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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 horrors of the Indian Mu...

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... THE CURSE OF KALI Historical Drama set in India By Audrey Blankenhagen ... ...y fictional. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, is coincidental. © 2002 by Audrey Blankenhagen. All rights reserved. No... ...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... ...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... ... this province, which is of immense strategic importance, particularly against the aspirations of Russia to establish a foothold in India.’ Audrey... ...and dress of the brave Sir William Wallace, who defeated Edward I and, ultimately, was so cruelly executed by the vindictive ‘Longshanks’. The Span... ...ot see what was happening at first and suddenly there was our Helen galloping towards the men and firing her pistol in the air. Her topee had come o... ...dultery in your religion.’ Helen remembered hearing how Moslem women were stoned to death and men executed when taken in the act of adultery; moral ... ...and resting low on the pommel of his saddle. As if by magic, wild looking men suddenly appeared, firing guns in the air and surrounded the two stra...

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... the year 2020 Commander Lemuel Gulliver XVI returns from a twenty year odyssey around the solar system, searching for sites where the world's excess people can be re-located. He found none. On his return he vows to search for solutions to the planet's most pressing problem. He has written six books of his planned fourteen book series and invites you to read them....

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...R RETURNS‖ --In Search of Utopia-- BOOK 4 A Look at Human Values by Lemuel Gulliver XVI as told to Jacqueline Slow Art Work by Susie Klein... ...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... ...s who like Szechwan and Thai.‖ --―My taste buds have been destroyed by jalapenos and habaneras so I‘ll go for your hottest recommendation. Wha... ...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... ...f murder, stealing and lying. ―Atheists make up a high percent of the Russian and Czech populations, probably because atheistic Marxism was a fa... ...for example, there are 22% who are atheists and 16% who are agnostics. In Russia 32% were atheistic or agnostic, but of the 58% who said they were C... ...sunk and drowned they were innocent, if they floated they were guilty and executed. These apparently included the mentally ill and the infirm as well... ...when the market requires it. When Sweden and Denmark reduced the costs of firing workers, businesses functioned more smoothly and unemployment droppe... ... ―Elijah, too, asked that God take him in First Kings 19:4, after he had executed all the prophets with his sword. Also in First Kings 18:40, he ‗p...

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...NOTES ON A JOURNEY FROM CORNHILL TO GRAND CAIRO by William Makepeace Thackeray A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publ... ...assics Series Publication Notes on a Journey from Cornhill to Grand Cairo by William Makepeace Thackeray is a publica- tion of the Pennsylvania State... ...erusalem on that day—to purchase eighteen shirts and lay in a sea stock of Russia ducks,—was the work of four-and-twenty hours; and on the 5 Thackera... ...ge; and, having their book-learn- ing fresh in their minds, see the living people and their cities, and the actual aspect of Nature, along the famous ... ...s shores of the Mediterranean. CHAPTER I:VIGO THE SUN BROUGHT ALL the sick people out of their berths this morning, and the indescribable moans and no... ...should find the yards of his ship manned as he went on board, all the guns firing an enormous salute (only without the least noise or vile smell of po... ...ing up to the steamer’s side to convey us travellers to shore. There were Russian schooners and Greek brigs lying in this little bay; dumpy little wi... ...y the town with minarets and cypresses, domes and castles; great guns were firing off, and the blood-red flag of the Sultan flaring over the fort ever... ...ng the blood had spouted from the neck of an Arnaoot soldier, who had been executed for mur- 137 Thackeray der. These Arnaoots are the curse and terr...

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...ction of the ?Act further to promote the efficiency of the Navy,? approved 21st of December, 1861, provides: ?That the President of the United States by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall have the authority to detail from the retired list of the navy for the command of squadrons and single ships such officers as he may believe that the good of the service...

