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...The story of how the founder of the Famous Amos Cookie Company lost everything, including his name----and turned adversity into opportunity. This revealing book chronicles Wally's loss of the cookie empire that he had built, to the ope...

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...CENSORED* How the founder of the Cookie Company lost everything, including his nome - and turned adv... ...emonade by Wally Amos with Camilla Denton Aslan Publishing Lower Lake, California U.s.A. Published by AsIan Publishing P.O. Box 108 Lower La... ...ng P.O. Box 108 Lower Lake, CA 95457 (707) 995-1861 For a free catalog of all our titles, or to order more copies of this book please call (800)... ... hand. They were an order from The United States Ninth District Court in San Francisco, served on me on behalf of The (Nameless) Amos Chocolate Chi... ...nd. They were an order from The United States Ninth District Court in San Francisco, served on me on behalf of The (Nameless) Amos Chocolate Chip Co... ...it New York. She found a good-paying job as a live-in domestic in Forest Hills, Long Island. I started my new school, Food Trades Voca- Only Those ... ... a whole new feeling of enthu­ siasm. We lived in a house in the Hollywood Hills with two bed­ rooms and a nice little backyard-quite a change from ap... ...ess) Amos and its goodwill in the market. The second hearing was held in San Francisco. Patrick repre­ sented my response to the judge, claiming tha... ... Amos and its goodwill in the market. The second hearing was held in San Francisco. Patrick repre­ sented my response to the judge, claiming that my...

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...This book also begins with that wondrous first Information Technology and then moves on to tales about the wonders of the written word—great stories, many of them likely new to most readers. In them, you‘ll find all the backgrounds, foregrounds, premises, conclusions, and surprises that make up the best and most valuable books....

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... listen. We easily hallucinate word boundaries. Spaces, such as you see in writing, are absent from speech. Yet somehow we find it easy to make sense of speech. -- 2. The Gift of Memory-For millennia, mnemonics reigned over commerce, news, entertainment, and the perpetuation and refinement of crafts. -- 3. From Whence Cometh Indo-European Tongues?-Did a freshwater lake com...

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...Information Technology Tales By expanding the sharing of knowledge, time after time InfoTech upset the balance of power within m... ...L For becoming my smart, beautiful bride in 1949 and then giving fully of herself to me and our wonderful family incomparable love, care, feeding... ...sed recklessly—directed the battles with signal flags and horns from atop hills away from the action. Captives with no skills might be assigned ... ... he had earned enough to follow two brothers who had answered the lure of California gold. Stranded on the Isthmus on his way west, Darius had to det... ...hmus on his way west, Darius had to detour around South America to get to California. There, he was so successful selling supplies to gold miners an... ...O. Mills Bank in Sacramento in 1850 and later helped organize the Bank of San Francisco. That bank, a profitable business with unlimited credit, boa... ...ills Bank in Sacramento in 1850 and later helped organize the Bank of San Francisco. That bank, a profitable business with unlimited credit, boasted... ...nt and returned East in 1873. Just two years later, that same Bank of San Francisco closed its doors with millions in liabilities and only hundr... ...and returned East in 1873. Just two years later, that same Bank of San Francisco closed its doors with millions in liabilities and only hundred t...

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...es Information Technology Tales By expanding the sharing of knowledge, time after time InfoTech upset the balance of power within m... ...L For becoming my smart, beautiful bride in 1949 and then giving fully of herself to me and our wonderful family incomparable love, care, feeding... ...sed recklessly—directed the battles with signal flags and horns from atop hills away from the action. Captives with no skills might be assigned to... ... he had earned enough to follow two brothers who had answered the lure of California gold. Stranded on the Isthmus on his way west, Darius had to det... ...hmus on his way west, Darius had to detour around South America to get to California. There, he was so successful selling supplies to gold miners an... ...O. Mills Bank in Sacramento in 1850 and later helped organize the Bank of San Francisco. That bank, a profitable business with unlimited credit, boa... ...ills Bank in Sacramento in 1850 and later helped organize the Bank of San Francisco. That bank, a profitable business with unlimited credit, boasted... ...ident and returned East in 1873. Just two years later, that same Bank of San Francisco closed its doors with millions in liabilities and only hundr... ...t and returned East in 1873. Just two years later, that same Bank of San Francisco closed its doors with millions in liabilities and only hundred t...

