...written permission from: Lidija Rangelovska – write to: palma@unet.com.mk Visit the Author Archive of Dr. Sam Vaknin in "Central Europe Review": ... ...from: Lidija Rangelovska – write to: palma@unet.com.mk Visit the Author Archive of Dr. Sam Vaknin in "Central Europe Review": http://www.ce-revi... ... II. About "After the Rain" Containing the United States I. The Roots of Anti-Americanism II. Containing the United States III. Islam and Lib... ...I. Add Me to the List VII. The American Hostel VIII. The Semi-failed State The War in Afghanistan I. Afghan Myths II. Pakistan’s Nice Little... ...hanistan I. Afghan Myths II. Pakistan’s Nice Little War III. The Afghan Trip On the Road to Iraq – Central and East Europe I. EU and NATO –... ...spossessed and by their self-appointed delegates, the intelligentsia. Yet, even by historical standards, America seems to be provoking blanket repu... ... is a throwback to darker ages of religious zealotry, pernicious bigotry, virulent nationalism, and the capricious misrule of the mighty. According... ...the former. The Kosovo Liberation Army, an American anti- Milosevic pet, provoked a civil war in Macedonia tin 2001. Osama bin-Laden, another CIA go... ...raqi crude oil exports ... The cooperation of all concerned is essential”. The UN registers the outcomes: "As at 2 August, the revenue shortfall h...

The antecedents and aftermath of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and the role of the United States in international affairs.

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Anthology of fascinating historical and scientific facts and links to relevant Web sources.

...0 ―. . . AND GULLIVER RETURNS‖ --In Search of Utopia— Book 4 A Look at Human Values 1 ―. . . ... ... ISBN 978-0-9823076-3-2 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS IN THE HOTEL .................................................................... .................................................... 163 BUDGET DEFICITS AND NATIONAL DEBTS ............................................................... ........................................................................ 169 WAR OR PACIFISM .............................................................. ...IC INQUIRY .......................................................... 180 HISTORICAL EVIDENCE .......................................................... .............................................................. 242 LEGAL AND CIVIL RIGHTS ................................................................. ................................................................. 330 Spying on the citizens has value from a self centered point of view ................. ...s losing one‘s job. Sex makes us happier, as does enjoying one‘s job. The Americans, who spend much more time working are much higher on the happine... ...redit cards always carry a fee, another type of card might be required to register the transaction. Rich people may use tax shelters if they are avai...

...Overpopulation is responsible for many of our planet's problems--global warming, the lack of fresh water, poverty, high gasoline and food prices, air and water pollutions, the scarcity of natural resources, the excess of wastes and their proper disposal, and even ...

... By Indrek Pringi Library of Congress Txu 987-756 Copyright January 29th 2001 Canadian Copyri... ...ht January 29th 2001 Canadian Copyright: 1072425 Nov 12 th 2009 Due to the ideas presented in this book, I have had to use various terms and ... ...ally comparing things to each other, continually gaining a better perspective on the larger context, continually understanding things better. It is... ...rs to Settlements Chapter 6: Civilization Pgs 300-703 A: The Beginnings of Civil... ... Pg 287 Freedom and Irresponsibility Pg 288 Ownership Pg 290 Law Pg 291 War Pg 296 Conclusion Chapter Six ‘A’: Civilization The Beginning... ...anliness Pg 1068 Movies Pg 1074 Farming Pg 1075 Education Pg 1078 The Historical Jesus Pg 1090 The Poisoning of Self-Love and Self-Sacrific... ...ew lions? When there were millions of grazing animals? Why didn’t the North American natives colonize the land where millions of bison lived? It ... ...ed Cape Kennedy because Kennedy was the most virile President who created this National effort to get to the Moon. The most virile mission won. The... ... working in a factory, or a single career as a lawyer. Tellers punching cash registers are used as single-purpose machines, to perform a single lin...

