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Reproduction of the original: The Narrative of a Blockade-Runner by J. Wilkinson

Excerpt from Canadian Battlefields: And Other PoemsLet smiles, not frowns, his rugged path assail, Better With blinded eyes his faults to scan Than let the sin of wrong and scorn prevail.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 historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstr...

Excerpt from Papers on Malay Subjects, Vol. 1: Life and Customs, The Incidents of Malay LifeIN dealing with matters relating to Malay Life and Customs I have thought it best to divide up the subject into three pamphlets. This, the first, deals with the principal incidents in the life of a Malay. The second pamphlet will give some account of the conditions under which a Malay lives - the type of house he resides in, the clothes he wears, the fu...

Excerpt from On Colour, and on the Necessity for a General Diffusion of Taste Among All Classes: With Remarks on Laying Out Dressed or Geometrical Gardens, Examples of Good and Bad Taste, Illustrated by Woodcuts and Coloured Plates in ContrastThey appear also to differ very much from their early masters in the appreciation and use of rich colours.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find...

Excerpt from Dalmatia and Montenegro, Vol. 1 of 2: With a Journey to Mostar in Herzegovina, and Remarks on the Slavonic Nations, The History of Dalmatia and Ragusa, The UscocsThe Avars expelled by the Slavonians, or Slavi. Rule of the Byzantine Emperors. Dukes of Dalmatia. The Franks. - Kings of Dalmatia. - Narentines, their Piracies, con quered by the Venetians. - The Doge takes the title of Duke of Dalmatia. - The Croatian Kings. - T he Hung...

The purpose of this Handbook is to analyse and explore the evolution of management, the core functions and how they may have changed, its position in the culture of modern society, the institutions and ideologies that support it, and likely challenges and changes in the future.

Excerpt from Charity: Fifteen Plain AddressesThere are passages in these Sermons which will touch many hearts, as shewing how he seemed to live in the thought of death, while ceaselessly at work in the many objects of his unwearied care among which he lived, and though called to his account with a remarkable suddenness, without any apparent sign of the approaching end of his ministry, it was felt as a token of love strong as death, that when m...

Excerpt from Improvisations From the SpiritLook on this slab, it lieth, Ready for each that dieth, And underneath its way, Gropeth a pilgrim grey.He hath no scrip nor store, His cup once mantled o'er But in his hand the Wine Mouldered beneath his Whine.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 historical work. Forg...

From the pages of the Oxford Review comes over 250 of the most practical & useful research findings for leaders, managers, professionals in human resources, learning & development, organisational development, coaching & consultancy. Did you know for example: Researchers have tracked and worked out exactly what stages of development almost every organisation and business go through (or are stuck in)? This means we can predict with where your or...

Excerpt from Popular Account of the Ancient Egyptians, Vol. 1 of 2I have here and there introduced some remarks relating to the Greeks, thinking that a comparison of the habits and arts of other people, with those of the Egyptians, may be interesting, and the impulse now given to taste in England has induced me to add some observations on decorative art, as well as on colour, form, and proportion, so well understood in ancient times. And as ma...

Excerpt from Practical Lessons on the Lever Escapement: Its Tests, Errors, Their Detection and CorrectionThis book on the Lever Escapement is sent forth with the ope that students in horology, the young and the advanced, will na pleasure and profit in using it.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 historical wo...

Excerpt from Mutual ThriftRates of Mortality and Sickness according to the experience for the ten years, 1878 1887, of the Independent Order of Rechabites (salford Unity) Friendly Society, &c., By Francis G. P. Neison, f.i.a. &c., Report from Select Committee on Friendly Societies' Act, 1875.The Friendly Societies' Journal. Organ of Leeds Amalgamated Friendly Society. Established 1882.The Foresters' Miscellany. Published by the Executive Counc...

Excerpt from The History of Methodism in WednesburyThe tracing of a river to its source, While often a Zdi¿icult task, amply repays the time and energy expended upon it. By Winding valleys, and through pleasant nooks, and past tributary streams, the explorer is led to the far away hills, whence issue the waters that are so beneficent in their ¿ow. The discovery wof the sources of the Nile may be referred to as an illustration. Something analag...

Excerpt from The History of Methodism in WednesburyThe tracing of a river to its source, While often a Zdi¿icult task, amply repays the time and energy expended upon it. By Winding valleys, and through pleasant nooks, and past tributary streams, the explorer is led to the far away hills, whence issue the waters that are so beneficent in their ¿ow. The discovery wof the sources of the Nile may be referred to as an illustration. Something analag...

Describes all aspects of sustainable conversion adaptation of existing buildings and provides solutions for making urban settlements resilient to climate change This comprehensive book explores the potential to change the character of cities with residential conversion of office space in order to withstand the negative effects of climate change. It investigates the nature and extent of sustainable conversion in a number of global cities, as w...

The Narrative of a Blockade-Runner is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1877.Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly ...

Excerpt from The Annals of Binghamton, and of the Country Connected With It: From the Earliest SettlementIn the present History, the village Of Binghamton is made the centre of interest, and other places are treated of, in a great measure, according to their re. Lation to it. Equal fidelity is observed, it is hoped, towards all but one is made the centre, that unity of design and prosecution might appear in the course of the work, and also, th...

Excerpt from Pensions and PauperismTo a student of the history of the English people the present phase of State Socialism should be one of absorbing interest. In the closing years of the nineteenth century he will find much to remind him of the same period in the eighteenth century.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 i...

Excerpt from Pensions and PauperismTo a student of the history of the English people the present phase of State Socialism should be one of absorbing interest. In the closing years of the nineteenth century he will find much to remind him of the same period in the eighteenth century.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 i...

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