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...e afternoon at the car conductors? coffee-joint on Polk Street. He had a thick gray soup; heavy, underdone meat, very hot, on a cold plate; two kinds of vegetables; and a sort of suet pudding, full of strong butter and sugar. On his way back to his office, one block above, he stopped at Joe Frenna?s saloon and bought a pitcher of steam beer. It was his habit to leave the p...

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...ris A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication McTeague: A Story of San Francisco by Frank Norris is a publication of the Pennsylvania State... ... A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication McTeague: A Story of San Francisco by Frank Norris is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Un... ...enn State Electronic Classics Series Publication McTeague: A Story of San Francisco by Frank Norris is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univer... ...ity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...r the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. McTeague: A Story of San Francisco by Frank Norris, the Pennsylvania State University, Electroni... ...e file as an electronic transmission, in any way. McTeague: A Story of San Francisco by Frank Norris, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Cl... ...her had been a veterinary surgeon who had kept a livery stable near by, on California Street, and Marcus’s knowledge of the dis- eases of domestic ani... ...said Trina, looking across the bay to where the city piled itself upon its hills. “So do I,” answered McTeague. “Do you like it better than living ove... ...waters of the bay, be- yond Goat Island, lay San Francisco, a blue line of hills, rugged with roofs and spires. Far to the westward opened the Golden ...

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...ever, it goes much deeper than that—much, much deeper! This didactic 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 secrets. http://ansonchi.webng.com...

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... reveals the truths about Asian culture, which will shock you to the marrow of your bones and open a hidden world of long-guarded — secrets. ABOUT ... ... social, political and retired — — engineer. He currently lives in a myriad of places, including Los Angeles and San Diego. Yellow on the Outside, ... ...gineer. He currently lives in a myriad of places, including Los Angeles and San Diego. Yellow on the Outside, Shame on the Inside: Asian Culture Rev... ...eally aspire to be—ever since I was a wee laddie born and raised in Irvine, California—is a writer. I remember telling Mommy that I wanted to become... ...ing and her research. I don't even know why she uses the UCI (University of California, Irvine) library, since she goes to Stanford University, for ... ... wonder why I even bother hanging out with him. Hey Johnson. Let's go up to San Fran. I know this place where we can score some “ pretty good weed, ... ...el exhorts, almost on the edge of begging. ” We don't have time to visit San Francisco since I'll be @ss-kissing my aunt the entire “ weekend. Note t... ...There's no place like home actually, there is, or rather, there are: Beverly Hills, San Jose, La — Jolla, just to name a few, but it's still good to ...

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...AMSTOWN, MASS., MONDAY, MARCH 18, 1907 NO. 1 THE HATCHET BURIED Conclusion of Hostilities Be- tween the Classes of 1909 and 1910 End of the March J7th... ...nd 1910 End of the March J7th Celebration —The Shirt-Tail Parade- Speeches of the Four Orators on the Old Campus When the four olnsseB joined hands an... ...ng. Raphael wos born in Urbino, Italy, a distinctly rural land, rolling in hills. He was fond of painting and bad the good for- tune to be assisted in... ...ouses in Seattle, Wash., having branch of- fices in Spokane, i'ortland and San Francisco. '88 —Matthew H. Hoover, of Lookport, N. Y., on March 4 as- s... ...s in Seattle, Wash., having branch of- fices in Spokane, i'ortland and San Francisco. '88 —Matthew H. Hoover, of Lookport, N. Y., on March 4 as- sumed... ... & ompany Opposite Vanderbilt Hall - - - New Haven, Conn. in the Berkshire Hills T\ Che Grevlock Hotel WnKmstown, Mass. Eeluit & Envy Lnsis Cooley's H... ...rey Co., manufac- turers of building materials, at 1665-07 Mission street, San Fran- cisco. —The Williams alumni of Brooklyn, N. Y., will give an in- ... ...e Harvard law school. Johnson will study architecture at the University of California. Continued in the next isme. MONDAY. APRIL 15 7.80 p. m.—Last of...

