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Anthology of fascinating historical and scientific facts and links to relevant Web sources.

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... The First Book of Factoids First Published on the Links and Factoids Study List http://groups.yahoo.com/group... ...roduced in any manner without written permission from: Lidija Rangelovska – write to: palma@unet.com.mk Visit the Author Archive of Dr. Sam Vakn... ...written permission from: Lidija Rangelovska – write to: palma@unet.com.mk Visit the Author Archive of Dr. Sam Vaknin in "Central Europe Review": ... ... M XIII. N XIV. O XV. P-Q XVI. R XVII. S XVIII. T XIX. U-V-W XX. X-Y-Z XXI. The Author XXII. About "After the Rain" A Abdication Crisis ... ...Even as she was being wooed by her regal paramour - and while still being married to Ernest Aldrich Simpson, who knew of the Prince's attentions a... ...e second time, dined with her and her husband in their London flat and invited them to his country retreat - she did not captivate him. He did take ... ...ii. During the day, it is buried deep in the sand. It emerges to hunt at nightfall. Moonlight is its mortal enemy: conveniently for its predators, t... ...ts a blue glow from a "light organ". The luminosity perfectly matches the amount of moonlight filtering through the water, rendering the squid indi... ...n consultant to aircraft manufacturers. Later, the US Army sent him on clandestine missions to the Pacific and Europe. But he never regained his st...

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...One evening in September 1991, Kabbalist Rabash summoned his prime student, Michael Laitman, to his bedside and handed him a notebook, whose cover contained one word-Shamati (I Heard), containing transcripts of Rabash's conversations with his father, Yehuda Ashlag, author of a complete commentary on The Zohar. The fo...

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...ook may be used or reproduced in any manner without written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical... ........................................................................20 3. The Matter of Spiritual Attainment ........................................... ...al Attainment .............................................. 21 4. What Is the Reason for the Heaviness One Feels when Annulling before the Creator in... ......................................80 26. One’s Future Depends and Is Tied to Gratitude for the P ast ....... 82 27. What Is “The Lord Is High and the... ....................................................84 29. When Thoughts Come to a Person .............................................85 30. The Most Im... ... .............................................85 30. The Most Important Is to Want Only to Bestow ........................85 31. All that Pleases the ... ...aham save Lot? After all, there is a rule: one angle does not perform two missions.” However, this is a single issue, since there has to remain a Re... ... said? Now we can understand the words of our sages: “Israel count by the moon and the nations of the world, by the sun” (Sukkah 29). Thus, the sunl... ... they did not want to delight in the Light of the Torah, considered “the moon,” which receives from His Light, being the light of the sun, that is,...

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A second volume of short stories and poetry translated from the Hebrew.

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...ed or reproduced in any manner without written permission from: Lidija Rangelovska – write to: palma@unet.com.mk or to vaknin@link.com.mk Short ... ... C O N T E N T S Short Fiction A Beheaded Cart Language of Black and Red On the Bus to Town The Butterflies are Laughing The Con Man ... ... N T E N T S Short Fiction A Beheaded Cart Language of Black and Red On the Bus to Town The Butterflies are Laughing The Con Man Cometh J... ...own The Butterflies are Laughing The Con Man Cometh Janusz Courts Dinah My Affair with Jesus The Last Days The Future of Madeleine The Out Kid Pierre'... ...ffair with Jesus The Last Days The Future of Madeleine The Out Kid Pierre's Friends Death of the Poet Redemption Shalev is Silent Pet Snail Write Me a... ...Nothing is Happening at Home Poetry of Healing and Abuse Our Love Alivid Moi Aussi Cutting to Existence A Hundred Children The Old Gods Wander In t... ...ed slumber. It's just the two of us against the weary staff. As autumn night is pierced by moonlight, the practiced smiles are lifted, wiped is the... ...tling corridor. He told me about the order. They study several years, embark on charitable missions in far-flung countries, and then take vows. I r... ...ed on the water. The lake was silver struck and boats bobbed up and down abstracted waves. Moon, cleaved by stooping branches, hills vaporising into...

