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Morning was breaking over the landscape; a cool, refreshing breeze, laden with woodland sweets and wild birds' songs, softly kissed Mildred's cheek and awoke her. She started up with a low exclamation of delight, sprang to the open window, and kneeling there with her elbow on the sill and her cheek...

The death of Bunda Chand, King of Vendhya, via a curse channeled to his soul through a lock of his hair leads to the ascension of his sister, Devi Yasmina, who vows to get revenge on his killers, the Black Seers of Yimsha. Conan, meanwhile, has become chief of a tribe of Afghuli hillmen. Seven of...

The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter, 1902. The Tale of Peter Rabbit is a British children's book written and illustrated by Beatrix Potter that follows mischievous and disobedient young Peter Rabbit as he is chased about the garden of Mr. McGregor. He escapes and returns home to his mother...

This book is a collection of 165 fundamental quotes and aphorisms of Theodore Roosevelt: "Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far." "The worst of all fears is the fear of living" "Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell 'am, 'Certainly I can!' Then get...

This book is a collection of 107 fundamental quotes and aphorisms of John Adams: "I am determined to control events, not be controlled by them." "There are two ways to conquer and enslave a country. One is by the sword. The other is by debt." "The government of the United...

This book is a collection of 134 fundamental quotes and aphorisms of Charles Dickens: "Keep yourself to yourself." "A day wasted on others is not wasted on one's self." "Charity begins at home, and justice begins next door." "Have a heart that never hardens, and...

Contents The Seagrave family are on a stout ship en route for Australia. In a storm the ship is struck by lightning, set on fire, and dismasted. The crew make off in the ship's boats and the family are abandoned on board the sinking ship, along with an elderly seaman, Masterman Ready. But she...

THE garden lay dozing in the summer sun, a sun, too, that was really hot and luminous, worthy of mid-June, and Philip Home had paid his acknowledgments to its power by twice moving his chair into the shifting shade of the house, which stood with blinds drawn down, as if blinking in the brightness....

When past memories collide, a boy steps unknowingly into the cross-hairs of two malicious demons who share a special bond and detest their bitter pasts together. Will the boy be able to sway the demon girl with the love in his heart, or will she choose to go back to the one that she already knows...

Novel about a girl who through a series of accidents ends up in the American army pretending to be her twin brother and ends up fighting in WWI France. The whole army thought she was a man--until a woman fell in love with her.

Krishna is the greatest Hero, whom we can emulate without second thought. He is the Mentor of Mentors, Coach of Coaches and Guru of all Motivational Gurus. He is the greatest life skills expert. Krishna is God for faithful devotees. He is a magician for non-believers. He is a romantic Hero for some...

There is One Power in the Universe—One Energy—One Force. And that Power, Energy and Force is a manifestation of the One Life. There can be no other Power, for there is none other than the One from whom Power may come. And there can be no manifestation of Power that is not the Power of the One,...

The building of a glorious perfected selfhood is the work of every life. Higher consciousness is the final destiny of every soul; it is what we really live by and today we know that in order to advance and grow, we must consecrate and bring it here and now, into its fullest expression in our life....

Philosopher Rittik Chandra's "Power of Imagination" relates either to the past, the present or the future. It is the outright re-imagery in the mind's eye of past experiences. It is the creation of new and original mental images or visions by the recombination of old experiential elements....