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NumbaCruncha

By: Rigby Taylor

...NumbaCruncha begins with a chilling peek into the near future, when Sebastian and Jarek, now in their eighties, confront a particularly vile religious autocrat, whose reign of terror has led to the destruction of their laboratories, but not their secret weapon. We th...

...1: Somewhere in Far North Queensland Towards the End of the Twenty-first Century. ‘Make sure there’s nothing left to salvage, or tomorrow there’ll be nothing left of you.’ The priest’s twisted smile, more venomous than his customary frown, underlined the threat. Igno...

...Table of Contents 1: Somewhere in Far North Queensland Towards the End of the Twenty-First Century 2: About a Thousand Years Later 3: A Demonstration 4: Peteru & Uretep Show How It’s Done 5: The Mages Do It 6: Breakfas...

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The Silver Lining: Moral Deliberations in Modern Cinema

By: Sam Vaknin, Ph. D.

...d http://www.narcissistic-abuse.com Created by: LIDIJA RANGELOVSKA REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA C O N T E N T S I. The Talented Mr. Ripley I... ... Created by: LIDIJA RANGELOVSKA REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA C O N T E N T S I. The Talented Mr. Ripley II. The Truman Show III. The Matrix IV... ...The Matrix IV. Shattered V. Titanic VI. Being John Malkovich VII. Dreamcatcher – The Myth of Destructibility VIII. I, Robot – The Fourth Law of R... ...x IV. Shattered V. Titanic VI. Being John Malkovich VII. Dreamcatcher – The Myth of Destructibility VIII. I, Robot – The Fourth Law of Robotics ... ...yth of Destructibility VIII. I, Robot – The Fourth Law of Robotics IX. Surrogates: The Interrupted Self X. Avatar: The Ecology of Environmentalism ... ...Fourth Law of Robotics IX. Surrogates: The Interrupted Self X. Avatar: The Ecology of Environmentalism XI. The Invention of Lying: Fact and Truth ... ...tutes we find for energy- intensive foods; the more we conserve energy; the more we switch to alternatives energy; the more we encourage internation... ... to go through a solid object, levitate, look at the face of an analogue clock, or flick a light switch on and off. Moreover, it is not strictly tr... ...h a solid object, levitate, look at the face of an analogue clock, or flick a light switch on and off. Moreover, it is not strictly true that all dr...

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I'Ll Do Anything

By: Chrystal Kincaid

... Kincaid ISBN 10: 1-936000-01-6 ISBN 13: 978-1-936000-01-2 Published in the United States of America Publish Date: March 29, 2009 Editor-In-C... ... 1-936000-01-6 ISBN 13: 978-1-936000-01-2 Published in the United States of America Publish Date: March 29, 2009 Editor-In-Chief: Gail R. Del... ... by Desert Breeze Publishing, Inc © 2009 All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any elect... ...rding or by any information retrieval and storage system without permission of the publisher. Names, characters and incidents depicted in this bo... ...ng or by any information retrieval and storage system without permission of the publisher. Names, characters and incidents depicted in this book ... ...r. Names, characters and incidents depicted in this book are products of the author’s imagination, or are used in a fictitious situation. Any re... ...gantic wad of misery she was trying to swallow. “Not from you.” Surprise flickered in his eyes before Cade’s laughter rose over the din of traffic... ...ought at first, too,” Cade said. He turned the steering wheel and his eyes flickered over the rear view mirror before he continued. “But then the o... ...he cab, blue with green while they measured each other silently. Something flickered in Cade’s powerful gaze but it was gone before Julia could wond...

...For years, Julia Campbell has lusted from afar after her girlhood crush, Cade Taylor. Now the shoe is on the other foot and Cade is limping along helplessly behind her size seven pumps. Two successful attorneys arguing opposite sides of a high profile DUI manslaughter case, there's more than just a failed affair s...

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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,... ...ormation storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the copyright owner. This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places ... ...m, without permission in writing from the copyright owner. This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents either are the product... ... is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any ... ...f fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance ... ...s truly a test for an unqualified hard-headed farmer who happens to be of the gentler sex and has the weight and height of an anorexic ant. Time elu... ...ng back at me from all corners of the entire valley. Picking myself up, I flick half the paddock off my hands, wearing the other half on my arse. Wh... ...ceased.” His mischievous grin said it all. Standing behind Michael, Steven flicks the man’s curls. Michael reacts as though plagued by an annoying fl... ...ER EIGHT “Anchovies!” Steven hollers with disgust. “I hate anchovies!” He flicks the hors-d’oeuvre onto the lounge room floor. So many people have g...

