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John Bunyan,'The Pilgrim's Progress'
No full textA scholarly edition of John Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress.
The only complete text in paperback, including all the marginal notes of the original, in original spelling.
The first edition to include all the original illustrations to appear in editions printed in Bunyan's lifetime, thus giving a unique sense of the experience of the book for it contemporary readers. The Introduction includes sections on Bunyan's life and times; allegory; the Bible; literature and theology; social satire and endurance under persecution. Includes a chronology of Bunyan's life and times, a bibliography of works about Bunyan, full explanatory notes, a glossary of unfamiliar words, and an index to the text
Stylometry and the Defoe canon: a reply to Irving Rothman
No full textIn PBSA (94 (2000), pp. 375-98) Irving Rothman attacked P.N. Furbank and W.R. Owens for their work on the Defoe attribution problem, arguing that they had not paid sufficient attention to the stylometric work of Stieg Hargevik (published in 1962). This article is a rejoinder to Rothman, arguing that he has not grasped the fundamental principle that it is not necessary to prove a negative: in other words, where no good reason has ever been put forward for attributing a work to Defoe, that work has no right to a place in the 'canon' of his works. Hargevik's early attempt at a 'stylometric' method of attributing works to Defoe was deeply flawed, and provides no reason for believing that works tested under his method should be regarded as by Defoe
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Social Reform
No full textAn Essay upon Projects (1697); An Essay on the Regulation of the Press (1704); Giving Alms No Charity (1704); Remarks on the Bill to Prevent Frauds Committed by Bankrupts (1706); Every-Body’s Business, is No-Body’s Business (1725); The Protestant Monastery (1727); Augusta Triumphans (1728); Some Objections ... Relating to the Present Intended Relief of Prisoners (1729)
The Defoe canon again
No full textA discussion of challenges to the arguments put forward by P.N. Furbank and W.R. Owens for removing the pamphlet 'A Vindication of the Press' from the canon of Defoe's writings
Intersystem soft handover for converged DVB-H and UMTS networks
No full textDigital video broadcasting for handhelds (DVB-H) is the standard for broadcasting Internet Protocol (IP) data services to mobile portable devices. To provide interactive services for DVB-H, the Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) can be used as a terrestrial interaction channel for the unidirectional DVB-H network. The converged DVB-H and UMTS network can be used to address the congestion problems due to the limited multimedia channel accesses of the UMTS network. In the converged network, intersystem soft handover between DVB-H and UMTS is needed for an optimum radio resource allocation, which reduces network operation cost while providing the required quality of service. This paper deals with the intersystem soft handover between DVB-H and UMTS in such a converged network. The converged network structure is presented. A novel soft handover scheme is proposed and evaluated. After considering the network operation cost, the performance tradeoff between the network quality of service and the network operation cost for the intersystem soft handover in the converged network is modeled using a stochastic tree and analyzed using a numerical simulation. The results show that the proposed algorithm is feasible and has the potential to be used for implementation in the real environment
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The Works of Daniel Defoe
No full textDaniel Defoe is now mainly thought of as a novelist - the author of such famous works as Robinson Crusoe and Moll Flanders - but this is not how his contemporaries regarded him. His reputation in his lifetime was as a poet, a journalist, and a polemical writer on political, economic and social affairs. The quantity and range of his writings is unparalleled in English Literature, and few writers have made such a lasting impact in so many literary genres.
This is the most comprehensive collection of the writings of this extraordinary man ever attempted. Grouped under five thematic headings, it aims, in 44 volumes, to give as extensive a representation as possible of Defoe’s work in all the literary genres to which he contributed
Series 3: Candidacy for Mayor of Los Angeles
No full textA letter to the editor of the Los Angeles Times discusses R. C. Owens' personal experience working with Walter Lindley at the Whittier reform school
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Dissent
No full textA Letter to a Dissenter from his Friend at the Hague (1688); An Enquiry into the Occasional Conformity of Dissenters, in Cases of Preferment (1697); A New Test of the Church of England’s Loyalty (1702); An Enquiry into Occasional Conformity (1702); The Shortest Way with the Dissenters (1702); A Brief Explanation of a Late Pamphlet (1703); A Dialogue between the Observator and a Dissenter (1703); The Shortest Way to Peace and Union (1703); The Dissenters Answer to the High-Church Challenge (1704); A New Test of the Church of England’s Honesty (1704); The Dissenter Misrepresented and Represented (1704); From the Review (1705); ‘Preface’ to Delaune’s Plea for the Non-Conformists (1706); Wise as Serpents (1712); A Letter to the Dissenters (1713); The Weakest Go to the Wall (1714)
Letter from J.B. Owens to his brother
No full textIn this letter from J.B. Owens to his brother, he discusses his visit to Downey to potentially purchase land. He talks about the quality of the land in regards to growing crops such as alfalfa and oranges; the state of the house; and the return on investment.The original text of this letter does not have a year. The year has been notated later in pen, presumably not by the author. It is implied that [Bazil] Rozelle and [his wife] Edith are moving to the Los Angeles area in the future and there is discussion regarding their relocation plans.The Rozelle collection, ranging from the late 1860's to the early 2000's contains correspondence, photographs, official documents, newspaper clippings, and genealogy information pertaining to the family of Bazil Tillson Rozelle. Letters reflect current and family affairs; and agricultural conditions of Compton in that era. Photographs include family vacations in Catalina Island circa 1890s; Compton, Paramount, and Lynwood areas circa 1890s; World War II boat christening from Terminal Island CA circa 1940s; and mink farming in southern California circa 1940s-1950s
Yǒng Bù Fàngqì
No full textFebruary 12th, 2016 starts out like any other day for author Briana Owens, but it won’t stay that way for long. After a series of disappointing events, Owens finds herself stranded in a parking lot with a car that won’t start, and decides enough is enough—she’s ready to make a big change in her life. In this personal narrative, Owens introduces herself, her family, and the circumstances that led to her first year at Kennesaw State University. Though she faces several challenges along the way, Owens is determined to be the first in her family to go to college, and she won’t give up before she turns her dream into a reality
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