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The Man Who Made the WorldDoctor Janishefsky sat in his office. Leaning back in a great leather chair, hands folded. He had a reflective air and a well-trimmed goatee. He hummed a few bars of"It Ain't Whatcha Do, It's The Way Thatcha Do It."...

The Fifty-Fourth of JulyIt was well after dark when Matt Matthews got back down to the headquarters camp, and saw the city stranger sitting there before the fire. He knew he was a city man after a single glance at the shiny, low-topped shoes...

The Frogs of MarsThere was nothing special about the little man who came into Larry's place, unless it might have been his air of vague familiarity and the mixed expression on his face. He looked disgusted and defensive and at the same time a...

Self-Organizing Systems, 1963The papers appearing in this volume were presented at a Symposium on Self-Organizing Systems, which was sponsored by the Office of Naval Research and held at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, on 14 November 1963. The Symposium was organized with...

SalambóLibrera y Editorial RIVADENEYRA EDICIONES SELECTAS COLECCIN DE OBRAS MAESTRAS DE LA LITERATURA UNIVERSAL Dirigida por Jos Toral TOMOS PUBLICADOS Fray Luis de Len: Poesas completas. Cervantes: Poesas completas. G. Flaubert: Salamb. SEIS PESETAS EL VOLUMEN Los capitanes, calzados con coturnos de bronce, se...

Condiments, Spices and FlavorsIn this pamphlet no attempt has been made to give specific directions as to the uses of spices and condiments. It must be borne in mind that their usage results neither from the demands of fashion nor of a vitiated sense...

The Disembodied ManIt was snowing. The clean, white, slippery kind of snow that stays for a while, then quickly turns into Chicago slush. Instinctively, he turned his collar up against the cold, and headed for the El, a sentimental relic of the 20th century...

A Soldier's Home Is BattlePrivate First Class Jerry Conlon glanced from the radar screen to the other five members of his Atomic Gun Post team on the outer perimeter of the city. The look in their eyes was one of dazed alarm. Automatically he...

EläinvaltiaitaVesi tuntui paljaaseen ihoon lmpimlt kuin maito ja vkevn suolaisuutensa vuoksi niin kantavalta, ett Johns mielestn saattoi pysy sen pinnalla vaikka kuinka kauan. Voimallisena ja taitavana uimarina hnen ei muuta tarvinnut kuin uida suoraan eteenpin vain, vakaasti ja htilemtt, kunnes joko maan tapaisi tai...

An Uncrowned King: A Romance of High Politics After question-time, the First Lord of the Treasury rose to make a statement with regard to the course of public business, the salient feature of which was the announcement that the Government found themselves compelled to...

Memoirs of Bertha von Suttner: The Records of an Eventful Life (Vol. 1 of 2)It is a great gratification to me that the story of my lifewhich I cannot suppose to be of general interest except in so far as it is linked with...

Summer Flowers of the High AlpsNo one can visit Switzerland for the first time without being struck with the singular beauty of its wild flowers. In the early summer the whole country from the lowland meadows right up to the snowline is ablaze with...

"Pennsylvania Dutch," and other essaysThe leading article in this collection appeared, as first published, in the Atlantic Monthly in October, 1869. After this essay was written I became better acquainted with our plain German sects, and wrote articles describing them, which were published in...

The HoosiersThese pages represent an effort to give some hint of the forces that have made for cultivation in Indiana. While the immediate purpose has been an examination of the States performance in literature, it has seemed proper to approach the subject with a...

Wayside Sketches in TasmaniaNotwithstanding that Tasmania is noted for the salubrity of its climate, and the magnificence of its scenery from one end of the island to the other, still there are localities which may claim the preference, perhaps, in the eyes of the...

At the Emperor's Wish: A Tale of the New JapanWho, by tens and hundreds of thousands, from all the corners of Dai Nippon, great and small, shizoku and heimin, with a simplicity, a courage and a faith that may well stand as models for...

Stories and Story-tellingAll the stories in this book have been tested with children. Favorites easily available in other collections have been omitted. The seventy-five or more very short stories, intended to help young children to express their observations, experiences, and fancies, have been included...

Babies Are Such Fun to Dress: Sizes 6 Months to 4 Years Knit & CrochetStarting at neck edge with F hook, ch 81, s c in 2nd st from hook, 1 s c in each remaining st of ch, ch 3, turn80 sc. 2nd...

Bulkies [Sweaters to Knit and Crochet]ROW 6: K across row on wrong side for hemline. ROW 7: * K 1, with yarn in back of work, sl 1 as if to p; repeat from * to last st, k 1. ROW 8: P across...

How to Get Married, Although a Woman; or, The Art of Pleasing MenIt does not Smart or Irritate the Eye, but is Soothing in its action. Tonic, Astringent and an Antiseptic Lotion, and while it is used by Physicians it is in every sense...