...Sarah wanted to escape the city life and her wealthy family. Moving from mainland Australia, she purchased a farm in Tasmania. Persistent, yet green to rural living, the new next door neighbour has her attention and she is out to win his heart in t...

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And Gulliver Returns Book IV : A Look at Our Human Values

By: Lemuel Gulliver XVI

...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 ... ...r © 2008 ISBN 978-0-9823076-3-2 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS IN THE HOTEL .................................................... ... ISBN 978-0-9823076-3-2 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS IN THE HOTEL .................................................................... ...—AND UNDERSTAND OUR THINKING ............... 24 OUR BASIC ASSUMPTIONS -- THE FOUNDATIONS OF OUR VALUES ......................... 28 SELF-CENTERED A... .............................................................. 56 PROOFS FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD ......................................................... ...e. Atomic bombs are OK for one nation, not for others. Capital punishment switches from acceptable to unacceptable depending on who is sitting on th... ... London. Is the fact that the electric light generally comes on when you flick the switch as verifiable as the claims of politicians that they have... ...do Valley just north of LA. A friend of mine rents his house out for porno flicks all the time. He has invited me to a couple of shoots. The ambiance...

...Overpopulation is responsible for many of our planet's problems--global warming, the lack of fresh water, poverty, high gasoline and food prices, air and water pollutions, the scarcity of natural resources, the excess of wastes and their proper disposal, and even ...

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Family and More : Enemies or Friends?

By: Helena Harper

... Family and More Family and More - Enemies or Friends? A collection of poems By Helena Harper Copyright 2008 All rights reserved – Helena Ha... ...By Helena Harper Copyright 2008 All rights reserved – Helena Harper No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means... ..., recording, taping, or by any information storage retrieval system, without the permission, in writing, from the publisher. Eloquent Books An imprint... ...ut the permission, in writing, from the publisher. Eloquent Books An imprint of AEG Publishing Group 845 Third Avenue, 6th Floor - 6016 New York, NY 1... ...0022 www.eloquentbooks.com ISBN: 978-1-60693-127-1 1-60693-127-X Printed in the United States of America Book Design: SP To all the people in my lif... ...r everything you have taught me and continue to teach me. Table of Contents The Baby.................................................................... ...ng. The body seeks refuge in coma; organs fail as the days tick by and hands switch off machines - a flick here, a click there, 27 that's all it take... ...e in coma; organs fail as the days tick by and hands switch off machines - a flick here, a click there, 27 that's all it takes, not much, to enable ...

...s in our lives? How do they influence us? Whom do we call an enemy? Whom do we call a friend? And why? Why do we have relationships at all? These are the questions Helena Harper eloquently asks in her collection of poems that examines the relationships in her own life. She has had to rethink her definition of 'enemy', not least because her father was English and her mother...

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An Apostate: Nawin of Thais

By: Steven David Justin Sills

...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... ...adic fits of sleep and wakeful spans of dull, hypnagogic thoughts matching the inertia of his confinement he would finally become ensconced there, in ... ... sleep and wakeful spans of dull, hypnagogic thoughts matching the inertia of his confinement he would finally become ensconced there, in this train j... ...in jostling him around, and at last fall asleep. This was his hope; but in the meantime there was a languid battle with insomnia and inordinate time t... ...me that he, from his "exalted tomb," disdainfully sullied. A god watching the cookie wrappers that he was emptying into his mouth from the upper coff... ...tying into his mouth from the upper coffin glided downward like the leaves of a deciduous tree; he was remembering happier times and in this confined ... ...a solitary wandering into Vientiane. He noticed some lint on his shirt and flicked it off but really it was the stranger whom he now wanted to flick a... ...once again foolishly, gullibly, and jubilantly agreeing within the surreal flickering candlelight of the table to father Kimberly's child and this agr... ...e sincere than doing it out of feeling sad for you." The intimate stranger flicked the card as though he were a primitive sensing music in the mundane...

