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Miriam Henderson is one of what novelist Dolf Wyllarde (in her great work, The Pathway of the Pioneer ) termed nous autres, i.e., young gentlewomen who must venture forth and earn their living after their fathers have been financially ruined. Also, she has read Villette; she thus applies for and is offered a job teaching conversational English at a girls' school, albeit in Germany rather than France. Pointed Roofs describes her year abroad, as she endeavors to make her way in the hotbed of seething female personalities that populate the school, overseen by her employer, the formidable Fraulein. Richardson is adroit at conveying nuances of human perception through acutely observed physical and emotional detail. She was unfortunately labeled the inventor of stream of consciousness, and her later novels suffered when she started believing her own press; but her early ones (the first half-dozen are pre-1923) are free from stylistic excess, and are poignant -- or in this case -- pointed explorations of the workings of the human mind. (Introduction by Grant Hurlock)...

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Pemberton, a young American with an Oxford education and out of money, takes a job tutoring Morgan Moreen, the 12-year old son of an American couple living in Europe in a style not quite matched by their income. Mr. and Mrs. Moreen's main purpose in life, it appears, is to win acceptance in the higher circles of French and Italian society, partly in the hope that Morgan's two elder sisters will be taken off their hands. Morgan, who is highly intelligent, is also precocious and perceptive enough to come to understand his parents' ambitious aimlessness. Something of a crisis develops when the Moreens fail to make good on the salary they've promised Pemberton, and he leaves, needing a steady income. By then, however, the tutor has become sufficiently interested in and attached to his charge to be unwilling to leave Morgan for long, and comes back to join the family when when Morgan's mother tells him the boy has fallen ill. There, however, he finds the family shipwreck that he has feared is now taking place, and he is in time to witness it.(Summary by Nicholas Clifford)...

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Cecelia Loring is alone in the world after the death of her mother and has come to the Kentucky mountains in search of work. Although very depressed from her loss she soon becomes caretaker of the garden at a school and not many days later finds herself quite busy as housemother to a group of energetic boys that keep running away from the school because of homesickness, especially Nucky, who seems to have the weight of the world on his shoulders, worrying about not being at home to help his brother Blant keep lookout for the Cheevers, who have been at war with the Marrses for years over a piece of land. Can she find a way to make the boys feel at home so they will stay and get an education? And can they begin to help her heal the broken places in her heart? Lucy Furman based several of her novels, including Mothering on Perilous, on her years as a teacher and housemother at the Hindman Settlement School in Kentucky. Through her experiences at the school her writing vividly portrays the beauty, but also the harshness of mountain life. (summary by Laura Victoria)...

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A sample of idioms in book form.

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• Eşti liber să crezi că eşti liber. • Depinde de tine cât de independent vrei să fii. • A ieşit basma curată, deşi era cu musca pe căciulă. • Călăii au fost lăsaţi să judece după cum îi taie capul. • Ortopedului îi plăcea să pună osul la treabă. • Nituitorul avea cam multă bătaie de cap. • Era moartă după cel care tocmai decedase. • După ce moare încrederea şi optimismul, urmează speranţa. • Stăteau spate-n spate şi făceau feţe, feţe. • Lui Nazarie i s-a năzărit că zăreşte ceva în zare. • Eu cu fizica, el cu metafizica şi ea cu fizicul. • Pe unul îl înşelau speranţele, iar pe celălalt îl înşela soţia. • L-am amăgit că mă dezamăgeşte. • Dacă ai fi obligat să numeri până la un miliard, ai ezita să devii miliardar...

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Creionări încondeiate .......................................... 5 Distihuri proverbiale .......................................... 49 Poezii paradoxiste .............................................. 69 Dialoguri hazlii .................................................. 77 Dicţionar paradoxist ........................................... 95...

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Join a variety of well-known authors as they share the Scripture or quotations they find inspiring to their writing. The devotionals they?ve contributed reflect all aspects of the writing life: basic motivation, rejection, publishing and succeeding. Spend some time with the writers you love and discover what words they write by. www.robinbayne.com...

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Amory Blaine grew up in a wealthy family and was given an Ivy League education. Without a need to learn a profession, he chiefly dabbled in literature and partying. His school chums were of similar background, and the ideas they reflected to each other grew in their minds to be of the greatest importance. Amory began to think of himself as somewhat of a character in a Rupert Brooke poem (from which the book's title is taken). World War I intervened in this happy fog and brought focus to some, doubt to others. In the rapidly changing technology of the war era, the financial underpinnings of the Blaine fortune began to fall apart. The deaths of Amory's parents left the finances without a rudder and as Amory's situation deteriorated he came to realize he had only his interest in literature to fall back upon. Meanwhile, a series of young women traipsed through his life, attracted to his handsome face and bright wit like moths to a candle. But Amory could never master the role of being a real person... and, one by one, they traipsed out. This Side of Paradise was F. Scott Fitzgerald's first novel and was one of the nation's most popular ...

