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Excerpt from Songs of the Spirit "Out of the Depths"By sorrow's pangs are born our songs, Our griefs are gifts we would not lose, To Father all the praise belongs: For God, God, God, is the only Muse.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digit...

Excerpt from Grocer Greatheart: A Tropical RomanceAt dinner, the vacant Chairs were filled by men new shaven and women who had summoned up their courage to drag from their trunks their new dinner dresses, and everybody evinced a tenta tive interest in food. That evening there was music in the social hall, and four men sat down at a table in the card room to play bridge all the way to China.Next day deck games were in full swing, and little gro...

Excerpt from Marketing Perishable Farm ProductsThe work here offered is a study in the field of marketing agricultural products. Though I hope, in the near future, to expand this study so as to include the marketing of all farm products, this little volume is concerned only with the marketing of one class of these goods. The commodities selected are fruits, vegetables, dairy and poultry products which, for want of a better term, are called Per...

Collects Fantastic Four (1961) #347-361 And Annual #24 And Material From Marvel Holiday Special #1. The Fantastic Four, like never before! With Reed, Sue, Ben and Johnny out of commission, a new FF comes together: Spider-Man, Wolverine, Ghost Rider and the Hulk! But what monstrous threat could bring these heroes together? And how are the Mole Man and the Skrulls involved? Maybe the real FF can help figure all that out! Then, the one, true Doom...

Excerpt from A Touch of Fantasy: A Romance for Those Who Are Lucky Enough to Wear GlassesA week. Before, Hugh Robjohn had, at last, persuaded himself that his eyes needed attention. He had gone on so long misusing them - reading at breakfast, reading at lunch, reading in bed, reading any sort Of type in any sort of light - that it was a shock to him to find them failing him. Blurs came Often before them at inconvenient moments, black Specks ca...

Excerpt from Should California Municipalities Own Their Own Water-Works and if So How Shall They Be AcquiredThe selection of wise council makes most effective haste. It is, therefore, to the prudent, the thoughtful, the experienced, we must look for guidance. Jurists, economists, statesmen, sociologists, and those actively engaged in the creation and management of such industries, can contribute toward an ultimate solution, and should do their...

Excerpt from The Zoology of the Voyage of H. M.S. Samarang, Under the Command of Captain Sir Edward Belcher, C. B., F. R. A.S., F. G. S., During the Years 1843-1846: FishesThe teeth are in close-shaven, villiform bands on the jaws, prominent chevron of the vomer, and palatine bones. Oh the latter they form an elliptical patch.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgotte...

Excerpt from Three Plays for the Australian StageThese plays were written for the Australian Stage. One of the many drawbacks to their production is that there is no Australian Stage. These plays do not claim to be Repertory plays: they were written for the Australian commercial theatre - though it must be admitted that, so far, the controlling destinies of the Australian commercial stage have not quite grasped my intention. The reception, and...

Excerpt from A Genealogy of the Lake Family of Great Egg Harbor, in Old Gloucester County, in New Jersey, Descended From John Lake of Gravesend, Long Island: With Notes on the Gravesend and Staten Island Branches of the FamilyOnly those who have done similar work can appreciate the labor and difficulty involved in such an undertaking, but the result is here presented to the indulgence of the family. If it is not the adequate record of the live...

Excerpt from The Syntax of the Temporal Clause in Old English ProseI owe hearty thanks to Professor Allen R. Benham, of the University Of Washington, for many helpful suggestion, as well as for the stimulus that comes from association with one engaged in a Similar task. I am also indebted to Professor Hubert G. Shearin, of Kentucky University, for valuable hints as to methods Of work.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of tho...

Napoleon - A play in four acts is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1894.Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publ...

Excerpt from The Syntax of the Temporal Clause in Old English Prose, Vol. 32 I owe hearty thanks to Professor Allen R. Benham, of the University Of Washington, for many helpful suggestion, as well as for the stimulus that comes from association with one engaged in a Similar task. I am also indebted to Professor Hubert G. Shearin, of Kentucky University, for valuable hints as to methods Of work. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes ...

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Excerpt from Secretary's Third Report, 1909: Harvard College, Class of 1899 On the occasion of our Decennial, in accordance with cus tom, I present a report which aims to give in your own words the story of what each one of you has been doing, in the past ten years. I wish it had been possible to get an answer from every member of our glorious Class but there are still sev eral who do not take enough interest to furnish me with the informatio...

Excerpt from Secretary's First Report, June, 1902: Harvard College, Class of 1899 Page 6: Silverberg should be Silberberg. 64: Add W. P. Burden to Hasty Pudding Club. 68: Add W. F. Wyeth to Pi Eta Society. 72: Add A. L. Fish to pow-wow Club. 79: Harlem Regatta: G. P. Orton, '97, should be G. P. Orton, 2b. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This ...

ARTHUR ADAMS, the author, was born in Liverpool, England, the sixth child in a family of fourteen. Educated in one of the top Merseyside Grammar Schools, he spent the first years of his working life as a Purser in the British Merchant Navy. He came to Australia in 1967 and worked as a Public Service Officer in the New South Wales Police Department until he decided on an early retirement in 1990. He held senior positions in the Traffic Branch, ...

Ein Hörvergnügen von wahrhaft intergalaktischer Klasse." GAMES ORBITEs hätte so ein schöner Tag werden können - bis Arthur Dent feststellt, dass sein Haus abgerissen werden soll. Macht aber eigentlich nichts, weil kurz darauf auch die Erde gesprengt wird, um einer Hyperraum-Umgehungsstraße Platz zu machen. Diesem Schicksal kann Dent gerade noch entgehen - dank seines außerirdischen Freundes Ford Prefect und des intergalaktischen Weltreiseführe...

Seitdem die Erde einer intergalaktischen Umgehungsstraße weichen musste, befindet sich Arthur Dent auf einer verwirrenden Odyssee durch das Universum. Wieso zieht es ihn und seine Freunde immer an die übelsten Orte der Galaxis? Weshalb haben die Fahrstühle eigentlich einen Hang zum Existenzialismus? Und warum müssen die Reisenden ausgerechnet im Restaurant am Ende des Universums einkehren, eine der außergewöhnlichsten Unternehmungen in der ges...

Infolge einer Reihe von atemberaubenden Katastrophen findet sich Arthur Dent überraschenderweise in einer schrecklich primitiven Höhle auf der prähistorischen Erde wieder. Am richtigen Ort, nur leider zur falschen Zeit, und die Zeit ist schließlich der ungeeignetste Ort, an dem man verloren gehen kann. Um wieder zurück in die Weiten der Galaxis zu gelangen, sind er und Ford Prefect angewiesen auf Slartibartfass. Doch als Arthur einen intergala...

In einem Paralleluniversum wird Tricia McMillan von den grebulonischen Forschern auf den Planeten Rupert entführt. Die Grebulonier haben allesamt ihr Gedächtnis verloren und wissen nicht mehr, warum sie in das Sonnensystem der Erde aufgebrochen sind. Um ein Horoskop zu erstellen, das auch für Rupert gültig ist, schicken sie die intergalaktische Reporterin Trillian los. Gemeinsam mit Arthur Dent und Ford Prefect sausen sie kreuz und quer durchs...