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Paperback. Pub Date :2009-06-25 Pages: 352 Language: English Publisher: UK General Books All is not well at Holm Coultram College.Lecturers having it away with students. witches' sabbaths on the sand dunes. a body buried under a statue in the gardens ... But even with Dalziel's cynical view of what college administrators spend his taxes on. murder doesn't quite seem to fit in here.So when Dalziel and that over-educated sergeant of his. Peter Pascoe. are sent to investigate a disinterred corpse at Holm Coultram College. he hadn't reckoned on a rash of killings.While Pascoe rekindles an old flame on the staff. protesting students astutely identify Dalziel as a 'fascist pig'. The Superintendent smiles with satisfaction.If that's how they want to play it ...

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1862 Excerpt: ... THE EXPERIENCE OE A SLAVE IN SOUTH CAROLINA. CHAPTER I. MY BIRTH AND TRAINING. I Was born in South Carolina. My grandfather was stolen from Africa. My father learned the African method of curing snake bites, and was in consequence, called Dr. Clavern. My mother's name was Betty. I had five brothers and five sisters. Of these, two brothers and two sisters were dead when I left the plantation. My earliest recollection was of my mistress, whom I feared above all persons, as she used every means in her power to spite me. The reason for this was as follows:--When I was about ten years old, I and her son were digging for hickory root to amuse ourselves with, when he, seeing that I was obtaining mine quicker than he, kicked me on the nose, upon which I wiped the blood upon him. He ran and informed his mother, who whipped me on my naked back, to console her son, till the blood ran down. After that, she always hated not only me but my family, and would even stint my mother's allowance; and since then, I had many whippings through her influenee. My mistress had four daughters, viz.:--Anne, Eliza, Jane, and Martha. Of Anne, the eldest, I knew but little, as she married when I was very young, and went to another plantation. Eliza, the next, was the worst of the three. She used to whip me almost as much as my mistress. Of Jane, the next, I also knew but little, as she married a minister named Brailly, when I was very young; but, as far as I know, she was the best of the three. Martha, the youngest, was very bad. I will give a specimen of her abilities. One day, as she was returning from a walk in the garden, she saw my youngest brother, William, walking in the yard, and, from pure mischief, she picked some horse nettles, and, coming up to him, (he was quite naked) began...

The book has no illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from the publisher's website (GeneralBooksClub.com). You can also preview excerpts of the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Publisher: Boston, Houghton Mifflin; Publication date: 1921; Subjects: Outdoor life; Natural history;

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1895. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER IV. THE MORPHOLOGY OF THE COMMON CRAYFISH: THE STRUCTURE AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE INDIVIDUAL. In the two preceding chapters the crayfish has been studied from the point of view of the physiologist, who, regarding an animal as a mechanism, endeavours to discover how it does that which it doespAnd, practically, this way of looking at the matter is the same as that of the teleologist. For, if all that we know concerning the purpose of a mechanism is derived from observation of the manner in which it acts, it is all one, whether we say that the properties and the connexions of its' parts account for its actions, or that its structure is adapted to the performance of those actions. Hence it necessarily follows that physiological phenomena can be expressed in the language of teleology. On the assumption that the preservation of the individual, and the continuance of the species, are the final causes of the organization of an animal, the existence of that organization is, in a certain sense, explained, when it is shown that it is fitted for the attainment of those ends; although, perhaps, the importance of demonstrating the proposition that a thing is fitted to do that which it does, is not very great. But whatever may be the value of teleological explanations, there is a large series of facts, which have as yet been passed over, or touched only incidentally, of which they take no account. These constitute the subject matter of Morphology, which is related to physiology much as, in the not-living world, crystallography is related to the study of the chemical and physical properties of minerals. Carbonate of lime, for example, is a definite compound of calcium, carbon, and oxygen, and it has a great variety of physical and chemical properties. But it ma...

The book has no illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from the publisher's website (GeneralBooksClub.com). You can also preview excerpts of the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Publisher: Boston, Lee and Shepard; Publication date: 1903; Subjects: Queens;

The book has no illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from the publisher's website (GeneralBooksClub.com). You can also preview excerpts of the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Publisher: Boston, Little, Brown; Publication date: 1890; Subjects: Fairy tales; Folklore; Czechs; Magyars; Slavs, Western; Folklore, Russian; Folklore, Czech; Folklore, Hungarian; Fiction / Fairy Tales, Folklore