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...Reading age 10+ You might not know it but you, everyone you know and the world itself are all but figments in the imagination of a Storyteller on another planet. Each night foolish creatures called Bloons gather around him to listen to the latest crazy antics of Hoomanity. But it seems as thou...

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...’s your movie – if you don’t like it just write yourself a better part in the script!” and Gal, who showed me how magic happens. Copyright © Tom Gla... ...s, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher. First published in Great Britain in ... ...ad, Stoke Mandeville, Aylesbury, Bucks, HP22 5UE Bozoandthestoryteller.com The moral right for the author has been asserted A CIP catalogue record of ... ...he who heard the f rst tentative pages some years before I felt conf dent to tackle the tale in earnest, and her encouragement helped plant the seed... ...encouragement helped plant the seed. Jim read some of the f rst chapters to his brother, Nicky and urged me to bring the rest of Bloonland to life.... ... the plot and Nathalie’s enthusiasm meant a lot. Uni was the f rst person to read the entire book and the child in her was alive enough to enter int... ... 1 The Storyteller The Storyteller W ith the rising of the second crescent moon over the Kraggy Mountains, the Bloons realised that it was almost ... ...im. ‘Why me?’ he groaned. ‘Why anyone?’ Simon countered. ‘We all have our missions in life. Yours is just a bit bigger than most people’s, is all.’ ... ...hen remembered Simon’s answer back in London: Why anyone? We all have our missions in life. Yours is just a bit bigger than most people’s, is all. H...

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Excerpt: Soldiers Three: The Story of the Gadsbys in Black and White by Rudyard Kipling.

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...Contents THE GOD FROM THE MACHINE .............................................................................................................................................. 4 OF THOSE CALLED ..........................................

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...Soldiers Three The Story of the Gadsbys In Black and White By Rudyard Kipling A Penn State Electronic... ...pling A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Soldiers Three: The Story of the Gadsbys in Black and White by Rudyard Kipling is a publica... ...y of the Gadsbys in Black and White by Rudyard Kipling is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...e Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access... ... works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cover Design: Jim Manis; reproduction of Landscape bet... ... had never been eaten before, and set two sentries at the door of the room to hold the trays of programme-cards. My friend, Private Mulvaney, was one ... ...t wid the blanket roun’ me an’ coughed an’ thanked the Saints there was no moon that night. 11 Rudyard Kipling ‘Whin all was in the house again, I ni... ... the screw was thudding. They spread, dull silver, un- der the haze of the moonlight till they joined the low coast of Malacca away to the eastward. T... ...ge of the Buria Kol, he will laugh—not because he bears any malice against missions, but because he himself saw the vengeance of Dungara executed upon...

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...Excerpt: Chapter 1. Marseilles -- The Arrival. On the 24th of February, 1810, the look-out at Notre-Dame de la Garde signalled the three-master, the Pharaon from Smyrna, Trieste, and Naples. As usual, a pilot put off immediately, and rounding the Chateau d?If...

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...ne by Alexandre Dumas A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Count of Monte Cristo Volume One by Alexandre Dumas is a publication of... ...he Count of Monte Cristo Volume One by Alexandre Dumas is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnishe... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...Docu- ment File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access... ... works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cover Design: Jim Manis; sketch of Dumas in 1869, Fren... ...he vessel between Cape Morgion and Rion island. Immediately, and according to custom, the ramparts of Fort Saint- Jean were covered with spectators; i... ...us, have “kissed his mother earth.” It was dark, but at eleven o’clock the moon rose in the midst of the ocean, whose every wave she silvered, and the... ...e coachman to be ready at eight. He wished to show Albert the Colosseum by moonlight, as he had shown him Saint Peter’s by daylight. When we show a fr... ...milar to other conquer- ors, and it was necessary for both to reveal their missions, that they might be known and acknowledged; one was compelled to s...

