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Cuisinart DCC-1200 Brew Central 12-Cup Programmable Coffeemaker $165.00 A striking blend of retro style and modern technology. Programmable for brewing up to 24 hours in advance. Setting for 1 to 4 cups ensures full-bodied flavor and aroma. BrewPause™ feature lets you enjoy a cup before brewing is finished. Adjustable heater plate setting keeps coffee at the temperature you prefer. Audible "ready" signal. Automatic shutoff. Includes Gold Tone metal filter, #4 pap... |
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Where the Red Fern Grows $6.04 Based on Wilson Rawls's 1961 novel of the same name, Where the Red Fern Grows is the touching story of a 12-year-old, Ozark mountain boy (Joseph Ashton) who wants a dog so badly he performs odd jobs for months and saves enough to get two hunting hounds. Just as he hoped, the dogs usher in a period of golden adventure and happiness. Moreover, the pets prove profitable at awards shows and courageous... |
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Chants from the Thin Red Line $11.98 ... |
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Brainy Baby: ABC's - Introducing the Alphabet (Ages 2 to 5 Years) $18.00 Mastering the alphabet involves much more than recognizing capital letters. Brainy Baby: ABC's offers a healthy dose of phonics and lowercase letter study as well, treating 2- to 5-year-olds to a lesson that proves equally entertaining and educational. The key to this delightful show's appeal stems from an engaging, interactive approach to learning. Vocally introducing each uppercase and lowe... |
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Technology Alternatives 7021 Cell Sensor EMF Detection Meter $24.98 You might not know it, but certain areas in your home and work have powerful electro magnetic fields (EMFs) that can inflict severe damage to cellular DNA. Protect yourself against this invisible radiation by testing areas that you frequent with a gauss meter, a device that measures the strength of EMFs. Once you identify where EMF radiation hotspots are, simply avoid these areas. The accuracy of ... |
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Lux Products TX500E-010 Smart Temp Programmable Thermostat $27.59 Energy efficient and easy to use, the Lux TX500E Smart Temp 5-2 Day Programmable Thermostat lets you easily customize heating and cooling temperatures to meet your comfort level and schedule. Packed with advanced features that make programming incredibly easy and user friendly, the mercury-free TX500E is compatible with most 24-volt heating and cooling systems.TX500E Smart Temp 5-2 DayProgrammable... |
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The Notebook $3.85 Behind every great love is a great story. Two teenagers from opposite sides of the tracks fall in love during one summer together but are tragically forced apart. When they reunite 7 years later their passionate romance is rekindled forcing one of them to choose between true love and class order.Running Time: 124 min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA UPC: 794043749728... |
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Eat Pray Love $4.98 Julia Roberts is as delightful as ever in this life-affirming drama based on the memoir by Elizabeth Gilbert. After a painful divorce, a woman embarks on a daring journey of self-discovery, travelling to Italy (where she experiences the pleasures food can bring about), India (where she finds spiritual enlightenment), and Bali (where she learns the power of real love). Javier Bardem, Billy Crudup, ... |
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P.S. I Love You $1.58 Hilary Swank stars in this charming and poignant seriocomedy as a young woman who finds her life has stalled in the wake of her husband's (Gerard Butler) untimely death. Her only hope at getting back on track lies with a series of unexpected letters, written by Butler before he died, that serve as Swank's guide on a fascinating journey of self-rediscovery. Lisa Kudrow, Gina Gershon, James Marsters... |
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Ticket To Ride $36.00 October 2, 1900 was 28 years to the day that noted London eccentric, Phileas Fogg accepted and then won a $20,000 bet that he could travel "Around the World in 80 Days". Now at the dawn of the century it was time for a new "impossible journey." Some old friends have gathered to celebrate Fogg's impetuous and lucrative gamble and to propose a new wager of their own. The stakes: $1 million -- and th... |
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You Can Read Anyone $10.19 Let the legendary leader in human behavior Dr. David J. Lieberman show you how to read anyone. When the stakes are high--negotiations interrogations questions of abuse theft or fraud--find out quickly who is out for you and who is out to get you. |
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You Can't Read This: Forbidden Books, Lost Writing, Mistranslations, And Codes $11.59 Wherever people can read, there are stories about the magic, mystery, and power of what they read. Val Ross presents a history of reading that is, in fact, the story of the monumental, on-going struggle to read. From Enheduanna, daughter of Sargon the Great, the world's oldest signed author to Empress Shotoku of Japan who in 764 ordered the printing of one million Buddhist prayers; from the story of Hulagu, Ghengis Khan's nasty brother who destroyed the library of Baghdad to Bowdler and the censorship of Shakespeare, there have been barriers to reading ranging from the physical to the economical, social, and political. Written for children ages ten and up, You Can't Read This explores the development of alphabets, the decoding of ancient languages, and censorship in Ancient Rome and modern America. It's about secret writing, trashed libraries, writers on the run, writers in hiding, books that are thought to have magical powers and mistranslations that started wars. It's about people: from the American slave Frederick Douglass to girls in Afghanistan in the year 2001 who defied laws that prevented them from learning to read. What do all these stories have in common? They're all about how texts contain power - and how people everywhere throughout history have devoted their wills and their brains to reading and unleashing the power of the word. With lavish illustrations and an index, this is history at its finest. From the Hardcover edition. |
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Read This Next: 500 Of The Best Books You'll Ever Read $9.99 Ever been betrayed by a pretty cover and a pair of alluring blurbs? Rest assured: Read This Next will never hurt you. The 500 book recommendations contained within these pages have all been carefully vetted and approved by two literary professionals with discerning taste and witty wit. Arranged into delightful thematic lists these suggestions cover the best of literature high and low from page-turning classics to mind-expanding fluff; from murder mysteries and post-apocalyptic visions to historical fiction and bathroom books. Each book is paired with deeply insightful deeply hilarious discussion questions perfect for book groups or for readers who just enjoy talking to themselves. In a world where so many books disappoint- robbing you of your time and money promising more than they can deliver- Read This Next is the wickedly smart faithful and attractive partner you've always dreamed would bring you true and lasting reading happiness. |
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By The Time You Read This $8.59 The Planet Grief. An incalculable number of light years from the warmth of the sun. When the rain falls it falls in droplets of grief and when the light shines it is in waves and particles of grief. From whatever direction the wind blows-south east north or west- it blows cinders of grief before it. Grief stings your eyes and sucks the breath from your lungs. No oxygen on this planet no nitrogen; the atmosphere is composed entirely of grief. [ By the Time You Read This page 37] Catherine Cardinal wife of Sergeant John Cardinal is dead. Ruled a suicide it comes as no real surprise to those who knew her. Catherine had suffered from manic depression for over twenty years. Long stints of hospitalization were followed by healthy periods permeated by worry and anxiousness that everything would once again disintegrate. Her last hospital stay had been over a year ago. Catherine had been finding peace and fulfillment in her photography and taking her medication regularly. From years of experience Cardinal had taken all of these signs to be positive and hopeful. So along with coping with devastating grief Cardinal is confused. Although a suicide note in Catherine's handwriting was found at the scene Cardinal isn't convinced that his wife was responsible for her own death. She was distracted when she left to take pictures the night she died but she was nowhere near the despondent state she attained when she was ill. It wasn't adding up. Everyone in the department even his partner Lise Delorme believes Cardinal's refusal to accept his wife's suicide is only the denial that comes with the agony of his loss. Even his daughter Kelly has accepted her mother's fate. But when Cardinal receives a card with a typewritten note inside taunting him about his wife's death he is resolute that someone has murdered Catherine. In Cardinal's line of work a man can pile up a lot of enemies. The first likely suspect that comes to his mind is Kiki B. an "associate" of a drug dealer Rick Bouchard who he had sent to prison. Kiki B. knew where Cardinal lived and he had an axe to grind-Bouchard had been killed while serving his sentence. With Delorme wrapped up in a nasty sex crimes case Cardinal goes it alone. When Kiki B. turns out to have made a career change Cardinal moves on to other members of the criminal element he'd had the pleasure to put away. As he moves through a long line of suspects Cardinal finds himself settling on perhaps the most unlikely suspect of all. From the Hardcover edition. |
