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Casey's skill at making you care about the injustices of a time and place not often covered in history books is second to none. The admirable mystery is the cherry on top." --Kirkus ReviewsThe U.S. has finally entered the First World War and scheduled the first draft lottery. No one in Boynton, Oklahoma, is unaffected by the clash between rabid pro-war, anti-immigrant "patriots" and anti-conscription socialists who are threatening an uprising ...

Perfect for Star Wars fans who think they already know everything On May 25, 1977, the world of science fiction, film, and pop culture was changed forever with the release of Star Wars. The beginning of this epic space opera franchise would inspire an expanded universe of creativity, including books, comic books, theme parks, and much more. With extensive back stories, lore, and author Dan Casey's encyclopedic knowledge on the subject, this li...

Popular American fiction has now secured a routine position in the higher education classroom despite its historic status as culturally suspect. This newfound respect and inclusion have almost certainly changed the pedagogical landscape, and Teaching Tainted Lit explores that altered terrain.

Excerpt from Memoirs on the Coleoptera, Vol. 1 The Myrmedoniini comprise by far the greater part of the large subfamily Aleocharinæ, and present a rather discouraging problem to the systematist through sheer force of numbers. In the European fauna probably a very large proportion of the existing species have been described, though in an inconveniently scattered literature, so that it is difficult to identify many of the forms, especially as t...

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Consists of 2 stories, the first is an Aesop fable called "The Fox and the Crane" and the second is a Chinese fable called "King of the Jungle". This book is aimed at 6-9 year olds approx.

In Aesop's 'The Fox and the Crane' Fox invites Crane to tea, but gives her a flat dish so she can't eat any of the food. When it's Crane's turn to invite Fox, what dish does she use? In the Chinese fable 'King of the Jungle' Tiger thinks he is the king of the jungle, but can Fox fool him to save his own skin?

Step by step instructions for boatowners on sealing joints, replacing portlights, locating leaks, fixing cracks and holes, in order to restore a hull's gloss and renew non-slip decks, amongst other repairs.

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Excerpt from A Sequel to the First Six Books of the Elements of Euclid: Containing an Easy Introduction to Modern Geometry, With Numerous Examples I have endeavoured in this Manual to collect and arrange all those Elementary Geometrical Propositions not given in Euclid which a Student will require in his Mathematical Course. The necessity for such a Work will be obvious to every person engaged in Mathematical Tuition. I have been frequently o...

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King Lir loves his children more than anything in the world. But the Queen hates them, and she knows dark magic. Find out the fate of the children of Lir, cursed by their jealous stepmother to live as swans for 900 years. In Celtic Legend there is no tale more tender or tragic.

This book focuses on how human rights would regulate non-lethal weapons through the growing interplay between humanitarian law and human rights law.

Stemmen in de oceaan gaat over dolfijnen. Journaliste Susan Casey neemt je mee in de fascinerende wereld van deze mysterieuze, zeer intelligente wezens. Je reist met haar door vele wateren, op zoek naar hun genezende krachten en hun vriendschap. Wij mensen kunnen heel wat van dolfijnen leren: lichaamsbeheersing, levensvreugde, gebruik van intuïtie en beïnvloeding van welzijn. Maar ook ontdek je in dit boek hoezeer hun magische bestaan wordt b...

Hailed as a literary relative of Kafka and Poe by his Italian and Cuban contemporaries, Calvert Casey and his enthralling work have until now remained eclipsed in the United States. This collection brings all of Casey’s powerful short stories and a fragment of an unfinished novel to an English-speaking audience for the first time. Exploring the human condition through poetically unique yet torturous views of the mind, Casey was a renegade arti...

Excerpt from Two Years on the Farm of Uncle Sam: With Sketches of His Location, Nephews, and ProspectsAlbany. - The Great Fire. - Incidents. - Genesee Valley Packets and Liners. Incidents thereon. Niagara. Anecdote.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 tech...

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