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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...

Alone on a Wide Wide Sea, Vol. 1 (of 3)In the West of England stands a city surrounded by hills. Its streets are wide, its shops fine and plentiful, and there are many handsome and some stately terraces of houses in it. In the...

Asser's Life of King AlfredKing Alfred bids greet Bishop Wrferth with his words lovingly and with friendship; and I let it be known to thee that it has very often come into my mind what wise men there formerly were throughout England, both of...

The Wonder Clock; or, four & twenty marvellous Tales - being one for each hour of the day I put on my dream-cap one day and stepped into Wonderland. Along the road I jogged and never dusted my shoes, and all the time the...

The Attack on the Mill, and Other Sketches of WarIt is by his huge novels, and principally by those of the Rougon-Macquart series, that M. Zola is known to the public and to the critics. Nevertheless, he has found time during the thirty years...

Saarroksissa Himalajalla: Saksalaisten veljesten seikkailujaMutta nit hyvi seikkailukirjoja ei ilmesty kovinkaan runsaasti. Parhaimpien tt lajia tytyy olla laajakatseisten, etevlahjaisten kelpo kansalaisten kirjoittamia, jotka itse ovat saaneet suuren mrn kokemuksia ksittelemltns alalta. Heidn jljittelijns johtuvat etsimn uutta vain juuri seikkailujen keksimisess, rakentamaan tekeleens pelkn jnnityksen...

Proverbes sur les femmes, l'amitié, l'amour et le mariageLa PREMIRE DITION de ce Livre, tir plusieurs milliers d'exemplaires, est entirement puise depuis quelques annes. Celle que nous publions aujourd'hui, d'aprs les nombreuses demandes qui nous ont t adresses, n'est pas une reproduction pure et...

From Monkey to Man, or, Society in the Tertiary Age - A Story of the Missing Link, Showing the First Steps in Industry, Commerce, Government, Religion and the Arts; With an Account of the Great Expedition From Cocoanut Hill and the Wars in Alligator...