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How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read $9.19 In this delightfully witty, provocative book, literature professor and psychoanalyst Pierre Bayard argues that not having read a book need not be an impediment to having an interesting conversation about it. (In fact, he says, in certain situations reading the book is the worst thing you could do.) Using examples from such writers as Graham Greene, Oscar Wilde, Montaigne, and Umberto Eco, he describes the varieties of "non-reading"-from books that you've never heard of to books that you've read and forgotten-and offers advice on how to turn a sticky social situation into an occasion for creative brilliance. Practical, funny, and thought-provoking, How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read-which became a favorite of readers everywhere in the hardcover edition-is in the end a love letter to books, offering a whole new perspective on how we read and absorb them. |
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Can You Forgive Her? $5.09 Books for All Kinds of Readers ReadHowYouWant offers the widest selection of on-demand accessible format editions on the market today. Each edition has been optimized for maximum readability using our patent-pending conversion technology. We are partnering with leading publishers around the globe to create accessible editions of their titles. Our goal is to have accessible editions simultaneously released with publishers' new books so that all readers can have access to the books they want to read today. To find more books in your format visit www.readhowyouwant.com |
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I Can and So Can You Board Books $8.7 ">> >>This fun package of board books of VeggieTales® contains:>> > >>Contains 4 board books shipped like kids ’favorite Veggie friends:>> > > >>Bob the Tomato: I Can Do Many Things – shows kids how to do many things because God made them special.>> > > >>Larry the Cucumber – shows kids how they can be so many things because God made them special.>> > > >>Junior Asparagus – shows kids the importance of friendship and how they can have fun every day because God created all of them special.>> > > >>Laura Carrot – teaches kids they can learn and discover new things every day because God made them special.>> > > > > > >> > > > > > >" |
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Jonah and the Big Fish (I Can Read!/The Beginner's Bible Books) $2.67 ">>Jonah and the Big Fish, part of The Beginner’s Bible series, is now one of the I Can Read books for emergent readers. In this story, preschoolers will discover what happened when Jonah ran away from God. And they’ll smile when they read that Jonah prays for and receives forgiveness. This easy-to-read book serves as a steppingstone to encourage young readers in their Christian growth.>> >> >> >>>Product Details>>Ages: 4 – 8>Page Count: 32 >Dimensions: 9.0” (L) x 6.6” (W) x 0.1” (D)>Release: 05/2007>> > >" |
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Learn-To-Read Bible $11.38 "With the Learn-to-Read Bible, you can introduce your children to the great stories of the Bible while they are learning to read! One hundred forty-seven Bible stories that are true to the heart of Scripture make reading easy and fun. Kids will love the brightly colored pictures that reinforce the stories. Parents will love the sight, sound and touch activities and reading tips that gently advance a child's ability to read. Make the most of your child's early reading experiences and give them every advantage to succeed with the Learn-to-Read Bible! > Corresponds with Level 1 and Level 2 of the popular Rocket Readers series of books." |
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Three Stories You Can Read To Your Cat $4.69 Snuggle up with your kitty and read these action-packed tales aloud to him or her. They are very funny stories about the things cats like to do and they have lots of amusing pictures. Invite your cat to come hear a story - but ask nicely! Cats hate being told what to do. |
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NY Skyride $36 NY SKYRIDE Tickets, the only virtual tour simulator in the city that takes you on an aerial NYC tour unlike any other. |
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Can You Keep A Secret? $12.99 <p>Emma is sitting on a turbulent plane. She's always been a v. nervous flyer. She really thinks that this could be her last moment. So, naturally enough, she starts telling the man sitting next to her - quite a dishy American, but she's too frightened to notice -all her innermost secrets. How she scans the backs of intellectual books and pretends she's read them. How she does her hair up like Princess Leia in her bedroom. How she's not sure if she has a G-spot, and whether her boyfriend could find it anyway. How she feels like a fraud at work - everyone uses the word 'operational' all the time but she hasn't a clue what it means. How the coffee at work is horrible. How she once threw a troublesome client file in the bin. If ever there was a bare soul, it's hers.</p><p> </p><p> She survives the flight, of course, and the next morning the famous founding boss of the whole mega corporation she works for is coming for a look at the UK branch. As he walks around, Emma looks up and realises...</p><p> </p><p> It's the man from the plane.</p><p> </p><p> What will he do with her secrets? He knows them all - but she doesn't know a single one of his. Or... does she?</p> |
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Taking Divine Dictation: Or How Can You Tell If It's Really God On The Line? $2.95 This concise but thorough investigation of the channeling phenomenon includes the stories of A Course in Miracles and the Pathwork as well as some bracing comments on the popular books chronicling a few "conversations with God". |
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# Privacy Tweet Book01 $19.95 Concerns about privacy are not new. Since time immemorial, we humans have valued and guarded our privacy, often jealously or violently. It is therefore no surprise that privacy online is of such great concern in our connected world. Today, when we conduct so much of our life online--bank transactions, credit card payments, transmission of personal messages and images to friends and family--it is completely understandable that we should be concerned about the privacy of our communication and information.Privacy concerns in the virtual world are often compounded by lack of information and awareness. Not all of us are completely clear on how we should guard our privacy on the Internet. Especially in the corporate world, privacy becomes a huge concern, since it is not only the individual employee who can be at risk, but co-workers and the corporate entity too. Can privacy be guaranteed? How can you raise employee awareness on privacy issues? These are just a few of the questions that Lori Ruff is so well-qualified to address.In #PRIVACY tweet Book01, Lori tells you--in the succinct and ever-popular tweet format--what exactly privacy on the Internet means to your organization. To cite just one example, she addresses the need for privacy issues to be part of a hiring firm's requirements and why they must be in line with customer relations. You don't have to be an Internet guru to perceive and benefit from her experience and wisdom. Using Lori's book you can secure your privacy at the individual, group and corporate levels without paranoia. Read PrivacyTweet to clear the fear, so that you approach the Internet with caution, yet confidence.'#PRIVACY tweet Book01' is part of the THINKaha series whose 100-page books contain 140 well-thought-out quotes (tweets/ahas). |
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'The Frosty Caucasus'. $19.99 Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free.This is an OCR edition with typos.Excerpt from book:gether arbitrary line not marked by any natural feature whatever, and moreover, of dividing great rivers so as to place the upper part of their course in one continent, the lower in another, a thing surely repugnant to all ideas of a continent. No continuous natural feature marking the limits of Europe to the south-east can be found north of the Caucasian range, and the watershed of this great chain of mountains has therefore been suggested as the only possible boundary-line of Europe and Asia between the Black Sea and the Caspian. This view was held by the late Mr. A. Keith Johnston, a high authority on such a subject, as need hardly be said, and may be considered to be that of modern geographers generally, save that some of them go still further, and place the boundary of Europe south of the Caucasian range.1 It may perhaps be urged that theoretically a continent must be bounded by water; but to this argument there is the sufficing answer that such a boundary is in many places wanting between Europe and Asia, and that an arbitrary line marked by no natural features whatever are a purely artificial boundary, and assuredly worse therefore than a great mountain chain. Which seems the most fitting limit to Europe ? the mighty wall of the Caucasus, or an artificial line drawn across countryJOURNEY BACK TO KUTAIS. 37 1 See the maps of Wieland and Kiepert, Weimar, 1866 ; Pfeiffer, Nuremberg; Brue, Paris, 1869; Chartier, Paris, 18G9; A. Keith Johnston, London, edition, corrected to 1871 ; Magin and Pericot, Paris, 1874; Saganson, Paris, 1874; T. Schade, Glogau, 1874; B. Kozeun, Vienna, 1874. precisely the same on either side of it ? Surely it is a reductio ad absurdum to oppose to the acceptance of the Caucasian watershed as a border line an interpretation at once pedantic and |
