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When James McKinney leaves rural Ireland to study in London... he meets Anne. An intriguing tale of love, criminial activity, deceipt ... and murder. "What the hell are you doing with a gun?" he shouted. Anne glanced at the offending items and replied calmly, "Oh that!

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Excerpt from The Mystery of Miriam At a given hour every every morning, with a punctuality almost unvarying, the well-appointed carriage Mr. Gaston Saxby appeared at the door of his house in Pelham, and, almost before the horses came to a stand-still, Mr. Saxby would walk down the broad stone steps, take his place in the carriage, and drive off to the railway station. So regular were these movements on the part of Mr. Saxby, that in time the...

Excerpt from Visits to Walt Whitman in 1890-1891 An additional chapter gives a summary of the visitor's general impressions of Whitman. The reports of these visits would be incomplete, and would lack their true setting, without some account of the little group of friends in Lancashire represented by the visitors, and frequently referred to in the text. The first section of the book, therefore, gives a brief description of the group, and an a...

Excerpt from Christmas Evergreens: A Collection of Choice English and American Poetry, Suitable for a Handsome Holidays PresentIf, therefore, I were blessed with a son, in order to the forming of his manners, which is making him truly my son, I should be contin ually putting into his hands some fine poet. The graceful sen tenoes and the manly sentiments so frequently to be met with in every great and sublime writer are, in my judgment, the mos...

Excerpt from What Happened to Johnston At that time there was no reason on my part to suspect for a single moment that the time would ever come when I should again see the need of a dollar. 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...

Excerpt from Biennial Report of the Attorney-General of the State of California: 1899-1900 An examination of the report will disclose a volume of business probably unequaled in any similar period of time hitherto. This is especially true with respect to the civil business of the omco. Indeed, this branch of the work has severely taxed the time and energy of the office force, and but for the arrangement that relieves this office of the vast a...

Excerpt from Mission Work Among the Azande The Lord Jesus Christ has said that the Gospel must first be preached in all the world before He comes. Therefore all who love His appearing must love the work of the foreign missionary. The Church of God is described as Catholic. This much misused word implies that it is to include within its pale members from the whole wide world. And no one can presume to call himself a member of Gods Church, and ...

Excerpt from Telegraphic Tales and Telegraphic History: A Popular Account of the Electric Telegraph, Its Uses, Extent and Outgrowths The subscriber's modesty would lead him to claim even less than he does for this his latest publication, had he been solely engaged in its production. He will add no more than his hearty acknowledgments of the valu able assistance rendered him by Mr. Henry G. Taylor, a New York journalist whose experience and gr...

Excerpt from Which Was Right?: A Story of an International Yacht RaceThe gentleman was examined by counsel for both sides, but no further statements of material importance were elicited. A number of affidavits from seamen on board the English yacht were then submitted to show that unusual activity was notice able on the American yacht during the night preceding the day of the first race.'About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of...

In no small way, our lives have been defined by work. In order to support our work ethic, we need to refresh ourselves. And, even more important, we need to find a balance between work and the rest of life.

Dr. Jeremiah Johnson addresses six categories of recurring, trending questions that plague the minds of believers but are rarely addressed in church"--

Thomas Pichon seems forever at a crossroads, often choosing the path of least resistance, or the most tempting. In this, the third Thomas Pichon novel, his life remains more complicated than he wishes. He encounters highwaymen on a country road, succumbs to a tempting tryst in the spa town of Bath, squanders a new love in London and longs for the higher social station he once enjoyed. Returning to Paris, Thomas's work life initially stalls, bu...

Excerpt from Breve e Conciso Rendiconto dei Fenomeni Eruttivi e della Geologia del Monte Somma e del Vesuvio: Da Servire Come Spiegazione della Grande Carta Geologica di Questo Vulcano Rilevata Negli Anni 1880-1888 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-a...

Excerpt from A National Agricultural Policy the Finance of Occupying Ownership and Co-Operative Credit, Vol. 5: A Study in Cheap Money Compound The stipulation to be made that the present value of the farmers' annuities calculated at the current rate of interest for farm purchase the rate of interest represented by the years' purchase taken in calculating the cash value of the farm) must not exceed 85 per cent. Of the cash value of the farm. ...

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This book, considers the major philosophical and methodological trends within each 'school, ' the balance between the various sub-disciplines, the role of leading individuals, influences upon the development of the subject, and its impact in education and elsewhere

Filling a critical void, this book examines French women dramatists of the nineteenth-century who staged works prior to the lifting of censorship laws in 1864. Though none staged overtly feminist drama, Sophie de Bawr, Sophie Gay, Virginie Ancelot, and Delphine Girardin questioned patriarchal dominance and reconstructed ideals of womanhood.