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Author : E. H. Jones
language : en
Publisher: Hesperus Press
Release Date : 2014-05-01

The Road To En Dor written by E. H. Jones and has been published by Hesperus Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-05-01 with History categories.

The incredible true story of two WWI POWs who used amateur magic to convince their captors that they were in touch with the spirit world Captured during World War I, Lieutenant E. H. Jones, a Welsh officer in the Indian Army, and Lieutenant C. W. Hill, an Australian serving in the R.A.F., were prisoners of war at the Yozgad prison camp in Turkey. Duty-bound as officers to attempt to escape, Jones sensed that what had previously been the harmless fun of fooling around with a homemade Ouija board could be turned into something much more productive. Playing on the credulous nature of their captors, Hill and Jones weaved an incredibly elaborate plot, hatched to plan their escape. Acting as mediums for the Ouija board, they attempted to convince their captors that they were gradually descending into insanity—which, had it been true, would have seen them repatriated. A true story of bravery, dedication, and extreme hardship, this book is a fascinating insight account of a daring escapade. As well as containing astonishing original materials including photographs, letters, and postcards, the book contains a preface by the author's grandson, as well as a foreword by Neil Gaiman who is linked to a film which is currently in pre-production. A free companion ebook is available to download from the Hesperus website (www.hesperuspress.com/the-road-to-en-dor) which includes back stories on the characters, maps, letters,and coded messages; and an exclusive short story written by Jones.

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Author : E H Jones
language : en
Publisher: Independently Published
Release Date : 2020-03-07

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On an afternoon late in February 1917 a Turk mounted on a weary horse arrived in Yozgad. He had come a 120-mile journey through snowbound mountain passes from railhead at Angora, and he carried a belated mail for us prisoners of war. I could not feel grateful to him, for my share was only one postcard. It was from a very dear aunt. But I knew that somewhere in the Turkish Post Office were many more-from my wife, my mother, and my father. So I grumbled at all things Ottoman. I did not know this innocent-looking piece of cardboard was going to provide the whole camp with a subject for discussion for a year to come, and eventually prove the open sesame that got two of us out of Turkey.

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Author : E H Jones
language : en
Publisher: Franklin Classics Trade Press
Release Date : 2018-10-22

The Road To En Dor written by E H Jones and has been published by Franklin Classics Trade Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-10-22 with categories.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

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Author : Louis Joseph VanCe
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013-10

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This is a new release of the original 1923 edition.

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Author : Elias Henry Jones
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005-01

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The Road to En-Dor is one of the most extraordinary stories ever told. Forbidden from escaping in case of reprisals from the Turks, Jones and Hill first tried to escape by posing as spirit mediums and when that failed, they attempted to get repatriated by acting as madmen. The lengths they went to - even hanging themselves - is an incredible tale of human resolve. boards and glasses - and their seances, originally held to kill time during the cold Turkish winter of 1917, led to the conception of a plan for their escape. Since the dawn of man's belief in the occult, its powers have been put to many different uses, but for sheer ingenuity none of them can compare with the one which is described in this book. and could communicate with the other-side at seances. They stage-managed telepathy demonstrations and soon had the Turks - and most of their British colleagues - convinced that they had supernatural powers. (Modern illusionists and mediums could learn a lot from this book, but that's another story). commandant that this Spook could discover buried treasure - and use this treasure-hunt to escape from the camp. When this scheme failed, they decided to pretend they were mad. As part of this deception, they actually hanged themselves - narrowly escaping death - and were eventually moved to hospital in Constantinople; to await repatriation as lunatics. of ink ) and did not go truely insane in the process is a wonder of resolve and human endurance.

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Author : Elias Henry Jones
language : en
Publisher: Wentworth Press
Release Date : 2016-08-27

Road To En Dor written by Elias Henry Jones and has been published by Wentworth Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-08-27 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

Direction Of The Road

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Author : Ursula K. Le Guin
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins
Release Date : 2017-02-14

Direction Of The Road written by Ursula K. Le Guin and has been published by HarperCollins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-02-14 with Fiction categories.