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101 Activities for Delivering Knock Your Socks off Service $34.95 Taking exceptional care of the customers who keep you in business has never been more important. And now the team behind the best-selling Knock Your Socks Off Service® series makes building outstanding customer service skills and attitudes both easy and fun with 101 Activities for Delivering Knock Your Socks Off Service. Inside you’ll find role-plays, word games, brainstorming exercises, secret shopping trips, and more to help your team learn by doing and sharing. Most of the activities take 30 minutes or less—quick enough to liven up any brown-bag lunch seminar or routine staff meeting. While working and laughing with your team, you’ll all get a chance to see things from the customer’s perspective…and create an action plan for service improvement. In the process you’ll quickly grasp core service principles and feel comfortable handling real-world service challenges such as: •Making only promises you can keep •Treating customers with empathy, not sympathy •Really listening to and learning from customer feedback •Knowing when it’s all right and pays off to say “I’m sorry” •Calming obnoxious customers and coping with on-the-job stress Giving you the practical tools you need to wow your customers, these simple but powerful activities will help all front-line service professionals deliver consistently excellent results. Praise for The Original Delivering Knock Your Socks Off Service: “Delivering Knock Your Socks Off Service is written in a witty, engaging style, and offers real tactics any service provider can use. Once you’ve read this book, pass it on to your employees.” — Entrepreneur “Leave it to crafty Ron Zemke to find a niche that still needs filling. Yes, management books on customer service are |
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101 Activities for Delivering Knock Your Socks off Service $34.95 Taking exceptional care of the customers who keep you in business has never been more important. And now the team behind the best-selling Knock Your Socks Off Service® series makes building outstanding customer service skills and attitudes both easy and fun with 101 Activities for Delivering Knock Your Socks Off Service. Inside you’ll find role-plays, word games, brainstorming exercises, secret shopping trips, and more to help your team learn by doing and sharing. Most of the activities take 30 minutes or less—quick enough to liven up any brown-bag lunch seminar or routine staff meeting. While working and laughing with your team, you’ll all get a chance to see things from the customer’s perspective…and create an action plan for service improvement. In the process you’ll quickly grasp core service principles and feel comfortable handling real-world service challenges such as: •Making only promises you can keep •Treating customers with empathy, not sympathy •Really listening to and learning from customer feedback •Knowing when it’s all right and pays off to say “I’m sorry” •Calming obnoxious customers and coping with on-the-job stress Giving you the practical tools you need to wow your customers, these simple but powerful activities will help all front-line service professionals deliver consistently excellent results. Praise for The Original Delivering Knock Your Socks Off Service: “Delivering Knock Your Socks Off Service is written in a witty, engaging style, and offers real tactics any service provider can use. Once you’ve read this book, pass it on to your employees.” — Entrepreneur “Leave it to crafty Ron Zemke to find a niche that still needs filling. Yes, management books on customer service are |
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A Broken Journey; Memoir Of Mrs. Beatty, Wife Of Rev.William Beatty, Indian Missionary $14.14 Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free.This is an OCR edition with typos.Excerpt from book:CHAPTER IV A VOYAGE TO INDIA ' Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature."—Mark xvi. 15. "Can we, who;e souls are lighted With wisdom from on high, Can we to men benighted The lamp of life deny ? Salvation ! O Salvation ! The joyful sound proclaim, Till each remotest nation lias learned Messiah's name." The voyage to India, when Mr. and Mrs. Beatty first went out, was very different from what it had been even a few years before, and from what it has become now. India was changing, and it is a country we are always looking to for rapid changes. When the Presbyterian Church sent out her first missionaries from Ireland to that far-away land, the undertaking was looked upon as a very self-denying one indeed. The long voyage of four, perhaps six or seven, months, sailing by the Cape of Good Hope—the uncertain time of landing in India, possibly at the worst season of the year—and the many discomforts, private tions, and risks which emigrants had to endure after landing—all these entailed a sacrifice that is now unknown. India was coming nearer. The overland route through Egypt by rail had been opened some years before the Beattys sailed, while the Peninsular and Oriental line of steam-ships was the only one between Southampton, Marseilles, and Alexandria, and on the eastern side between Suez and Bombay. There was no choice—either go P. and O., or take the long voyage in a sailing-ship round the Cape of Good Hope. The passage-money was a large figure, 89 each from Southampton. The journey can be accomplished now for about half that amount. The P. and O. Company knew how to cater to suit the tastes and requirements of the passengers to India of that time. The Anglo-Indian did not step down too suddenly from the luxuries of the old |
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A Busy Time In Mexico $19.99 Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free.This is an OCR edition with typos.Excerpt from book:Then he cooled down, and gave me the history of the El Naranjo people. It appeared that their ranch was high up in the mountains and exactly on the Guatemalan frontier line; that they were smugglers of contraband, robbers, and stock thieves—in fact, they were outlaws. But owing to their being related to the local authorities they had always gone unpunished for their crimes. They had killed cheerfully, and being of pure Indian blood were sure of local support. Hemken implored me not to go, and said exactly what he thought concerning my manager. I felt rather thoughtful, and appreciated the manager's kindness in sending me on the trip. His thoughtfulness in sparing my feelings by not warning me of the character of the trip touched me deeply—so deeply, in fact, that I cursed him heartily, and changed my shot-gun for a repeating carbine, and left for the job feeling slightly less cheerful than I had been. I had a good deal to think over, and I summed it up on the trail. For me to travel round with so much money on me would be clearly inadvisable. On the other hand, the owner of the money would be safe, and therefore he must bring it in person to the town. But I did not see my way to giving receipts, etc. No; only the boss could do that. The mountain trail was delightful. Tapachula lies practically at sea-level, and a two hours' ride brought me into the foot-hills of the Sierras. Up to now the vegetation was purely tropical, but at about 1,000 feet above sea-level the palms and purelytropical plants gave place to the big forest trees; all round one were coffee plantations, or green clearings of cacao-trees. Far away underneath, the strip of coast country stretches from the foot-hills to meet the Pacific, breaking up into lagoon country, which is a deep emerald |
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A Clinical Treatise On Diseases Of The Liver V.3 $21.79 Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free.This is an OCR edition with typos.Excerpt from book:line passing outwards from each side of the mouth, there is a pair of large, yellowish, much-curved hooks, with a broad-jointed base in a little pouch- like depression. Each hook is provided with a peculiar supporting apparatus, to which it is jointed. The supporting apparatus appears to be formed by the lining membrane of the hook-pouch converted into chitine. The upper end of the supporting apparatus is drawn out into a point, which has been designated by Kiichenmeister " the ' point-cover,'" (Spitzen- decker). The anus is situated at the caudal extremity of the animal. As was imagined by Gurlt and Leuckart (Hau und Entwickelungsge- schichte der Pentastomen, Leipzig, 1860), the pentastoma denticulatum has been proved by experiment to be merely the immature pentastoma taenioides, which is parasitic in the nostrils and frontal sinuses of the dog and other animals. The pentastoma denticulatum is not uncommon in the animal kingdom, being found in goats, rabbits, bullocks, cats and other animals. How it gains admittance into the human body has not yet been ascertained. Its ordinary situation on the outer surface of the liver appears to indicate that it enters the stomach with the food, and that then it forces its way through the wall of this organ to the left lobe of the liver, where it attaches itself beneath the peritoneal covering, becomes encysted, and soon afterwards perishes.1 vii. Cancer Of The Livee. (Carcinoma Hepatis.) 1. Historical Account. Before the commencement of the present century, cancer of the liver was nowhere strictly defined from other tumors and degenerations of the gland. It is true, that cancer of the external organs, and more especially of the mammae, had been known since the time of Hippocrates; but the occurrence of cancer, and the characters .. |