...The Path of Splitness is a major non fiction work of 1,868 pages: This is the latest revised version. The book analyzes and explains: 1: The origins of our Universe: where it came from and how it was created. 2: Basic ...

...Chapter 1: The Universe. Pgs 1-112 How the Universe came into being. Chapter 2: Life Pgs 113-131 Structural dynamics of the Universe and Life Chapter 3: Hominids Pgs 132-187 A: How we evolved into Humans ...

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...The history of four terrorist organizations in the Balkans and a general introduction to terrorism and freedom fighting. Also includes essays about religious co-existence in the Balkans and about pathological narcissism as a ...

...or Grimshawe’s Secret: A Romance by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...Grimshawe’s Secret: A Romance by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...s Lathr arsons Lathr op op op op op, , , , , The S The S The S The S The S on in Law and D on in Law and D on in Law and D on in Law and D on in Law a... ...gent and wide spread than it used to be; and the later development of our national literature has not, perhaps, so entirely exhausted 4 Doctor Grims... ...the port, who followed the East and West Indian, the African and the South American trade, it was supposed that this odd philosopher was in the habit ... ...ess horrible emblem,—he resumed his tale. He said that, a long time ago, a war broke out in the old country between King and Parliament. At that perio... ...o consist of letters, genealogical lists, certified cop ies of entries in registers, things which must have been made out by somebody who knew more o... ... learned authorities,—or in abstract labor, whether moral, metaphysical or historic; there was a volume of trans lations of Mother Goose’s Melodies i... ...to, in the little time that he had been in England, Redclyffe had received civil and even kind treat ment from the English with whom he had come casu...

...Preface: A preface generally begins with a truism; and I may set out with the admission that it is not always expedient to bring to light the posthumous work of great writers. A man generally contrives to publish, during his lifetime, quite as much as the public has time or inclination to read; and...

...nry James A PENN S TAT E ELE C T R O N IC CLAS SIC S SERIES PUBLICA TIO N The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James is a publication of the Pennsylvania ... ...ENN S TAT E ELE C T R O N IC CLAS SIC S SERIES PUBLICA TIO N The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univers... ...ee months spent there in the spring of 1879. Like “Roderick” and like “The American,” it had been designed for publication in The Atlantic Monthly, wh... ...following year, during a stay of several weeks made in Venice. I had rooms on Riva Schiavoni, at the top of a house near the passage leading off to Sa... ...to these restless appeals was the rather grim admonition that romantic and historic sites, such as the land of Italy abounds in, offer the art- ist a ... ...ant exceptional look—the air of a happy tem- perament fertilised by a high civilisation—which would have made almost any observer envy him at a ventur... ...giving them much bad painting for the sake of the subject. While the Civil War went on she was still a very young girl; but she passed months of this ... ... was very critical herself—it was inciden- tal to her age, her sex and her nationality; but she was very sentimental as well, and there was something ... ...vered in this brief space that she liked him; he had indeed rather sharply registered himself on her fine sense and she had thought of him several tim...

Excerpt: The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James.

... In The South Seas by Robert Louis Stev... ... In The South Seas by Robert Louis Stevens... ...ghost, and be carried like a bale, among scenes that had attracted me in youth and health. I chartered accordingly Dr. Merrit’s schooner yacht, the Ca... ...I had made friends; I had learned new interests; the time of my voy- ages had passed like days in fairyland; and I decided to remain. I began to prepa... ...rstand one word; all trying to trade with us who had no thought of trading, or offering us island curios at prices palpably absurd. There was no word ... ...werving cabin, with innocent excitement and surprise. Her Majesty was often recognised, and I have seen French subjects kiss her photograph; Captain S... ...there dwelt an old, melancholy, grizzled man of the name of Tari (Charlie) Coffin. He was a native of Oahu, in the Sandwich Islands; and had gone to s... ...t Louis Stevenson This proneness to suicide, and loose seat in life, is not peculiar to the Marquesan. What is peculiar is the wide- spread depression... ...n thought ex- ception, as in the case of mountain outlaws, such as fell by the hand of Theseus. In Tahiti, a single circumstance sur- vived, but that ...

