Nord Express Passenger Faces Dark Urge On Trip To Ostend
On the Nord-Express bound for Ostend, Dr. David Jebb travels with five year old ward Cynthia Thatener. He contemplates vice and liquor while recounting a mission to Bill Gaines. A minor injury, a revived craving, and a strange chanting scene unfold as a mysterious shanee appears.
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Imprisoned in Uskub of the Thousand Nights
Jebb, waking in a strange room, learns he is caged in a mystic harem world in Uskub. A veiled woman Mirama, narrating her life from Circassia to the Padishah, reveals he is cared for as royal company. Jaffar returns with news of a missing girl as Jebb’s grip on reality wavers.
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Tea monopoly shaped world history and empire power
A Boston Transcript review notes All About Tea by William Akers covers the vast influence of tea on civilizations, politics, and economies. It highlights the East India Company’s monopoly, its role in England’s diet shift from coffee to tea, imperial reach, and competition with the Dutch in Asia.
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Peace and War in One Evening of Tragic Irony
A Spanish Civil War veteran, Diego Corrales Noya, survived the conflict unscathed only to die five hours after taking a peacetime job when a rock fell on him. The anecdotes cover varied curiosities from global life to technology, including the Salvation Army's services in 100 languages and a Burman man’s claim of six wives.
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First White Visitor Reaches Guam March 6 1521
Ferdinand Magellan crew member or associate lands on Guam, the southernmost island of the Marianas, becoming the first recorded white visitor to the South Sea islands.
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