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Tirich Mir is by far the highest mountain in the world outside of the Himalayas. Most Chitralis believe that Tirichmir has never been climbed because of all the witches, demons, genies and fairies who live up there. When ever rumblings are heard from the top of Tirichmir, the locals believe this is because the witches, demons, genies and fairies are getting ready to go to Mecca for the time of Haj. However, contrary to the beliefs of the local...

This book was printed privately in three units in 1934 and 1935 in Brooklyn, New York, USA by William Ewart Napier and Edward J. Napier.Each Unit contains exactly one hundred chess games. Each game is proceeded by a comment about the game or the players of the game. Napier is known for his witty remarks such as saying the best game he had ever played in his life was a game he lost to Emanuel Lasker. This is quoted by Irving Chernev in "Wonders...

Everybody knows (or ought to know) of the meteoric career of Paul Morphy, who vanquished the mighty paladins of chess and became the first uncrowned champion of the world. And everyone enjoys (or ought to enjoy) the games, the men and the scene when Morphy reigned supreme. Add to this the background the charm and the piquancy of William Napier's pen, and an era is reborn that is dear to the hearts and minds of all lovers of chess.This work spa...

Published in 1474, this is the first book on chess ever published and one of the first books ever published anywhere in Europe on any subject. (The Chinese had published books before this.)

C. J. S. Purdy, Australia's greatest chess player and the first World Correspondence Chess Champion, was widely acclaimed as one of the world's greatest chess writers and teachers.In this book, the editors present not only an absorbing account of Purdy's life and a collection of 50 of his best games, but also a sample of over 30 of his international articles. These articles written in Purdy's inimitable style cover all phases of the game and m...

George Koltanowski, was the greatest showman and promoter that chess has ever known. Koltanowski will be best remembered as an exhibitor, writer, promoter and showman. Possessed with an incredibly powerful memory, Koltanowski would often give exhibitions, playing several games blindfold simultaneously. Koltanowski's specialty was to conduct a blindfold knight's tour by calling out telephone numbers or cities placed on the 64 squares of the boa...

In the movie, they are caught by the Germans and considered to be spies. They even reveal their plan to blow up the ship with torpedoes. They are sentenced to death but at just the moment they are about to be hanged, the ship bumps into the African Queen that they thought had been sunk. The ship blows up and is sunk and our two heroes escape and swim ashore. The African Queen was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Reg...

This book has every attribute that should appeal to everyone interested in bridge. It is authoritative. It is comprehensive, including a full review of the requirements for bids in all situations. It presents the fine points of bridge in the most palatable way, with bridge hands that are intrinsically interesting.. This book teaches lessons that can be applied to innumerable other hands arising in normal play. Almost any time one plays bridge ...

This is a collection of opening traps by Grandmaster William Lombardy. The traps are great and cover every opening system. They need to be studied.A chess trap succeeds not because one player is a dumbbell and the other is a clever fox, but rather because the former has violated some basic principle of which the latter takes some advantage. Modern Chess Opening Traps with 200 of the finest examples of chess skullduggery culled from current mas...

Army Aviation Started its journey as Number 1 Air Observation post (OP) Flight, Royal Pakistan Air Force (RPAF) in 1947 with four fabric covered Auster aircraft. These were left at Lahore Airport as Pakistan's share by the British 659 Air OP Squadron. Pakistan Army did not have any pilot or technician to handle these machines, as such help was sought from the RPAF. Late fifties saw the induction of L-19 aircraft while OH-13 helicopters arrived...

Holy Holy Holy, Lord God Almighty!Early in the MorningOur song shall rise to Thee, Holy Holy Holy, merciful and mighty, God in Three Persons, Blessed Trinity!The Second Person of the blessed Trinity, our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, is presented here in the beauty of His holiness. As various aspects of His earthly life are traced through Scripture, they clearly reflect the heavenly glory manifest in the only begotten Son of God.These meditati...

This book is one of many that came out in the immediate aftermath of the 1972 Fischer-Spassky Match of the World Chess Championship in Reykjavik Iceland. That match greatly increased the popularity of chess in America.US Championship Chess is unique in the presentation, combining history with history-in-the-making for a new and pleasurable experience in chess study. Part I is a history of the U. S. Chess championship by David Daniels, Part II ...

This book, based on lectures delivered at the University of California, Santa Cruz in 1968, surveys the many different co-efficient fields for which a homogeneous polynomial in many variables has a non-trivial zero.

Khyber Rifles is the oldest corps among the fourteen corps which comprises the Frontier Corps Khyber Pakhtunkhwa or Militia as it is lovingly known among the tribes and people of Pakistan. Although the very idea of tribal army is as old as the idea of civilisation, however, nowhere else in the world, the Militia is as conceptualised, evolved and institutionalised as in Pakistan. Frontier Corps is the last of such Militia Corps in the world whi...

This is a collection of short stories written during the 1940s for college humor magazines and then gathered together to make a book. The author promises the readers that these stories have been published in Good Housekeeping, Cosmopolitan, The Saturday Evening Post, Today's Woman and American Magazine. Thus, these stories are guaranteed to be clean.Eventually, The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis was made into a long running TV series starring Dway...

The Kaplan-Sheinwold Bidding System is the most popular bidding system among modern tournament players. Among the advantages are everybody knows it so you do not have to make out a long bidding card. You can just write "Kaplan-Sheinwold" on your bidding card. No need for further explanation. You can easily make and form partnerships. Everybody will agree to play this system. It is easy to learn. All you have to do is read this book. You will k...

Tochi Scouts were raised as Levies in 1895, transformed into North Waziristan Militia in 1900. Tochi Scouts history is in fact the cultural, political, social and military history of North Waziristan itself.

British Chess is a picture book containing information available nowhere else. It has the first chess man, the first chess board, the first chess picture, the first chess diagram. It has games, diagrams, problems, positions and stories about chess that no other book else has.We are shocked to learn that an 17 year old British boy was the youngest person ever to be accepted into the British championship and finished third and after that defeate...

Chitral' with its distinctive culture, norms and social matrix has no parallels. Diverse religious values with apt absorption, hospitality and simplicity are hallmarks of this soil. Same parameters on consolidation, form onerous and honourable 'Chitral Scouts'. History of Chitral has correlation, attribution and an inimitable binding relation with the Scouts' history. The outfit, from a modest beginning has come a long way, making each day mom...

Here is a new way to learn chess that beginners of any age will find easy and fun. Based on the idea that if you really understand how each individual piece moves, the total game will be more quickly understood. Chess for Children Step by Step teaches a simple game for each piece. When each of these games is learned you will find that you will be on your way to becoming a skilled chess player.With its easy to read instructions, interesting pho...