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In the most complete study to date of Twain's use of figurative language, this work tackles the core of his writing and explores it with theoretical approaches that have rarely been applied to Twain, providing new insights into how he imagined his world and the singular ways in which he expressed himself.

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bTitle:/b The Mountain Boy. A metrical romance.br/br/bPublisher:/b British Library, Historical Print Editionsbr/br/The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along...

The poems in this collection are concerned with religion, politics, love, nature, sadness, joy and other matters having a critical bearing on the human condition. Many of them have appeared in newspapers, magazines and anthologies, been read on the radio, or been successful in competitions. I hope all my readers, whether poetry buffs or not, will find something here to enjoy and ponder.

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The field notes of Junius, and Peggy's diary, are valuable records of the excavation, artifacts, and interpretations of the best archaeologist to work in the southern tip of South America." - James B. Griffin, "Two sets of readers, those who admire Junius Bird as a scholar and as a man and the many who seek clearer understanding of the early conquest of the New World by Homo sapiens, will welcome this unusual book." - Antiquity

Centered around a small plantation in the heart of middle Georgia's nineteenth-century cotton culture, "The Granite Farm Letters" send forth from the Civil War years not simply a record of clashing armies at the front or of the fraying fabric of life at home but also the correspondence of a close-knit family--the candid love and longing of husband and wife, the warm bonds of parents and children held firm through the turbulence of war.

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Here the authors introduce mechanical principles and technology through examples and applications rather than theory, enabling students to develop a sound understanding of the principles needed by professional engineers and technicians.

This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our cont...

Millions of people around the world look to the Bible as a source of encouragement and faith formation, a reminder that God is love and is in control, and a guide to living one's life the way God desires. But this treasured book has also been misused and manipulated by many, placed on a pedestal of untouchability, and protected from questioning and honest engagement. In Permission Granted, Jennifer Grace Bird encourages people of faith to expl...

Alby and Me is a powerful and poignant evocation of the friendship of two teenager boys growing up on a tough English housing estate in the late 1940s. Set against a background of family strife, it is a gritty, compelling, often humorous, account of a critical period in the boys' lives as they encounter bullies, sexually savvy girls, a suicide, and God. It is a story touched with both joy and sadness and has an ending many may find hard to for...

Excerpt from The Annals of Natal, Vol. 2: 1495 to 1845Mr. Smellekamp, the supercargo of the Brazilia. - His imprisonment at Cape Town. - His statement to the Attorney General as to his connection With the ship. - He is liberated J uly 3. Colonel Cloete to Sir George Napier. - Retreat of Boers.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduct...

Excerpt from The Autobiography of the Blind James Wilson, Author of the "Lives of the Useful Blind": With a Preliminary Essay on His Life, Character, and Writings, as Well as on the Present State of the Blind Dr. Guillie, in his work on the Blind (which was translated into English in 1819, and dedicated to Dr. Jenner, and a copy of which is seldom to be found by those who want it), enters at some length on the question of the tendency of the ...

Provides a simple guide to the fundamental skills essential to technicians and engineers. Basic mathematical principles are consolidated, establishing a common base for further progress. Includes coverage of simple engineering systems, generation of numerical values for system parameters, manipulation of data to determine system response in defined conditions and evaluation of system effects from changes in variables. Comprehension is reinforc...

The founder of "The Big Issue" argues that we're all complicit in allowing the rich to thrive and keeping the poor poor.

What would animals say to us humans if they could talk. In this little book, aimed at kids from 9 to 99, the thoughts and observations of a varied group of animals from around the world are imagined and, for fun, rendered in rhyming poems. The 26 animals in the collection - one for each letter of the alphabet - hang out in such locations as the Amazon rainforest, the Africa deserts, the Arctic ocean, and the gardens of England. They include t...