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MP3 Audio CD. ?The Title story of this volume was written about eighteen months before the outbreak of the war, and was intended to direct public attention to the great danger which threatened this country. It is a matter of history how fully this warning has been justified and how, even down to the smallest details, the prediction has been fulfilled. The writer must, however, most thankfully admit that what he did not foresee was the energy and ingenuity with which the navy has found means to meet the new conditions. The great silent battle which has been fought beneath the waves has ended in the repulse of an armada far more dangerous than that of Spain.? - From the Preface of this bookArthur Conan Doyle KStJ, DL was a Scottish novelist and physician. On top of the runs of tales about the exploits of Sherlock Holmes and his associate Dr John Watson for which he is famous, Arthur penned on a numerous variety of themes, both fictional and non-fictional. Arthur studied at the University of Edinburgh… Read More

MP3 Audio CD. About Cricket, from Danger! And Other Stories (in Short Works on Sports Collection 01 ) I. DANGER! BEING THE LOG OF CAPTAIN JOHN SIRIUS It is an amazing thing that the English, who have the reputation of being a practical nation, never saw the danger to which they were exposed. For many years they had been spending nearly a hundred millions a year upon their army and their fleet. Squadrons of Dreadnoughts costing two millions each had been launched. They had spent enormous sums upon cruisers, and both their torpedo and their submarine squadrons were exceptionally strong. They were also by no means weak in their aerial power, especially in the matter of seaplanes. Besides all this, their army was very efficient, in spite of its limited numbers, and it was the most expensive in Europe. Yet when the day of trial came, all this imposing force was of no use whatever, and might as well have not existed. Their ruin could not have been more complete or more rapid if they had not possessed an… Read More

MP3 Audio CD. About Cricket, from Danger! And Other Stories (in Short Works on Sports Collection 01 ) I. DANGER! BEING THE LOG OF CAPTAIN JOHN SIRIUS It is an amazing thing that the English, who have the reputation of being a practical nation, never saw the danger to which they were exposed. For many years they had been spending nearly a hundred millions a year upon their army and their fleet. Squadrons of Dreadnoughts costing two millions each had been launched. They had spent enormous sums upon cruisers, and both their torpedo and their submarine squadrons were exceptionally strong. They were also by no means weak in their aerial power, especially in the matter of seaplanes. Besides all this, their army was very efficient, in spite of its limited numbers, and it was the most expensive in Europe. Yet when the day of trial came, all this imposing force was of no use whatever, and might as well have not existed. Their ruin could not have been more complete or more rapid if they had not possessed an… Read More

MP3 Audio CD. ?The Title story of this volume was written about eighteen months before the outbreak of the war, and was intended to direct public attention to the great danger which threatened this country. It is a matter of history how fully this warning has been justified and how, even down to the smallest details, the prediction has been fulfilled. The writer must, however, most thankfully admit that what he did not foresee was the energy and ingenuity with which the navy has found means to meet the new conditions. The great silent battle which has been fought beneath the waves has ended in the repulse of an armada far more dangerous than that of Spain.? - From the Preface of this bookArthur Conan Doyle KStJ, DL was a Scottish novelist and physician. On top of the runs of tales about the exploits of Sherlock Holmes and his associate Dr John Watson for which he is famous, Arthur penned on a numerous variety of themes, both fictional and non-fictional. Arthur studied at the University of Edinburgh… Read More

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Charleston, SC: Bibliobazaar. VG/No Dustjacket. 2010. POD. Boards. Sm 4to., 174 pp .

Valde Books, 2009. Paperback. New. 146 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.36 inches.

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