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Lucy Montgomery (1874 - 1942) was a Canadian author best known for her series of books beginning with Anne of Green Gables. Her warm understanding of human nature and a love of the countryside are apparent in her stories. A new Presbyterian minister with four motherless children comes to Glen St. Mary. The children, along with Anne's older ones, get into one scrape after another. Romance enters the picture when the dreamy minister meets a swee...

Lucy Montgomery (1874 - 1942) was a Canadian author best known for her series of books beginning with Anne of Green Gables. Her warm understanding of human nature and a love of the countryside are apparent in her stories. Anne's sweetheart, Gilbert, has finally finished medical school. The two are married and move into a little house of their own. There they experience both heartbreak and joy as they begin a family. Sequel to "Anne of Windy Po...

THESE stories were written for my own amusement during a period of enforced seclusion. The flowers which were my solace and pleasure suggested titles for the tales and gave an interest to the work. If my girls find a little beauty or sunshine in these common blossoms, their old friend will not have made her Garland in vain. Louisa May Alcott

Max Brand was one of the pen names used by Frederick Schiller Faust (May 29, 1892 - May 12, 1944). Faust was an American fiction author best known for his thoughtful and literary Westerns. In the 1910's he began selling stories to pulp fiction magazines. His love of mythology is evident in his fiction writings. Ronicky Doone helps a new friend, miner Bill Gregg, track Caroline Smith, a girl he wants to marry, to New York City. Once there the t...

Max Brand was one of the pen names used by Frederick Schiller Faust (May 29, 1892 - May 12, 1944). Faust was an American fiction author best known for his thoughtful and literary Westerns. In the 1910's he began selling stories to pulp fiction magazines. His love of mythology is evident in his fiction writings. Riders of the Silences was Originally published in Argosy in 1919 under the title Luck, written under the pseudonym of John Frederick....

Myths and Legends of the Sioux was edited by Marie L McLaughlin who was one quarter Sioux. McLaughlin spent her childhood living in an Indian community and after her marriage to an Indian agent she lived on several reservations. She spoke the Sioux language fluently and spent much time hearing and writing down the myths of these people. The myths will give insight into the mentality of the Sioux race and will also delight any child who hears t...

George Bernard Shaw was born in Dublin in 1856. Before becoming a playwright he wrote music and literary criticism. Shaw used his writing to attack social problems such as education, marriage, religion, government, health care, and class privilege. Shaw was particularly conscious of the exploitation of the working class. Fanny's First Play

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A brief introduction to the prime numbers is followed by the solution to the hitherto unsolved problem of the pattern of the primes. This elusive pattern , so long hidden from view is here brought into the light. Other classic unsolved prime problems also have light shed on them too: Do Prime Twins like (29, 31) go on for ever? What about patterns like (11, 13, 17, 19)? The even number 30 is equal to 13+17 but can every even number be split in...

This book explores the history of the theme of 'union with Christ' in the Reformed tradition. After chapters on the legacy of Calvin and Reformed Orthodoxy, the author uncovers three trajectories in American Reformed theology in which salvation as union with Christ is understood in remarkably different ways. The subsequent twentieth-century history of the theme is also explored. This detailed examination of New England Calvinism, Princeton Cal...

Das Gesundheitssystem setzt zunehmend auf aktive und kompetente Versicherte und Patienten. Verschiedene Zielgruppen sind jedoch unterschiedlich aktiv und kompetent. Aber alle brauchen eine für sie passende Kommunikation, die ihnen gerecht wird und dadurch effizient und effektiv ist. Gesundheitskommunikation wird häufig allein dem Social Marketing zugeordnet. Die Akteure im Gesundheitswesen verfolgen jedoch oft gleichzeitig gesundheitsorientie...

This is the paperback edition of Currents of Destiny.

Original text from the 1966 publication, painting a glorious colourful picture of Greece.

This book describes a single-handed journey from Sweden to the United States on board a small sailing boat. It describes the experiences gained and the people and countries visited on the way. It tells of the effects of the voyage on the body and mind of a retired medical doctor turned sailor. It is well researched for the controversial facts it presents, historically and politically. The book is also is a source of practical advise for the cr...

In this bold intervention into the understanding of the diasporic experience within cultural studies, McCarthy challenges a critical position emergent over the last thirty years (what he calls the 'new marginalism'). He confronts the liberal orthodoxies that prevail in this area, exposing contradictions in the thinking of its major theorists.

The recent global financial crisis illustrates how fragile economic globalization is and how vulnerable all global citizens are to economic events outside their own country. Indeed, global economics is more important for national economic growth than domestic policies. Globalization and change interact and shape the economic environment for citizens and enterprises. These essays represent observations made over a ten-year period which attempt ...

A volume in Current Perspectives on Applied Information Technologies Series Editors Charalambos Vrasidas and Gene V Glass This volume provides examples of current developments on the role of ICT for education, development, and social justice within an international context. Chapters draw on advanced contemporary thinking from scholars and practitioners in the field to present case studies of how ICT can be used to promote sustainable devel...

Herman Melville had just completed his novel Pierre when the public intense reaction to this novel forced him into seclusion. Herman Melville was an 18th century American novelist, poet, essayist and short story writer. He is best known for his works Moby Dick and Typee. During his lifetime he was considered a failure, but after his death his worth as a writer was recognized. The Piazza Tales were written in 1856 after Melville was forced to r...

Charlotte Temple is a novel by Susanna Rowson. It was first published in England in 1791 under the title Charlotte, A Tale of Truth. The first American edition was published in 1794 and the novel became a bestseller.

This book captures the perspectives on international engineering education of fellows from nine member academies of the Council of Academies of Engineering and Technological Sciences (CAETS). The volume includes papers on the challenges and opportunities facing the education of engineers in the 21st century, and papers relating to globalization and its impact on engineering education worldwide. The response to and exploitation of change by the...