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...Teenage twins James and Samantha Blake are caught up in a seemingly random terrorist bombing while on a school trip. Many of their friends are killed. When the twins wake up in hospital, their lives have changed forever.The doctors are ama...

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...ch. Special thanks to my cousins, Darren and Laura, for being the likenesses of James and Samantha, the heroes of the book. You are very cool. True... ...umping and her pulse quickening as she read the piece. Targeted? Really? Her and James? They must be the twins referred to, as there hadn’t been any... ...ause she could not move from the bed or leave the room. She wished her brother, James, was here. Eight days ago it had been their 14 th birthday. ... ...ough the whereabouts of the body was unknown and unexplained. Three hours ago, James had told her he was heading up to the 36 th floor. That was ... ... the 36 th floor. That was the last she had heard from him. Could it have been James who had fallen out of the window? Sam jumped in fright. Throu... ...the studio and transmitted the programme, via playout servers, to the satellite, cable and internet TV networks. Sharon was in charge of the OB van,...

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... Lockman Foundation. Used by permission.” “Scripture taken from the New King James V ersion. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permis... ... heard some atheistic pundit snipe at the Bible and didn’t want to write the cable station a hastily-scribbled note? Who has not seen one too many psy... ... The worth of a book is to be measured by what you can carry away from it. ~ James Bryce (British Historian) “For though I be free from all men, yet h... ...it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, brings forth death.” James 1:13-15 (NKJV) I write daily to keep my commitments and meet deadl...

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...“Start talk- ing before I regret taking you along.” “Captain Hera. Captain James Hera. That’s his gun; it was his pride and joy. Other than that pict... ...his orders and he would carry them out. Siting across from him was Captain James Hera. He was in charge of security at Project Scorpion and he was ta... ...risco was siting in the helicopter with his teammates, in- cluding Captain James Hera. Lying unconscious on the foor was the vigilante known as the N... ... a web of various platforms and wooden huts were suspended with ropes and cables all throughout the large, open area that used to house some of the ...

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...?” “Oh, let me think. I read every one of the Nero Wolfe books, and I love James Bond. I do not like anything too heavy. The only serious stuff I’ve l... ...the way to Port Severn and showed them how to fold the boat’s lines around cables on the lock wall to hold them as they de- scended before exiting the... ...ow and had stocked the kitchen with food. She had called to get the phone, cable TV and water back on, and had notified the post office to restart Lac... ...oor of the restaurant. She half expected the elder Sanderson to say “Home, James”. Back at the brownstone, the Sandersons were delighted to discover t...

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...d WFAN lettering perched on the edge of the rutted grass, and thick snakelike cables coiled around her feet. “Yes, I knew Lefty well,” she said, he... ... frozen dinners when I was too busy to cook. Authors Julianne MacLean, Judith James, and Pamela Callow who give so generously of their time and know...

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...e from the Wiccan mainstream when she'd appeared on Herman Slater's weekly cable television show—The Magickal Mystery Tour—where she'd revealed the bi... ...at kind of guys do you like?" Amire shrugged. "You know. Guys like, um ... James Dean, Brando—" "White guys?" "No, silly. Just ... you know ... just d...

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Excerpt: The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James.

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...The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James A PENN S TAT E ELE C T R O N IC CLAS SIC S SERIES PUBLICA TIO N The ... ... R O N IC CLAS SIC S SERIES PUBLICA TIO N The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable ... ...as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Series, Jim M... ...Pennsylvania State University is an equal opportunity university. 3 Henry James The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James PREFACE The Portrait of a Lady ... ...m of my idea, I see that it must have consisted not at all in any 5 Henry James conceit of a “plot,” nefarious name, in any flash, upon the fancy, of... ...omething the matter with you all; you’re as dismal as if you had got a bad cable.” “You do see through us, Miss Stackpole,” said Ralph in a low tone, ...

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Excerpt: The Wings of the Dove by Henry James.