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A Collecting Trip To Columbia, South America $9.17 Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free.This is an OCR edition with typos.Excerpt from book:Cost Of Trip Our expenses were about $650 each, but, as this included a number of unnecessary purchases, $600 may be considered a fair estimate of the cost. The round trip fare from New York or New Orleans to Santa Marta on the United Fruit Company steamers, including meals, was $180. Hotel rates at Santa Marta and Barranquilla were $2 a day; at El Banco the rate was $1.20 a day. The first class charge from Cienaga to Barranquilla was $3.50, with stateroom $i extra. The round trip first class tare from Barranquilla to La Dorado without stateroom was $30 on one line of steamers and $60 on another line. On the first line the stateroom adds about forty per cent to the cost; on the second line about twenty per cent—that is, stateroom charges are about the same on both lines. We had staterooms from Barranquilla to El Banco, but at no time thereafter, as we really preferred sleeping on deck and the shower bath rooms sufficed for shaving and changing clothing. Sleeping on deck, however, requires retiring at a certain hour, when all the cots are brought out and distributed over the deck, and arising at a certain hour in order that the deck may be cleared for the day. Travelling on the river with frequent stopovers adds very little if any to the fare, as this is equitably figured on the basis of leagues between points. Mozos such as we employed for carrying our collecting outfits and lunches charged from sixty cents to one dollar a day. Carriages in cities for ourselves and several pieces of baggage cost us usually about $i a trip. Notes On Equipment And Collecting Methods Extra Equipment.—At the hotels at Barranquilla one can arrange for the purchase of a mosquito net, a light blanket and a pillow for use on the river boats. We carried these necessary articles in an old |
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A Collection Of Original Poems On Various Subjects $14.14 Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free.This is an OCR edition with typos.Excerpt from book:THE STEEAK OP LIGHT. All day a dull and leaden hue The wintry sky o'erspread, The glories of autumnal clouds, Their gorgeous tints had fled. Towards evening in the west appeared A golden streak of light, A gleam from the departing sun To usher in the night. The traveller on his homeward way That narrow line beheld, And all depressing thoughts of gloom, Its radiance dispelled. It spoke with Nature's wondrous force Unto the willing ear ; To brighten up a wintry day Those golden tints appear. Across the wintry days of life A ray of light will dart, Fresh comfort, hope, and energy To waken in the heart. The splendour of the autumn eve, The bright blue summer sky, Have glories of their own, with which No other scenes may vie. But stormy days and winter's gloom Prepare our minds to prize Each bright, though short-lived, hue of light That flits across the skies. GOD'S OMNIPOTENCE. Subject to laws framed by a Higher Will, The stars their glorious courses all fulfil; A stately queen, the moon, in heaven rides, And governs ocean's ebbing flowing tides. The wind sweeps o'er the waves a wild fierce blast, The clouds dark shadows o'er its surface cast, Billows, foam crested, ever onwards roll, Man hath no power to stay them or control. What voice speaks in the wind that rushes by ? Whose works are written on the stormy sky ? What is the burden of the ocean's moan? The Lord Jehovah reigns supreme alone. Who with fresh green re-clothes the leafless trees ? Who gives the wintry blast and summer breeze ? Who crowns the fields (for months so cold and bare) With spring's bright verdure and her blossoms fair? What mortal gave the crocus its bright bloom, Or brought the snowdrop from its wintry tomb ? Who gave the... |
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A Collection of Original Poems on Various Subjects $33.25 Used - Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: THE STEEAK OP LIGHT. All day a dull and leaden hue The wintry sky o'erspread, The glories of autumnal clouds, Their gorgeous tints had fled. Towards evening in the west appeared A golden streak of light, A gleam from the departing sun To usher in the night. The traveller on his homeward way That narrow line b |
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A Concise Treatise On The Art Of Angling $18.49 Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free.Excerpt from book:The General Baits Used In Angling, WhereWhen the water is cold, scrape your quills, and steep them in it for ten or twelve days, then dry them, and rub them with a woollen cloth. textit{The materials most necessary for an angler to have out with him, and which may be all carried in his pockets, are, textit{lines coiled up. textit{Spare links. Two worm bags, one for textit{brandlings, and c. and the other for textit{hit-worms. A plummet to fix the depth o£ the water, of a pyramidal form. textit{A gentle box. Floats and textit{spare caps. Split shot. Shoe-makers wax in a piece of leather. textit{Silk. Hitks, some whipped on and some loose. textit{A clearing ring, which is of use to disengage the hook when entangled. textit{A landing net, to land large fish with. textit{The disgorgert which when a fish has gorged the hook,-by putting it down his throat, till you touch the hook, at the same time pulling the line, it will easily come away. CHAP. III. textit{ found, and hozupreserved. r I 'HE reader being furnished with the best rules* -- relative to his textit{rids, lines, hanks, and c. I shall give him a list of the baits in general o£use in angling; but must desire him to observe, that fish take all sorts ot baits, most eagerly and freely, when he presents them to them in such order and manner, as nature affords them, or as they themselves generally gather them. B textit{The textit{The Lob-worm, Dew-worm, Garden-worm, Twatchel, or Treachet, Found in a garden or church-yard, late in a summer's evening, with a lanthorn ; when the summer proves a very dry one, they may be forced out of their holes with the liquor produced by bruising walnut-tree leaves in water: the best of these are those which have a red head, a streak down the back, and a broad tail, from which they derive the name of |
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A Concise Treatise On The Art Of Angling $14.14 Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free.Excerpt from book:The General Baits Used In Angling, WhereWhen the water is cold, scrape your quills, and steep them in it for ten or twelve days, then dry them, and rub them with a woollen cloth. textit{The materials most necessary for an angler to have out with him, and which may be all carried in his pockets, are, textit{lines coiled up. textit{Spare links. Two worm bags, one for textit{brandlings, and c. and the other for textit{hit-worms. A plummet to fix the depth o£ the water, of a pyramidal form. textit{A gentle box. Floats and textit{spare caps. Split shot. Shoe-makers wax in a piece of leather. textit{Silk. Hitks, some whipped on and some loose. textit{A clearing ring, which is of use to disengage the hook when entangled. textit{A landing net, to land large fish with. textit{The disgorgert which when a fish has gorged the hook,-by putting it down his throat, till you touch the hook, at the same time pulling the line, it will easily come away. CHAP. III. textit{ found, and hozupreserved. r I 'HE reader being furnished with the best rules* -- relative to his textit{rids, lines, hanks, and c. I shall give him a list of the baits in general o£use in angling; but must desire him to observe, that fish take all sorts ot baits, most eagerly and freely, when he presents them to them in such order and manner, as nature affords them, or as they themselves generally gather them. B textit{The textit{The Lob-worm, Dew-worm, Garden-worm, Twatchel, or Treachet, Found in a garden or church-yard, late in a summer's evening, with a lanthorn ; when the summer proves a very dry one, they may be forced out of their holes with the liquor produced by bruising walnut-tree leaves in water: the best of these are those which have a red head, a streak down the back, and a broad tail, from which they derive the name of |
