From the Native Americans who lived in the Chicago area for thousands of years, to the first European explorers Marquette and Jolliet, to the 2005 Chicago White Sox World Series win, parents, teachers, and kids will love this comprehensive an......
"Throughout the ages, in all parts of the world, the messages of miracle have been heard. They appeal to the child within us all and make the world more loving and wondrous than it often seems. But there is no...
When Sam Pinkney brought Billy Bumps over to the old Corner House, and tied him by the corner of the woodshed, there was at once a family conclave called. Sam was never known to be into anything but mischief; therefore...
Madam, you are charming! You have not slept, and yet you smile. No man could ask a better prisoner. She turned to him, smiling faintly. "I thank you. At least we have had breakfast, and for such mercy I am...
That part of Asia Minor which borders the narrow channel now known as the Dar-da-nelles', was in ancient times called Tro'as. Its capital was the city of Troy, which stood about three miles from the shore of the Æ-ge'an Sea,...
"A Happy Boy" was written in 1859 and 1860. It is, in my estimation, Bjornson's best story of peasant life. In it the author has succeeded in drawing the characters with remarkable distinctness, while his profound psychological insight, his perfec......
This is the story of a bad boy. Well, not such a very bad, but a pretty bad boy; and I ought to know, for I am, or rather I was, that boy myself. Lest the title should mislead the...
In the dark main room of the Fircone Tavern the warm June air seemed to have lost all its delicacy, like a degraded angel. It was sodden through and through, as with the lees of wine; it was stained and...
The Revolution reached our parish years ago, and Drumtochty has a School Board, with a chairman and a clerk, besides a treasurer and an officer. Young Hillocks, who had two years in a lawyer's office, is clerk, and summons meetings...
When one of the leading publicists in America, Dr. Albert Shaw of the Review of Reviews, after reading the manuscript of Part I of this volume, characterized the author as "The Robinson Crusoe of the Twentieth Century," he touched the...
These strong birds of prey have long been a symbol of wisdom. This book examines several species of owls and explores how the birds unusual talons and softly feathered wings make them such superb hunters.Author: Miller, Sara SwanPublisher: Pow......
These proud birds have captured the imaginations of millions. This interesting volume introduces young readers to several different species of eagles, offers information about aeries and eaglets, and describes efforts to save the worldÂs eagles.......
Rhode Island was settled by Massachusetts colonists seeking greater religious freedom. Follow the colony from these beginnings to the uniting of settlements to form Rhode Island in this book. The role of General Nathanael Greene and the Battle of ......
Poppers are among the new wave of inhalant drugs that can be disguised as household products (including leather cleaners and room deodorizers) making them easy to conceal and purchase. Known as a party drug, poppers are attractive to young people...
If you have ever dreamed of having a longer, larger, firmer, fuller penis, you owe it to yourself to learn about this easy, natural way to penis enlargement. This proven, step-by-step program is your drug-free and surgery-free way to a...
Written in 1903 by one of the first women Doctors. Her views are still salient now. KAREZZA, elucidating a theory of conjugal life, in which there is a love communion between husband and wife from which results a mastery of...
At about 9 o'clock on the morning, soon after sending her three children off to school, Helen List sat in the kitchen drinking a cup of coffee. She was still in her nightgown and slippers. John came up behind her...
This timely new book uses historical data from 1980 and alternative scenarios through 2020 to assess China's future energy requirements and the resources available to meet them. Current trends are putting China on an unsustainable and insecure energy growth path,...
Naturalized bioethics represents a revolutionary change in how health care ethics is practised. It calls for bioethicists to give up their dependence on utilitarianism and other ideal moral theories and instead to move toward a self-reflexive, soc......