...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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Narcissism Book of Quotes

By: Sam Vaknin

... Narcissism Book of Quotes A SELECTION OF QUOTES FROM THE COLLECTIVE WISDOM OF OVER 12,000 INDIVID... ... Narcissism Book of Quotes A SELECTION OF QUOTES FROM THE COLLECTIVE WISDOM OF OVER 12,000 INDIVIDUAL DISCUSSIONS ... ...2,000 INDIVIDUAL DISCUSSIONS "I was married to a Narcissist for 16 years. It's the closest thing there is to HELL ON EARTH." ISB... ... There have been well over 12,000 individual discussions posted at the Suite 101 Narcissistic Personality Disorder Discussion si... ...sistic Personality Disorder Discussion site over the past 18 months. In the preparation of this document, we encountered victim's reports of attempt... ...sment, sexual abuse, incest, vindictiveness in child custody court battles, repudiation of pension contracts, and non-payment of child-support, all ... ...up with another liar and cheater? My recent ex girlfriend told me recently that she can flick her feelings off and on, and that she feels empty insi... ...nd that she feels empty inside. I had no idea that she would come home one day and just flick her feelings off for me… How could I have missed this ... ... and yardstick, I am the one and only. There, in the penumbral recesses of my study, my flickering laptop for company, the only noises are electroni...

The Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) and relationships with abusive narcissists and psychopaths: the point of view and lessons of the victims.

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Jockeys and Jewels

By: Bev Pettersen

... is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book, or a portion thereof, in any form. Th... ...k may not be resold or uploaded for distribution to others. This is a work of fiction. Any references to historical events, real people and horses... ...cales are used fictitiously. Other names, characters, places and incidents are the product of the author’s imagination, and any resemblance to actual... ...d fictitiously. Other names, characters, places and incidents are the product of the author’s imagination, and any resemblance to actual events, loca... ...and Dad who scrimped and saved to buy my first horse. Chapter One The track looked safe—no holes, no ruts, no reason for a horse to break... ...safe—no holes, no ruts, no reason for a horse to break a leg—but Kurt’s sense of foreboding grew. He yanked up the collar of his oilskin, hoping the ... ...hair on his fetlocks was so long it curled in the straw. Only his ears moved, flicking back and forth as he appraised his visitors. Sandra chuckled... ...t. She laughed, a melodious sound that brightened the morning, and even Cisco flicked a curious ear. “Otto doesn’t win much,” she said. “He hauls ar... ..., the backside bustled. A sleepy-eyed attendant sold him a race program. Kurt flicked through it while balancing two coffee cups in his right hand....

...Racehorse trainer, Kurt MacKinnon, resents being yanked into undercover police work. But when his ex-partner is murdered, Kurt is determined to find the killer and moves his third-string Thoroughbreds to the backwater track where his partner was last seen alive. Julie West, a dedicated but struggling jockey, pins her dreams of an elusive win on the new trainer in town, ne...

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When Serpents Die

By: Gerrie Ferris

... Gerrie Ferris 2 THE LAURA KATE PLANTATION SERIES Book One When Serpents Die... ...by Gerrie Ferris 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 Edi... ...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... ...ng, recording or by any information retrieval and storage system without permission of the publisher. Names, characters and incidents depicted in... ... recording or by any information retrieval and storage system without permission of the publisher. Names, characters and incidents depicted in th... ...t the hell was that smell? I went to the light switch behind a Christmas tree. I flicked it up and down. No lights. I thought what the hell. I... ...nother, and she was in the gravel alley that ran behind Magnolia Street. She flicked to the car’s fog lights and crept through the tangled eve... ...Straight to the point was how to handle the Wylie Buckley’s of the world. His eyes flickered behind wire glasses. “Why, no,” he said. “We’re close...

