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Class Heroes: A Class Apart

By: Stephen Henning

...shed in Great Britain in 2011 by Elucidox Ltd ISBN: 978-1-908785-00-8 The right of Stephen Henning to be identified as the Author of the Work has b... ...by any means with prior permission in writing from the publishers or in the case of reprographic production in accordance with the terms of licences... ... and he had been lost in thought trying to work out the guitar riffs that he was listening to. But something tugged at his subconscious. He had a ti... ... An escape route if she needed it, but for the time being she wanted to stay and listen. Sam ate with growing confidence and had soon finished her ... ...oger. “I thought twins were supposed to be telepathic. If you were it might save us a fortune in mobile bills!” Dr Soames, grateful for the distrac... ... the parents or families of those involved has spoken to the media directly. All statements have been issued by the hospital and the police, and we ... ...mmy’s arm reassuringly. “Thing is, the police don’t want the parents talking to us at the moment, which is right,” she added pointedly. “But I thin... ...tching Sky Sports News while tucking into an enormous plate of steak, chips and mushrooms. In her private room, oblivious to the events on her brot... ... News is a global news station,” said Jasmin. “We’re bigger than BBC news in the States.” Mr Randerson edged himself closer. “Would you be interest...

...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 amazed at the speed with which James and Sam recover from their injuries and, when the twins begin to exhibit e...

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Sappho's Journal

By: Paul Alexander Bartlett

...poet Sappho back to life in a finely crafted novel that reveals her sense of beauty, her loves, her reflections, her inner world. Based on a carefu... ...ty, her loves, her reflections, her inner world. Based on a careful study of ancient Greece and Sappho’s surviving fragments of poetry, Bartlett re... ..., fears, and faith of this remarkable woman whose intimate journal takes us back to 642 B.C. The book includes a Foreword by the well-known Sappho ... ...ansform, or build upon this work without such permission). The full legal statement of this license may be found at http://creativecommons.org/lic... ...ary of Congress Catalog Card Number: 2006025662 Printed in the United States of America Library of Congress Cataloguing-in-Publication Data ... ...ecome no more than voices from the past: The contributions they have left us remain, but little re- mains of each person, of his or her personality, ... ...ees, then sat next to him. The door had shut itself and we were alone. We listened to each other’s breathing and his hand sought mine and climbed my... ...aeus and some friends to supper. We sat around the courtyard fountain and listened to the harpists playing under the burning lamps. Libus, Nanno, Su... ...nt on, nothing repetitive, the wind, no, the olive shade, or the moss and mushrooms. Crushing a mushroom he rubbed it against his thighs. The smell ...

...In Sappho’s Journal, the author brings the famous Greek poet Sappho back to life in a finely crafted novel that reveals her sense of beauty, her loves, her reflections, her inner world. Based on a careful study of ancient Greece and Sappho’s surviving fragments of poetry, Bartlett recreates Sappho in a lyrical account of the life, passion, fears, a...

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The Soul Bearer

By: Jonathan Cross

...... ...liographies, dictionaries, encyclopedias, and other reference works in a number of languages and countries around the world. Our mission is to serv... ...inted reviews-without prior permission of the publisher. Printed in the United States of America Prologue 1855 PACIFIC NORTHWEST TERRITORY PUGE... ...it to protect every liv­ ing thing, even the huge black beetle that scared him. Listening to his grandfather, he wondered how anyone could protect a... ... children, he heard, "What have you got there, only one fish?". More a giggling statement than a question. Without looking to where the words came f... ...has wept tears of compassion upon my peo­ ple for centuries untold, and which to us appear changeless and eternal, may change. The great, and I presu... ...less and eternal, may change. The great, and I presume, good White Chief sends us word that he wishes to buy our lands. How can you buy the sky, th... ...g brave." 'Richard's grandfather was only one-quarter Suquamish Indian, but to listen to him he was a full blooded Chief. Richard's father, who had... ...hey both laughed. They had ordered extra thick New York steaks, baked potatoes, mushrooms, assorted vegetables, and a Caesar salad. "You were saying...

