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Excerpt from The Opal: A NovelMary elton was a girl whom her friends called unusual, and her friends' friends, peculiar. She was young enough to be judged leniently by her elders on the ground of her immaturity, and old enough to be looked up to by her juniors as a clever woman whose character was past the formative period. An undisguised interest in her own character frequently laid her Open to the charge of egotism, but she had never been ac...

Excerpt from The Reverend Didymus Ego, M.D., And Other StoriesThe Rev. Didymus Ego, M. D., was not one of those careless laborers who, after sowing their seed on the Sabbath, leave it to its own sweet will neither did he calculate to wait many days fox the appearance of the bread cast upon the waters. Speedy results were looked for. Itwas his usual practice to spend Monday in looking up those who might have been impressed under his ministratio...

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Growth in the field of landscape ecology has included the development of methods and results that can be applied to an impressive range of environmental issues. This book addresses a broad spectrum of political, theoretical and applied aspects that often arise in the design and execution of landscape studies. The concepts of geographical scale and hierarchy arising within the confines of landscape ecology are examined, and a series of techniqu...

John Gardner's most poignant novel of improbable love

Averting Global War examines major regional disputes and conflicts throughout the world as they impact upon both American domestic and foreign policy. These include: The ongoing _war on terrorism_, NATO enlargement to Russian borders, US intervention in Iraq, US confrontation with Iran, the feud between Israel and the Palestinians, the widening _zone of conflict_ from Central Asia to sub-Saharan Africa, the global ramifications of North Korea_...

The enigma of Soviet society is nowhere more strikingly manifested than in its economic relations with the outside world. Western business people, even those with representative offices in Moscow, often describe their negotiations with the Soviets as a veritable black-box affair. Offers for purchase and sale are funneled into the bureaucracy, usually via the Ministry of Foreign Trade, where they are digested for very long periods of time. When...

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...

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.

The story of how one family came through the most difficult economic period in U.S. history. They were made strong by the bad times by remembering the good times and being influenced by them.