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...ction. Whether as children we were taught at a church Sunday school or some other religious institution, or weabsorbed simple social assumptions from the culture we live in, none of us grow up in a religious vacuum. Through most of history the majority of people appear to have been reasonably satisfied with the religious culture which went hand in hand with their social st...

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...THE RELIGIOUS DIMENSION THE RELIGIOUS DIMENSION by DONALD BROADRIBB With contributions by Marilyn H... ...contributions by Marilyn Holly and Norma Lyons Second Edition Published by the Author York, Western Australia 2006 The first edition of this book was... ...Western Australia 2006 The first edition of this book was published under the title The Mystical Chorus by Millennium Books [an imprint of E.J. Dwyer... ...th an Apple iMac. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The authors are grateful for permission to use material from the following: Joseph Epes Brown (ed.), The Sacred Pi... ...Harper Collins Publishers Inc., New York, 1972. Every effort has been made to trace and obtain permission from the copyright holders of material quote... ... And Material Worlds Religious Belief Systems Versus An Emotional Response To God Religion As An Organized System An Example Of Interrelated Religious... ...ords coming with new meanings, the same voices and visions and leading and missions, the same controlling by extraneous powers… It is evident that fro... ... tasks and may also be too old to hunt. The newly initiated may be sent on missions of introduction to neighboring related groups where there are pote... ...heir reli- gion. Even in the early 1960s, under the influence of Christian missions, the Gogo community in the same northwest area dis- posed of all t...

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...The Path of Splitness is a major non fiction work of 1,868 pages: This is the latest revised version. The book analyzes and explains: 1: The origins of our Universe: where it came from and how it was created. 2: Basic ...

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...Chapter 1: The Universe. Pgs 1-112 How the Universe came into being. Chapter 2: Life Pgs 113-131 Structural dynamics of the Universe and Life Chapter 3: Hominids Pgs 132-187 A: How we evolved into Humans ...

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...right January 29th 2001 Canadian Copyright: 1072425 Nov 12 th 2009 Due to the ideas presented in this book, I have had to use various terms an... ...ht January 29th 2001 Canadian Copyright: 1072425 Nov 12 th 2009 Due to the ideas presented in this book, I have had to use various terms and ... ...e various terms and words that are not found in dictionaries: beginning with the title. The word: ‘Splitness’ is used to describe two complimentar... ...nd in dictionaries: beginning with the title. The word: ‘Splitness’ is used to describe two complimentary, simultaneous conditions: Connection, an... ...ary, simultaneous conditions: Connection, and Separation. This book explores the logical extrapolation of this, and other Dynamics. My challenge t... ...explores the logical extrapolation of this, and other Dynamics. My challenge to the reader is simple. Is this book true, or not? ... ... aborted mission. An abortion. Why was it a botched abortion? Because 12 missions had already been done. The full cycle of 12 were fully playe... ...echanical attempt to impregnate a dead moon and give it Life. The Apollo Missions to the moon were literal transliterations of the human subcons... ...hey did not want to even waste the time and expense of establishing religious missions like the Spanish had done to excuse their rapacity for gold, ...

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...Overpopulation is responsible for many of our planet's problems--global warming, the lack of fresh water, poverty, high gasoline and food prices, air and water pollutions, the scarcity of natural resources, the excess of wastes and their proper disposal, and even some wars. In the year 2020 Commander Lemu...

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...a-- BOOK 4 A Look at Human Values by Lemuel Gulliver XVI as told to Jacqueline Slow Art Work by Susie Kleiner © 2008 ISBN 978-0... ... ISBN 978-0-9823076-3-2 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS IN THE HOTEL .................................................................... ...—AND UNDERSTAND OUR THINKING ............... 24 OUR BASIC ASSUMPTIONS -- THE FOUNDATIONS OF OUR VALUES ......................... 28 SELF-CENTERED A... .............................................................. 56 PROOFS FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD ......................................................... ............................................... 130 THE WELFARE STATE—CRADLE TO GRAVE BENEFITS ........................................... 133 RETIREME... ...................................................... 176 THEORY AS A START TO SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY ........................................................ ...Earth wasn't flat. Then we learned about light years. Then we went to the moon. And here am I, the first traveler around the solar system. I certain... ... Lee, we don‘t find Saudi princes or Pakistani presidents driving suicide missions.‖ ---―What sort of values do those practicing child sexua... ...ri‘s killing of Shi‘ite 224 children or adults in the suicide bombing missions he ordered in Iraq. Should someone of authority prioritize religi...

