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FishesEye Publishing
Ebooks, Books, DVD slideshows & Windows screensavers from FishesEye Publishing at fisheseye.com - Fiction and non-fiction books, stock photos, multimedia and image/photo collection CDs and DVDs plus wall calendars. Travel, guide books, photo books, history, sci-fi, horror, humor, cookery, recipes, poetry, art, classic erotic novels and photo albums, vintage erotica slideshows, screen savers for Windows, recipe books... English, French and illustrated titles.
Ghost-writing, manuscript preparation and formatting services available. New authors and photographers considered.
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Cannibals and Head-hunters - Vintage Tales of Horrid Feasts (PDF ebook bundle)
Two classic true-life travel tales of encounters with primitive tribes, from opposite sides of the world:
Head Hunters of the Amazon: Seven Years of Exploration & Adventure
Real-life adventurerer Fritz Up de Graff meets Indian head hunting tribes such as the Jivaro. Snakes, alligators, robbers, blow pipes, supernatural rituals, war dances, massacres, shrunken heads, gold mines...
Wanderings Among South Sea Savages by H. Wilfrid Walker
From 1909, Walker’s travels in the South Seas archipelagoes: Borneo, Fiji, Papua New Guinea and the Philipines. Bearded women, gruesome accounts of cannibalism feasts and rituals, black magic, headhunting raids.... the fearsome Dayak people. This electronic PDF edition is illustrated with period prints, photos & maps, and features “mock parchment paper” to enhance the look and feel of an aged travel edition.
NOTE: Two ebooks in PDF format, supplied as a single compressed ZIP file (you will require Winzip or a similar utility - not supplied)
Download: $3.99
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People of the Abyss
A travelogue with a difference! In 1902 the American novelist Jack London went underground in England's capital, to provide an eye-witness narrative of the shocking squalor of the notorious East End. He found that for the poor and criminal classes, little had changed since the grim days of Queen Victoria's reign. The first edition sold out with twenty four hours.
Jack London's evocative narrative is offered here unabridged, enhanced with hyperlinks, period illustrations, maps & biographical notes. PDF version features mock parchment paper effect.
Download: $2.99
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Travels in Morocco
Richardson's journey through Morocco, visiting the Imperial Cities and rural Moorish villages. Includes unique eye-witness descriptions of traditional customs and ceremonies, Arab, Jewish and Berber life, local sports and combat, snake-charming and white slavery.
This electronic edition features the original text from Volumes 1 and 2 of this classic travelogue, illustrated with period photos and maps of 19th Century Morocco, and with bibliographic notes. PDF version features mock parchment paper effect.
Download: $2.99
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Travels in West Africa (Congo Francais, Corisco and Cameroons)
Vintage travel literature - a vivid account of the Victorian spinster's journey through the African jungle: tribal fetishes, tropical disease, mountains and rapids. This electronic edition is annotated with biographical notes, plus numerous period photos and maps of 19th Century West Africa. A classic travelogue.
PDF version features mock parchment paper effect.
Download: $2.99
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The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia, and the Sword Hunters of the Hamran Arabs
The original text, from one of Baker's most daring colonial adventures. His account of a 14 month voyage through the dangerous tribes of Abyssinia, his encounters with wild animals, culminating in the discovery of Lake Albert, for which Baker was knighted. Annotated with biographical notes, plus many of the original line art illustrations, plus period photos and maps of 19th Century Abyssinia (Ethiopia). Copies of the original publication are scarce, and expensive.
Buy this ebook version and enjoy Baker's classic for a fraction of the price. PDF version features mock parchment paper effect.
Download: $2.99
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Eight Years' Wanderings in Ceylon
The original evocative and amusing text, from this ripping colonial adventure.
Hunting and fishing stories from 1845, plus ethnic observations, annotated with biographical notes, plus vintage photos, prints and maps of 19th Century Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Highly recommended entertainment for fans of classic travel literature!
Download: $2.99
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Travels in Nubia
First published in 1829 by Johann Ludwig (aka John Lewis) Burckhardt.
