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MP3 Audio CD. Biographical note on Edmund Burke (in Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, volume 7 ) Edmund Burke, born in Dublin, Ireland, in 1729, was the son of … mais…

MP3 Audio CD. Biographical note on Edmund Burke (in Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, volume 7 ) Edmund Burke, born in Dublin, Ireland, in 1729, was the son of a successful attorney, who gave him as good an education as the times and the country afforded. He went to school to an excellent Quaker, and graduated at Trinity College in 1748. He appears to have then gone to London in 1750 to "keep terms," as it was called, at the Middle Temple, with the view of being admitted to the bar, in obedience to his father's desire and ambition. But the desultory habit of mind, the preference for literature and philosophical speculation to connected study, which had marked his career in college, followed him and prevented any serious application to the law. His father's patience was after a while exhausted, and he withdrew Burke's allowance and left him to his own resources. This was in 1755, but in 1756 he married, and made his first appearance in the literary world by the publication of a book. About these years from 1750 to 1759 little is known. He published two works, one a treatise on the 'Origin of our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful,' and the other a 'Vindication of Natural Society,' a satire on Bolingbroke. Stray allusions and anecdotes about other men in the diaries and correspondence of the time show that he frequented the literary coffee-houses, and was gradually making an impression on the authors and wits whom he met there. Besides the two books we have mentioned, he produced some smaller things, such as an 'Essay on the Drama,' and part of an 'Abridgment of the History of England.' But although these helped to secure him admission to the literary set, they did not raise him out of the rank of obscure literary adventurers, who from the Revolution of 1688, and especially, 0, MP3 Audio CD. The violent combat has taken starvation to Europe. Most of her population suffer endlessly head on with deprivation. All food production has been gravely affected with. Crop growing has been decreased to the time of endangerment. A number of men who had used all their time and effort to growing food have been stopped, more men are still battling, other men have moved out from the harvest lands to the big warfare workshops. Females, also, have been prepared from the farms and house lawns to the workshops and to substitute the no show men in a swarm of labors. Massive expansions of previously rich farm land have been momentarily destroyed by the rage of the conflict. A few are still under dwindling shot and shell. Belgium and France have adrift many acres of fertile land to the adversary. The fertilizers needed for sustaining the cultivation of the farm still obtainable are insufficient. All this implies that the Allies must depend on the outside for the upkeep of their food sources. Though due to sea transports are smaller in number than they were, and due to most of them should bring multitudes and fire powers entirely, these vessels cannot be sent on passages lengthier than definitely needed to seek and take back the essential food. They cannot allow to voyage the lengthy time-wasting route to Australia and back; but some of them can be obtained from India and the Argentine. They should bring food by the smaller paths. The smaller is from North America to England and France. Thus, undoubtedly, the best part of the food given for the Allies from the outside should come from their own country. In consequence, over 50 per cent of food from the outside for the Allies does today be from North America., 0, MP3 Audio CD. Biographical note on Edmund Burke (in Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, volume 7 ) Edmund Burke, born in Dublin, Ireland, in 1729, was the son of a successful attorney, who gave him as good an education as the times and the country afforded. He went to school to an excellent Quaker, and graduated at Trinity College in 1748. He appears to have then gone to London in 1750 to "keep terms," as it was called, at the Middle Temple, with the view of being admitted to the bar, in obedience to his father's desire and ambition. But the desultory habit of mind, the preference for literature and philosophical speculation to connected study, which had marked his career in college, followed him and prevented any serious application to the law. His father's patience was after a while exhausted, and he withdrew Burke's allowance and left him to his own resources. This was in 1755, but in 1756 he married, and made his first appearance in the literary world by the publication of a book. About these years from 1750 to 1759 little is known. He published two works, one a treatise on the 'Origin of our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful,' and the other a 