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...Enter the world of Snapdragon Alley, where every so often very strange things happen in a far corner of the city of Spring Hill Lake. Beginning as children, Alex and Argus Kirkham and their friend Sapphire Karadjian encounter the whatever-it-is and find t...

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...Excerpt: Chapter 1. A very little boy stood upon a heap of gravel for the honor of Rum Alley. He was throwing stones at howling urchins from Devil?s Row who were circling madly about the heap and pelting at him. His infantile countenance was livid with fury. His small body was writhing in the delivery of great,...

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...pter I A VERY LITTLE BOY stood upon a heap of gravel for the honor of Rum Alley. He was throwing stones at howling urchins from Devil’s Row who wer... ...mson oaths. “Run, Jimmie, run! Dey’ll get yehs,” screamed a retreat ing Rum Alley child. “Naw,” responded Jimmie with a valiant roar, “dese micks can... ...d, they threw stones and cursed in shrill chorus. The little champion of Rum Alley stumbled precipitately down the other side. His coat had been torn ... ...boys from Devil’s Row seethed about the shrieking and tearful child from Rum Alley. “Gee!” he murmured with interest. “A scrap. Gee!” He strode over t... ...see! I was goin’ teh lick dat Riley kid and dey all pitched on me.” Some Rum Alley children now came forward. The party stood for a moment exchanging ... ...istances, and words of challenge passed between small warriors. Then the Rum Alley contingent turned slowly in the direction of their home street. The... ...s possible, perhaps, that this young man would have derided, in an axle wide alley, the approach of a flying ferry boat. Yet he achieved a respect for... ...ul production of a tenement district, a pretty girl. None of the dirt of Rum Alley seemed to be in her veins. The philosophers up stairs, down stairs ... ...nd the son began to sway and struggle like gladiators. “Whoop!” said the Rum Alley tenement house. The hall filled with interested spectators. “Hi, ol...

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...erican Embassy chatting with the Second Secretary, when suddenly a note is brought in. This note is an appeal for help, found in the gutter in a dark alley. The writer claims to be a young girl, who is kept against her will locked up in a lunatic asylum by her uncle. Although the Second Secretary tries to convince him that there is nothing to it, the journalist is determin...

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...across before. I was out of my depth here but I knew that this was right up Dan’s alley and that’s where I was heading next. On an impulse I would... ...ors. It is one of the cradles of civilization and you can feel it among its winding alleys, stone facades, quaint bazaars (“Kasbahs”), and barren hi... ...e next time you meet with this delightful crew.” – snorted the officer – “In a dark alley late at night perhaps?” I had it with his fear-mongering...

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...glory of a sale. Pick Yourself Up, Dust Yourself Off/Rhonda Eudaly 58 The V alley of Rejection By Jill Eileen Smith “Yea, though I walk through the ... ...” Psalm 23:4 (NKJV) W ell, I’m not walking through death’s valley, but the V alley of Rejection feels like a close second sometimes. I’ve been down in... ...y it be a light for you in dark places, when all other lights go out.” The V alley of Rejection has many of those dark places. And last year all other... ...may hem me in, but I am not without hope. Someday I will break free of the V alley of Rejection and ascend the Mountain of Acceptance. The shadows wil... ...waiting in His presence around the next bend. I’m ready for the climb. The V alley of Rejection/Jill Eileen Smith 60 True Treasure By Robin Bayne “Fo... ...verbs 3:5-6 (NIV) T he other night, after it became obvious my stay in the V alley of Rejection would be longer than I’d hoped, I was thinking about w... ... for my writing. What purpose could there possibly be in keeping me in the V alley of Rejection for so long? Especially when He allows others to climb... ...hnic, speculative, and religious writings. She lives in New Y ork’s Hudson V alley with her husband, two sons, and their pets. Her first novel, Wind F... ... is currently working on a fiction book. Cynthia resides in the Shenandoah V alley with her husband, two children and one very happy dog. Natalie Nyqu...