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Twenty-year-old Mary Alice is bored with her home life and envious of the beautiful, poised, popular girls she sees at parties. At her mother's advice, she reluctantly visits her Godmother in New York, who teaches Mary Alice a little homemade magic and the one great Secret that will put her at ease with other people. How can Mary Alice learn to use these gifts to bring happiness into her own life and other lives? Although this charming novelette is subtitled A True Fairy Story, it reveals that most of the magic in life can be found within ourselves. (Introduction by Jan MacGillivray)...

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Fiction, Teen/Young adult, Fairy tales

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Quicksand is a 1928 novel by Nella Larsen, a writer of the Harlem Renaissance. It focuses on Helga Crane, a mixed-race woman who is a schoolteacher in the American south. As the novel opens, she suddenly decides to give up her teaching position and go north, back to her roots in Chicago. Helga's restless search for identity is semi-autobiographical, inspired by Larsen's own struggles to reconcile her mixed heritage with the racism of 1920s America. Although this novel was published after 1923, the copyright was never renewed and is therefore in the public domain. (Introduction by Elizabeth Klett)...

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Fiction, Literature

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Paradoksisticki Dvostih je saCinjen od dva suprotstavljena stiha koji se sjedinjuju u celinu, definisuci (iii cineci vezu) sa naslovom Po pravilu, drugi stih negira prvi sadrzavajuci pojam sintagmu), suprotnu ideju (antinomsku, antagonisticku)...

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iii recnik antonima i recnik sinonima, pa pravite egzibicije po pojmovima (sintagmama) protivrecnim izrazima, homogenizujuci heterogene elemente; birajte odgovarajuce naslove i udite u paradoksizam....

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Un paradox această carte!... Pentru că, deşi, la prima vedere, nu pare decât o înşiruire de date, localităţi, confesiuni, activităţi „domestice”, transcrieri, dialoguri etc., intrând în cuprinsul său rămâi uimit. Toate acestea adunate în jurul lui Florentin Smarandache, „vagabondul ştiinţific”, cum poate cineva i-a zis, devin dintr-o dată cartea lui de identitate. Devin faţete ale spiritului său nestăpânit şi te invită, parcă, să participăm la jocul său de a cunoaşte lumea şi prin rigurozitatea ştiinţei....

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This book follows the adventures of Bunny Brown, a 6-year old lively little boy, and his Sister Sue, a happy 5-year old little girl. You will enjoy learning of their adorable antics and delightful chatter. The Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue series were published by the Stratemeyer Syndicate from 1916-1930. (Introduction by Abigail Rasmussen)...

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Children, Fiction

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Botchan is the story of a young math teacher from Tokyo whose first assignment takes him to a middle school in the country side. His arrival there is not very lucky: The pupils are bound to test his perseverance and cheerily comments every one of his perceived missteps. In the teacher's room, he soon finds himself in the middle of an intrigue between the jovial Porcupine and the fat Hubbard Squash on one side, and the effeminate Red Shirt and his follower Clown on the other. Will Botchan choose the right side in the end? Botchan - with morality as the main theme - is one of the most popular novels in Japan. Sōseki Natsume bases the story on his own experiences as teacher in Matsuyama, his first assignment away from Tokyo. (Summary by Availle)...

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Literature, Fiction

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The Adventures of Buster Bear is another set of children’s stories by the conservationist, Thornton W. Burgess. Buster Bear has many adventures and misadventures as he meets the different characters in the Green Forest near the Laughing Brook. Along the way, we learn about the habits of Buster and his friends and we learn little lessons about life such as the importance of sharing, not stealing, making friends and not sticking one's head into tin pails. (Summary by John Lieder)...

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Fiction, Children, Fantasy, Nature

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Northwest! takes place in western Canada, primarily western Alberta and British Columbia. The story revolves around Jimmy not being sure whether or not he shot and killed a Northwest Mounted while he and some friends were out hunting one day. Not exactly a bushman, he needs to head northwest to avoid capture by the officials who are out to find him and bring him to trial. At least that's what he suspects. Survival in the wilderness for one who was raised in British class proves to be a daunting experience, and we learn of the trials he is to be put through while he is on the lam. (Summary by Roger Melin)...

