Repo Items

  • Author:

    Eells, Elsie Spicer

    Summary:

    This book, subtitled "How and Why Tales from Brazilian Folk-Lore", is a collection of short stories, most of them etiologial myths from Brazilian Indian Folklore.

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    HALL, James Norman

    Summary:

    Returning from the horrors of World War I James Hall and Charles Nordhoff follow a dream to tour the South Pacific. They later co authored “Mutiny on the Bounty”. This is a love story. A travelogue and an adventure rolled into one. This book just went into the public domain, so enjoy an early 20th Century look at paradise.

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    Eusebius of Caesarea

    Summary:

    Eusebius presents the history of the Church from the apostles to his own time, with special regard to the following points: 1. the successions of bishops in the principal sees 2. the history of Christian teachers 3. the history of heresies 4. the history of the Jews 5. the relations to the heathen 6. the martyrdoms.

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    Klein, Robin

    Summary:

    Mary-Anna Clutterworth and Sandra Sutton are bitter enemies, until they have to spend an afternoon in town together and get lost.

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    Montgomery, L.M.

    Summary:

    Emily leaves New Moon Farm to live with her stern Aunt Ruth so she can go to school in Shrewsbury, but she finds it hard to feel at home in her new surroundings

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    Queensland Government

    Summary:

    A collection of emergency planning sheets covering various subjects including floods, fires, pets and other issues.

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    Sudermann, Hermann

    Summary:

    Two short plays, in Spanish, by German writer Hermann Sudermann.

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    Anderson, Poul William

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    Freud, Sigmund

    Summary:

    Dreams, in Freud's view, are all forms of "wish fulfillment" — attempts by the unconscious to resolve a conflict of some sort, whether something recent or something from the recesses of the past (later in Beyond the Pleasure Principle, Freud would discuss dreams which do not appear to be wish-fulfillment). Because the information in the unconscious is in an unruly and often disturbing form, a "censor" in the preconscious will not allow it to pass unaltered into the conscious. During dreams, the preconscious is more lax in this duty than in waking hours, but is still attentive: as such, the unconscious must distort and warp the meaning of its information to make it through the censorship. As such, images in dreams are often not what they appear to be, according to Freud, and need deeper interpretation if they are to inform on the structures of the unconscious.

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    Montessori, Maria

    Summary:

    The original outline of the Montessori method of education.

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    Bedson, Jack

    Summary:

    Jack and his sisters go to the beach with the Ferguson family. Jack has a wonderful day of swimming and marching in a surf carnival, but by the end of the day he is feeling rather sore and sorry because he has been sunburnt.

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    Gordon, Richard, 1921-

    Summary:

    Dr. Grimsdyke lands a job as ship's doctor on a passenger liner on which his current beloved is also travelling.

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    Australian Government, Productivity Commission

    Summary:

    An overview of a disability insurance scheme proposed by the Australian Government, Productivity Commission in Feb 2011

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    BIERCE, Ambrose

    Summary:

    The Devil's Dictionary is a satirical "reference" book written by Ambrose Bierce. The book offers reinterpretations of terms in the English language, lampooning cant and political doublespeak, as well as other aspects of human foolishness and frailty. It was originally published in 1906 as The Cynic's Word Book before being retitled in 1911. Modern "unabridged" versions that include Bierce "definitions" that were for various reasons missed by earlier editions continue to be popular a century later.

  • Summary:

    A short history of the National Library Service of the Library of Congress of the United States.

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    Jordan, Penny

    Summary:

    Saffron's holiday in Italy with her father turns into a nightmare when she is kidnapped. To add to her ordeal, Saffron actually finds herself falling in love with Nico, who had posed as her father's friend but is actually in league with the captors.

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    Coffey, B. R. 1951-

    Summary:

    Decade : a selection of contemporary Western Australian short fiction. Twenty one writers.

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    Cleary, Beverly

    Summary:

    Leigh, a sixth grade boy, writes letters to Mr. Henshaw, his favourite author. He begins writing because of a school assignment. Mr. Henshaw writes back and his surprising answers to Leigh's questions change the boy's life.

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    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

    Summary:

    This book provides a historical view of the grand scope of the work of the Relief Society. Through historical accounts, personal experiences, scriptures, and words of latter-day prophets and Relief Society leaders, it teaches about the responsibilities and opportunities Latter-day Saint women are given in Heavenly Father's plan of happiness. It may be used for personal study, in Relief Society meetings, and in other teaching opportunities at home and at church.

  • Author:

    King, Stephen, 1947- ; Martin, George R. R. ; Simmons, Dan

    Summary:

    Short stories by three of the world's leading writers of horror fiction. Subjects range from hauntings and witchcraft to werewolves and alternative universes.