...Beside a riverbed, an old man sits lost in his thoughts; he is SEATTLE, Chief of the Suqamish Indians. He remembers his boyhood when his grandfather foretold him of his destiny, when he was told of the Web Of Life and his duties as it's protector. The Web of Life, they believe, is the symbiotic connect...

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Facts and Fictions in the Securities Industry

By: Sam Vaknin

...om: Lidija Rangelovska – write to: palma@unet.com.mk Visit the Author Archive of Dr. Sam Vaknin in "Central Europe Review": http://www.ce-revi... ... http://samvak.tripod.com/guide.html Created by: LIDIJA RANGELOVSKA REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA C O N T E N T S I. Introduction II. The Value ... ...raged in Britain during the 80s. Is privatization really the robbery in disguise of state assets by a select few, cronies of the political regime? ... ...accused of it - and so were privatizers in developing countries. What price should state-owned companies have fetched? This question is not as simp... ...What factors are important in the customer's decision to buy (or not to buy). • A list of the direct competitors and a short description of each. ... ...icences granted to the firm. • A legal opinion regarding the above licences. • A list of lawsuit that were filed against the firm and that the fi... ...with its discounted future stream of dividends, as current financial theories teach us. But, if so, why the volatility in share prices, i.e., why ar... ...oach to technical pattern recognition ... and apply the method to a large number of US stocks from 1962 to 1996..." And the conclusion: " ... Over... ...f the annual total in the USA - will make sure that the burden of real indebtedness mushrooms as interest rates rise. The Economist (April 2005): ...

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Voices from the Past

By: Paul Alexander Bartlett

...COVER OF VOICES FROM THE PAST: In Voices from the Past, a daring group of five independent novels, acclaimed author Paul Alexander Bartlett acco... ...s, acclaimed author Paul Alexander Bartlett accomplishes a tour de force of historical fiction, allowing the reader to enter for the first time int... ...ansform, or build upon this work without such permission). The full legal statement of this license may be found at http://creativecommons.org/lic... ...brary of Congress Catalog Card Number: 2006030830 Printed in the United States of America Library of Congress Cataloguing-in-Publication Data ... ...ecome no more than voices from the past: The contributions they have left us remain, but little remains of each person, of his or her personality, o... ...turning home, we bathed at our fountain, splashing each other, the sun on us and the slippery mar- ble. Afterwards, we lay down and slept, and I drea... ...ees, then sat next to him. The door had shut itself and we were alone. We listened to each other’s breathing and his hand sought mine and climbed my... ...aeus and some friends to supper. We sat around the courtyard fountain and listened to the harpists playing under the burning lamps. Libus, Nanno, Su... ...nt on, nothing repetitive, the wind, no, the olive shade, or the moss and mushrooms. Crushing a mushroom he rubbed it against his thighs. The smell ...

...In Voices from the Past, a daring group of five independent novels, acclaimed author Paul Alexander Bartlett accomplishes a tour de force of historical fiction, allowing the reader to enter for the first time into the private worlds of five remarkable people: ...

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Deviation : Covenant

By: Elissa Malcohn

... Deviations: Covenant Elissa Malcohn Second Edition This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the prod... ...of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblanc... ...s one particular Beast, would we not want to fascinate him as he fascinated us? Would we not want to charm him, as the angels charmed the lions in D... ... send her a good catch. In time. Woody decay wafted up to her nostrils. She listened to termites munching the fallen trunk, a beetle scrabbling in t... ...the Dirt People. The story came to Zai unbidden. She tried to push it away, listening to the whisper of her knife as she scraped scales, dropping th... ...ours after a beast died were the most dangerous, for if Masari were tracking us they would wait for us to relax our vigilance before making their own... ...e sacramental meals spaced widely apart or a years-long weaning, a constant state of starvation punctuated by a few desperate bites. He could consum... ...ards at heart." His father's voice, harsh words from such a gentle tenor. A statement of fact. All the children knew it. "Most live to a ripe old ag... ...s. The days filled with slow and aimless meandering. Ghost bent to examine mushrooms and berries foreign to Crossroads. He missed his lenses, relyi...