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...Special Lieutenant Jewels Enbran, a human telepath unable to shield her mind from thoughts, uses telepathic anchors who protect her vulnerable mind. Her current anchor, Colonel Jeremy Lingley, is nearing burnout. An alien race is seeking an alliance with Earth and the pair are assig...

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... is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously, and any ... ...of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events or loca... ...establishments, events or locales is entirely incidental. Without limiting the rights under the copyright reserved above, no part of this publication ... ... (electronic, mechanical, by photocopying, recording or otherwise) without the prior written permission of the copyright owner and the publisher of t... ...port of the author's rights is appreciated. Author Acknowledgments I have to say that without a lot of support and help, none of the stories that swi... ... none of the stories that swirl around in my head would have ever made it to the light of day. With that being said, I want to thank Lyn Ehley, Allan... ...o date. And with Colonel Lingley’s help, Lt. Enbran’s number of successful missions is the highest in the history of Psi-Ops.” Jewels squirmed, embar... ...t out already!” “I can't be your anchor anymore. I should have stopped two missions ago, but you needed me. I did it against Doc's orders.” Jewels wa... ...o assist.” “My King, the ten Lupine dreadnoughts have stopped near Earth's moon.” “Dex, sound the alarm. Battle stations. We must protect our allies. ...

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...When newbie slayer Savannah Marshall lands her first assignment, she doesn't plan on meeting the vamp of her dreams. Staking Donatello Ravell might not have been the best way to start a relationship but it sure gets her in more trouble than she bargained for. With two days to stop an insane vampire from starting a wa...

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...J. Morgan ISBN 10: 1-936000-00-8 ISBN 13: 978-1-936000-00-5 Published in the United States of America Publish Date: March 29, 2009 Editor-In-... ...ing or by any information retrieval and storage system without permission of the publisher. Names, characters and incidents depicted in this book... ...er. Names, characters and incidents depicted in this book are products of the author’s imagination, or are used in a fictitious situation. Any r... ...uthor’s imagination, or are used in a fictitious situation. Any resemblance to actual events, locations, organizations, incidents or persons – livi... ...t have been possible without the support of a lot of people. First I’d like to thank Lynne for making me get off my butt to write the original vers... ...e get off my butt to write the original version of this book. Then I’d like to send a shout out to my good friend Savannah Chase, who was the inspi... ... Staking him hadn’t worked. “Nothing. Look, let’s get going. We’re burning moonlight.” Something in the way he artfully — not — dodged my questio... ...r twelve over the years. A bank of clouds moved eastward, shedding a halo of moonlight around me. Oops, looked like He wasn’t letting me off so eas... ...d was a memory half the time, and a shadow flittering into our lives between missions the rest of the time. After Mom’s death, the missions had run...

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...The history of four terrorist organizations in the Balkans and a general introduction to terrorism and freedom fighting. Also includes essays about religious co-existence in the Balkans and about pathological narcissism as a ...

