To find an original English translation of the Bible that dates back to 1566 is indeed a rare thing. But a copy of King Henry VIII’s “Great Bible” from this time has turned up in England…
Elizabethan Bible in English From 1566
Bartitsu, The Victorian Era Mixed Martial Art
Although we tend to take the Japanese martial arts for granted these days, back in Victorian times they were pretty much unknown outside Japan. Queen Victoria ascended to the throne in 1837 beginning the Victorian era…
Hunting in Central Asia; Classic and Antique Books
Having been originally educated in an English boys school and thence to college I developed a passion for books, but I don’t read fiction. Add to that one part of the world I’ve been blessed with…
History of Rocketry and Space Travel
Wernher Von Braun’s book “History of Rocketry and Space Travel” co written by he and Frederick I. Ordway III is the defining book on the subject written by the man who pioneered rocketry with the World…
The Life of Frederick Courtenay Selous
When he was a boy at boarding school young Freddy Selous was found by a schoolmaster laying on the cold floor beside his bed in the middle of the night. When asked by the schoolmaster what…
Prone and Long Range Rifle Shooting by Nancy Tompkins
A few decades ago when I first started pistol shooting I met a man with a sad story to tell. He’d taken up pistol shooting because he liked handguns as guys commonly do. His wife, not…
