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This book explores the motif of the spiritual journey and its evolution in Western literature. A spiritual journey can be broadly defined as a search for the divine. Such a search can occur either internally as a psychological process or in some cases may involve an actual geographic journey. Spiritual journeys can be conducted by individuals or groups. In exploring this topic, various kinds of texts will be reviewed, including autobiographies...

This book explores the motif of the spiritual journey and its evolution in Western literature. A spiritual journey can be broadly defined as a search for the divine. Such a search can occur either internally as a psychological process or in some cases may involve an actual geographic journey. Spiritual journeys can be conducted by individuals or groups. In exploring this topic, various kinds of texts will be reviewed, including autobiographies...

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Excerpt from Using the Cypress Creek Formula to Estimate Runoff Rates in the Southern Coastal Plain and Adjacent Flatwoods Land Resource AreasThe Cypress Creek formula, _q_ C mes/6, is employed by many engineers as a means of determining design capacity for drainage canals. In this formula, Q is the average runoff rate in cubic feet per second for the 24-hour period of greatest runoff for a storm event, M is drainage area in square miles, and ...

Excerpt from Using the Cypress Creek Formula to Estimate Runoff Rates in the Southern Coastal Plain and Adjacent Flatwoods Land Resource AreasThe Cypress Creek formula, _q_ C mes/6, is employed by many engineers as a means of determining design capacity for drainage canals. In this formula, Q is the average runoff rate in cubic feet per second for the 24-hour period of greatest runoff for a storm event, M is drainage area in square miles, and ...

In the history of western literature, this spiritual concept was frequently embedded in stories of underworld and heavenly journeys. A variety of topics related to the nature of the universe, life on earth and the existence of the gods are explored in these stories.

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Excerpt from The Law Relating to DemurrageHE law relating to Demurrage is a branch of mercantile law of the greatest importance to Shipowners', Charterers and Merchants.Although the subject is dealt with somewhat brie¿y in the books relating to the law of Merchant Shipping, yet so far as the author is aware, there is no separate treatise on this subject either in this country, America, or Australia. As the work contains many references to Amer...

Excerpt from South Australia: An Exposure of the Absurd, Unfounded, and Contradictory Statements in James's "Six Months in South Australia"But this is veniai, compared with many of the contradictions that the volume contains. No sooner is our author fairly landed, with out the loss of either life or limb, although, according to his own account, frequently sticking fast in the mud, than he begins to ridicule the port. This, he exclaims, is Port...

Excerpt from Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas, and YucatanIN preparing the present Work for publication in a cheap form, and which, although it has been favourably received by the British Public, has never before been printed in England, I have not omitted any of the Illustrations which appear in the American Edition, and have given some additional ones, which are now published for the first time.About the PublisherForgotten Boo...

John Stephens received his MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Virginia in 1998. He then moved to Los Angeles, where he has worked as a writer-producer on Gilmore Girls and The O.C. He was most recently executive producer on Seasons 2 and 3 of Gossip Girl and has also directed episodes of The O.C. and Gossip Girl. John Stephens is taking leave from his television career to pursue his passion for writing for children. The Black Recko...