A story of life on the buses in Bristol in the sixties, seventies, eighties, and nineties. The amusing story is the viewpoint of a driver who progressed to inspector, working long hours and enjoying the variety of meeting the public. He observed many changes and fiddles over the thirty years in the job.

Is cheating congenital? Thats the question plaguing William Wilson, a courtroom lawyer, as he tries to escape The Syndrome. But just one more delicious fling Bad decision, for now he finds himself faced with a ruinous personal injury law suit being brought against him by a young white woman half his age claiming mutilating personal damages from their brief bathroom tryst. Is she playing the race card in reverse? Its not helpful that Wilsons marriage has already been plagued by the color co...

The Global Collapse hit everyone hard throughout the world. Eight in ten people died during the collapse that left civilization in ruins. Out of the ashes rose new pockets of civilization and trade. Resources were scarce, petroleum products non-existent, and steam power took over again for farming, light industry, and the movement of goods and people. Out of this a young woman intent on finding her brother, travels to Arizona. Follow her journey to find family in this neo-steampunk western...

A completely updated, revised edition of the classic, outfitted with a whole new arsenal of indispensable knowledge on global affairs, popular culture, economic trends, scientific principles, and modern arts. Here’s your chance to brush up on all those subjects you slept through in school, reacquaint yourself with all the facts you once knew (then promptly forgot), catch up on major developments in the world today, and become the Renaissance man or woman you always knew you could b...

A collection of narratives, humorous stories, and songs from Mormon missionaries that has become a classic study of narrative folklore. The 64th annual Faculty Honor Lecture, in the Humanities, Utah State University.

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The Indian Musalmans by Sir William Wilson HunterSir William Wilson Hunter KCSI CIE (15 July 1840 – 6 February 1900)[1] was a Scottish historian, statistician, a compiler and a member of the Indian Civil Service.He is most known for The Imperial Gazetteer of India on which he started working in 1869, and which was eventually published in nine volumes in 1881 and later as a twenty-six volume set after his death.In response to Mayo's question on 30 May 1871 of whether...

Wisdom on the Path of EnlightenmentChela is Sanskrit for “disciple” of a spiritual teacher, or guru.The guru-chela relationship is far more than that of ordinary teacher and pupil, since it involves a profoundly spiritual interrelationship. Now, in this new volume, William Wilson Quinn has compiled and organized selections from several extraordinary gurus–primarily of India and Tibet–who were highly advanced and authentic spiritual teachers. Their advice fo...

"Haidar Ali and Tipu Sultan" by Sir William Wilson HunterAbout: This historical work details the lives of Haidar Ali and his son Tipu Sultan, rulers of the Kingdom of Mysore in Southern India during the 18th century. The book examines their resistance against British colonization and their military and administrative strategies.

"Haidar Ali and Tipu Sultan" is a historical biography written by Sir William Wilson Hunter, a British civil servant, historian, and author. The book, first published in 1881, provides an in-depth account of the lives and reigns of Haidar Ali and his son Tipu Sultan, who were prominent rulers of the Kingdom of Mysore in southern India during the 18th century.In the biography, Hunter explores the rise to power of Haidar Ali, a skilled military commander who rose from humble origins ...

Procopius was born at Cæsarea in Palestine, early in the sixth or at the end of the fifth century. He made his way, an adventurer, to Constantinople, where he began as an advocate and Professor of Rhetoric. He had the good fortune to be recommended to Belisarius, who appointed him one of his secretaries. In that capacity Procopius accompanied the general in his expedition to the East, A.D. 528, and in that against the Vandals, A.D. 533. The successful prosecution of the war enriched Belisa...

Originally published in 1893, Haidar Ali and Tipu Sultan talks about two distinguished rulers of southern India who vehemently fought against British colonialism and played a pivotal role in the expansion of the Mysore Empire.Written by Lewin. B. Bowring, this book is an attempt to trace the career of Haidar Ali and his equally remarkable son, Tipu Sultan. The first, distinguished by energy, enterprise, and daring which enabled him to seize a throne, and the second by his bigotry, h...