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.... “Have you had any trouble before?” “Nothing like this. A few cans turned over in the alley, but not even a brick through the window. Do you bel... ...usan’s arm and headed toward it. He shoved the bar on the door, and it opened into a back alley. The alley was dark, night was beginning to settle o... .... The alley was dark, night was beginning to settle over the city. They hurried along the alley until they reached the sidewalk. The hotel was locat... ... friend, the Assistant Director of the FBI.” Brand watched from a narrow, dirty garbage alley as Garza exited the cab and walked in his direction.... ... behind him and grabbed him around the neck with his forearm and pulled him back into the alley. Brand had put just enough pressure on Garza’s windpi... ..., and the man at the cash register would take care of the rest. Brand hurried through an alley that led around to a private entrance into Terrazzo’... ...” he said to Georgi. “We’ll be leaving soon.” Brand exited through the back door into the alley, and circled around to the limo. The driver was walk... ... bit, Michael,” Artemis said. “The day I do, is the day you’ll find me dead in some back alley.” On the way to the conference room Susan and Brand... ...Brand parked two blocks away from Garza’s house, and walked through the shadows of a back alley toward Garza’s house searching for any suspicious aut...

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...ther together, vast parks with exotic blossoms and orchards, with straight alleys and sparkling cascades. And he was even planning to direct all the w... ...and making me lose the sense of where I was, of what I was. Wide and clean alleys were winding amid the flourishing vegetation. Benches of white marbl... ...of the man before me the simple joy of meeting me? Meeting me way down the alleys of a blissful garden... I looked at the TV screen again. And I saw t...

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...8, was a fan of murder. Clad in disguise, he assaulted passing pedestrians in back alleys, stabbed them repeatedly, and dumped the bodies into the ...

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...er stickers, how many e-mail signatures or scrawled graffiti on some back-alley wall? But fear runs deeper than blood, than bone, than the pulse tha...

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...ossibility of escape. That is why mankind finds itself more and more in a blind alley, mired in increasingly difficult dilemmas. We will discover th...

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... a hand slapping against an impoverished peasant. They stopped in an alley smaller than a side street called a "soi." It was in between many Mom... .... Men are programmed to deliver the raw material of themselves in any dark alley. A woman's love, once devoted to he who has pierced into her-he who ...

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...nd the tepid lighting of the Seder barely brightened the room's far corners, let alone the alleyway. The young ones dozed, bowing to soiled plates,... ... a wedding" – he ruled. My father winced, propelled by the incisive diction into the grimy alleys of his childhood, the wine tide and ebbing in the ...

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... which put an end to Francois’ mockery once and for all. We hurried down the alley between the stable tents, my breath ragged with the pain in my rib...

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... know his way around. As we passed by the Long Branch, Daggot pointed out the alley where he’d been robbed those many years ago. We continued on in...

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...ately change his life. Along the way he also discovers, as a fringe benefit, a talent for what Americans (though probably not Jamesians) call Tin Pan Alley. (Summary by Nicholas Clifford)...

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...fearless. I was heading for Shaftsbury Avenue and a theatre – any theatre. The main doors to the Lyric were locked, so I searched around and found an alley that led to an unattended stage door, which led to stairs and… ‘The Boards!’ I was on a London stage! The fire curtain was down concealing the auditorium, which tempered the thrill a little, but couldn’t dilute the glor...

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...On Thomas à Kempis) To the Author of a Poem Entitled Successio The First Book of Statius’s Thebais Imitation of Chaucer Imitation of Spenser: The Alley Imitation of Waller: On a Lady Singing to Her Lute Imitation of Waller: On a Fan of the Author’s Design Imitation of Abraham Cowley: The Garden Imitation of Abraham Cowley: Weeping Imitation of Earl of Rochester: O...

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... species Planting material Planting system Fertiliser application Types of fertiliser Renovation Developments in production systems Companion, alley, relay and related cropping systems Pastures and intensive systems Conclusion References Chapter 10: Forage Utilization L.R. Humphreys Objectives for forage utilisation The response of the pasture to cutting or...

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...Cinco de Mayo and Kristine 147. Brandt balks at the rhetoric of revolution—peaceful or violent 148. Brandt gets stoned his first time in Houghten’s alley apartment 149. Matt and Mary argue after Mary discovers he got stoned 150. O’Rourke and then Steward leave their L.A. garage home behind 151. Steward establishes himself in Santa Barbara and calls his brother 152. S...