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...The Wings of the Dove by Henry James The Wings of the Dove by Henry James The Wings of the Dove by Henry J... ...ATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The Wings of the Dove by Henry James is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable ... ... as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Wings of the Dove by Henry James, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Series, Jim M... ...Pennsylvania State University is an equal opportunity university. 3 Henry James The Wings of the Dove by Henry James Preface “The Wings of the Dove,”... ...ight of criticism. To Ralph Touchett in “The Portrait of a Lady,” 5 Henry James for instance, his deplorable state of health was not only no drawback... ...assed; her wig, her paint, her jewels, every mark of her expression impec- cable, and her entrance accordingly greeted with the proper round of applau...

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...ENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The Ambassadors by Henry James is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable ... ...e file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Ambassadors by Henry James, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Series, Jim M... ...Pennsylvania State University is an equal opportunity university. 3 Henry James The Ambassadors by Henry James New York Edition (1909). Volume I Pref... ...dingly, full in the tideway; driven in, with hard taps, like some 5 Henry James strong stake for the noose of a cable, the swirl of the current round... ..., with hard taps, like some 5 Henry James strong stake for the noose of a cable, the swirl of the current roundabout it. What amplified the hint to m... ... nipped the thread of connexion with the possibilities of the ac- 7 Henry James tual reported speaker. He remains but the happiest of accidents; his ... ...ee of the wild weed of delusion. It easily grew too fast, and the Atlantic cable now alone could race with it. That agency would each day have testifi... ... image showed through a mist of 223 Henry James other things. “I’ve had a cable,” Strether said, “from your mother.” “I dare say, my dear man. I hope... ...?” And as he for the moment said nothing: “It’s per- fectly open to you to cable for her.” Chad continued to think. “Will she come if I do?” “Quite po...

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Excerpt: The Pathfinder by James Fenimore Cooper.

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...per A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Pathfinder by James Fenimore Cooper is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univer- si... ... for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Pathfinder by James Fenimore Cooper, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Clas- ... ...y The Pennsylvania State University is an equal opportunity university. 3 James Fenimore Cooper The Pathfinder by James Fenimore Cooper PREFACE. T HE... ...ss. With feelings akin to this admiration and awe—the offspring of sub- 5 James Fenimore Cooper limity—were the different characters with which the a... ...addressing her male companion, whose arm she rather touched than leaned 7 James Fenimore Cooper on, to steady her own light but firm footing, “this i... ... there may be females with the strangers.” “Come, then, child; it is but a cable’s length, and we shall return an hour before the sun sets.” With this... ...still stood in the water. The 59 James Fenimore Cooper Oswego was about a cable’s length in width at this point, and, the canoe being in the centre, ... ...o with her head off shore, whether she is a league from the land or only a cable’s length, since it has a careful look, and looks are something in thi... ...akened by the wild features of the scene. The strange vessel was about two cables’ length ahead of the Scud, standing by the wind athwart her bows, an...

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... A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The Jolly Corner by Henry James is a publication of the Pennsylvania ... ...within the docu- ment or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Jolly Corner by Henry James, the Pennsylvania State University, E... ...nnsylvania State University The Pennsylvania State University is an equal opportunity university. 3 Henry James The Jolly Corner by Henry James CHAPT... ...n these later years, of their respec- tive rents which (thanks precisely to their original excel- 5 Henry James lent type) had never been depressingl... ... and cherished, under that pious visitation of the spirit from which she had never been diverted. 7 Henry James She had come with him one day to see ... ...me such uncanny thing as he had found in his room at hotels, a workable fire-escape in the form of notched cable or a canvas shoot, he would have avai...

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Excerpt: The Pioneers, or The Sources of the Susquehanna, A Descriptive Tale by James Fenimore Cooper.