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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 boats -- ...

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... HEROES OF UNKNOWN SEAS AND SAVAGE LANDS By J. W. BUEL, Author of "The Beautiful Story," "The Story of Man," "The Living World," "Russ... ..." "The Story of Man," "The Living World," "Russia and Siberia," etc. A RECORD OF THE FINDING OF ALL LANDS And Descriptions of the First Visits Made ... ...ery of Magellan Strait -- Hurrah! Afloat on the Great South Sea -- Loss of the San Antonio -- Away, across the Pacific -- A long voyage and provisions... ...passage -- Capture of other Spanish vessels on his way -- Among the natives of California -- The discovery of tobacco -- A camp on shore -- Fear of th... ...he shores of the Red Sea a race of people who dwelt chiefly in caves among the hills of the sea coast and subsisted by fishing; whatever attempts they... ...known, a large body of natives armed with bows and lances rushed down from the hills and attacked them. Their hostile intentions were presently restra... ... after that of Columbus is given in subsequent chapters, from the discovery of San Salvador to the reclamation of all the countries and islands of the... ... of three small vessels, and something more than 100 men, under the command of Francisco Hernandez, to make an exploration among the adjacent islands ... ...f California, entering a bay, which is supposed to have been the harbor of San Francisco. When the Hind approached the shore several natives were seen...

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...rean culture and that his own life is an outlier to this conservative society. As he lives there, making his living as an English teacher, he writes of Gabriele, a single parent in Ithaca New York who manifests a more open and less asphyxiating rebellion against society...

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...ter and imitate any object, and should propose to make a public display of his talents and his productions, we shall pay him reverence as a ... ... with woolen fillets; but for ourselves, we shall employ, for the sake of our real good, that more austere and less fascinating poet and le... ...n the dust storm of talcum powder that, in her trailer, she swept across the hills of his buttocks, wishing to walk across hills and depart from famil... ...ere sentient beings. They too knew that they were constructing homes in the San Andreas Fault Line. The shaking was quite palpable but what could th... .... I can get you private lessons. It is Seoul. There is gold in them there hills." Sang Huin laughed. He felt at home within this American Hillbill... ...his would be a contemplative retreat. A week later she went from New York to San Fransisco; San Fransisco to Tokyo; and then Tokyo to Bangkok. She to... ...g with Led Zepplin. "I've made up my mind to make a new start./ I'm going to California with an aching in my heart./ Someone told me there is a girl o... ...made the proposal. "I was thinking that we might fly from Little Rock to San Francisco and then over that way." His hand pointed to the McDonalds arch... ...of you can go back to wherever you came from. It was in a descent to the San Francisco airport, when the seatbelt light went on and the captainﾁOs voi...

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... ISBN 0-9740848-1-6 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be repro- duced electronically or in any form, or by any... ...ronically or in any form, or by any means, without the prior written consent of the Publisher and the Author, excepting brief quotes used in reviews. ... ... doorbell again, and then drew her finger back. A gust of wind pulled at her San Francisco Forty-niners’ baseball cap and, as she reached up a slender... ...rbell again, and then drew her finger back. A gust of wind pulled at her San Francisco Forty-niners’ baseball cap and, as she reached up a slender han... ...” Kelsey raised an eyebrow. The Mark Hopkins, one of the ritziest hotels in San Francisco, sat atop Nob Hill. Duncan had taken her to the rotating re... ...elsey raised an eyebrow. The Mark Hopkins, one of the ritziest hotels in San Francisco, sat atop Nob Hill. Duncan had taken her to the rotating restau... ...y smiled. He always could, even with a horde of Black Vipers skulking in the hills around them. “There’s some apples here, and bread and cheese.” She ... ...s, master. It will be as you command.” BARBARA M. HODGES lives in Nipomo, California, a small town on the central coast. She shares her life with h...

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...According to the Dictionary of Mathematics (Borowski and Borwein, 1991 [1]), the paradox is “an apparently absurd or self-contradictory statement for which there is prima facie support, or an explicit contradiction derived from apparently unexceptionabl...

