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...Marriage Protest of Lucy Stone and Henry B. Blackwell (May 1, 1855). Quoted in T. W. Higginson, "Marriage of Lucy Stone Under Protest," The Liberator (Boston, Massachusetts), vol. 25, no. 18 (Whole no. 1085) (May 4, 1855), p. 71....

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...In this paper Lt Col Cristina M. Stone argues that the Air Force does not adequately prepare its intelligence analysts; targeteers; intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) operators; and unit-level and air and space operations center (AOC) perso...

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...In this story a young girl creates an imaginary world with simple stones and shares her creation with others that then do the same to provide an epic adventure for all....

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...The Rosetta Stone, in Hieroglyphics and Greek; with Translations, and an explanation of the hieroglyphical character; and followed by an appendix of kings names....

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The Ancient Stone the Roman Province of Polesine.

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... Cathcart ("In The Eye of The Beholder," "Les Pensees Dangereuses") presents a sampler of essays and short fiction. The collection features "Heart of Stone," a short story never previously published. ...

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...elp another person up." That exercise includes me. Short Fiction Heart of Stone It is their job to watch. From high above, in many cities, stone-gray... ...carved to show rippling muscle. Some might have thought Theophilus was a stone angel, but those wings were smooth and bat-like. Theophilus was a gar... ...uld talk to me, Theophilus,” she sighed, and leaned her cheek against the stone. “I can.” Again, the gentle male voice echoed in her head. She stood... ... his arms forever. A single tear drifted down her cheek and touched grey stone. On the corner of the roof of a downtown apartment building, there is...

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...The Roman Forum was the political, commercial and religious center of Ancient Rome: walking among arches, temples in ruins, stone paved streets towards the Coliseum is a unique experience...

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.... Weeping Statues ... the Wandering Jew ... Incorruptible Bodies ... Ritual Crucifixions ... Ghouls ... Pillar Saints ... Prayer Wheels ... the Black Stone of Mecca ... Temple Virgins ... Towers of Silence ... the Devil's Mark ... Heavenly Omens ... Tiahuanaco ... the Ghost Dance ... Idol Worship ... and many more. The book also contains many interesting images, inclu...

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...Introduction The Temple of Rats Jivaro Head Shrinkers Cargo Cults Self-Flagellation The Black Stone of Mecca Hungry Ghosts Witch Smellers Egyptian Crocodile Worship Christian Snake Handlers The Rope to Heaven The Scapegoat Gods in Human Form Devil Worship The Sex Slaves of Paradise Animal Sacrifice Human Sa...

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... What benefit comes from its strange rituals? Why should the pilgrim dress in white, untailored cloth? What is the wisdom of circumambulating a big stone named Al-Ka’ba? What does the hajji (pilgrim) benefit from kissing the Black Stone? What is the purpose of walking quickly to and fro between Safa and Marwa? What is the importance of standing on a mountain named Ara...

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...eehive, buzzing silence. *** The demolished tomb- uncapped, overrun with weeds knocking on Heaven’s door. *** Underwood scratched you. A stone tripped you up. Wild is the wood, a fairy-land....

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...ear to me that the Genesis story was real; they were facts that could have happened but were somehow masked. What was the key? What was the Rosetta stone that would allow me to interpret the narrative? The key, I discovered, was that the story -the text- was a narrative of someone who was telling what he was seeing. That was the key -the board, so to speak- on which ...

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..., why and how did they disappear? In this book, the author gives an overview of the discussion thas has been raging ever since the Kensington Rune Stone was discovered - or was claimed to have been discovered - in 1898. And what about other rune stones that have appeared in the USA during the last century - are they real or fake? The author examines this and many othe...

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...- Chap. 20 Paa vs Richardson (Pages 159-166) Chap. 21 Rego vs Mahoe (Pages 167-170) -- Chap. 22 Papa Hoopaelimahana vs Sousa (Pages 171-172) Chap. 23 Stone vs Allen (Pages 173-174)...

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...The Rolling Stone of History. -- Surprising revelations -- Ancient Cities that are now no more -- Effects of Cataclysms upon the human race -- The rise and fall of nations -- Cave dwellers who became masters of the world -- The first boa...

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...DELPHIA, PA. ST. LOUIS, MO. CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. The Rolling Stone of History. -- Surprising revelations -- Ancient Cities that are ... ...y of Sainfu -- Assaulted by engines devised by the Polos -- A bombardment with stones which compelled the city's capitulation -- A wondrously rich and... ...rn continent -- Discovery of new lands -- Arrival at Easter island -- Wondrous stone statues carved by an extinct people -- Descriptions of the statue... ...ster Island........................................... 458 Erect and prostrate stone idols......................................... 459 The Giant's he... .......................................................... 460 Foundations of the stone idols.......................................... 461 Wondrous ruin... ...ccomplished. Heroes of Unknown Seas and Savage Lands. CHAPTER I. THE ROLLING STONE OF HISTORY. Of all the surprising revelations of history, the sto... ... effectually that we can scarcely think of an epitaph, to place upon the grave-stones that mark their places of sepulture. And if so many cities and n... ...s boiling, and anything thrown therein would be almost immediately turned into stone. He noticed on the island also such animals as bears, foxes, hare... ...and place spent infinitely (fabulous sums) in decking themselves with precious stones, purples, pearls, gum, benzoin, frankincense, musk, amber, sanda...

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...strong fighting the mountain winds. Such a tree will make a strong canoe, one that can fight ocean waves." Then Laka prayed and went to work with his stone tool. All day he worked. At last the great tree fell, and Laka went home, tired but satisfied. "Tomorrow I shall trim off the branches," he thought. "I shall cut the log to the right length for a canoe. Then I must sha...

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...Automatic pumps extract oil. In Ignacio, visit the art gallery "Dancing Spirit". The road from Durango to Silverton climb the mountains. Red Peaks Stone. Some rocks have straight edges to say that I was cut with a knife. Natural sculptures. Rainbow colors are the leaves ... Like a watercolor painter threw divine. ...

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...Have you ever wondered what civilisation brought the Bluestones 200 miles from Wales to Stonehenge? Or the reason why they undertook this monumental task? Then this book is a must for you. Robert John Langdon takes you back 10,000 years to a time when the last Ice Age melted leaving a series of smaller islands a...