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The Principles of Teaching represents what I have learned about the
art of teaching over the course of my thirty year career. The
principles I include in the book are meant to be both a practical
guide and an inspiration to teachers who are just entering the
profession. I also believe teachers at any stage of their career
may find this book useful.
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Peter the Great (Paperback)
Abbott Jacob Abbott, Jacob Abbott; Edited by 1stworld Library
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R398
Discovery Miles 3 980
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Parentage of Peter-His father's double marriage-Death of his
father-The princesses-Their places of seclusion-Theodore and
John-Sophia uneasy in the convent-Her request-Her probable
motives-Her success-Increase of her influence-Jealousies-Parties
formed-The imperial guards-Their character and
influence-Dangers-Sophia and the soldiers-Sophia's continued
success-Death of Theodore-Peter proclaimed-Plots formed by
Sophia-Revolution-Means of exciting the people-Poisoning-Effect of
the stories that were circulating-Peter and his mother-The
Monastery of the Trinity-Natalia's flight-Narrow escape of
Peter-Commotion in the city-Sophia is unsuccessful-Couvansky's
schemes-Sophia's attempt to appease the soldiers-No effect
produced-Couvansky's views-His plan of a marriage for his
son-Indignation of Sophia-A stratagem-Couvansky falls into the
snare-Excitement produced by his death-Galitzin-Measures adopted by
him-They are successful
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Seraphim Blueprint; (Paperback)
Ruth Rendely; Edited by 1stworld Library; Created by 1stworld Publishing
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R472
Discovery Miles 4 720
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The Seraphim Blueprint introduces an advanced spiritual system that
has been dormant for thousands of years. In 1994 a high Angel, a
Seraph, began initiating Ruth Rendely into this long-forgotten
teaching. She shares the amazing experience of that first of many
meetings, when he tells her that she is to bring out an ancient
healing modality that existed in Atlantean times. The Angel then
proves the power of the system by transmitting healing energies
into her in six-minute installations. These energies sing through
her body, fixing minor pains, and leaving her exhilirated. He tells
her that these energies are now available to be accessed
effortlessly by anyone for their own benefit or the healing of
others. RUTH RENDELY Gifted with the Seraphim Blueprint, spiritual
teacher, intuitive healer, authority on angels, she has taught
thousands how to explore their own divinity. ACCLAIM FOR SERAPHIM
BLUEPRINT I enthusiastically endorse this book. It is not just a
book, it is a journey into life. Through my experience in medicine,
I have come to realize that there is more to life than contemporary
science can explain, and that is the human soul. Ms. Ruth Rendely
has proven this to be right. She has explained her life journey in
a way that all of us can relate to, and, more importantly, through
her knowledge and experience, she has given hope, belief, and love.
I am truly impressed with her God-given talent, and her way to
express it so that we all can understand and appreciate it.
-Adrian, Bocirnea, M.D. "I'm thrilled to see that Ruth Rendely is
helping people to make contact, and to work more intimately, with
their companion angels. Nothing could be more important at this key
point in the evolution of both species. When humanity moves,
individual by individual, to fulfill its true destiny, it will be
with our angels at our sides. This is an ancient promise and it is
coming about in our lifetimes. May those with ears, hear." -Timothy
Wyllie, co-author Ask Your Angels This book is a simple story of
how one woman opened to the angels and then began to share what she
learned with others. Slowly, as you read her tale, you will find
shifts happening to you as well. Subtle is the technology of
angels, not like knives or guns or bombs. It's a soft technology,
and yet it's a powerful one. -Andrew Ramer, co-author Ask Your
Angels From the Foreword Seraphim Blueprint is a fascinating
account of one woman's journey as she develops the power of healing
by explicitly following the guidance of angels. Rendely provides a
"must-read" book for anyone who believes in the power of angels to
help guide us into becoming our best selves. -Randy Peyser, author
The Mind, Body, Spirit Speaker's Guid
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The Invitation (Paperback)
Sixto Pas; Edited by 1stworld Library, Monica Sehuanes
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R546
Discovery Miles 5 460
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In 1974, a group of teenage Peruvians became part of a facinating
journey through the remote mystical places of Peru. Through the
narrative of Sixto Paz Wells, the reader is confronted with one of
the most complex cases of ET contact ever documented. A rare case
which has astounded journalists, from nearly every country, as they
defiantly witnessed the undeniable physical presence of an advanced
civilization. The invitation stands as a document so provocative
and upsetting to our routine lives, that the author's work has been
surpresssed by organized agencies trying to destroy it. The
question is: Why? Its pages are filled with the messages of hope,
renewal and self-actualization. The humility of the author's
revelations gives us the powerful tool to understand the great
glory of being human. It complels us to share that unique glory
with our brothers and sisters from beyond our planet and perhaps
beyond time and space as we know it. After THE INVITATION, you will
never see the world the same way.
