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Phantom Hitchhikers and Other Urban Legends: The Strange ...

Phantom Hitchhikers and Other Urban Legends: The Strange ...

Albert Jack

Albert Jack explores the best, strangest, and funniest of the tales so many of us take as gospel, and uncovers some eye-popping true stories that are even more far-fetched than their mythical counterparts.
Pop Goes the Weasel: The Secret Meanings of Nursery Rhymes

Pop Goes the Weasel: The Secret Meanings of Nursery Rhymes

Albert Jack

This book is a reminder of the riches below the surface: characters, jokes, events and stories The Times About the Author When not engaged in research, Albert Jack lives somewhere between Guildford and Cape Town, where he divides his time ...
It's a Wonderful Word: The Real Origins of Our Favourite Words

It's a Wonderful Word: The Real Origins of Our Favourite Words

Albert Jack

From blotto to bamboozle and from claptrap to quango, Albert Jack's addictive anecdotes bring the world's most colourful language to life and are guaranteed to surprise and entertain. pipsqueak doolally kerfuffle bumpkin kibosh In It's a ...
Colman

Colman

Monica Furlong

Wise Child's devoted cousin, Colman, escapes with them. This is his story of their arrival to the land of Juniper's birth, where she is, in fact, a princess. "From the Hardcover edition.
A Review of the Rev. Mr. Colman's Sermon [i.e. "A Discourse ...

A Review of the Rev. Mr. Colman's Sermon [i.e. "A Discourse ...

Henry COLMAN (Unitarian Minister and Writer on Agriculture.)

Henry COLMAN (Unitarian Minister and Writer on Agriculture.), Elias Cornelius. 18tínitiu. .A Discourse on Religious Institutions; delivered at the opening of the Independent Congregational Church, in Barton Square, Salem, Tuesday, 7 Dec.
Consolatory Views of Death: addressed to a friend under ...

Consolatory Views of Death: addressed to a friend under ...

Henry COLMAN (Unitarian Minister and Writer on Agriculture.)

Henry COLMAN (Unitarian Minister and Writer on Agriculture.) VIEWS OF DE AT H : ADDRESSFD TO A FRIEND UNDER BEREAVEMENT: * T0 WHICH ARE ADDED, SOME PRAYERS IN AFFLICTION. BY HENRY COLMAN. A. LONDON: ...
Memoirs of the reign of Queen Elizabeth, from the year 1581 ...

Memoirs of the reign of Queen Elizabeth, from the year 1581 ...

Thomas Birch

And so being ** full of business, I must end, wishing you what you wish to yourselfl" Mr. Bacon having inclosed a letter to Mr. Morgan Colman, to be delivered to the lord keeper Puckering, Mr. Colman wrote to him on the 27th of September, ...
The Foreign Policy of Lyndon B. Johnson: The United States ...

The Foreign Policy of Lyndon B. Johnson: The United States ...

Jonathan Colman

Colman contends that, although the war in Vietnam could have been prosecuted more effectively, overall Johnson dealt with the world beyond the borders of the United States very capably.
Spalding Memorial: A Genealogical History of Edward ...

Spalding Memorial: A Genealogical History of Edward ...

Samuel Jones Spalding

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The Agriculture and Rural Economy of France, Belgium, ...

The Agriculture and Rural Economy of France, Belgium, ...

Henry COLMAN (Unitarian Minister and Writer on Agriculture.)

Henry COLMAN (Unitarian Minister and Writer on Agriculture.) A. G. R. I C U L T U R E AND w RURAL ECONOMY OF FRANCE, BELGIUM, HOL LAND, AND SWITZERLAND; FROM PERsonAL OBSERVATION. BY HENRY COLMAN, L ON ...
The Embassy in Grosvenor Square: American Ambassadors to the ...

The Embassy in Grosvenor Square: American Ambassadors to the ...

A. Holmes

... 1947–1961 85 J. Simon Rofe 4 Lewis Williams Douglas, 1947–50 89 Jonathan Colman 5 Walter Sherman Gifford, 1950–53 103 Jonathan Colman 6 Winthrop Aldrich, 1953–57 117 Andrew Boxer 7 John Hay Whitney, 1957–61 135 Thomas  ...
Sapper Martin: The Secret Great War Diary of Jack Martin

Sapper Martin: The Secret Great War Diary of Jack Martin

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In the end only 'luck' amply explains the sheer randomness and utter injustice of war that could leave a man standing after four years of fighting, and take another who had only just arrived in the trenches. In January 1917, Sapper Albert (Jack) ...
The Egerton papers: A collection of public and private ...

The Egerton papers: A collection of public and private ...

Francis Egerton Ellesmere (Earl of)

Morgan Colman was one of the persons who had the management of the household of Lord Ellesmere.] Indorsed by Lord EUesmere, " Mr. Column, his acquitaunce for the Jewell." I, MORGAN COLMAN, have received from the Right  ...
The Schoonmaker Family: Descendants of Hendrick Jochemsz ...

The Schoonmaker Family: Descendants of Hendrick Jochemsz ...

William Mercer Shoemaker

E-0556, F-2969 Lander*, Jane Albert E. 1863 - G-0786 Decker, Carrie Albert E. 1863 - 6-0786 Decker, Cornelia Albert E. 1919 - 1-1505 Sager, Dorothy Albert L.x 1940 - 1-1476 Albert V. 1876 - G-4582 Smith, Flora E. Alfred - F-1082, H-3629 ...
A Discourse on the Proper Character of Religious ...

