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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... ...om The moral right for the author has been asserted A CIP catalogue record of this book is available from the British Library ISBN 978-0-9560192-0-2 P... ...skin was pale and thin and wrapped around his skull like the parchment of an old manuscript; his biography written in the sag of his cheeks and the ... ... remember when he had arrived on the planet, and none wasted time on such an abstract question. They loved him for the Story that he told, but other... ... in concentration and attempted to create some space in his head so that an Idea would come along. Presently, he felt one come looking for a nest, ... ...ch kids being herded by a few stressed teachers. They were about the same age as him. He suddenly felt a bit shy. ‘Bozo,’ he stammered, ‘what if the... ...n. Her jolli- 86 Bozo and the Storyteller ness was gone, and Theo saw the age and wisdom in her face. He felt rather small in comparison. He was abo... ...indistinct distance. Then came a portrait of a thin lady of indeterminate age but with shiny grey hair. She wore a long black dress that hung awkwar...

...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 ...

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An Anthology of Shakespearean Quotations

By: William Shakespeare; Tony Kline, Translator

A new Anthology of 1400 Quotations from the complete works arranged by theme.

...om and Imprisonment Friendship Good Advice and Bad Good Wishes and their Opposites Happiness and Sadness, Humour and Gravity Honour and Honesty Kings and Kingship Journeys and Travel Language and the Arts Learning, Literature, Wit, Wisdom and Foolishness London Love and Jealousy, Hatred and Envy Lust, Desire, Passion, Sexuality Madness and Sanity Magic, Astro...

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Information Technology Tales

By: Brad Bradford

...Information Technology Tales By expanding the sharing of knowledge, time after time InfoTech upset the balance of power within m... ...L For becoming my smart, beautiful bride in 1949 and then giving fully of herself to me and our wonderful family incomparable love, care, feeding... ...ove, care, feeding, fun, and friendship. Also for her perceptive editing of my copy over many decades, especially during the writing of this book.... ... the right of every citizen to have access to knowledge without regard to an individual’s ability to pay.‖ Time Line of Information Technology Rev... ... to a more public-ation, as the public shared more and more of that which an elite class had only previously been privy to. Before the Gutenberg ... ...s been changed more than you might have ever guessed. They offer access to an entertaining and informative series of examples of how the word and par... ... the hidden history of information technologies that preceded the present Age of Cyberspace. My most surprising discovery was that the wedding of ... ...st seashore, its people probably had no idea that melting of the last ice age had been lifting sea levels very gradually for several thousand years.... ...the religious, governmental, educational, and commercial centers of their age. As temple complexes grew into major economic enterprises, many work...

...This book also begins with that wondrous first Information Technology and then moves on to tales about the wonders of the written word—great stories, many of them likely new to most readers. In them, you‘ll find all the backgrounds, foregrounds, premises, conclusions, and surprises that make up the best and most valuable books....

... listen. We easily hallucinate word boundaries. Spaces, such as you see in writing, are absent from speech. Yet somehow we find it easy to make sense of speech. -- 2. The Gift of Memory-For millennia, mnemonics reigned over commerce, news, entertainment, and the perpetuation and refinement of crafts. -- 3. From Whence Cometh Indo-European Tongues?-Did a freshwater lake com...

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A Matter of Angels : Slightly subversive survival stories

By: Nyla Nox

...'The Virgin Mary had more lines but I had the better costume.' After the Christmas play was announced, I had been dreaming all autumn of the Virgin Mary and the essence of femininity that I knew the role possessed if I could only get it. No longer would I have to pull on pants, hide my hair, swagger around with plastic swords or sit in a chair uttering the...

...room windows. Was it my hair? Then I looked around in the room and at all the other girls who had been cast in background parts. Why her? The boys, of course, had plenty of parts to share amongst them. Joseph, shepherds, inn keepers, Romans, kings... At least I had been cast in the second best female part – I was the archangel Gabriel. But right then I have to admit I fe...

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The Shadow of a Prince in History

By: Aurel Danescu

...rely references to his real life and historical facts as they truly happened! Or worse, they are often distorted! Who is about? It is about the ruler of Walachia for three times between 1448 and 1476, Prince Vlad Dracula (1431-1476)! This is an Excerpt of the ebook! If you are a passionate of true historical events, Middle Age, life stories or East European history, tha...

...The subject of “Dracula” is one of the most fascinating and interesting in the world being always presented as a fictional character that during the day lives a normal life, while in the midnight transfigures in a cruel vampire, attackin...