Excerpt: In The South Seas by Robert Louis Stevenson.

...ovska – write to: palma@unet.com.mk or to samvaknin@gmail.com Visit the Author Archive of Dr. Sam Vaknin in "Central Europe Review" http://w... ... palma@unet.com.mk or to samvaknin@gmail.com Visit the Author Archive of Dr. Sam Vaknin in "Central Europe Review" http://www.ce-review.org/au... ...ives/vaknin_archive/vaknin_main.html Additional articles about Business on the Web: http://samvak.tripod.com/internet.html http://samvak.trip... ...cedonia knows the real picture. How many are employed and not reported or registered? How many are registered as unemployed but really have a job? H... ...atistics Bureau should propose and the government should adopt a Standard National Job Classification. The Unemployment Benefits Unemployment b... ...fits through the Employment Bureau. This is much like the very successful American and British schemes of “Welfare to Work”. I recommend linking ... ...able only to the Great Depression in the USA. In the USA, in 1932, the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was established to tackle nature conserv... ...ung become the kernel of long-term unemployment. This is because a tug of war, a basic conflict of interests exists between the “haves” and “have-no... ...ration of Labour Markets", published by the NBER in its "Globalisation in Historical Perspective") that, as the economies of poor countries improve,...

...INOIS LIBRARY AT URBANACHAMPAIGN BOOKSTACKS Central Intelligence Agency The World Factbook 1987 CP/1S WF 87-001 US Government officials should o... ... Factbook 1987 CP/1S WF 87-001 US Government officials should obtain copies of The World Factbook directly from their own organization or through lia... ...83-3238 Requesters outside the US Government may obtain a subscription from: National Technical Information Service 5285 Port Royal Road Springfield, ... ...l is re- sponsible for its return to the library from which it was withdrawn on or before the Latest Date stamped below. The World Factbook is by the ... ...lines: natural gas, 180 km Ports: 3 minor river ports (Shir Khan is largest) Civil air: 5 major transport aircraft Airfields: 42 total, 34 usable; 12 ... ...lantains, bananas, and other local foodstuffs; disrup- tions caused by civil war require food imports Fishing: catch 112,000 metric tons (1982) Major ... ...ces Member of: FAO, G-77, GATT, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAC, ICAO, IDA, IDE Inter-American Development Bank, IFAD, IFC, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, INTELSAT, INTER... ...d- ling; Free National Movement (FNM), Kendal Isaacs Voting strength: 73,309 registered voters (July 1977); (1982 election) House of As- sembly PLP 32... ...ent: plain crossed by a few north-flowing, meandering streams Special notes: historic area on North European Plain for conflict because of flat terrai...

...There have been some significant changes in this edition. A new Geography section has replaced the former Land and Water sections. Entries in the new section include area (total and land), comparative area, land boundaries, coastline, maritime claims, boundary disputes, climate, terrain, land use, environment, and sp...

...vska – write to: palma@unet.com.mk or to samvaknin@gmail.com Visit the TrendSiters Web Site: http://samvak.tripod.com/busiweb.html Inter... ... ISBN: 9989-929-23-8 Created by:LIDIJA RANGELOVSKA REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA Additional articles about Digital Content on the Web: ht... ...ELOVSKA REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA Additional articles about Digital Content on the Web: http://samvak.tripod.com/busiweb.html Essays dedicated ... ...rs between the types of intermediaries are blurred. Barnes and Noble (the American bookstores chain) has, in effect, become a publisher. Many publis... ...hing practices and to the modern concept of intellectual property. Members register their books, obtain a BCID (BookCrossing ID Number) and then give... ...ok to its origins: a time capsule, a time machine and the embodiment of a historical narrative. E-books, hitherto, have largely been nothing but an... ... the ARPANET. Other government departments joined the fray, headed by the National Science Foundation (NSF) which withdrew only lately from the Inte... ...and, lately, through Selective Dissemination of Information, or SDI). The war is by no means decided. "Progress" may yet consist of the assimilation ... ...ubiaco, Italy) shunned it and regarded it as a major threat to culture and civilization. Their attacks on printing read like the litanies against sel...

