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...This book also begins with that wondrous first Information Technology and then moves on to tales about the wonders of the written word—great stories, many of them likely new to most readers. In them, you‘ll find all the backgrounds, foregrounds, premises, conclusions, and surprises that make up the best and mos...

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...entury a man named Johann Gutenberg invented the ?printing press. More than 400 years passed before Ottmar Mergenthaler found a way in the late 1880s to mechanize that historic invention. Then, less than a century later – in the 1980s – digital printing displaced Mergenthaler’s wondrous Linotypes....

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... BRADFORD Foreword and Epilogue by Michael S. Hart Dedication to CAROL For becoming my smart, beautiful bride in 1949 and then giv... ...coming my smart, beautiful bride in 1949 and then giving fully of herself to me and our wonderful family incomparable love, care, feeding, fun, and ... ...planet? We listen. We easily hallucinate word boundaries. Spaces, such as you see in writing, are absent from speech. Yet somehow we find it easy to... ...ten word—great stories, many of them likely new to most readers. In them, you‘ll find all the backgrounds, foregrounds, premises, conclusions, and s... ...ted a floppy disc. Then you were prompted to close the drive door, and you got your books. No waiting. No overdue fines. Never any lost books. You co... ... that I want you to remember one end and remember it well by the time you get to the other end. My own personal perspective ranges from the Gutenber... ... phototype. My own personal experience picks up shortly before his left off, working in a university print shop that made textbooks with offset ma... ... melting pots of metal. As the current Information Technology revolution got underway, those experiences set me looking into the hidden history of ... ...the Isthmus on his way west, Darius had to detour around South America to get to California. There, he was so successful selling supplies to gold mi...

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...ah Marshall lands her first assignment, she doesn't plan on meeting the vamp of her dreams. Staking Donatello Ravell might not have been the best way to start a relationship but it sure gets her in more trouble than she bargained for. With two days to stop an insane vampire from starting a war between vamps and humans, Savannah and Donatello discover there's more to life t...

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...uthor’s imagination, or are used in a fictitious situation. Any resemblance to actual events, locations, organizations, incidents or persons – livi... ...t have been possible without the support of a lot of people. First I’d like to thank Lynne for making me get off my butt to write the original vers... ...the support of a lot of people. First I’d like to thank Lynne for making me get off my butt to write the original version of this book. Then I’d l... ... support of a lot of people. First I’d like to thank Lynne for making me get off my butt to write the original version of this book. Then I’d like ... ...my sis from another mother. Val, who loves a good Vampire story and demands you finish it once you start it, and lastly but in no way last in my he... ...akes. See, it takes a lot of people to force an author to finish a book and you thought it was a one-writer operation. Love at First Stake 5 Ch... ...uell the little voices pointing out all my inadequacies. Oops, I had better get back to the Vampire. He was getting a little squirmy. Sitting back ... ...st Time Slayer of the Month. Not that I expected to have that honor, but you got a spiffy trophy and a gift card to Starbucks. Back to work. I g... ...good piece of maple did the trick, but the guild only pays for ash. Until I got a few paychecks behind me, I was a slave to The Man. For all I knew...

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...Laura Kate O'Connell left her life of excitement as an overseas news correspondent to return to her Georgia hometown to raise her two young cousins. When Royce Lee, Laura Kate's attorney, supposedly commits suicide, too many pieces of evidence tell a different story. Her instincts as an investigative report...

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...f the author’s imagination, or are used in a fictitious situation. Any resemblance to actual events, locations, organizations, incidents or persons ... ...lready? Was that noise outside a car door? Royce Lee held his breath and stepped to the Chinese screen. Folding a panel, he looked out the windo... ...per, then McGivern laid the pen aside and looked up. “Anything else we can do for you, Counselor?” Moving toward the desk, Royce said, “Let’s se... ...erything appeared satisfactory, and he pulled a wallet from his back pocket. “Thank you, gentlemen.” He fanned out two fifties. “Take this for yo... ... a hand over his silvering dark hair. “Like Hiram, too much Saturday night.” “I got a sample in my case for that, but a hair of the dog’ll do bet... ... “I got a sample in my case for that, but a hair of the dog’ll do better.” “I got plenty of that.” “Well, I’ll be moseying on, and I’ll be f... ...to rash promises when he’s in a world of hurt.” He turned for the front door. “Go get a hair of that dog.” Folding his arms across his chest, Ro... ...back as far as she could, then kicked forward. Hard. At the same time, she jumped off her left leg and came down on her right foot, her left foot ... ...nto a powerful butterfly kick, startling Brewster. Laura Kate grinned. “Clauds, get your body more horizontal, like a butterfly, and then it will...