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...THE PIONEERS OR, THE SOURCES OF THE SUSQUEHANNA A Descriptive Tale by James Fenimore Cooper A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication ... ...on The Pioneers, or The Sources of the Susquehanna, A Descriptive Tale by James Fenimore Cooper is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University... ...ay. The Pioneers, or The Sources of the Susquehanna, A Descriptive Tale by James Fenimore Cooper, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classi... ...y The Pennsylvania State University is an equal opportunity university. 3 James Fenimore Cooper THE PIONEERS OR, THE SOURCES OF THE SUSQUEHANNA A Des... ...oper THE PIONEERS OR, THE SOURCES OF THE SUSQUEHANNA A Descriptive Tale by James Fenimore Cooper INTRODUCTION AS THIS WORK PROFESSES, in its title-pag... ... his ancestors. This difference in opinion had long been a subject of ami- cable dispute between them: but, Latterly , the contest was get- ting to be... ...himself in fastening the inner end of the bark rope, that served him for a cable, to a paddle, and, rising suddenly on his legs, he cast this buoy awa...

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...e of their honest, hearty admiration. Reader, Vale! New York JAMES MCCUNE SMITH CHAPTER I CHAPTER I CHAPTER I CHAPTER I CHAPTER I Childh... ...,” and “Neds” of the south, observable here is, that “Wil- liam,” “John,” “James,” “Edward,” are substituted. It goes 46 My Bondage and My Freedom ag... ...ed Lawson. A more devout man than he, I never saw. He drove a dray for Mr. James Ramsey, the owner of a rope-walk on Fell’s Point, Baltimore. This man... ...Sabbath school, at the house of a free colored man in St. Michael’s, named James Mitchell. The idea was to me a delightful one, and I told him I would... ...in the presence of Mrs. Mitchell and Mr. Ruggles, we were married, by Rev. James W. C. Pennington. Mr. Ruggles* was the first officer on the under-gro... ...y the Almighty. The slave is bound to mankind by the powerful and inextri- cable net-work of human brotherhood. His voice is the voice of a man, and h...

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Excerpt: Scenes from a Courtesan?s Life by Honore de Balzac, translated by James Waring.

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...Scenes from a Courtesan’s Life by Honoré de Balzac T ranslated by James Waring A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Scenes fr... ...es Publication Scenes from a Courtesan’s Life by Honoré de Balzac, trans. James Waring is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Po... ...on, in any way. Scenes from a Courtesan’s Life by Honoré de Balzac, trans. James Waring, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Series... ...3 Balzac Scenes from a Courtesan’s Life by Honoré de Balzac T ranslated by James Waring Note: The story of Lucien de Rubempre begins in the Lost Illu-... ...e despised; I am, or shall be, more power- ful than ever. You slipped your cable, and you did it very cleverly; but you may need me yet, and I will al...

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... In the present case, it is scarcely necessary to do more than refer to the almost unique relations that subsisted between Henry V. and his prisoner, James I. of Scotland; who lived with him throughout his reign on the terms of friend rather than of captive, and was absolutely sheltered by this imprisonment throughout his nonage and early youth from the frightful violence ...

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... almost unique relations that subsisted between Henry V. and his prisoner, James I. of Scotland; who lived with him throughout his reign on the terms ... ...rom the frightful violence and pre- sumption of the nobles of his kingdom. James’s expedition to Scotland is wholly imaginary, though there appears to... ...r Stewart no record is preserved save that he was ac- cused of ‘roborica.’ James Kennedy was the first great bene- factor to learning in Scotland, and... ...lly did commission a body of moss-troopers to divert an instalment of King James’s ran- som into his own private coffers, I do not think I can have do... ...ther Ninian, who was by this time close to him, ‘let me present to you Sir James Stewart, a captive knight who is come to collect his ransom. I fell i... ...ircular archway, with all the noble though grotesque mouldings, zigzag and cable, dog-tooth and parrot-beak, visages human and diabolic, wherewith the...

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...gested neither period nor country. It might, I thought, be the Happy Future, or Utopia, or the Land of Simple Dreams; an errant mote of memory, Henry James?s phrase and story of ?The Great Good Place,? twinkled across my mind, and passed and left no light....