...Essays dedicated to the new media, doing business on the web, digital content, its creation and distribution, e-publishing, e-books, digital reference, DRM technology, and other related issues....

...er Originally Published in 1981 by Praeger Publishers. 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS THE MARKETING OF IDEAS AND SOCIAL ISSUES 1 TABLE OF ... ...riginally Published in 1981 by Praeger Publishers. 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS THE MARKETING OF IDEAS AND SOCIAL ISSUES 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS 3 F... ...ons For Further Investigation 65 SUMMARY 65 6 THE COMMUNICATION OF IDEASS 67 AN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE 67 Theories of Communication 68 Idea Mark... ...ing, antismoking, or better environment. Fine is the first person to write a book on the general principles of social marketing and he is to be con... .... Again, physical fitness is an idea that quickly becomes asocial cause in time of national emergency. So, in terms of group process, ideas frequen... ...to The New State of the Economy (Allvine and Tarpley 1977), Philip Kotler wrote: Americans will have to pay more attention to resource conservation... ...s, pollution; the list is long indeed. One may add the exchange of information on civil rights, product safety, the metric system, religion, voter ... ...ical benefits: In August 1945, a rumor spread to the effect that Russia declared war on Japan only because Russia received in exchange the secret ... ...o warn them of their potential liabilities. The various campaigns to get aliens to register every January or to get young men to register for the dr...

...An idea is taken for granted in the scheme of things. Someone exclaims, "I've got an idea!" What is it that he has? From where did he get it? How was it transmitted? How might it spread to others? What will be the effect of the acceptance of the idea? These...

...itten permission from: Lidija Rangelovska – write to: palma@unet.com.mk Visit the Author Archive of Dr. Sam Vaknin in "Central Europe Review": ... ...om: Lidija Rangelovska – write to: palma@unet.com.mk Visit the Author Archive of Dr. Sam Vaknin in "Central Europe Review": http://www.ce-revi... ...e Fabric of Economic Trust XVI. The Distributive Justice of the Market XVII. Notes on the Economics of Game Theory XVIII. The Spectrum of Auctions ... ...ferent international environments and therefore applicable to multinationals or to national, export-orientated firms. The free cash flow of a firm... ...urs fail - in knowing when to let go. Return The Myth of the Earnings Yield In American novels, well into the 1950's, one finds protagonists us... ...ghly subjective nature of technical analysis - the presence of geometric shapes in historical price charts is often in the eyes of the beholder. In... ...ise. This is disingenuous. Ponzi and pyramid schemes have been a fixture of Western civilization at least since the middle Renaissance. Assets tend... ... financial crisis management led Albania to the verge of disintegration and a civil war. Rioters invaded police stations and army barracks and expro... ... the states, into a national regulator. Under Act Section 103, the Board shall: (1) register public accounting firms; (2) establish "auditing, quali...

The securities industry, its markets, instruments (equity, debt, derivatives), trading strategies, underlying economic models, and future.

...ugust 13, 1813, p. 6. 37278_u00.qxd 8/28/08 11:04 AM Page ii James Boyle The Public Domain Enclosing the Commons of the Mind Yale University Pres... .../08 11:04 AM Page ii James Boyle The Public Domain Enclosing the Commons of the Mind Yale University Press New Haven & London ___-1 ___0 ___ 1 372... ...e public domain, right?” My colleagues at Duke are one of the main influences on my work. I am lucky enough to work in the only “Center for the Study o... ...his book. Michael suggested valuable edits—though I did not always lis- ten. Historical work by Carla Hesse, Martha Woodmansee, and Mark Rose Acknowle... ...astrophysics, and Harlan Onsrud in geospatial data. Paul Uhlir’s work at the National Academy of Sciences intro- duced me to many of these issues. The... ...y disagrees with my nomenclature here—and with much else besides. Activists, civil rights lawyers, bloggers, and librarians have actually done much of... ...s? Even the ones they claim to have been dictated by gods or aliens? Even if American copyright law requires “an author,” presumably a human one? 9 Ca... ...aton, or the literary classics of the 1930s, or the films of the Second World War, or footage on the daily lives of African-Americans during segregatio... ...at are not renewed fall immediately into the public domain. If you check the register after twenty-eight years and the work has not been re- newed, it...

