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Excerpt from The Wire CuttersHer black gown trailed on the shelled drive, making no noise, but her light footsteps echoed loudly in her own ears, and her heart beat audibly as she drew near the tall iron gates. The buggy had come to a halt in the road outside. A mo ment earlier the driver, a sallow young man with shrewd black eyes, a sharp nose, and a wide, ex pressive mouth, had loosed his tongue for a halloo and a ready curse on the tardy ne...

Excerpt from Under the Man-Fig It was reckoned once a centre of luxury and refinement. But that was during the epoch of the short-lived republic, and before the time of June Badgett. It has changed but little, however, since the days when June and his cronies fore gathered, gossiping, under the man-fig. The gray weather-beaten old stores front ing the River drowse in the mellow sunshine like contented old folks who could, if they would, wak...

Results of the third and final wave of a national survey to elicit assessments of state and local response organizations of their activities following 9/11 to improve preparedness to respond to terrorist-related incidents and of federal programs intended to improve preparations and readiness. It also provides information on how state and local agencies are resourcing these activities, how they perceive the roles of the military and National Gu...

This updated third edition moves past recognizing risk and addresses the realities of managing risk and implementing a program to control it.

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Excerpt from A Christmas Masque of Saint Roch Pére Dagobert and Throwing the WangaBy God, His grace, the painters painted me Upon their church-walls - Guido, and Rubens, And Titian, so, on window-panes in gold And red I stand, and with me my good dog! - Nay, God have mercy lest I praise myself! Lord, heal the sick and ease the broken heart!About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more a...

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Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

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The Dalton--Whitfield County are a of Georgia has one of the highest concentrations of Latino residents in the southeastern United States. In 2006, a Washington Post article referred to the carpet-manufacturing city of Dalton as a "U.S. border town, " even though the community lies more than twelve hundred miles from Mexico. Voices from the Nueva Frontera explores this phenomenon, providing an in-depth picture of Latino immigration and dispers...

The United States is winning the war on terror, most days. We will continue to do so, until the day we declare victory, or turn the battle over to the governments of the countries hosting these wars. It is uncertain what will happen after that. There is a good chance that terror will resurface sometime, and that battle may again take place in our own backyard. The future enemy may well have better resources and advanced weapons. North Korea is...