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Excerpt from The Downfall of Spain: Naval History of the Spanish American WarAnd, whilst the spectacle of our kinsmen winning such brilliant victories upon the element which we have always claimed, rightly or wrongly, as our own, appealed to us as a nation in a peculiar degree, we can yet feel deep sympathy with and compassion for Spain. There was infinite tragedy in the spectacle of a people going to certain defeat, because national pride wou...

Excerpt from Mrs. Wilson's New Cook Book: RevisedThe gospel of good cooking needs many evangelists. In the outset I want to tell you its foundation stone. It is this: to make real good things you must make them of real good things.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...

Excerpt from Tyrone of to-Day: The Gateway of the AlleghaniesLooking from one of the eminences which nearly surround it, Tyrone lies spread out before the eye, though not all of it can be seen from any one place. It stretches in an oblong shape, nearly north and south, along the river and creek, having an average width of about half a mile within the borough limits, reaching out towards the suburbs of Greens burg on the north, Northwood on the...

Excerpt from Tyrone of to-Day: The Gateway of the AlleghaniesLooking from one of the eminences which nearly surround it, Tyrone lies spread out before the eye, though not all of it can be seen from any one place. It stretches in an oblong shape, nearly north and south, along the river and creek, having an average width of about half a mile within the borough limits, reaching out towards the suburbs of Greens burg on the north, Northwood on the...

Excerpt from The Oberlin Review, Vol. 17: February 4, 1890The Senior convention will he held' every Monday afternoon at the close of Modern His tory until an election is mady.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 reconstruct the work...

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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About the Book Books about Engineering are concerned with the design, construction, and operation of mechanical machines, operating systems of various kinds, and the design and management of public and private infrastructure projects. Titles include: A chronological history of electrical development from 600 B.C., A Practical Treatise on Lightning Protection, A Handbook for Steam Users, A few useful shop hints on locomotive valve setting, Asph...

Excerpt from Ironclads in Action, Vol. 1: A Sketch of Naval Warfare From 1855 to 1895, With Some Account of the Development of the Battleship in EnglandNow it is, of course, vain to complain of a state of things which is a characteristic of the age in which we live, affecting all other pursuits that deal with material, as well as our own. The improvement of mechanical processes, urged on by a demand which becomes more and more importunate on t...

The spring of 2011 produced a wave of demonstrations and revolution in the Arab world. Beginning in December, 2010 revolutions swept through Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Bahrain, Syria and Yemen. Protests occurred on a large scale in Algeria, Jordan, Morocco and Oman. The civil resistance and social networks were typical of all these eruptions. This Reference Shelf discusses the history of these revolutions, America's role in them, their causes, imp...

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The focus of this title is the subject of the National Forensics League (NFL)'s 2012-2013 Policy Debate. It is, should the United States federal government substantially increase its transportation infrastructure investment. The policy topic implies agreement among Americans that the infrastructure needs the investment, the complication facing the country is how to pay for it.

The 21st century includes a wide variety of family structures beyond the traditional, nuclear family. Same sex marriage and adoption, unmarried partnerships of all kinds, combined with the aging of the country, are causing households and family structures to change considerably. These changes challenge legal structures, insurance laws, societal expectations and the workplace.

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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...

Excerpt from Adam Duncan: The Westminster Biographies In this brief sketch of the great commander who can be ranked after only Nelson amongst his contemporaries, a certain amount of space has been devoted to the social condition of the navy during the time of his service. This is necessary, even within such narrow limits of space, as otherwise misleading ideas might be formed concerning Duncan's character. His refusal, for instance, upon two ...

Excerpt from Ironclads in Action, Vol. 2: A Sketch of Naval Warfare From 1855 to 1895 With Some Account of the Development of the Battleship in England Theatre of the War in the East and Wei-hai-wei 52 The Yalu, I. 88 The Yalu, II., III. 90 The Yalu, IV V. 92 Naval Formations. 156. 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 o...

Excerpt from The Downfall of Spain: Naval History of the Spanish American War And, whilst the spectacle of our kinsmen winning such brilliant victories upon the element which we have always claimed, rightly or wrongly, as our own, appealed to us as a nation in a peculiar degree, we can yet feel deep sympathy with and compassion for Spain. There was infinite tragedy in the spectacle of a people going to certain defeat, because national pride w...

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Excerpt from Mrs. Wilson's New Cook Book: RevisedThe gospel of good cooking needs many evangelists. In the outset I want to tell you its foundation stone. It is this: to make real good things you must make them of real good things.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...