'Vindication of Natural Society,' a satire on Bolingbroke. Stray allusions and anecdotes about other men in the diaries and correspondence of the time show that he frequented the literary coffee-houses, and was gradually making an impression on the authors and wits whom he met there. Besides the two books we have mentioned, he produced some smaller things, such as an 'Essay on the Drama,' and part of an 'Abridgment of the History of England.' But although these helped to secure him admission to the literary set, they did not raise him out of the rank of obscure literary adventurers, who from the Revolution of 1688, and especially, 0, MP3 Audio CD. The Postmaster's Daughter CHAPTER I THE FACE AT THE WINDOW John Menzies Grant, having breakfasted, filled his pipe, lit it, and strolled out bare-headed into the garden. The month was June, that glorious rose-month which gladdened England before war-clouds darkened the summer sky. As the hour was nine o'clock, it is highly probable that many thousands of men were then strolling out into many thousands of gardens in precisely similar conditions; but, given youth, good health, leisure, and a fair amount of money, it is even more probable that few among the smaller number thus roundly favored by fortune looked so perplexed as Grant. Moreover, his actions were eloquent as words. A spacious French window had been cut bodily out of the wall of an old-fashioned room, and was now thrown wide to admit the flower-scented breeze. Between this window and the right-hand angle of the room was a smaller window, square-paned, high above the ground level, and deeply recessed--in fact just the sort of window which one might expect to find in a farm-house built two centuries ago, when light and air were rigorously excluded from interiors. The two windows told the history of The Hollies at a glance. The little one had served the needs of a "best" room for several generations of Sussex yeomen. Then had come some iconoclast who hewed a big rectangle through the solid stone-work, converted the oak-panelled apartment into a most comfortable dining-room, built a new wing with a gable, changed a farm-yard into a flower-bordered lawn, and generally played havoc with Georgian utility while carrying out a determined scheme of landscape gardening., 0, MP3 Audio CD. The violent combat has taken starvation to Europe. Most of her population suffer endlessly head on with deprivation. All food production has been gravely affected with. Crop growing has been decreased to the time of endangerment. A number of men who had used all their time and effort to growing food have been stopped, more men are still battling, other men have moved out from the harvest lands to the big warfare workshops. Females, also, have been prepared from the farms and house lawns to the workshops and to substitute the no show men in a swarm of labors. Massive expansions of previously rich farm land have been momentarily destroyed by the rage of the conflict. A few are still under dwindling shot and shell. Belgium and France have adrift many acres of fertile land to the adversary. The fertilizers needed for sustaining the cultivation of the farm still obtainable are insufficient. All this implies that the Allies must depend on the outside for the upkeep of their food sources. Though due to sea transports are smaller in number than they were, and due to most of them should bring multitudes and fire powers entirely, these vessels cannot be sent on passages lengthier than definitely needed to seek and take back the essential food. They cannot allow to voyage the lengthy time-wasting route to Australia and back; but some of them can be obtained from India and the Argentine. They should bring food by the smaller paths. The smaller is from North America to England and France. Thus, undoubtedly, the best part of the food given for the Allies from the outside should come from their own country. In consequence, over 50 per cent of food from the outside for the Allies does today be from North America., 0, Hurricane Carol Picturespublished by Fall River Herald News Publishing Co.   copyright 1954Paperback8.3 x 5.3 inchesHurricane Carol was among the worst tropical cyclones on record to affect the states of Connecticut and Rhode Island in the United States. It developed from a tropical wave near the Bahamas on August 25, 1954, and slowly strengthened as it moved northwestward. On August 27, Carol intensified to reach winds of 105 mph (165 km/h), but weakened as its motion turned to a northwest drift. A strong trough of low pressure turned the hurricane northeastward, and Carol later intensified into a major hurricane. While paralleling the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern United States, the storm produced strong winds and rough seas that caused minor coastal flooding and slight damage to houses in North Carolina, Virginia, Washington, D.C., Delaware, and New Jersey. The well-organized hurricane accelerated north-northeastward and made landfall on eastern Long Island, New York, and then over eastern Connecticut on August 31 with sustained winds estimated at 110-mph and a barometric pressure near 956 mb. Carol transitioned into an extratropical cyclone over New Hampshire later on August 31, 1954.In New York, strong winds on Long Island damaged about 1,000 houses, left 275,000 people without electricity, downed many trees, and resulted in heavy crop losses. Storm surge flooded LaGuardia Airport and inundated the Montauk Highway, which left the eastern portion of Long Island isolated. Carol also brought strong winds and rough seas to coastal Connecticut, Rhode Island, and southeastern Massachusetts. Throughout the region, about 150,000 people were left without electricity and telephone service. 