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...21st of December, 1861, provides: “That the President of the United States by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall have the authority ... ...the squadron which recently rendered such im- portant service to the Union by his successful operations on the lower Mississippi and capture of New Or... ...uch as you, than to me. It is upon the brave hearts and strong arms of the people of the country that our reliance has been placed in support of free ... ...e na- 12 The Writings of Abraham Lincoln: V ol Six tion to the States and people most immediately interested in the subject-matter. To the people of ... ...in pontoons over the Chickahominy before morning, and that there was heavy firing on the Richmond side, begun at 5 and ceased at 7 A.M. Saturday. On t... ...bt, and for other purposes,” approved August 5, 1861, can not be peaceably executed; and that the taxes legally chargeable upon real es- tate under th... ...ral McClellan’s to General Burnside be- ing the same, of course we wish it executed as promptly as possible. A. LINCOLN. 77 The Writings of Abraham L... ...these measures. Our relations with Great Britain, France, Spain, Portugal, Russia, Prussia, Denmark, Sweden, Austria, the Netherlands, Italy, Rome, an... ... by a Pa- cific telegraph with the line which is being extended across the Russian Empire. The Territories of the United States, with unimportant ex- ...

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Excerpt: Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency by The Duke of Saint-Simon.

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...Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency By The Duke of Saint-Simon A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publicat... ... Series Publication Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency by The Duke of Saint-Simon is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Unive... ...e by eight months; and if the expression be allowed in speak- ing of young people, so unequal in position, friendship had united us. I made up my mind... ...cs due to various tradesfolk. He had written out false receipts from these people, and put them in his accounts. He was a little man, gentle, affable,... ...ir ser- vants had orders to pick a quarrel with those of the Duchess. They executed these orders completely; the servants of the Duchess were thorough... ...g learned that La Vauguyon had killed himself in his bed, that morning, by firing twice into his throat. I must say a few words about this Vauguyon. H... ... in Brittany, and better learn there how to speak and write. Pontchartrain executed the first part of his commission, but not the second. He pointed o... ...the reconciliation which took place. The Czar, Peter the Great, Emperor of Russia, had at this time already commenced his voyages; he was in Holland, ... ...velled much, served in war, then been employed in different courts. He was Russian to the backbone, and his extreme avarice much damaged his talents. ...

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Excerpt: When the Sleeper Wakes by H. G. Wells.

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... Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication When the Sleeper Wakes by H. G. Wells is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univer- sity. Thi... ...the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. When the Sleeper Wakes by H. G. Wells, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Seri... ... part. Drugs. My nervous system... . They are all very well for the run of people. It’s hard to explain. I dare not take … sufficiently powerful drugs... ...he said in a tone of commonplace gossip, “but in those cases I have known, people have usually found something—” “I dare make no experiments.” He spok... ... The lettering on the cylinders puzzled him. At first sight it seemed like Russian. Then he noticed a suggestion of muti- lated English about certain ... ...red now in the darkened lower galleries of the opposite building, and were firing over the heads of their fellows below at the boil- ing confusion of ... ...fa- cade, an unmasked ambuscade of red police, was crowded and bawling and firing at him. Down went one of his guards before him, and Graham, unable t... ...ed to Antioch and Genoa and jostled Spanish- English at Gdiz, a Gallicised Russian which met the Indian English in Persia and Kurdistan and the “Pidgi... ...of a ghost, in each shadow had the oddest effect. The work was beautifully executed, but without any strength of modelling or drawing, for the most pa...

