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...Teenage twins James and Samantha Blake are caught up in a seemingly random terrorist bombing while on a school trip. Many of their friends are killed. When the twins wake up in hospital, their lives have changed forever.The doctors are amazed at the speed with which James and Sam recover from their injuries and, when the twins begin to exhibit e...

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... HEROES OF UNKNOWN SEAS AND SAVAGE LANDS By J. W. BUEL, Author of "The Beautiful Story," "The Story of Man," "T... ... HEROES OF UNKNOWN SEAS AND SAVAGE LANDS By J. W. BUEL, Author of "The Beautiful Story," "The Story of Man," "The Living World," "Russ... ..." "The Story of Man," "The Living World," "Russia and Siberia," etc. A RECORD OF THE FINDING OF ALL LANDS And Descriptions of the First Visits Made ... ... RECORD OF THE FINDING OF ALL LANDS And Descriptions of the First Visits Made by Europeans to the Wild Races of the World; FOLLOWING THE FOOTSTEPS ... ...at the people there planted corn and made beer, that they lived in pretentious buildings having walls of stone, and that many towns and villages were ... ...a ship the name of which begins with a letter S or 0, for he can recall a long list of vessels whose names began with these unlucky letters, and every... ...ave pushed the old sailor into the background; the world has no longer time to listen to his stories; the steam engine does his work, heaves his ancho... ...stoms, but whose principal ambition was to glorify themselves with magnificent buildings and rich ornamentation. The people of Camul applied themselve... ...ize of Europeans. The men are tall, strong, well limbed and finely shaped. The tallest we saw was a man on a neighboring island called Huahene, who me...

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...In Voices from the Past, a daring group of five independent novels, acclaimed author Paul Alexander Bartlett accomplishes a tour de force of historical fiction, allowing the reader to enter for the first time into the private worlds of five remarkable people: ...

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...COVER OF VOICES FROM THE PAST: In Voices from the Past, a daring group of five independent novels, acclaimed author Paul Alexander Bartlett acco... ...s, acclaimed author Paul Alexander Bartlett accomplishes a tour de force of historical fiction, allowing the reader to enter for the first time int... ...irety within a single unique volume of 644 pages beautifully illustrated by the author-artist. Bartlett’s writing has been praised by many leadin... ...ES POORE in The New York Times: “...believable characters who are stirred by intensely personal concerns.” GRACE FLANDRAU, author and historian: “..... ...ees, then sat next to him. The door had shut itself and we were alone. We listened to each other’s breathing and his hand sought mine and climbed my... ...aeus and some friends to supper. We sat around the courtyard fountain and listened to the harpists playing under the burning lamps. Libus, Nanno, Su... ...e with my drawings of the deluge: I go on with the terror, the falling of buildings, the erosion of life, the force of wind, the weight of torrents..... ...la was faithful; Bramante was friendly. I blame the city, its somber tufa buildings. Cities, like mistresses, betray. Fleeing Rome, I visited my vin... ... of Lear’s fool. Ellen and I climbed the castle where Caesar lived, the tallest site in London, the Thames below, flowers and vines crawling over ...

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...s A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The New Machiavelli by H. G. Wells is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This ... ...CS SERIES PUBLICATION The New Machiavelli by H. G. Wells is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any per- son using this document file, for any purpose, and in... ...vari- ety of interests. There was the mystery and charm of the complicated buildings one could make, with long passages and steps and windows through ... ...rom an aunt, that I used as Nero used his Christians to ornament my public buildings; and I finally melted some into fratricidal bullets, and therewit... ...ued so that at times he produced an effect of weird world-forgetfulness. I listened puzzled, and at that time not upderstanding many things that after... ...to do any fine writing,” said Shoesmith. “What you’ve got to do is just to list all the chaps and put a note to their play:—’Naylor minor must pass mo... ...rmly flushed girls handsome rather than pretty. Gertrude, the el- dest and tallest, had eyes that were almost black; Sibyl was of a stouter build, and... ...e, or any merit but quality, than we had to involve it in a search for the tallest man. We didn’t want a mere process for the selection of good as dis...

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Excerpt: Don Quixote. Part Two by Miquel de Cervantes, translated by John Ormsby, 1922 ed.

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Excerpt: Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes, translated by John Ormsby (1922 ed.).

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