One of the first narratives by a European traveler to explore the desert lands of Arabia. This edition features the original two volume text by the Swiss explorer, enhanced with hyperlinks and biographical notes, and illustrated with period prints and maps of Arabia. PDF version features mock parchment paper effect. A fascinating travelogue.
Download: $2.99
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Cuba in War Time
One of the most famous war correspondents of his day, "Dick" Davis provides a captivating account of his own part in the guerilla fighting leading up to Cuba's Spanish-American War of Independence. First published in 1897.
This ebook version features the graphic and stirring original text, annotated with biographical notes, illustrated with period photos and maps of Cuba. PDF version features mock parchment paper effect.
Download: $2.95
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Among the Tibetans
1894
Isabella Lucy Bird's account of her journey by horse (and yak!) into the Himalayan kingdoms of Ladakh and Tibet. The original text, first published in 1894, with biographical notes, illustrated with period photos and maps of Ladakh and Tibet. A fascinating cross-cultural voyage of exploration. An astonishing Victorian travelogue.
Download: $2.95
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Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah
(Originally published by the notorious Leonard Smithers, friend and patron of Aubrey Beardsley and Oscar Wilde. Edited by Isabel Burton)The original text from Volumes 1 and 2 of this fascinating travelogue by the famous and erudite Victorian soldier, linguist and explorer, who travelled Arabia in disguise, often posing as a doctor; seventy years before Lawrence of Arabia. Filled with colorful characters: "kayf"or hashish-smoking policemen, fakirs, slaves, courtesans, strange ceremonies, sudden violent deaths, constant aphrodisiac and drug-taking.
It has lost none of its power over the years. With period illustrations, maps, selected footnotes and appendices; annotated with biographical notes. PDF version features mock parchment paper effect.
Download: $2.99
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The Voyage Of The Beagle by Charles Darwin
The full original text: highlights from the journal Darwin kept during the five year round-the-world voyage he took on HMS Beagle, between 1831 and 1836. Not simply the record of a 19th century voyage of exploration.
The animal and plant species that Darwin encountered in South America, the Galapagos Islands and the Pacific inspired him to formulate his theory of natural selection, as set out in the Origin of the Species - one of the most influential watersheds in modern science and philosophy. Everyone should read this classic travelogue!
This ebook edition features the original text, set in typographical fonts, illustrated with 19th century engravings (many in colour) and maps, plus biographical notes. PDF version features mock parchment look-and-feel.
Download: $2.99
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The Art of Leonardo Da Vinci - Screensaver Slideshow for Windows
30 of Leonardo's finest paintings and drawings, digitized and compiled as a screen saver. See the Vitruvian Man, The Jaconde or Mona Lisa, and many more, in your computer's idle moments - a great source of inspiration from one of history's great genius inventors and artists, a true Renaissance Man!
This slideshow collection is supplied as a .EXE installation file for Windows, with beautiful random transition effects between each image. A novel personal statement for your computer, or gift to amuse a friend!
Once installed, to edit screensaver parameters, open your computer's Control Panel, select the Display icon, click on the Screensaver tab, and choose "Da Vinci Art" from the list.
Download: $3.99
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Impressionist Master Painters - Windows Screensaver
A selection of some of the best works by Impressionist and Post-impressionist Master painters: dozens of digital images of paiintings by artists such as Cezanne, Gauguin, Monet, Degas, Manet, Pissarro, Van Gogh, Toulouse-Lautrec, compiled as a screensaver slideshow, with random transition effects between each picture. A great computer "branding statement" for artists, gallery owners, etc, or a novel gift for art lovers.
Supplied as a .EXE installation file for Windows. Once installed, to edit screensaver parameters, open your computer's Control Panel, select the Display icon, click on the Screensaver tab, and choose "Impressionists Painters" from the list.
Download: $4.99
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Art of Van Gogh - A Screensaver Slideshow for Windows
A collection of dozens of artist Vincent Van Gogh's paintings, digitized and compiled as a screensaver slideshow for Windows. A sample of pictures from all the phases of the Post-Impressionist Master painter's artistic career: Holland, Paris, Arles: landscapes, portraits, still life... A great computer "branding statement" for artists, gallery owners, etc, or a novel gift for art lovers.
