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J. M. Barrie, author of the play Peter Pan, wrote this unusual memoir about his mother, Margaret Ogilvy, after her death. Barrie’s mother brought him up in a richly imaginative atmosphere, and they read many books together. This volume is a tribute to all the years he spent with the delightful, tender-hearted Margaret Ogilvy.

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Food is a drug. Break the shackles of addiction and learn to eat air! In this detailed guide, Dr. Robert Jones, MD, PhD, DDS, ODD gives you the practical, step-by-step advice you need to transition to the air-only diet. Join him on the cutting edge of human evolution. Go the Power of Air!

The Classic Fantasy Collection brings together 20 of the greatest fantasy novels ever written.  Featuring:  Phantastes, by George MacDonald The Water-Babies, by Charles Kingsley Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll Through the Looking Glass, by Lewis Carroll Lilith, by George...

this is about human moral values. we all need some sort of guidance to reach certain goals. the mind is such a wonderful tool to have, yet it can mislead at the same time. people make conscious choices every second while still awake.we expect positive results as a result of our choices or decisions....

The Jewish community were living under the Roman rule. The Jewish people felt oppressed by the Romans. Jesus was born during those oppressive times. The people heard of him and they thought that he would emancipate them from Roman rule. They thought that he was their Messiah. However, his mission...

¿Por qué aparece el cadáver de una bella ex modelo erótica con las manos cortadas? ¿Para evitar su identificación? Pero la gente del lugar la reconoce sobre lamarcha... Mariana de Marco tendrá que resolver esta contradicción para instruir un caso que oscila entre el crimen pasional, el ajuste...

Many of you are too young to remember the sixties, but for those of us who were there, it was a time of innocence as well a mine field for false steps. Rabbit, a seventeen-year-old student, needs to find a date for the high school PROM, which is going to be held Friday evening, four days away. Short story. Excerpts included after end of story.

Written before his masterpiece Peter Pan, J. M. Barrie's novel Sentimental Tommy grapples with a number of the same themes that the author would later so memorably enshrine in his best-known work. Both feature a central character who clings to the vestiges of youth and refuses to grow up—often with dire consequences.

Though he achieved literary acclaim as a dramatist, most notably with the timeless children's classic Peter Pan, author J. M. Barrie tackled many subjects over the course of his career, often grappling with philosophical and psychological topics. The breadth of his intellect is on full display in...

J. M. MacLeod, although admittedly not a credentialed Bible scholar, has invested most of his life in the study and teaching of scripture in various churches and Bible study groups. He has received "words of wisdom and knowledge" concerning The Revelation which many other Bible teachers haven't seen...

The new edition of this well established and highly regarded textbook has been completely revised and updated to reflect the latest developments in the field of tooth loss and denture provision. Primarily aimed at students in the undergraduate and immediate postgraduate years, it will also be of value...

This collection of essays extends the conversation on communication ethics and crisis communication to offer practical wisdom for meeting the challenges of a complex and ever-changing world. In multiple contexts ranging from the intrapersonal, interpersonal, and family to the political and public,...

The regulation of civil society provides the framework under which those organisations can most effectively provide services in education, health, social services, housing, development aid and so on. Civil Society in Europe identifies common principles of civil society law in two ways. First, the...