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This forward-looking monograph distills the current knowledge base on lethal school shootings for school professionals invested in improving school safety. Divided between correlates, interventions, and prevention, it begins with the Virginia Tech massacre as exemplifying the kinds of personal, environmental and social dynamics that commonly result in lethal violence on campus. Bullying as a causal factor in school violence is a specific focus...

This early work by Will A. Page was originally published in 1911 and we are now republishing it as part of our Cryptofiction Classics series. 'The Air Serpent' is a short story about a flying, reptilian-looking creature. The Cryptofiction Classics series contains a collection of wonderful stories from some of the greatest authors in the genre, including Ambrose Bierce, Arthur Conan Doyle, Robert Louis Stevenson, and Jack London. From its roots...

Excerpt from Memoir of Nathaniel Hawthorne: With Stories, Now First Published in This Country The circumstance that I have had access to several American Magazines, hardly of recent date, and to the various American editions of Nathaniel Hawthorne's works, has enabled me to trace out several short stories and sketches of his which, though acknowledged by him, have never been reprinted here or given to English readers. Believing that a certain...

Excerpt from Letters of a War Correspondent NO more graphic, faithful, or venturous correspondent than Charles A. Page looked on at our civil war, and none more truthfully or graphically described its momentous events. If Page says that it is so, was a common remark of Horace Greeley's in the Tribune editorial rooms, and the subsequent motto of the Sun, If you see it in the Sun, ' it is so, was merely Charles A. Dana's appropriation of this f...

Excerpt from Thoreau: His Life and Aims, a Study A piteous lot it were to flee from a man, And not rejoice in nature... For the man, Who in this spirit, communes with the forms Of Nature, who, with understanding heart, Doth know and love such objects as excite No morbid passions, no disquietude, No vengeance, and no hatred, needs must feel The joy of that pure principle of love So deeply that, unsatisfied with aught Less pure and exquisit...

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Excerpt from Vers De Société and Parody: With Other Essays The sneer of so great a master, the author believes that, when viewed in a proper spirit, parody may be both instructive and amusing. When some part Of the portion here given on that subject appeared in the British Quarterly Review, it was received with peculiar favour, the Spectator remarking. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic b...

Excerpt from On the Naturalization Question: Washington, D. C., December 5, 1869 [The following letter was not written for publication, but was printed in the New York Times January 18, 1869. Had it been intended for print, the writer would have been more careful as to its style, he thinks he would have made it briefer, less diffuse, and have stated his points with less repetition and in more logical order. He does not revise it now, because ...

Excerpt from Thomas De Quincey, Vol. 1 of 2: His Life and Writings, With Unpublished Correspondence Nichol, LL.D., Professor Veitch, LL.D., the Rev. W. H. Wylie, and other friends. 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 reconstr...

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Excerpt from Thomas De Quincey, His Life and Writings, Vol. 2 of 2: With Unpublished Correspondence And all of us detest him reasonably, who remember his treatment of poor Stoddart and Conolly, for no crime alleged but that of trusting to the hospitality and justice of his savage land. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproducti...

This early works on Thomas De Quincey is a fascinating novel of the period and still an interesting read today. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900's and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our cont...

A collection of essays on research on CMBR in the 1960s by eminent cosmologists who pioneered the work.

This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our cont...

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Let your imagination unfold, glimpse a land shrouded in mystery, and answer the call of the Egyptian gods. This powerful book enables you to make contact with the Egyptian gods and goddesses--and become enlightened through the profound spiritual truths of an ancient land. Combining astral travel techniques with a sensuously reconstructed diorama of ancient Egypt, this book invites you to begin a soul-level initiation and explore the consciousn...

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.