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...INPHYSICS A quarterly issue scientifc journal, registered with the Library of Congress (DC). This journal is peer reviewed and included in the abstrac... ...nal is peer reviewed and included in the abstracting and indexing coverage of: Mathematical Reviews and MathSciNet (AMS, USA), DOAJ of Lund University... ...e K., and Wheeler J. Gravitation. (See Chapter 25), W. H. Freeman and Co., San Francisco, 1973. 25. Sarfatti J. Developments in Quantum Physics. Ed. b... ..., and Wheeler J. Gravitation. (See Chapter 25), W. H. Freeman and Co., San Francisco, 1973. 25. Sarfatti J. Developments in Quantum Physics. Ed. by Fr... ...53. 36. Misner C. W., Thorne K. S. and Wheeler J. A. Gravitation. Freeman, San Francisco, 1973, p. 1215. 37. Schild A. Phys. Rev., v. D16, 1977, 1722.... ...36. Misner C. W., Thorne K. S. and Wheeler J. A. Gravitation. Freeman, San Francisco, 1973, p. 1215. 37. Schild A. Phys. Rev., v. D16, 1977, 1722. 38.... ... Los Angeles at the age of 77. He received a B. S. in Mathematics from the California Institute of Technology and a Ph. D. in physics from the Univers... ...nia Institute of Technology and a Ph. D. in physics from the University of California at Los Angeles at the age of 45. He spent almost all of his care... ...variety of institutions including California State University at Dominguez Hills and at the University of Southern California. He was a pioneer in app...

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...This is the continuation of Nawin's story. Now a famous prostitute painter suffering a midlife crisis, he abandons supercilious makings of wealth for a train trip ride to Laos where he repudiates and ventures onto something new...

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...is By Steven Sills 1 He assumed that in being exhausted from sporadic fits of sleep and wakeful spans of dull, hypnagogic thoughts matching the inerti... ... sleep and wakeful spans of dull, hypnagogic thoughts matching the inertia of his confinement he would finally become ensconced there, in this train j... ...preted as a glowering figure and quickened her pace to escape him. Passing California Fitness, 7 Eleven, Robinson Department store, and a Haagen-Dazs ... ...ith the perspective from the forehead looking onto the dark, leaning moled hills, and blemished declivity of her face; "A Conversation on Surrogate Mo... ...dangling from bulletin boards, and pedestrian blockage rails near the Khao San Road police station and the National Gallery) it was apparent that the ... ...d he think of himself as old and then he was not merely old but old as the hills and with so many memories to be excavated therein. It was merely feel... ... he had come here instead of picking up his airline ticket and flying into San Francisco as he had planned. Perhaps this was why he had forfeited a r... ...had come here instead of picking up his airline ticket and flying into San Francisco as he had planned. Perhaps this was why he had forfeited a retur...

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...Laura Kate O'Connell left her life of excitement as an overseas news correspondent to return to her Georgia hometown to raise her two young cousins. When Royce Lee, Laura Kate's attorney, supposedly commits suicide, too many pieces of evidence tell a different...

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...ISBN 10: 1-936000-13-X ISBN 13: 978-1-936000-13-5 Published in the United States of America Publish Date: March 29, 2009 Editor-In-Chief: Gai... ...opyright by Desert Breeze Publishing, Inc © 2009 All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by a... ... heard nothing. But then, Live Oaks was a vast place with many roads, forests, and hills. She returned through the magnolias, and as expected, ... ...ped with slices of roasted salmon. As Brewster uncorked a bottle of Chardonnay — a California Estancia — she gave him an appreciative nod. He knew... ... Gerrie Ferris 126 Olin seemed uninterested. “Lots of Blue Tics roaming the hills.” They walked from the barn into the dull winter day and... ...id. Sammie and Guy didn’t carry on in Roston. They went to Atlanta or New York or San Francisco. But Royce had detectives on them for years. The... ... Sammie and Guy didn’t carry on in Roston. They went to Atlanta or New York or San Francisco. But Royce had detectives on them for years. There’s...

