Phileas Fogg bet his entire fortune that he could cross the Nineteenth Century Earth-With no plans, no special arrangements, an no air travel-in exactly eighty days. Any delay, days. Any delay, any breakdown, any missed connection, and Fogg would lose-everything. Within hours, he and the untamed vastness of America. On train, siip, small boat, sled, and elephantback. Through jungles, mountains, typhoons, blizzards, corrupt rulers, and bloodmaddened fanatics. Saving a princess, fighting duels, battling savages… And chased by a relentless bounty hunter who-convinced Fogg was a fleeing bank robber-meant to stop him...at any cost!
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A fun, frantic, and energetic first novel that shows genuine promise. Fledgling fashion designer (and Dallas Design Institute student) Abbie McPherson, who narrates, is 20, single, and ready- -after the usual bad experiences with the wrong kinds of men--to tackle life as a ``free woman.'' Unfortunately for her resolution, however, she quickly meets a wasted but utterly hot guy named Franco Richards at a New Year's party. Abbie knows Franco's not what she's promised herself she'd look for in her next relationship, but she's smitten hard and therefore willing, yet again, to overlook Franco's neglect, boozing, and lack of ambition. Meanwhile, her final project--a 30-outfit fashion show--is due by the end of the semester; Georgette, her roommate, has decided she's now ``Gigi,'' complete with breast implants, a wardrobe transformation, and a whole new look; and her best friend, the flamboyantly gay Pat, is being cheated on by his gorgeous boyfriend Sal. It doesn't help that Abbie is still a smidgen hung-up on her
There have been war poets for as long as there have been wars，The poems in this collection，range across the centuries，but the experiences they record remain as true today as when men fought at the somme，at Waterloo and at Troy。
Oliver RTwist,a meek,mild young boy,is born in the workhouse and spends his early years there until,finding the audacity to ask for more food,he is made to leave.Apprenticed to an undertaker by Mr Bumble,Oliver runs away in desperation and falls in with fagin and his gang of thieves where he begins his new life in the criminal underworld. With its terrifying evocation of the hypocrisy of the wealthy and the depths to which poverty pushes the human spirit,Oliver Twist is both a fascinating examination of evil and a poignant moving novel for all times.
