Books with author a.a. proctor

Soon to be Queen, Princess Adelaide, has gone rogue. At least her country thinks so. In reality, Addie needs time to decide if she should follow her heart or follow her country's outdated expectations. Desperate to stay out of the public eye until she can figure out what to do, she takes a job as a pastry chef at a historic bed & breakfast in Holly Grove, Vermont. Only problem: she only knows how to bake one thing. And worse, her ex-fiancé works across the street at the local coffee house. Suddenly hiding in plain sight is the least of her worries.As a classically trained pastry chef, Lucas Bishop has studied all over the world and is about to launch his first cookbook. Before it hits the shelves, he needs every eatery in and around Holly Grove to sign off on an exclusivity clause--agreeing not to bake any of the featured recipes for at least a year. When he realizes his ex-fiancé is not only working at the B&B across the street, but has made his signature cookie--everything he's worked for could go up in smoke.Their close proximity is risky, but Addie devises a plan: if Lucas teachers her how to bake--while keeping her real life under wraps--she’ll make sure the B&B’s owner signs his much needed waiver. Old feelings resurface and she is forced to choose between serving her country or being a part of a life Lucas has built after their split. Ultimately they must decide where their loyalty lies--with their families or each other.

Thumble Tumble and the Ollpheist is a story about a coven of witches. As with all good fairy stories, there is the balance of good and evil. Follow Thumble Tumble through her adventures with the witches, Deer Folk and Sea Dragons, and the excitement of magic doors and magic carpets. Most of all, follow her adventures as she goes to the Great Games and finds the secret of Ollpheist.

As children or at any age, did you ever have a secret place that was very special to you? Or perhaps drift off into a world or a different dimension altogether when you close your eyes at night or daydream? Kyrie McFadden did just that; however, she got more than she bargained for when her parents opened up another realm by accident. This realm known as Rathswave, once used to be a beautiful place filled with unicorns, elves, fairies, and other mystical creatures. That's not all what resides in Rathswave though. Undead also lurk, powered by the beautiful but also evil sorceress and guardian/Queen Madizara, preying on Kyrie her best friend Pixie, and whoever comes between her ruling over Rathswave. Fortunately, another guardian of Rathswave named Z, summoned by Kyrie's parents protects Kyrie from harm. Z is quite the charmer and once Kyrie stumbles upon Rathswave in adulthood, it is love at first sight for the both of them. As time progresses however, Kyrie notices that Z shows signs of possessiveness and wants her as his queen in order to save the once enchanting Rathswave. Can Kyrie put her suspicions aside to help restore the kingdom, or are Z's motives enough to drive them apart and seal the fate of Rathswave forever?

by Richard A. ProctorPREFACETOTHE FIFTH EDITION.IN preparing this edition, only those passages whichhave been shown by recent researches to be erroneous have been removed. It has not been thought neces-l sary, or even desirable, to modify the wording of Essays (by changes of tense or otherwise) in such a way that, as thus modified, the Essays might have appeared in 1884. In many cases this would have been altogether misleading, whereas, with the dates prefixed to the Several Essays, no misconceptions can arise.RICHARD A. PBOCTOR.--PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION.THIS edition has been carefully revised, and, in parts, considerably modified. Thus the Essay on Britain's Coal Cellars has been added, and two Essays on Government Aid to Science have been removed. I may mention that my views on the subject of the last-named Essays have changed altogether since those Essays were written— certain circumstances which have come under my observation having convinced me that more mischief than advantage would result from any wide scheme for securing Government aid for scientific researches.EICHARD A. PROCTOR.PREFACE TO FIRST EDITION.IN preparing these Essays, my chief object has been to present scientific truths in a light and readable form—clearly and simply, but with an exact adherence to the facts as I see them. I have followed — here and always—the rule of trying to explain my meaning precisely as I should wish others to explain, to myself, matters with which I was unfamiliar. Hence I have avoided that excessive simplicity which some seem to consider absolutely essential in scientific essays intended for general perusal, but which is often even more perplexing than a too technical style. The chief rule I have followed, in order to make my descriptions clear, has been to endeavour to make each sentence bear one meaning, and one only. Speaking as a reader, and especially as a reader of scientific books, I venture to express an earnest wish that this simple rule were never infringed, even to meet the requirements of style.It will hardly be necessary to mention that several of the shorter Essays are rather intended to amuse than to instruct.The Essay on the influence which marriage has been supposed to exert on the death-rate is the one referred to by Mr. Darwin at page 176 (vol. i.) of his ' Descent of Man.'EICHARD A. PROCTOR.LONDON: May 1871.

Soon to be Queen, Princess Adelaide, has gone rogue. At least her country thinks so. In reality, Addie needs time to decide if she should follow her heart or follow her country's outdated expectations. Desperate to stay out of the public eye until she can figure out what to do, she takes a job as a pastry chef at a historic bed & breakfast in Holly Grove, Vermont. Only problem: she only knows how to bake one thing. And worse, her ex-fiancé works across the street at the local coffee house. Suddenly hiding in plain sight is the least of her worries.As a classically trained pastry chef, Lucas Bishop has studied all over the world and is about to launch his first cookbook. Before it hits the shelves, he needs every eatery in and around Holly Grove to sign off on an exclusivity clause--agreeing not to bake any of the featured recipes for at least a year. When he realizes his ex-fiancé is not only working at the B&B across the street, but has made his signature cookie--everything he's worked for could go up in smoke.Their close proximity is risky, but Addie devises a plan: if Lucas teachers her how to bake--while keeping her real life under wraps--she’ll make sure the B&B’s owner signs his much needed waiver. Old feelings resurface and she is forced to choose between serving her country or being a part of a life Lucas has built after their split. Ultimately they must decide where their loyalty lies--with their families or each other.

This work deals primarily with the geometry of cycloidsy curves traced out by a point in a circle rolling on a straight line, or on or within another circle, and trochoids (or hoop-curves), curves traced out by a point within or without a circle so rolling. Although the invention of the cycloid is attributed to Galileo, it is certain that the family of curves to which the cycloid belongs had been known, and some of the properties of such curves investigated, nearly two thousand years before Galileo stime, if not earlier. For ancient astronomers explained the motion of the planets by supposing that each planet travels uniformly round a circle whose centre travels uniformly round another circle. By suitably selecting radii for such circles, and velocities for the uniform motions in them, every form of epicyclic curve can be obtained, including the epicycloid and the hypocycloid.(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the aged text. Read books online for free at

Author and Publisher of this little work have proposed to themselves, has been the production, at a moderate price, of a nsefal and reliable guide to the amateur telescopist. A mong the celestial phenomena described or figured in this treatise, by far the larger number may be profitably examined with small telescopes, and there are none which are beyond the range of a good 3-inch achromatic. The work also treats of the construction of telescopes, the nature and use of star-maps, and other subjects connected with the requirements of amateur observers. B. A.P. January,(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the aged text. Read books online for free at