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Humorous, ironic, and sometimes cynical observations of life in 1915 from Canadian humourist Stephen Leacock.

The author relates his life at Monty's Leap, his farm in Cornwall, with his cat, two donkeys and the many people who find their way there having read his "Minack Chronicles".

Contents: Forms and backgrounds of inherited Christianity New forces and old faiths Faith healing in general The approach to Christian Science and Mary Baker Eddy Christian Science as a philosophy Christian Science as a theology Christian science as a system of healing and a religion New Thought The return of the East upon the West : theosophy and kindred cults Spiritualism Minor cults : the meaning of the cults for the church.

In 1929, on a train home to North India after months abroad, playboy Bushan Singh, a Rajah's son, is arrested and jailed. He tells his life story to his cell mates, a group of elderly trade unionists.

A high interest-low vocabulary book, adapted from a story by David Bateson. It tells of the adventures and eventual rescue of a boy and his dog trapped at an isolated homestead by the rising flood waters of the Bellangong River.

There are 3 parts to this collection. (1) Against Apion is a two-volume defense of Judaism as classical religion and philosophy, stressing its antiquity, as opposed to what Josephus claimed was the relatively more recent tradition of the Greeks. Some anti-Judean allegations ascribed by Josephus to the Greek writer Apion, and myths accredited to Manetho are also addressed. (2) Discourse To The Greeks Concerning Hades describes the author's views on the afterlife against the prevailing view of the "Greeks" (i.e., the Greco-Romans) of his day. Although generally still reprinted in editions of Whiston's Josephus, later scholars have realized that this attribution is incorrect. This brief discourse, at least in its original form, is now attributed to the church father Hippolytus. (3) The Life of Josephus is an autobiographical text written by Josephus in approximately 94-99 CE – possibly as an appendix to his Antiquities of the Jews – where the author for the most part re-visits the events of the War, apparently in response to allegations made against him by Justus of Tiberias.

When 'Wild' Bill Barnaby drops off the face of the earth, big sister Alex heads for Miami to save her brother. Battling bad-hair-day humidity, Miami hit men, and Palmetto bugs big enough to eat her alive, Alex pursues Bill's trail through the bars of South Beach then south to Key West and Cuba.

The author uses the metaphor of Mars and Venus to illustrate the commonly occurring conflicts between men and women. He gives advise on how to counteract these differences in communication styles, emotional needs and modes of behaviour.

An in-depth series of chapters devoted to the use of our memory system; as the title suggests, how to develop our memory system, how to train it to improve it, and how to make the best use of it in our everyday lives, and to improve our positions in life. This is not intended to be a series of chapters to impress friends and colleagues, nor to play 'tricks' on others, rather it is for the betterment of individuals in whatever walk of life in which they may be involved by training and using their memory toward that end.

To escape an unhappy home situation, fourteen-year-old Rod McKenzie, six feet tall and more than eleven stone, enlists in the army during World War Two, claiming to be nineteen.

Mr. Warington Smyth takes the reader, after a general introduction, to the Baltic, Denmark, and Sweden. Diversity of conditions, which a landsman would scarcely notice, finds its proper expression in build and rig. Then we come to Holland, which has a chapter to itself. "A book might be written on the Dutch boats of the day," says our author, "and a rich reward awaits the man who can devote himself to the study of them." There' are worlds, it seems, still to be conquered, and not far away. Chap. 5 brings us to Scotland, where we find, as we might expect, no little progress.

Adventure set in England and New Hebrides. A young pilot is caught up in espionage.

A short guide on the home production of cosmetic creams.

A collection of short stories by the author of Anne of Green Gables. The stories were written between 1896 and 1901.

Dramatised version of one of Shakespeare's more involved plays. Shakespeare's comedy about Spanish courtiers who unsuccessfully swear off relationships with women

Who could tell what forms, what visions, what faces, what forgiveness he could see in the glow of the west! Jim is a well-bred young romantic who takes to the seas with hopes of adventure and the aspiration to prove his mettle. When the boat he sails in threatens to sink, Jim abandons ship in fear in order to save himself, leaving the other passengers to their fate. However, the ship does not sink and guilt-ridden Jim admits to the maritime court of inquiry that he deserted the boat and is consequently stripped of his sailing papers. Blighted by his own cowardice, Jim's subsequent self-exile to a remote Malaysian trading post gives Conrad the opportunity to explore the question of moral identity and through his hero, he embodies the values and deterioration of the declining empire of late Victorian Britain. With its rich descriptions of an unknown, exotic world and beautifully constructed prose, Lord Jim is considered one of Conrad's greatest works.

Written for primary school students, this book details the history of Australian inventions and gives biographical details of our most famous inventors.

The Lone Ranger Rides Again is a 1939 American Republic serial. It was a sequel to Republic's earlier 1937 serial The Lone Ranger, which had been highly successful, and the thirteenth of the sixty-six serials produced by Republic.

The LITTLE COLONEL Series consisted of 15 titles and a paperdoll book, all published by L.C. Page Company between 1896 and 1914. In 1935, Shirley Temple starred in the film version of the first novel, The Little Colonel.

Remarkable story of one woman's triumph over poverty in Russia and her eventual immigration to Australia on board a migrant ship.