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...ens A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. T... ... for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics ... ...ncies. Chapter 2 THE MAN FROM SOMEWHERE MR AND MRS VENEERING were bran-new people in a bran- new house in a bran-new quarter of London. Everything abo... ...o was inveigled by Lady Tippins (a friend of his boyhood) to come to these people’s and talk, and who won’t talk. Reflects Eugene, friend of Mortimer;... ...y of barter. And even if you exchanged blankets for the child—or books and firing—it would be impossible to prevent their being turned into liquor.’ A... ...or pretence of self-respect, the purpose would seem to have been presently executed. The mature young lady has mighty little need of powder, now, for ... ... of the Bower he poked out his wooden leg, in the stage-ballet manner, and executed a taunting or triumphant pirouette on the genuine leg remaining to... ...corner of state backward, and sat down: like a frozen article on sale in a Russian market. ‘In short, dear Ma,’ said Bella, taking off the depreciated... ..., in the British inter- ests, against the rest of the world. ‘We know what Russia means, sir,’ says Podsnap; ‘we know what France wants; we see what A...

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Excerpt: A Set of Six by Joseph Conrad.

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...The Brotherhood of Consolation by Honore de Balzac T ranslated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley A Penn State... ...ate Electronic Classics Series Publication The Brotherhood of Consolation by Honore de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of... ...not accepted. In the first place, his former career seemed to these worthy people profoundly immoral; then, during this very year, he had made still f... ...f the trees; it preserves it, feeds it, and conceals it. II OLD HOUSE, OLD PEOPLE, OLD CUSTOMS Weary of himself, Godefroid attempted one day to give a... ...not to touch private property. When captured, however, they were tried and executed as highwaymen.—TR. *The National domain was the name given to the ... ...hich was composed of certain guilty persons already condemned to death and executed with Rifoel, certain others who are the accused persons at present... ...s left shoulder, which broke his arm, and he fell helpless. The shouts and firing were heard in Donnery. A corpo- ral stationed there and one gendarme... ...ied much and observed much, but he had travelled in every part of Germany, Russia, Persia, and Turkey, whence he had gath- ered many a traditionary se... ... sur- prise only lasted for an instant, for he had seen among Ger- man and Russian Jews many instances of the same contrast between apparent misery an...

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Excerpt: Scenes from a Courtesan?s Life by Honore de Balzac, translated by James Waring.

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...A Distinguished Provincial at Paris (Lost Illusions Part II) by Honore de Balzac Translated by Ellen Marriage A Penn State Electronic Cl... ... Publication A Distinguished Provincial at Paris (Lost Illusions Part II) by Honore de Balzac, trans. Ellen Marriage is a publication of the Pennsylv... ...the hideous furniture bought second-hand, or much the worse for wear. Some people no longer look the same when detached from the background of faces, ... ...of the Council to introduce you to those houses; but you will meet so many people at Mme. d’Espard’s, that you are not likely to require me. So far fr... ... A second-hand carpet covered the floor—a nec- essary luxury, for it saved firing. A common office armchair, cushioned with leather, crimson once, but... ...se to his friend’s side as a soldier might keep by a comrade on the frozen Russian plains. During those early days of his acquaintance, he noticed, no... ...little Florville, are you cured already of your fancy? They told me that a Russian prince had carried you off.” “Who carries off women in these days” ... ... human flesh, cajoled Lucien, and did his best to secure a recruit for the squadron under his command. And Coralie watched the manoeuvres of this purv... ... purely literary articles; they will not compromise you, and we shall have executed our agreement.” Lucien saw nothing but good-fellowship and a shrew...

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...arrative of this report and the recommendations that flow from it to the President of the United States, the United States Congress, and the American people for their consideration. Ten Commissioners--five Republicans and five Democrats chosen by elected leaders from our nation?s capital at a time of great partisan division--have come together to present this report withou...