...Our music, our culture, our science, and our economic welfare all depend on a delicate balance between those ideas that are controlled and those that are free, between intellectual property and the public domain. In The Public Domain: Enclosing the Commons of the Mind (Yale University Press) James...

...ies Publication Actions and Reactions by Rudyard Kipling is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univer- sity. This Portable Document file is furn... ... Publication Actions and Reactions by Rudyard Kipling is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univer- sity. This Portable Document file is furnish... ...he Combine that had shivered beneath his knife gave him all the honours of war: Gunsberg himself, full of condolences, came to the steamer and filled ... ...itz is right. I’m dead; only I don’t see why he left out the ‘In Memoriam’ on the ribbons!” “Nonsense!” his wife answered, and poured him his tinc- tu... ...ve a good time in her. You were—” “Well, I discovered I was too much of an American to be content to be a rich man’s son. You aren’t blaming me for th... ...-board in the Captains’ Room, the pulsing arrows of some twenty indicators register, degree by geo- graphical degree, the progress of as many homeward... ...w score of persons of both sexes, controls this planet. “Transportation is Civilisation,” our motto runs. Theoretically, we do what we please so long ... ...lis, there to commence his life’s work. M. Victor Lavalle tells us of that historic collision (en plane) on the flank of Hecla between Herrera, then a... .... It seemed to me a pretty sight, but Penfentenyou said it represented Our National Attitude. Lord Lundie’s summer resting-place we learned was a farm...

...Excerpt: It came without warning, at the very hour his hand was outstretched to crumple the Holz and Gunsberg Combine. The New York doctors called it overwork, and he lay in a darkened room, one ankle crossed above the other, tongue pressed into palate, wonderin...

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...WHAT IS MAN? WHAT IS MAN? AND OTHER ESSAYS OF MARK TWAIN (Samuel Langhorne Clemens, 1835 1910) What Is Man and Other ... ... and Other Essays by Mark T wain (Samuel L. Clemens) is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...ung Man had been c an had been c an had been c an had been c an had been c on on on on onv v v v versing ersing ersing ersing ersing.. ... T T... ..., educa tion? Shall we call the stone engine a savage and the steel one a civilized man? The original rock contained the stuff of which the steel one... ...to be praised for courage and be huzza’d at with tear choked voices as the war worn regiment marches past the worshiping multitude with flags flying a... ...rotestant; Ameri can—ditto; Spaniard, Frenchman, Irishman, Italian, South American—Roman Catholic; Russian—Greek Catholic; T urk—Mohammedan; and so o... ...he mind had any feelings; which it hasn’t. It is merely a thermometer: it registers the heat and the cold, and cares not a farthing about either. Y.M... ...t all in among the English pegs according to it date and regardless of its nationality. If the road pegging scheme had not succeeded I should have lod... ...rk T wain 103 but that is only an accident and not intentional. It is pre historic and extinct. It used to roam the earth in the Old Silurian times, ...

...................................................................................................................................................... 4 THE DEATH OF JEAN ............................................................................................................................................ 75 THE TURNING-POINT OF MY LIFE .....................................

