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A quiz book brimming with questions and answers about a wide variety of subjects, on a British theme. Covers football, geography, social media and more.

Excerpt from Twenty Years of Spoof and BluffAs a boy I had worked for a while as a telegraph messenger, one of those blind-alley occupations that lead nowhere, and I had frequently watched peripatetic conjurors giving their shows at street corners and elsewhere. These exhibitions had always had a great fascination for me, and I presently started to try and copy their tricks.It was difficult at first, for I had no one to teach or advise me, but...

Excerpt from Ulysses Simpson Grant: Unconditional SurrenderWhen Ulysses was about a year old, his father moved to George town and set up in business for himself as a tanner. Here the Grants lived until Ulysses went to school. The home had few material comforts. The small brick house, which was enlarged from time to time as the Grant business and family grew, had bare walls, crude furniture, and a great Open fireplace. Save for a few sermons, h...

Excerpt from The New Purchase, Vol. 1: Or Seven and a Half Years in the Far WestPurchase Of the Far West, being a Poetic Dream at Sun Rise, with a Prosaic Re¿ection at Sun Set-a novel-history, and a historic-novel, with' Stop! Stop - Robert, that will never do. Suppose we call it simmy The New Purchase, or Seven and a a Half Years in the Far West: By Robert Carlton, Esq.'About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rar...

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Excerpt from Notes on the Bridgewater House Library With the Britwell and Huth collections in quality and importance, the fame of the Bridgewater Library had been in the shadow for some years. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digita...

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In this sequel to the romantic spy-thriller Two Lies and a Spy, Kari must race against the clock on a mission to save her little brother.Kari Andrews thought life was going to get easier. She was wrong. Following the events of Two Lies and a Spy, she and her brother, Charlie, are left to cope with the aftermath while also adapting to a new school—in another country. But then Charlie disappears. With her brother's life hanging in the balance, K...

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Excerpt from Charles Jeremy Hoadly, LL. D: A MemoirGeorge Seymour Godard, Frederic Clarence Bissell, Joline Butler Smith, William Fowler Hopson, Frank Addison Corbin, Henry Russell Hovey, Frank Butler Gay, Mahlon Newcomb Clark, William John James, Lucius Albert Barbour, Martin Leonard Roberts, Charles Yale Beach, Addison Van Name.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forg...

Excerpt from Education and Industrial Evolution The labor problem has always been one of the chief causes of economic thought and research. In recent decades this problem has held a predominant place in the minds of students of economic questions. Economists, when considering this complex problem, have often overlooked one very important factor, - education. John Stuart Mill stands preeminent among economists in recognizing the true value of ...

Excerpt from Thomas Jefferson: Lover of LibertyEpperson was reelected to Congress, but feeling the need of reformed legislation in his native state, declined. To him goes the credit for establishing within Virginia the most advanced, revolutionary, and demo cratic laws then known to man. He loved the people and hated class distinction of any kind. His first blow at the old aristocracy of wealth, to make an opening for the aristocracy of virtue...

Excerpt from The Industrial Situation: Its Effect Upon the Home, the School, the Wage Earner and the EmployerIt is hoped that the summaries and questions appended to the various sections may prove of value in adapting the book to the purposes of study classes as well as of private readers.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction ...

Excerpt from Elementary Economics: An Introduction to the Study of Economics and Sociology The Changing World in Which We Live. The world in which we live is an ever changing, restless world, it is not static or at a standstill. Institutions, laws and ways of getting a living are different to-day from those prevailing when George Washington was President, and before the year 2000 is ushered in many further changes will occur. There is progres...

Excerpt from The Wonderlands of the Wild West: With Sketches of the Mormons My subject is not the Old West, but the New West, the wonderland of this continent. Ihave trav cled in the far west with some intelligent tourists who have visited the most famous natural scenery to be found in the Old World, and they do not hesitate to declare that they have seen nothing beyond the Atlantic to com pare with the wonderlands of the Rocky Mountains and ...

Excerpt from The History and Problems of Organized Labor References are placed at the end of each chapter to assist the student in the selection Of material for collateral reading. The writer wishes to acknowledge his indebtedness to his wife for her unfailing sympathy and aid in the preparation of this book. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com ...

Excerpt from The New Purchase: Or Seven and a Half Years in the Far West The Princeton University Press offers a worthy contribution to the centennial celebration of Indiana's admission to statehood by issuing a Centennial Edition of the "New Purchase" by Baynard R. Hall. This work has been pronounced "one of the best books ever written concerning life in the West." Its reproduction will be appreciated by all who are interested in western his...

Excerpt from Organized Labor in American History History is concerned with more than the mere perfunctory cataloguing of incidents, with more than a string of events held together by the color less thread of chronology. It is no longer to be considered solely as a record of sanguinary episodes and of individual prowess or debauchery. True his tory presents a fascinating picture Of con¿icting races, interests, sections and classes, it tells th...