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..., or Utopia, or the Land of Simple Dreams; an errant mote of memory, Henry James’s phrase and story of “The Great Good Place,” twinkled across my mind... ...ampled space in a weedy, flowering barley field, that was in some inexpli- cable way saturated with light and beauty. I sat up, and re- mained for a l...

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...asy, noiseless bearings across the room to a remote corner where a twisted cable looped rather grace- fully from the wall. They made some connexion an... ...ot passen- gers flung across the chasm and the air was webbed with slender cables. A cliff of edifice hung above him, he per- ceived as he glanced upw... ...and obliquely in an unfamiliar lettering. Here and there close to the roof cables of a peculiar stoutness were fastened, and drooped in a steep curve ... ...tween high walls, along which ran an extraordinary number of tubes and big cables. “What a huge place this is!” said Graham. “Is it all one building? ... ...o see the moving platforms below. But he saw people going to and fro along cables and along strange, frail-looking ridges. And thence they passed acro... ... art of hypnotism. The names of Milne Bramwell, Fechner, Liebault, William James, Myers and Gurney, he found, bore a value now that would have astonis...

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...ling Captains Courageous A Story of the Grand Banks by Rudyard Kipling T o James Conland, M.D., Brattleboror, Vermont I ploughed the land with horses,... ...eave us alone. Haul ahead! I’m busy , can’t ye see?” “Danny, ye lie on the cable an’ sleep all day,” said Long Jack. “You’re the hoight av impidence, ... ...and began to heave up the anchor; the wind- lass jarring as the wet hempen cable strained on the barrel. Manuel and Tom Platt gave a hand at the last.... ...pt a man. Forward lay the windlass and its tackle, with the chain and hemp cables, all very unpleasant to trip over; the foc’ sle stove- pipe, and the... ...o his place at the table. “This knife ‘5 gum-blunt, Dan.” “Ef stickin’ out cable don’t wake ye, guess you’ d bet- ter hire a boy o’ your own,” said Da... ...et thet trawl! They’ve only gone out jest far ‘nough so’ s not to foul our cable. They don’t need no bell reelly .” “Clang! clang! clang!” Harvey kept...

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...d at last, discussing how far they would enjoy crossing an abyss on a wire cable. “Sup- pose the gyroscope stopped!” Few of them anticipated a tithe o... ... there wasn’t nothing higher than your chimbleys—there wasn’t a wire nor a cable in the sky!” Old SmallWays went to his grave under an intricate net- ... ... Old SmallWays went to his grave under an intricate net- work of wires and cables, for Bun Hill became not only a sort of minor centre of power distri... ...place, and indeed nearly every house, had its own telephone. The mono-rail cable standard became a striking fact in urban landscape, for the most part... ...as bridged—a series of great iron Eiffel T ower pillars carrying mono-rail cables at a height of a hundred and fifty feet above the water, except near... ... of phrasing that once found favour with the readers of the late G. P . R. James, a solitary balloonist—replacing. the solitary horseman of the classi...

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...the most careful attention. They saw nothing but a strong eddy about three cables’ length dis- 6 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea tant, as if the surface... ...eaving around it. It had been so much talked of, even through the Atlantic cable, that jesters pretended that this slender fly had stopped a telegram ... ... was not mistaken, and we all per- ceived the object he pointed to. At two cables’ length from the Abraham Lincoln, on the starboard quarter, the sea ... ..., went straight at the animal. The latter allowed it to come within half a cable’s length; then, as if disdaining to dive, it took a little turn, and ... ...ain under the bowsprit. The frigate approached noiselessly, stopped at two cables’ lengths from the animal, and following its track. No one breathed; ... ...ere he learned the results of Dillon’s inquiries, and found that a certain James Hobbs, second lieutenant of the Union of Calcutta, after landing on a... ... for a radius of several miles. We know that in those Antarctic countries, James Ross found two craters, the Erebus and Terror, in full activity, on t... ...red on the high bottoms some coral shrubs, of the kind which, according to James Ross, live in the Antarctic seas to the depth of more than 1,000 yard...