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The Hitler File : A Novel of Fact

By: Sam Vaknin

... © 2006-2007 All Rights Reserved Based on hundreds of newly-discovered documents in archives the world over – now … THE HITLER FILE Israel S... ...lf at the deadly center of a nightmare. • What is on the floppy disk he picked up in Jerusalem? • Who is Frankenberg, the investigative journali... ...f the SS, release Frankenberg’s father from the death camp Auschwitz? • What was in Hitler’s personal file, kept by the Nazi Party’s own intellige... ...ust find the answers to these questions and remain one step ahead of Nazis, old and new, as well as the Israeli Mossad. There is only one rule: T... ...arded personal belongings. It is the usual mayhem this time of dawn: hundreds of new inmates, baffled, terrified, clinging to obsolete vestiges o... ... strip naked (“handkerchiefs and belts allowed!”), issued a number, tattooed, given new clothes, pushed into the showers, scalding hot or ice cold w... ...oser and we meshed well. Dan was modestly taller than I, considerably stouter and sported an auburn, neatly trimmed moustache-cum-beard. He walked... ...e reported hiding everywhere conceivable and inconceivable. It was a form of global sport. What changed my mind about the troublesome object was B...

...What was in Hitler's personal file kept by the Nazi Party's own intelligence agency, the SD? Israel Sarid Roth, only son of two survivors of the Holocaust is about to find out, as a routine assignment in Jerusalem plunges him into the...

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Enciklopedio de Esperanto (1933)

By: L. Kokeny Kaj V. Bleier

...eris faka vortareto en E, angla, franca kaj germana lingvoj. Akuzativo kun in ni tivo. En ĉi tiu frazkonstruo apud la rekta komplemento staras in n it... ...taras inter la unuaj apostoloj kaj praktikantoj de la interkomunikigaj 24 sportoj: sfera balono (1885), aŭtomobila veturado, aviado. Dank’ al lia kur... ...ocion kaj de tiam la movado ĉiam progresis. Grandan helpon alportis kelkaj in uaj homoj kaj precipe urbkonsilistoj de Buenos Aires altiritaj al E en ... ... jarcento. Ankaŭ Volapük tie ĉi bone prosperis, sed ĝia malsukceso malbone in uis la unuajn paŝojn de E. La unua lingvisto en la tempo de Schleyer, k... ...jn en E; la E-parton redaktis Rienzi. En 1911 Gaston Guillaume, prez. de E Sporta Unio, lernis aviadarton en la lernejo de Pauthan, por propagandi E-n... ... William Edward, usonano, patenta advokato. Nask. 20 majo 1888 en Newark (New Jersey). E-isto de 1905. Kunfondinto de EG en Worcester (Massachusetts)... ... . . . . .650 6 Teknologio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1200 7 Arto, Sporto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .400 8 Literaturo. . . . . . . . .... ... EG. Briggs Charles Harold, usonano, analiza kemiisto. Nask. 1878 en Avon (New Y ork). Specialisto kaj verkisto pri la cereala kemio. E-iĝis en 1907. ... ...da Stelo, e Aŭstralian E-ist (poste fako en Benalla Independent) kaj e New Zealand E-ist havis nur mallongan vivon. De julio 1920 aperas regule mo...

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Yellow on the Outside, Shame on the inside : Asian Culture Revealed

By: Chi, Anson

...rld of long-guarded — secrets. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Anson Chi, born and raised in New York City, is an author, politician, model, activist environmenta... ... of long-guarded — secrets. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Anson Chi, born and raised in New York City, is an author, politician, model, activist environmental, ... ...vironmental, social, political and retired — — engineer. He currently lives in a myriad of places, including Los Angeles and San Diego. Yellow on t... ...ts reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form whatsoever. Any part of this book may be reproduced, distribu... ...pt me focused while writing, in no particular order) Warsaw · Joy Division · New Order The Stooges The Velvet Underground Belle & Sebastian Interpol T... ... doctors, with such advanced medical technology, know why there are so many new diseases such as acid reflux? And why is there nothing being cured to... ... a run-down, — derelict gas station would offer such an esoteric flavor a — Sports Illustrated, and a Maxim for our sexual I mean literary perusal. ... ...crash and die. I would love to make a bet with any thrill seeker or extreme sports fanatic that they would not be able last for more than a minute in... ...ans are too timid and feeble, thus, lacking backbone. And it's not just with sports; it's with everything. Asians lack backbone because of the extrem...