...Vol. 1: TripStone hates to kill her gods but she must feed her people. An accomplished hunter in the Masari village of Crossroads, she is charged with the ritual slaying of the sacred Yata. Her comrade Ghost tries to end Masari dependence on Yata meat by performing experiments punishable by death. His jeopardy increases when he shelter...

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The Path of Splitness

By: Indrek Pringi

... 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. ... ... it. If you live by it, and sit under its shade and wonder about it. If you listen to the wind soughing through its branches and enjoy its beauty ... ...tive on the larger context, continually understanding things better. It is a state of mind that is in a constant, continual unending state of Learn... .......................................................................... 80 Re-statement ................................................................ ...e how the Big Bang happened in one of the fastest growing organisms on earth: mushrooms. You can even see the linear 2-dim... ...s, nobody would The Path of Splitness Chapter One: The Universe 70 have listened to him. In fact, if he had not used two expedient constants: ... ... only exists in the present moment it makes the Universe seem to be finite to us. We only perceive things in the present moment. We only perceive ... ...plitness of Actual Infinity. The in-betweenness of the Present Moment gives us a Relative perception of the fullness and emptiness of Space, and t...

...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...

...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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Encyclopedia of Home Remedies for Better Life

By: Dr Izharul Hasan

...r the first time a Naturopathic Doctor opens his vault to unveil the complete list of home remedies used by professionals Holistic Practitioners... ... ... first time a Naturopathic Doctor opens his vault to unveil the complete list of home remedies used by professionals Holistic Practitioners... The ... ...ed by professionals Holistic Practitioners... The God of heaven, who created us, has given us the simple things of nature for our healing. It is my... ...itioners... The God of heaven, who created us, has given us the simple things of nature for our healing. It is my prayer that this encyclopedia will... ... Plus a wonderful rosemary Hair Oil. But that is not all you also get a long list of home remedies for injuries First you will discover a way to cl... ...r’s disease is now known to affect more than 4.1 million people in the United States. It afflicts 10 percent of Americans over 65 years of age and as... ...s of Alzheimer’s disease are related to mental abilities or the psychological state of the patient. Over time, the patient’s physical functions are a... ...heir forgetfulness is a sign of Alzheimer’s disease. The fact is that most of us forget where we put our car keys or our glasses or someone’s birthda... ...ptoms of eczema: • Eat a healthy diet and avoid foods such as dairy products, mushrooms, or crustacean meat (lobster, shrimp, clams or oysters) that...

...After researching 1,300's of natural cures and home remedies, spending months sifting through hundreds of reports and studies, and putting my findings to the test on real people in my natural healing clinic... I can say that the majority of natural...

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Tokyo to Tijuana: Gabriele Departing America

By: Steven David Justin Sills

...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 ... ...d, admirable, and charming personage, but we shall tell him that in our state there is no one like him, and that our law excludes such chara... ... 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... ...stere and less fascinating poet and legend-writer, who will imitate for us the style of the virtuous man." Plato (Republic) Chapter One At ... ...t Toksugum Palace in Chongno of Seoul Sang Huin (known by his friends in the states as Shawn) felt an empathy as deep as the gods; and the reconstruct... ...like a Chinamen who had sucked up too much sun. After the revelation he had listened to him repeatedly talk about wishing that he had been born a wom... ...," thought Sang Huin, "and then we lose the things that our friends give to us." It felt less harsh to make the idea applicable for all mankind. Ther... ... "Raindrops keep falling on my head" and other lugubrious folk melodies. He listened. He cried on her white blanket as if she had banished him foreve... ...al liaisons with beautiful forms would become more and more like hunting for mushrooms in an area with a worsening annual rainfall. "I don't know if ...

