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Author: Louis Dodge
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 143
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"Children of the Desert" by Louis Dodge The author wanted to write a tragedy of human nature at cross purposes. It's a delightfully sinister social tale, ageless and yet fresh and decidedly mischievous in its prose. Though it's written in a different style, the book is so engaging that you won't have any trouble getting into the book, no matter what you usually read.
Author: Louis Dodge
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 143
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"Children of the Desert" by Louis Dodge The author wanted to write a tragedy of human nature at cross purposes. It's a delightfully sinister social tale, ageless and yet fresh and decidedly mischievous in its prose. Though it's written in a different style, the book is so engaging that you won't have any trouble getting into the book, no matter what you usually read.
Author: Martha Foley
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Short stories
Languages : en
Pages : 524
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Author: Martha Foley
Publisher: Mariner Books
ISBN:
Category : Short stories
Languages : en
Pages : 528
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Author: Various
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 405
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As one can guess from the title, the following book is an anthology of the stories published in 1920, considered to be the best by the editor of the book, Edward J. O'Brien. Featured titles include the following: 'The Other Woman (Sherwood Anderson)', 'Gargoyle (Edwina Stanton Babock)', and 'Ghitza (Konrad Bercovici)'.
Author: San Francisco Public Library
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Acquisitions (Libraries)
Languages : en
Pages : 258
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Author: United States. Children's Bureau
Publisher:
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Category : Child welfare
Languages : en
Pages : 882
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Author: Henryk Sienkiewicz
Publisher: Library of Alexandria
ISBN: 1465535349
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 546
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Mr. Rawlinson, one of the directors of the Suez Canal Company, and Ladislaus Tarkowski, senior engineer of the same company, lived for many years upon terms of the closest intimacy. Both were widowers, but Pani Tarkowski, by birth a French lady, died at the time Stas came into the world, while Nell's mother died of consumption in Helwan when the girl was three years old. Both widowers lived in neighboring houses in Port Said, and owing to their duties met daily. A common misfortune drew them still closer to each other and strengthened the ties of friendship previously formed. Mr. Rawlinson loved Stas as his own son, while Pan Tarkowski would have jumped into fire and water for little Nell. After finishing their daily work the most agreeable recreation for them was to talk about the children, their education and future. During such conversations it frequently happened that Mr. Rawlinson would praise the ability, energy, and bravery of Stas and Pan Tarkowski would grow enthusiastic over the sweetness and angelic countenance of Nell. And the one and the other spoke the truth. Stas was a trifle conceited and a trifle boastful, but diligent in his lessons, and the teachers in the English school in Port Said, which he attended, credited him with uncommon abilities. As to courage and resourcefulness, he inherited them from his father, for Pan Tarkowski possessed these qualities in an eminent degree and in a large measure owed to them his present position. In the year 1863 he fought for eleven months without cessation. Afterwards, wounded, taken into captivity, and condemned to Siberia, he escaped from the interior of Russia and made his way to foreign lands. Before he entered into the insurrection he was a qualified engineer; nevertheless he devoted a year to the study of hydraulics. Later he secured a position at the Canal and in the course of a few years, when his expert knowledge, energy, and industry became known, he assumed the important position of senior engineer. Stas was born, bred, and reached his fourteenth year in Port Said on the Canal; in consequence of which the engineers called him the child of the desert. At a later period, when he was attending school, he sometimes, during the vacation season and holidays, accompanied his father or Mr. Rawlinson on trips, which their duty required them to make from Port Said to Suez to inspect the work on the embankment or the dredging of the channel of the Canal. He knew everybody—the engineers and custom-house officials as well as the laborers, Arabs and negroes. He bustled about and insinuated himself everywhere, appearing where least expected; he made long excursions on the embankment, rowed in a boat over Menzaleh, venturing at times far and wide. He crossed over to the Arabian bank and mounting the first horse he met, or in the absence of a horse, a camel, or even a donkey, he would imitate Farys on the desert; in a word, as Pan Tarkowski expressed it, "he was always popping up somewhere," and every moment free from his studies he passed on the water.
Author: Thomas H. Williams
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1462873693
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 704
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The Thomas Ward is like a small stream in the mountains, that emerges from a tiny spring and trickles on down the hillside to join the creek on its way to the river. No attempt has been made to get all the information, about all the people who live, or have lived, within its boundaries. Neither is the material collected, considered to be the most important or free from errors. This book is just "a cup of water" dipped from the little stream, as it journeys on its way, no attempt is made to dip up all the water or stop its flow. It is hoped, that like the cup of cool water from the tiny stream, this book will refresh the reader, and the stream of time flows on. To those pioneers, both young and old who had the courage to combine all the natural resources which the creator so wisely stored in these mountains, rivers and valleys along with the brawn and brain that He gave man. The Miracle of the Desert came to be.
Author: San Francisco Free Public Library
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Classified catalogs (Dewey decimal)
Languages : en
Pages : 602
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 118
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