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...Special Lieutenant Jewels Enbran, a human telepath unable to shield her mind from thoughts, uses telepathic anchors who protect her vulnerable mind. Her current anchor, Colonel Jeremy Lingley, is nearing burnout. An alien race is seeking an alliance with Earth and the pair are assig...

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...of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events or loca... ...port of the author's rights is appreciated. Author Acknowledgments I have to say that without a lot of support and help, none of the stories that swi... ...ng up with my endless prattle and excitement as I wrote this story. Thank you to the Lakes Region librarians Shannon, Mickey, Cheryl and all the othe... ...atience and the soothing love. ...my sweet son, don't ever let anyone stop you from your hearts desire. ...Kisha for the constantly engaging conversat... ...y. Whatever you do, behave and be polite,:: Jeremy admonished. She didn’t get a chance to reply. The two generals and their companion were standing b... ...now he was, well you know...:: ::Just stay focused, Kid. We don’t want to get on his bad side,:: Jeremy warned. The mental exchange took mere seconds... ...d, “Sorry, Sir! We didn’t mean to be rude!” The President waved her excuse off. “Don’t worry, young lady. I’m not angry. Fascinated, yes. I would nev... ...ht we were to be polite?:: ::Screw it. They want us to do a job and I’ve got a feeling it will be dangerous for you.:: ::I can take care of myself.:... ...ensely disliked for opposing her marriage to the King. But Rialla always got what she wanted and becoming Queen was no exception. It had amused her ...

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...Dome of Death is a slightly shocking and occasionally thought provoking romantic thriller about two young men who’d love to be as cool as James Bond in the face of extreme danger, but discover reality is not like fiction. When Max, the director of an Art Gallery in Queensland, falls to his death, Peter, the exhibiting artist who is also Max's...

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...f in public is not for the faint-hearted. En masse and expertly illuminated the paintings gave viewers rather more insight into the private spaces of my mind than I’d bargained for. The fact that the gallery’s patrons were also baring their souls with every critical utterance and every painting bought was scant consolation – especially as no one was buying! After an hour...

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...*This is a young adult book series. Each chronicle will feature Dean's struggles as he tries to survive in this new world. And thus the name, The Zombie Chronicles. I hope you enjoy this series, and thank you for giving book one a chance.* Warning: Mild violence. For mature teens or older. BOOK TRAILER: http://...

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... in July, with heat waves rampaging throughout South Carolina. Even though nighttime had long fallen and the temperatures had cooled down noticeably, my shirt still stuck to my back. I wondered what good that shower had done that I’d taken before meeting Sherry. A rush of wind blew through my hair as we rode to the top of the Ferris wheel and then stopped, hovering in mid...

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...Why do Asians really get straight A's? Why do Asians really become doctors and lawyers? Why do Asians really play the piano? Many people believe that the reason has to do with the pressure to perform and the pressure to conform, however, it goes ...

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...y do Asians really play the piano? Many people believe that the reason has to do with the pressure to perform and the pressure to conform, however,... ...s didactic novel — reveals the truths about Asian culture, which will shock you to the marrow of your bones and open a hidden world of long-guarded ... ...dactic novel — reveals the truths about Asian culture, which will shock you to the marrow of your bones and open a hidden world of long-guarded — s... ...m/ For questions or comments, please contact ronpauler@gmail.com THANKS TO: You, the reader Ryan & Christi John Winston Ono Lennon Martin Luther King... ...ion any introduction, including a note to the — reader since we all want to get to the nitty-gritty, but suffices to say, this note is — important o... ...l targets Asians in general, not specific. When I say Asians overachieve to get straight A's, for instance, I'm not saying every Asian specifically—... ... What you write? Bullsh*t? Stupid boy!" t — hat pretty much ended my “never got up and running” career as a writer. Well, I guess I'm done with my d... ... to my school and take up my time. And she constantly reminds me of how she got a full scholarship to attend Stanford b — ig deal! It's not like UCI... ...he wunderkind of our family. Mommy would always say to me, in her FOB Fresh Off the Boat broken English: Johnson! Why you can't be more like Jordan? ...

