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Charles Aldarondo, Charles Franks Stories by English Authors The Sea

Fiction
English
32760 Words
Ages 18 and up
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I am Michael Balfour I it was who fell overboard; and it is needless for me to say [more]

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Various . Stories by English Authors: The Sea

Short Story
English
32773 Words
Ages 18 and up
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In the newspapers of 1876 appeared the following extracts from the log of a merchantman: "VOLCANIC ISLAND IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC. --The ship Hercules, of Liverpool, lately arrived in the Mersey, reports as follows: March 23, in 2 deg. 12' north latitude, 33 deg. 27' west longitude, a shock of earthquake was felt, and shortly afterward a mass of land was hove up at a distance of about two miles from the ship. [more]

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Mabel Patterson Through the Year With Famous Authors

Fiction
English
27122 Words
Ages 18 and up
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Doreen Patterson Reitsma (December 12, 1927 – April 30, 2000) was the first woman from British Columbia to enter Canada's newly created Postwar Women's Division of the Royal Canadian Navy. She began her basic training on October 2, 1951, at HMCS Cornwallis in Cornwallis, Nova Scotia. She was trained as an elite radio intelligence operator for the wireless communications base at HMC NRS Coverdale. Coverdale was located near the city of Moncton, New Brunswick and was part of the Canada-USA Atlantic High Frequency Direction Finding Network responsible for the collection of military intelligence. [more]

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Various None Stories By Foreign Authors: Spanish (fiscle part-9)

Foreign Language Study
English
45874 Words
Ages 18 and up
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"How Little We Really Know, My Friends; How Little We Really Know." The Speaker Was Gabriel, A Distinguished Civil Engineer Of The Mountain Corps. He Was Seated Under A Pine Tree, Near A Spring, On The Crest Of The Guadarrama. It Was Only About A League And A Half Distant From The Palace Of The Escurial, On The Boundary Line Of The Provinces Of Madrid And Segovia. I Know The Place, Spring, Pine Tree And All, But I Have Forgotten Its Name. [more]

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Various None Stories By English Authors: France (fiscle part-9)

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English
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Ages 18 and up
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It Was Late In November, 1456. The Snow Fell Over Paris With Rigorous, Relentless Persistence; Sometimes The Wind Made A Sally And Scattered It In Flying Vortices; Sometimes There Was A Lull, And Flake After Flake Descended Out Of The Black Night Air, Silent, Circuitous, Interminable. To Poor People, Looking Up Under Moist Eyebrows, It Seemed A Wonder Where It All Came From. Master Francis Villon Had Propounded An Alternative That Afternoon, At A Tavern Window: Was It Only Pagan Jupiter Plucking Geese Upon Olympus? Or Were The Holy Angels Moulting? He Was Only A Poor Master Of Arts, He Went On; And As The Question Somewhat Touched Upon Divinity, He Durst Not Venture To Conclude. A Silly Old Priest From Montargis, Who Was Among The Company, Treated The Young Rascal To A Bottle Of Wine In Honour Of The Jest And Grimaces With Which It Was Accompanied, And Swore On His Own White Beard That He Had Been Just Such Another Irreverent Dog When He Was Villon's Age. [more]

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Not Available Stories By Foreign Authors: Spanish (Fiscle Part-Ix)

Short Story
English
45637 Words
Ages 18 and up
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"How Little We Really Know, My Friends; How Little We Really Know." The Speaker Was Gabriel, A Distinguished Civil [more]

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F. F. ARBUTHNOT ARABIC AUTHORS A MANUAL OF ARABIAN HISTORY AND LITERATURE

History
English
58968 Words
Ages 18 and up
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The following pages contain nothing new and nothing original, but they do contain a good deal of information [more]

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F. F. Arbuthnot Arabic Authors A Manual of Arabian History and Literature

Literary Criticism
English
58968 Words
Ages 18 and up
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Forster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot (21 May 1833 – 25 May 1901) was a notabled British Orientalist and translator. Arbuthnot's [more]

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Helen C. Black Mrs. Hungerford Notable Women Authors of the Day

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English
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Ages 18 and up
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It is well worth encountering the perils of the sea, even in the middle of winter, and in [more]

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Asa Don Dickinson Stories of Achievement, Volume IV (of 6) Authors and Journalists

Fiction
English
41267 Words
Ages 18 and up
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THE MAN TO WHOM EXPRESSION WAS TRAVAIL From the "Confessions of Rousseau." It is strange to hear that those critics [more]

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