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A Concise Treatise On The Art Of Angling $22.75 Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free.Excerpt from book:The General Baits Used In Angling, WhereWhen the water is cold, scrape your quills, and steep them in it for ten or twelve days, then dry them, and rub them with a woollen cloth. textit{The materials most necessary for an angler to have out with him, and which may be all carried in his pockets, are, textit{lines coiled up. textit{Spare links. Two worm bags, one for textit{brandlings, and c. and the other for textit{hit-worms. A plummet to fix the depth o£ the water, of a pyramidal form. textit{A gentle box. Floats and textit{spare caps. Split shot. Shoe-makers wax in a piece of leather. textit{Silk. Hitks, some whipped on and some loose. textit{A clearing ring, which is of use to disengage the hook when entangled. textit{A landing net, to land large fish with. textit{The disgorgert which when a fish has gorged the hook,-by putting it down his throat, till you touch the hook, at the same time pulling the line, it will easily come away. CHAP. III. textit{ found, and hozupreserved. r I 'HE reader being furnished with the best rules* -- relative to his textit{rids, lines, hanks, and c. I shall give him a list of the baits in general o£use in angling; but must desire him to observe, that fish take all sorts ot baits, most eagerly and freely, when he presents them to them in such order and manner, as nature affords them, or as they themselves generally gather them. B textit{The textit{The Lob-worm, Dew-worm, Garden-worm, Twatchel, or Treachet, Found in a garden or church-yard, late in a summer's evening, with a lanthorn ; when the summer proves a very dry one, they may be forced out of their holes with the liquor produced by bruising walnut-tree leaves in water: the best of these are those which have a red head, a streak down the back, and a broad tail, from which they derive the name of |
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A Concise Treatise On The Art Of Angling $15.03 Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free.Excerpt from book:The General Baits Used In Angling, WhereWhen the water is cold, scrape your quills, and steep them in it for ten or twelve days, then dry them, and rub them with a woollen cloth. textit{The materials most necessary for an angler to have out with him, and which may be all carried in his pockets, are, textit{lines coiled up. textit{Spare links. Two worm bags, one for textit{brandlings, and c. and the other for textit{hit-worms. A plummet to fix the depth o£ the water, of a pyramidal form. textit{A gentle box. Floats and textit{spare caps. Split shot. Shoe-makers wax in a piece of leather. textit{Silk. Hitks, some whipped on and some loose. textit{A clearing ring, which is of use to disengage the hook when entangled. textit{A landing net, to land large fish with. textit{The disgorgert which when a fish has gorged the hook,-by putting it down his throat, till you touch the hook, at the same time pulling the line, it will easily come away. CHAP. III. textit{ found, and hozupreserved. r I 'HE reader being furnished with the best rules* -- relative to his textit{rids, lines, hanks, and c. I shall give him a list of the baits in general o£use in angling; but must desire him to observe, that fish take all sorts ot baits, most eagerly and freely, when he presents them to them in such order and manner, as nature affords them, or as they themselves generally gather them. B textit{The textit{The Lob-worm, Dew-worm, Garden-worm, Twatchel, or Treachet, Found in a garden or church-yard, late in a summer's evening, with a lanthorn ; when the summer proves a very dry one, they may be forced out of their holes with the liquor produced by bruising walnut-tree leaves in water: the best of these are those which have a red head, a streak down the back, and a broad tail, from which they derive the name of |
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A Concise Treatise On The Art Of Angling $22.87 Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free.Excerpt from book:The General Baits Used In Angling, WhereWhen the water is cold, scrape your quills, and steep them in it for ten or twelve days, then dry them, and rub them with a woollen cloth. textit{The materials most necessary for an angler to have out with him, and which may be all carried in his pockets, are, textit{lines coiled up. textit{Spare links. Two worm bags, one for textit{brandlings, and c. and the other for textit{hit-worms. A plummet to fix the depth o£ the water, of a pyramidal form. textit{A gentle box. Floats and textit{spare caps. Split shot. Shoe-makers wax in a piece of leather. textit{Silk. Hitks, some whipped on and some loose. textit{A clearing ring, which is of use to disengage the hook when entangled. textit{A landing net, to land large fish with. textit{The disgorgert which when a fish has gorged the hook,-by putting it down his throat, till you touch the hook, at the same time pulling the line, it will easily come away. CHAP. III. textit{ found, and hozupreserved. r I 'HE reader being furnished with the best rules* -- relative to his textit{rids, lines, hanks, and c. I shall give him a list of the baits in general o£use in angling; but must desire him to observe, that fish take all sorts ot baits, most eagerly and freely, when he presents them to them in such order and manner, as nature affords them, or as they themselves generally gather them. B textit{The textit{The Lob-worm, Dew-worm, Garden-worm, Twatchel, or Treachet, Found in a garden or church-yard, late in a summer's evening, with a lanthorn ; when the summer proves a very dry one, they may be forced out of their holes with the liquor produced by bruising walnut-tree leaves in water: the best of these are those which have a red head, a streak down the back, and a broad tail, from which they derive the name of |
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A Concise Treatise On The Art Of Angling [Etc.] $16.13 Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free.Excerpt from book:Chap Iiiwhich put a handful of salt, and a little argol, and stir them till dissolved : then boil them well in a sauce-pan. When the water is cold, scrape your quills, and steep them in it for ten or twelve days, then dry them, and rub them with a woollen cloth. The materials most necessary for an angler to have out with him, and which may be well car- vied.in his pockets, are, lines coiled up; spare links; two worm-bags, one for brandlings, and c. and the other for lob-worms ; a plummet to fix the depth of the water, of a pyramidal form ; a gentle-box; floats and spare caps; split shot; shoemakers' wax in a piece of leather; silk ; hooks, some whipped on and some loose; a clearing-ring, which is of use to disengage the hook when entangled; a landing-net, to land large fish with ; the disgorger, which when a fish has gorged the hook, by putting it down his throat, till you touch the hook, at the same time pulling the line, it will easily come away. CHAP. III. textit{The general Bails used in Angling, where found, and textit{how preserved. *i THE reader being furnished with the best rules relative to his rods, lines, hooks, and ,c. I shall give him a list of the baits in general of use in angling ; but must desire him to observe, that fish take all sorts of baits, most eagerly and freely, when he presents them to them in such order and manner as nature affords them, or as they themselves generally gather them. textit{The textit{Lob-worm, textit{Dew-worm) textit{Garden-worm, textit{Twat- textit{Chell, textit{Or textit{Treachet, Found in a garden or church-yard late in a summer's evening, with a lanthorn. When the summer proves a very dry one, they may be forced out of their holes with the liquor produced by bruising walnut-tree-leaves in water. The best of these are those which have a red head, a str |
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A Concise Treatise On The Art Of Angling [Etc.] $17.8 Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free.Excerpt from book:Chap Iiiwhich put a handful of salt, and a little argol, and stir them till dissolved : then boil them well in a sauce-pan. When the water is cold, scrape your quills, and steep them in it for ten or twelve days, then dry them, and rub them with a woollen cloth. The materials most necessary for an angler to have out with him, and which may be well car- vied.in his pockets, are, lines coiled up; spare links; two worm-bags, one for brandlings, and c. and the other for lob-worms ; a plummet to fix the depth of the water, of a pyramidal form ; a gentle-box; floats and spare caps; split shot; shoemakers' wax in a piece of leather; silk ; hooks, some whipped on and some loose; a clearing-ring, which is of use to disengage the hook when entangled; a landing-net, to land large fish with ; the disgorger, which when a fish has gorged the hook, by putting it down his throat, till you touch the hook, at the same time pulling the line, it will easily come away. CHAP. III. textit{The general Bails used in Angling, where found, and textit{how preserved. *i THE reader being furnished with the best rules relative to his rods, lines, hooks, and ,c. I shall give him a list of the baits in general of use in angling ; but must desire him to observe, that fish take all sorts of baits, most eagerly and freely, when he presents them to them in such order and manner as nature affords them, or as they themselves generally gather them. textit{The textit{Lob-worm, textit{Dew-worm) textit{Garden-worm, textit{Twat- textit{Chell, textit{Or textit{Treachet, Found in a garden or church-yard late in a summer's evening, with a lanthorn. When the summer proves a very dry one, they may be forced out of their holes with the liquor produced by bruising walnut-tree-leaves in water. The best of these are those which have a red head, a str |