1,545 houses were destroyed and another 9,720 were damaged. Approximately 3,500 cars and 3,000 boats were destroyed. There were 65 deaths and 1,000 injuries in New England. The storm caused an additional $1 million in damage in Canada as well as two deaths. Overall, Carol caused 72 fatalities and damage totaled $462 million (1954 USD), making it the costliest hurricane in the history of the United States, at the time. Following the storm, Carol was retired, becoming the first name to be removed from the naming lists in the Atlantic basin.A tropical wave spawned a tropical depression over the northeastern Bahamas on August 25. It moved to the north-northwest and intensified into a tropical storm early on August 26. Receiving the name Carol, the storm gradually turned to the north, and strengthened under generally favorable conditions. On August 26, the Hurricane Hunters reported an eye, 23 miles (37 km) in diameter despite Carol being a tropical storm.The next day, Carol strengthened to attain hurricane status while located about 345 miles (545 km) east of Cape Canaveral, Florida. With a large anticyclone persisting across the southeastern United States, the motion of Carol turned to a northwest drift. The hurricane continued to strengthen, and Carol reached an initial peak intensity of 105 mph (165 km/h) on August 28. By that time, it was a small hurricane, and the radius of maximum winds was smaller than normal for its latitude and central pressure. After maintaining peak intensity for 30 hours and moving a distance of about 75 miles (120 km), Carol weakened slightly off the coast of Georgia.An eastward moving deep-wave trough intensified as it moved through the eastern United States. This caused Carol to accelerate as it turned to the north and north-northeast. On August 30, the hurricane again strengthened to reach Category 2 status while located 180 miles (290 km) east of Savannah, Georgia. Early on August 31, Carol passed very near Cape Hatteras, North Carolina with reconnaissance aircraft intensity estimates from 75125 mph (120200 km/h). The hurricane continued north-northeastward with a forward motion of up to 39 mph (63 km/h), and Carol intensified further to make landfall on eastern Long Island a Category 3 hurricane with peak winds of 111 mph (185 km/h). After quickly crossing Long Island Sound, the hurricane made landfall again near Groton, Connecticut,. Carol had maintained its small structure and well-defined eye, and observers on both eastern Long Island and Groton, Connecticut reported blue skies and light winds as the eye passed overhead, followed by strong hurricane force winds. The landfall intensity was based on a pressure of 957 mbar (28.3 inHg) recorded in Groton, Connecticut. Ninety percent of homes in the Groton Long Point area were destroyed by the storm surge and winds in Hurricane Carol. Carol quickly lost tropical characteristics while crossing into inland eastern Massachusetts, and became extratropical over southwestern New Hampshire late on August 31. The powerful extratropical storm continued northward, and after entering Canada lost its identity over southern Quebec.Governor of Rhode Island Dennis J. Roberts declared martial law for the state after Carol caused heavy damage. In Massachusetts, the National Guard were deployed to six towns to prevent looting. National Guardsmen flew a plane of dry ice from Newark, New Jersey to Boston to assist the widespread areas without power and refrigeration. Widespread areas were without power for days, and in some areas for up to a week, until crews could repair downed lines. Spoiled food due to lack of refrigeration resulted in about $1 million in losses. Power crews from elsewhere in the United States arrived to assist in the restoration. Workers quickly removed trees from highways. Damaged factories in Rhode Island prevented employees from working for three weeks after the storm. The steeple of the Old North Church in Boston was rebuilt in 1955, after residents throughout the country provided $150,000 in donations. Governor of Maine Burton M. Cross declared a state of emergency for the state. The Small Business Administration declared six counties in Maine as disaster areas. In the days after the storm, President of the United States Dwight Eisenhower