“Ursula Le Guin is more than just a writer of adult fantasy and science fiction . . . she is a philosopher; an explorer in the landscapes of the mind.” – Cincinnati Enquirer The recipient of numerous literary prizes, including the National Book Award, the Kafka Award, and the Pushcart Prize, Ursula K. Le Guin is renowned for her spare, elegant prose, rich characterization, and diverse worlds. "Direction of the Road" is a short story originally published in the collection The Wind's Twelve Quarters.

The Road Of Excess

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Author : Marcus Boon
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2005-03-15

The Road Of Excess written by Marcus Boon and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-03-15 with Literary Criticism categories.

From the antiquity of Homer to yesterday's Naked Lunch, writers have found inspiration, and readers have lost themselves, in a world of the imagination tinged and oftentimes transformed by drugs. The age-old association of literature and drugs receives its first comprehensive treatment in this far-reaching work. Drawing on history, science, biography, literary analysis, and ethnography, Marcus Boon shows that the concept of drugs is fundamentally interdisciplinary, and reveals how different sets of connections between disciplines configure each drug's unique history. In chapters on opiates, anesthetics, cannabis, stimulants, and psychedelics, Boon traces the history of the relationship between writers and specific drugs, and between these drugs and literary and philosophical traditions. With reference to the usual suspects from De Quincey to Freud to Irvine Welsh and with revelations about others such as Milton, Voltaire, Thoreau, and Sartre, The Road of Excess provides a novel and persuasive characterization of the "effects" of each class of drug--linking narcotic addiction to Gnostic spirituality, stimulant use to writing machines, anesthesia to transcendental philosophy, and psychedelics to the problem of the imaginary itself. Creating a vast network of texts, personalities, and chemicals, the book reveals the ways in which minute shifts among these elements have resulted in "drugs" and "literature" as we conceive of them today.

The Confidence Men

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Author : Margalit Fox
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2021-06-01

The Confidence Men written by Margalit Fox and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-06-01 with History categories.

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The Great Escape for the Great War: the astonishing true story of two World War I prisoners who pulled off one of the most ingenious escapes of all time. FINALIST FOR THE EDGAR® AWARD • ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The Washington Post, NPR • “Fox unspools Jones and Hill’s delightfully elaborate scheme in nail-biting episodes that advance like a narrative Rube Goldberg machine.”—The New York Times Book Review Imprisoned in a remote Turkish POW camp during World War I, having survived a two-month forced march and a terrifying shootout in the desert, two British officers, Harry Jones and Cedric Hill, join forces to bamboozle their iron-fisted captors. To stave off despair and boredom, Jones takes a handmade Ouija board and fakes elaborate séances for his fellow prisoners. Word gets around, and one day an Ottoman official approaches Jones with a query: Could Jones contact the spirit world to find a vast treasure rumored to be buried nearby? Jones, a trained lawyer, and Hill, a brilliant magician, use the Ouija board—and their keen understanding of the psychology of deception—to build a trap for their captors that will ultimately lead them to freedom. A gripping nonfiction thriller, The Confidence Men is the story of one of the only known con games played for a good cause—and of a profound but unlikely friendship. Had it not been for “the Great War,” Jones, the Oxford-educated son of a British lord, and Hill, a mechanic on an Australian sheep ranch, would never have met. But in pain, loneliness, hunger, and isolation, they formed a powerful emotional and intellectual alliance that saved both of their lives. Margalit Fox brings her “nose for interesting facts, the ability to construct a taut narrative arc, and a Dickens-level gift for concisely conveying personality” (Kathryn Schulz, New York) to this tale of psychological strategy that is rife with cunning, danger, and moments of high farce that rival anything in Catch-22.

Policing The Open Road

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Author : Sarah A. Seo
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019

Policing The Open Road written by Sarah A. Seo and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019 with History categories.

Policing the Open Road examines how the rise of the car, that symbol of American personal freedom, inadvertently led to ever more intrusive policing--with disastrous consequences for racial equality in our criminal justice system. When Americans think of freedom, they often picture the open road. Yet nowhere are we more likely to encounter the long arm of the law than in our cars. Sarah Seo reveals how the rise of the automobile transformed American freedom in radical ways, leading us to accept--and expect--pervasive police power. As Policing the Open Road makes clear, this expectation has had far-reaching political and legal consequences.--