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Of All Possible Worlds"Good old Giovanni Albeni," he muttered as he hurried into the laboratory slightly ahead of the escorting technicians, all of them, despite the excitement of the moment, remembering to bob their heads deferentially at the half-dozen full-fleshed and hard-faced men lolling...

Harmaja linna: RomaaniPoika saattaa olla kahdeksantoista, tytt vuotta nuorempi. Pojalla on vallattomat, ruskeat kiharat ja suu, joka aina nytt olevan valmis hymyilemn, tytn tukka on vaalea ja suora, hnen huulensa pysyvt visusti yhdess, ja kun hn hymyilee, tekee hn sen kuin puolittain pakosta. Pojan...

Erämaan kansaa: Kuvauksia Pohjan periltäKuudentena pivn lhtns jlkeen Aleksi Ovaskainen huomasi, ett hnen hevosensa alkoi kompastella ja ett sen kynti oli kuin lamassa olevan kaakkurin. Ensiksi Aleksi Ovaskainen luonnollisesti kiroili, niin ett ermaa kajahteli, mutta sitten hn rupesi ajattelemaan ja vaikeni. "Minut saa vied...

Point of Departure"Halleck, for Pete's sake, sit down! You act as if you were ready to attack Donner with your bare hands." The president of the Research Foundation removed an expensive cigar from its plastic cocoon and lit it from young Taplin's eagerly offered...

Salmonia; Or, Days of Fly Fishing - In a series of conversations. With some account of the habits of fishes belonging to the genus SalmoThese pages formed the occupation of the Author during some months of severe and dangerous illness, when he was wholly...

Rose D'Albret; or, Troublous Times.Whatever effect the institution of chivalry might have upon the manners and customs of the people of Europe; however much it might mitigate the rudeness of the middle ages, and soften the character of nations just emerging from barbarism, there...

MyrkkyäOli maatiedett kello yhdesttoista kahteentoista lmpimn elokuun pivn kesloman jlkeen. Aurinko paistoi rehtorin puutarhan yli valaisten myskin nelj hnen pieness omenapuussaan riippuvaa isoa omenaa. Siniset ikkunanverhot peittivt ylimmisen ikkunan; mutta seuraavaan oli Abraham tehnyt kekselijn pivkellon vetmll puitteisin musteviivoja. Hn lhetti juuri shksanomia kysyjille...

Motor Matt's Enemies; or, A Struggle for the Right - Motor Stories Thrilling Adventure Motor Fiction No. 22, July 24, 1909Issued Weekly. By subscription $2.50 per year. Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1909, in the Office of the Librarian of...

Wailing WallNumb with the terror that had dogged him from the moment he regained consciousness and found himself naked and weaponless, Farrell had no idea how long he had been lost in the honeycombed darkness of the Hymenop dome. The darkness and damp chill...

The High HanderTesno was a troubleshooter. That's why the railroad construction company had hired him. His job was to make sure that nobody interfered with the tunnel that they were digging through that frontier region mountain. Tesno knew one thing for sureif they had...

Sign Talk - A Universal Signal Code, Without Apparatus, for Use in the Army, the Navy, Camping, Hunting, and Daily LifeMany thoughtful men have been trying for a century, at least, to give mankind a world-speech which would overstep all linguistic barriers, and one...

Die Universität Basel in den fünfzig Jahren seit ihrer Reorganisation im Jahre 1835Nachdem 1883 und 1884 die Universitten Zrich und Bern ihr 50jhriges Bestehen gefeiert haben, schickt sich in diesem Jahre auch die ltere Schwester in den Grenzmarken des Schweizerlandes an, bei einer hnlichen...

Man in a Sewing MachineThe mechanical voice spoke solemnly, as befitted the importance of its message. There was no trace in its accent of its artificial origin. "A Stitch in Time Saves Nine," it said and lapsed into silence. Even through his overwhelming sense...

Star, BrightOr, if she did it by accident, she surely shouldn't have enough reasoning ability to pick up one of her crayons and carefully trace the continuous line to prove it has only one surface. And if by some strange coincidence she did, and...

Augusta Tabor: Her Side of the ScandalHis granddaughter has carried on the family tradition. She is the author of the interesting series of Bancroft Booklets, Silver Queen: The Fabulous Story of Baby Doe Tabor, Famous Aspen, Denvers Lively Past, Historic Central City, The Brown...

Finding the Worth While in the SouthwestNo part of the United States is so foreign of aspect as our great Southwest. The broad, lonely plains, the deserts with their mystery and color, the dry water courses, the long, low mountain chains seemingly bare of...

Petrified Forest National Monument, ArizonaIn Arizona, that land of mystic beauties and many wonders, lies a great tract of land that, once upon a time, was covered with waters of the sea. How many centuries ago the ocean waves sparkled and rippled over what...

Stories of EnchantmentJust between the Land o Dreams and broad daylight is a beautiful world: where good wishes come true: where the poor and the lonely are rich in castles and friends: and where sorrowful folk are happy. There is a region of our...

Armand de Pontmartin, sa vie et ses oeuvres, 1811-1890Trs nombreux sont les documents que jai eus ma disposition pour crire ce volume. Dans ses Mmoires, Pontmartin a fait limagination une part peut-tre trop large; ils nen sont pas moins trs sincres et demeurent, pour...

Ethan Allen, the Robin Hood of VermontAt the time of the death of Mr. Henry Hall, in 1889, the manuscript for this volume consisted of finished fragments and many notes. It was left in the hands of his daughters to complete. The purpose of...