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Notes of a War CorrespondentDavis, Richard Harding, 1864-1916enThe Cuban-Spanish war -- The Greek-Turkish war -- The Spanish-American war -- The South African war -- The Japanese-Russian war -- A war correspondent's kitRemington, Frederic, 1861-1909 [Illustrator]Military history, Modern; Spanish-American War, 1898; South African War, 1899-1902; Greco-Turkish War, 1897; Cuba -- History -- Revolution, 1895-18982002-01-01
Turkish Prisoners in Egypt A Report by the Delegates of the International Committee of the Red CrossInternational Committee of the Red Crossen2004-01-01
The Mystery of a Turkish BathRitaenDime novels; Juvenile fiction2008-05-31
The Song of Deirdra, King Byrge and his Brothers and Other BalladsBorrow, George Henry, 1803-1881enThe song of Deirdra -- The diver -- King Byrge and his brothers -- Turkish hymn to Mahomet.Wise, Thomas James, 1859-1937 [Editor]2009-05-15
The Turkish Jester or, The Pleasantries of Cogia Nasr Eddin EffendiNasreddin, HocaenThis is a very rare work by George Borrow, English eccentric and polyglot. It's a translation of a collection of short stories about Cogia Nasr Eddin Effendi - many of which show the Cogia's wisdom.Borrow, George Henry, 1803-1881 [Translator]2005-07-08
The Turkish Bath Its Design and ConstructionAllsop, Robert Owenen2009-11-10
Reginald in Russia and other sketchesSaki, 1870-1916enReginald in Russia -- The reticence of Lady Anne -- The lost Sanjak -- The sex that doesn't shop -- The blood-feud of Toad-Water -- A young Turkish catastrophe -- Judkin of the parcels -- Gabriel-Ernest -- The saint and the goblin -- The soul of Laploshka -- The bag -- The strategist -- Cross currents -- The baker's dozen -- The mouse.Fiction; Short stories1999-08-01
Told in the Coffee House Turkish TalesenHow the Hodja saved Allah -- Better is the folly of woman than the wisdom of man -- The Hanoum and the unjust Cadi -- What happended to Hadji, a merchant of the Bezestan -- How the junkman travelled to find treasure in his own yard -- How Chapkin Halid became chief detective -- How cobbler Ahmet became the chief astrologer -- The wise son of Ali Pasha -- The merciful Khan -- King Kara-Kush of Bithynia -- The prayer rug and the dishonest steward -- The goose, the eye, the daughter and the arm -- The forty wise men -- How the priest knew that it would snow -- Who was the thirteenth son? -- Paradise sold by the yard -- Jew turned Turk -- The metamorphosis -- The Calif Omar -- Kalaidji Avram of Balata -- How Mehmet Ali Pasha of Egypt administered justice -- How the farmer learned to cure his wife, a Turkish Aesop -- The language of birds -- The swallow's advice -- We know not what the dawn may bring forth -- Old men made young -- The bribe -- How the Devil lost his wager -- The effects of Raki.Tales -- Turkey; Folklore -- Turkey2009-12-02




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