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General Books publication date: 2009Original publication date: 1808Original Publisher: Printed for the author by Collins and PerkinsNotes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or an index.When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there. ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishings Legacy Reprint Series. 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 to protecting, preserving, and promoting the worlds literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone! ... Read more

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Pulp Plunder
This is a review of David Dodge's "Plunder of the Sun,"
a 1949 novel reissued by Hard Case Crime publishers in
May, 2005.

The story concerns Al Colby who agrees to smuggle a package from Chile
to Peru. In no time at all Colby finds himself in a race to find
the gold treasure, lost for centuries, and then the struggle to bring it
back to civilization while staying alive.

Al Colby has to deal with seductive women and deadly killers in this
excitingly paced, tension filled pulp adventurenovel written by the author of "It
Takes A Thief," and other mysteries as well as travel books.

'Plunder Of the Sun" contains many details about Peru, South America
and Incan history and as such is interesting on a couple of different levels.
I rate this novel 4 1/2 stars for the pulp adventure as well as the local color.

This well written adventure has it all
Al Colby is a private eye who doesn't mind bending laws when it suits him. He shouldn't have agreed to smuggle that package from Chile to Peru. Still, when a priceless hoard of ancient South American gold - the treasure of Amurú - is up for grabs, rules are meant to be bent.

This has it all - beautiful seductive women, hardcase men, exotic places and a mystery or two to solve on the way. It's obvious that Dodge travelled to these foreign places as he infuses his descriptions with the sights, smells and sounds. This is a well written adventure, one of a series: apparently, Dodge wrote two more Colby books; one day I might track them down.

Fast paced and educational.
Plunder of the Sun by David Dodge is a prime example of action-adventure writing at its best.The most remarkable aspect of this highly readable book is the utter smoothness with which the fast paced narrative unfolds.

The year is 1948 and most of the action takes place in Peru.Adventurer Al Colby does double duty as the novel's protagonist and narrator.He's come into possession of an ancient manuscript that purports to give the location of a fortune in Inca gold, silver and jewels.Only he's not the only one willing to move heaven and earth in order to find the long buried treasure, easily worth a king's ransom.

As Colby strives to out maneuver his very resourceful adversaries
there are a number of surprising plot twists, several instances of double crossing, and plenty of harrowing action.As an added bonus, Plunder of the Sun is also educational.The reader will pick up a smattering of Spanish vocabulary and learn a thing or two about Incan civilization.

Plunder of the Sun is a welcome addition to the Hard Case Crime series. Highly recommended to action-adventure aficionados.

A great story
This is an outstanding lost (and found) treasure story.In many ways it reminded me of B. Traven's classic "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre."This is a realistic, well-written, fast-moving adventure novel.And the lost treasure details are excellent and accurate.One reviewer here didn't exactly go for the Inca treasure history.That's a shame, because the history is the backbone of the story.

Highly recommended for anyone looking for a very good yarn - and while this is a great "beach book" it is quite a bit more than that, as well.

Action pulp
PLUNDER IN THE SUN's cover seems to tout an action packed adventure involving ancient treasure and it DOES have that.It also, however, has needless and repetitive passages about ancient Inca and how it was destroyed making it seem like you needed history lessons to understand why these guys were going plundering for the treasure.Also seemed to get pretty predictable about halfway through.

I just felt like there had to be better worldly adventure pulp out there begging to be reprinted than this mediocre offering. ... Read more

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Originating from a meeting celebrating the 80th birthday of Sir David Cox, the eminent Oxford Scholar whose many important and penetrating contributions to modern statistics have had an extraordinary impact, this collection of papers by major statistical researchers provides an overview of current developments across a wide range of research areas.Contributing authors and topics include: O.E. Barndorff-Nielsen (Aarhus): Statistics and Physics; A.C. Davison (Lausanne): Statistical methods; S. Darby (Oxford): Epidemiology; D. Firth (Warwick): Social Statistics;P. Jall (Canberra): Nonparametrics; V.S.Isham (University College, London): Stochastic Modelling; P. McCullagh (Chicago): Statistical models; N. Reid (Toronto): Asymptotics; B.D. Ripley (Oxford): Statistical computing; I. Rodriguez-Iturbe (Princeton): Statistical hydrology; A. Rotnitsky (Harvard): Semiparametrics; N. Shepard (Oxford): Statistical econometrics; N> Wermuth (Mainz): Graphical models; S.L. Zeger (Johns Hopkins): Biostatistics. Suitable for students of statistics at all levels from advanced undergraduate to post graduate, for practicing statisticians, and data analysts, and for statistics and cognate fields, this book is a fitting tribute to Sir David Cox and his immense influence on modern statistics. ... Read more

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What Madness is This?
Why in Hades is this mass-market, much-reprinted and once-popular book such a big-ticket item here? It shouldn't be particularly rare--no rarer than any other well-known mid-century mystery paperback. It's confounding to me! I hope this book is promptly restored to print to eliminate this awful situation! ... Read more

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First published as "The Dolls' House DIY Book", this is a revised edition containing comprehensive advice and step-by-step instructions for dolls' houses as varied as a Tudor cottage, a Victorian town-house and a modern house, with fixtures and fittings, furniture and accessories. There are chapters on making dolls, making cupboard houses, renovating old dolls' houses and miniature gardening, as well as tips on making the most of dolls' house kits and a review of the commercial materials, supplies and miniatures available. No specialist knowledge or tools are necessary, and there are projects for both the beginner and the experienced miniaturist. ... Read more

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Building Doll Houses
This is an excellent book for anybody thinking of creating an accurate and beautiful doll house.Lots of illustrations.Good directions.Lovely examples.

I did it 'My Way'
I have yet to find books on a miniature dollhouse topic that does not lift you up and carry you away into that world.You get so involved and grabbed by the various interesting items you can create and with people like Venus & Martin Dodge, your journey is ensured to be a pleasant one.I found 'The New Dolls' House Do-It-Yourself Book' an absolute treasure trove of new and exciting ideas.Thank you, Venus and Martin Dodge, for sharing your passion with others. ... Read more

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Contains advice and step-by-step instructions for dolls' houses as varied as a Tudor cottage, a Victorian town-house and a modern house, with fixtures and fittings, furniture and accessories. No specialist knowledge or tools are necessary, and there are projects for all levels of ability. ... Read more