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A Concrete Approach to Mathematical Modelling $199.91 Critical praise for A Concrete Approach to Mathematical Modelling ... a treasure house of material for students and teachers alike...can be dipped into regularly for inspiration and ideas. It deserves to become a classic. London Times Higher Education Supplement The author succeeds in his goal of serving the needs of the undergraduate population who want to see mathematics in action, and the mathematics used is extensive and provoking. SIAM Review Each chapter discusses a wealth of examples ranging from old standards...to novelty ... Each model is developed critically, analyzed critically, and assessed critically. Mathematical Reviews Michael Mesterton-Gibbons has done what no author before him could: he has written an in-depth, systematic guide to the art and science of mathematical modelling that's a great read from first page to last. With an abundance of both wit and common sense, he shows readers exactly how the modelling process works, using fascinating real-life examples from virtually every realm of human, machine, natural, and cosmic activity. You'll find models for determining how fast cars drive through a tunnel; how many workers industry should employ; the length of a supermarket checkout line; how birds should select worms; the best methods for avoiding an automobile accident; and when a barber should hire an assistant; just to name a few. Offering more examples, more detailed explanations, and by far, more sheer enjoyment than any other book on the subject, A Concrete Approach to Mathematical Modelling is the ultimate how-to guide for students and professionals in the hard sciences, social sciences, engineering, computers, statistics, economics, politics, business management, and every other discipline in which mathematical modelling plays a role. Cover Design / Illustration: Keithley Associates, Inc. |
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A Critical Introduction To The Old Testament $18.57 Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free.This is an OCR edition with typos.Excerpt from book:CHAPTER III THE PENTATEUCH: TRADITION AND CRITICISM The Pentateuch is a single work which after its completion was divided into five parts : these parts received from the Greek translators the distinctive names, Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy. In Jewish usage the single term Torah, Law, covers the whole, and that the five sections are parts of a single whole is further implied by the Jewish term for them—the ' five-fifths of the law.' Within the Pentateuch, indeed, according to modern critical theory, many different books or works are frag- mentarily preserved; but no book postulated by this theory coincides with any of the five divisions of the Pentateuch. Among the independent or older works included in the Pentateuch are books of law, and from these the Jewish title for the whole is derived ; yet the Pentateuch as a whole, though entitled ' the Law,' is in form a history containing law rather than law containing history. Opening with the Creation of the world, the narrative in Genesis passes rapidly through the story of the early stages in the history of mankind, to follow with greater particularity the fortunes of Abraham and his descendants, and of these principally the line of Isaac, Israel (or Jacob), and the twelve sons of Israel. So far Genesis. Exodus carries on the narrative of Israel's descendants; their enslavement in Egypt, their release, their journey to Sinai, and their reception of the Law. Then follows a long section mainly consisting of laws and instructions (Ex. xx.- Num. x. 10). The narrative is resumed with the departurefrom Sinai (Num. x. 11 ff.), the subsequent wanderings in the wilderness, and the conquest of Eastern Canaan; and then, after another long section of law that occupies the central part of Deuteronomy, it |
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A Few Rough Sketches In Rhyme [Ed. By J.H. Barclay]. $14.14 Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free.This is an OCR edition with typos.Excerpt from book:THE ROSE ON THE CHEEK OF YOUTH. fHE rose that, on the cheek of youth, Now blooms without a thorn, As soon as any other rose, May wither in its morn. Such beauty is but young a day; The heart that's pure alone, Still keeps its amaranthine youth, When youth itself is gone. THE ENGLISH COUNTRY RECRUIT. tow is the great fair day, when great and small May buy and sell, feast, gossip, drink and brawl, And in good humour roundly cheat and lie; With how much more that never meets the eye, While with the Caliban, that rules the fair, Still lightly walks a gentle Ariel there. Women and men in dust and sunshine meet, And panting sheep and cattle fill the street; Stalls, shows, punch; chimes, and singers line the Sweets and malt liquors load the breath of day; Strange dogs and boys abound, gnats swarm above; Age strives for gain, youth for a sweetheart's love. Honour to England's flag! by sea and land— See, there it comes, not bigger than my hand; Still hail'd with pride, or floating in the breeze From Windsor's towers, or sweeping the high seas; Now poor Jack bears it in the village street, And trade and war wrth mirth and folly meet. The sea at length casts here its wanderer, And Jack's trim frigate, sailing through the fair, Rock'd on his head, now ploughs the summer air; His iron-grey locks fall on either side, His batter'd visage with an easy pride; His willing humour and his ready cheer, By toils undaunted, take the heart and ear. And in the breeze we hear the rolling sea, The battle, and asailor we would be— Studying the jovial outcast all the while, His easy pride, strange leer, and lofty smile. We board at length the brave ship, and we go To see his marvels, or to meet the foe; Now in the tropic sea, becalm'd, we lie, And hook the dolphin, but to... |
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A Golden Age Of Authors $19.99 Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free.This is an OCR edition with typos.Excerpt from book:CHAPTER III American literature in 1870 — Harper's Magazine — The first number of the new Scribner's Monthly — Its contemporaries — Charles Dudley Warner — The Great South papers — George W. Cable — William Dean Howells When Scribner's Monthly began, in 1870, American literature, except for that furnished by the group of men writing in or near Boston, was at a low ebb, and even in Boston very little fiction was being produced. Professor Pattee in his "History of American Literature since 1870" says: "No wonder that the book reviewer of Harper's Magazine for May, 1870, with nothing better before him than 'Miss Van Kortland,' Anonymous; 'Hedged In,' by Miss Phelps; and 'Askaros Kassis,' by De Leon, should have begun his review,' We are so weary of depending on England, France, and Germany for fiction and so hungry for some genuine American romance, that we are not inclined to read very critically the three characteristic American novels which lie on our table.'" Poe, Irving, Cooper, and Hawthorne had passed; Mark Twain had just begun; the nearest that How- ells had come to fiction was in the book, "No Love Lost; a Romance of Travel," really a longpoem in hexameters, published in 1868. Bret Harte's first book of fiction, "The Luck of Roaring Camp, and Other Sketches," came in 1870. It is easy to see why Professor Pattee began his study of modern American literature with that year, for it marked a dividing line between the old and the new, and Scribner's Monthly, born in 1870, did a goodly share toward helping on the renaissance. The plain people in America were only just beginning to find out that they could write. Great fiction writers had been living and writing in England, Dickens, Thackeray, Wilkie Collins, George Eliot, Charles |
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A Good Day In Hell - The Flatlining Of Nurses Across America -What Will It Take To Resuscitate Our Health Care System? $8.67 In light of the impending national crisis and shortage of Nurses this book gives a very unadulterated version of the disease processes costing hospitals millions. Consultants continue to place the band-aid on the blown artery while inpatient staff have surrendered to apathy, holding to the belief "the system can not be changed." Increasing operating margins is useless if there are no Nurses to make the hospital function. Who will determine the allocation of inpatient beds? Although written from the perspective of the Nurse no one is safe from being held accountable. Who looks out for the patient? Caring for the patient is secondary to documenting that care and the world wonders why people have become indifferent to the needs around them. I boldly state the system has stolen the joy of serving our patients and we (all hospital employees) must stand up for the truth. This book analyzes complexity and compliance issues, which are the root causes of apathy that has taken hold of bedside care providers and the Nursing profession.Kellyann Curnayn graduated from the University of South Florida in 1991 with a Bachelors of Science in Nursing while her proud family applauded. A much esteemed profession within her family. She worked in the field of cancer for the first 10 years. Many hours of self-reflection, discussion, and prayer resulted in the efforts that you read about today. With the courage that comes from knowing an omnipotent God she stepped out to esteem health care providers to stand up to a system that has stolen the joy of serving. Created a consulting company that has the front line workers and patients as its point of service. |