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Laws of Destiny Never Disappear : Culture of Thailand in the Postlocal World

By: Matti Sarmela

...Matti Sarmela LAWS OF DESTINY NEVER DISAPPEAR Culture of Thailand in the postlocal world Helsinki 2005 ... ...R DISAPPEAR Culture of Thailand in the Postlocal World ... ... A VILLAGE IN NORTHERN THAILAND ... ...Farmer's festival calendar 172 * Modern annual festivals 173 * Chinese New Year 175 Songkran 176 New Year of Thai culture 176 * Programme of... ...ugs ever younger. In many countries, including Finland, young girls of the new, free generation have adopted behaviour patterns of gender equality and... ...s individual people and communities adapt to changes in the environment, a new cultural response is created, a new human ecosystem, where old structur... ...schools, vocational schools, a commercial college, police training school, sports college, a construction sector vocational high school and a teacher ... ... pupil must have three complete outfits: school uniform, Scout uniform and sports kit, and in addition, school classes procure uniform costumes for fe... ...nd fashion trends - converge in all commercial cultures. Thirty years ago, sporting activities were rare in Thailand, but today the villages at least ...

...worldviews of peoples of Thailand and Finland, the past and future of local cultures. Matti Sarmela started collecting material on Northern Thailand in 1972. Based on a longitudinal field study, he wrote his description of three villages in Lampang Province, and the changes in villagers' lives over three decades. The book also speaks through the voices of villagers themse...

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Heroes of Unknown Seas and Savage Lands

By: J. W. Buel

... OF AMERICA By the Viking Sea-Rovers, and Its Settlement by the Scandinavians in the Ninth Century. SUPPLEMENTED WITH THRILLING NARRATIVES OF VOYAG... ...HING INCIDENTS AND PERILOUS UNDERTAKINGS AMONG WILD BEASTS AND SAVAGE PEOPLE IN HEROIC EFFORTS FOR A RECLAMATION OF ALL LANDS TO CIVILIZATION, AND ... ... the ship -- Discoveries of the ancients -- Islands of the long ago -- Changes in the earth's surface -- Commerce of Troy with India -- Expeditions se... ... of Pytheas, the philosopher -- Tears of sorrowing sea-birds -- Discovery of a new world -- A wondrously profitable commerce -- A northwest passage --... ... in the year 889 -- Verdant shores and prolific woodlands -- Adventures in the New World -- The first white man that ever set foot on the American con... ...tlement in America -- The courtship of Thorfinn -- The first white baby in the New World -- The Dighton writing rock -- Church records respecting the ... ...refulness and skill, playthings of the elements, and concluded that he was the sport of chance, the plaything of destiny. PORTENTS OF SAFETY AND DISAS... ...ul damsels, skilful in songs and instruments of music and dancing, and to make sports and delights unto men whatsoever they could imagine. They were a... ...ine. They were also richly dressed in gold and silk, and were seen continually sporting in the garden and palaces. He made this palace because Mohamme...

...stian supremacy over the most savage lands of the earth. Reciting astonishing incidents and perilous undertakings among wild beasts and savage people in heroic efforts for a reclamation of all lands to civilization, and recording a description of the riot of murder, pillage and inhumanity which characterized the pirates, marooners and buccaneers who ravaged the spanish mai...

... -- Building a strong nation -- The earliest navigators -- Evolution of the ship -- Discoveries of the ancients -- Islands of the long ago -- Changes in the earth's surface -- Commerce of Troy with India -- Expeditions sent out by Menelaus and Neco -- The circumnavigation of Africa by the ancients -- Solomon's navy -- Discovery of the West Indies by Carthaginians -- Hamilc...