...PREFACE Chapter I: WALACHIA - THE BEGINNING AND THE FIRST RULERS. 1.1 The foundation of the country; Princes Basarab I and Mircea the Elder. 1.2 Prince Vlad Dracul (1390-1447) Chapter II: VLAD ŢEPEŞ (1431-1476) 2.1 Vlad Ţepeş becomes ruler Prince of Walachia 2.2 Vlad Ţepeş and the merchants from Souther...

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Information Technology Tales

By: Brad Bradford

...es Information Technology Tales By expanding the sharing of knowledge, time after time InfoTech upset the balance of power within m... ...L For becoming my smart, beautiful bride in 1949 and then giving fully of herself to me and our wonderful family incomparable love, care, feeding... ...ove, care, feeding, fun, and friendship. Also for her perceptive editing of my copy over many decades, especially during the writing of this book.... ... the right of every citizen to have access to knowledge without regard to an individual’s ability to pay.‖ Time Line of Information Technology Rev... ... to a more public-ation, as the public shared more and more of that which an elite class had only previously been privy to. Before the Gutenberg Pr... ...s been changed more than you might have ever guessed. They offer access to an entertaining and informative series of examples of how the word and par... ... the hidden history of information technologies that preceded the present Age of Cyberspace. My most surprising discovery was that the wedding of i... ...st seashore, its people probably had no idea that melting of the last ice age had been lifting sea levels very gradually for several thousand years.... ...the religious, governmental, educational, and commercial centers of their age. As temple complexes grew into major economic enterprises, many worke...

...This book also begins with that wondrous first Information Technology and then moves on to tales about the wonders of the written word—great stories, many of them likely new to most readers. In them, you‘ll find all the backgrounds, foregrounds, premises, conclusions, and surprises that make up the best and most valuable books. This boo...

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Essays

By: Michel Eyquem de Montaigne

...e University, Wisconsin. It is in the public domain. "Florio's Translation of Montaigne's Essays was first published in 1603. In 'The World's Classic... ...al material was supplied by R.S. Bear from the Everyman's Library edition of 1910. Content unique to this presentation is copyright © 1999 The Univer... ...10. Content unique to this presentation is copyright © 1999 The University of Oregon. For nonprofit and educational uses only. Send comments and corr... ...ubtill Devices LV. Of Smels and Odors LVI. Of Praiers and Orisons LVII. Of Age THE SECOND BOOKE xx Florio's Preface I. Of the inconstancie of our Acti... ...of Estissac IX. Of the Parthians Armes X. Of Bookes XI. Of Crueltie XII. An Apologie of Raymond Sebond XIII. Of Judging of others' Death XIV. How t... ... thousands more, to tell them in their owne, what they would be taught in an other language. How nobly it is descended, let the father in the ninth ... ... one Chapter found my selfe over-charged, whereto the charge or choise of an Honorable person, and by me not-to-be-denied Denefactor (Noble and vert... ...pon covenant, to grace it with a particular favour. Therewith they adorne age, vertue, and conscience. Oh foolish and base ornament! The Italians ha... ...he honours the Roman Senate had conferred him: It is reported that in our age, Pope Leo the tenth having received advertisement of the taking of the...

...no other than a familiar and private end: I have no respect or consideration at all, either to thy service, or to my glory: my forces are not capable of any such desseigne. I have vowed the same to the particular commodity of my kinsfolk and friends: to the end, that losing me (which they are likely to do ere long), they may therein find some lineaments of my conditions a...

...They have a secret, unperceived and delicate beauty; he had neede of a cleere, farreseeing and true-discerning sight that should rightly discover this secret light. Is not ingenuity (according to us) cosin germaine unto sottishnesse, and a quality of reproach? Socrates maketh his soule ...

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And Gulliver Returns Book V : My Visit to Singaling

By: Lemuel Gulliver XVI

...0 “. . . AND GULLIVER RETURNS” --In Search of Utopia-- Book 5 Our Visit to Singaling The Pearl of Southeast A... ... 1 “. . . AND GULLIVER RETURNS” --In Search of Utopia-- BOOK 5 MY VISIT TO SINGALING by Lemuel Gulliver XVI a... ...9 2 Table of Contents THE COUNTRY OF SINGALING ........................................ ...s before my flight, but had never touched foot on Singaling. We arrived on an early Monday morning and were surprised to have the Prime Minister meet... ...it has become less and less fashionable. I do wonder, though, what do teen-age girls do with their mouths between sentences. In my dear home town of ... ...aying the education bills for the additional children. The state laid down an additional detriment to additional children. If the parents had a third... ...s couple in my country was more than $100,000 to get the child to college age. When considering the costs of food and lodging, clothing, medical bi... ...child to college doubles that. While doing its best to discourage an increased birthrate, Singaling went a bit farther. It long ago decided ... ...‟s gross domestic product. “More and more people at retirement age want to work. A friend of mine at the California State University joyf...

