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Welcome to Paradise

Welcome to Paradise

by Allyn Donnelson

Well, the way the work is supposed to be scheduled, my welding job is the first thing after it comes off the presses, just before the little coils are put in. So the foreman comes over to me one night—it was October 10, the last day of the World Series—and shows me one of the covers after it's been wired up. One of the welds has come loose—maybe be..

A guide book of art, architecture, and historic interests in Pennsylvania

A guide book of art, architecture, and historic interests in Pennsylvania

by A. Margaretta Archambault

This Guide Book of Art, Architecture, and Historic Interests in Pennsylvania, commenced by advice of Mrs. Edward Biddle of Carlisle, and fostered by Mrs. Samuel Semple of Titusville, during their presidency of the “State Federation of Pennsylvania Women,” for the use of tourists, is arranged chronologically, beginning with the counties first formed..

Astronomy and General Physics Considered with Reference to Natural Theology

Astronomy and General Physics Considered with Reference to Natural Theology

by William Whewell

The examination of the material world brings before us a number of things and relations of things which suggest to most minds the belief of a creating and presiding Intelligence. And this impression, which arises with the most vague and superficial consideration of the objects by which we are surrounded, is, we conceive, confirmed and expanded by a..

Our Nuclear Future

Our Nuclear Future

by Edward Teller

This book has been written for the layman who has no knowledge about atoms, bombs and radioactivity. He knows that the world is made of atoms, that bombs might destroy it and that radioactivity could make it a place much less agreeable to live in. We should like to give some advice about the use of the book: Each chapter can be read by itself...

Samantha Among the Colored Folks

Samantha Among the Colored Folks

by Marietta Holley

Josiah squirmed—I see he did, he squirmed hard, though he is a good Christian man. He wuz afraid the cream biscuit would be spilte by the delay; they are his favorites, and though I am fur from bein’ the one that ought to speak of it, my biscuit are called delicious. And though I hate to say it, hate to show any onwillingness to be blessed to ..

Second to None -  A Military Romance, Volume 1 (of 3)

Second to None - A Military Romance, Volume 1 (of 3)

by James Grant

In the following pages, and in delineating the character of my hero, I have chosen the ranks of the 2nd Dragoons, not because of any national partiality, but from the desire to describe the adventures of a soldier in a brave old regiment, which has served with distinction in every war since its formation—in short, from the battles of the Covenant t..

Second to None -  A Military Romance, Volume 2 (of 3)

Second to None - A Military Romance, Volume 2 (of 3)

by James Grant

The city of St. Malo was now more closely reconnoitred by the commander-in-chief, as well as by General Elliot, the quartermaster-general, and other officers, who were unanimously of opinion that, from its vast strength, a long time—a month at least—must elapse before it could be reduced; and as the heavy cannon and mortars requisite for such a sie..

Tales of the Unexpected

Tales of the Unexpected

by H. G. Wells

Tales of the Unexpected is a collection of Time travel short stories written by HG Wells comprising the stories including The remarkable case of Davidson's eyes, The moth, The story of the late Mr Elvesham, Under the knife, The Plattner story, The crystal egg, The man who could work miracles, A dream of armageddon, The new accelerator, The door in ..