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Ellicott City, the seat of Howard County, began its life as a mill town before the American Revolution. Quaker brothers Joseph, Andrew, and John Ellicott built their first mill in 1772. The Patapsco Valley and River provided the brothers with the fertile land and power necessary to make the finest wheat flour. Ellicotts Mills, as the town was first known, grew steadily, becoming home to mill workers and merchants. Maryland founding families su...

Kabbalah, Science & the Meaning of Life traces the milestones of the evolution of science with which we are familiar, such as Newton 's and Einstein 's theories but goes further to present the science of Kabbalah as the basis for understanding the hidden parts of reality which scientists are now discovering. While other sciences research the definable world around us, Kabbalah teaches us how the spontaneous changes occurring within us affect o...

The story is basically about myself as a young daydreamer. The main character is Jermaine who has time on his hands and an active imagination. He uses his creativity to travel in space to the Milky Way meeting strange creatures along the way. We are left to wonder if it was a daydream or reality. This is the first in a series of short stories. I hope you like the pictures, which I've included.

This children's storybook contains five African folktales. The first story explains How the Tortoise Got Its Rough Shell. The animals had a summit with the supreme being, Eke, in the sky. Greed and lack of altruism cost the Tortoise dearly, as he crash-landed onto the roof of his hut from the sky. His broken shells were mended by Snail, but the result was a tortoise with rough shells. Altruism and concern for others are the morals of this stor...

Det herskende teater er de herskendes teater. Claire Lacombe brød ud af dette teater og søgte til den første store franske revolutions barske virkelighed - hvor hun i kamp for Kvindens ligerettigheder blev en taber - men dog set i historisk perspektiv en af de mange langsomt sejrende tabere. Så voldsomme vilkår havde Betty Nansen ikke i Danmark. Hun måtte blive i det herskende danske teater. Men i sin protest mod forholdene og i sin vilje til ...

Bryden "In the Tub" is a "fun to read" story of a child who thinks he is the "boss" of the home only to find after a series of events that his parents are important and deserve his respect. This book is written with subtle humor and sound rhyming phrases to encourage early language skills. The "theme" is open for discussion between reader and adult to initiate reading comprehension.

Häufig treten auch nach erfolgten Sanierungs- oder Modernisierungsmaßnahmen Schimmelpilzbildungen auf, die aus einem unzureichenden baulichen Wärmeschutz resultieren. Zur Vermeidung solcher Bauschäden wurde ein Wärmebrückenkatalog für Sanierungs- und Modernisierungsaufgaben erstellt, der die am häufigsten vorkommenden Wand- und Deckenkonstruktionen darstellt und die für die Wärmebrückenberechnung notwendigen Materialkenngrößen festlegt. Außerd...

Humorous, educational, philosophical, sometimes tragic, this memoir traces the rise from the uncompromising life of a homesteader's son to the world of professor, and founder and CEO of the premier survey research company in America. Includes tales of Wyoming.

Although he had been advised by everyone to avoid the bleak north east of China, Ben Whately spent six months in Qiqihaer in the winter of 2004, one of only six native English speakers in this city of five million people. In telling the story of his growing understanding of the way of life and of the people here, the author introduces the reader to China today. Arriving in mid-winter, - 30°C, to find a grey, concrete city concealed beneath lay...

In 1653, lower Manhattan was a Dutch community of about 120 houses, its people protected by a fort and a log wall which stood as a defense against Indian attacks. Today's Wall Street follows the line of that ancient plank wall. Sheriff Resolved Waldron, his wife, Tennake, and their three children lived at the present day crossing of Wall Street and Broadway. There along with them on Block B, across the street from the Dutch West India Company'...

In 1653, lower Manhattan was a Dutch community of about 120 houses, its people protected by a fort and a log wall which stood as a defense against Indian attacks. Today's Wall Street follows the line of that ancient plank wall. Sheriff Resolved Waldron, his wife, Tennake, and their three children lived at the present day crossing of Wall Street and Broadway. There along with them on Block B, across the street from the Dutch West India Company'...

Within this comedic novella, Shakespeare's 'Scottish Play' is devilishly transformed into 'The Thuggish Play.' Modern day Mac and Beth head a caste of farcical hooligans attempting to figure out what has taken their reason prisoner, and who has really killed their leader, Sir Gavin The Glass. The insane root perhaps? Or their insane rivals across the river maybe? Or both! Whichever, you'll be left laughing all the way to the banks of the Thames.

Realities is a fictional novel about the lives and sometimes crazy escapades of three middle-aged black women. You journey with them as they learn how they deal with their struggles, loves, fears, joys, and pains - their realities. It explores the deep, hidden feelings of the characters, making them raw and exposed to the reader. In a subtle way, Realities touches on the issues with just enough information to make the reader think about - or p...

This is the story of Rózsi/Rose, the mother, and Béni/Ben, the youngest of her six children. They made their way to the United States just before the horrors of W.W.II, and the Holocaust, swept over their native Hungary. It's about her happy girlhood and marriage prior to W.W.I and then her tremendous struggle to bring up her children single-handedly while her husband was institutionalized for the rest of his life. In this country she became a...

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They say fact is stranger than fiction. This is a book of just such an event. History chronicles only one "HMS Titanic" but in reality there were two. The one we all know that struck the iceberg on her maiden voyage on April 12, 1912. A mighty behemoth of a luxurious steamship intended to be the White Star Line's new Queen of the Atlantic Ocean trade between England and America. The other was actually the first of the White Star Line's evoluti...

This book about Charlotta started with just a few handwritten notes some years ago and has always been in the back of the Authors mind until recently she decided to have the Story told to whomever would like to read about a Life of hardship and sorrows about what one Person can endure in the course of a lifetime. There are many of these kind of Stories out there but this one is close to the Authors Heart since she is remembering a very good Fr...

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At the turn of the last century, DON LORENZO PEROSI (1872-1956) was one of the most famous personalities in all of Italy. He was unquestionably one of the most important composers of sacred music of all time. He was simultaneously Director of the two most important choirs in Italy, that of the Sistine Chapel in Rome and the San Marco in Venice. To coincide with the 50th anniversary of the great composer's death, Leonardo Ciampa has written DON...

In Ghostman volume one we follow detective Preston Cannon as he investigates a series of crimes . As the case begins to unravel so does he. This book also contains a preview of volume 2 Redemption and a sketchbook section .