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...A gang of street kids, an anonymous radio announcer, a detective from the future, a presidential assassination attempt and a frequently mistaken narrator all play a part in this jumble of introductions to an open-source novel inspired by the works of Macedonio Fernandez. Cover painting by Delma Soult....

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... servants. Yet she is lonely and neglected. Her father would rather work than speak to her. At the academy she is bullied and mistreated. When Weres attempt to kidnap Laylah, she is saved by the mysterious Donil Silentshadow. Donil rouses feelings in Laylah that make her question her life and her father's animosity toward her handsome rescuer. Confused by these emotions, ...

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...ating its top and sides. The walls were painted a warm honey color in an attempt to offset the cold and masculine feel of the place. Marble statues ... ...ne, the invisible force that had pinned her down vanished. Laylah made an attempt at rising but was too spent. “Please.” She didn’t know what to ask ... ...being allowed to live grew in the Were community. It culminated in a fiery attempt at a coup by Zina and her zealots. Many lives were lost and the Co... ...y kind are her specialty. That’s why Gerard almost succeeded in his first attempt at nabbing Laylah.” Jacques bristled. “Just because the Council gav... ...! “We believed that they would continue to be predictable after the first attempt had failed. When that didn’t happen, we did the same as the first ... ...ate. ~***~ Laylah stayed quiet on the ride home, despite Jacques’ repeated attempts to start a conversation. He was being nosy and lately it had begu... ...dismissively; angry at what she thought was going to be a lecture. Laylah attempted to sidestep him. She wasn’t in the mood to listen to anyone, not ... ...ords. “Father?” “Quiet!” Jacques growled. Father continued, ignoring her attempt to interrupt. “You were told to stay away from that boy for a reas... ... his prey. Pride and vanity had reared their heads after the first failed attempt of snatching the girl. Never, before that day, had he failed at a ...

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...Surfing on the Ocean of Numbers - why this title? Because this little book does not attempt to give theorems and rigorous proofs in the theory of numbers. Instead it will attempt to throw light on some properties of numbers, nota bene integers, through a study of the behaviour of large numbers of integers in...

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... from their injuries and, when the twins begin to exhibit extraordinary powers, it is obvious that something incredible has happened.As James and Sam attempt to overcome their fears and embrace their new talents, a series of murders and disappearances start plaguing the hospital. The twins aren’t the only ones with special abilities and it becomes apparent that someone is ...

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...r saw was a flash of fast-moving metal bearing down upon him. He tried one last attempt to free himself from his seat. The screech of the lorry’s t... ...t. 41 “I apologise,” said Dr Rajesh to the Blakes and then continued in an attempted hushed, but in fact totally audible, tone to Dr Soames: “... ...ng overtime. Harden had released very few facts about the case and had not even attempted to give a credible reason as to why he was maintaining su... ... past him without even giving him a look, cutting off his “excuse me” and other attempts at making himself heard. Not wishing to be impolite or get... ...ce. She tackled James with a series of questions about his arm and asked him to attempt some simple exercises, all of which he performed effortless... ...re was a pause. “There’s nothing to discuss. Everything is under control. Do not attempt to approach this floor. We’ll be in touch when we need you.... ...icers had been trying to carry other members of their team. They must have been attempting to evacuate when the ceiling fell in on them. The fire w...

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...rst prize. The story takes place during the Trojan War (after the majority of the events of the Iliad, and before the Trojan Horse). It describes the attempt by Neoptolemus and Odysseus to bring the disabled Philoctetes with them to Troy....

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...aintenance (PDM) based on the mission, design, and series (MDS) of the aircraft. An alternative approach using an analytical model is developed in an attempt to refine the current process....

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...ke the plague. Chris and her four children live with Bill, her grandfather, who employs a builder, Rick Eastly, to do extensive renovations. She will attempt to insult and humiliate this builder; however, he can give as much he gets and has Bills full blessing to do so. Rick learns Chris has a secret. Without revealing he knows, he seeks to tame the shrew and get her to op...

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... her and gloated at his victory. Not about to be defeated, although Chris attempted to hide her embarrassment, grasped the shovel from his hand. “No... ...member?” She sat down at the table, disliking that her dearest friend was attempting to play matchmaker. Sandy had given up trying to introduce men ... ...n shaky ground, she knew Chris wasn’t going to let this go and decided to attempt a different approach. “I could say something to John, let him talk ... ...Ian appeared in front of her, grinning from ear to ear and laughing as he attempted to grab her breasts. She struggled, trying desperately to keep h... ...rst song of the service was very up-tempo, pleasantly surprising Rick. He attempted to sing along, not taking his eyes off the large screen above th... ...his mother under his breath. Rick felt she’d been too hard on the boy and attempted to defend him. “Mitchell wasn’t doing any harm Chris. I can talk ... ... away. Her tune soon changed, trying to convince herself that he was only attempting to clock up brownie points. How heroic he would look to Bill, P... ...o much as a victory but a step towards taming the shrew. Perceiving she’d attempt to get out of it, he knew a word in Bill and Sandy’s ear would hop... ... beamed with excitement, presuming a break through. “Was that actually an attempt at humour? Wow, and to think you haven’t even had a real drink yet...

