Julian: 1621 books

When I was a child, I used to hope my fairy-stories were true. Since reaching years of discretion, I have preferred acknowledged fiction. This inconsistency, however, is probably rather apparent than real. Experience has taught me that the greater the fairy-story the less the truth; and contrariwise,...

The professor crossed one long, lean leg over the other, and punched down the ashes in his pipe-bowl with the square tip of his middle finger. The thermometer on the shady veranda marked eighty-seven degrees of heat, and nature wooed the soul to languor and revery; but nothing could abate the energy...

Among the records of the English state trials are to be found many strange stories, which would, as the phrase is, make the fortune of a modern novelist. But there are also numerous cases, not less stimulating to imagination and curiosity, which never attained more than local notoriety, of which the...

AN APPANAGE OF ROYALTY. A good many years ago—before Julius Cæsar landed at Dover, in fact, and while the architect's plans for Stonehenge were still under consideration—England was inhabited by a civilised and prosperous people, who did not care about travelling, and who were renowned for their...

Established in 1897, incorporated in January of 1899, and located in southwest Wyoming, Kemmerer has been a coal-mining community for over 100 years. Kemmerer became the county seat for Lincoln County in 1911 when Uinta County, one of Wyoming�s original five counties, was divided. James Cash Penney...

The goal of meditation is to slow down the frequency of your brain wave patterns from around 13-40 cycles per second to about 8-13 cycles per second. This is known as Alpha. We are primarily interested in the Alpha state, because while you are in this state it is easier for your subconscious mind...

To ROBERT CARTER, Esq. Not the intrinsic merits of this story embolden me to inscribe it to you, my dear friend, but the fact that you, more than any other man, are responsible for its writing. Your advice and encouragement first led me to book-making; so it is only fair that you should partake of whatever...

New-York, Washington et l’invasion du Maryland     La Vie des eaux et les Lacs du Nord 1 septembre 1865. -     La Convention de Chicago, le Haut-Mississipi et une lutte électorale à Saint-Louis 15 septembre 1865. -      Une Visite au...

« Dieu a voulu que le même esprit de civilisation qui s’est revêtu de toutes les pompes de la gloire, du succès et du bien-être à une des extrémités de l’Europe, fût forcé, à l’autre, de passer à travers toutes les...

Exclusively published in partnership with CACHE and up-to-date with the 2012 EYFS requirements, this is the ideal textbook for you if you are taking the Award, Certificate or Diploma in the CACHE Level 3 Child Care and Education qualification. Written by a highly experienced and respected author...

Write What You Don't Know is a friendly manual for aspiring screenwriters. It encourages you to move beyond your comfort zones in search of stories. We all write what we know - how could we not? Writing what you don't know and doing it in an informed and imaginative way is what makes the process worthwhile. Hoxter...

This is a book of conversations with researchers working across Europe, the USA and Africa. It aims to illuminate the lived reality of educational research on a wide variety of topics, including family life in rural South Africa, support for self-harming students in the UK, character development in...

The ADHD label had been rampantly overused on children with completely different problems when the controversial first edition of ADHD was praised by practitioners and parents alike as a timely book whose message was long overdue. This new edition includes a complete revision of the chapter on medication,...