...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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Yellow on the Outside, Shame on the inside : Asian Culture Revealed

By: Chi, Anson

...Why do Asians really become doctors and lawyers? Why do Asians really play the piano? Many people believe that the reason has to do with the press... ...y people believe that the reason has to do with the pressure to perform and the pressure to conform, however, it goes much deeper than that much, mu... ...oes much deeper than that much, much deeper! This didactic novel — reveals the truths about Asian culture, which will shock you to the marrow of yo... ... 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, ... ...to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form whatsoever. Any part of this book may be reproduced, distributed, disseminated or transmitted... ...they're minorities and need to do whatever it takes to get ahead, including switching religions; regardless, I know they sold out. Speaking of minori... ...'s when the Korean guy proudly rips off his shirt and tie, like Clark Kent switching to Superman, to reveal his true identity and outfit: the wife ... ...?" "Yeah, you want to go see a movie?" "Cool, I'll make sure to pick a chick flick so that you can suffer through it." "I won't be suffering because I...

...Why do Asians really get straight A's? Why do Asians really become doctors and lawyers? Why do Asians really play the piano? Many people believe that the reason has to do with the pressure to perform and the pressure to conform, however, it goes much deeper than that—much, much deeper! This didactic novel reveals the truths about Asian c...

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Actions and Reactions

By: Rudyard Kipling

...ies Publication Actions and Reactions by Rudyard Kipling is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univer- sity. This Portable Document file is furn... ... Publication Actions and Reactions by Rudyard Kipling is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univer- sity. This Portable Document file is furnish... ...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... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone associated with the Pennsylvania State University assumes any responsibility for the materi... ...itor, Hazleton, PA 18202-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of liter... ...s though,” he said, “if it’s only to keep one’s hand in.” His eyes did not flicker now as they swept the empty fields. “Mustn’t one?” “Lay out a Morri... ...wer. “I’ve known a derelict up-end and sift her engines out of herself and flicker round the Lower Lanes for three weeks on her forward tanks only. We... ...the air-pump taps. G.P.O. inflators are thrice as thick as a racing man’s “flickers,” and chafe abominably under the armpits. George takes the wheel u...

...Excerpt: It came without warning, at the very hour his hand was outstretched to crumple the Holz and Gunsberg Combine. The New York doctors called it overwork, and he lay in a darkened room, one ankle crossed above the other, tongue pressed into palate, wonderin...

...N ENFORCED ........................................................................................................................................ 4 THE RECALL ................................................................................................................................................................. 35 GARM?A HOSTAGE......................................

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Lord Ormont and His Aminta

By: George Meredith

...ublication Lord Ormont and His Aminta by George Meredith is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Uni- versity. This Portable Document file is furn... ...ication Lord Ormont and His Aminta by George Meredith is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Uni- versity. This Portable Document file is furnish... ...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... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone associated with the Pennsylvania State University assumes any responsibility for the materi... ...itor, Hazleton, PA 18201-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of liter... ...s, as usual—if it can march! “Albuera, my lord?” “Our men can spurt, for a flick o’ the whip. They’re ex- pected to be constantly ready for doing prod... ..., they plunge into the world and are gone. Will he see them again? It is a flickering perhaps. To sustain his be- lief that he has done serviceable wo... ...none of; and then the big one trips up, like dancing, to the other one and flicks him a soft clap on the check—quite friendly, you may say; and before...

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A Modern Utopia

By: H. G. Wells

...assics Series Publication A Modern Utopia by H. G. Wells is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...ics Series Publication A Modern Utopia by H. G. Wells is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...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... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State Uni- versity nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyo... ...ate Uni- versity nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone associated with the Pennsylvania State University assumes any responsibility for the materi... ...ty Editor, Hazleton, PA 18202 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of liter... ...in the quality of their remote, small shapes. 14 A Modern Utopia I should flick a few crumbs from my knee, perhaps. “It’s odd,” I should say, for the... ...ireplace, and I am perplexed by that until I find a thermometer beside six switches on the wall. Above this switch-board is a brief in- struction: one... ...nition (stress) of artificial? …” And after lunch too! I ceased to listen, flicked the end of my cigarette ash over the green trellis of the arbour, s...

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The First Men in the Moon

By: H. G. Wells

...e Moon by H. G. Wells A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The First Men in the Moon by H.G. Wells is a publication of the Pennsylvani... ...ries Publication The First Men in the Moon by H.G. Wells is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univer- sity. This Portable Document file is furn... ...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... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone associated with the Pennsylvania State University assumes any responsibility for the mate- ... ...or, Hazleton, PA 18201-1291 is a Portable Docu- ment File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of liter... ...ek, and every- thing was still again. Presently the Selenite turned about, flickered into the shadow, stood for a moment retrospective at the door, an... ...ed away in the direction he wished us to go, and turned and came back, and flicked our faces to attract our attention. Cavor and I looked at one anoth... ... all hands and feet, bolting for cover. The cavern grew darker farther up. Flick! something flew over my head. Flick! As I soared in mid-stride I saw ...

