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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1910 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XX A SPKING KAMBLE "Only think!" cried Marjorie, as she sprang out of bed, " Father and Mother are coming home today!" "Hooray!" cried Kitty, tumbling out of her bed at the joyful reminder. "Won't I be glad to see them, though! Aren't we going to celebrate?" "Not any regular celebration. It'll be fun enough just to see them, and hear them tell about their trip." "Yes, indeed; so it will. And, of course, we'll have ice cream." "Oh, of course; I told Ellen that, yesterday." A little later, two trim and tidy little Maynard girls went downstairs to the cheerful dining-room. "Hello-morning!" cried King, meeting them on the landing. "Going to school to-day, Mops?" "Yes, of course; why not?" "Oh, I thought as Mother's coming home, we might take a holiday." / "No, I don't want to. They don't come till afternoon, you know, and if I hung round here all day, I'd just die waiting for 'em. Going to school will fill up the morning, anyway." "That's so; say we go, then. Hello, Rosy Posy; did I 'most upset you?" The four danced into the dining-room, where Miss Larkin and breakfast awaited them. "I do think," said Midget, as she ate her cereal, "that, considering we're Maynards, we have behaved pretty well since Mother's been away." "Sure we have!" agreed King; " if I get much better, I'll spoil." "I'm spoiling for some mischief, as it is," said Marjorie, with dancing eyes. "Oh, Mops," begged Kitty, " don't cut up any jinks before Mother gets home." "Well, I won't," said Mops, who didn't mean her speech as seriously as Kitty took it; "but after she gets home, I'm going to cut up the biggest jink I can think of." "Are you, really?" said Miss Larkin, with such a horrified expression that the three children could not help giggling. "I dunno, Larky, ..".

Now hailed as a "proto-feminist classic" (Vulture), Pulitzer Prize winner Herman Wouk's powerful coming-of-age novel about an ambitious young woman pursuing her artistic dreams in New York City has been a perennial favorite since it was first a bestseller in the 1950s. A starry-eyed young beauty, Marjorie Morgenstern is nineteen years old when she leaves home to accept the job of her dreams--working in a summer-stock company for Noel Airman, its talented and intensely charismatic director. Released from the social constraints of her traditional Jewish family, and thrown into the glorious, colorful world of theater, Marjorie finds herself entangled in a powerful affair with the man destined to become the greatest--and the most destructive--love of her life. Rich with humor and poignancy, Marjorie Morningstar is a classic love story, one that spans two continents and two decades in the life of its heroine. "I read it and I thought, 'Oh, God, this is me.'" --Scarlet Johansson

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It began as a personal memoir for her son, stories of inspiration and combat journal entries. It became the first book that defines the post 9/11 generation of service members, offers lessons learned on life, leadership, and service, all of which is shared from the distinct perspective of a female combat leader. Also available in paperback.

Marjorie and her family spend the summer at Grandma's farm.

Rules of Disengagement examines the reasons men and women in the military have disobeyed orders and resisted the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. It takes readers into the courtroom where sailors, soldiers, and Marines have argued that these wars are illegal under international law and unconstitutional under U.S. law. Through the voices of active duty service members and veterans, it explores the growing conviction among our troops that the wars are wrong. While the Obama Administration's pledge to remove all American troops from Iraq by the end of 2011 is encouraging - and in no small way likely attributable to resistance by our armed forces - it continues to fight in Afghanistan, and the military may soon have a heightened presence elsewhere in the Middle East and in Africa. As such, Rules of Disengagement provides inspiration and lessons for anyone who opposes an interventionist U.S. military policy.