Living artfully, with integrity, guides my life. I seek to express
Truth in personal vision, to communicate honestly with
consideration, committed to excellence in all endeavor. I choose to
be authentic. -Melanie Gendron Born in Boston, MA, Melanie attended
The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston in affiliation with
Tufts University. She has developed a unique style rich in
symbolism inspired by many cultures. Proficient in a variety of
media, Melanie enjoys a renaissance attitude, creating with
inspiration her authentic expression of Spirit. Melanie's prize
winning artwork is widely exhibited and represented in numerous
collections, both public and private. Among her publications are
the internationally acclaimed Gendron Tarot, A Journal for Cat
Lovers and The Goddess Remembered, a Spiritual Journal. Melanie is
a multimedia, multi-tasking, professional artist who has served a
variety of clients as: animator, art director, author, book
designer, fashion designer, graphic artist, illustrator, poet,
painter, portraitist, teacher-metaphysician, intuitive
counselor-whatever skill applies to give her best effort. She
currently manages Gendron Studios in the Santa Cruz Mountains of
California, offering fine and commercial art and tarot products and
services, on the web at www.melaniegendron.com, Email
[email protected]. ENDORSEMENTS: The personified tarot cards in
This Fool's Journey talk about themselves, making the archetypes
accessible to the reader. The line drawings of the Gendron Tarot
major arcana make this book a visual as well as consciously
expansive treat. -John Gray, Author of Men Are from Mars, Women Are
from Venus Melanie Gendron infuses the 22 major arcana with her own
spiritual journey. Her insights make the archetypes come alive. The
result is delightful-a book of reflections, poetry, and artwork
that reflect her skills as an innovative multimedia artist.
-Stewart Florsheim, Author of A Short Fall from Grace and A Split
Second of Light The "fool" according to Ms. Gendron, is a
manifestation of child-like innocence. Melanie's work is a magical
compilation of art, poetry, and everyday experience inspired by
Tarot's major arcana. It is an invitation for all of us to awaken
to the innocence, fullness, and beauty of life as it is. -Don
Lofland, Ph.D., Author of Powerlearning and Thought Viruses Melanie
Gendron takes you on a personal voyage of self discovery, This book
is a beautiful example of self actualization. Very entertaining.
Her latest book This Fool's Journey, will inspire you and stir your
imagination, inviting you on the journey as a divine Fool to gain
mastery of the Universe. This is a trip worth taking. This is a
book well worth having in your collection. -Peggy Black, Author of
Morning Messages "We Are Here" Transmissions and Morning Messages
Invitations Contained by a cohesive vision, Melanie Gendron
partitions her poetically painted rooms, housed in This Fool's
Journey. Cleverly calling upon the elemental spirits, she spins
cycles in duality's direction, the four corners of life: North and
South, East and West, instilled inside our Center. As she shares
each Arcana from her personally insightful journey, she weaves
hidden names and messages within the patterns of our lives, moving
emotions overflowing our empty cup. Melanie Gendron 'geminizes'
words with dual meanings, unfolding archetypal visions released to
channel the enlightenment of self-actualization and free will
through her penetrating poetry. So, "Breathe" in "Shadows" of
Pandora's Box while "Dancing with the Demon," "Reaching . . ."
"Though Miles Apart," the senses from the "Love" of "My Goddess."