...Excerpt: As I sit down to write here amidst the shadows of vine leaves under the blue sky of southern Italy, it comes to me with a certain quality of astonishment that my participation in these amazing adventures of Mr. Cavor was, after all, the outcome of the purest a...

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The Second Jungle Book

By: Rudyard Kipling

...ok by Rudyard Kipling A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Second Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling is a publication of the Pennsylva... ...es Publication The Second Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling 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... ... for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Nei- ther the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone associated with the Pennsylvania State University assumes any responsibility for the materi... ...itor, Hazleton, PA 18202-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of liter... ...n the dry , scarred hills, but it brought no rain—only heat—lightning that flickered along the ridges—and Hathi went on: “That was the voice he heard,... ... would come alone 29 Rudyard Kipling at night, his eyes green in the fire-flicker, to take his share of fresh walnuts. At last, the musk-deer, the sh... ...under- stand of his adventures among men; and when he made the morning sun flicker up and down the blade of his skinning- knife,—the same he had skinn...

Excerpt: The Second Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling.

...................................................................................................................................................... 4 THE LAW OF THE JUNGLE.................................................................................................................................. 19 THE MIRACLE OF PURUN BHAGAT .............................................

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Heart of Darkness

By: Joseph Conrad

...y Joseph Conrad A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Uni... ...Series Publication Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnishe... ...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... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone associated with the Pennsylvania State University assumes any responsibility for the materi... ... document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic... ... blaze on a plain, like a flash of lightning in the clouds. We live in the flicker—may it last as long as the old earth keeps rolling! But darkness wa... ...e sunken eyes looked up at me, enormous and vacant, a kind of blind, white flicker in the depths of the orbs, which died out slowly. The man seemed yo... ... the wretched thing to give up every moment. It was like watching the last flick- ers of a life. But still we crawled. Sometimes I would pick out a tr...

...Excerpt: The Nellie, a cruising yawl, swung to her anchor with-out a flutter of the sails, and was at rest. The flood had made, the wind was nearly calm, and being bound down the river, the only thing for it was to come to and wait fo...

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The Collection of Antiquities

By: Honoré de Balzac

...ted by Ellen Marriage A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Collection of Antiquities by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Ellen Marriage is... ...rriage A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Collection of Antiquities by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Ellen Marriage is a publication ... ...Antiquities by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Ellen Marriage is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...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... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ... or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Collection of Antiquities by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Ellen Marriage, the Pennsylvania... ...n through a hundred thousand livres, dear Marquis,” resumed the Chevalier, flick- ing a trace of snuff from his waistcoat; “it is not much, I know. I ... ...d, running her fingers through her wig a la Titus, and twirling her riding switch. “O! Mme. la Duchesse, you are an angel!” cried Chesnel, with tears ...

...Excerpt: Dear Baron, you have taken so warm an interest in my long, vast ?History of French Manners in the Nineteenth Century,? you have given me so much encouragement to persevere with my work, that you have given me a right to associate your name with some portion of it. Are you not one of the most impor...

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Merry Men

By: Robert Louis Stevenson

...ronic Classics Series Publication Merry Men by Robert Louis Stevenson is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document ... ...ic Classics Series Publication Merry Men by Robert Louis Stevenson is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document fil... ...State University. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purp... ... document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Edito... ...Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone associated with the Pennsylvania State University assumes any responsibility f... ...s, Faculty Editor, Hazleton, PA 18201-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical w... ...many savage ani- mals. A bright fire burned in the chimney, and shed abroad a changeful flicker; close up to the blaze there was drawn a table, laid f... ...usband the happiest of men.’ ‘You know I can refuse you nothing,’ she said, with a last flicker of resistance; ‘nothing that will make you truly happi... ...e as heaven, shone here and there among the foliage. The indefatigable birds turned and flick- ered about Gretz church tower. A healthy wind blew from...

