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Moral EquivalentThe planet Lanit II had dwindled to a luminous speck. They were in clear space now, at Breakoff Point. Beliakoff held the ship in position while Kelly set dials for the jump into the hyperspatial drift opening, which deep-space men knew as the...

The Border and the Buffalo: An Untold Story of the Southwest Plains - The Bloody Border of Missouri and Kansas. The Story of the Slaughter of the Buffalo. Westward among the Big Game and Wild Tribes. A Story of Mountain and PlainIn presenting these...

Rautakylän vanha parooniKustaa III:n aikakausi 1. Jretki. 2. Vanha parooni. 3. Emnnitsi. 4. Pehtori. 5. Yvieraita. 6. Kohtaus viidenkymmenen vuoden perst. 7. Punainen kamari. 8. Kenen heist pit kuolla? 9. Pimeyden tyt. 10. Lyt ja mielijohde. 11. Kuoleva vanhus. 12. Nemesis. 13. Sovinto. 14....

Kun talonpojasta tuli herraAamusella varhain olivat Hinkkalan miehet menneet kahden pivn evill perkille heinn, sill kahdessa pivss tavallisesti perkin niitty korjattiin, kun poutana pysyi. Vaimoven oli mr tulla perss kokoamaan miesten niittoa, sitten kun olivat saaneet aamu-askareensa tehdyksi. "Nin kasteen aikana tytyy lyd kuin...

Sordman the ProtectorHe was a big young man with sloppy black hair and a red beard. His fashionably ornate clothes covered the body of a first class Talent. Disciplined training, plus drugs and his natural gift, had made him one of the four truly...

Claudian, volume 2 (of 2) - With an English translation by Maurice PlatnauerThus far the warriors praise! Now let my gentler Muse relax the strings and tell by what virtues he governs the world, tempering fear with love, say what counsel moved him at...

Claudian, volume 1 (of 2) - With an English translation by Maurice PlatnauerClaudius Claudianus may be called the last poet of classical Rome. He was born about the year 370 A.D. and died within a decade of the sack of the city by Alaric...

A Beginner's PsychologyIt is an acknowledged fact that we perceive errors in the work of others more readily than in our own.Leonardo da Vinci In this Beginners Psychology I have tried to write, as nearly as might be, the kind of book that I...

Third Reader: The Alexandra ReadersThere was once an honest shoemaker who worked very hard at his trade; yet through no fault of his own he grew poorer and poorer. At last he had only just enough leather left to make one pair of shoes....

Valda Berättelser - With Notes and VocabularySelma Lagerlf was born at the Mrbacka homestead in Vermland, Sweden, Nov. 20, 1858. Although in poor health as a child, she early devoted herself to study, meanwhile gathering from the picturesque native environment a rich fund of...

Taxidermy without a Teacher - Comprising a Complete Manual of Instruction for Preparing and Preserving Birds, Animals and FishesThe success of this little book during the past six years necessitates a second edition. As a manual it is not intended to compete with the...

Hyde Park from Domesday-book to DateThe only History of Hyde Park, at all worthy of the name, is Vol. I. of The Story of the London Parks, by Jacob Larwood. But, its author says, definitely, What happened in Hyde Park subsequently to 1825, approaches...

Boy of My HeartThe Publishers wish to state that this is a book of absolute factnot a work of fiction. From cover to cover it is the truth, and the truth onlya record exact and faithful, both in large things and in small, of...

Bullet with His NameThe Invisible Being shifted his anchorage a bit in Earth's gravitational field, which felt like a push rather than a pull to him, and said, "This featherless biped seems to satisfy Galaxy Center's requirements. I'd say he's a suitable recipient for...

The Business, As UsualIn 1962, the United States Air Force found itself possessed of a formidable tool of battle, a radar resistant airplane. While this was the occasion for much rejoicing among the Defense Department members who were cleared for Top Secret, this national-defense...

An Elephant for the PrinkipA delta class freighter isn't pretty to look at, but it can be adapted to carry most anything, and occasionally even to carry it profitably. So when I saw one I didn't recognize sitting under the gantry at Helmholtz Spaceport,...

Hunt the Hunter"We're somewhat to the south, I think," Ri said, bending over the crude field map. "That ridge," he pointed, "on our left, is right here." He drew a finger down the map. "It was over here," he moved the finger, "over the...

Stories from The Arabian NightsScheherazad, the heroine of the Thousand and one Nights, ranks among the great story-tellers of the world much as does Penelope among the weavers. Procrastination was the basis of her art; for though the task she accomplished was splendid and...

Väsynyt ja muita kertomuksiaToisinaan tapahtuu, ett me hermme yll aivan kki siit, ett olemme hyppvinmme leven ojan ylitse ja hyppys eponnistuu. Ennenkuin sitten uudelleen nukahdamme kunnolleen, kiit silmiemme ohitse jono erilaisia kuvia, milloin irrallisia, sielt tlt esiin puikkelehtivia muistojen repaleisia jnnksi, milloin yhtenisempi tapahtumia...

Wahn und Ueberzeugung - Reise des Kupferschmiede-Meisters Friedrich Höhne in Weimar über Bremen nach Nordamerika und Texas in den Jahren 1839, 1840 und 1841. Wahrhafte und ergreifende Schilderungen der Bremer Seelen-Transportirungen, der Schicksale deutscher Auswanderer, vor, bei und nach der Ueberfahrt; Reisescenen zu Wasser...