...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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Died and Moved In

By: Christine Jones

...ooks.net Copyright © 2007 by Christine Jones. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means,... ...m, without permission in writing from the copyright owner. This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents either are the product... ... I tried to warn him about taking a position in the firm, but he wouldn’t listen. He’s the old man’s assistant and I can still recall the expression ... ...sation to a halt. “Sarah!” Ali’s voice pierces my eardrum. “Yes, I’m here. Listen, I’ll have to call you back, I can hardly hear you. The weather her... ...imental to your health, but you got to love em’. Chapter one specifically states to avoid exceptionally good-looking men, as it’s not worth the hass... ...is early model Ute whilst hooning across the grass to pull up in front of us. I have to be the unluckiest person on this planet when it comes to my ... ...l.” Ali blows her nose, having drawn our attention. “They don’t recognize us, they don’t even know who we are.” “You drip Ali.” I can’t help but be s... ...ner comes to mind. Perhaps I’m just hallucinating and they weren’t normal mushrooms taken from the paddock. I think I’ll just go with the flow; cont... ...t off until I can think off something. I gained a sympathetic look for my state of mind. 25 With Michael off to the kitchen, I’ve performed an Olymp...

...to win his heart in the most embarrassing ways. A family tragedy turns her life upside down and her little farm into spook central. Learn the secrets of the after life; you too may have many freeloaders at your address and not all were once human. Australian author Christine Jones writes for many genres from science fiction fantasy to humor. Though the characters in this b...

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Bozo and the Storyteller

By: Matt Jones

...magic happens. Copyright © Tom Glaister 2008 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or tr... ...ical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher. First published in Great Britain in 2008 Firecrest Publis... ... eyes. They seemed to protrude so far from their sockets that each of his listeners felt he was looking directly at them. A hush fell as his eyes tu... ...have told you the Story, and for ten thousand nights you have gathered to listen. Once, the looks on your faces inspired me to carry on living, as e... ...ight 3 The Storyteller be able to keep out the Storyteller’s words. Tell us that the moons will fall out of the sky, they moaned. Tell us that the ... ...aned. Tell us that the light of the stars will go out like a candle. Tell us anything but that the Story will end. For as long as they could remember... ...andalism that one expected anywhere in the city these days, what with the state of today’s youth. No, it was more like some kind of madman or wild a... ...dwich. ‘By the Enemy,’ she answered grimly. At these words Theo’s mellow state of contentment broke up into a fragmented sense of unease. He imagin... ...s like broken teeth. Villages rose from the green slopes like colonies of mushrooms, and the valley was ominously silent in the absence of traff c o...

...Reading age 10+ You might not know it but you, everyone you know and the world itself are all but figments in the imagination of a Storyteller on another planet. Each night foolish creatures called Bloons gather around him to listen to the latest crazy antics of Hoomanity. But it seems as though the Story itself has gotten out of control. The Hooman...

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Signature for Sunshine

By: Christine Jones

...ooks.net Copyright © 2007 by Christine Jones. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means,... ...m, without permission in writing from the copyright owner. This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents either are the product... ...unleashed everything she could lay her tongue to. She didn’t care who was listening and had no thought for the youngsters out on the footpath. Chris... ...thank you for blessing this household, for meeting our needs and blessing us with your gracious presence. Lord continue to watch over us as we…” “Mi... ... “I’m going to eat in my room!” “You can bloody sit here with the rest of us!” Chris lowered her tone. “If I have to put up with all this shit, so c... ...d out when he arrives.” “Bloody hell! What’s he on, the endangered species list or something?” “With you around girl, he might as well be.” Bill smil... ...ho in the bloody hell are you?” Chris snapped and glared angrily over the state she was now in. “Rick Eastly.” By the look on her face, it was obviou... ...he subject of her illiteracy, which unsettled his granddaughter’s relaxed state. He told her of the discussions he’d had with Lily, who was discreet... ...f beetroot?” “Yes Madam. You also get asparagus, assorted nuts and sliced mushrooms.” “No fungus for me thank you, or asparagus. Come to think of it,...

...Romantic comedy for mature audiences Chris O'Keith was a loving wife, mother and practising Christian. The end of her marriage brought a dramatic change of character. Her vicious hatred towards men is public knowledge and has males avoiding her like the plague. Chris and her four children live with Bill, her grandfather, who employs a...

