Franklin: 1388 books

My war story that follows relates how I was fortunate enough to weave my way through six years of active service in the air in the RAF in World War II, without compromising my abhorrence of killing civilians, and following my teenage intuition of engaging only enemy military forces. On operations...

Emanuel Van Meteren, On Hudson's Voyage, 1610. In J. Franklin Jameson, ed. , Narratives of New Netherland, 1609-1664 (Original Narratives of Early American History). NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1909.

Hollywood film music is often mocked as a disreputably 'applied' branch of the art of composition that lacks both the seriousness and the quality of the classical or late-romantic concert and operatic music from which it derives. Its composers in the 1930s and '40s were themselves often scornful of...

When Jonathan Franklin takes two baby tawny owls back to Eton, he has no idea how chaotic the following months will be. The birds show no respect for Etonian routine and tradition. They trash his room and rule his daily life, and are known throughout the school as "Dum" and "Dee"....

Experience the power of magical workings using items you created yourself. Utilize natural ingredients for the well-being of your community, home, and body. This comprehensive sourcebook shares old-world wisdom and contemporary approaches to living the hearth witch way, where spirituality nurtures...

Boris Franklin has been writing rap songs since he was 10 and is now putting his experience about his life into poetry. In 1990 Boris won a writing contest for his prize writing rap song on the importance of passing the High School Proficiency Test (HSPT) taking top honors district-wide. He continues...

After years of pondering the improbability of the story of Adam and Eve, I have done considerable research into how human life was formed on this planet. Well, I still don’t know exactly, but ancient lore from many sources seems to dovetail into this somewhat reasonable explanation. There...

The English language is a rich, useful collection of disparate sounds, misleading pronunciations and nightmarish spellings – you’re not the problem - it’s English! Suppose you want to look up the word, “myriad”, you have no idea how to pronounce it. The dictionary says, “myr –...

After being oppressed since the dawn of Life, Women’s Lib has unleashed the Cats from Hell. Here’s the problem Women’s Liberation created: Instead of traditional female bullying weapons of choice - snide remarks, contemptuous looks, derisive laughter, back stabbing - women emulate men in brain-dead...

“We have met the enemy and she is us.” to paraphrase Garfield (Walt Kelly). This current surge for women’s recognition, support and respect, will fade away the same as all the other women’s attempts at reform, an awakening, clear thinking, intelligent discourse and common sense. For...

The secret to successful public speaking is out! Rhetoric is the short cut to communication success - you “public speak” in some way everyday in every way. When you understand the bits and pieces of what you want to say and how to say it, then you’re in control of any situation. You’re nerve...

Just be Yourself - what a great idea! The search for Self started, in earnest, in the 1960's. But of course in that decade Enlightenment hit us like a whirlwind. The ancient beliefs of Yoga, TM, EST, Esalen, opium, weed, free love, down with Capitalism, up with Socialism, Existentialism, Baba Ram...

There are two steps to Social Suicide: Welfare “Free money” is an addiction; like any drug, the money and assistance are never enough. Society cannot support the exponential increase in the cost of welfare and especially an increase of babies born to single girls. This expenditure takes...

Newcomers are welcome to jump into the American “melting pot” and become one of us - but only if you want to - you don’t have to be one of us. You can be you - different, because we want you to know that even if you’re different, you’re the same as we are. We celebrate and respect your life-style...