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Memories and Portraits

By: Robert Louis Stevenson

...ert Louis Stevenson (1912 Chatto and Windus edition) is a publica- tion of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnishe... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone associated with the Pennsylvania State University assumes any re- sponsibility for the mate... ...s pillars quivered and sprang under the blow. It was then that the foreman builder, Mr. Goodwillie, whom I see before me still in his rock-habit of un... ...able, he addressed me with a twinkle: “We are just what you would call two bob.” He offered me port, I remember, as the proper milk of youth; spoke of... ...e is the inn (this drama must be nautical, I foresee Captain Luff and Bold Bob Bowsprit) with the red curtain, pipes, spittoons, and eight-day clock; ...

...Excerpt: Chapter 1. The Foreigner At Home. ?This is no my ain house; I ken by the biggin? o?t.? Two recent books* one by Mr. Grant White on England, one on France by the diabolically clever Mr. Hillebrand, may well have set people thinking on th...

...Contents CHAPTER I: THE FOREIGNER AT HOME ..................................................................................... 5 CHAPTER II: SOME COLLEGE MEMORIES................................................................................ 1...

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Signature for Sunshine

By: Christine Jones

...ormation storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the copyright owner. This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places ... ... is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any ... ...ks.net 2 Dedicated to Dr Mellmac Without your love and support throughout the years, I would be mental. 3 CHAPTER 1 Her grandfather’s old, flannelet... ... I dig up the pipes…” “Don’t worry about it girl. I’m just waiting on the builder to…” “Measure up, scratch his head, rearrange his testies, um and a... ...ck, decided there was no time like the present to tell her. “I’ve hired a builder,” Bill said uneasily. “He should be over some time tomorrow.” “Wha... ...ken precautions, which he voiced to Chris. He had not only pre-warned the builder of her vicious tongue, but also instructed him to ignore her altog... ... a woman in a gown of silk and lace, her hair styled in a shoulder length bob, complemented by a headdress. “She comes up alright with a scrub, does...

...Romantic comedy for mature audiences Chris O'Keith was a loving wife, mother and practising Christian. The 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 e...

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Tokyo to Tijuana: Gabriele Departing America

By: Steven David Justin Sills

...owning him with woolen fillets; but for ourselves, we shall employ, for the sake of our real good, that more austere and less fascinating ... ...re and less fascinating poet and legend-writer, who will imitate for us the style of the virtuous man." Plato (Republic) Chapter One At Tok... ...ne At Toksugum Palace in Chongno of Seoul Sang Huin (known by his friends in the states as Shawn) felt an empathy as deep as the gods; and the reconst... ...ok him to St. Joseph's High School on Convent Road and the scrutinizing hope-builder of a nun there referred her to the Holy Redeemers and the hope-bu... ...ge with their claws, screeching, hooting, whistling and snorting --When owls bob and weave their heads it can appear as if they are exhibiting curiosi...

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Died and Moved In

By: Christine Jones

...ormation storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the copyright owner. This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places ... ... is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any ... ...s truly a test for an unqualified hard-headed farmer who happens to be of the gentler sex and has the weight and height of an anorexic ant. Time elu... ...me and her definition of a pecking order. Ali has also made a note to get builders in, to erect a new chicken shed. I just hope a governor’s mansion... ...ri. Ali interrupts our brother, blurting out that Michael was worth a few bob, but added, he wasn’t in the same financial league as us. I think she w... ..., water, bullshit, I mean fertiliser; lots of good clean conversation and Bob’s your uncle.” I’ve spread my arms, showing off the most obedient bloo... ...ife story to soften the blow. “The stove was once in a restaurant Sis. Big Bob here was a cook.” The lump of lard is waving at me. Nice to meet you to...

...Sarah wanted to escape the city life and her wealthy family. Moving from mainland Australia, she purchased a farm in Tasmania. Persistent, yet green to rural living, the new next door neighbour has her attention and she is out to win his heart in t...

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The Public Domain : Enclosing the Commons of the Mind

By: James Boyle

...ugust 13, 1813, p. 6. 37278_u00.qxd 8/28/08 11:04 AM Page ii James Boyle The Public Domain Enclosing the Commons of the Mind Yale University Pres... ... www.caravanbooks.org. Copyright © 2008 by James Boyle. All rights reserved. The author has made an online version of this work available under a Crea... ...ttribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License. It can be accessed through the author’s website at http://james-boyle.com. Printed in the United Sta... ...on allowed us to found the Center for the Study of the Public Domain, and to Bob Young and Laurie Racine, whose work made the Center possible. Yale Un... ...acturers want to make lots of money and would rather not have com- petitors. Bob Young of Red Hat claims “every business person wakes up in the mornin... ...xtravagance of the resources one “wastes”? Is open source an implicit résumé-builder that pays off in other ways? Is it driven by the species-being, t... ... Rights Management,” 245, 296n20. Yelling, J. A., 43, 263–264, 265n2. Young, Bob, x. Ziedonis, Arvids, 284. Zittrain, Jonathan, 234, 294n1. Index 315 ...