...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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And Gulliver Returns Book III : A Visit to Kino

By: Bob Oconnor

... 1 . “. . . AND GULLIVER RETURNS” --In Search of Utopia-- Book 3 My Visit to Kino A Modern Sino-Provin... ...-Province 2 “. . . AND GULLIVER RETURNS” --In Search of Utopia-- BOOK 3 MY VISIT TO KINO by Lemuel Gulliver XVI a... ... ISBN 978-0-9823076-2-5 3 able of Contents GLOBAL POLICIES ................................................ ..., which is so big that changing fast is very difficult. When Kino fails in an experiment it doesn‟t affect a billion people, as it did in China unde... ...n, so familiar in the oriental paintings of days gone by. Another featured an immense waterfall cascading down its face. Larger than Niagara, more i... ...the scenes from the Old Testament, these bronze doors of Kino depicted the age of civilization in both the East and the West. There were the depictio... ...nnards. Never having experienced a Kinese banquet, I found the repast to be an Epicurean ecstasy. The first course was a paper wrapped portion of gro... ...to take turns. They must realize that each person is important at an early age. Then the schools teach the responsibility to be productive. And, of c... ...had been reduced. Males were needed to care for their parents in their old age. As we all know, throughout history males have generally been preferre...

...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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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. ... ...not? Preface The Basic Elements of Human Understanding are: ... ...lt in a better understanding. For instance: what can you understand about an orange by looking at it through a microscope? The answer is; very ... ...ng at it through a microscope? The answer is; very little. But if you plant an orange seed and wonder about it. If you care for the seedling, and... ...tter your perspective, the better your understanding is of anything… not just an orange. Then you have a wide range of experiences which you can ev... ...das and Croesus Pg 1401 Progress and Retrogression Pg 1400 The Information Age Pg 1404 The Cunning of Evil Pg 1408 In Conclusion Pg 1432 The ... ...ing to ask the question of what preceded the Big Bang. It is only in our new Age of Information where many sources of knowledge from many differen... ...ling the rage of all organic life against the inorganic earth. After the Age of Volcanoes died out, our ancestors did not change their ways, by ...

...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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And Gulliver Returns Book VI : Our Psychological Motivations

By: Lemuel Gulliver XVI

... 0 “. . . AND GULLIVER RETURNS” --In Search of Uto... ...l Motivations 1 “. . . AND GULLIVER RETURNS” --In Search of Uto... ................................................................................................................................. 17 Combinations of Nee... ... do something from a psychological need for power, then rationalize their actions based on the assumptions that Wanda talks about. I may have an inf... ...so many rats in a maze. ―Oh, if I only had infinite knowledge and could tell the world my plan! But, unfortunately, I do not. I have neither an inf... ...hat any drive for power we might have, which he called sublimation, is only a small part of the pleasure drive. Alfred Adler, as you know, was an ear... ...e infant's greatest pleasures were found in the mouth, in sucking and eating. This was called the oral stage of sexual development. At around age 1 ... ...d the ‗phallic‘ stage. It is at this stage that Freud believed that the sexual desires first emerged. Freud believed that children, by about age 3,... ...er package.‖ --―Chuck, do you remember when our Secretary of State, Henry Kissinger, was chided for dating beautiful women half his age? H...

...Table of Contents IN THE HOTEL 8 LOOKING FOR HAPPINESS 10 WE MUST THINK MORE DEEPLY—AND UNDERSTAND OUR THINKING 20 OUR BASIC ASSUMPTIONS 24 -- THE FOUNDATIONS OF OUR VALUES -- 24 SELF-CENTEREDASSUMPTIONS 32 GODBASEDASSUMPTIONS 41 C...

