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Originally published in 1917.This volume from the Cornell University Library's print collections was scanned on an APT BookScan and converted to JPG 2000 format by Kirtas Technologies.All titles scanned cover to cover and pages may include marks notations and other marginalia present in the original volume. ... Read more

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The Sins of Severac Bablon is presented here in a high quality paperback edition. This popular classic work by Sax Rohmer is in the English language. If you enjoy the works of Sax Rohmer then we highly recommend this publication for your book collection. ... Read more

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As a matter of fact, his sudden request had positively astounded me, but ere I had time for any reply a door suddenly banged open above and a respectable-looking woman, who might have been some kind of upper servant, came quickly down the stairs. An expression of intense indignation rested upon her face, and without seeming to notice our presence she brushed past us and went out into the street. ... Read more

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THIS 38 PAGE ARTICLE WAS EXTRACTED FROM THE BOOK: Romance of Sorcery, by Sax Rohmer. To purchase the entire book, please order ISBN 0766132242. ... Read more

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FU SEES RED!!!
This book, the 11th of 14 in the Fu Manchu series, is a short and minor entry in the Fu saga, but nonetheless a compact and suspenseful one. In many of the previous books, the Fu man sets his sights on a scientific genius and designs to either kidnap him, steal his invention or kill him in a macabre manner. This action is usually given a chapter or two and takes the form of an unusual episode in the larger scheme of the plot. This time around, the entire book is concerned with Fu's plans regarding Dr. Morris Craig's new energy weapon. While the weapon's ultimate use is never really spelled out, it seems to be some kind of disintegrator that can also be used as a potential source of limitless energy. This is the type of book that can be called a whodunnit,as well as a howdunnit and a whydunnit; all of the characters can be viewed as suspects. Even the characters that weare pretty sure are "good guys" can be guilty of misdeeds, given the Fu man's powers of hypnosis and mind control. Thus, the reader is unsure till the very end of the book why people do what they do and act the way they act. Who is the British agent? Who is the Russian agent? Who is the secret FBI agent? You get the idea. The Fu man's main goal in this book seems to be to thwart the Communists from getting control of Dr. Craig's energy weapon; thus, he comes off a little more sympathetically than in some of the other entries in the series. The action this time takes place in the Big Apple and in a country estate in the Connecticut countryside. The estate scene is a very suspenseful sequence indeed. The book also features a memorable character named M'goyna, a Turkish zombie who is more gorilla than man. He is oneof Fu's more remarkable henchmen. Also featured is a Sevillian torture chair that lowers a skull-crushing canopy onto the occupant; one of the Dr.'s more grisly inducements.
The book contains fewer inconsistencies than others in the series. I did notice some things that bothered me, however. The author often refers to Fu Manchu speaking sibilantly, but often this will happen when the sentence Fu has just spoken contains no "s" or "sh" sounds at all! How can this be? Also, in one point of the book, Nayland Smith, our eternal Fu fighter, says that Fu's drug for paralyzing the speech muscles wears off with time. He says that Fu told this to him. However, we are never shown Fu saying this, and indeed, when Smith was thus paralyzed, he needed an antidote injection to counteract the effects of the drug! It also doesn't make sense that {WARNING: SPOILER AHEAD} Fu Manchu has already possessed the prototype of Craig's invention for many years. Why hasn't he taken over the world decades ago, with an invention such as this? But quibbles aside, I feel that any fan of fast-paced action, with a tinge of sci-fi and mystery thrown in, will enjoy this short but fun entry in the Fu series. ... Read more

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Originally published in 1915.This volume from the Cornell University Library's print collections was scanned on an APT BookScan and converted to JPG 2000 format by Kirtas Technologies.All titles scanned cover to cover and pages may include marks notations and other marginalia present in the original volume. ... Read more

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Nosta was a Jewish astrologer and magician,' explained the monk, 'and according to his own account, as you see, a pupil of the notorious Michel de Notredame, or Nostradamus. He lived here under the patronage of the Earl until 1601, when Essex was executed. Legend says that he.was not the pupil of Nostradamus, but his master the devil, and that he brought about the fall of his patron. What became of Nosta of Padua nobody knows. ... Read more