A Discourse on the Proper Character of Religious ...

Henry COLMAN (Unitarian Minister and Writer on Agriculture.)

Henry COLMAN (Unitarian Minister and Writer on Agriculture.) _¥'. ,1- $5 '2 3"” 14 “) $1; A aisvuursz ... mnw'rnn AND rvnmsum) BY w. & s. B. mm 1825, I~IIII~ IIIMIWIIIIIIIIIIII”IIIM”IIIIII”I/lmf”flMl' Tm: Author is aware that this Discourse contains some.
Report of the Agricultural Meeting, held in Boston, January ...

Report of the Agricultural Meeting, held in Boston, January ...

Henry COLMAN (Unitarian Minister and Writer on Agriculture.)

Henry COLMAN (Unitarian Minister and Writer on Agriculture.), Benjamin SILLIMAN (the Elder.), Daniel WEBSTER. The raising of sheep, in England, is an immense interest. England probably clips fifty millions of fleeces this year, lambs under ...
Phantom Hitchhikers and Decoy Ducks: The strange stories ...

Phantom Hitchhikers and Decoy Ducks: The strange stories ...

Albert Jack

But this is more than just a collection of urban legends, it is also a detective story.
If Not Now, When?: Duty and Sacrifice in America's Time of Need

If Not Now, When?: Duty and Sacrifice in America's Time of Need

Colonel Jack Jacobs

Heather (Jack's daughter) marriage, views on marriage (first) Sue Forbes ( Captain), Jack's second wife Zachary (Jack's son) Jacobs, Jack (military training) aircraft, jumping from many different bureaucrat vs. platoon leader cars and command ...
Sermons on Various Subjects preached at the Church in Barton ...

Sermons on Various Subjects preached at the Church in Barton ...

Henry COLMAN (Unitarian Minister and Writer on Agriculture.)

Henry COLMAN (Unitarian Minister and Writer on Agriculture.) NOTES. “THE corner-stone of the INDEPENDENT CoNGREGATIONAL CHURCH IN BARTON SQUARE, IN SALEM, was laid JULY 4, 1824. The Church was opened with ...
Casualty Actuarial Society Forum

Casualty Actuarial Society Forum

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JACK: HAROLD JILL: HAROLD JACK: JILL: HAROLD: JACK: JILL: HAROLD JACK: HAROLD JILL: HAROLD JACK: JILL: HAROLD JACK: JILL: Have you implemented tough, new cost-saving measures? Yes sir! We cutout vacations, holidays, ...
A Discourse on the Proper Character of Religious ...

A Discourse on the Proper Character of Religious ...

Henry COLMAN (Unitarian Minister and Writer on Agriculture.)

Henry COLMAN (Unitarian Minister and Writer on Agriculture.) DISCOURSE o, on the PROPER CHARACTER of 13tsígíoug logtitution g, DELIVERED AT THE OPENING OF THE INDEPENDENT CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, IN BARTON  ...
Calendar of State Papers: Preserved in the Archiepiscopal ...

Calendar of State Papers: Preserved in the Archiepiscopal ...

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In the hand of Morgan Colman, secretary to Sir William Pelham. I'p. 32. Endorsed. 1584. Vol. 614, p. 165. Vol. 614, p. 251. Vol. * This document seems to be in the hand of Morgan Colman, secretary to Sir William Pelham, who was Lord Justice ...
Sour Notes: A Sally Freberg Mystery

Sour Notes: A Sally Freberg Mystery

Norm Ledgin; Bethine Louise

Yes, Jack Friedman.” He turned to Rosenberg. “That's the man. Jack Friedman. If anyone can find something, he can.” “I know Jack,” Rachel said. “How do you know Jack?” “He does the deli's books.” “Hey, small world.” “He's also distantly ...
Jack L. Chalker SF Gateway Omnibus

Jack L. Chalker SF Gateway Omnibus

Jack L. Chalker

A Gollancz eBook Copyright ©JackL. Chalker 2014 Midnight at the Well of Souls copyright © Jack L. Chalker 1977 Spirits of Flux andAnchor copyright ©Jack L. Chalker 1984 The Identity Matrix copyright © Jack L. Chalker1982 Introduction ...
The Old Dog and Duck: The Secret Meanings of Pub Names

The Old Dog and Duck: The Secret Meanings of Pub Names

Albert Jack

This is a book for everyone who has ever wondered why pubs should be called The Cross Keys, The Dew Drop Inn or The Hope and Anchor.
The Canyon

The Canyon

Jack Schaefer

1953 by Jack Schaefer, renewed 1981 by Jack Schaefer All rights reserved. University of New Mexico Press reissued edition published 2016 by arrangement with the Jack Schaefer Trust Printed in the United States of America 21 20 19 18  ...
Back from Hell 3: Jack Is Looking for a Good Slay

Back from Hell 3: Jack Is Looking for a Good Slay

Stephen Kane

More fun with Jack as more meet their maker, the police think that they have a ripper copycat, but they do not know that this Jack is the one and only.
Red Herrings & White Elephants - The Origins of the Phrases ...

Red Herrings & White Elephants - The Origins of the Phrases ...

Albert Jack

Have you ever wondered what phrases such as 'square meal', 'load of old codswallop', 'egg on your face' or 'in the limelight' mean?

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