Supplied as a .EXE installation file for Windows, with beautiful random transition effects between each image.
Once installed, to edit screensaver parameters, open your computer's Control Panel, select the Display icon, click on the Screensaver tab, and choose "Art of Van Gogh" from the list.
Download: $4.99
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A Toulouse-Lautrec Screensaver
Images of dozens of Lautrec's paintings and posters plus vintage postcards of late 19th century Paris.
No artist's work captures the spirit of the Bohemian, Belle Epoque Paris of the late 19th-century than that of the crippled painter Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.
Once installed, to edit screensaver parameters, open your computer's Control Panel, select the Display icon, click on the Screensaver tab, and choose "Toulouse Lautrec" from the list.
Download: $4.99
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Bohemian 19th Century Paris - Ebook and Screensaver Bundle
Special Offer - two ebook guides to literary and artistic Paris of the 19th century, plus a great art screensaver
** Baudelaire's Paris - an illustrated ebook tour guide (normal price $3.75)
** Toulouse-Lautrec's Paris - an illustrated ebook tour guide (normal price $3.75)
** Plus, FREE! Toulouse-Lautrec - Screensaver for Windows (as sold separately for $4.99!!) - images of dozens of Lautrec's paintings and posters plus vintage postcards of late 19th century Paris.
Save $$$!!! Buy and Download all three now for just $ 5.99, less than the normal price of the two ebooks!
Download: $5.99
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Ancient Egypt - Old Engravings - Screensaver
A digital album of vintage prints, paintings and lithographs on the theme of Egypt, compiled in screensaver format for Windows. The Pharaonic monuments, ruined temples, and antique views of the Pyramids, Sphinx, River Nile and venerable Egyptian cities, including Cairo, Luxor, Thebes, Abel Simbel, Aswan, Karnak, Philae, captured by Victorian and Napoleonic Egyptologists, and artists including Champollion, and David Roberts in his famous three volume study, "Egypt and Nubia". Plus several old maps of Egypt. More than 75 fantastic images in a rolling slideshow!
Price now just $5.99
Download: $4.99
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Flowering Plants - Vintage Print Screensaver
From the pages of the great Victorian Botanists, dozens of 19th century chromolithographs and hand colored illustrations of flowers, plants, trees, scanned and compiled as a screen saver for Windows. These beautiful, antique botanical lithos, drawaings and engravings will brighten your screen and transport you far from your office, to a wild garden filled with exotic blooms. Includes lilies, roses, orchids and many other species. Ideal for keen gardeners or flower fanciers! Makes an unusual and impressive gift, for a small price! Add a bouquet of fresh images to your screen today...
Supplied as a .EXE installation file, with random transition effects between each image. Once installed, to edit screensaver parameters, open your computer's Control Panel, select the Display icon, click on the Screensaver tab, and choose "Flowering Plant Prints" from the list
Download: $4.99
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London, New York, Paris - Vintage Capital Screensaver
Over 120 vintage postcard images from three of the world's greatest capital cities. Landmarks, historic buildings, early skyscrapers, bridges, parks, night scenes...
Ideal and original identity or branding statement for architects, tourism or travel businesses. Makes an interesting and unusual gift.
Supplied as a .EXE installation file for Windows, with random transition effects between each image.
Once installed, to edit screensaver parameters, open your computer's Control Panel, select the Display icon, click on the Screensaver tab, and choose "London, Paris, NYC" from the list.
Download: $5.99
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50 Classic Dogs - Screensaver for Windows
More than 50 vintage postcards, old prints and photos of dogs, puppies and their owners. Includes funny, cute and heart-warming images of many canine races, including pets and working breeds, from around the world.
Ideal screensaver for all dog and animal lovers, or for your pet's computer!
Supplied as a .EXE installation file for Windows, with random transition effects between each image.
Once installed, to edit screensaver parameters, open your computer's Control Panel, select the Display icon, click on the Screensaver tab, and choose "50 Classic Dogs" from the list.
- To browse all our Windows screen savers visit our Cool Screensavers site at http://coolscreen.100free.com
Download: $4.99
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