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Excerpt from Lynx-Hunting, Vol. 4: From Notes by the Author of "Camping Out" It was half-past seven o'clock, the morning of the 9th of January, 1871. We were a "merry company, " albeit our noses, ears, and toes were a little frosty. We had just been set down at the end of the road, far up in Somerset County (Maine), bag and baggage, and the horse-sled which had taken us up from the "settlement" five miles below was now just disappearing among...

Excerpt from Natural Salvation: The Message of Science, Outlining the First Principles of Immortal Life on the Earth In justification of this attitude, conservatives have pointed to the sordid self-seeking of the last half century, its money-greed, church hypocrisy, and practical atheism. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reprodu...

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Excerpt from A Busy Year at the Old Squire's Master Joel Pierson arrived the following Sunday afternoon, as he had promised in his letter of Thanksgiving Day eve, and took up his abode with us at the old Squire's for the winter term of school. Cousin Addison drove to the village with horse and pung to fetch him, and the pung, I remember, was rilled with the master's belongings, including his school melodeon, books and seven large wall maps f...

This book provides a new answer to the question, "Why do people use heroin and other street drugs?" Drawing upon a growing body of studies of drug users conducted by sociologists and anthropologists, it attempts to integrate their findings into a theoretically unified sociocultural explanation of heroin use. The theory, which draws heavily upon the insights of symbolic interactionist and role theory, posits that there is a street subculture of...

This book contains twelve essays by scholars and critics, four reminiscences, and a recent interview with Taylor. Some of the pieces presented here grew out of a symposium on Peter Taylor sponsored by Essex Community College in April 1991, others were solicited especially for this volume. Of both scholarly and general interest, this first book-length collection of original essays on Peter Taylor should stimulate interest, encourage critical at...

Excerpt from Off to the Geysers: Or the Young Yachters in Iceland, as Recorded by "Wade"During this time we read Heat, a Mode of Motion, and Fragments Of Science, by Tyn dall, The Descent of Man, and Origin of Species, by Darwin, Prof. Huxley's Lay Ser mons and also the first four volumes Of Ban croft's History of the United States These, besides papers, magazines, &c., I call your attention to these studies, only to illustrate to you our mode...

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Excerpt from Long Life, Vol. 2: The Occasional Review of an Investigation of the Intimate Causes of Old Age and Organic Death, With a Design to Their Alleviation and Removal Long life is the record and exponent of a special line of research, not a literary venture for gain. It follows the progress and fortunes of laboratory work, and for that reason no set dates of issue are guaranteed. It will be printed whenever sufficient matter of interes...

Excerpt from When Life Was Young, at the Old Farm in MaineTo the northeast, north and west, the land rises in long, picturesque ridges and mountains of medium altitude, and still beyond and above these, in the west and northwest, loom Mt. Washington, Madison, Kear sarge and other White Mountain peaks.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a r...

Excerpt from A Great Year of Our Lives: At the Old Squire's The day they to-re the old house down I really felt quite sad. It does not seem like the same place there now, and memory runs back somewhat regretfully, as I pass to those Old eventful winter terms under Master Joel Pierson, Master Cummings, Master French and young Thomas Jefferson Cobb who was drowned in the Kennebec. Excellent teachers they were, possibly there are as good instruc...

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Excerpt from The Young Moose-Hunters: A Backwood's Story My whole pile! Said he, smoothing them out on the bare table-leaf. All I've got in the world, - and this I owe you, old fellow. And the writer of this narrative, dejectedly watching him from the other side of the table, was not in a condition to deny the debt. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks...

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The #1 New York Times bestselling book from new adult phenomenon S.C. Stephens—even a rock star's life isn't always perfect.Can love survive when life gets Reckless? When the band hits it big, Kiera and Kellan must ask themselves: Can their love for each other withstand the constant pressures of superstardom? The friendships they've formed, the new family they've found, and the history they've forged will all play a part in helping them naviga...

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author S.C. Stephens comes the new adult series everyone is talking about—and a love triangle you won't forget.After being caught in the middle of a love triangle that led to a devastating betrayal, Kiera pledged to learn from the mistakes she'd made. She was determined to never again inflict that kind of pain on anyone, especially the soulful, talented man who held her heart. But life offers new challeng...

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Excerpt from Left on Labrador, or the Cruise of the Schooner-Yacht Curlew: As Recorded by Wash On the 7th of July they made Cape Resolution on the north side of the entrance of Hudson Straits. Thenceforward, till their escape from that icy passage in August, their voyage was one continued series of startling adventures amid some of the grandest and most terrible scenery the earth affords. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundre...

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