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A Manifest DestinyBettina Mowbray, walking the deck of the ocean steamer bound for England, was aware that she was observed with interest by a great many pairs of eyes. Certainly the possessors of these eyes were not more interested in her than she was...

A Christmas romance for Barbie fans who wished Ken and Allan got their own love story. Henry Aster swears he is unlucky when it comes to love. He thought he'd finally found The One, but a sudden break-up has left him hopeless right before...

One of The New York Times' 100 Best Books of the 21st Century. Global bestseller. A Manual for Cleaning Women compiles the best work of the legendary short-story writer Lucia Berlin. With the grit of Raymond Carver, the humor of Grace Paley, and a...

One of The New York Times' 100 Best Books of the 21st Century. International bestseller. A Manual for Cleaning Women compiles the best work of the legendary short-story writer Lucia Berlin. One of The New York Times' 100 Best Books of the Twenty-First Century...

A debut, interlinked collection of stories exploring the primal nature of women's grief--offering insight into the profound experience of loss and the absurd ways in which we seek control in an unruly world.Seamlessly shifting between the speculative and the blindingly real, balancing the bizarre...

The Greek philosopher Epictetus was born into slavery about 55 CE in the eastern outreaches of the Roman Empire. While still a slave, Epictetus was brought to Rome and sent by his master Epaphroditus to study under the Stoic philosopher Gaius Musonius Rufus. Epictetus...

A Manual for Teaching Biblical HistoryPurpose of Manual. In recent years some attention has been given to the improvement of Jewish educational method so far as instruction in the Hebrew language is concerned, but the teaching of Biblical history, although it holds an important...

When Kate L. Turabian first put her famous guidelines to paper, she could hardly have imagined the world in which today's students would be conducting research. Yet while the ways in which we research and compose papers may have changed, the fundamentals remain the...

A Manual of American LiteratureThis book has been prepared for publication as No. 4000, a Memorial Volume, of the Tauchnitz Edition. Perhaps it may be well to explain to American readers what the Tauchnitz Edition is and what a Memorial Volume is in this...

A Manual of Ancient History - Particularly with Regard to the Constitutions, the Commerce, and the Colonies, of the States of Antiquity1. The object of Political History is to recount the destinies of nations, both in respect to their foreign relations and internal affairs....

A Manual of Ancient History1. The former inhabitants of our world are known to us by three kinds of evidence: (1) Written Records; (2) Architectural Monuments; (3) Fragmentary Remains. 2. Of these the first alone can be considered as true sources of History, though...

A Manual of Bird Study - A Description of Twenty-Five Local Birds with Study OptionsThis Bird Study Manual is intended especially for the use of teachers and pupils in the New York City Schools. It is written primarily to describe the birds contained in...

A full introduction to clay-modelling that can be used with students of all ages, beginning with the method of working and continuing with presentation of sixty models of natural objects in a carefully ordered sequence. Accurate directions are given for the working of each...

A Manual of Clinical DiagnosisThis book aims to present a clear and concise statement of the more important laboratory methods which have clinical value, and a brief guide to interpretation of results. It is designed for the student and practitioner, not for the trained...

A Manual of Conchology - According to the System Laid Down by Lamarck, with the Late Improvements by De Blainville. Exemplified and Arranged for the Use of Students.Conchology or Testaceology is a numerous and beautiful branch of Natural History, treating of the testaceous covering...

A Manual of Elementary Geology - or, The Ancient Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants as Illustrated by Geological MonumentsIn consequence of the rapid sale of the third edition of the "Manual," of which 2000 copies were printed in January last, a new...

A Manual of Historic Ornament - Treating upon the evolution, tradition, and development of architecture and other applied arts. Prepared for the use of students and craftsmenTHIS manual has been prepared with the three-fold object of giving an elementary knowledge of Architecture and Historic...

A Manual of Italian LiteratureWhoever examines a map of Europe, and sees the position occupied by Italy, must, even without knowledge of history, come to the conclusion that a country situated in so central a position and favoured in so many respects by Nature,...

A Manual of Mending and Repairing; With DiagramsThe author of this work modestly trusts that all who read it with care will admit that in it he has distinctly shown that mending or repairing, which has hitherto been regarded as a mere adjunct to...

A Manual of Moral Philosophy This book has been prepared, particularly, for the use of the Freshman Class in Harvard College. The author has, at the same time, desired to meet the need, felt in our high schools, of a manual of Moral Science...