... economic welfare all depend on a delicate balance between those ideas that are controlled and those that are free, between intellectual property and the public domain. In The Public Domain: Enclosing the Commons of the Mind (Yale University Press) James Boyle introduces readers to the idea of the public domain and describes how it is being tragically eroded by our current...

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Memoir of Fleeming Jenkin

By: Robert Louis Stevenson

...n Memoir of Fleeming Jenkin by Robert Louis Stevenson is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnishe... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...ate University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone associ- ated with the Pennsylvania State University assumes any responsibility for the materi... ...h to say here that it was a scheme of protection against the blundering of builders and the dishonesty of plumbers. Started with an eye rather to the ...

...Excerpt: Preface To The American Edition. On the death of Fleeming Jenkin, his family and friends determined to publish a selection of his various papers; by way of introduction, the following pages were drawn up; and the whole, forming two cons...

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Speeches: Literary and Social

By: Charles Dickens

...ii Speeches: Literary and Social by Charles Dickens is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Uni versity. This Portable Document file is furnish... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...ate University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone associ ated with the Pennsylvania State University assumes any responsibility for the materi... ... pass rapidly from the hard, unbelieving Scrooge, to trusting and thankful Bob Cratchit, and from the genial fulness of Scrooge’s nephew, to the hideo... ...storm,—it shall end in sweet accord and harmony amongst all classes of its builders. Ladies and gentlemen, most respectfully and heartily I bid you go... ...tion. The usual burst of merriment responsive to the blithe description of Bob Cratchit’s Christmas day, and the wonted sympathy with the crippled chi...

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Hawaii Business Magazine-Special Apec Edition

By: Apec Hawaii Host Committee

... APEC DELEGATES DISCOVER ANOTHER SIDE OF HAWAI‘I OFFICIAL PUBLICATION of the APEC 2011 Hawai‘i Host Committee 3 APEC 2011 · HAWAII BUSINESS RESTO... ... · HAWAII BUSINESS HAWAI‘I: A PARADISE FOR INNOVATION BEST PLACE TO STUDY THE UNIVERSE ALGAE FOR FUEL WIND ENERGY UNDERWATER RESEARCH 2 APEC 2011 ·... ...luxury retailers amidst 290 STORES AND RESTAURANTS. Walking distance from the Convention Center or take the Pink Line Shopping Trolley which runs da... ... S. Ho Executive Vice Chair: Timothy E. Johns Lt. Governor Brian Schatz Bob Barlow W. David P. Carey III Greg Dickhens Mark B. Dunkerley ADM Th... ...nizers have discovered that the lure of Hawai‘i is a powerful attendance builder for international meetings. Just ask the International Chemical ...

Hawaii Business Magazine in tribute to the APEC meeting of 2011.

... -- 17 Host Committee Chairman Peter Ho -- 20 Ideal Laboratory for Clean Power -- 24 Electric Vehicles -- 28 Firm But Renewable Energy -- 30 Building the Smart Grid -- 32 Air Conditioning from Seawater -- 36 America’s Most Diverse State -- 38 Local Economy -- 40 Hawai‘i’s Ties to the APEC Economies -- 42 A History of Innovation -- 44 Astronomy, and Ocean and Earth sciences...

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The French Revolution a History

By: Thomas Carlyle

...ORY by THOMAS CARLYLE A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle is a publication of the ... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor any- o... ...ate University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor any- one associated with the Pennsylvania State University assumes any responsibility for the materi... ...man, and wisdom shall die with him. This is the Sieyes who shall be System-builder, Constitution-builder General; and build Constitutions (as many as ... ...nd generations roll on, in their confused Gulf-current; and buildings like builders have their destiny. Till one o’clock, then, there will be three pa... ...he Universe! As many as fifteen thousand men, spade-men, barrow-men, stone-builders, rammers, with their engineers, are at work on the Champ-de-Mars; ... ...n this same Lafayette tocsin, of Saturday, was there not withal some faint bob-minor, and Deputation of Legislative, ringing the Cheva- lier Paul Jone... ...unes.’ (Hist. Parl. xvi. 185.) It is a distracted empty-sounding world; of bob-minors and bob- majors, of triumph and terror, of rise and fall! The mo...

Excerpt: The French Revolution. A History.

...Contents THE FRENCH REVOLUTION: A HISTORY.......................................................................................................... 12 VOLUME I.?THE BASTILLE ...............................................................