...THE 9/11 COMMISSION REPORT Final FM.1pp 7/17/04 5:25 PM Page i List of Illustrations and Tables ix Member List xi Staff List xiii–xiv Pr... ... Staff List xiii–xiv Preface xv 1. “WE HAVE SOME PLANES” 1 1.1 Inside the Four Flights 1 1.2 Improvising a Homeland Defense 14 1.3 National C... ....1 Inside the Four Flights 1 1.2 Improvising a Homeland Defense 14 1.3 National Crisis Management 35 2. THE FOUNDATION OF THE NEW TERRORISM 47... ...ment 35 2. THE FOUNDATION OF THE NEW TERRORISM 47 2.1 A Declaration of War 47 2.2 Bin Ladin’s Appeal in the Islamic World 48 2.3 The Rise of B... ... and al Qaeda (1988–1992) 55 2.4 Building an Organization, Declaring War on the United States (1992–1996) 59 2.5 Al Qaeda’s Renewal in Afghanistan... ...Action 126 4.5 Searching for Fresh Options 134 5. AL QAEDA AIMS AT THE AMERICAN HOMELAND 145 5.1 Terrorist Entrepreneurs 145 5.2 The “Planes O... ...and equal rights for women. It makes no dis- tinction between military and civilian targets. Collateral damage is not in its lexicon. We learned that ... ...and social turmoil. It is the story of an organization poised to seize its historical moment. How did Bin Ladin—with his call for the indiscrimi- nate... ...ing, Jr.), and had authorized unlawful wiretaps and surveillance.The shock registered in public opinion polls, where the percentage of Americans decla...

...Excerpt: We present the narrative of this report and the recommendations that flow from it to the President of the United States, the United States Congress, and the American people for their consideration. Ten Commissioners--five Republicans an...

...CONTENTS List of Illustrations and Tables ix Member List xi Staff List xiii?xiv Preface xv 1. ?WE HAVE SOME PLANES? 1 1.1 Inside the Four Flights 1 1.2 Improvising a Homeland Defense 14 1.3 National Crisis Management 35 2. THE FOUNDATION O...

... Joseph Conrad A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION Notes on Life and Letters by Joseph Conrad is a publication of the Pennsylvania S... ...S PUBLICATION Notes on Life and Letters by Joseph Conrad is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univer- sity. This Portable Document file is furn... ...UBLICATION Notes on Life and Letters by Joseph Conrad is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univer- sity. This Portable Document file is furnish... ...ke a certain South Ameri- can general who used to say that no emergency of war or peace had ever found him “with his boots off”; but I may say that wh... ...estricted. It is not difficult to perceive why. Maupassant is an intensely national writer. He is so intensely national in his logic, in his clearness... ...of the court the author passes by a characteristic and natural turn to the historical and moral significance of those two emblems of State and Religio... ...of Im- 43 Joseph Conrad perial Penguins. Tracing the development of their civilisation, the absurdity of their desires, the pathos of their folly and... ...ng, and he talked slowly with an into- nation which on some people, mainly Americans, had, I believe, a jarring effect. But not on me. What- ever he s... ...ion bulkhead. But the Arizona was not, if I re- member rightly, 5,000 tons register, let alone 45,000, and she was not going at twenty knots per hour....

Excerpt: Notes on Life and Letters by Joseph Conrad.

.......... 32 STEPHEN CRANE?A NOTE WITHOUT DATES?1919 ......................................................................................... 46 TALES OF THE SEA?1898 ....................................................................................................................................... 49 AN OBSERVER IN MALAYA?1898...............................................

...ture by William James A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature by William J... ...m James A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature by William James is a publ... ....................................... 502 WILLIAM JAMES (1842-1910): A NOTE ON THE AUTHOR OF “THE V ARIETIES OF RELIGIOUS EXPE- RIENCE” .................. ... I take my place behind this desk, and face this learned au- dience. To us Americans, the experience of receiving instruction from the living voice, a... ...s, when they delivered their utterances? These are manifestly questions of historical fact, and one does not see how the answer to them can decide off... ...g; origin in automatic utter- ance generally—these origins have been stock war- rants for the truth of one opinion after another which we find represe... ... and accordingly he thinks that our Music, our Science, and our so-called “Civilization,” as these things are now organized and admiringly believed in... ...uncon- sciousness was entirely real. He never spoke depre- catingly of any nationality or class of men, or time in the world’s history, or against any... ...of vestiges of sensible experience (whether inat- tentively or attentively registered), and for their elabo- ration according to ordinary psychologica...