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And Gulliver Returns Book VII : Book 7 Visit to Indus

By: Bob Oconnor

...0 “. . . AND GULLIVER RETURNS” --In Search of Utopia-- Book7 Our Visit to Indus ... ... - “. . . AND GULLIVER RETURNS” --In Search of Utopia — 1 BOOK 7 OUR VISIT TO INDUS by Lemuel Gulli... ...t work by Susie Kleiner © 2008 ISBN 978-0-9823076-6-3 Table of Contents Arriving in Indus ............................................... ..................................................... 19 NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF AN EXPANDING ECONOMY .................................................. 20 ... ...ocean was drowning this rural, impoverished, overpopulated land. Water is an apt analogy. You need water to live, but too much and you drown. Indus,... ... you. I will take you to your hotel now, then we can have dinner in about an hour and you can fire away your questions.‖ Our drive, mainly on ... ...llion people. And even today, in 2025, it has more workers in the 20 to 24 age range than does China, 116 million in India versus 94 million in China... ...and science are leaping into the future. 60% of all Indians are below the age of 35, and 60% of our people are under 28. This means that without str... ...s less than 20% of their population will be under 15. The county‘s median age will have increased from 21 ten years ago to 38 in thirty more years. ...

...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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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 .................................................... ........................................................................ 107 AN IDEA OF A BETTER SOCIETY AS A BASIC ASSUMPTION ............................ ... to discuss. ―‗Morals‘ usually refers to the goodness or badness of an action, our own or that of others. Often the general public thinks it‘s... ...ten have a quite different decision on what is ethical for a patient than an ethicist from a Lutheran hospital or from a county medical center. When... ...ighest abortion rates in the world at 51 per 1,000 women of child bearing age. Why are they saying one thing while doing something different? Why do... ...out God all things are lawful.‘‖ --―Those ideas are based on the age-old idea that God is the only source of morality. But if we look back ... ...n his autobiography he wrote, ‗Scarcely was I arrived at fifteen years of age, when, after having doubted in turn of different tenets, 69 accord...

...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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Interview with the Future

By: Rav Michael Laitman

... Science to Understand Reality 1. A Hidden World 2. Gravity 3. The Power of a Directed desire 4. Proper Development 5. The sin of Creation and the... ...opment 5. The sin of Creation and the Correction A. The Sin B. The Laws of Correction 6. In the End of Days 7. The Spiritual Gene and the Reshimo... .... The Four Elements that Comprise Us 4. The Right Environment 5. The Law of Equivalence of Attributes 6. The power of thought 7. A Chosen People ... ...development, or else it will not endure. After that, humanity should feel an inner need to discover that extra, hidden sense. The method that was g... ...d in our senses themselves. There is a very accurate method that develops an additional sense called the “sixth sense”, a “screen” or a “returning ... ...our five senses at birth, but we ourselves must develop the sixth sense. An individual is suddenly ‘summoned’ from above; he feels compelled to exp... ...he Kabbalists obligate each person to study Kabbalah, regardless of their age, sex or religious background: in the study of the Kabbalah there is a... ...pends only on his desire to make contact with the upper world, not on his age, sex or his location in the world. 87 of 263 Interview With T... ...y from the world. Such was the soul of the holy Ari, who past away at the age of 36, leaving behind an enormous amount of writings. Studying Kabb...

... What is the source of our personal suffering and the suffering of humanity? The vicious circle of human suffering has been idly turning for thousands of years as if without cause, and with no escape. Is this really so? Today we are learning tha...

...Preface: Part 1: A Science to Understand Reality // 1. A Hidden World // 2. Gravity // 3. The Power of a Directed desire // 4. Proper Development // 5. The sin of Creation and the Correction // A. The Sin // B. The Laws of Correction // 6. In the End of Days // 7. The Spiritual Gene and the Reshimot ......

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Neutrosophic Dialogues

By: Florentin Smarandache

...m: Books on Demand ProQuest Information & Learning (University of Microfilm International) 300 N. Zeeb Road P.O. Box 1346, Ann Arb... ...oks-otherformats.htm Peer Reviewers: Dr. M. Khoshnevisan, School of Accounting and Finance, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland 972... ... Coast, Queensland 9726, Australia. Prof. Drago Õ Constantinescu, College of Arts and Letters, Rm. V >lcea, Romania. Dr. Jean Dezert, Office Nationa... ...ame, given name) Dept. of Economic Information, School of Information, Xi'an University of Finance and Economics 44 Cuihua Nan Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi,... ...appearances, Laozi proposed that (in my personal interpretation – I am not an expert.): There is Dao (as the symbol of nature, the natural way or th... ... even 5 million or 5 billion years? Therefore, it is almost or completely an illusion, due to the extents of our enlightenment on the absolute truth... ...subjects. I have to admire the great pioneering of the current scientific age, but meanwhile, he is faced with world puzzles. For example, what is t... ...on? Neutrosophy tries to construct a trans-continent, trans-region, trans-age, trans-discipline holographic unifying field that surpasses the boundar... ...tificial intelligence, supervisor Richard Ennals, not for degrees) at the age of 21. To attain the best education in the shortest duration, I learne...

