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...he crew of the Queen beat out their rivals and successfully make a deal with the natives. But soon after takeoff, the Queen’s crew is stricken with a plague, and they are now banned from landing on any inhabited planet. Will the Queen’s crew save themselves, or be condemned to drift forever through space? (Summary by Mark Nelson)...

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...for his tales of adventure, this work of science fiction by Jack London is set in a post-apocalyptic future. It's 2072, sixty years after the scarlet plague has depopulated the planet. James Howard Smith is one of the few survivors of the pre-plague era left alive in the San Francisco area, and as he realizes his time grows short, he tries to impart the value of knowledge ...

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...Excerpt: It was about the beginning of September, 1664, that I, mong the rest of my neighbors, heard in ordinary dis course that the plague was returned again in Holland; for it had been very violent there, and particularly at Amsterdam and Rotterdam, in the year 1663, whither, they say, it was brought, some said from Italy, others from the Levant, among s...

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...A Journal of the Plague Year by Daniel Defoe A JOURNAL OF THE PLAGUE YEAR being observations or memorials of the most remarkable occurren... ...ore. A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication A Journal of the Plague Year by Daniel Defoe is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Uni-... ...r for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. A Journal of the Plague Year by Daniel Defoe, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic ... ...rsity is an equal opportunity university. 3 Daniel Defoe A Journal of the Plague Year by Daniel Defoe A JOURNAL OF THE PLAGUE YEAR being observations... ...t I, mong the rest of my neighbours, heard in ordinary dis course that the plague was returned again in Holland; for it had been very violent there, a... ...beginning of December 1664 when two men, said to be Frenchmen, died of the plague in Long Acre, or rather at the upper end of 4 Journal of the Plague... ...es that were dead, they gave their opinions publicly that they died of the plague. Whereupon it was given in to the parish clerk, and he also returned... ... was printed in the weekly bill of mortality in the usual manner, thus – Plague, 2. Parishes infected, 1. The people showed a great concern at this,... ... in St Giles’s parish more than usual, it began to be sus- pected that the plague was among the people at that end of the town, and that many had died...

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...The History of the Plague in London is a novel by Daniel Defoe. It is a fictionalized account of one man's experiences of the year 1665, in which the Great Plague struck the city of London. The book is a roughly chronological account, purportin...

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... the Temple 64 The Law of Bricks without Straw 67 Decapolis and Bethsaida 71 Twelve Unique Miracles 76 Aaron 86 Moses 86 God 88 Naming the Ten Plagues 91 The Plague of Blood 91 The Plague of Frogs 92 The Plague of Gnats 93 The Plague of Flies 93 The Plague of Boils 93 The Plague of Hail 93 The Plague of Locust and Livestock 95 The Plague of Darkness 95 The ...

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...seus, Calliope, Proserpine, Arethusa, The Pierides) Book VI (Arachne, Niobe, Marsyas, Procne, Philomela, Boreas) Book VII (Jason, Medea, Minos, The Plague, Myrmidons, Procris) Book VIII (Scylla, Daedalus, Icarus, Meleager, Philemon and Baucis) Book IX (Hercules, Alcmene, Iole, Galanthis, Dryope,Byblis, Iphis) Book X (Orpheus, Pygmalion, Myrrha, Venus and Adonis, Atala...

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...A lone space traveler arrives on Earth seeking a new planet to colonize, his own world dead. At the same time a mysterious plague has infected Earth that will wipe out all life. Can a lone scientist stop the plague and save the world? Or will the alien find himself on another doomed planet? (Summary by Mark Nelson)...

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...he end of her marriage brought a dramatic change of character. Her vicious hatred towards men is public knowledge and has males avoiding her like 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...

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...wood than he can with his ancient bow saw. He avoids power tools like the plague and still thinks in cubits!” “I’m not getting Carl Stubbs, and for y...

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...ost-apocalyptic science fiction novel by Mary Shelley, which was first published in 1826. The book tells of a future world that has been ravaged by a plague. The plague gradually kills off all people. Lionel Verney, central character, son of a nobleman who gambled himself into poverty, finds himself immune after being attacked by an infected negro, and copes with a civiliz...

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...When the blue plague appeared on the planet of Dara, fear struck nearby worlds. The fear led to a hate that threatened the lives of millions and endangered the Galactic peace. (Summary by Gutenberg text)...

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... then what is it like? From the public statements of high-ranking US officials, metaphorical answers emerge: terrorism is a metastasizing cancer, a plague, a threat from which we are not immune. This study explores the analogies of immunity, infection, and cancer. In doing so it addresses the classic strategic question: What is the nature of the enemy and of the fight?...

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....[1] The first chapter entitled "Iqbal-e-Jurm" (confession) is about the author's motivation for writing an autobiography. The next seven "Jammu main plague" (Plague in Jammu), "Nanda Bus Service", "Chamkor Sahib", "Raj keroo ga khalisa baqi rahey na ko" (No one else but the Khalsa shall reign), "Maharaja Hari Singh kay sath chahay" (Tea with Maharaja Hari Singh), "Chandra...

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...ngs are more loose on Mars. There, Doc Feldman is welcomed by the colonists, even as he's hunted by the authorities. But, when he discovers a Martian plague may soon wipe out humanity on two planets, Feldman finds himself a pivotal figure. War erupts. Earth is poised to wipe out the Mars colony utterly. A cure to the plague is the price of peace, and only Feldman can find ...

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...A classic of victorian travel writing, Kinglake’s book describes his journey through the Ottoman empire to Cairo, and his residence there in time of plague. [Summary by hefyd]...

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...Earth is threatened with destruction by a deadly alien plague. The planet’s only hope: Get help from the long-lost Omega Colony, somewhere in space. The fate of the Earth is in the hands of Lieutenant Commander Greylorn in charge of the search for Omega, and every decision he wil...

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...med it the Void and in their arrogance they even believed they could defeat it - though in order to do so they had to become one with it. And so the Plague was born. The universe conquered anew. But there were other gods - those who accepted death and the natural order of things. They believed in evolution. For them, immortality was in the life of a child. It was the t...

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...lity to control the Rift, and now with fifty of his most loyal soldiers he would enter it – to the dead with the Keeper and his archaic laws. If the Plague was real, he would send it running back through the Black Door and return home a hero. The Keeper himself would have no choice but to bow before him. Until then, secrecy was a must. The Council would condemn him to...

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...ge-turner, it leaps from crisis to crisis and never slows down, twisting all the way to its gripping conclusion." - David VanDyke, author of The Eden Plague. "Buckle up... With precise blows, Nick Stephenson creates fight scenes that had me clenching my jaw with tension. The twists and turns kept me guessing - the pace of the story cracked along toward an exciting fini...

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...tions have, in many cases, become the focal point of East-West confrontations . Additionally, the frequent political turmoil and economic crises that plague some of these third world nations often threaten the vital interests of the West . For all of these reasons, it is imperative that we understand the utility and limitations of military power applied to crisis situatio...