Excerpt: The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature by William James.

...NEUROLOGY............................................................................................................. 11 Lecture II: CIRCUMSCRIPTION OF THE TOPIC ................................................................................................ 34 Lecture III: THE REALITY OF THE UNSEEN ............................................................................

... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169 ii The Golden Bowl Chapter 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... ...Bowl” what perhaps most stands out for me is the still marked invet eracy of a certain indirect and oblique view of my presented action; unless indee... ...ed action; unless indeed I make up my mind to call this mode of treatment, on the contrary, any superficial appearance notwithstanding, the very straig... ...nd at least, by the manner in which the whole thing remains subject to the register, ever so closely kept, of the consciousness of but two of the char... ...ly, of course, on the “picture book” quality that contemporary English and American prose appears more and more destined, by the conditions of publica... ...mong the younger friends of this couple a legend, almost too venerable for historical criticism, that the marriage itself, the happiest of its class, ... ...te—a beautiful personal presence, that of a prince in very truth, a ruler, war rior, patron, lighting up brave architecture and diffusing the sense o... ... once felt in noting on her lips that rarest, among the Barbarians, of all civil graces, a perfect felicity in the use of Italian. He had known strang... ...“to the British Museum—which you know I always adore. And I’ve been to the National Gallery and to a dozen old booksellers’, coming across treasures, ...

...Excerpt: PREFACE; Among many matters thrown into relief by a refreshed acquaintance with ?The Golden Bowl? what perhaps most stands out for me is the still marked inveteracy of a certain indirect and oblique view of my presented action; unless indeed I make up my mind to call this mode of treatment, on the contrar...

...Table of Contents: PREFACE, iii -- Volume I 3 -- Book I 3 -- Chapter 1, 3 -- Chapter 2, 15 -- Chapter 3, 25 -- Chapter 4, 35 -- Chapter 5, 50 -- Chapter 6, 58 -- Book II 69 -- Chapter 1, 69 -- Chapter 2, 79 -- Chapter 3, 85 -- Chap...

...Robert Louis Stevenson (1912 Chatto and Windus edition) is a publica- tion of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furni... ...ert Louis Stevenson (1912 Chatto and Windus edition) is a publica- tion of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnishe... ........................................... 53 CHAPTER IX: THOMAS STEVENSON – CIVIL ENGINEER ...................................................... 58 CH... ...OURED ........................................... 92 CHAPTER XIV: A GOSSIP ON A NOVEL OF DUMAS’S ........................................................ ...ll we eager him to eat of it himself. The same spirit inspired Miss Bird’s American missionaries, who had come thousands of miles to change the faith ... ... And that same night he was tossing in a brain fever. People are afraid of war and wounds and dentists, all with excellent reason; but these are not t... ...beyond all the impudencies of logic, considering a reference to the parish register worth all the reasons in the world, “I am old and well stricken in... ...; when once youth has flown, each new impression only deepens the sense of nationality and the desire of native places. So may some cadet of Royal Eco... ...strata. Masses of experience, anecdote, incident, cross-lights, quotation, historical instances, the whole flotsam and jetsam of two minds forced in a...

...Excerpt: Chapter 1. The Foreigner At Home. ?This is no my ain house; I ken by the biggin? o?t.? Two recent books* one by Mr. Grant White on England, one on France by the diabolically clever Mr. Hillebrand, may well have set people thinking on th...

...Contents CHAPTER I: THE FOREIGNER AT HOME ..................................................................................... 5 CHAPTER II: SOME COLLEGE MEMORIES................................................................................ 1...