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The Williams Record

By: Student Media

...on itself wns entirely suo- oessful, and despite its humorous side, tied a new itnot in tlie bond of ail Williams men. The parade, the fireworks, the ... ...wns entirely suo- oessful, and despite its humorous side, tied a new itnot in tlie bond of ail Williams men. The parade, the fireworks, the transparen... ...parts of a cus- tom tliftt is no empty formalitj. The Parade 1910 gathered in front of the opera house shortly after 7 o'clock, clad in night-shirts, ... ...low- ing the drag was the North Adams " band," and then came the fresh men in a blaze of fireworks. The parade marched up Main street to the Greylock ... ...tunate that we have scarcely any light this even ing; the old moon and the new must be hiding behind Jesup But, fortunately, Diogenes Hughes has promi... ...except Dompsoy's 'pep- per mill.' The senior committee has provided, as in New York theaters, safe escorts tor visitors of the fair sex and also two i... ...osiery Scotch Ulsters. Heavy Knick- erbockers and Norfolk Suits for Winter Sports Catalogue with illustrations mailed on request. and occasion is take... ... fiand all the time. TliY A BLACK & WHITE CIGAR ArthurJohnson Athletic and Sporting Goods Sweaters Jerseys tllydi) M. Walters, College Agent R. E. LAM... ...iery Scotch I'lsters. Heavy Kiiick- erbookors and Norfolk Suits for Wilder Sports Gatnliigiui with illustrations mailed on request. lations" implies o...

...ongest running independent newspaper at Williams is the Williams Record, a weekly broadsheet paper published on Wednesdays. The newspaper was founded in 1885, and now has a weekly circulation of 3,000 copies distributed in Williamstown, in addition to more than 600 subscribers across the country. The newspaper does not receive financial support from the college or from the...

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Hawaii Business Magazine-Special Apec Edition

By: Apec Hawaii Host Committee

... and earth science and technology Our Ownership Hawaii Business is printed in Hawai‘i by Hagadone Printing Company on post-consumer recycled paper us... ...offset by carbon credits. is part of This special edition of was produced in cooperation with the APEC 2011 Hawai‘i Host Committee. PUBLISHER David ... ...waii Business at store.pacifcbasin.net To keep informed about Innovation in Hawai‘i, email innovation@hawaiibusiness.com Or visit hawaiibusiness.c... ...g and exporting energy worldwide. In doing so, the Kü‘oko‘a Plan creates new jobs, generates new revenue and adds significantly to the state’s tax ... ...l in turn create a workforce of the future and stimulate the creation of new businesses in the renewable and clean energy sectors. Inspired and inf... ...g and exporting energy worldwide. In doing so, the Kü‘oko‘a Plan creates new jobs, generates new revenue and adds significantly to the state’s tax ... ...holding company for a family of businesses involved in media, technology, sports and food. But more importantly, aio represents the way we live our... ... hula that describes the experience of riding on a horse or in a car, or sports like boxing, fshing or surfng. There are kneeling hula such as th... ...taken by its break, he is much prais’d,” King wrote. Like the hula, the sport of surfng fell on hard times during the mid-19th century when Chris...

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

...cean and Earth sciences -- 48 Turning Science Into Practical Inventions -- 56 Winners of the Hawai‘i Business Innovation Showcase -- 60 Breakthroughs in Health and Medicine -- 68 Hawai‘I Diversity Ideal for Medical Research -- 74 Perfect Place for Global Meetings -- 78 Checklist for Your Next Conference -- 82 Sustainability, Harmony Built Into Hawaiian Culture -- 86 What A...