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1903. Excerpt: ... "SHOOT AT HIM, OR I'LL KILL YOU!" A few weeks previous to the following incident taking place, Western Australia rang with the news of an extraordinarily rich gold mine having been discovered at Mount Catherine, which was described as " a mountain of gold." The miners were wonderfully stirred by the news, especially when it became known that some of the prospectors who had made the discovery had been taken into custody, on the information of one of their mates, on a charge of murdering a number of blacks who were supposed to have looted their camp. The accused had been brought into Coolgardie and tried on the capital charge, but they were ultimately acquitted. At the time our narrative begins, Sergeant Stokes was out in charge of a party trying to obtain evidence to support the testimony, or, at any rate, to find out the truth about the reported wholesale massacres. In the then state of the public mind, it was felt by the prospectors that to attempt to use firearms against the natives, for mere pilfering, was dangerous in the extreme, and it was only when brought face to face with the possibility of being killed that men, in selfdefence, would kill the natives. Thomas Black and Richard Farrell had set out from Coolgardie on a prospecting tour, but they had little luck when the news arrived that Mount Catherine had been discovered, and they immediately made for that neighbourhood, and were fortunate enough to discover a rich reef between Mount Catherine and Yirilla. The natives had frequently annoyed them, but nothing serious had taken place up to the time of which I write. The prospectors, however, knew that if they were deprived of their provisions by the aboriginals, there would not be the slightest hope of getting anmore, and they would, in all probabi...

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1879. Excerpt: ... dom, however, they have rather fallen into disuse for that purpose. As may well be supposed, the excitement spread and things soon began to wear a threatening aspect. No time was to be lost in parleying, and Mr. Oldpath, with a couple of others of like way of thinking, formed themselves into a kind of examining and advisory committee, assuming the duty of inquiring into alleged cases of witchcraft as they might occur, expressing opinions of them and giving advice. They had not, of course, any power or inclination to interfere with the jurisdiction of the courts, nor indeed to act in any manner on formal complaints. But by judicious management in their circumscribed sphere, great good was accomplished; calamities and distresses of divers kinds were averted, and no doubt innocent lives saved. Some strange cases came before them. Jediah Breed, a drinking, but otherwise fair sort of a laboring man, stated that on the Friday evening before, he was seated in Rachel Moulton's back room, about dusk; that he had been hard at work during the day, cutting and splitting wood and was now resting and waiting for his supper. While he was thus waiting, and Rachel was frying the meat, there came down the chimney what appeared to be a very large squirrel, having a head like that of a monkey. The animal sat himself on the edge of the frying-pan, and seizing a piece of meat, began to eat it, apparently with the most ravenous appetite, regardless of its fiery heat or the flames around him. The astonished chopper very much wondered at what he saw, not only because of the animal's power to endure heat, but also because squirrels were never known to take such food. Rachel took no notice of the intruder, though she stood by the fire. And upon his expressing astonishment at ber b...

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1861. Excerpt: ... REPORT. To the Senate and House of Representatives: The Board of Agriculture met at the Capitol in Augusta, January 16, 1861. Permanent organization was effected by the unanimous election of the following officers: Samuel F. Perley, President. Samuel Wasson, Vice President. S. L. Goodale, Secretary. Messrs. Wasson, Chamberlain and Goodale were appointed a Business Committee to present subjects for the consideration of the Board. Mr. Chamberlain presented a report on a subject assigned him at the previous session, as follows: What specific changes in the management of our agricultural societies would increase their usefulness? REPORT. This question is one that presents itself to the managers of all these associations, from that of a town, to that of the National Society, and recurs with each successive year's operations. Change, merely for the sake of change or novelty, is not without its effects. This is well understood by all who aim to move the masses either for good or for evil. There is now a waning interest in agricultural exhibitions. The changes that have been rung, "to draw the crowd," have ceased to be potent. The people tire, and tell us by their absence, that "the thing does not pay." The last exhibition of the United States Agricultural Society, from the small number of visitors, is reported as a failure. Thereason assigned is, that local exhibitions--County and State--detracted from it. There was not a concentration of local interest. Our own State Exhibition, though a reasonable success as a shoWjVifficiently full to interest and instruct any inquiring visitor, lacked" ip" patronage. It failed to pay its current expenses. Tk«-reports that have reached us, are almost unanimous in representing a great abatement in interest in sustaining c...

Publisher: The Macmillan company Publication date: 1915 Subjects: Plague California Fiction / Classics Fiction / Literary Fiction / Science Fiction / General Fiction / Science Fiction / Adventure Fiction / Science Fiction / Space Opera Fiction / Science Fiction / Short Stories History / General Notes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be numerous typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or indexes. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there.