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...produced in any manner without written permission from: Lidija Rangelovska – write to: palma@unet.com.mk or to vaknin@link.com.mk Visit the Au... ...dija Rangelovska – write to: palma@unet.com.mk or to vaknin@link.com.mk Visit the Author Archive of Dr. Sam Vaknin in "Central Europe Review": ... ...DONIA C O N T E N T S I. Terrorists and Freedom Fighters II. Macedonia to the Macedonians III. The Black Hand IV. The Insurgents and t... ...IA C O N T E N T S I. Terrorists and Freedom Fighters II. Macedonia to the Macedonians III. The Black Hand IV. The Insurgents and the ... ... the Macedonians III. The Black Hand IV. The Insurgents and the Swastika V. KLA – The Army of Liberation VI. Appendix: Pathological Narcissism, Gr... ... of the same moral principles being sought. The law of diminishing returns applies to morality." Thomas Sowell There's a story about Robespierre ... ...corated Croat Lieutenant General, Agim Ceku and charged with fire fighting, rescue missions and the like). Thousands of KLA members found jobs (or ... ...tion, charms them, appeals to their reason, or to their emotions, and promises the Moon. Again, the narcissist's incontrovertible powers of persua...

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...Why do Asians really get straight A's? Why do Asians really become doctors and lawyers? Why do Asians really play the piano? Many people believe that the reason has to do with the pressure to perform and the pressure to conform, however, it goes much deeper than that—much, much deeper! This didactic novel reveals the truths about Asian c...

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...Why do Asians really become doctors and lawyers? Why do Asians really play the piano? Many people believe that the reason has to do with the press... ...y do Asians really play the piano? Many people believe that the reason has to do with the pressure to perform and the pressure to conform, however,... ...y people believe that the reason has to do with the pressure to perform and the pressure to conform, however, it goes much deeper than that much, mu... ...oes much deeper than that much, much deeper! This didactic novel — reveals the truths about Asian culture, which will shock you to the marrow of yo... ...dactic novel — reveals the truths about Asian culture, which will shock you to the marrow of your bones and open a hidden world of long-guarded — s... ...tion Copyright © 2008 by Anson Chi. All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form whatsoever. Any p... ... of UCI, like being an agent for the FBI or running tactical reconnaissance missions for Special Ops; it's just simply a matter of respect. I don't ... ... Asian culture has a notoriously long laundry list. From Never point at the moon or your ears will get chopped off to Do not keep a pet turtle or it ...

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...“The Odyssey is not an adventure story. It is, rather, a book of wisdom that explains the art of humanity’s journey toward becoming artists of life and of the life of the universe. It tells the tale of a love story that is bas...

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...Contents SECESSION FROM THE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND ................................................................ 4 TOILETTE OF THE HEBREW LADY........................................................................................ 43 CHARLEMAGNE........

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...says and Other Papers: Volume Two by Thomas de Quincey is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone associated with the Pennsylvania State University assumes any responsibility for the materi... ...e Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access... ... works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cover Design: Jim Manis Copyright © 2005 The Pennsylva... ... events as may arise for the next five years, whether fitted or not fitted to revive discussions in which many of the Non- seceders went in various de... ...tesy, the very idea of a call des- tined to be inoperative, is and must be moonshine. Yet be- tween two moonshines, some people, it seems, can tell wh... ...of the scale on which our modern contributions proceed for the purposes of missions to barbarous nations, of circulating the Scriptures, (whether thro... ...es into a pseudo-General Assembly. When there are two suns visible, or two moons, the real one and its duplicate, we call 28 Theological Essays and O...

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Excerpt: A Romance of the South Seas by Herman Melville.

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...e A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION Typee: A Romance of the South Seas by Herman Melville is a publication of the Pennsylvania Stat... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor any- o... ...ate University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor any- one associated with the Pennsylvania State University assumes any responsibility for the mate- ... ...Docu- ment File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access... ... works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cover Design: Jim Manis Copyright © 2001 The Pennsylva... ...who now-a-days see anything like stirring adventure; and many things which to fire-side people ap- pear strange and romantic, to them seem as common-p... ...ick,’ is Melville’s most striking delineation. The errors of the South Sea missions are pointed out with even more force than in ‘Typee,’ and it is a ... ...o gain any insight into their peculiar customs and manners. The Protestant Missions appear to have despaired of re- claiming these islands from heathe... ...- ties served to while away the time. The young girls very often danced by moonlight in front of their dwellings. There are a great variety of these d...

