A collection of short stories filled with humor and fresh ideas.  Watch an alien child call the White House while trying to reach McDonald's, a kleptomaniac princess disrupt a certain fairy tale retelling, or a dragon end up pulling Santa's sleigh. Contains the following short stories: 'Rite of Passage' Twelve-year-old twins Jaeda and Kaedin are preparing for their society's rite of passage.  Kaedin's hoping to get magic.  Jaeda just wants to survive.  But neither are prepared for the surprise awaiting them. 'A ...

Kephart's original how-to manual for the outdoors!  This is the original handbook from the master of outdoors instruction. In this Legacy Edition premium reprint of the first version of Kephart's masterwork (in its final fifth edition printing), learn all of the essential, but often forgotten skills of classic camping and outdoors travel, including camping, camp cookery, clothing, hiking and wayfinding, outdoors gear and outfits, beating bugs and the elements, handling emergency situations, woods tools and axemanship, ...

""Effects Of The War On Money, Credit And Banking In France And The United States"" is a historical non-fiction book written by Benjamin Macalester Anderson Jr. The book was first published in 1919 and provides a detailed analysis of the impact of World War I on the financial systems of France and the United States. The book is divided into two parts, with the first part focusing on the French financial system and the second part on the American financial system. Anderson Jr. examines the effects of the war on the money supply, credit, and banking systems ...

Purchase one of 1st World Library's Classic Books and help support our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. Visit us online at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - - My kinsman and myself were returning to Calcutta from our Puja trip when we met the man in a train. From his dress and bearing we took him at first for an up-country Mahomedan, but we were puzzled as we heard him talk. He discoursed upon all subjects so confidently that you might think the Disposer of All Things consulted him at all times in all that He did. Hitherto we had been perfectly ...

Do you know, deep in your heart, that there's more to life - but you don't know what to make of that feeling? Why not travel the world, and learn just how right you are. Laura Goor believed that there were dreams, and there was reality, and the two could never be combined. Until she landed her dream job on a cruise ship, and experienced more in life than she ever imagined. She learned to listen to her inner voice, follow her heart, and live in the present moment instead of continuously reliving the past. Combined with making good, conscious choices, she found ...

Rinkitink in Oz: Wherein is Recorded the Perilous Quest of Prince Inga of Pingaree and King Rinkitink in the Magical Isles that Lie Beyond the Borderland of Oz is the 10th and last book in the Land of Oz series. The majority of the story takes place on three islands - Pingaree, Regos, and Coregos - and within the Nome King's caverns. Lyman Frank Baum was an American author of children's books, best known for writing The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. He wrote thirteen novel sequels, nine other fantasy novels, and other works.

With the widespread electricity regulatory reforms worldwide and the wave of privatisation, the performance of electricity industry is becoming increasingly important. This book presents the use of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) in the performance evaluation of Electricity Distribution Network Operators in UK. This book is motivated by the lack of electricity studies that account for quality dimensions of service in performance measurement and the inherent limitations faced by the traditional DEA models that do not reflect the trade-offs that ...

Theory and Practice of Modern Islamic Finance seeks to contribute to the existing body of work in the area of Islamic finance through examining the extent of divergence in practice of Islamic financing from the traditional Shari`ah in the Australian context. The author makes a discursive analysis of the regulation of Islamic finance in Australia in terms of (a) the financing instruments used, (b) certainty of transactions between participants in the system, and (c) institutional risk management of Islamic financial institutions. The work's objectives are ...