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Capitalistic Musings

By: Sam Vaknin

... All rights reserved. This book, or any part thereof, may not be used or reproduced in any manner without written permission from: Lidija Rangelovs... ...unet.com.mk or to vaknin@link.com.mk Visit the Author Archive of Dr. Sam Vaknin in "Central Europe Review": http://www.ce-review.org/authorarchi... ... of the Market XIII. The Myth of the Earnings Yield XIV. Immortality and Mortality in the Economic Sciences XV. The Agent-Principal Conundrum XV... ...els based on assumptions are also in doubt because they are bound to be replaced by new models with new, hopefully improved, assumptions. One way ... ...out there", in the real world. e. Insightfulness – It must cast the familiar in a new light, mine patterns and rules from big bodies of data ("dat... ...c abilities to self organize, reorganize, give room to emerging order, accommodate new data comfortably, and avoid rigid reactions to attacks from ... ... opposed to the received wisdom of the random walk model, most investment vehicles sport different volatilities over different time horizons. Volat... ... Street" published in 1999. Not all markets are strongly efficient. Most of them sport weak or "semi-strong" efficiency. In some markets, a filte... ...umer's welfare (pharmaceuticals, for instance). These economies are also likely to sport a largish public sector, most of it service oriented. No n...

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Facts and Fictions in the Securities Industry

By: Sam Vaknin

... All rights reserved. This book, or any part thereof, may not be used or reproduced in any manner without written permission from: Lidija Rangelovs... ...ovska – write to: palma@unet.com.mk Visit the Author Archive of Dr. Sam Vaknin in "Central Europe Review": http://www.ce-review.org/authorarchi... ... Sam Vaknin's United Press International (UPI) Article Archive – Click HERE! World in Conflict and Transition http://samvak.tripod.com/guide.html... ...PM or FAR) (ii) Future cash flows in securities markets (i.e., the ebb and flow of new entrants) (iii) The present cash flows of current market par... ... This is a myth, a convenient piece of fiction intended to pacify losers and lure "new blood" into the arena. Shareholders' claims on the firm's as... ... willing sellers meet there to freely negotiate deals of stock purchases and sales. New information, macro-economic and micro-economic, determines ... ...all Street" published in 1999. Not all markets are strongly efficient. Most of them sport weak or "semi-strong" efficiency. In some markets, a filte... ... opposed to the received wisdom of the random walk model, most investment vehicles sport different volatilities over different time horizons. Volat... ...n accrual accounting standards. Some countries - the UK, for local government, New Zealand for both central and local government - use full accrual...

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Empire and Wars

By: Sam Vaknin

... All rights reserved. This book, or any part thereof, may not be used or reproduced in any manner without written permission from: Lidija Rangelovs... ...elovska – write to: palma@unet.com.mk Visit the Author Archive of Dr. Sam Vaknin in "Central Europe Review": http://www.ce-review.org/authorarchi... ...ti-Americanism II. Containing the United States III. Islam and Liberalism IV. The New Rome - America, the Reluctant Empire V. The Democratic Ideal... ...dd Me to the List VII. The American Hostel VIII. The Semi-failed State The War in Afghanistan I. Afghan Myths II. Pakistan’s Nice Little War... ...In God We Trust The Sergeant and the Girl Containing the United States Democracy and New Colonialism The American Hostel Add Me to the List, Mr. Blair... ...e official party line, it praises US "scientific and technological innovations and new achievements in economic development". Somewhat tautological... ...Tunisia's 15.6 percent, Jordan's 14.4 percent, Saudi Arabia's 13 percent and Kuwait sports an unhealthy 7.1 percent. Even with 8 percent out of work... ... tenth the cost elsewhere - while Texas boasts 1,000,000 drilled wells, Iraq barely sports 2000. The Department of Energy's report about Iraq concl... ...rael back to the Commonwealth of Independent States, to Germany, Australia and New Zealand. American aid - some $2.7 billion a year - largely goes ...

The antecedents and aftermath of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and the role of the United States in international affairs.