-Justin R. Hart, Poetic Author of Harmonic Hart Visions of
Goddesses, Angel, Mermaids, and Fairy Tales and The Crystal
Kaleidoscope of a Searching Silhouette
www.harmonic-hart-visions.com
I was riding along one autumn day through a certain wooded portion
of New York State, when I came suddenly upon an old stone house in
which the marks of age were in such startling contrast to its
unfinished condition that I involun-tarily stopped my horse and
took a long survey of the lonesome structure. Embowered in a forest
which had so grown in thickness and height since the erection of
this building that the boughs of some of the tallest trees almost
met across its decayed roof, it presented even at first view an
appearance of picturesque solitude almost approaching to
desolation. But when my eye had time to note that the moss was
clinging to eaves from under which the scaffolding had never been
taken, and that of the ten large windows in the blackened front of
the house only two had ever been furnished with frames, the awe of
some tragic mystery began to creep over me, and I sat and wondered
at the sight till my increasing interest compelled me to alight and
take a nearer view of the place.
The soft summer wind stirs the redwoods, and Wild-Water ripples
sweet cadences over its mossy stones. There are butterflies in the
sunshine, and from everywhere arises the drowsy hum of bees. It is
so quiet and peaceful, and I sit here, and ponder, and am restless.
It is the quiet that makes me restless. It seems unreal. All the
world is quiet, but it is the quiet before the storm. I strain my
ears, and all my senses, for some betrayal of that impending storm.
Oh, that it may not be premature That it may not be premature * *
The Second Revolt was largely the work of Ernest Everhard, though
he cooperated, of course, with the European leaders. The capture
and secret execution of Everhard was the great event of the spring
of 1932 A.D. Yet so thoroughly had he prepared for the revolt, that
his fellow-conspirators were able, with little confusion or delay,
to carry out his plans. It was after Everhard's execution that his
wife went to Wake Robin Lodge, a small bungalow in the Sonoma Hills
of California.
The Seraphim Blueprint introduces an advanced spiritual system that
has been dormant for thousands of years. In 1994 a high Angel, a
Seraph, began initiating Ruth Rendely into this long-forgotten
teaching. She shares the amazing experience of that first of many
meetings, when he tells her that she is to bring out an ancient
healing modality that existed in Atlantean times. The Angel then
proves the power of the system by transmitting healing energies
into her in six-minute installations. These energies sing through
her body, fixing minor pains, and leaving her exhilirated. He tells
her that these energies are now available to be accessed
effortlessly by anyone for their own benefit or the healing of
others. RUTH RENDELY Gifted with the Seraphim Blueprint, spiritual
teacher, intuitive healer, authority on angels, she has taught
thousands how to explore their own divinity. ACCLAIM FOR SERAPHIM
BLUEPRINT I enthusiastically endorse this book. It is not just a
book, it is a journey into life. Through my experience in medicine,
I have come to realize that there is more to life than contemporary
science can explain, and that is the human soul. Ms. Ruth Rendely
has proven this to be right. She has explained her life journey in
a way that all of us can relate to, and, more importantly, through
her knowledge and experience, she has given hope, belief, and love.
I am truly impressed with her God-given talent, and her way to
express it so that we all can understand and appreciate it.
-Adrian, Bocirnea, M.D. "I'm thrilled to see that Ruth Rendely is
helping people to make contact, and to work more intimately, with
their companion angels. Nothing could be more important at this key
point in the evolution of both species. When humanity moves,
individual by individual, to fulfill its true destiny, it will be
with our angels at our sides. This is an ancient promise and it is
coming about in our lifetimes. May those with ears, hear." -Timothy
Wyllie, co-author Ask Your Angels This book is a simple story of
how one woman opened to the angels and then began to share what she
learned with others. Slowly, as you read her tale, you will find
shifts happening to you as well. Subtle is the technology of
angels, not like knives or guns or bombs. It's a soft technology,
and yet it's a powerful one. -Andrew Ramer, co-author Ask Your
Angels From the Foreword Seraphim Blueprint is a fascinating
account of one woman's journey as she develops the power of healing
by explicitly following the guidance of angels. Rendely provides a
"must-read" book for anyone who believes in the power of angels to
help guide us into becoming our best selves. -Randy Peyser, author
The Mind, Body, Spirit Speaker's Guid
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The Red One (Hardcover)
Jack London; Edited by 1stworld Library
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R711
Discovery Miles 7 110
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There it was The abrupt liberation of sound As he timed it with his
watch, Bassett likened it to the trump of an archangel. Walls of
cities, he meditated, might well fall down before so vast and
compelling a summons. For the thousandth time vainly he tried to
analyse the tone-quality of that enormous peal that dominated the
land far into the strong-holds of the surrounding tribes. The
mountain gorge which was its source rang to the rising tide of it
until it brimmed over and flooded earth and sky and air. With the
wantonness of a sick man's fancy, he likened it to the mighty cry
of some Titan of the Elder World vexed with misery or wrath. Higher
and higher it arose, challenging and demanding in such profounds of
volume that it seemed intended for ears beyond the narrow confines
of the solar system. There was in it, too, the clamour of protest
in that there were no ears to hear and comprehend its utterance.