...Excerpt: Chapter 1. Eilean Aros. It was a beautiful morning in the late July when I set forth on foot for the last time for Aros. A boat had put me ashore the night before at Grisapol; I had such breakfast as the little inn afforded, and, leaving all my baggage till I had an occasion to ...

...Contents THE MERRY MEN .......................................................................................4 WILL O? THE MILL...................................................................................50 MARKHEIM ..............

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The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling

By: Henry Fielding

...ry Fielding: Volume One, Containing Books I through VIII is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is fur n... ...Fielding: Volume One, Containing Books I through VIII is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is fur nish... ...ty. 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 ... ..., for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State Uni versity nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyo... ...ate Uni versity nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone associated with the Pennsylvania State Univer sity assumes any responsibility for the mate... ...ent or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling by Henry Fielding: Volume One, Containing Books I... ...—n un, if the par son had unt his petticuoats on, I should have lent un o flick; for I love thee dearly, my boy, and d—n me if there is anything in m... ...r thee that art one; if hadst been a man, I promise thee I had lent thee a flick long ago.”—”Ay, there,” said she, “in that flick lies all your fancie... ...ell,” said the squire, “I will propose it; but I shall certainly lend un a flick, if he should refuse me.” “Fear not,” cries Mrs. West ern; “the matc...

Excerpt: The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling by Henry Fielding: Volume One, Containing Books I through VIII.

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The Adventures of Harry Richmond

By: George Meredith

...ND By George Meredith A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Adventures of Harry Richmond by George Meredith is a publication of the... ...redith A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Adventures of Harry Richmond by George Meredith is a publication of the Pennsylvania S... ...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... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...ate University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone associ- ated with the Pennsylvania State University assumes any responsibility for the materi... ... or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Adventures of Harry Richmond by George Meredith, the Pennsylvania State University, El... ...arved off a slice of Michaelmas,’ said Saddlebank, and he hewed the air to flick delicately at his goose’s head. ‘What do you mean—a slice?’ said we. ... ...eterborough, not being supple in French, fell back upon his English with a flickering smile of protestation; but even in his native tongue he could ma... ...ntatively. ‘ Ay, mourning’s her outer rig, never doubt,’ said the squire. ‘Flick your whip at her, she ‘s a charitable soul, Judy Bulsted! She knits s...

...Excerpt: Subject Of Contention. One midnight of a winter month the sleepers in Riversley Grange were awakened by a ringing of the outer bell and blows upon the great hall-doors. Squire Beltham was master there: the other members of the househ...

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The Voyage Out

By: Virginia Woolf

...Out by Virginia Woolf A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Voyage Out by Virginia Woolf is a publication of the Pennsylvania State... ...sics Series Publication The Voyage Out by Virginia Woolf 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... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone associated with the Pennsylvania State University assumes any responsibility for the materi... ...itor, Hazleton, PA 18202-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of liter... ...burrowings of great eels, or the smooth green-sided mon- sters who came by flickering this way and that. —”And, Rachel, if any one wants me, I’m busy ... ...een. All over the shad- owed half of the world people lay prone, and a few flick- ering lights in empty streets marked the places where their cities w... ... same interest with which she talked to him. Finally, Hirst’s odious words flicked his mind like a whip, and he remembered that he had left her talkin...

Excerpt: The Voyage Out by Virginia Woolf.

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Guy Mannering

By: Sir Walter Scott

...ics Series Publication Guy Mannering by Sir Walter Scott is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ... Series Publication Guy Mannering by Sir Walter Scott is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...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... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone associated with the Pennsylvania State University assumes any responsibility for the materi... ...itor, Hazleton, PA 18201-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of liter... ...d nearer, brightening and enlarging as it again approached, till the broad flickering flame rendered bank, and rock, and tree, visible as it passed, t... ...e so, desired one of the lads “to hand in the black Peter, that they might flick it open.” The boy stepped to the door, and brought in a portmanteau, ... ...f the first-head he was not, had hitherto been slapping his boots with his switch-whip, and looking like a spoiled child that has lost its supper. His...

...Excerpt: Introduction To Guy Mannering. The novel or romance of Waverley made its way to the public slowly, of course, at first, but afterwards with such accumulating popularity as to encourage the author to a second attempt. He looked about for a name and a subjec...