...Thanks to Dr. Smarandache for his interest in Chinese culture. I cannot decline his warm request to write the preface, even with my fragments of knowledge – no insight nor wisdom, and therefore can be misleading. I have been extremely regretful for my ideological errors and mistakes in previous publications, especially those concerning Buddhism. As I mentioned in t...

...On the Cultural Contrast: East-West, preface by F. Liu. 4 -- Abstract by the Translator to the Chinese Translation of Neutrosophics. 12 -- Preface by the Translator to the Chinese Translation of Neutrosophics. 13 -- Biography of the Translator. 18 -- Publication Review by F. Liu. 22 -- Annotation in the Chinese Translation of Neutrosophic...

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Empire and Wars

By: Sam Vaknin

...from: Lidija Rangelovska – write to: palma@unet.com.mk Visit the Author Archive of Dr. Sam Vaknin in "Central Europe Review": http://www.ce-revi... ...com http://samvak.tripod.com/after.html Created by: LIDIJA RANGELOVSKA REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA C O N T E N T S I. The Author II. About "After... ...e Author II. About "After the Rain" Containing the United States I. The Roots of Anti-Americanism II. Containing the United States III. Islam... ...ally molested, forcibly sodomized ("indecent acts with a child") and then murdered an 11-years old girl in the basement of her drab building in Kos... ...lion - its arrears to the UN peacekeeping operations, usually asked to mop up after an American invasion or bombing. It not only refuses to subject ... ...ekeepers, its bankers and businessmen, its traders and diplomats are its long arms, an embodiment of this potent and malignant mixture of supremacy ... ...apitalism, Feudalism Left and Right in a Divided Europe Anarchism for a Post-modern Age Althusser and the competing interpellations The Beginning of ... ...ly, it is also a counterfactual and jingoistic political allegory for the post 9-11 age. A couple of wholesome American youths (one of them a Jew) ... ...mport 1.6 million migrant workers annually to maintain its current level of working age population. But it would need to absorb almost 14 million n...

The antecedents and aftermath of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and the role of the United States in international affairs.

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Woman of Honor

By: Nicole Zoltack

... Woman of Honor 1 The Kingdom of Arnhem Book 1 Woman of Honor By: Nicole Zoltack ... ...0: 1-936000-03-2 ISBN 13: 978-1-936000-03-6 Published in the United States of America Publish Date: March 29, 2009 Editor-In-Chief: Gail R. D... ...ht 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 ele... ...id her best to stand tall and assured, even though she was only seven years of age. “Aye?” her father, Adolph, answered. She sighed quietly. Her fa... ... Honor 7 To her right, Aislinn watched as a young girl, perhaps her own age or slightly older, glanced around causally. Something in the girl... ...each out and touch the girl’s ragged cloak, she gasped as the other girl took an object from a seller’s cart. The merchant, too engrossed in convin... ...ying her request, aye. The guards preventing her the chance, no. “I request an audience with King Patrick,” she said, looking him in the eyes as be... ...nger. Aislinn was a small child, nearly eight, but her determination was not an object to mock or ridicule. Aislinn held her head up high and strol... .... As she fell into line behind him, she noticed a small boy, perhaps her own age staring at her. His dark hair, so similar to the king’s. He must ...

...Aislinn of Bairdhe dreams of becoming a lady knight to honor the death of her fallen brother. To her mother's horror, King Patrick grants Aislinn's wish and she begins her long years of training. Despite the mockery of the other page...