Ken Ward had not been at the big university many days before he
realized the miserable lot of a freshman. At first he was sorely
puzzled. College was so different from what he had expected. At the
high school of his home town, which, being the capita
Introduction to MOHS Cryotomy by Steven Lee is the first Manual
written for those individuals interested in becoming Mohs Techs.
The manual touches on all areas of a Mohs techs' responsibilities,
with charts, diagrams and photographs to aid the beginner to better
understand their most important responsibility. This manual covers
Quality Control, Specimen Inking and Mapping, Embedding, Cryotomy,
The Hematoxylin and Eosin Stain, Coverslipping and Troubleshooting.
~~~~~~~~~~Upon graduating Laboratory Technology training in New
York City, Steven Lee moved to Florida where he began his work in
Histology. Lee worked for one of the first Mohs Surgeons in Palm
Beach County in 1982 and has continued working in that specialty
for a number of surgeons in the South Florida region. This past
year, Lee created the first employment Staffing Agency that
specifically address this specialized area of expertise.
www.mohstechstaffing.com is a website designed to place qualified
Mohs Techs with Mohs Surgeons. In addition, Mr. Lee also offers
individual and group training
programs.~~~~~~~~~~~~~1stworldpublishing.com
When Edward Temple was about eight or nine years old he was
afflicted with a disorder of the eyes. It was so severe, and his
sight was naturally so delicate, that the surgeon felt some
apprehensions lest the boy should become totally blind. He
therefore gave strict directions to keep him in a darkened chamber,
with a bandage over his eyes. Not a ray of the blessed light of
heaven could be suffered to visit the poor lad. This was a sad
thing for Edward. It was just the same as if there were to be no
more sunshine, nor moonlight, nor glow of the cheerful fire, nor
light of lamps. A night had begun which was to continue perhaps for
months, - a longer and drearier night than that which voyagers are
compelled to endure when their ship is icebound, throughout the
winter, in the Arctic Ocean. His dear father and mother, his
brother George, and the sweet face of little Emily Robinson must
all vanish and leave him in utter darkness and solitude. Their
voices and footsteps, it is true, would be heard around him; he
would feel his mother's embrace and the kind pressure of all their
hands; but still it would seem as if they were a thousand miles
away.
"I am afraid, Watson, that I shall have to go," said Holmes, as we
sat down together to our breakfast one morning. "Go Where to?" "To
Dartmoor; to King's Pyland." I was not surprised. Indeed, my only
wonder was that he had not already been mixed upon this
extraordinary case, which was the one topic of conversation through
the length and breadth of England. For a whole day my companion had
rambled about the room with his chin upon his chest and his brows
knitted, charging and recharging his pipe with the strongest black
tobacco, and absolutely deaf to any of my questions or remarks.
Fresh editions of every paper had been sent up by our news agent,
only to be glanced over and tossed down into a corner. Yet, silent
as he was, I knew perfectly well what it was over which he was
brooding. There was but one problem before the public which could
challenge his powers of analysis, and that was the singular
disappearance of the favorite for the Wessex Cup, and the tragic
murder of its trainer. When, therefore, he suddenly announced his
intention of setting out for the scene of the drama it was only
what I had both expected and hoped for.
My peculiar relation to the writer of the following narratives is
such that I must ask the reader to overlook the absence of
explanation as to how they came into my possession. Withal, my
knowledge of him is so meager that I should rather not undertake to
say if he were himself persuaded of the truth of what he relates;
certainly such inquiries as I have thought it worth while to set
about have not in every instance tended to confirmation of the
statements made. Yet his style, for the most part devoid alike of
artifice and art, almost baldly simple and direct, seems hardly
compatible with the disingenuousness of a merely literary
intention; one would call it the manner of one more concerned for
the fruits of research than for the flowers of expression. In
transcribing his notes and fortifying their claim to attention by
giving them something of an orderly arrangement, I have
conscientiously refrained from embellishing them with such small
ornaments of diction as I may have felt myself able to bestow,
which would not only have been impertinent, even if pleasing, but
would have given me a somewhat closer relation to the work than I
should care to have and to avow. - A. B.