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Adventure, Fiction, Romance

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At thirty-four Mr. Wrenn was the sales-entry clerk of the Souvenir Company. He was always bending over bills and columns of figures at a desk behind the stock-room. He was a meek little bachelor--a person of inconspicuous blue ready-made suits, and a small unsuccessful mustache. Mr. Wrenn, however has a rich inner life embellished by his own imagination. When he comes into a modest inheritance, he feels he ought to learn to get out and wander a bit, and then his education begins. He finds life more interesting, perhaps than he had imagined. . . (Introduction by Don Jenkins)...

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Fiction, Comedy

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A man, a dog, and a horse. The call of the wild geese. A very smart doctor from the east who finds there is a lot to learn from these desert people. A woman loved by three men. A gunslinger who has a debt to settle. Max Brand brings them all together in another one of his over three hundred exciting western tales. Brand is not your typical western writer.(Summary by rkilmer)...

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Westerns

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A parody that mirrors the time-line of JK Rowling's Book: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter Book 2). Though this book is a parody of book 2, it is the first book of this series....

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Chapter 1 – The Sorting Hat High above, on the side of a cliff, stood the largest castle I'd ever seen—ever imagined. The windows glowed with candlelight, as the last desperate rays of light silhouetted the castle against a gray sky. I knew Britain was famous for old crumbly buildings, but this place was ridiculous. One of the teachers announced, "First years, wait here. In a moment, we'll enter the Great Hall where you'll be sorted into houses." As we waited to enter, all the talk seemed to be about was how much they didn't want to be in a house called Slipperen. "What house are you hoping to be sorted into, Austin?" Colin asked me. "Ummm." I looked at the age and general condition of the place. "One that doesn't leak." "I'm going to be in Gryffinbore. I hope." Gryffinbore, Slipperen, who thought up these names? Inside, the hall was huge, and the ceiling looked as if it was open to the sky. Candles floated above the table. I swear I could almost see invisible strings holding them up. Though quite impressive, the effect screamed fire hazard. We waited for our names to be called, then sat down on a stool in front of the e...

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Chapter 1 – The Sorting Hat Chapter 2 – Platform What?! Chapter 3 – Professor Smape Chapter 4 – Lost and Found Chapter 5 – The Boy Who Lived Chapter 6 – Stood Up Chapter 7 – The Darkest Dungeon Chapter 8 – The Wand Chapter 9 – Quitlage or Die! Chapter 10 – The Plotter Posse Chapter 11 – Bubbles and the Unbreakable Vow Chapter 12 – Bubbles of Trouble Chapter 13 – The Swelling Scandal Chapter 14 – Dueling Dilemma Chapter 15 – Secret Favors Chapter 16 – Christmas Streaking Chapter 17 – Tall Tails Chapter 18 – It's the Pipes, Stupid Chapter 19 – Dumblesnore Sours Chapter 20 – Hermione's Danger Chapter 21 –The House Cup ...

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THE TREASON & DEATH OF BENEDICT ARNOLD A PLAY FOR A GREEK THEATRE BY JOHN JAY CHAPMAN

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Ein verbummelter Student ist ein autobiographisch geprägtes Werk von Gustav Sack (1885-1916), einem heute fast vergessenen, frühexpressionistischen Autor. Es wird das Leben von Erich, dem verbummelten Studenten, erzählt. Neben seinen naturwissenschaftlichen Studien versucht er sich auch an (von Nietzsche beeinflußten) philosophischen Überlegungen über die Natur des Menschen und der Welt. Daran scheitert er. Die erkenntnistheoretischen Hilflosigkeiten Erichs (Gustav Sack) prägen seine Liebesbeziehung mit Loo, der Tochter eines reichen Gutsbesitzers, und sein weiteres Leben. Alles Erleben wird schließlich nur Bestätigung und Gleichnis für die inneren Vorgänge; es ist tragische Notwendigkeit, daß Glück und Dasein schließlich als unwesentlich zerstieben. Das Ergebnis ist ungeheure Einsamkeit (Hans W. Fischer, Herausgeber des erst postum erschienenen Werkes). (Zusammenfassung von Rainer)...

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Fiction, Literature, Philosophy, Romance, Psychology

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The four series follow Grace Harlowe and her friends through high school, college, abroad during World War I, and on adventures around America. In The High School Girls Series, Grace attends Oakdale High School with friends Anne Pierson, Nora O'Malley, and Jessica Bright. The four promote fair play and virtue while winning over troubled girls like Miriam Nesbit and Eleanor Savell, playing basketball, and founding sorority Phi Sigma Tau. The group becomes friends with boys in their acquaintance: David Nesbit, Tom Gray, Hippy Wingate, and Reddy Brooks, forming The Eight Originals. In 'Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus' Grace returns to Overton after her graduation in order to manage Harlowe House - A new house 'to be dedicated to the use of those girls who were making a struggle to acquire a college education' ( ashleighjane )...

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Children, Fiction, Teen/Young adult