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..., and circuitous incremental descriptions that form part of the masterful lecturer in the Thai language, must lose much of the original impact. In an attempt to retain the flavour of an outdoor lecture, with dogs and chicken wandering among the gathering, the English text retains some colourful and down to earth expressions that have some equivalence in Thai and English. E...

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... know if the Bible really does predict the future, without being conned into a lot of double-talk that finishes up saying nothing. This book is an attempt to meet that need....

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...M PLATONIC MYTIC TIME TO IONIAN SCIENTIFIC TIME: THE ROOTS OF ARISTOTLE'S PHILOSOPHY OF TIME.122 a. On Platonic ideology, or mythic time as an attempt to veil initiatory time....................125 b. On Ionian astronomic science, or the coming of conceptual time, opening the world to the future...................................................................

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... market. I have postgraduate studies in economics, but I am not a specialist on the subject, and this essay represents the knowledge I gathered in an attempt to answer my own questions. English is not my first language and you should be ready to excuse my syntax....

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...The book presents the author’s ideas about the structure of world creation. It is the attempt to combine religious and scientific knowledge. The mechanism of genesis and development of the matter is under consideration; it is viewed as a circle of energy and information transformation. The model of the worl...

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...This e-book is an attempt to provide doctors with a systematic and structured approach towards making the best use of technology in healthcare delivery. The book talks about various technological platforms doctors can use to efficiently manage...

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...warm welcome we can’t help wondering whether we are being watched. Periodically, we dart precautionary glances towards the bushes nearby in a feeble attempt to be one step ahead of a predator, for this is the land where the Big Five roam freely against the sun-drenched primal African sun. One can’t help but feel a sense of belonging in Africa, a sense of origin as though...

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...ideas, overused in poetry, which are viewed with a cynical eye and ridiculed for their predictability. Each “rant” is formed as a short “poem”, in an attempt to show the reader that poetry, and art in general, cannot be put in a box, cannot be measured or compared. As you step through the threshold of this book and you smell its digital pages, and you feel its poorly drawn...

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...a coherent book was to remove the duplications, organize the material based on topic and clean up some of the most obvious errors. However, I made no attempt to verify every statement, so the mathematical work is almost exclusively that of Murthy....

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... on topic and clean up some of the most obvious errors. However, I made no attempt to verify every statement, so the mathematical work is almost excl... ... on topic and clean up some of the most obvious errors. However, I made no attempt to verify every statement, so the mathematical work is almost excl... ...any ways can a number be expressed as the product of its divisors? Any attempt to find answers to the above questions leads to the need for the g... ... Murthy’s Conjecture On Reciprocal Partition Theory In [4], Maohua Le attempted to prove the conjecture that there are infinitely many disjoint ...

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... she knows nothing about? And why is it that every time something new develops in the case, he seems to be there? Warnings to back off escalate to an attempt on her life. Now, for Laura Kate, it's more than just a mystery. Depending on Jack might be a mistake, but if Laura Kate can get past his southern charms and the nervous way Jack makes her feel, she may get the facts,...

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...aped or stabbed her. Defense attorney, Jack Rhodes, spent some time on cross in an attempt to make Sheriff Mather Morris admit that Donald Martell w... ...wasn't, and that it happened later than it did. So in the afternoon there was this attempt either to make it look like Royce murdered Hannah then ki...

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...cial and economic crises now faced by the global community. Ever greater numbers of Boards and CEOs are grappling with a notion of sustainability and attempting to define precisely what it means for their business. The primary aim of this unit is to capture this transition and define what businesses are doing to adopt a more sustainable approach. Looking at a number of ...

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... some amusement that a concept which purports to help campaign planners focus their main effort can be embroiled in such controversy and confusion. I attempt to unravel some of the mystique that surrounds the employment of the COG concept. Hopefully, by drawing out the potential sources of confusion that often accompany the use of the concept, we can soften the difficultie...

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...e analysis. They are not mutually exclusive. As in my previous book Surfing on the ocean of numbers - a few Smarandache Notions and Similar Topics an attempt has been made to present results so that they are easy to understand and not to burdensome to read. There are many tables. some of which may be used for reference. but in general they are there to show the overall res...