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Istanbul 1839. Dopo aver dato all'impero ottomano selle francesi, una specie di costituzione e i fucili a percussione, dopo aver perso la Grecia, la Crimea, nonché l'Egitto, il sultano Mahmut II è morto. All'indomani della designazione del giovanissimo successore, un delitto raccapricciante scuote la città: nel pozzo di un monastero cristiano è rinvenuto il cadavere di un uomo sul cui braccio campeggia sinistra un'insegna bellica tatuata. Yash...

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Excerpt from The Sea King: The Building of a Nation The Heir Of Nations, Captain Fitch And Family Arrive In San Diego - The Act Of Vengeance - Governor Echeandia Orders The Arrest Of Captain Fitch For Defying His Decree, Padre Sanchez Denounces Governor Echeandia For Usurping His Ecclesiastical Authority And Counter-Orders The Arrest Of Captain Fitch, The Attempted Arrest Of Captain Fitch, Governor Echeandia Arrests Captain Fitch At Monterey,...

Excerpt from Ithaca as It Was and Ithaca as It Is: With Thoughts Suggestive of the Future Tompkins County was named in honor of Governor Tompkins. It was organized in 1817, having successively belonged to Onondaga, Cayuga, and Seneca counties. Its area is about five hundred and eighty square miles, and contains three hundred and seventy-one thousand four hundred acres of land. Estimated at $30 per acre, and it comes to the round sum of $11, ...

Excerpt from Poems 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 digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a b...

Excerpt from As I Remember ThemSome in their lives, to blinded eyes, were just plain people, who did their work here noiselessly and fell asleep.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 technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original form...

Excerpt from A Winter in Japan and China SK November 23 - Weather and wind as yesterday passengers still sick. November 24 - Wind fresh ahead, passengers commence to come on deck. 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 digitally reconstru...

Excerpt from Nat Goodwin's Book In penning memoirs or autobiographing it is extremely difficult to avoid writing impersonally, yet I shall strive to avoid it as much as possible, not so much from a sense of duty as from a standpoint of mercy. I have never enjoyed reading about myself and I am firmly convinced that there are few who have. Perhaps, if I am tempted during this review to give myself an opinion of myself, it may be received with ...

This work looks at Asian American identities, families and schooling. It covers topics such as: growing up Asian in America, Asian Indian families in the United States, the formation of a political identity in Korean students and more.

This work looks at Asian American identities, families and schooling. It covers topics such as: growing up Asian in America, Asian Indian families in the United States, the formation of a political identity in Korean students and more.

Excerpt from Wayside Songs Simple themes of life expressed, Very homely at the best, Thoughts which all of us may share, Flowers which spring up everywhere, Shadows falling here and there: Such I've gathered, take the store, And with kindness turn it o'er, Read it pleasantly and free, And the boldness - pardon me. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgotten...

Excerpt from The Wedge of Gold The splendor of the world is due to mining and to the perfectness of man's ability to work the minerals which the mines supply. The fields of the world give men food, with food furnished, a few souls turn to the contemplation of higher things, but no grand civilization ever came to an agricultural people until their intellects were quickened by something beyond their usual occupation. How man first emerged from...

Excerpt from The Comstock Club But when this soldier of peace assaults the. Wilder ness, no bugles sound the charge the forest, the des ert, the wild beast, the savage, the malaria. The fatigue. Are the fees that lurk to ambush him, and if, against the unequal odds, he falls. No volleys are tired above him, the pitiless world merely Sponges his name from its slate. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare ...

E se il Santo Graal, l'antica reliquia, fosse custodito nei labirinti di pietra, nelle cisterne bizantine sotto i palazzi di Istanbul? Il sultano Mahmut II sta morendo. Yashim, più che mai solo, deve combattere contro un incubo che sembra risvegliarsi da un passato antichissimo. 1839, anni dopo la lotta per l'indipendenza dei greci dell'impero ottomano, Lefèvre, archeologo francese, arriva a Istanbul per cercare un tesoro bizantino che ha a ch...

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Do you get bewildered when deciding whether to be a sole trader or a director of a limited company? Have you been given so much advice that you have no idea what to do? In Sole Trader or Limited Company, Alan needs to decide whether to become a director of a limited company. Join him and Bert as they discuss the pros and cons of each option, and follow the advice from Bert's friendly accountant.This illustrated guide explains the issues that m...

The enhanced 5th Edition of Goodwin′s series, A History of Modern Psychology, explores the modern history of psychology including the fundamental bases of psychology and psychology′s advancements in the 20th century.

1830, complotto a Istanbul. Una serie di omicidi costringe Yashim ad abbandonare le amate letture, l'adorata cucina: dovrà diventare detective. Nelle sue investigazioni Yashim frequenta ambasciate e diplomatici, si reca da gilde e corporazioni, coltiva l'ambiente dei danzatori eunuchi, gruppo di magnifici travestiti di cui fa parte un'amica informatrice che farà una brutta fine. Le sue indagini sembrano condurre ai Giannizzeri, il potente corp...