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Little Dorrit

By: Charles Dickens

...s Series Publication Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnishe... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...ate University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone associ- ated with the Pennsylvania State University assumes any responsibility for the materi... ...enoese, Neapolitans, V e- netians, Greeks, Turks, descendants from all the builders of Babel, come to trade at Marseilles, sought the shade alike— tak... ...s discomfited. ‘Well,’ he said. ‘Not in gen- eral.’ ‘Are they very pretty, Bob?’ She called him Bob, by his own particular request and instruction. ‘L... ...’s dandelions, and all manner of games.’ ‘Is it very pleasant to be there, Bob?’ ‘Prime,’ said the turnkey. ‘Was father ever there?’ ‘Hem!’ coughed th... ... glancing at the listless crowd within. ‘O are you quite sure and certain, Bob?’ At this difficult point of the conversation Bob gave in, and changed ... ...sa- tion with her customers. Mr Plornish, who had a small share in a small builder’s business in the neighbourhood, said, trowel in hand, on the tops ...

...Excerpt: Preface to the 1857 edition. I have been occupied with this story, during many working hours of two years. I must have been very ill employed, if I could not leave its merits and demerits as a whole, to express themselves on its being r...

...CONTENTS Preface to the 1857 Edition BOOK THE FIRST: POVERTY 1. Sun and Shadow 2. Fellow Travellers 3. Home 4. Mrs Flintwinch has a Dream 5. Family Affairs 6. The Father of the Marshalsea 7. The Child of the Marshalsea 8. The Lock 9. little Moth...

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Magnum Bonum or Mother Careys Brood

By: Charlotte Mary Yonge

...m Bonum, or Mother Carey’s Brood by Charlotte M. Yonge is a publication of the Pennsyl- vania State University. This Portable Document file is furnish... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone associated with the Pennsylvania State University assumes any responsibility for the materi... .... Swift as lightning, Jock sprung up into an ivied ash; but the less ready Bob was caught by the leg as he mounted, and pulled down again, while his c... ...e, but she had married, before her brother’s prosperity, a poor struggling builder, and both had died young, leaving their child dependent on her uncl... ...repair. Damp corners, and piles of crumbled plaster told their own tale. A builder must be sent to survey it, and on the most sanguine computation, it... ...ecause if you’d come to early dinner, she would be glad, because there’s a builder or somebody coming with Uncle Robert about the repairs afterwards. ... ...nd his reading with Bobus.” “He is lucky to get such a coach,” said Jock. “Bob taught me more mathematics in a week than I had learnt in seven years b... ...he Monk has got a tutorship, Joe has gone back to his ship, but the mighty Bob has a week’s leave, and does not mean a bird to survive the change of o...

...Excerpt: Chapter 1. Joe Brownlow?s Fancy. The lady said, ?An orphan?s fate Is sad and hard to bear.? --Scott ?MOTHER, you could do a great kindness.? ?Well, Joe?? ?If you would have the little teacher at the Miss Heath?s here for the holidays. After all the rest, she...

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The Writings of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes Volume 2 of 7

By: Abraham Lincoln

...olumes V olume 2 of 7 A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Writings of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes – Volume Two is a publicat... ...tings of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes – Volume Two is a publication of the Pennsyl- vania State University. This Portable Document file is furnish... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ... have another boy, born the 10th of March. He is very much such a child as Bob was at his age, rather of a longer order. Bob is “short and low,” and I... ...uch animal spirits. Since I began this letter, a messenger came to tell me Bob was lost; but by the time I reached the house his mother had found him ... ... him that he is a man of sterling integ- rity and as a master mechanic and builder not surpassed by any in our city, or any I have known anywhere, as ...

...Excerpt: Dear Speed, yours of the 9th instant is duly received, which I do not meet as a ?bore,? but as a most welcome visitor. I will answer the business part of it first. In relation to our Congress matter here, you were right in supposing I would suppo...

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Little Dorrit Book One Poverty

By: Charles Dickens

...n Little Dorrit, Book One: Poverty by Charles Dickens is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnishe... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone associated with the Pennsylvania State University assumes any responsibility for the materi... ...enoese, Neapolitans, V e- netians, Greeks, Turks, descendants from all the builders of Babel, come to trade at Marseilles, sought the shade alike— tak... ...s discomfited. ‘Well,’ he said. ‘Not in gen- eral.’ ‘Are they very pretty, Bob?’ She called him Bob, by his own particular request and instruction. ‘L... ...’s dandelions, and all manner of games.’ ‘Is it very pleasant to be there, Bob?’ ‘Prime,’ said the turnkey. ‘Was father ever there?’ ‘Hem!’ coughed th... ... glancing at the listless crowd within. ‘O are you quite sure and certain, Bob?’ At this difficult point of the conversation Bob gave in, and changed ...