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Zahara, staring into the mirror, observed that there was not a wrinkle upon her face, not a flaw upon her perfect skin. Nor in this was she blinded by vanity. Nature, indeed, had cast her in a rare mould, and from her unusual hair, which was like dull gold, to her slender ankles and tiny feet, she was one of the most perfectly fashioned human beings who ever added to the beauty of the world. ... Read more

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Into the brazier Abû Tabâh dropped one by one fragments of the paper upon which he had written what I presumed to be a form of invocation. Immediately, standing between the smoking brazier and the girl, he commenced a subdued muttering. I recognized that I was about to be treated to an exhibition of darb el-mendel, Abû Tabâh being evidently a sahhar, or adept in the art called er-roohânee. ... Read more

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A realistic portrait of a vaudeville troupe against the bizarre backdrop of the East. ... Read more

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Soames uttered a groan of terror, followed by a short, bubbling laugh, but was seized firmly by the arm and led on into the blackness - on through the solid, book-laden walls, presumably; and on - on - on, along those interminable passages by which he had come. Here the air was cooler, and the odor of roses no longer perceptible, no longer stifling him, no longer assailing his nostrils, not as an odor of sweetness, but as a perfume utterly damnable and unholy. With his knees trembling at every step, he marched on, firmly supported by his unseen companion. Stop! directed a metallic, guttural voice. Soames pulled up, and leaned weakly against the wall. He heard the clap of hands close behind him; and a door opened within twelve inches of the spot whereat he stood.He tottered out into the matting-lined corridor from which he had started upon that nightmare journey; Ho-Pin appeared at his elbow, but no door appeared behind Ho-Pin!This is your wroom, said the Chinaman, revealing his yellow teeth in a mirthless smile. ... Read more

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The police theory of the murder (and I was prepared to accept it) was that the assassin had been crouching in hiding behind or beside the cab--or even within the dark interior. He had leaped in and attacked the woman at the moment that the taxi-man had started his engine; if already inside, the deed had proven even easier. Then, during some block in the traffic, he had slipped out unseen, leaving the body of the victim to be discovered when the cab pulled up at the hotel. ... Read more

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Hilary Bruton is a model daughter: beautiful, lively and very wealthy. So when she starts behaving mysteriously her father hires private investigator Storm Kennedy to follow her. The night Kennedy tracks Hilary to a party at Hangover House, the body of a man is discovered stabbed in the chest with a jewelled dagger. When a woman's handkerchief is found at the scene of the crime, Hilary identifies it as hers, but Kennedy is the prime suspect. Then a ghostly figure appears, pointing an accusing finger... ... Read more

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Many of the larger pieces about the place contained drawers and cupboards, and these he systematically opened one after another, without making any discovery of note. Some of the cupboards contained broken pieces of crockery, and more or less damaged curios of one kind and another, but none of them gave him the clue for which he was seeking. ... Read more

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"The Temple of Heaven stands in the outer or Chinese City of Pekin, and is fabulously wealthy. No European, I can swear, had ever entered its secret chambers until last year. One of its most famous treasures was this Key. It was used only to open the special entrance reserved for the Emperor when he came to worship after his succession to the throne--that was, of course, before China became a Republic. ... Read more

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Why won't the little yellow man see the Temple of Heaven ever again?
If you're a Sax Rohmer junkie like me, Amazon may recommend this book to you. I would advise you not to buy it. My copy has only 22 pages. It is supposed to have 48 pages and it does, but only 22 of them are printed. The rest are blank. I tried to email the publisher about this issue but could not find an email address. I next tried to phone the publisher but learned that their number is unlisted. I guess they are too busy holding down barstools at the Great Northern to worry about customer sevice or quality control. If it sounds like I'm angry, I am. My copy ended just as Madame de Medici was telling the little yellow man that he would never see the Temple of Heaven again. I guess I'll never know why. P.S. I rated this book one star only because Amazon apparently won't let you post a review with no stars. ... Read more