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Personal Narrative of Events, From 1799 to 1815Every effort has been made to replicate this text as faithfully as possible, including inconsistent hyphenation and discrepancies in numbers of guns. Some errors in the table of contents and chapter summaries have been corrected. Some other...

GalateaSimple as the bibliography of the Galatea really is, a habit of conjecture has succeeded in complicating it. Though the earliest known edition of the book is unanimously admitted to have appeared at Alcal de Henares in 1585, it is often alleged that the...

Den ljusa skalpen: Nya präriehistorier Dr Vattnens fader upptager det sparsamma fldet frn Minnehaha Det skrattande vattnet svfvade Dacotas ltta rkar fver trdtopparna. Lngt upp till Minnetonkas fiskrika sjar strckte sig deras skogar, som vimlade af allt slags vildt, i Mississippi simmade blanka laxar...

El criticón (tomo 2 de 2)GABRIEL ALOMAR, AZORN, PO BAROJA, JACINTO BENAVENTE, BERNARDO G. DE CANDAMO, AMRICO CASTRO, JULIO CEJADOR, ENRIQUE DEZ-CANEDO, FERNANDO FORTN, RICARDO FUENTE, VICENTE GARCA DE DIEGO, J. GMEZ OCERN, FRANCISCO A. DE ICAZA, JUAN R. JIMNEZ, RICARDO LEN, EDUARDO MARQUINA,...

The Happy CastawayJonathan Fawkes opened his eyes. He was flat on his back, and a girl was bending over him. He detected a frightened expression on the girl's face. His pale blue eyes traveled upward beyond the girl. The sky was his roof, yet...

These are the BritishCopyright 1957 by Drew Middleton. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without permission in writing from the publisher, except by a reviewer who may quote brief passages in a review to be printed...

The Glebe 1914/09 (Vol. 2, No. 2): PoemsI will tell thee of Far-Away, of Far-Away, of Far-Away, I will tell thee of Far-Away The home of wandering dreams; For they come out of Far-Away To show us how to love and play, And when...

The Hairy OnesSisko Rolf's stocky body was a blur of motion as he cut the rocket jets, doused the twin searchlights, and switched over to the audio beams that served so well on the surface when blind flying was in order. But here in...

A Select Glossary of the Texas RevolutionThe active period of the Texas Revolution lasted from October 2, 1835, to April 22, 1836. The capture of General Santa Anna, coupled with the decisive victory at San Jacinto, ended, for all practical purposes, the war with...

The Geologic Story of the Great Plains - A nontechnical description of the origin and evolution of the landscape of the Great PlainsThe Great Plains! The words alone create a sense of space and a feeling of destinya challenge. But what exactly is this...

Freezing Combination Main DishesVacant space in your freezer? Put some of it to use by freezing main dishesprepared, ready to be heated or cooked and served. Days or weeks later you, your family, guests perhaps, can enjoy the results of your foresight. For tiptop...

Bill Bolton and the Flying FishThe young Seminole chief spoke from the rear cockpit of Bill Boltons two-seater amphibian, into the transmitter of his headphone set. Bright August sunshine painted a calm Atlantic brilliant blue two thousand feet below the speeding airplane. Cirrus clouds...

Mind Stealers of PlutoRon Barnard had stuck his nose into one news story too many. It had started with a lovely girl, a wily Chinese and a drug ring that circled the System. Now it was ending for him in a rogue spaceshiphis epitaph...

Doorway to Kal-JmarThe tall man loitered a moment before a garish window display, his eyes impassive in his space-burned face, as the Lillis patrolman passed. Then he turned, burying his long chin in the folds of his sand cape, and took up the pursuit...

A Short History of the Fatimid KhalifateTranscribers Note: The original printing of this book had numerous errors, including basic mistakes like misnumbering the chapters, and the occasional transposition of lines of text. Efforts have been made to fix these but it is possible some...

Moslem and Frank; - or, Charles Martel and the rescue of Europe from the threatened yoke of the SaracensStory! bless youI have none to tell.Cannings Knifegrinder. It is an old and trite saying: Good wine needs no bush, and even the finest and most...

Homestead RanchNow that the train had crossed the Rocky Mountains, most of the passengers in the tourist car were becoming bored and restless. The scenery was less absorbing; there was so much of it that even its magnificence had begun to pall! Yet Harriet...

The development of British landscape painting in water-coloursTHE idea of development has played, for considerably more than half a century, and still plays, a large part in all discussions about art. And it is obvious that it is a very useful and at the...

Alone on a Wide Wide Sea, Vol. 3 (of 3)Small is the world of ship board, yet at sea there often happen contrasts in life not less violent and remarkable than those which one meets with in the crowded world ashore. This same day,...

Alone on a Wide Wide Sea, Vol. 2 (of 3)It was cold, but the sweep of the dry night-wind was refreshing and inspiriting to me, who had been confined to my cabin all day. A bulls eye lamp burnt under the overhanging ledge of...