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...Excerpt: The journey which this little book is to describe was very agreeable and fortunate for me. After an uncouth beginning, I had the best of luck to the end. But we are all travelers in what John Bunyan calls the wilderness of th...

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... by Robert Louis Stevenson Travels with a Donkey in the Cevenne by Robert Louis Steve... ...y kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University... ... her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor any- one associated with the Pennsylvania State University... ...itor, Hazleton, PA 18201-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of liter... ...ent publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cover Design... ... with a Donkey in the Cevenne by Robert Louis Stevenson MY DEAR SIDNEY COLVIN, THE JOURNEY WHICH this little book is to describe was very agreeable an... ...herto unheard of in that dis- trict. I was looked upon with contempt, like a man who should project a journey to the moon, but yet with a re- spectful... ...moignon de Bavile – Francois de Langlade du Chayla (pro- nounce Cheila), Archpriest of the Cevennes and Inspector of Missions in the same country, had... ...ir brethren and the destruction of the priests. The next night, 24th July 1702, a sound disturbed the In- spector of Missions as he sat in his prison-...

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Excerpt: In The South Seas by Robert Louis Stevenson.

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...Excerpt: It is nearly eight years since this book was first published. I present it, unaltered, in the Cheap Edition; and such of my opinions as it expresses, are quite unaltered too. My readers have opportunities of judging for themselves whether the influences and tendencies which I distrust in America, have any existenc...

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...an Notes for General Circulation by Charles Dickens is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ..., for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk . Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone associated with the Pennsylvania State University assumes any responsibility for the materi... ...Docu ment File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access... ... works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Copyright © 1999 The Pennsylvania State University The... ...ersity. American Notes for General Circulation by Charles Dickens PREFACE TO THE FIRST CHEAP EDITION OF “AMERICAN NOTES” It is nearly eight years sin... ...f time after the ar rival of the railway train at Euston Square. And com missions and remembrances do so crowd upon one at such a time, that we were... ...nto Halifax Harbour, on the fifteenth night, with little wind and a bright moon — indeed, we had made the Light at its outer entrance, and put the pil... ...with the best whip in those parts. Setting forth on one of her patri otic missions, she appropriated to herself the first horse she could lay her han...

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...Excerpt: At sunrise on a first of April there appeared, suddenly as Manco Capac at the lake Titicaca, a man in cream-colors, at the water-side in the city of St. Louis. His cheek was fair, his chin downy, his hair flaxen, his hat a white fur one, with a long fleecy nap. He had neither trunk, valise, carpet-...

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...an By Herman Melville A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Confidence-Man by Herman Melville is a publication of the Pennsylvania ... ... for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Nei- ther the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone associated with the Pennsylvania State University assumes any responsibility for the materi... ...e Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in En- glish, to free and easy acce... ...orks of literature, in En- glish, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cover Design: Jim Manis Copyright © 2002 The Pennsylva... ...itudes or cities, he held on his way along the lower deck until he chanced to come to a placard nigh the captain’s office, offering a reward for the c... ...tah.” “Humbug!” “Singular innocence.” “Means something.” “Spirit-rapper.” “Moon-calf.” “Piteous.” “T rying to enlist interest.” “Beware of him.” “Fast... ...y applied to such objects, and in such modes, as the various charities and missions, in general congress repre- sented, might decree; whereby, in four... ...ing of means now in operation.” “Magnifying and energizing. For one thing, missions I 41 Melville would thoroughly reform. Missions I would quicken w...

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Excerpt: Omoo: Adventures in the South Seas by Herman Melville.

