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Georg Morgenstierne tromped through the wild hinterlands of the NWFP, interviewing remote peoples in small villages, writing down their local languages and dialects. His favorite device was to go to the District Chairman and ask to have prisoners brought to him who were held in the local jails and who were from remote places. The prisoners were always happy to get a little baksheesh for their information and Morgenstierne got a few more words....

The editors of Sex Marchers, like so many of today's more perceptive and outspoken writers, are just a couple of kids. When they finished their collaboration on the manuscript, Jeff Poland was 24. Sam Sloan is two years his junior. But such kids! Jeff is an ordained minister of the NeoAmerican Church, while Sam is a criminologist and tournament chess player who won the Southern California Amateur Championship in 1963. Fortunately, he has since...

How to Talk Dirty in Japanese and English the result of years of scholarly research in which the two academic investigators interviewed the most foul-mouthed and mean spirited persons they could find in order to collect the most obscene commonly used expressions in either language. This book is must reading for anybody who wants to cuss-out somebody in either language. More importantly, it is required reading for any student of either languag...

When you think of chess, you probably think of the strategy game played throughout Europe and the Americas. There is another kind of chess played throughout the world by probably more people than any other strategy game. That game is Chinese Chess. The "Elephant Game" as it is called by the Chinese, dates back more than 2000 years. A cousin of Western Chess, its unique style of play results in a wide-open, quick-moving and aggressive contest. ...

Millions, if not tens of millions, have studied Spanish in high school and college only to find out later that they can't speak it at all. Now this book, in addition to introducing you to the incredible richness of the Spanish language, will finally give you a chance to Really Learn Spanish. Really Learn Spanish is very simple to follow, and it also teaches in a way which will enable you to learn and retain the information faster than you thin...

Sakata Eio is regarded as one of the strongest go players of the 20th century. Sakata Eio was born February 15, 1920 in Tokyo, Japan. After winning most of the major titles in the 1950s, in 1961 he finally took the Honinbo title from Takagawa Kaku who had held it for a record nine consecutive terms. In 1963, Sakata captured the Meijin title, making him the first player simultaneously to hold the two titles Meijin-Honinbo. Sakata's peak came ...

This book is one of the great classics of chess literature. The author, Imre König, was an International Master of Chess and a great analyst as well as an entertaining writer. He describes the development of chess opening theory and discusses lines of play no longer in vogue but which remain powerful weapons for the practical tournament player. This book was originally published in 1950 as "Chess from Morphy to Botwinnik". The title has been c...

Bobby Fischer vs. The Rest of the World In 1972, an epic chess match took place in Iceland between representatives of the two great super-powers of the world: Bobby vs. Boris. Boris was backed by the Great Soviet Union, with late night phone calls coming from his handlers in Moscow telling him what his next move should be. Meanwhile, Bobby stood alone against the might of the opposing nation. But, Bobby was not exactly alone. The Americans ...

Illustrated Catalog of Chinese Coins by Eduard Kann Vol. 3 of 3 Sinkiang, Tibet and Mongolian Coins plus Gold, Forgery and Fantasy Coins Dr. Eduard Kann (1880-1962) was the world's leading authority on Chinese coins and on the Chinese monetary system. He was a banker who lived in China for 47 years, during which he both collected coins and served as a top advisor to the Ministry of Finance in China. He writes that "I had to leave China in a hu...

Eduard Kann (1880-1962) was more than just a coin collector. He was an official of the Chinese Government, who ran the Chinese monetary system for decades. Kann managed to get out of China just before Mao took over in 1949. He then lived in Hong Kong and Los Angeles. This catalog is a classic work essentially of his own coin collection, including coins he collected while working as a banker and as an official of the Chinese Government in Shang...

Go is the easiest game in the world to learn, but the hardest game in the world to master. This book is intended for beginners but it provides the basic strategies used by the most advanced, top level professional players. Get through this book from beginning to end, and you will be on your way to Meijin.

TomáS Garrigue Masaryk (7 March 1850 - 14 September 1937), sometimes called Thomas Masaryk in English, was an Austro-Hungarian and Czechoslovak statesman, sociologist and philosopher, who was the most prominent advocate of Czechoslovak independence during World War I and became the first President and founder of Czechoslovakia. This book describes those events leading up to the creation of the State of Czechoslovakia.

Sidney Bernstein, born in the Bronx, learned chess from his father at age 7, and played in his first tournament at 15. Since then, he has gone on to play in such prestigious events as the U.S. Championship, the U.S. Open Championship, the World Open, the Marshall and Manhattan Club Championships. (He has been champion of both these clubs). He was designated a member of the U.S. team for the U.S.A.-U.S.S.R. match in 1946, and for the 1952 Olymp...

Lone Pine 1975 was the first ever truly Grandmaster Swiss event. Today, with many grandmaster Swiss events taking place every year, such as the Aeroflot Open, the Reykjavik Open, and many others, not to mention the World Open, bringing together 22 grandmasters to play in a Swiss tournament does not seem that remarkable. Even the title, "Grandmaster Chess", seems to be a bit hackneyed with so many grandmaster events being played today. Back whe...

Grandmaster Arnold Denker - the Dean of American Chess, U. S. chess champion from 1944 to 1946, was the Runyonesque chronicler of the "guys and dolls" of the New York chess scene of the 1930s, and the man who treated personal friendship as a high art. No one meeting Arnold for the first time, however briefly, could doubt how he played the games of chess and life. You could see it. In his athletic build, in his well-tailored elegance, in how...

The Family Shakespeare in Three Volumes: in which nothing is added to the original text, but those words and expressions are omitted which cannot with propriety be read aloud in a Family. The Family Shakespeare is one of the most famous works ever written. There is even a word introduced by it into the English language: "Bowdlerized". Most of the editorial changes by Thomas Bowdler were not so radical as has been commonly supposed. In many wa...

In this encyclopedia we set out to publish all the important games of chess which have been played since the modern laws came into force in the late 1400s. We have chosen to include all the recorded games played up to 1800, every game played in all major tournaments and matches from 1801, and every traceable game of each player who was at one time one of the best two players in the world.The games are arranged chronologically. Within each year...

Mah jong is an ancient Chinese game introduced to America in 1920. The game is played with dice, racks, and 144 domino-like tiles, divided into seven suits-bamboos (bams), circles (dots), characters (cracks), dragons, winds, seasons, and flowers. The game is usually played by four people. After the tiles are mixed, each player builds a wall two tiles high and about seventeen tiles long. The walls are pushed together to form a square. Players t...

I have been using reconstructive therapy (prolotherapy, sclerotherapy) for over 25 years. Dr. Faber's book, "Pain, Pain Go Away", is a must for anyone with a chronic unresolved joint problems. Patients have repeatedly told me it described their problems and answered questions as well as told them where to find treatment. It was like a personal consultation. This book is the best source of information for the public. William Kubitschek, D.O. ...

This book is essentially a teaching machine. The way a teaching machine works is: It asks you a question. If you give the right answer, it goes on to the next question. If you give the wrong answer, it tells you why the answer is wrong and tells you to go back and try again.This is called "programmed learning". The real authors were experts and authorities in the field of programmed learning. Bobby Fischer lent his name to the project. Stuart ...