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Born on an US Air Force Base in the 1960s during the middle of the Vietnam War, a set of circumstances combined to create a young man with an internal desire and drive for a singular goal - to fly. He didn't know exactly where that desire came from, but it was no doubt influenced by the signs around him as his father introduced him to the sight of jet fighters in the form of a mobile over his bed, and "the sound of freedom" at air shows as a l...

Like Jazz, any attempt to arrive at a precise, all-encompassing definition of the stories in Automatically Hip is probably futile. However, within these artfully-crafted, often-irreverent, and darkly humorous pieces are characters who share one consistent trait: you'll recognize them. These are folks who face struggle with a smile, and fortune with a frown. They are complicated and shallow, reactive and reflective, joyful and joyless. In short...

In these eleven sensational tales, John McCaffrey mixes humor with heart to explore the lighter side of darker things.Whether it be a scotch-swilling grizzly bear, a shady tombstone salesman, a fashion-challenged anti-terrorism expert, or an artist who burns his paintings as soon as they dry, McCaffrey's characters showcase the absurdity, and the marvel, of modern life.What's Wrong With This Picture? speaks to everyone who has ever searched fo...

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Excerpt from Oration Delivered at the Commemoration of the Landing of the Pilgrims of Maryland: Celebrated May 16, 1842, at Mt, St. Mary's, MDWe hail with delight every auspicious omen of a better era, when persecution for conscience' sake will cease. And what else is betokened by the movement, in which we now participate? What spirit has brought you here to-day? What spirit impelled the nume rous throng, who so lately repaired as pilgrims to ...

Excerpt from Eulogy on Charles Carroll of Carrolton: Delivered Before the Academus Society of Mt, St. Mary's College, December 20th, 1832The Academus of Mt. St Mary's College, fully sensible of the honor re¿ected upon it by your able and eloquent eulogium on the illustrious Carroll, tenders to you through us its grateful acknowledgments, and respectfully whats a Copy for publication.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thou...

Why, despite the unifying pressures of social and economic change within Britain, did Scotland remain a distinctive society in the nineteenth century? In this fresh new study, John McCaffrey assesses the importance of political and administrative responses as well as social and economic forces in shaping modern Scotland. Themes include the distinctiveness of that society's artisans, merchants, lairds, professional classes and new migrants in p...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This w...

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Promoting Equity, Cooperation and Innovation in the Fields of Transboundary Waters and Natural Resources Management offers publications and essays by colleagues around the world on the prolific work and scientific contribution of Dr David J.H. Phillips, giving insight into a remarkable and ingenious scientist who lived life to the utmost.

Excerpt from Oration Delivered at the Commemoration of the Landing of the Pilgrims of Maryland: Celebrated May 16, 1842, at Mt, St. Mary's, MD Our celebration therefore is identified with a great principle - a principle of wisdom and of benevolence: It is the festival of religious liberty. We hail with delight every auspicious omen of a better era, - when persecution for conscience' sake will cease. And what else is betokened by the movement...

In the tradition of Chuck Palahniuk's 'Fight Club' and Ernest Hemingway's 'Men Without Women, ' 'Two Syllable Men' presents the male psyche in all its fragmented glory. From William, who finds his immigrant girlfriend's English language translation notebook, and in it the words that define their growing relationship, to Steven, who is comforted whenever he spies trees or shrubs peeking out from the roofs of urban buildings, and who can't walk ...

Excerpt from Eulogy on Charles Carroll of Carrolton: Delivered Before the Academus Society of Mt, St. Mary's College, December 20th, 1832The Academus of Mt. St Mary's College, fully sensible of the honor re¿ected upon it by your able and eloquent eulogium on the illustrious Carroll, tenders to you through us its grateful acknowledgments, and respectfully whats a Copy for publication.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thou...

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