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...e A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Omoo: Adventures in the South Seas by Herman Melville is a publication of the Pennsylvania Stat... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor any- o... ...ate University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor any- one associated with the Pennsylvania State University assumes any responsibility for the mate- ... ...Docu- ment File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access... ... works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cover Design: Jim Manis Copyright © 2002 The Pennsylva... ... that broke the broad expanse of the ocean. On approaching, she turned out to be a small, slatternly- looking craft, her hull and spars a dingy black,... ...proar, we rushed up from below, and found the poor fellows swinging in the moonlight from the tops and lower yard-arms, like a parcel of pirates gibbe... ...missionaries were sent; and from their shores also, have sailed successive missions to the neighbouring islands. These, with other events which might ... ...the express purpose of im- parting information on the subject of Christian missions in Polynesia. And he frankly acknowledges, moreover, that they ar...

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...Joseph Conrad A P ENN S TAT E E LECTRONIC C LASSICS S ERIES P UBLICA TION The Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad is a publication of the Pennsylvania Stat... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...ate University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone associ- ated with the Pennsylvania State University assumes any responsibility for the materi... ...Document File pro- duced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access... ... works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cover Design: Jim Manis Copyright © 2001 The Pennsylva... ... num- bers of ancient French comic publications hung across a string as if to dry; a dingy blue china bowl, a casket of black wood, bottles of marking... ...nswer, after a moment of sulky hesitation. “I’ve been charged with several missions to Lon- don while His Excellency Baron Stott-Wartenheim was still ... ...the ticket-of-leave apostle, smiled vaguely with his glued lips; his pasty moon face drooped under the weight of melancholy assent. He had been a pris... ... to sending him to a cottage she had in the country. The ex-prisoner could moon about the shady lanes for days together in a delicious 39 Joseph Conr...

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...Preface: What is exaggeration to one class of minds and perceptions, is plain truth to another. That which is commonly called a long-sight, perceives in a prospect innumerable features and bearings non-existent to a short-sighted person. I sometimes ask m...

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...rtesan’s Life by Honoré de Balzac, trans. James Waring is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone associated with the Pennsylvania State University assumes any responsibility for the materi... ...e Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access... ... works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cover Design: Jim Manis Copyright © 2002 The Pennsylva... ...oets, A Distinguished Pro- vincial at Paris, and Eve and David. Dedication To His Highness Prince Alfonso Serafino di Porcia. Allow me to place your n... ...hange of name. Herrera lived very obscurely, as priests employed on secret missions traditionally live. He fulfilled his religious duties at Saint-Sul... ...ng of the charm of a walk in the woods on a fine night. The stillness, the moonlight effects, the solitude, have the sooth- ing effect of a bath. Esth... ...que in his power of discovering State se- crets; we often send him on such missions. Inform Derville that he will have a lieutenant in the case. Our s...

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...Excerpt: The life and adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, containing a Faithful Account of the Fortunes, Misfortunes, Uprisings, Downfallings and Complete Career of the Nickelby Family by Charles Dickens....

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...onathan Cross 2 J.Cross/Artemis THE VATICAN CONSPIRACY A Novel by Jonathan Cross ... ...s 3 J.Cross/Artemis CHAPTER 1 THE VATICAN Pope Francis lithely entered into the small chapel n... ... THE VATICAN Pope Francis lithely entered into the small chapel next to his private quarters. The dark chapel was dimly lit by a row of fli... ...pe Francis lithely entered into the small chapel next to his private quarters. The dark chapel was dimly lit by a row of flickering votive candles th... ...supplicant tradition, and kissed the crucifix as he closed his eyes and began to recite out-loud the Five Holy Mysteries of the Rosary. His nightl... ...e Rosary. His nightly reverie, before bed, calmed him and connected his soul to the sublime obedience of God. During these moments of prayer, he pu... ...ndidacy, but I'm no more interested in becoming President than the man in the moon." "I don't understand," Radcliff said, raising an eyebrow. "I'... ...group. Many of them had never met each other. But, this was the Mother of all missions. As the motorcade parked in front of the villa, Gonzales' m... ...es it concern you?" Soule’ asked softly. "Is it not the same as the dozens of missions we've done together?" Hakeem was a proud and fearless man. "...