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A Courageous Battle

By: Susan Bracken

...ghts reserved. No part of this print publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electron... ..., is entirely coincidental and not intended by the author. The information in the Appendix of this book is offered on an “as is” basis, without warran... ...his book and for listings on the website (www.susanbracken.ca) Distributed in Canada by: David Edwards, RNU Press, Barrie ON; www.davids-books.com / w... ...mb with self-loathing, she took her books up to her bed and lay down. This new hurt was tempered by the knowledge that boys were like that. In her sto... ...mple, he had grown into a self-centered man who, at twenty-five, lived for sports, the outdoors and sex. As his house came into view and he started to... ... turned right back to his TV show. His mother hugged him. “Hi, Mum. What’s new?” he asked, not really interested and not expecting any answer other th... ...ense Dad ever had is here! My goodness, he kept all my old report cards. A new pang of sorrow gripped her as she leafed through these, reliving the ta... ...r second glass, she thought of ripping up Roger’s clothes and throwing his sports stuff out into the yard. Grimly, she resisted the temptation. ON THU... .... I got a job at an Australian government high school. They’re crazy about sports over there, so they liked my credentials and hired me. I taught gym ...

...Lacey Wilson overcomes neglect in childhood and abuse in her first marriage to achieve fame and riches as a popular author, and finds true love and happiness with wealthy entrepreneur, Jake Edmonds. Then cancer strikes. Lacey is afraid of the pain and indi...

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The Labor Divide

By: Sam Vaknin

...s reserved. This book, or any part thereof, may not be used or reproduced in any manner without written permission from: Lidija Rangelovska – write... ... or to samvaknin@gmail.com Visit the Author Archive of Dr. Sam Vaknin in "Central Europe Review" http://www.ce-review.org/authorarchives/vakni... ... my United Press International (UPI) Article Archive – Click HERE! World in Conflict and Transition http://samvak.tripod.com/guide.html ISBN: 9... ...ter, but his “unemployment tenure” will re-commence from month 1 with the new registration. I recommend instituting a households’ survey in addit... ...its can be flat (as is the case in Bulgaria and Italy). In Australia and New Zealand, both sickness benefits and unemployment benefits are means te... ...can be flat (as is the case in Bulgaria and Italy). In Australia and New Zealand, both sickness benefits and unemployment benefits are means tested... ...ent. Thus, the employer would have an incentive to continue to employ the new worker. Employers will receive benefits for a new worker only if h... ...hip and coverage by collective agreements were both reduced (USA, UK, New Zealand, Australia) that employment reacted favourably. Thus, at the one e... ...illa Brown, Alan Deardorif, and Robert Stern observe wryly: “While Baden Sports can quite credibly claim that their soccer balls are not sewn by ch...

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Cyclopedia of Economics

By: Sam Vaknin

... All rights reserved. This book, or any part thereof, may not be used or reproduced in any manner without written permission from: Lidija Rangelovs... ... and Musings: http://philosophos.tripod.com The Silver Lining – Ethical Dilemmas in Modern Films http://samvak.tripod.com/film.html Download f... ... another's right - should never be confused with one SHOULD or OUGHT to do morally (in the absence of a right). The right to life has eight distinc... ...scheme known as the stock exchange, this expectation is proportional to liquidity - new suckers - and volatility. Thus, the price of any given stock... ...Honderich, Ted, ed. - The Oxford Companion to Philosophy - Oxford University Press, New York, 1995 - p. 31) Anarchists are not opposed to organizat... ...urished at these times. The dotcom revolution was less about technology than about new ways of doing business - mixing umpteen irreconcilable ingre... ...d by virtue of their association and affiliation with the group - are arrogant and sport haughty behaviors or attitudes coupled with rage when frus... ...ier stage of capitalist development and distrusts even their limited expression in sports and games. He extols cooperation and teamwork while harbo... ... to reproduction? Both statements, alas, are false. Stable and functional families sport far fewer children than abnormal or dysfunctional ones. Be...

Cyclopedia of issues in economics analyzed through the prism of the economies of countries in transition, emerging markets, and developing countries.

