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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 machinations of a sinister cult of Kali; the ho...

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... THE CURSE OF KALI Historical Drama set in India By Audrey Blankenhagen ... ... E.M. Forster, 1924 This book is a work of fiction. Places, events, and situations in this story are purely fictional. Any resemblan... ...02 by Audrey Blankenhagen. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means... ...ent prepared by her merchants and, with the flourish of her famous signature and the stamp of the Royal Seal, granted a Charter to the Honourable Ea... ...arrying out their pernicious trade and no doubt the Arab captains thought our merchant ship was a Royal Navy vessel.’ A more felicitous event was t... ... As they approached the Residency, large iron gates bearing the East India Company’s crest - the Royal Arms and the flag of St. George - were opene... ... ‘John, let me introduce you to the Comtesse de Colbert. She is a great admirer of the Scots and Scotland.’ THE CURSE OF KALI 77 ‘My pleasure,’ ... ...,’ said John MacGregor, bowing low over the Comtesse’s gloved hand, which he raised to his lips. ‘Scotland and France are, indeed, old allies.’ ‘Ha... ...wo ladies from Devonshire. Higher up on the hillocks nestled pink and white bungalows, the summer residences of rich Indians and the English. But it...

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...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...

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... -- 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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... 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... ...wealth of Ormus -- Crossing the great Gobi desert -- The Polos attached to the Royal Court -- Marco is educated for the Khan's service -- Appointed go... ...-- A herd of 10,000 white horses and as many mares -- Mare's milk used only by royalty -- Marvellous power of the astrologers -- Not withstanding thei... ...s country -- The city of Quinsai with its marvellously beautiful Palace -- The royal preserves and magnificent gardens -- The man-eaters of Fugiu -- G... ...nd at the end of three years, while the company were preparing ampler huts for residences, they were attacked by these Skraellings, an arrow from the ... ... convents, a great number of warehouses and stores, and more than 6000 private residences. Even the hard hearted historian of the Buccaneers, himself ... ...m improbable, when the fact is remembered that from the most northern point of Scotland to the southern capes of Iceland, the distance is less than fi...

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...Excerpt: Towards the middle of the month of May, in the year 1660, at nine o?clock in the morning, when the sun, already high in the heavens, was fast absorbing the dew from the ramparts of the castle of Blois a little cavalcade, composed of three men and two pages, re-ente...

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...uma [Pere] is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. A... ...m Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone associated with the Pennsylvania State University assumes any responsibility for the material contained within the... ... Electronic Classics Series, Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, Hazleton, PA 18201-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student pub... ...n waited till one of them was close to his saddle-bow: then stooping towards him, in a clear, distinct voice, which was perfectly audible at the windo... ...nt- Remy, the maitre d’hotel shall be informed.” “M. de Saint-Remy?” repeated the cavalier, slightly blushing. “Do you know him?” “Why, yes; but reque... ... Good-day to you — good-day, Monsieur Raoul.” “I offer you a thousand respects, M. de Saint-Remy.” “How Madame de la V all — I mean, how delighted Ma-... ...” The officer was more and more surprised, more and more subdued. “If I consent to announce you, may I at least know whom to announce, monsieur?” “You... ... to Edinburgh, during Cromwell’s expedition into Ireland, I was crowned at Scone. A year after, wounded in one of the provinces he had usurped, Cromwe... ... im- plore you, to the years you have already undergone. You have, to induce you to act now rather than at another time, neither occasion nor opportun...

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...Excerpt: The ?Body Of The Nation? But the basin of the Mississippi is the body of the nation. All the other parts are but members, important in themselves, yet more important in their relations to this. Exclusive of the Lake basin and of 300,000 square miles in Texas and New Mexico, which in many aspects form a part of it, this basin contains about 1,250,000 squar...

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...Excerpt: Chapter 1. Who will be the new bishop? In the latter days of July in the year 185-, a most important question was for ten days hourly asked in the cathedral city of Barchester, and answered every hour in various ways--Who was to be the new Bishop? The death of old...

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...y H. G. Wells A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The War in the Air by H. G. Wells is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univer... ...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. The War in the Air by H. G. Wells, the Pennsylvania State Unive... ...l mischief began when Brennan sprang his gyroscopic mono-rail car upon the Royal Society. It was the leading sen- sation of the 1907 soirees; that cel... ...ntry. The despaired-of thing was done. A man was flying securely and well. Scotland was agape for his coming. Glasgow he reached by one o’clock, and i... ...d you ever see this thing go op?” Bert jumped. “Saw it from Bun ‘Ill, your Royal Highness.” Von Winterfeld made some explanation. “How fast did it go?... ...interfeld made some explanation. “How fast did it go?” “Couldn’t say, your Royal Highness. The papers, leastways the Daily Courier, said eighty miles ... ...oners in the hands of a hostile crowd. Close at hand was a number of villa residences, whose occupants speedily de- veloped from an unfriendly curiosi...

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...Preface: What is exaggeration to one class of minds and perceptions, is plain truth to another. That which is commonly called a long-sight, perceives in a prospect innumerable features and bearings non-existent to a short-sighted person. I sometimes ask myself whether there may occasionally be a difference of this kind between some writers and some readers; whether it is a...

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...Excerpt: ?Dearest Meg, ?It isn?t going to be what we expected. It is old and little, and altogether delightful--red brick. We can scarcely pack in as it is, and the dear knows what will happen when Paul (younger son) arrives tomorrow. From hall you go right or left into diningroom or drawing-room. Hall itself is practically a room. You open another door in it, and th...

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... a Homeland Defense 14 1.3 National Crisis Management 35 2. THE FOUNDATION OF THE NEW TERRORISM 47 2.1 A Declaration of War 47 2.2 Bin Ladin?s Appeal in the Islamic World 48 2.3 The Rise of Bin Ladin and al Qaeda (1988?1992) 55 2.4 Building an Organization, Declaring War on the United States (1992?1996) 59 2.5 Al Qaeda?s Renewal in Afghanistan (1996?1998) 63 3. COUNTERTERR...

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...HE NEW TERRORISM 47 2.1 A Declaration of War 47 2.2 Bin Ladin’s Appeal in the Islamic World 48 2.3 The Rise of Bin Ladin and al Qaeda (1988–1992... ...Declaring War on the United States (1992–1996) 59 2.5 Al Qaeda’s Renewal in Afghanistan (1996–1998) 63 3. COUNTERTERRORISM EVOLVES 71 3.1 From t... ...First World Trade Center Bombing 71 3.2 Adaptation—and Nonadaptation— ...in the Law Enforcement Community 73 3.3 . . . and in the Federal Aviation... ... things, taking away his passport.With help from a dissident member of the royal family, he managed to get out of the country under the pretext of att... ...ing up the teams in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam. Members of the cells rented residences, and purchased bomb-mak- ing materials and transport vehicles.At... ... Flight 103, bound from London to New Y ork, which blew up over Lockerbie, Scotland, in December 1988, killing 270 people. Initial evidence pointed to... ...eventu- ally back to Kandahar. In Kandahar, he rotated between five to six residences, spending one night at each residence. In addition, he sent his ... ...their friends can help them change. 20 There are signs that Saudi Arabia’s royal family is trying to build a consensus for political reform, though un... ... ouchstone, 2001), pp. 80–82. On aid provided by a dissident member of the royal fam- ily , see Intelligence report, interrogation of KSM, Sept. 27, 2...

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