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Puppet GovernmentAn artificial grin spread across the narrow face of the Secretary of Interior who was watching him closely. The Secretary's pencil-thin fingers continued to toy with the small, wood figure he was holding. "Brandon," he tried to lie gracefully, "You're a card. A...

Kolme miestä matkalla - Kertomus Juhanin, Tuomaan ja Simeonin pikaretkestä pyramiideilleI. Lht Helsingist. Pikku huomioita ravintolavaunussa. Kotimaalle hyvsti ja kiitos. II. Mieluinen hmmstys. Huolestunut ruotsalainen ja huoleton englantilainen. Harun al Rashid, Giajar ja Mesrur. III. Ruusu ja kukkanen. Skandinaavista ruokakulttuuria. Silmys jiselle ulapalle. Ahvenanmaan...

Thomas ReidThis little book is an attempt to present Reid in a fresh light, and in his relations to present-day thought. It deals with the Scottish chapter in that enduring alternation between agnostic despair and endeavour after perfect insight which seems to be a...

Westover of Wanalah: A story of love and life in Old Virginia I. Peril and Passion 1 II. A Song without Words 14 III. The Best Laid Plans 31 IV. A Woman's Word 27 V. Pleasant Dreams and an Ugly Awakening 40 VI. Out...

As Time Glides On: The Months in Picture and Poem I wear not the purple of earth-born kings, Nor the stately ermine of lordly things; But monarch and courtier though great they be, Must fall from their glory, and bend to me. My sceptre...

Spring Morning Squirrels skipping up the trees Smell how Spring is in the breeze, While the birds, they flute and sing: Build your nests, for here is Spring. My father's friend came once to tea. He laughed and talked. He spoke to me. But...

Going West Books by BASIL KING GOING WEST THE CITY OF COMRADES ABRAHAM'S BOSOM THE LIFTED VEIL THE SIDE OF THE ANGELS THE LETTER OF THE CONTRACT THE WAY HOME THE WILD OLIVE THE INNER SHRINE THE STREET CALLED STRAIGHT LET NO MAN PUT...

Choix de cinquante dessins de Michel-Angelo DESSIN LA FURIA, TTE DE DMON I TTE DE FEMME II BUSTE DE FEMME III TTE D'HOMME DE PROFIL IV LE CHRIST EN CROIX AVEC LA VIERGE ET SAINT JEAN V LE CRUCIFIEMENT VI TUDE D'APRS NATURE POUR...

Game PreserveThe first of the morons, as they were popularly called, though they were totally lacking in intelligence, were born in 1971, eleven years after the Mutual Retaliation phase of the big war-that-no-one-started, the majority of them near the big, bombed-out cities. By 1973,...

A Treatise on Electricity - Wherein its various phænomena are accounted for, and the cause of the attraction and gravitation of solids, assigned. To which is added, a short account, how the electrical effluvia act upon the animal frame, and in what disorders the...

History of the Peninsular War, Volume 6 (of 6) , , , , , , . At this time, when nothing could be expected from the Spanish armies, the Guerrillas acted in larger bodies than before, and engaged in more difficult enterprises than they...

History of the Peninsular War, Volume 5 (of 6) , , , , , , . The command in Catalonia had devolved upon Camp-Marshal Juan Manuel de Villena, during the time that ODonell was invalided by his wound. He had to oppose in Marshal...

History of the Peninsular War, Volume 4 (of 6) , , , , , , . The head-quarters of Marshal Victor, after he returned from his movement in favour of Soult to his former position, were at Truxillo: Cuesta was on his left flank,...

History of the Peninsular War, Volume 3 (of 6) , , , , , , . Happily for the interests of Great Britain, and for its honour, which is paramount to all interests, the British government entertained more generous hopes than its General had...

History of the Peninsular War, Volume 2 (of 6) , , , , , , . Order had been restored in that city from the hour when Palafox assumed the command. Implicit confidence in the commander produced implicit and alert obedience, and preparations were...

History of the Peninsular War, Volume 1 (of 6)Eight years have now elapsed since the conclusion of that memorable war which began upon the coast of Portugal, and was brought to its triumphant close before the walls of Thoulouse. From the commencement of that...

South Sea Foam - The romantic adventures of a modern Don Quixote in the southern seasTHOUGH the adventures recorded in this book may set up the impression that I am a kind of Don Quixote of the South Seas, I do not claim to...

The PoorsThe world newspapers had heralded the event for months. "The First Personal Visit from Outer Space" was the most important headline of the decade. Now there were perhaps sixty thousand people crowding behind ropes and guards at the Earth Interspace Airport, waiting patiently...

Le Diable au Corps: RomanJe vais encourir bien des reproches. Mais qu'y puis-je? Est-ce ma faute si j'eus douze ans quelques mois avant la dclaration de la guerre? Sans doute, les troubles qui me vinrent de cette priode extraordinaire furent d'une sorte qu'on n'prouve...

Nella nebbia Raggiante era, lui! Ho dovuto ritornare con la memoria ai tempi della sua fanciullezza, allorch lo portavo con me in vacanza, per trovare un riscontro alla gioia che gl'illuminava il volto questa mattina. E ancora, nel confronto, la gioia del fanciullo non...