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Excerpt from The Rights and Duties of Neutrals It may also be said Of foreign publicists, without any impeachment on their fairness, that most of them naturally take views suited to the position occupied by their own countries. They are neither able fully to enter into the belligerent needs of a state, the weight of which depends upon the stress which it can put upon its enemies by sea nor do they adequately feel the difficulties to which a c...

Excerpt from Chicago River-and-Bar Harbor Convention: An Account of Its Origin and Proceedings The introduction of the newspaper articles, resolutions, etc., are intended to show the public feeling existing at that time throughout the north-west, and the deep inter est taken in the subject of Internal Improvements. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks....

Excerpt from The Historic Significance of the Southern Revolution: A Lecture, Delivered by Invitation in Petersburg, Va, March 14th and April 29th, 1864, and in Richmond, Va, , April 7th and April 21st, 1864This introduces the Second Period of History, the Period of Conquest. The idea of selfish power passes over into this period, but it is no longer the power of man the individual: or of man in smaller associations, but of man in large and po...

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Adam Cassidy (Liam Hemsworth) kommt aus Brooklyn und ist ein junger, talentierter Angestellter bei Wyatt Telecom, einem der führenden US-Hightech-Unternehmen der Mobilfunkindustrie. Sein ganzes Leben schon arbeitet er auf seine große Chance hin - den einen Moment, in dem er es allen beweisen kann. Als sein Ex-Chef, Wyatt Telecom CEO NicolasWyatt (Gary Oldman), ihm mit einem unmoralischen Angebot diese Gelegenheit bietet, muss er zugreifen und ...

This is an anthology of 23 papers that were presented at the Thirteenth Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture, held June 68, 2001, and co-sponsored by the State University of New York at Oneonta and the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. Featuring keynote remarks from George Plimpton, author of Home Run: The Best Writing About Baseball's Most Exciting Moment, this Symposium examined such topics as baseball's myths, leg...

In this authorized biography, William Hall paints a portrait of a man who has achieved his success with a mixture of innate talent, cool cheek, abrasive wit and perceptive observation. But he has also known his fair share of heartache.

Born Maurice Micklewhite, son of a Billingsgate fish porter and a charlady, Michael Caine's life has been an extraordinary rollercoaster: from washing dishes and fighting on National Service, to winning two Oscars and being knighted by the Queen. This biography charts the amazing highs and lows in his turbulent ride to fame, fortune and respect.

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Excerpt from The Victory of Defeat, and Other Poems: Chiefly on Hebrew ThemesAbout 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 format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare ...

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