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... economic welfare all depend on a delicate balance between those ideas that are controlled and those that are free, between intellectual property and the public domain. In The Public Domain: Enclosing the Commons of the Mind (Yale University Press) James Boyle introduces readers to the idea of the public domain and describes how it is being tragically eroded by our current...

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Hawaii Business Magazine in tribute to the APEC meeting of 2011.

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...Excerpt: CANTO I. In the midway of this our mortal life, I found me in a gloomy wood, astray Gone from the path direct: and e?en to tell It were no easy task, how savage wild That forest, how robust and rough its growth, Which to remember only, m...

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...Preface: If a book by an author who must call herself a veteran should be taken up by readers of a younger generation, they are begged to consider the first few chapters as a sort of prologue, introduced for the sake of those of elder years, who were kind enough to be interested in the domestic politics of the Mohuns and the Underwoods....

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...Preface: The present is the only collected edition of the principal works of Schiller which is accessible to English readers. Detached poems or dramas have been translated at various times, and sometimes by men of eminence, since the ...

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...ROLOGY............................................................................................................. 11 Lecture II: CIRCUMSCRIPTION OF THE TOPIC ................................................................................................ 34 Lecture III: THE REALITY OF THE UNSEEN ...............................................................................

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...ture by William James A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature by William J... ...s Experience: A Study in Human Nature by William James is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...e Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classi- cal works of literature, in English, to free and easy acce... ... works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cover Design: Jim Manis Copyright © 2002 The Pennsylva... ................................................................. 81 APPENDIX to Lectures IV and V ......................................................... ...ver- biage of a good deal of the mind-cure literature, some of which is so moonstruck with optimism and so vaguely expressed that an academically trai... ...s com- ing with new meanings, the same voices and visions and leadings and missions, the same controlling by extraneous powers; only this time the emo... ...ing cham- pions of which in alternation, different men may all find worthy missions. Each attitude being a syllable in human nature’s total message, i...

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...CONTENTS List of Illustrations and Tables ix Member List xi Staff List xiii?xiv Preface xv 1. ?WE HAVE SOME PLANES? 1 1.1 Inside the Four Flights 1 1.2 Improvising a Homeland Defense 14 1.3 National Crisis Management 35 2. THE FOUNDATION OF THE NEW TERRORISM 47 2.1 A Declaration of War 47 2.2 Bin Ladin?s Appeal in the Islamic World 48 2.3 The Rise of B...

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... Staff List xiii–xiv Preface xv 1. “WE HAVE SOME PLANES” 1 1.1 Inside the Four Flights 1 1.2 Improvising a Homeland Defense 14 1.3 National C... ...Improvising a Homeland Defense 14 1.3 National Crisis Management 35 2. THE FOUNDATION OF THE NEW TERRORISM 47 2.1 A Declaration of War 47 2.2 ... ...NEW TERRORISM 47 2.1 A Declaration of War 47 2.2 Bin Ladin’s Appeal in the Islamic World 48 2.3 The Rise of Bin Ladin and al Qaeda (1988–1992) ... ...996–1998) 63 3. COUNTERTERRORISM EVOLVES 71 3.1 From the Old Terrorism to the New: The First World Trade Center Bombing 71 3.2 Adaptation—and No... ...d in the White House 98 3.7 . . . and in the Congress 102 4. RESPONSES TO AL QAEDA’S INITIAL ASSAULTS 108 4.1 Before the Bombings in Kenya and T... ... 5.3 The Hamburg Contingent 160 5.4 A Money Trail? 169 6. FR OM THREAT TO THREAT 174 6.1 The Millennium Crisis 174 6.2 Post-Crisis Reflection:... ...nd how the two agencies interacted eight years later, we will review their missions, command and control structures, and work- ing relationship on the... ...hnical surveillance and communications equipment employed for these casing missions included state-of-the-art video cameras obtained from China and fr... ...nts not only making connections with the U.S. government through their own missions in Wash- ington, but working through the CIA station or a Defense ...