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...ER: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_w-eZwPJbA *** Never marry a stranger...even if he is a drop-dead gorgeous immortal king. Never pretend to be a princess. And most importantly...never slip on an ancient wedding ring you know nothing about. Sarah Larker returns to a cave where her sister disappeared ten years earlier. She walks through a portal and is m...

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...l pierced the silence. She clutched her chest, as if that might calm her racing heart. Five years as a Bigfoot researcher, and she was still not used to the occasional howl. Then again, no animal she had ever encountered before had made such an ominous and menacing sound. She stopped for a moment and listened, her heart thumping hard in her eardrums. “Show yourself!” Her...

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...An idea is taken for granted in the scheme of things. Someone exclaims, "I've got an idea!" What is it that he has? From where did he get it? How was it transmitted? How might it spread to others? What will be the effect of the acceptance of the idea? These are some of the questions dealt with in this ...

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...12 ORIGINATION, MATURATION AND ADOPTION OF IDEAS: A MICROPROCESS 12 FROM PROBLEMS TO SOCIAL ISSUES TO SOCIAL CHANGE: A MACROPROCESS 14 Social Issue... ...OME CONCEPTS AND THEIR ATTRIBUTES 15 INCREASE IN CONCERN WITH IDEAS 17 From Inner to Other-Directedness 17 Voluntary Simplicity 18 SUMMARY 18 2 ... ...ivity. 93 Employment Recruits and Earnability 93 STRATEGIES AND ACTIONS -- HOW TO GET THERE AND BY WHAT METHODS 93 Market Segmentation 94 PRODUCT ... ...d by free trade in ideas-that the best test of truth is the power of the thought to get itself accepted in the competition of the market and that tru... ...vii An idea is taken for granted in the scheme of things. Someone exclaims, "I've got an idea!" What is it that he has? From where did he get it? ... .... It is an affirmative response to the question posed by Wiebe (1952): "Why can't you sell brotherhood and rational thinking like you sell soap?" T... ...s one for the other, then the premise is supported. For example, one may ask "Can you compare the pleasure derived from wearing a new jacket with t... ...ime spent attending to lobbyists, but more significantly they must sometimes trade off their own convictions as well as those of constituents who hol... ...the strength of weak ties became so stretched that the central idea of Prohibition got lost. Such a broad coalition was formed in order to get the E...

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...Lacey Wilson overcomes neglect in childhood and abuse in her first marriage to achieve fame and riches as a popular author, and finds true love and happiness with wealthy entrepreneur, Jake Edmonds. Then cancer strikes. Lacey is afraid of the pain and indignity she thinks is coming and wants to die. ...

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...rs and events are a product of the author’s imagination and any similarity to actual persons, living or dead, or events, is entirely coincidental and ... ... the author warns users that no liability on the part of the author exists to any person or entity with respect to any liability, loss or damage cause... ...er of the schoolyard. She had to pee; couldn’t hold it much longer. But to get to the washroom she would have to walk near a group of the popular girl... ...e skipping near there. In the end, urgency over- came her fear. She almost got by, but then the chants began. “Ewe, there’s the worm!” “Get away, worm... ...r. She almost got by, but then the chants began. “Ewe, there’s the worm!” “Get away, wormy worm!” “Stinky stringbean! Stinky stringbean!” They giggled... ...in with more derisive catcalls. Bob ‘Big’ Boscoe blocked her way, “Whatcha got, worm, dirty pants? Ya gotta go, worm?” Tears forming, she tried to pus... ...l,” her Daddy had said many times. “She has asthma and migraine headaches. You must be a good girl, and let her rest.” So Lacey slumped on the couch. ... ...ay. 5 A COURAGEOUS BATTLE “Can I play?” she asked tentatively. “Get lost, you little shit,” Roger hissed, and she scuttled back to her house, tears f... ...od pouring from her skinned arm. Roger bent down to help but she shook him off. “I’m all right. Let’s play,” she insisted. “Good girl.” He gave her th...

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...as play was announced, I had been dreaming all autumn of the Virgin Mary and the essence of femininity that I knew the role possessed if I could only get it. No longer would I have to pull on pants, hide my hair, swagger around with plastic swords or sit in a chair uttering the mild regrets of middle age. No, for once I would be the centre of delight and attention, with a...

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...At first I had been upset. I was the best actress in class, not just by my own assessment but also as overheard several times in comments from my teacher. So when the roles were handed out, I was stunned. The lead went to a class mate who had never shown a special interest in the theatre. I looke...