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A History Of Simony In The Christian Church $19.99 Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free.This is an OCR edition with typos.Excerpt from book:CHAPTER I SIMONY FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE CHRISTIAN ERA TO THE EDICT OF MILAN (313) The close connection between the supernatural and the natural order — Simony contrary to the Natural Law — Judas sells Our Lord — Existence and identification of Simon Magus — His work in Samaria and his attempt to buy the Apostolic power — The condemnation of simony and its influence on subsequent times — Other causes of the infrequency of simony during this period — Tertullian's comparison of the venality of the pagan and the integrity of the Christian religion — Eusebius' description of the state of the Church — Paul of Samosata profits by his episcopal position to enrich himself — The origin of Donatism. The Close connection existing between the supernatural and the natural order and the consequent difficulty of drawing a line of demarcation between the two, was a cause of great conflicts in every period of Ecclesiastical History. The failure of the state authority in imperial Roine to distinguish between the civil and the ecclesiastical power led to the violent persecutions that mark the beginnings of Christianity. Less bloody but not less bitter conflicts followed. Even after their conversion to the Christian faith, the Roman emperors, conscious of the great civil power at their command, too frequently insisted with great obstinacy upon governing not only the empire, but also the Church. The papal bestowal of the imperial title on Teutonic rulers (800) led eventually to the momentous struggle between the Papacy and the Empire, which opened with the Investiture contest and ended in the ruin of the great House of the Hohenstaufen. Later the consolidation of the French royal power brought with it exorbitant pretensions of the civil |
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A History Of The Michael Brown Family Of Rowan County, North Carolina; Tracing Its Line Of Posterity From The Original Michael Brown To The $14.14 Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free.Excerpt from book:Section 3CHAPTER V BELIEF IN WITCHCRAFT AND OTHER SUPERSTITIONS Under this heading, we purpose referring to some of the superstitions our early settlers had to contend with, but it is to be particularly understood that we are not advocating, encouraging or teaching anything of such obnoxious character. However we refer to them as things of the past, which the early settlers of Rowan did actually encounter, and our reference to them is intended as a reproof of those foolish notions. As we relate some of the beliefs that were in common use in those days, you will see in every case that there is nothing complimentary to those who believed in these evil practices. A witch was generally supposed to be an old woman in league with something bad, or the great evil spirit, and able to do wonderful things through Satanic agency. Hence these believers feared and shunned the witch women as we would fear a rattlesnake or a mad dog. The usual way to become a witch was to go down to the spring at the dawn of day, and looking down into the water at the image dimly outlined there, pledge the soul to the devil, on conditions that he would render the help needed, and after this compact with the infernal spirits 27 such a woman was supposed to be able to do almost anything bad, and nothing good, hence the name of a witch signified something evil. A witch was supposed to be able to ride through the air on a broomstick, or to transform herself into a black cat, a rabbit, or other animals. Walking along the road late one evening a man alleged that hesaw three women sitting on a log by the side of the road. As he looked at them the women suddenly melted away, or from view, and three antelopes galloped off in their stead. The witch was supposed to have power to transfer the corn from one neighbor's horse trough to t... |
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A History of the Michael Brown Family of Rowan County, North Carolina; Tracing Its Line of Posterity from the Original Michael Brown to the $21.19 Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free.Excerpt from book:Section 3CHAPTER V BELIEF IN WITCHCRAFT AND OTHER SUPERSTITIONS Under this heading, we purpose referring to some of the superstitions our early settlers had to contend with, but it is to be particularly understood that we are not advocating, encouraging or teaching anything of such obnoxious character. However we refer to them as things of the past, which the early settlers of Rowan did actually encounter, and our reference to them is intended as a reproof of those foolish notions. As we relate some of the beliefs that were in common use in those days, you will see in every case that there is nothing complimentary to those who believed in these evil practices. A witch was generally supposed to be an old woman in league with something bad, or the great evil spirit, and able to do wonderful things through Satanic agency. Hence these believers feared and shunned the witch women as we would fear a rattlesnake or a mad dog. The usual way to become a witch was to go down to the spring at the dawn of day, and looking down into the water at the image dimly outlined there, pledge the soul to the devil, on conditions that he would render the help needed, and after this compact with the infernal spirits 27 such a woman was supposed to be able to do almost anything bad, and nothing good, hence the name of a witch signified something evil. A witch was supposed to be able to ride through the air on a broomstick, or to transform herself into a black cat, a rabbit, or other animals. Walking along the road late one evening a man alleged that hesaw three women sitting on a log by the side of the road. As he looked at them the women suddenly melted away, or from view, and three antelopes galloped off in their stead. The witch was supposed to have power to transfer the corn from one neighbor's horse trough to t... |
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A History of the Ninth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry $15.26 Used - Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: 14 commissioned officers werer left unhurt. I heard" one of the soldier who was present at the time, say, that when they ceased fighting on Sabbath evening, there were 70 men, in line for duty, out of the wholes Regiment. It is said that Col. Mersy, when the Regiment was first drawn up in line after the battl |
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A History of the Ninth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry $15.26 New - Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: 14 commissioned officers werer left unhurt. I heard" one of the soldier who was present at the time, say, that when they ceased fighting on Sabbath evening, there were 70 men, in line for duty, out of the wholes Regiment. It is said that Col. Mersy, when the Regiment was first drawn up in line after the battle |
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A Journey Through the Crimea to Constantinople $30.29 New - Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: An English brig of fixteen guns Was taken by thefe ftupid dons, Page 14. And this unufual thing, a prize ! Line 28. Our hopes uplifted to the fkies? 1- 29- 'I he little fleet that watch'd the bay, Came in to keep St. James's day; p. 15.1.10. For on a holiday 'tis right, 1. ii, 12. That Catholics fhould pray, n |
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A Long Way Down $1.21 From the Publisher: In his eagerly awaited fourth novel, New York Times-bestselling author Nick Hornby mines the hearts and psyches of four lost souls who connect just when they've reached the end of the line. Meet Martin, JJ, Jess, and Maureen. Four people who come together on New Year's Eve a former TV talk show host, a musician, a teenage girl, and a mother. Three are British, one is American. They encounter one another on the roof of Topper's House, a London destination famous as the last stop for those ready to end their lives. In four distinct and riveting first-person voices, Nick Hornby tells a story of four individuals confronting the limits of choice, circumstance, and their own mortality. This is a tale of connections made and missed, punishing regrets, and the grace of second chances. Intense, hilarious, provocative, and moving, A Long Way Down is a novel about suicide that is, surprisingly, full of life. What's your jumping-off point? Maureen Why is it the biggest sin of all? All your life you're told that you'll be going to this marvelous place when you pass on. And the one thing you can do to get you there a bit quicker is something that stops you getting there at all. Oh, I can see that it's a kind of queue-jumping. But if someone jumps the queue at the post office, people tut. Or sometimes they say Excuse me, I was here first. They don't say You will be consumed by hellfire for all eternity. That would be a bit strong. Martin I'd spent the previous couple of months looking up suicides on the Internet, just out of curiosity. And nearly every single time, the coroner says the same thing He took his own life while the balance of his mind was disturbed. And then you read the story about the poor bastard His wife was sleeping with his best friend, he'd lost his job, his daughter had been killed in a road accident some months before . . . Hello, |