Purchase one of 1st World Library's Classic Books and help support
our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. Visit us online
at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - - Perhaps no other stories have ever
been told so often or listened to with so much pleasure as the
classic tales of ancient Greece. For many ages they have been a
source of delight to young people and old, to the ignorant and the
learned, to all who love to hear about and contemplate things
mysterious, beautiful, and grand. They have become so incorporated
into our language and thought, and so interwoven with our
literature, that we could not do away with them now if we would.
They are a portion of our heritage from the distant past, and they
form perhaps as important a part of our intellectual life as they
did of that of the people among whom they originated.
It all came to me one election day. It was on a warm California
afternoon, and I had ridden down into the Valley of the Moon from
the ranch to the little village to vote Yes and No to a host of
proposed amendments to the Constitution of the State of California.
Because of the warmth of the day I had had several drinks before
casting my ballot, and divers drinks after casting it. Then I had
ridden up through the vine-clad hills and rolling pastures of the
ranch, and arrived at the farm-house in time for another drink and
supper. "How did you vote on the suffrage amendment?" Charmian
asked. "I voted for it." She uttered an exclamation of surprise.
For, be it known, in my younger days, despite my ardent democracy,
I had been opposed to woman suffrage. In my later and more tolerant
years I had been unenthusiastic in my acceptance of it as an
inevitable social phenomenon. "Now just why did you vote for it?"
Charmian asked. I answered. I answered at length. I answered
indignantly. The more I answered, the more indignant I became. (No;
I was not drunk. The horse I had ridden was well named "The
Outlaw." I'd like to see any drunken man ride her.)
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Aesop's Fables (Paperback)
George Flyer Townsend; Edited by 1stworld Library
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R352
Discovery Miles 3 520
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Purchase one of 1st World Library's Classic Books and help support
our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. Visit us online
at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - - WOLF, meeting with a Lamb astray
from the fold, resolved not to lay violent hands on him, but to
find some plea to justify to the Lamb the Wolf's right to eat him.
He thus addressed him: "Sirrah, last year you grossly insulted me."
"Indeed," bleated the Lamb in a mournful tone of voice, "I was not
then born." Then said the Wolf, "You feed in my pasture." "No, good
sir," replied the Lamb, "I have not yet tasted grass." Again said
the Wolf, "You drink of my well." "No," exclaimed the Lamb, "I
never yet drank water, for as yet my mother's milk is both food and
drink to me." Upon which the Wolf seized him and ate him up,
saying, "Well I won't remain supperless, even though you refute
every one of my imputations." The tyrant will always find a pretext
for his tyranny.
Purchase one of 1st World Library's Classic Books and help support
our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. Visit us online
at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - - The entire affair is shrouded in
mystery, said D'Arnot. "I have it on the best of authority that
neither the police nor the special agents of the general staff have
the faintest conception of how it was accomplished. All they know,
all that anyone knows, is that Nikolas Rokoff has escaped." John
Clayton, Lord Greystoke - he who had been "Tarzan of the Apes" -
sat in silence in the apartments of his friend, Lieutenant Paul
D'Arnot, in Paris, gazing meditatively at the toe of his immaculate
boot. His mind revolved many memories, recalled by the escape of
his arch-enemy from the French military prison to which he had been
sentenced for life upon the testimony of the ape-man.
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our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. 1st World
Library-Literary Society is a non-profit educational organization.
Visit us online at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - - The entire affair is
shrouded in mystery, said D'Arnot. "I have it on the best of
authority that neither the police nor the special agents of the
general staff have the faintest conception of how it was
accomplished. All they know, all that anyone knows, is that Nikolas
Rokoff has escaped." John Clayton, Lord Greystoke - he who had been
"Tarzan of the Apes" - sat in silence in the apartments of his
friend, Lieutenant Paul D'Arnot, in Paris, gazing meditatively at
the toe of his immaculate boot. His mind revolved many memories,
recalled by the escape of his arch-enemy from the French military
prison to which he had been sentenced for life upon the testimony
of the ape-man.