declared Massachusetts and Rhode Island as federal disaster areas. The federal government provided financial aid, amounting to $1.5 million in Massachusetts. The president ordered for troops to assist in the aftermath. The American Red Cross quickly deployed teams to the most affected areas, feeding hundreds of families. About 12 days after Carol struck New England, Hurricane Edna struck eastern Massachusetts, causing an additional $40 million in damage and 20 deaths. More disaster aid was provided after the second hurricane.The high damage caused by Hurricane Carol and other hurricanes in 1954 prompted the United States government to devote research to set up the National Hurricane Research Project. Hurricane Hunters and the Weather Bureau collected data on subsequent hurricanes to determine their structure, as well as attempted to weaken storms with silver iodide via Project Stormfury.Due to the high damage, the name Carol was removed from the naming list for 10 years. The name was reused in the 1965 season, but was retroactively retired, and it will never again be used for an Atlantic hurricane. Carol was the first Atlantic hurricane name in history to be retired., Fall River Herald News Publishing Co., 1954, 0, MP3 Audio CD. The New Arabian Nights is a set of ingeniously put together short stories created by Robert Louis Stevenson to loosely resemble the original Arabian Nights stories. These tales of mystery and adventure are neither a translation, nor are they completely inspired by the original Arabian Nights. They are, instead, Robert Louis Stevenson's original creations, and are considered by experts such as Barry Menikoff to be the starting point for the history of modern English short stories.Although we are not introduced to Scheherazade telling stories to her king, Stevenson's stories are still quite powerful and ingeniously put together, as he also came up with a few other methods of making his stories more exciting and interesting, mainly through the use of different viewpoints for his characters, who are also part of a larger plot.One of the fascinating aspects of this literary tool is that Stevenson practically invented it solely for the purpose of harmoniously integrating his stories into the New Arabian Nights collection. No one else had ever used a similar device in the past. According to many authors who have commented on his work later on, Stevenson practically set up the basis of the modern English short story altogether.The New Arabian Nights features a structure of stories within stories, such as The Raja's Diamond introducing one of the first significant plots made up of four smaller stories: Story of the Bandbox, Story of the Young Man in Holy Orders, Story of the House with the Green Blinds and The Adventure of Prince Florizel and a Detective. These less conventional, highly entertaining tales will keep you interested, while paving the path for upcoming stories like those included in The Pavilion of the Links and A Lodging for the Night., 0<

ISBN: 9198191b61b491d7fd4ea758adc66186

MP3 Audio CD. The New Arabian Nights is a set of ingeniously put together short stories created by Robert Louis Stevenson to loosely resemble the original Arabian Nights stories. These ta… mais…

MP3 Audio CD. The New Arabian Nights is a set of ingeniously put together short stories created by Robert Louis Stevenson to loosely resemble the original Arabian Nights stories. These tales of mystery and adventure are neither a translation, nor are they completely inspired by the original Arabian Nights. They are, instead, Robert Louis Stevenson's original creations, and are considered by experts such as Barry Menikoff to be the starting point for the history of modern English short stories.Although we are not introduced to Scheherazade telling stories to her king, Stevenson's stories are still quite powerful and ingeniously put together, as he also came up with a few other methods of making his stories more exciting and interesting, mainly through the use of different viewpoints for his characters, who are also part of a larger plot.One of the fascinating aspects of this literary tool is that Stevenson practically invented it solely for the purpose of harmoniously integrating his stories into the New Arabian Nights collection. No one else had ever used a similar device in the past. According to many authors who have commented on his work later on, Stevenson practically set up the basis of the modern English short story altogether.The New Arabian Nights features a structure of stories within stories, such as The Raja's Diamond introducing one of the first significant plots made up of four smaller stories: Story of the Bandbox, Story of the Young Man in Holy Orders, Story of the House with the Green Blinds and The Adventure of Prince Florizel and a Detective. These less conventional, highly entertaining tales will keep you interested, while paving the path for upcoming stories like those included in The Pavilion of the Links and A Lodging for the Night., 0<