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The Uncommercial Traveller

By: Charles Dickens

... The Uncommercial Traveller by Charles D... ... The Uncommercial Traveller by Charles Dickens is a publicat... ... The Uncommercial Traveller by Charles Dickens is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univer- sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free... ...nished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. N... ...I should have liked to have had it otherwise, I must submit. I feel, from all I have heard of you, that you will see it done decently and in order. Li... ...oor body lies, but we who are left behind would do all we can to show how we loved them. This is denied me, but it is God’s hand that The Uncommercia... ... have expected to get for the money. It was fitted up with a platform, and the usual lecturing tools, including a large black board of a menacing appe... ... trying to pick out the prettiest sister (for which I am far from blaming him), somebody cried, Hark! The man below must be playing Blindman’s Buff by... ...nt of demand: though my young sage is not of opinion that similar deterioration has befallen the The Uncommercial Traveller 251 ale. He has also enli...

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A Tramp Abroad

By: Mark Twain

... A Tramp Abroad by Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) is a publi... ... A Tramp Abroad by Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) is a publication of the Pennsy... ...y Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any ... ...ithout any charge 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 Pennsy... ...nd Duch- Mark Twain 8 ess of Baden in a closed carriage; these passed through the low-bowing groups of servants and disappeared in the hotel, exhibit... ... this one gives. The first night we were there, we went to bed and to sleep early; but I awoke at the end of two or three hours, and lay a comfortable... ...or. Well, one Sunday morning 13 A Tramp Abroad I was sitting out here in front of my cabin, with my cat, taking the sun, and looking at the blue hill... ...f or eight months in every year. This custom had continued in Germany two hun- dred and fifty years. To return to my narrative. A student in a white c... ...its of butter of the most unimpeachable freshness and genu- ineness; the precious juices of the meat trickling out and joining the gravy, archipelagoe...

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Vanity Fair

By: William Makepeace Thackeray

...VANITY FAIR BY William Makepeace Thackeray Volume Two A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Vanity Fair: Volume Two (Chap... ... Twenty-six through Fifty) by William Makepeace Thackeray is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is fur- ... ...Fifty) by William Makepeace Thackeray is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is fur- nished free and with... ...y. This Portable Document file is fur- nished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...is a grand- mother, does not often really know what to be a mother is. Let us respect Amelia and her mamma whispering and whimper- ing and laughing an... ...e for awhile indulging in her usual mood of selfish brooding, in that very listless melancholy attitude in which the honest maid- servant had found he... ...m. There’s no quarrelling, bickering, slandthering, nor small talk amongst us. We all love each other.” “Especially Mrs. Magenis,” said George, laughi... ...ip. At Chatham he followed the parades and drills with great assiduity. He listened with the utmost attention to the conversation of his brother offic... ...who are as proud as the Bourbons, and to whom the Steynes are but lackeys, mushrooms of yesterday (for after all, they are not of the Old Gaunts, but ...

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Vailima Letters

By: Robert Louis Stevenson

... Vailima Letters by Robert Louis Stevens... ... Vailima Letters by Robert Louis Stevenson is a publication ... ... Vailima Letters by Robert Louis Stevenson is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished free and... ...ed free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neith... ... of an hour and a half—Henry is a chiefling from Savaii; I once loathed, I now like and—pending fresh discoveries—have a kind of respect for Henry. He... ...rs, bossing and watch- ing; helps Fanny; is civil, kindly, thoughtful; O si sic semper! But will he be ‘his sometime self throughout the year’?Anyway,... ...ut in the hands of a man like Pratt it is succinct as Latin, compact of long rolling polysyllables and little and often pithy particles, and for beaut... ..., and saw with extraordinary pleasure the sea lying outspread. It seemed as smooth as glass, and yet I knew the surf was roaring all along the reef, a... ...urisy. Poor Fanny had very little fun of her visit, having been most of the time on a diet of maltine and slops—and this while the rest of us were rio...