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...on enn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Ocotopus: A Story of California by Frank Norris is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Un... ...enn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Ocotopus: A Story of California by Frank Norris is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Unive... ...ity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ... end of the dry season, and all Tulare County, all the vast reaches of the San Joaquin Valley—in fact all South Central Califor- nia, was bone dry, pa... ...e part of Magnus Derrick, had come to stay in the dry, even climate of the San Joaquin for an indefinite length of time. He was thirty years old, and ... ...bjective point was the spring at the headwaters of Broderson Creek, in the hills on the eastern side of the Quien Sabe ranch. The trail afforded him a... ...looked forward to spending nearly the whole day on the crest of the wooded hills in the northern corner of the Quien Sabe ranch, read- ing, idling, sm... ...le. Once, even, he had made the entire run between the latter town and San Francisco in the cab. Dyke’s home was in Guadalajara. He lived in one of th... ...he county. The offices of the ranches were thus connected by wire with San Francisco, and through that city with Minneapolis, Duluth, Chicago, New Yor...

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...Excerpt: Shanghaied This is to be a story of a battle, at least one murder, and several sudden deaths. For that reason it begins with a pink tea and among the mingled odors of many delicate perfumes and the hale, frank smell of Caroline Testout roses. There had been ...

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...by Frank Norris A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Moran of the Lady Letty by Frank Norris is a publication of the Pennsylvania Stat... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...s. There had been a great number of debutantes “coming out” that season in San Francisco by means of afternoon teas, pink, lavender, and otherwise. Th... ...here had been a great number of debutantes “coming out” that season in San Francisco by means of afternoon teas, pink, lavender, and otherwise. This p... ...or orders” slowly gorging themselves with whole harvests of wheat from the San Joaquin Valley; lumber vessels for Durban and South African ports settl... ...ha Millner” would even make the circuit of the bay before returning to San Francisco. He might be gone a week. Wilbur could already see the scare-head... ... in the business. We go down here twice a year off Cape Sain’ Lucas, Lower California, an’ fish for blue sharks, or white, if we kin ketch ‘em. We get... ...hore and backland, palpitat- ing under the flogging of a tropical sun. Low hills of sand, covered with brush, stretched back from the shore. On the ea... ...k fogs cloaked all the world of wa- ter. To the east a procession of bleak hills defiled slowly 112 Moran of the Lady Letty southward; lighthouses we...

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...Excerpt: This is America--a town of a few thousand, in a region of wheat and corn and dairies and little groves. The town is, in our tale, called ?Gopher Prairie, Minnesota.? But its Main Street is the continuation of Main Streets everywhere. The story would...

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...LASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION Main Street by Sinclair Lewis is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...and not very differently would it be told Up York State or in the Carolina hills. Main Street is the climax of civilization. That this Ford car might ... ...the Chinese lantern which Mr. Marbury had brought back as his present from San Francisco. Carol found the Marburys admiring and therefore admirable. T... ...Chinese lantern which Mr. Marbury had brought back as his present from San Francisco. Carol found the Marburys admiring and therefore admirable. This ... ...cliffs across the river Carol and Kennicott looked back at St. Paul on its hills; an imperial sweep from the dome of the cathedral to the dome of the ... ... of a place called Gopher Prai- rie, but ten thousand towns from Albany to San Diego: Dyer’s Drug Store, a corner building of regular and un- real blo... ...ht. The Arab village of Djeddah—an intricately chased jewel-box. A town in California which had changed itself from the barren brick fronts and slatte... ...where, in batik-curtained studios in New York, in Kan- sas farmhouses, San Francisco drawing-rooms, Alabama schools for negroes. From them she got the...

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...Introduction: In an issue of the London World in April, 1890, there appeared the following paragraph: ?Two small rooms connected by a tiny hall afford sufficient space to contain Mr. Rudyard Kipling, the literary hero of the present hour, ?the man who...

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...uck nine from the cuckoo clock that hung over the mantelpiece in the dining-room, when Victorine brought in the halved watermelon and set it in front of Mr. Bessemer?s plate. Then she went down to the front door for the damp, twisted roll of the Sunday morning?s paper, and came back and rang the breakfast-bell for the second time....

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