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Excerpt from The Spirit of the Public Journals for 1798, Vol. 2: Being an Impartial Selection of the Most Exquisite Essays and Jeux D'esprits, Principally Prose, That Appear in the Newspapers and Other Publications, With Explanatory Notes Matilda. Yes - the time - the golden time, when the firft beams of the morning meet and embrace one another -the blooming blue upon the yet unplucked plum! About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hun...

Excerpt from The Spirit of the Public Journals for 1814, Vol. 18: Being an Impartial Selection of the Most Ingenious Essays and Jeux D'esprits That Appear in the Newspapers and Other Publications, With Explanatory Notes, and Anecdotes of Many of This Persons Alluded To AS the commencement of this Publication was nearly coetaneous to the French' Revolution. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and class...

Winner of the Hammett Prize and the Nero AwardFrom the wealthy suburbs to the remains of Detroit's bankrupt factory districts, August Snow is a fast-paced tale of murder, greed, sex, economic cyber-terrorism, race and urban decay.Tough, smart, and struggling to stay alive, August Snow is the embodiment of Detroit. The son of an African-American father and a Mexican-American mother, August grew up in the city's Mexicantown and joined the police...

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This volume is the first to explore the vibrant history of Magna Carta in Aotearoa New Zealand’s legal, political and popular culture. Readers will benefit from in-depth analyses of the Charter’s reception along with explorations of its roles in regard to larger constitutional themes.The common thread that binds the collection together is its exploration of what the adoption of a medieval charter as part of New Zealand’s constitutional arrange...

The Oxford Handbook of the European Union brings together numerous acknowledged specialists in their field to provide a comprehensive and clear assessment of the nature, evolution, workings, and impact of European integration.

Since his creation one hundred and twenty years ago, the name of Dracula has become synonymous with the legend of the vampire and the character is one of the world's most iconic to appear in fiction and film. Now, this history of the blood-drinking nobleman follows Dracula from his origins in Transylvania, through his travels down the decades, into a dystopian twenty-first century where vampires rule the world. Is it possible that the Count's ...

Frankenstein... His very name conjures up images of plundered graves, secret laboratories, electrical experiments, and reviving the dead. Within these pages, the maddest doctor of them all and his demented disciples once again delve into the Secrets of Life, as science fiction meets horror when the world's most famous creature lives again. Here are collected together for the first time twenty-four electrifying tales of cursed creation that are...

Through the decades, the only defence standing between humanity and the most horrific creatures of chaos are the agents of the H.P.L.-The Lovecraft Squad.

WE ALL GO A LITTLE MAD SOMETIMES . . . When journalist Robert Stanhope arrives at the Crowsmoor asylum for the criminally insane to interview the institute's enigmatic director, Dr Lionel Parrish, little does he realise that an apparently simple series of tests will lead him into a terrifying world of murder and insanity . . . In this chilling new anthology, compiled by multiple award-winning editor Stephen Jones, some of the biggest and brigh...

Nature Based Leadership inspires, illuminates, and entertains those who are willing to learn from Nature. A collection of personal reflections from a natural resources scientist, university president, philosopher, leadership scholar, Nature enthusiast, and Earth citizen, this book evokes deep emotions and stimulates the reader to think deeply about our relationship with this planet we call home. The author walks a fine line between prose and l...

Excerpt from The Spirit of the Public Journals for 1810, Vol. 14: Being an Impartial Selection of the Most Ingenious Essays and Jeux D'esprits That Appear in the Newspapers and Other Publications, With Explanatory Notes and Anecdotes of Many of the Persons Alluded To Ladies ah The Britannia in Distress 3° Ministerial Reasons for keeping a Place 2. On a late reported Correspondence r 3 The Ins and Outs ih. About the Publisher Forgotten Books...

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Compiled by a team of experts, this textbook introduces the physical properties and evolution of stars. Designed for elementary university courses in astronomy and astrophysics, this revised second edition has a greater emphasis on the physical and spectral properties of stars and is ideal for self-study.

IS THIS THE END . . .OR JUST THE BEGINNING?Human Reanimation Virus (HRV) has spread around the globe and most of the major cities have fallen or been destroyed. As a new race of intelligent zombies rises to power, the remaining pockets of human resistance make a last, desperate stand in the ruins of a world on the brink of unimaginable change.With the final pieces of the epic puzzle falling into place, a centuries-old endgame is revealed throu...

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This volume is about shyness: its definitions and conceptualization as a psy­ chological construct, research on its causes and consequences, methods for meas­ uring shyness, strategies for alleviating the unpleasant experiences associated with shyness, and its connection to other forms of social anxiety and inhibition. the book together was to provide a resource for The principal goal in putting psychologists from several subdisciplines, most ...

Behind the Lions' sees four esteemed rugby writers from each of the Home Nations delve to the heart of what it means to be a Lion, interviewing a vast array of former tourists to uncover the passion, pride and exhilaration experienced when wearing the famous red jersey.

The thoroughly updated and revised third edition of Management of Prostate Cancer provides concise and authoritative guidance to today's best therapeutic regimens for the diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer.  Highlighting the latest major advances in the field, the book includes chapters on the most controversial areas of prostate cancer – screening, chemoprevention, and active surveillance, updated chapters on genetic risk and progress...