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Three Soldiers

By: John Dos Passos

...ICS SERIES PUBLICATION Three Soldiers by John Dos Passos is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ... SERIES PUBLICATION Three Soldiers by John Dos Passos is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...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... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State Uni- versity nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyo... ...ate Uni- versity nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone associated with the Pennsylvania State University assumes any responsibility for the materi... ...ty Editor, Hazleton, PA 18202 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of liter... ...vered bodies about him. Here and there a pair of eyes glinted in the white flick- ering light from the screen. Waves of laughter or of little exclamat... ...y started to wonder how it would feel to be under fire. Memories of movies flickered in his mind. “Gawd, ain’t I glad to git out o’ this hell-hole,” h... ... in the dark shed of the freight station where they waited. Some gas lamps flickered feebly high up among the rafters, lighting up in a ghastly way wh...

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Master and Man

By: Leo Tolstoy, Graf

... and Man by Leo Tolstoy, trans. by Louise and Aylmer Maude is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furn... ...d Man by Leo Tolstoy, trans. by Louise and Aylmer Maude is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnish... ...ersity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and i... ..., for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Nei ther the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyo... ...a State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone associated with the Pennsylvania State University assumes any responsibility for the mate... ...Editor, Hazleton, PA 18201 1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of lit... ...sant was whacking the snow cov ered croup of their little horse with a long switch, and the other two sitting in front waved their arms and shouted s... ...et along! Keep up!’ shouted another, ceaselessly beating his horse with the switch. ‘So you’re from a feast, it seems?’ ‘Go on, go on! Faster, Simon!... ... so with the samovar?’ ‘It is ready,’ said one of the young women, and after flick ing with her apron the top of the samovar which was now boiling ov...

...Excerpt: It happened in the seventies in winter, on the day after St. Nicholas?s Day. There was a fete in the parish and the innkeeper, Vasili Andreevich Brekhunov, a Second Guild merchant, being a church elder had to go to church, and had also to e...

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The Jungle Book

By: Rudyard Kipling

...ok by Rudyard Kipling A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling is a publication of the Pennsylvania Sta... ...cs Series Publication The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling 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 per- son using this document file, for any purpose, and in... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone associated with the Pennsylvania State University assumes any responsibility for the materi... ...or, Hazleton, PA 18202-1291 is a Portable Document File pro- duced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of liter... ... be- hind her. When the cobra runs for her life, she goes like a whip-lash flicked across a horse’s neck. Rikki-tikki knew that he must catch her, or ... ...go into that flaring, trumpeting pandemonium (generally at night, when the flicker of the torches made it difficult to judge distances), and, picking ... ...he chafing of enormous sides and shoulders in the crowd, and the incessant flick and hissh of the great tails. Then a cloud came over the moon, and he...

...Excerpt: It was seven o?clock of a very warm evening in the Seeonee hills when Father Wolf woke up from his day?s rest, scratched himself, yawned, and spread out his paws one after the other to get rid of the sleepy feeling in their tips. Mother Wolf lay ...

......................................................................................................................................... 4 Hunting-Song of the Seeonee Pack ............................................................................................................................ 23 Kaa?s Hunting ..................................................................

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The Egoist : A Comedy in Narrative

By: George Meredith

...ve by George Meredith A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Egoist by George Meredith is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Un... ...lassics Series Publication The Egoist by George Meredith is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Por- table Document file is furn... ...ty. This Por- table Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone associated with the Pennsylvania State University assumes any responsibility for the materi... ...itor, Hazleton, PA 18201-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of liter... ...ot, uncivil, but one knew his ori- gin! Upon these interjections, placable flicks of the lionly tail addressed to Britannia the Ruler, who expected hi... ...ated Sir Willoughby, with a counte- nance rather uneasy, as if it had been flicked with a glove. “He strings his phrases by the dozen.” “Papa contradi... ...e ford, De Craye following, but not close after—and why not close? She had flicked him with one of her peremptorily saucy speeches when she was bold w...

...Excerpt: A chapter of which the last page only is of any importance comedy is a game played to throw reflections upon social life, and it deals with human nature in the drawing-room of civilized men and women, where we have no dust of the strug...

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