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The Octopus a Story of California

By: Frank Norris

...The Octopus A Story of California by Frank Norris A P A P A P A P A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication enn State Electronic Classics ... ...cs Series Publication enn State Electronic Classics Series Publication enn State Electronic Classics Series Publication enn State Electronic Classics ... ...on enn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Ocotopus: A Story of California by Frank Norris is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Un... ...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... ...undred miles to tide-water, with wheat at eighty-seven cents? Why not hold us up with a gun in our 10 The Octopus faces, and say, ‘hands up,’ and be ... ...he other. “Come up here and sit down, and get out of the sun. They’ve held us here to wait orders,” he explained, as Presley, after leaning his bicycl... ...s they do the pay of any dirty little wiper in the yard. Cut me along with—listen to this—cut me along with men that they had black-listed; strikers t... ...d, slowly moving mass, huge, without form, like a thick- pressed growth of mushrooms, spreading out in all direc- tions over the earth. From it there ... ...rred. At first, he thought he had heard some one call his name. He paused, listening; there was no sound but the vague noise of the moving sheep. Then...

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Around the World in 80 Days

By: Jules Verne

...Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Around the World in 80 Days b... ...s Publication Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univer- sity. This Portable Document file is furn... ...d the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univer- sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and witho... ...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... ...iled fish with Reading sauce, a scarlet slice of roast beef garnished with mushrooms, a rhu- barb and gooseberry tart, and a morsel of Cheshire cheese... ...ried Fix. “Yes, and in eighty days! He says it is on a wager; but, between us, I don’t believe a word of it. That wouldn’t be common sense. There’s so... ...he has offered a large reward to the engi- neer of the Mongolia if he gets us to Bombay well in ad- vance of time.” “And you have known your master a ... ...on to Passepartout’s trouble about the gas? It is not probable. He was not listening, but was cogitating a project. Passepartout and he had now reache... ..., by the visa, that he had passed through Suez?” “Why? I have no idea; but listen to me.” He reported in a few words the most important parts of his c...

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Vanity Fair

By: William Makepeace Thackeray

...VANITY FAIR BY William Makepeace Thackeray A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Vanity Fair by William Makepe... ...s Publication Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Uni- versity. This Portable Document file is fur... ...y Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Uni- versity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and with... ...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... ...that my sister—that is, I —Johnson’s Dixonary, you know; you mustn’t leave us without that. Good-by. Drive on, coachman. God bless you!” And the kind ... ...was the best-natured of all, otherwise what on earth was to have prevented us from putting up Miss Swartz, or Miss Crump, or Miss Hopkins, as heroine ... ...ared proper to Miss Amelia to ask her friend to sing. “Y ou would not have listened to me,” she said to Mr. Osborne (though she knew she was telling a... ...delighted cook, and even Mrs. Blenkinsop, the housekeeper, condescended to listen on the landing-place. Among these ditties was one, the last of the c... ...who are as proud as the Bourbons, and to whom the Steynes are but lackeys, mushrooms of yesterday (for after all, they are not of the Old Gaunts, but ...

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Sons of the Soil

By: Honoré de Balzac

...Soil by Honoré de Balzac T ranslated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Sons of the Soil by Honoré de... ...rescott Wormeley A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Sons of the Soil by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a pu... ...l by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...c, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without... ...kers fashioned those slender filagrees which are not unlike the copies set us by a writing-master. On either side of the rail- ing is a ha-ha, the edg... ...ecure, luxurious lives? If the Left insists on killing kings why not leave us a few little princelings with money in their pockets? At the present mom... ...her-in-law. “If you will give me a pair of trousers, a waistcoat, and some list braces, so as not to disgrace Vermichel on the mu- sic stand at Tivoli... ...ges of France cannot be reached. They make it a law unto themselves not to listen to us; whereas the church does get some hold on the savages of Ameri... ...ld system,—a swindler, such as the dukes and marshals of the Empire, those mushrooms bred from the common earth, were well acquainted with. The wily g...

Excerpt: Sons of the Soil by Honore de Balzac, translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley.

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