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Heroes of Unknown Seas and Savage Lands

By: J. W. Buel

... HEROES OF UNKNOWN SEAS AND SAVAGE LANDS By J. W. BUEL, Author of "The Beautiful Story," "The Story of Man," "The Living World," "Russ... ..." "The Story of Man," "The Living World," "Russia and Siberia," etc. A RECORD OF THE FINDING OF ALL LANDS And Descriptions of the First Visits Made ... ...NDS And Descriptions of the First Visits Made by Europeans to the Wild Races of the World; FOLLOWING THE FOOTSTEPS OF ADVANCING CIVILIZATION FROM T... ...BSTACLES WHICH STRANGE BELIEFS OPPOSED TO EXTENDED VOYAGES. COMPRISING ALSO AN AUTHENTIC HISTORY OF THE DISCOVERY OF AMERICA By the Viking Sea-Rov... ... yet in the van of the Crusaders -- Discovery of Iceland -- A fish as large as an island -- Settlement of Iceland -- Discoveries of Erik the Red -- On... ...nd colossal Thalamegus -- The giant fleet which Hiero sent against Carthage -- An ancient ship that exceeded in size and splendor of any modern vessel... ...APTER XXXVI. Cavendish's voyages around the world. -- Glory of the Elizabethan Age -- The spirit of discovery animates England -- Heroism of Cavendish... ...e had its beginning. We are told that in a very early period of antiquity, the age of which cannot be set down, there existed on the shores of the Red... ...posed by the people but rejected by many distinguished writers of the Augustan Age. Formaleoni claims that the Venetians discovered the West Indies pr...

...Thrilling narratives of voyages, discoveries, adventures, battles, darings and sufferings of the heroic characters, bold explorers and dauntless spirits who have made ocean history and established christian supremacy over the most savage lands of...

...The Rolling Stone of History. -- Surprising revelations -- Ancient Cities that are now no more -- Effects of Cataclysms upon the human race -- The rise and fall of nations -- Cave dwellers who became masters of the world -- The first boats -- ...

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A Courageous Battle

By: Susan Bracken

...SUSAN BRACKEN Copyright © 2010 Susan Bracken. All rights reserved. No part of this print publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, ... ..., mechanical, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the author. ISBN: 978-0-9864879-1-0 The first part of this book (excludi... ...9864879-1-0 The first part of this book (excluding the Appendix) is a work of fiction. Names, characters and events are a product of the author’s imag... ... by the author. The information in the Appendix of this book is offered on an “as is” basis, without warranty and the author warns users that no liabi... ...erein. The information is not intended to be complete, but rather to offer an overall picture of dying with dignity issues and activities. The author... ...he would dive back flips and somersaults and twists and knee tucks, all in an effort to gain his approval. Sometimes, when she finished, he would call... ...nally seemed to be falling into place for Lacey Wilson when, at the tender age of seventeen, she was accepted at the University of Toronto and her fat... ...ked her up and down, frowning and pondering. He was tired of training teen-age girls who looked injured if he asked them to dust the shelves. “ All ri... ...,” she dared, “jump in!” “I think that would be inappropriate for a man my age.” 61 A COURAGEOUS BATTLE But in a minute he jumped into the pile next ...

... fame and riches as a popular author, and finds true love and happiness with wealthy entrepreneur, Jake Edmonds. Then cancer strikes. Lacey is afraid of the pain and indignity she thinks is coming and wants to die. Her beloved daughter, Jana, will help her. But her doctor does not approve. To complicate matters, Jana and the doctor are in love. Will Lacey get her wish?...

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Cyclopedia of Economics

By: Sam Vaknin

... http://samvak.tripod.com/freebooks.html Created by: LIDIJA RANGELOVSKA REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA C O N T E N T S I. A II. B III. C IV. D V... ... XXI. The Author A Abortion I. The Right to Life It is a fundamental principle of most moral theories that all human beings have a right to lif... ...le of most moral theories that all human beings have a right to life. The existence of a right implies obligations or duties of third parties toward... ...ht to be Brought to Life Only living people have rights. There is a debate whether an egg is a living person - but there can be no doubt that it ex... ...ity and, therefore, is null and void. Had this right existed, it would have implied an obligation or duty to give life to the unborn and the not ye... ...he right not to be killed unjustly. What constitutes "just killing" is a matter for an ethical calculus in the framework of a social contract. But ... ...he is a rights-holder. All born humans are and, more so, all adults above a certain age. But what about the unborn fetus? One approach is that the ... ...ass slaughter of Westerners, particularly of Americans and Israelis, regardless of age, gender, and alleged culpability. But the phenomenon of excl... ...e most fervent anti-Semites. Jews are not so much a race as a community, united in age-old traditions and beliefs, lore and myths, history and lang...

Cyclopedia of issues in economics analyzed through the prism of the economies of countries in transition, emerging markets, and developing countries.

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