Daniel J. Langton was born in Paterson, New Jersey and raised in
East Harlem with his brothers and sister. He is married to Eve and
they have a son, Mark. They live in San Francisco, where he teaches
English and Creative Writing at San Francisco State University. His
poetry has appeared in such journals as the Nation, the Paris
Review, the Atlantic Monthly, the TLS, the Harvard Advocate and the
Iowa Review, and has been awarded the London Prize, the Devins
Award, the Edgar Allan Poe Award and others. This is his seventh
collection. Daniel J. Langton was launched into a life of writing
poetry by William Carlos Williams. As he tells the story, "When I
was just starting out, I went to a reading by William Carlos
Williams. Afterward I showed him a poem of mine, and he told me, I
don't care what you're doing, quit your job, and write nothing but
poetry. And that's what happened." SOME COMMENTS ON EARLIER BOOKS
BY DANIEL J. LANGTON "These poems have a lovely pacing and interior
radiance." -Tess Gallagher . . ."superbly written, beautifully
controlled, and yet continually freshened by a kind and fresh
imagination." -Robert Bly . . ."such beauty, so moving, so
beautifully made that I have to tell you it is one of the finest
lyrics in the language." -William Carlos Williams "The poems I have
known before are as fresh as ever. The new ones shimmer."-Pamela
Skewes-Cox "Dan Langton may be America's greatest living poet."
-Richard Martin
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our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. Visit us online
at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - - ALL that I have written so far about
Doctor Dolittle I heard long after it happened from those who had
known him - indeed a great deal of it took place before I was born.
But I now come to set down that part of the great man's life which
I myself saw and took part in. Many years ago the Doctor gave me
permission to do this. But we were both of us so busy then voyaging
around the world, having adventures and filling note-books full of
natural history that I never seemed to get time to sit down and
write of our doings.
Abstract arts aims to make unseen ideas visible and inspiring.
MARKS ON A PAGE is a spontaneous exercise in understanding the
common ground of images. From purely conceptual compositions to
emblematic interpretations, the artist, Wade Kernohan, offers
concrete insights into how simple marks on a page invoke
head-scratching interest. Each new project moves from an assemblage
of ink strokes into an expressive idea that demonstrates the
relevance of abstract art in various esoteric alphabets showing
projects that range from atmospheric, textured and nuanced to raw,
powerful, and vibrant. Looking to expand your expressive
repertoire? Explore MARKS ON A PAGE.
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Queen Victoria (Hardcover)
Lytton Strachey; Edited by 1stworld Library; Created by 1stworld Publishing
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R819
Discovery Miles 8 190
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our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. Visit us online
at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - - On November 6, 1817, died the
Princess Charlotte, only child of the Prince Regent, and heir to
the crown of England. Her short life had hardly been a happy one.
By nature impulsive, capricious, and vehement, she had always
longed for liberty; and she had
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Caesar and Cleopatra (Hardcover)
George Bernard Shaw; Edited by 1stworld Library; Created by 1stworld Publishing
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R746
Discovery Miles 7 460
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our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. Visit us online
at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - - An October night on the Syrian
border of Egypt towards the end of the XXXIII Dynasty, in the year
706 by Roman computation, afterwards reckoned by Christian
computation as 48 B.C. A great radiance of silver fire, the dawn of
a moonlit night, is rising in the east. The stars and the cloudless
sky are our own contemporaries, nineteen and a half centuries
younger than we know them; but you would not guess that from their
appearance. Below them are two notable drawbacks of civilization: a
palace, and soldiers. The palace, an old, low, Syrian building of
whitened mud, is not so ugly as Buckingham Palace; and the officers
in the courtyard are more highly civilized than modern English
officers: for example, they do not dig up the corpses of their dead
enemies and mutilate them, as we dug up Cromwell and the Mahdi.
They are in two groups: one intent on the gambling of their captain
Belzanor, a warrior of fifty, who, with his spear on the ground
beside his knee, is stooping to throw dice with a sly-looking young
Persian recruit; the other gathered about a guardsman who has just
finished telling a naughty story (still current in English
barracks) at which they are laughing uproariously. They are about a
dozen in number, all highly aristocratic young Egyptian guardsmen,
handsomely equipped with weapons and armor, very unEnglish in point
of not being ashamed of and uncomfortable in their profess-sional
dress; on the contrary, rather ostentatiously and arrogantly
warlike, as valuing themselves on their military caste.
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