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...imple social assumptions from the culture we live in, none of us grow up in a religious vacuum. Through most of history the majority of people appear to have been reasonably satisfied with the religious culture which went hand in hand with their social structure. It has been only in the past two or three centuries that religious questioning has occupied the minds and heart...

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...th an Apple iMac. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The authors are grateful for permission to use material from the following: Joseph Epes Brown (ed.), The Sacred Pi... ...Harper Collins Publishers Inc., New York, 1972. Every effort has been made to trace and obtain permission from the copyright holders of material quote... ...with a set of traditional festivals and a generalized “Yes,” if asked, “Do you believe in God?” I cannot claim to stand out from the majority of peopl... ...al experiences which have unquestionably colored my view. In order to help you understand my religious biases and to compensate for them in your own m... ...For Plato it was a necessity of life. For a long time I had felt that if I got to the roots of religious belief and practice I could find what I was m... ...age I particularly disliked when I studied it in university, to be able to get back to their own distinctive styles and feeling-worlds by reading thei... ...midst much suffering: “Oh that Oedipus Complex! It’s torturing me. I can’t get away from it, it pursues me wherever I go!” She was in the care of a Fr... ...rather closed mind. From Jung’s autobiography, as from Plato’s writings, I got the feeling that he did know of the religious experience, though in a d... ...s if some creature made all of light had come on a sudden from a great way off, and nestled in my bosom. On all things there came a fair, lovely look,...

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...g lost her mother, and virtually rendered `orphan`, in the absence of `father`, a little girl Named Bhoomika, by dint of sheer circumstances, happens to reach a virgin teacher. Here, the `blessed opportunity for education` awaits her, as she is inspired and guided by this benevolent lady towards higher education. Once, she was offered a part-time job of `a reader for a bl...

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..."In fact, I had never spoken to her even a single word, though she continued to send me signals for initiating a dialogue with her. I had to go to fetch my daily quota of water from the water-tap, provided at the back of her tenement, for all the four se...

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...g lost her mother, and virtually rendered `orphan`, in the absence of `father`, a little girl Named Bhoomika, by dint of sheer circumstances, happens to reach a virgin teacher. Here, the `blessed opportunity for education` awaits her, as she is inspired and guided by this benevolent lady towards higher education. Once, she was offered a part-time job of `a reader for a bl...

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...This experimental literary novel seeks to probe the mind of Kenyon, an isolated invalid in her home, as she goes through morphine induced sleep and lucid wakefulness, and in both seeking meaning for her life and to be reconciled to her estranged marriage...

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...s By Steven David Justin Sills "My work is not a piece of writing designed to meet the taste of an immediate public, but was done to last forever" --T... ...ne to last forever" --Thucydides Part I Koan 0 There was tranquility to be had in a long morphine induced sleep where dreams were as uneventful ... ...of her more substantive acts of each part of late day, Kenyon would always get into the wheelchair and mist her fern; and as she did so, she would th... ...ecame a policeman and incarcerated her, before the sink at the law office got clogged, and as a plumber, he had come to snake out their pipes, and h... ...n seemed to be gesturing to her, keeping her awake longer than her on-and-off spasms of sleep usually allowed. But now the morphine was carrying her ... ...enshrouded worms and stealthy alligators, the ignominy that she was could get reprieve from the reproaches of human eyes that in aversion redirected ... ...g of the lips as they clicked the bitch over to them. “Hasn’t anyone fed you today?” And sometimes her conversations were a taunting mixture of asp... ...asperity and kindness that went something to the effect of, “Poor thing. You want my ice cream, don’t you? But there are a lot of you out there. ... ...d away and Mother needed to have me get a job. And, I did, Scoliosis. I got a job at Burger King. I think I was doing okay for a while. They even...

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...anations of its basic rules. Kabbalah is a practical method for transcending the limits of one's senses and acquiring a new sense that opens the gate to the Spiritual World, while still living in this world. Rav Laitman clearly explains what goes on behind the scenes in the development of one's soul and the step-by-step attainment of the Upper Worlds. For anyone who wants ...

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...Excerpt: But sooner or later everyone finds out that they can no longer deny reality. Humanity continuously seeks logical justification to our existence. Man has tried to inquire and interpret nature for thousands of years. Contemporary scientists have learned that the more they progress in their scientific research, the more the picture of the world that the...