...Excerpt: Preface to the 1857 edition. I have been occupied with this story, during many working hours of two years. I must have been very ill employed, if I could not leave its merits and demerits as a whole, to express themselves on its being r...

...CONTENTS Preface to the 1857 Edition BOOK THE FIRST: POVERTY 1. Sun and Shadow 2. Fellow Travellers 3. Home 4. Mrs Flintwinch has a Dream 5. Family Affairs 6. The Father of the Marshalsea 7. The Child of the Marshalsea 8. The Lock 9. little Moth...

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The Egoist : A Comedy in Narrative

By: George Meredith

...ve by George Meredith A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Egoist by George Meredith is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Un... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone associated with the Pennsylvania State University assumes any responsibility for the materi... ...ed forth, had not a footman stepped across the lawn to inform him that his builder was in the laboratory and requested permission to consult with him.... ...as their theme; and: “Oh, but if we go tip to Willoughby hand in hand; and bob a courtesy to him and beg his pardon for Mister Flitch, won’t he melt t...

...Excerpt: A chapter of which the last page only is of any importance comedy is a game played to throw reflections upon social life, and it deals with human nature in the drawing-room of civilized men and women, where we have no dust of the struggling out...

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The Collected Poems

By: William Butler Yeats

...ted Poems William Butler Yeats 1889 1939 Contents LYRICAL 3 CROSSWAYS 5 THE SONG OF THE HAPPY SHEPHERD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 THE SAD SHEP... .... 5 THE SAD SHEPHERD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 THE CLOAK, THE BOAT, AND THE SHOES . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 ANASHUYA AND... ... . . 7 ANASHUYA AND VIJAYA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 THE INDIAN UPON GOD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 THE ... ...Or the kettle on the hob Sing peace into his breast, Or see the brown mice bob Round and round the oatmeal chest. For he comes, the human child, To th... ... the town, thin Shade, Whether to look upon your monument (I wonder if the builder has been paid) Or happier thoughted when the day is spent To drink ...

...Excerpt: THE SONG OF THE HAPPY SHEPHERD; THE woods of Arcady are dead, And over is their antique joy; Of old the world on dreaming fed; Grey Truth is now her painted toy; Yet still she turns her restless head: But O, sick children of ...

...Table of Contents: LYRICAL 3 -- CROSSWAYS 5 -- THE SONG OF THE HAPPY SHEPHERD, 5 -- THE SAD SHEPHERD, 6 -- THE CLOAK, THE BOAT, AND THE SHOES, 7 -- ANASHUYA AND VIJAYA, 8 -- THE INDIAN UPON GOD, 11 -- THE INDIAN TO HIS LOVE, 11 -- THE FALLING OF THE LEAVES, 12 -- EPHEMERA...

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The 9/11 Commission Report Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States

By: Thomas H. Kean

... Staff List xiii–xiv Preface xv 1. “WE HAVE SOME PLANES” 1 1.1 Inside the Four Flights 1 1.2 Improvising a Homeland Defense 14 1.3 National C... ...Improvising a Homeland Defense 14 1.3 National Crisis Management 35 2. THE FOUNDATION OF THE NEW TERRORISM 47 2.1 A Declaration of War 47 2.2 ... ...NEW TERRORISM 47 2.1 A Declaration of War 47 2.2 Bin Ladin’s Appeal in the Islamic World 48 2.3 The Rise of Bin Ladin and al Qaeda (1988–1992) ... ...red F . Fielding Jamie S. Gorelick Slade Gorton Lee H. Hamilton vice chair Bob Kerrey John F . Lehman Timothy J. Roemer James R.Thompson COMMISSION ME... ...id, President Bush saw Afghanistan as the priority. 68 President Bush told Bob W oodward that the decision not to invade Iraq was made at the morning ... ...rank- ing minority member, Jane Harman (D-Calif.). In the Senate, Senators Bob Graham (D-Fla.) and Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) have introduced reform ... ...nces,” Feb. 27, 2000; DOS cable, Riyadh 000475, “The Saudi Binladin Group: Builders to the King, ” Feb. 16, 1999;Treasury memo, Office of Foreign Asse...

...Excerpt: We present the narrative of this report and the recommendations that flow from it to the President of the United States, the United States Congress, and the American people for their consideration. Ten Commissioners--five Republicans an...

...CONTENTS List of Illustrations and Tables ix Member List xi Staff List xiii?xiv Preface xv 1. ?WE HAVE SOME PLANES? 1 1.1 Inside the Four Flights 1 1.2 Improvising a Homeland Defense 14 1.3 National Crisis Management 35 2. THE FOUNDATION OF THE NEW TERRORISM 47 2.1 A Declaration of War 47 2.2 Bin Ladin?s Appeal in the Islamic World 48 2.3 The Rise of B...

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