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...THE CURSE OF KALI is a historical fiction set in 19th century India by Audrey Blankenhagen. The exotic beauty of India, her British rulers living in splendid isolation; the opulence and intrigue of a Muslim Royal Court; the machination...

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...a By Audrey Blankenhagen ‘GOD IS LOVE, IS THIS THE FINAL MESSAGE OF INDIA’ E.M. Forster, 1924 This bo... ...r dead, is coincidental. © 2002 by Audrey Blankenhagen. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retriev... ...ajor General Sir William Henry (‘Thuggee’) Sleeman Sleeman: ‘Are you afraid of the spirits you murder?’ Thuggee: ‘Never, they cannot trouble u... ...they cannot trouble us.’ Sleeman: ‘And how do they not trouble you?’ Thuggee: ‘Are not the people whom we kill, killed by the orders of KALI... ...you?’ Thuggee: ‘Are not the people whom we kill, killed by the orders of KALI?’ THUGS - A murderous, fanatical, secret society, which existed... ...d the iv full extent of the activities of the secret society of THUGS. Over 3,000 Thugs were convicted and the Sect was virtually wiped out. Th... ...fe without you now, my darling Rosita. Will you brave that long sea journey and all those strange people to be with your Helen?’ Audrey Blankenhag... ...len opened the wardrobe in the bedroom and found some pretty muslin day dresses and a yellow silk Japanese kimono, clothes that had evidently belong...

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...0 ―. . . AND GULLIVER RETURNS‖ --In Search of Utopia— Book 4 A Look at Human Values 1 ―. . . ... ...uman Values 1 ―. . . AND GULLIVER RETURNS‖ --In Search of Utopia-- BOOK 4 A Look at Human Values by Lemuel Gulliver XVI ... ...AN LIFE? .......................... 332 WHEN IS IT KILLING AND WHEN IS IT MURDER? ...................................................... 337 Killing... ...e I didn‘t know what I was eating, but it was all delicious. No wonder you people don‘t get fat. You can eat for hours and take in so few calories—al... ...atisfaction as earning another $50,000 a year. —―In our country people tend to work instead of vacationing so they have extra money to add... ...lar authority, much more reason is there for heretics, as soon as they are convicted of heresy, to be not only excommunicated but even put to death.‘... ...nthly pension. ―Japan is less generous than most countries, but the Japanese save very efficiently. They are disciplined enough to not have to... ...s are more concerned with leisure time. ―The average American and Japanese works 1815 hours a year, Norwegians average 1380, Swedes 1580, an... ...s overruled by another Ku Klux Klan case (63), in which the appellant was convicted under Ohio law of advocating violence and unlawful methods of te...

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...0 “. . . AND GULLIVER RETURNS” --In Search of Utopia-- Book 5 Our Visit to Singaling The Pearl of Southeast A... ... 1 “. . . AND GULLIVER RETURNS” --In Search of Utopia-- BOOK 5 MY VISIT TO SINGALING by Lemuel Gulliver XVI a... ...d classes of most societies have fewer children. It seems that for a many people the joys and challenges of business, politics, and the professions a... ...dical science has been able to extend the life spans of a great number of people. So we have far more people living, but far fewer working. Many wo... ... it is a godsend as a way of substituting for the unborn workers that the Japanese needed. “As you can see, our economy is far more multi-di... ...raw the line? What human rights do any of us have? What are the rights of murderers or of 100 year old massive stroke victims? What about AIDS orpha... ...verruled courts and administrators in the UK who had rejected a plea of a convicted murderer and his ex-prisoner wife to avail themselves of artifici... ... he had shown signs of a violent temper throughout his life, but was only convicted when he beat and kicked a man to death because the victim wouldn... ...cultural industry here, so we don‟t need pickers and farm hands. Thanks to Japanese robotics and our own robotic technology developments, we have no ...

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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 aspects a...

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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 Pgs 188-222 B: Summary of Hominid-Human Development Chapter 4: Modern Human Dynamics P...

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... By Indrek Pringi Library of Congress Txu 987-756 Copyright January 29th 2001 Canadian Copyri... ...ns: Connection, and Separation. This book explores the logical extrapolation of this, and other Dynamics. My challenge to the reader is simple. ... ...0 The Reason for the Human Sense of Pure Wonder Pg 1814 David Icke’s Lizard People explained Pg 1815 Secret Hidden Dynamics of The Realm of the U... ... was subtle: a slight miscalculation, but devastating in its ramifications. People didn’t realize that the slight curve of sunlight detected was o... ...want to face. We do not want to admit that our ancestors were a race of mass murderers long before they ever even began inventing hand tools. We c... ...t is the same. Truth is a joke. Whoever the court decides is guilty will be convicted because a legal reason can be found for anything. The Law ... ...shed, the only way you cannot be held responsible, the only way you cannot be convicted and found guilty is by remaining silent. All a criminal has ... ...tention away from them Did America enter WW2 because it was attacked by the Japanese Imperial Navy? Yes and no. The bankers who controlled FDR a... ...’s oil supply: Roosevelt had already secretly declared economic warfare on the Japanese Empire just at the time Japan desperately needed oil to conti...

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... http://samvak.tripod.com/freebooks.html Created by: LIDIJA RANGELOVSKA REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA C O N T E N T S I. A II. B III. C IV. D V... ... XXI. The Author A Abortion I. The Right to Life It is a fundamental principle of most moral theories that all human beings have a right to lif... ... or duties of third parties towards the right-holder. One has a right AGAINST other people. The fact that one possesses a certain right - prescribes... ...rights and duties as two sides of the same ethical coin - creates great confusion. People often and easily confuse rights and their attendant dutie... ...nally threatens to take one's life. IG. The Right to Terminate One's Life See "The Murder of Oneself". IH. The Right to Have One's Life Terminated... ...hly thought out arguments. The questions: "Is abortion immoral" and "Is abortion a murder" are often confused. The pregnancy (and the resulting fet... ... in godforsaken battle zones such as Congo (formerly Zaire), or among the defeated Japanese soldiers in World War II. Similarly, human organs and f... ... The answer is: it depends. Certain cultures and societies encourage suicide. Both Japanese kamikaze and Jewish martyrs were extolled for their sui... ...acula of Bram Stoker fame. In 1611, she was tried - though, being a noblewoman, not convicted - in Hungary for slaughtering 612 young girls. The tru...

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...Excerpt: Chapter 58. M. Noirtier de Villefort. We will now relate what was passing in the house of the king?s attorney after the departure of Madame Danglars and her daughter, and during the time of the conversation between Maximilian and Valentine, which we have just detailed. M. de Villefort entered his father?s room,...

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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, got on board the vessel...

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