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...Table of Contents 1 The Meaning of My Life 2 View on Evolution from the Perspective of Kabbalah 3 Reincarnation 4 Kabbalah is a Science 5 About the Structure of Creation 6 About the World 7 The Purpose of Reincarnation According to the Zohar 8 Th...

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...of Creation 6. About the World 7. The Purpose of Reincarnation According to the Zohar 8. The Language of the Spiritual World 9. To Feel Another Wo... ... Correction 16. The Contemporary Generation of Kabbalah 17. Introduction to the Zohar, Who is to Blame? The website kabbalah.info is maintained b... ...earch for the right way – how to be filled with the light of the Creator. You can learn about evolutionary processes in our world through books that... ...derstands a word of it. There are instructions in it as in any manual. If you are operating on a spiritual level, if you have the knowledge and the ... ... only the desire to receive corporeal pleasures and nothing more. If they get what they want – they call it pleasure. If they get less than they wan... ...t, not fortunes, nothing that relates to this world, to our body. If they get a push beyond all those desires, it means that the Creator is calling ... ... heart of stone, and one cannot work with that part. A person simply cuts off these attributes (desires) and says: “I will not work with these desire... ...ey have. He cannot be given powers and abilities beyond what he’s already got, because his desires are unbalanced by wisdom and moral degree. That is... ...andments, or even hope that they will ever be kept, without knowing who we got them from. Only the revelation and attainment of the Creator can give ...

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...NST THE WAR follows the intertwined lives of four friends, rowing team mates, who graduate from college at the height of the Vietnam War and struggle to make decisions about the war and the military draft. Two become involved in the war, one as a combat pilot and one as a medic. The other two of the four friends, in trying to avoid the war, become involved in the “war on p...

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...234. Morris is relocated from Sam Neua to a Lao village From Sam Neua, the group that included prisoner of war James Morris headed southwest, so far as he could determine from occasional glimpses of the sun through the canopy of leaves above the road on which the...

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...PART I: UP AGAINST THE DRAFT 1. Steward brings his 1-A letter to the boat club 2. Brandt and Morris argue about the Vietnam war 3. O’Rourke steps in to bring the crew on task 4. Morris offers Steward a way out of the draft 5. Brandt asks about his dad’s experience in World War Two ...

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...‘Jarek’ takes a tongue in cheek swipe at the extreme elements of 'women’s liberation', while offering a serious alternative to the way we currently teach our children. ...

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...Chapter 1. Zeno Skinny-dipping with Raylene’s friends was not Zeno’s idea of a fun night out. He’d only agreed because he wanted to seem tough, and hoped if he felt her up in the water and fucked her afterwards her mates would stop spreading rumours he was queer. The cars screeched to a halt at the boat ramp. Everyone piled out and headed for the smal...

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...elle & Ari Chapter 5 Adele is Taught a Lesson Chapter 6 Marriage Chapter 7 Bindi & Adele Chapter 8 Preparations Chapter 9 Cador Chapter 10 What to Wear? Chapter 11 Eros Chapter 13 Acceptance Chapter 14 Secrets Chapter 15 National Park Chapter 16 Waterfall Chapter 17 Secret Places - Secret Thoughts Chapter 18 Philosophy and Farewells Chapter 19 Feral Chapter ...

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...first halt, by a group of very intimate three unwed oldies, all retired college teachers of Delhi University. They were on a pleasure trip from Delhi to Kosani, a tourist resort situated in the Kumayun Hills a range of the Himalayas in the North of India. After having driven over a hundred kilometers relating to this journey, they had halted for refreshment at a place, whe...

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...Three chronic bachelors, on their way to Kosani (Kumayun Hills), have just completed their breakfast at a roadside modern `Dhaba` and the cashier for this solid group of three looks towards his companions, as if to seek their consent to signal the `boy` to bring ...

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...This moderately sized novel opens before the reader, with an episode that took place when, after having driven over a hundred kilometers relating to the pleasure trip from Delhi to Kosani,a tourist resort situated in the Kumayun Hills a range of the Himalayas in the North of India, being undertaken by a group of very intimate three unwed oldies, all retired college te...

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...Three chronic bachelors, on their way to Kosani (Kumayun Hills), have just completed their breakfast at a roadside modern `Dhaba` and the cashier for this solid group of three looks towards his companions, as if to seek their consent to signal the `boy` to bring ...