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Excerpt from Shadows, Vol. 33: Literary Magazine of the Creighton University, October, 1931For the serious booklover, three specific essentials stand out in Miss Cather's novels. They are: solidarity, beauty, and tradition. All prevail markedly in Shadows on the Rock.About 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 histor...

Excerpt from The Tangletown Letters, Being the Reminiscences, Observations, and Opinions of Timotheus Trap, Esq. 1856: Including a Report of the Great Mammothic Reform ConventionAs you have journeyed with a higher purpose than mere amusement, so I have written feeling that the writer, like the traveller, is responsible for his Opportunities.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more ...

Excerpt from The Register of the Parish of Stoke Poges, in the County of Buckingham, 1563-1753Memorandum that y° contract of ye intended mariage by C betweene Robert Groome ye younger of y' parish of lver in this countie husband man sonne of Robert Groome of ye same parish and countie husband man of Millicent his wife of ye one part And Joane Wood shave of this parish spinster who was the daughter of John Wood shave. Sometyme of Henbury in the...

Excerpt from The Relations of Slavery to the War: And the Position of the Clergy at the Present TimeAlthough negro slavery, a century or so later, prevailed to some extent in England, it never received the general sanction of the Courts, and, in the celebrated decision of Lord Mans field, made in 1772, it was shown that no slave could be retained, against his will, by the law of the realm. Slavery was a condition so odious, in the language of ...

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Excerpt from The Mysteries of Masonry: Being the Outline of an Universal Philosophy Founded Upon the Ritual and Degrees of Ancient FreemasonryAs the earth is cold in winter, but revives nu der the genial sun of spring, bringing forth her love ¿owers as a token of divine favor, so the heart, when chilled by self-love, is a dreary waste, and darkness is upon the face of the deep. But when the heavenly Spirit of charity moves upon the waters, the...

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In suburban Victorian London, Marion Franks, the lonely daughter of uncaring parents, knows little of life and love. When love, in the form of actor Hallam Beck, does suddenly possess her, she is overwhelmed by an obsessive desire which leads her into an alien world far removed from her upper middle-class upbringing. Hallam becomes the nemesis of the Franks family, and his self-torment results in his mind finally failing and his life being sus...

Trieste Publishing has a massive catalogue of classic book titles. Our aim is to provide readers with the highest quality reproductions of fiction and non-fiction literature that has stood the test of time. The many thousands of books in our collection have been sourced from libraries and private collections around the world.The titles that Trieste Publishing has chosen to be part of the collection have been scanned to simulate the original. O...

Creative, hard working, dedicated, strong, a woman of faith-Betty Reynolds had to rely on all of these qualities and more when her husband was shot and left for dead while the couple was serving as missionaries in Pakistan. Their lives changed forever in the blink of an eye, but God was right there, and He never left their side. God's Hand on Us: The E. Robert and Betty Reynolds Story begins with Betty's childhood and chronicles her growing up...

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Trieste Publishing has a massive catalogue of classic book titles. Our aim is to provide readers with the highest quality reproductions of fiction and non-fiction literature that has stood the test of time. The many thousands of books in our collection have been sourced from libraries and private collections around the world.The titles that Trieste Publishing has chosen to be part of the collection have been scanned to simulate the original. O...

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Presents a general introduction along with details of analysis and design of a range of structures and examination of design according to British and then European Codes. This book provides comprehensive guidance that enables the engineer to analyze and design reinforced concrete buildings, bridges, retaining walls, and containment structures.

The great merit of this biography by E.E. Reynolds is that it vividly portrays the whole More, his spiritual life as well as his court, family, social, and intellectual activity. More brought his religion into the smallest detail of his life. He is the ideal saint for the modern layman, and in these pages we see why. He lived the Faith-before dying for it. "Thomas More is more important at this moment than at any moment since his death, even p...

The Son of Man sayings are some of the most contested sayings in the Gospels. They preserve a phrase employed by Jesus to refer to himself, yet the meaning of the saying in its various contexts has been hotly debated for centuries. Some identify allusions to other literature in the bible, including the book of Daniel. Others see it as simply being a strange rendering in Greek of an Aramaic phrase that was relatively commonplace. The history ...

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A book about how to use public toilets safely for boys and young men with autism and related conditions.