Bücher von Richard Middleton

This book explores in practical detail many of the ways, old and new, in which man can shoot missiles by means of his own force, without the aid of explosives.David slew Goliath with a stone from a sling, but it was a large stone and Man has long been shooting small stones and carefully rounded bullets of clay, glass - and latterly steel and lead - from a variety of weapons without recourse to gunpowder. The bow and arrow has been Man's choice for the last 10,000 years, when modern firearms have been unavailable or unsuitable.There is currently an explosion of interest in making primitive archery equipment. The author has been building bows and shooting flint-tipped arrows since adolescence. But the addiction has led to stronger stuff: to experiments with making and shooting pump-up airguns, stonebows and home-made lead musketballs.Middleton's narrative is lively, humorous and full of exciting information and experimentation.In this quirky and clever book, he invites you to share the thrills of his garden shed experiments with him.

"The Ghost Ship" is a 1912 short story by English author Richard B. Middleton. A chilling ghost story with unforgettable characters and a masterful narrative, this classic example of vintage supernatural fictional is sure to leave any lover of ghost stories and horror fiction with an almost unquenchable thirst for more of Middleton's marvellous and macabre work. Richard Barham Middleton (1882 - 1911) was an English author and poet most famous for his short ghost stories. Other notable works by this author include: "Poems and Songs" (1912), "The Pantomime Man" (1933), and "The Day Before Yesterday" (1912). Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially-commissioned new biography of the author.

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

For much of the 17th and 18th centuries, European Americans and Native Americans lived in harmony as traders and hunters. This work explains the 'who, what, when, where, why' of the war that changed things between the native people and the European settlers, and sharpening the racial differences and attitudes.

Brings together aspects of political economy, cultural history, and musical interpretation to examine the rise of popular music. This work brings a fresh perspective to the field of popular music studies. It also includes twenty-five musical examples.

Traditional accounts of the Seven Years' War have emphasized the contribution of the Elder Pitt. This book shows that Britain's war effort was in fact a story of teamwork in the diverse fields of diplomacy, politics, finance, the army, navy, ordnance and commissariat.