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Cyclopedia of Philosophy

By: Sam Vaknin

... All rights reserved. This book, or any part thereof, may not be used or reproduced in any manner without written permission from: Lidija Rangelovs... ... and Musings: http://philosophos.tripod.com The Silver Lining – Ethical Dilemmas in Modern Films http://samvak.tripod.com/film.html Download f... ... another's right - should never be confused with one SHOULD or OUGHT to do morally (in the absence of a right). The right to life has eight distinc... ...scheme known as the stock exchange, this expectation is proportional to liquidity - new suckers - and volatility. Thus, the price of any given stock... ...Honderich, Ted, ed. - The Oxford Companion to Philosophy - Oxford University Press, New York, 1995 - p. 31) Anarchists are not opposed to organizat... ...urished at these times. The dotcom revolution was less about technology than about new ways of doing business - mixing umpteen irreconcilable ingre... ...d by virtue of their association and affiliation with the group - are arrogant and sport haughty behaviors or attitudes coupled with rage when frus... ...ier stage of capitalist development and distrusts even their limited expression in sports and games. He extols cooperation and teamwork while harbo... ... to reproduction? Both statements, alas, are false. Stable and functional families sport far fewer children than abnormal or dysfunctional ones. Be...

...Cyclopedia of issues in modern philosophy: The philosophy of science and religion, the cognitive sciences, cultural studies, aesthetics, art and literature, the philosophy of economics, the philosophy of psychology, and ethics....

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And Gulliver Returns Book IV : A Look at Our Human Values

By: Lemuel Gulliver XVI

...0 ―. . . AND GULLIVER RETURNS‖ --In Search of Utopia— Book 4 A Look at Human Values 1 ... ... Look at Human Values 1 ―. . . AND GULLIVER RETURNS‖ --In Search of Utopia-- BOOK 4 A Look at Human Values by Lemuel Gul... ... ISBN 978-0-9823076-3-2 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS IN THE HOTEL ................................................................. ...usinessman. He finds your country fascinating and wants to list it on the New York Stock Exchange. Lee isn‘t so sure he likes Kino. There‘s nobody t... ...y are barbarians. It is the same in the area of values, when we encounter new concepts we often criticize them because they are, or might be, unethi... ...ive happier lives because she saved the planet?‖ ---―That adds some new evidence. I still couldn‘t go for it because of my traditional beliefs... ...s? If you go to college is it to gain knowledge and experiences now, like sports and parties, or is it to gain the tools you need for your future oc... ...have got large trophies just for participating in something, like a youth sport. There are many who are extremely self centered. If they are going t... ...ky-- bye and bye.‘ Singing and dancing, films and TV, public friendships, sports and recreational pastimes all create stumbling blocks for those pur...

...ine 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 Lemuel Gulliver XVI returns from a twenty year odyssey around the solar system, searching for sites where the world's excess people can be re-located. He found none. On his return he vows to search ...

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New Poems

By: Robert Louis Stevenson

...TEVENSON 1918 edition A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication New Poems by Robert Louis Stevenson (1918 ed.) is a publication of the Penn... ...rge of any 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 U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. New Poems by Robert Louis Stevenson (1918 ed.), the Pennsylvani... ...in the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. New Poems by Robert Louis Stevenson (1918 ed.), the Pennsylvania State Univ... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...................................................................... 109 8 New Poems by Robert Louis Stevenson (1918) New Poems by Robert Louis Steven... ...n life – in death – this twae Were no’ divided. An’ wow! but John was unco sport. Whiles he wad smile about the Court Malvolio-like – whiles snore an’... ..., the many-masted, sees The blue Mediterranean. Now songful in the hour of sport, Now riotous for wages, She camps around her ancient port, As ancient... ...y of ten Who now must three gigantic men And two enormous, dapple grey New Zealand pack-horses array And lead, and wisely resolute Our day-long busine...

Excerpt: New Poems by Robert Louis Stevenson (1918 ed.).

.................................................................................................................................................. 8 LO! IN THINE HONEST EYES I READ ..................................................................................................................... 9 THOUGH DEEP INDIFFERENCE SHOULD DROWSE..........................................

