A charming collection of short stories, 10 in this book, P. G. Wodehouse claimed Jacobs was one of his greatest influences, it's not hard to see why. Jacobs stories are generally about the misadventures of sailors (tramp steamer sailors rather than Royal Navy)although there is the occasional non seafaring story, usually told by an old codger sitting outside a pub. There are six...

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  • SEA URCHINS
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    SEA URCHINS
    W. W. JACOBS
    A good, solid collection of W. W. Jacobs seafaring yarns, all but the last "The Lost Ship" comic in tone. ...

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  • ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE & OTHER LIES ABOUT MARRIAGE
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    ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE & OTHER LIES ABOUT MARRIAGE
    JOHN W. JACOBS
    Why is it so difficult to remain married in thetwenty-first century, and what can you do about it? We all know that half of today's marriages end in divorce, but we tend to believe that our own marriages are safe. As psychiatrist John Jacobs explains in this fresh and impassioned book, marriages today are incredibly fragile, and unless a couple understands what is making contem...

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  • LA PATA DE MONO
    LA PATA DE MONO
    JACOBS W. W.
    La pata de mono , uno de los cuentos cumbres del género desde su publicación en 1902. Su sinopsis es archisabida (un famosísimo sketch de Los Simpsons se ha encargado de inmortalizarla): una pata de mono momificada concede tres deseos a su poseedor. Así lo explica la edición de La pata de mono de Valdemar Cuando un deseo resulta concedido, todo ocurre de la forma más natural d...
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  • THE MONKEY'S PAW AND OTHER TALES
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    THE MONKEY'S PAW AND OTHER TALES
    W.W. JACOBS
    Eighteen humorous tales of the macabre and supernatural from W.W. Jacobs, including his classic, “The Monkey’s Paw.” Considered one of the foremost humorists in England at the turn of the century, W.W. Jacobs (1863–1943) is best known for his masterpiece of horror, “The Monkey’s Paw.” He was the author of thirteen volumes of short stories—all of which were commercially successf...

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