The East African country of Tanganyika in 1960 was something of a backwater of the British Empire in which the traditional character of wild Africa still held pride of place. Concurrently however, the winds of political change were, not least in the country's urban centres, promoting an ever-accelerating headlong rush towards a state of national independence or uhuru. It was against a backdrop of transition between the -old- and the new -Africa- that a nation-wide campaign of exploration aimed at discovering deposits of diamonds was carried out in Tanganyika under the auspices of the...
The East African country of Tanganyika in 1960 was something of a backwater of the British Empire in which the traditional character of wild Africa st...
Platt presents an extended and descriptive glossary of the everyday conversational dialect used by the pupils at the Port Isaac County Primary School in North Cornwall in the late 1940s. The text pays tribute to the traditions of the enduring village community of the day.
Platt presents an extended and descriptive glossary of the everyday conversational dialect used by the pupils at the Port Isaac County Primary School ...
Shadows Gothic and Grotesque collects two lesser-known supernatural anthologies from the late 1890s. Ralph Adams Cram's Black Spirits and White includes six stories of haunted and sometimes deadly places. James Platt's Tales of the Supernatural gives a different perspective on wizardry, and the dangerous consequences of dealing with dark powers.
Shadows Gothic and Grotesque collects two lesser-known supernatural anthologies from the late 1890s. Ralph Adams Cram's Black Spirits and White includ...