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...t 11 and United Airlines Flight 175 p. 313 The Pentagon after being struck by American Airlines Flight 77 p. 313 American Airlines Flight 93 crash sit... ...esident of the United States, the United States Congress, and the American people for their consideration. Ten Commissioners—five Republicans and five... ...onsideration. Ten Commissioners—five Republicans and five Democrats chosen by elected leaders from our nation’s capital at a time of great partisan di... ...mitted to share as much of our investi- gation as we can with the American people.T o that end, we held 19 days of hearings and took public testimony ... ...ucted it to poll all its centers about suspect aircraft.The Command Center executed the request and, a minute later, Cleveland Center reported that “U... ...e wanted to make sure the Presi- dent was told that the Vice President had executed the order. He said he had not heard any prior discussion on the su... ... reason they were scrambled.As the lead pilot explained,“I reverted to the Russian threat....I’m thinking cruise missile threat from the sea.Y ou know... ...lims.Thus Americans are blamed when Israelis fight with Palestinians, when Russians fight with Chechens, when Indians fight with Kashmiri Muslims, and... ...m, the 1986 strike on Libya and the 1993 strike against Iraq.They proposed firing Tomahawks against eight terrorist camps in Afghanistan, including Bi...

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Excerpt: War and Peace: Book Nine by Leo Tolstoy.

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...Introduction: ?For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost; and is found.? He was lost by the Norton-Harjes Ambulance Corps. He was officially dead as a result of official misinformation....

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...the principal works of Schiller which is accessible to English readers. Detached poems or dramas have been translated at various times, and sometimes by men of eminence, since the first publication of the original works; and in several instances these versions have been incorporated, after some revision or necessary correction, into the following collection; but on the oth...

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...The History of the Thirty Years’ War by Friedrich Schiller Translated by the Rev. A. J. W. Morrison, M.A. A Penn... ...ectronic Classics Series Publication The History of the Thirty Years’ War by Friedrich Schiller Translated by the Rev. A. J. W. Morrison, M.A. is a p... ...werless would have been the ar- guments of theologians; and the cry of the people would never have met with princes so willing to espouse their cause,... ...r blood for the personal objects of their princes. And well was it for the people that, on this occasion, their interests coincided with those of thei... ...ars; but he never shrunk from a just one. His arms were successful against Russia, and Sweden was augmented by several important provinces on the east... ...im troops. He had great reason to rejoice at the friendly disposi- tion of Russia, as it was indispensable to his interests that Sweden itself should ... ...si- bly to wheel northwards, and the rapidity with which this movement was executed left no time to the enemy to prevent it. Tilly at last left his he... ... which amidst a tremendous fire from the Swedish artillery he successfully executed. The conquest of Donauwerth opened to the king the further side of... ...nged to the rebels, fired their muskets after him, but without effect. The firing, however, aroused the town-guard, and all Leslie’s presence of mind ...

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... sea-rig, and with my chest, containing an outfit for a two or three years? voyage, which I had undertaken from a determination to cure, if possible, by an entire change of life, and by a long absence from books and study, a weakness of the eyes, which had obliged me to give up my pursuits, and which no medical aid seemed likely to cure....

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... Two Years Before the Mast by Richard HENRY DANA 1840 DjVu Editions E-books ' 2001, Global ... ...GRESS HOMEWARD—A PLEASANT . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 SUNDAY—A FINE SIGHT—BY PLAY CHAPTER XXXIV — NARROW ESCAPES—THE EQUATOR—TROPICAL . . . . . . ... ...l at fault. Unintelligible orders were so rapidly given and so immediately executed; there was such a hurrying about, and such an intermingling of... ... about; loud and, to me, unintelligible orders constantly given and rapidly executed, and the sailors ‘‘singing out’’ at the ropes in their hoarse an... ...e no one cares for; so that when ‘‘the mate’’ thinks fit to entertain ‘‘the people’’ with a coarse joke or a little practical wit, every one feels b... ...t among landsmen about a sailor’s life. Nothing is more common than to hear people say—‘‘Are not sailors very idle at sea?—what can they find to do?’... ... when they sailed, were living on the beach, keeping up a grand carnival. A Russian discovery ship which had been in this port a few years before, h... ...ames were drawn out, and the men took their stations with their rifles, and, firing at the word, laid him dead. He was decently buried, and the place ... ... which promises well. Here, at anchor, and the only vessel, was a brig under Russian colors, from Asitka, in Russian America, which had come down to w...