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A Modern Faust And Other Poems $24.86 Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free.This is an OCR edition with typos.Excerpt from book:TO MY MOTHER. I Am weeping, mother, in your empty chamber; Beyond the pane, a fair familiar scene; As a far dream only may the man remember All the mirth of childhood that hath been— Hath been here about thy young joy, O my mother, All the mirth and laughter of a child ! Was it I, indeed, and not another, Whom you folded in your dear arms undefiled ? Our nursery with snowy-folded curtain ! Here you came to bless the dreaming boy; All is melted to a memory uncertain, Evening prayer, the game, and many a toy. Clad in tender vivid verdure, early summer Kindles leaf and bloom about the land, While the nightingale, our passionate early comer, Overflows in song for one at hand. Winds the river in the valley by the meadow, By the old grey bridge, anear the water-mill; Old elms are on the green lawn with their shadow, A bloom involves the orchard on the hill. You were wont to give me orange-petal candied, From the china bird, laid yonder near the clock. . . . Ah ! visionary seasons, are ye banded To weave illusion round me and to mock ? In the chestnut grove our nest, where in the leaf- time We children took our strawberries and tea, Hath fallen ; dove, and cuckoo here renew their brief time, Pale primrose, and the windflower, wood-anemone. While I recall delightful days of childhood In the home of our forefathers, when from school I came to wander with you in the wild wood, And my happiness ran over, very full. How I lingered on the hard road in the damp night, When you left me at my school, until aloof I beheld no more your lessening line of lamplight, Nor heard the minished trample of the hoof! Among German forest-firs you tell the story, As we go, her hand who died, and mine in yours Ah ! the bonfire on the hill... |
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A Modern Faust And Other Poems $14.14 Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free.This is an OCR edition with typos.Excerpt from book:TO MY MOTHER. I Am weeping, mother, in your empty chamber; Beyond the pane, a fair familiar scene; As a far dream only may the man remember All the mirth of childhood that hath been— Hath been here about thy young joy, O my mother, All the mirth and laughter of a child ! Was it I, indeed, and not another, Whom you folded in your dear arms undefiled ? Our nursery with snowy-folded curtain ! Here you came to bless the dreaming boy; All is melted to a memory uncertain, Evening prayer, the game, and many a toy. Clad in tender vivid verdure, early summer Kindles leaf and bloom about the land, While the nightingale, our passionate early comer, Overflows in song for one at hand. Winds the river in the valley by the meadow, By the old grey bridge, anear the water-mill; Old elms are on the green lawn with their shadow, A bloom involves the orchard on the hill. You were wont to give me orange-petal candied, From the china bird, laid yonder near the clock. . . . Ah ! visionary seasons, are ye banded To weave illusion round me and to mock ? In the chestnut grove our nest, where in the leaf- time We children took our strawberries and tea, Hath fallen ; dove, and cuckoo here renew their brief time, Pale primrose, and the windflower, wood-anemone. While I recall delightful days of childhood In the home of our forefathers, when from school I came to wander with you in the wild wood, And my happiness ran over, very full. How I lingered on the hard road in the damp night, When you left me at my school, until aloof I beheld no more your lessening line of lamplight, Nor heard the minished trample of the hoof! Among German forest-firs you tell the story, As we go, her hand who died, and mine in yours Ah ! the bonfire on the hill... |
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A Modern Faust And Other Poems $17.43 Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free.This is an OCR edition with typos.Excerpt from book:TO MY MOTHER. I Am weeping, mother, in your empty chamber; Beyond the pane, a fair familiar scene; As a far dream only may the man remember All the mirth of childhood that hath been— Hath been here about thy young joy, O my mother, All the mirth and laughter of a child ! Was it I, indeed, and not another, Whom you folded in your dear arms undefiled ? Our nursery with snowy-folded curtain ! Here you came to bless the dreaming boy; All is melted to a memory uncertain, Evening prayer, the game, and many a toy. Clad in tender vivid verdure, early summer Kindles leaf and bloom about the land, While the nightingale, our passionate early comer, Overflows in song for one at hand. Winds the river in the valley by the meadow, By the old grey bridge, anear the water-mill; Old elms are on the green lawn with their shadow, A bloom involves the orchard on the hill. You were wont to give me orange-petal candied, From the china bird, laid yonder near the clock. . . . Ah ! visionary seasons, are ye banded To weave illusion round me and to mock ? In the chestnut grove our nest, where in the leaf- time We children took our strawberries and tea, Hath fallen ; dove, and cuckoo here renew their brief time, Pale primrose, and the windflower, wood-anemone. While I recall delightful days of childhood In the home of our forefathers, when from school I came to wander with you in the wild wood, And my happiness ran over, very full. How I lingered on the hard road in the damp night, When you left me at my school, until aloof I beheld no more your lessening line of lamplight, Nor heard the minished trample of the hoof! Among German forest-firs you tell the story, As we go, her hand who died, and mine in yours Ah ! the bonfire on the hill... |
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A Narrative Of The Campaign In Russia, During The Year 1812 $27.09 Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free.This is an OCR edition with typos.Excerpt from book:Irfepid courage; and to fall back to our present position. We came here to assemble and concentrate our forces. Our calculations have been propitious. The whole of the first army is now on this spot. " Soldiers ! The field is open to that valour so nobly obedient to restraint, so eager to maintain the renown already given to its name. You will now gather laurels worthy of yourselves, and of your ancestors. This day, already signalised by the battle of Pultowa, will recall to you the exploits of your forefathers. The remembrance of their valour, the voice of their fame, summon you to surpass both by the glory of your deeds ! Their vigorous arms ever knew the enemies of their country. Go, then! in the spirit of your fathers, annihilate that enemy who dares to attack your faith, your honour, even your hearts, surrounded by your wives and children! " God ! witness of the justice of your cause, will sanctify your arms with his divine benediction ! " Camp at Drissa, 27lh June, 1812, O. S. Old July, 18)2, N. S." The army of Prince Bragation (usually called the Second Army) continued its advance towards Wilna ; but on reaching the environs of the town of Ivie, he found his intended line of march already occupied by the enemy, and that it would be a desperate sacriiice of his troops to attempt by force a passage to the left of the main army. He knew that army must now be too far distant to afford him any hope, (even could he penetrate he enemy's columns) to reach it before it must have passed the Dwina. No doubt being left in his mind of his being, for the present, effectually separated from the main army, he judged it best to direct his march towards Minsk. But again he was intercepted : on his'approach to that city, he discovered that it was already in the possession of. |
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A Narrative Of The Campaign In Russia, During The Year 1812 $21.05 Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free.This is an OCR edition with typos.Excerpt from book:Irfepid courage; and to fall back to our present position. We came here to assemble and concentrate our forces. Our calculations have been propitious. The whole of the first army is now on this spot. " Soldiers ! The field is open to that valour so nobly obedient to restraint, so eager to maintain the renown already given to its name. You will now gather laurels worthy of yourselves, and of your ancestors. This day, already signalised by the battle of Pultowa, will recall to you the exploits of your forefathers. The remembrance of their valour, the voice of their fame, summon you to surpass both by the glory of your deeds ! Their vigorous arms ever knew the enemies of their country. Go, then! in the spirit of your fathers, annihilate that enemy who dares to attack your faith, your honour, even your hearts, surrounded by your wives and children! " God ! witness of the justice of your cause, will sanctify your arms with his divine benediction ! " Camp at Drissa, 27lh June, 1812, O. S. Old July, 18)2, N. S." The army of Prince Bragation (usually called the Second Army) continued its advance towards Wilna ; but on reaching the environs of the town of Ivie, he found his intended line of march already occupied by the enemy, and that it would be a desperate sacriiice of his troops to attempt by force a passage to the left of the main army. He knew that army must now be too far distant to afford him any hope, (even could he penetrate he enemy's columns) to reach it before it must have passed the Dwina. No doubt being left in his mind of his being, for the present, effectually separated from the main army, he judged it best to direct his march towards Minsk. But again he was intercepted : on his'approach to that city, he discovered that it was already in the possession of. |
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A Practical Treatise on the Diseases Peculiar to Women $32.82 Used - Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: even an apprehension of consumption;?nay more, there may be fearful protraction of these maladies, but without cough, pain in the side, or expectoration; so distinct is the line of demarcation between this and the other complications. From what I have seen, I arn convinced that structural disease of the lung |