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Life of John Coleridge Patteson : Missionary Bishop of the Melanesian Islands

By: Charlotte Mary Yonge

...rge of any 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 U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Life of John Coleridge Patteson: Missionary Bishop of the Melan... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...t only lasted throughout his life, but extended beyond his own generation. Sport and study flourished alike among such lads as these; and while they w... ...s now, and for many years longer, intensely fond of all kinds of games and sports, in which his light active form, great agility, and high spirit made... ... year that the Rev. George Augustus Selwyn was appointed to the diocese of New Zealand. Mrs. Selwyn’s parents had always been inti- mate with the Patt... ...ng the minds of the boys to something beyond either their studies or their sports. On October 31, the Rev. Samuel Wilberforce, then Arch- deacon of Su... ...and since Bishop of Oxford and of Win- chester, preached in the morning at New Windsor parish church, and the newly-made Bishop of New Zealand in the ... ... things than the Vicarage of Feniton. Indeed, the subject was not entirely new to him, for Edward Coleridge was always deeply interested in mis- sions...

...Preface: There are of course peculiar advantages as well as disadvantages in endeavouring to write the life of one recently departed. On the one hand, the remembrances connected with him are far fresher; his contemporaries can he consulted, and much can be made matter of certainty, for which a few ...

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Babbitt

By: Sinclair Lewis

...rge of any 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 U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis, the Pennsylvania State University, E... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...sting them from the business center, and on the farther hills were shining new houses, homes—they seemed—for laughter and tranquillity. Over a concret... ...elow the bridge curved a railroad, a maze of green and crimson lights. The New York Flyer boomed past, and twenty lines of polished steel leaped into ... ...st spun away. Cues of men with lunch-boxes clumped toward the immensity of new factories, sheets of glass and hollow tile, glittering shops where five... ...des about duty and sex and God and the unconquerable bagginess of the gray sports-suit she was now wearing. Ted—Theodore Roosevelt Babbitt—a decorativ... ...bby four-flushers.” His friends, she indicated, were “disgusting imitation sports, and horrid little shrieking ignorant girls.” Further: “It’s disgust... ...ance, one whose name even busy garagemen remembered—not one of these cheap-sports flying around in flivvers. He admired the in- genuity of the automat...

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Henrietta's Wish; Or, Domineering

By: Charlotte Mary Yonge

...rge of any 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 U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Henrietta ’s Wish; or, Domineering by Charlotte M. Yonge, the P... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ... nominal sovereignty,” said Mrs. Langford. “Besides,” said Henrietta, “the new Clergyman approves of all that sort of thing; he likes her to teach, an... ... as she often said to herself, not the one best calculated for the holiday sports of a boy of sixteen, yet Frederick, having been used to nothing else... ...atures, and she would willingly have been proud of his excellence in manly sports, but in lieu of this she was proud of the spirit which made him long... ...is holidays to be so wasted. She had no merely personal apprehensions, and new as railroads were to her, declared herself perfectly willing and able t... ...ad often played on the verge of the ocean, watching with mysterious awe or sportive delight the ripple of the advanc- ing waves, the glorious sea itse... ...though returning her greeting with equal cor- diality, looked shyly at the new aunt and cousin, and as Henrietta suspected, wished them elsewhere. She...

...Excerpt: Chapter 1. On the afternoon of a warm day in the end of July, an open carriage was waiting in front of the painted toy-looking building which served as the railway station of Teignmouth. The fine bay horses stood patiently enduring the attacks of hosts of winged foes...

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My Young Alcides

By: Charlotte Mary Yonge

...rge of any 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 U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. My Young Alcides A Faded Photograph by Charlotte M. Yonge, the ... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...of home—my father did not like it, you see—and Aunt Alice had moved off to New Zealand, so that we could not go and talk about it to her. Mr. Smith ha... ...r and my Aunt Alice tell of it. It was at the first place where we were in New South Wales. I came run- ning out screaming, I believe—I was old enough... ...oor, holding a snake tight by the neck and enjoying its contortions like a new toy.” “Of course,” said Harold, “if it were poisonous, which I doubt, t... ...nth. “And a very fashionable young man,” he went on, “distinguished in the sporting world.” “An excellent good fellow, with plenty of pluck,” said Har... ...he fancied he had made for himself. He had learnt something of Mr. Tracy’s sporting renown, and saw himself introduced to all the hunt- ing world of t... ...grouse, came home and shot partridges, and Eustace and Harold shared their sport with him, though Harold found it dull cramped work, and thought Engli...

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