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It is with great appreciation to my first cousin Mary Ruth (Ault) Wright, (who has an intense interest in genealogy and dedication to accuracy), for completing this book. Without her this book would never have been written. Our parents, John and Edna Rector, were truly great parents! But for children, it takes years to fully appreciate the sacrifices parents make. They had the courage to move to Oklahoma with five young children in 1912. (Okla...

She's got no more business there than a pig has with a Bible." That's what her father said when Mary Herring announced that she would be moving to Washington, DC, in late1942. Recently graduated from the North Carolina School for Black Deaf and Blind Students, Mary had been invited to the nation's capital by a cousin to see a specialist about her hearing loss. Though nothing could be done about her deafness, Mary quickly proved her father wron...

In late 19th century, Cornwall hand-knitting was a vital cottage industry and coastal villages developed their own distinctive patterns and names for the traditional navy blue guernsey or knit-frock. This book includes many contemporary photographs, and shows how to knit a Cornish guernsey incorporating one of thirty local patterns.

Homeschooling is the process of educating one's children at home, rather than at a public or private school. Books on the subject are vital to proper homeschooling. One of the most significant reasons is that the process is filled with a great deal of legal red tape and paperwork. It can help one navigate this often difficult subject in order to do everything fully within the law.

Excerpt from Candy-Making at HomeWhile a platter can be used instead of a marble slab in making fondant and some other candies, yet, since the marble is naturally cool, the candy syrups will cool much more quickly on it and for this reason is desirable.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...

Homelessness is obviously a global problem. This volume considers the problem and international attitudes to homelessness, investigating the operations of certain market economies, state policies and community practices.

Excerpt from The Tower: A Novel Turning to the table she took up the field-glasses and hastily levelled them at the wide windows of the Tower rooms, below the arches. Surely there was some one moving inside! A woman in a mob cap came to the window and shook out a duster in the air. It was an intrusion, an unendurable in trusion! She swept her glass upward and was startled to find herself gazing into the face of a man who was leaning with his...

Excerpt from A Truce and Other Stories You will do no such thing. It is just like Cornwall to put you up to something he knew I should disapprove. Still, I needn't trouble myself, between Ann's cowardice and your own laziness you will never go. The walking in there is atrocious, it is next door to a quicksand, pulling your feet down at every step - drag, drag, drag. I had to go ploughing through it until I was completely worn out, and ready t...

Excerpt from Dainty Desserts Place the sugar and water in a saucepan or kettle and boil until the mixture spins a thread, then add the vanilla, pour over the stiffly beaten egg-whites and beat up until light and foamy. Put the lemon-juice and one-half cup water in a kettle and bring to a boil, then stir in the gelatin previously dissolved in a little cold water. When gelatin is cool but not stiff, add the fruit-pulp. Add to the egg mixture b...

Excerpt from Rustic Speech and Folk-Lore Under the heading of The Varieties of English Speech an article of mine appeared in The Quarterly Review of July, 1907. The favourable reception accorded to it at the time prompted me to embark forthwith on a larger work dealing with the same subject. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a repr...

Excerpt from The Missionary Work of the Southern Baptist Convention The inspiration of this book was a sainted grandmother, who stirred a childish fancy with stories of Carey and Marshman, of Rice and Judson, and awakened an interest which has grown with increasing years. With the hope that it may impart information, deepen interest, and quicken enthusiasm, and the prayer that it may prove a blessing to the reader as it has to the author, thi...

Excerpt from The Book of LincolnFor, shamed by largeness, littlenesses die, And, partisan and narrow hates put by, We shrine our heroes for the future days, And to atone our ignorant delays With fond and emulous devotion try, When they are dead!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 Bo...

Anyone Can Play Piano, Book Two, adds the left hand to the right hand songs learned in Book 1. Book 2 includes 2 lessons and 36 songs, many from Book 1, plus a few new ones. The book is comprised of 53 pages.For more information visit www.MaryWrightBooks.com

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Simon Mouse wants adventure-any kind of adventure. But he gets more than he had in mind when he falls out of the back end of a moving van. He finds a "new family" with a colony of mice who live above the snack shop of a flea market. But there are dangers as well as fun at the flea market. The mice have plenty of food, but must dodge cats, dogs and owls to get it. Through it all, he wonders if he will ever find his parents again.

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