The strange umbrella and other stories by Blyton, Enid

Love Instigated: The Story of a Carved Ivory Umbrella Handle by Sherley, Douglass, 1857-1917

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Broad-Sword and Single-Stick With Chapters on Quarter-Staff, Bayonet, Cudgel, Shillalah, Walking-Stick, Umbrella and Other Weapons of Self-Defence by Headley, Rowland George Allanson-Winn, Baron, 1855-1935

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Original Short Stories - Volume 11 by Maupassant, Guy de, 1850-1893

“…The umbrella -- Belhomme's beast -- Discovery -- The accursed bread -- The dowry -- The diary of a mad man -- The mask -- The penguins rock -- A family -- Suicides -- An artifice -- Dreams -- Simon's papa.…”
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Pebbles on the shore [by] Alpha of the plough by Gardiner, A. G., 1865-1946 (Alfred George)

“…." -- On seeing visions -- On black sheep -- The village and the war -- On rumour -- On umbrella morals -- On talking to one's self -- On Boswell and his mir…”
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The Copy-Cat, and Other Stories by Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins, 1852-1930

“…The copy-cat -- The cock of the walk -- Johnny-in-the-woods -- Daniel and little Dan'l -- Big sister Solly -- Little Lucy Rose -- Noblesse -- Coronation -- The amethyst comb -- The umbrella man -- The balking of Christopher -- Dear Annie…”
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The Under Dog by Smith, Francis Hopkinson, 1838-1915

“…No respecter of persons -- Cap'n Bob of the Screamer -- A procession of umbrellas -- "Doc" Shipman's fee -- Plain Fin, paper-hanger -- Long Jim -- Compartment number four, Cologne to Paris -- Sammy -- Marny's shadow -- Muffles, the bar-keep -- H…”
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The Persian Gulf and Pacific Asia from indifference to interdependence by Davidson, Christopher M.

Table of Contents: “…Historical background -- Economic and demographic comparison -- The hydrocarbon trade -- The non-hydrocarbon trade -- Investments and joint ventures -- Construction and labour contracts -- An Asian security umbrella? -- Diplomacy and dialogue -- Future initiatives and collaborations -- Conclusion…”

Unknown and unsung Indian Air Force in the Sino-Indian War of 1962 by Kumar, Bharat

Table of Contents: “…The guilty men of 1962 -- The aftermath military aid, air umbrella for India and exercise shiksha…”

Geotechnical engineering design

Table of Contents: “…A cognitive look at geotechnical earthquake engineering: understanding the multidimensionality of the phenomena -- Seismic performance of historical and monumental structures -- Seismic evaluation of low rise RC framed building designed according to Venezuelan codes -- Field investigations of high stress soft surrounding rocks and deformation control -- Geotechnical distinction of landslides induces by near-field earthquakes in Niigata, Japan -- Optimization design of foundation excavation for xiluodu super-high arch dam in China -- Numerical analyses in the design of umbrella arch systems -- Fracture initiation and propagation in intact rock - a review…”

Computer and information security

Essentials of inventory management

Introduction to homeland security principles of all-hazards risk management by Bullock, Jane A.

Global security a vision for the future : addressing the challenges and opportunities for research in the information age

Global security a vision for the future : addressing the challenges and opportunities for research in the information age

The KGB's poison factory from Lenin to Litvinenko by Volodarsky, Boris

Science, technology and cultural heritage proceedings of the second International Congress on Science and Technology for the Conservation of Cultural Heritage, Sevilla, Spain, 24-2...