The Ralstons, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint)

The Ralstons, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint)

Author: F. Marion Crawford

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-01-30

Total Pages: 688

ISBN-13: 9780267232970

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Excerpt from The Ralstons, Vol. 1 It was this extreme correctness which lay at the root of his present troubles, since, in his Opinion, both his daughters had departed from it in Oppo site directions and in an almost equal degree. He did not recognize himself in either of them, and, as he believed his own character to be an excellent model for his family, his vanity was wounded by nature's perverseness. Furthermore, he distinctly disliked that sort of social prominence which is the portion of those who are not like the majority, or who do not think with the majority and say so. Both Mrs. Slayback and Miss Lauderdale attracted attention in that way. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.


The Causes of War

The Causes of War

Author: Alexander Gillespie

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2013-10-16

Total Pages: 362

ISBN-13: 1782255974

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This is the first volume of a projected four-volume series charting the causes of war from 3000 BCE to the present day, written by a leading international lawyer, and using as its principal materials the documentary history of international law largely in the form of treaties and the negotiations which led up to them. These volumes seek to show why millions of people, over thousands of years, slayed each other. In departing from the various theories put forward by historians, anthropologists and psychologists, Gillespie offers a different taxonomy of the causes of war, focusing on the broader settings of politics, religion, migrations and empire-building. These four contexts were dominant and often overlapping justifications for the first four thousand years of human civilisation, for which written records exist.


Cheng Hsin T'ui Shou

Cheng Hsin T'ui Shou

Author: Peter Ralston

Publisher: North Atlantic Books

Published: 1991

Total Pages: 302

ISBN-13: 9781556430947

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This book provided this beginning tai-chi student with a rich, methodical philosophical "grounding" on some concepts that that are at the core of Eastern martial arts. Ralston helps the reader develop an awareness, quite literally "from the ground up".