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Dearest EnemyFrom somewhere there was a buzzing sound. It kept repeating. The gentle throb of it vibrated his eardrums; the vibrations registered somewhere at the bottom edges of his brain. Buzzzz. Insistently, like a wasp. Like a trapped wasp.... But there were no wasps...

U.S.S. Cairo: The Story of a Civil War Gunboat - Comprising a Narrative of Her Wartime Adventures by Virgil Carrington Jones, and an Account of Her Raising in 1964 by Harold L. PetersonThe U.S.S. Cairo was sunk in the Yazoo River by a Confederate...

Europe Since 1918Who does not share my lack of faith in the Versailles Covenant and whose judgments of men and events are less harsh and sweeping than mine, because he is older and wiser than the writer and because he has not allowed the...

Index of the Project Gutenberg Works of Walter Richard Cassels "Credulity is as real, if not so great, a sin as unbelief." Archbishop Trench. "The abnegation of reason is not the evidence of faith, but the confession of despair." Canon Lightfoot. You provide, in...

Index of the Project Gutenberg Works of Robert Burns You provide, in accordance with paragraph 1.F.3, a full refund of any money paid for a work or a replacement copy, if a defect in the electronic work is discovered and reported to you within...

Index of the Project Gutenberg Works of Charles Bradlaugh You provide, in accordance with paragraph 1.F.3, a full refund of any money paid for a work or a replacement copy, if a defect in the electronic work is discovered and reported to you within...

Il Ricciardetto, vol. II Il favore che ottenne dal pubblico la prima serie della nostra BIBLIOTECA DI CLASSICI, s da richiederne una seconda edizione gi sotto ai torchi, e gli incoraggiamenti che da ogni parte ne vennero al nostro Istituto, ci inducono a proseguire...

Il Ricciardetto, vol. I Il favore che ottenne dal pubblico la prima serie della nostra BIBLIOTECA DI CLASSICI, s da richiederne una seconda edizione gi sotto ai torchi, e gli incoraggiamenti che da ogni parte ne vennero al nostro Istituto, ci inducono a proseguire...

Our Summer Migrants - An Account of the Migratory Birds Which Pass the Summer in the British Islands.For those who reside in the country and have both leisure and inclination to observe the movements and habits of birds, there is not a more entertaining...

Jamestown, Virginia: The Townsite and Its StoryThis publication is one of a series of handbooks describing the historical and archeological areas in the National Park System administered by the National Park Service of the United States Department of the Interior. It is printed by...

Me: A Book of RemembranceThe writing of this book seems to me one of the most astounding literary feats I have ever known. It is one hundred thousand words long; it was started on Thanksgiving day and finished before New Year's. The actual writing...

Memories of the Russian Court Chapter I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII, XIII, XIV, XV, XVI, XVII, XVIII, XIX, XX, XXI, XXII, XXIII, XXIV, Appendix A, Appendix B, IT is with a prayerful heart and memories deep and...

A Military Dictionary and Gazetteer - Comprising ancient and modern military technical terms, historical accounts of all North American Indians, as well as ancient warlike tribes; also notices of battles from the earliest period to the present time, with a concise explanation of terms...

ToveriMaailman historiassa ei ole suinkaan harvinaista, ett ihmiset, joita jlkimaailma kunnioittaa ihmiskunnan etevimpin, elissn eivt saa tunnustusta, vaan saavat paljon kovaa krsi, tuntemattomina taistella suuria vaikeuksia ja vastuksia vastaan. Kirjallisuushistoriasta saamme myskin lukea monesta semmoisesta elmnvaiheesta. Espanjan suurin runoilija Cervantes sai kokea mit erilaisimpia...

War GameThe President nodded, spoke to master control through the intercom box on his desk, and switched on the TV screen. They had a special pipe-line into the United Nations Cellar. They sat back, had martinis, and watched the interior of the Cellar come...

Animal CastrationIn presenting this concise treatise upon castration of the domestic animals, it is not intended to offer new modes of operation, but merely to collect together the various methods in use and leave the reader to appreciate them at their value. It is...

Shock TroopZurg thwirmed, and admitted to himself that he was uneasy. Arching his thorax, he unrolled his antennae slowly in a lazy gesture he hoped would conceal the unseemly nervousness he felt now that the ship had swung into an orbit around the strange...

Your Servant, SirThe chubby woman glared at the android and dropped her suitcase on the floor. She turned to her husband and said in an angry, unsteady voice, "I'm leaving." Her double chin trembled. "I can't stand the sight of that thing another second."...

Harper's Young People, August 29, 1882 - An Illustrated WeeklyLuckily the water was only four feet deep, as Charley found when he tried to touch bottom; so he stopped swimming, and with the water nearly up to his shoulders, stood still and began to...

CommunicationFor many years before space flight was accomplished, there had been discussions and theories about how to communicate with Martians, if any existed. But, of course, nobody was ready when the time came. Von Frisch, Riley and Smith watched the half dozen Martians approach,...