Simple and Forthright. Spencer's Pension is the story of an American man shuffling his way through life and livelihood with only his wits as aide. His timeline includes his footballing youth, a... More > stint in the navy and his successive career as a civil service police inspector. Always honest and true, but gritty with humanity—Spencer is the everyman we all pretend to be.
This is a semi-biographical tale. A manuscript I found of my grandfathers. Now deceased, this is his first attempt at fiction. Ravished during retirement it reflects all the passions of a man who was as firm as stone on the outside and held all his surprises until the very end. Please enjoy this honest and intriguing story with a cup of coffee and free weekend.< Less
Simple and Forthright. Spencer's Pension is the story of an American man shuffling his way through life and livelihood with only his wits as aide. His timeline includes his footballing youth, a... More > stint in the navy and his successive career as a civil service police inspector. Always honest and true, but gritty with humanity—Spencer is the everyman we all pretend to be.
This is a semi-biographical tale. A manuscript I found of my grandfathers. Now deceased, this is his first attempt at fiction. Ravished during retirement it reflects all the passions of a man who was as firm as stone on the outside and held all his surprises until the very end. Please enjoy this honest and intriguing story with a cup of coffee and free weekend.< Less
This collection has all of the following works:
The Principles of Psychology
The Principles of Ethics, Complete Vol. 1-2
The Data of Ethics
Social Statics, or The Conditions Essential to Human... More > Happiness Specified and the First of Them Developed
First Principles, 2nd ed.
Essays: Scientific, Political and Speculative, 3 Vols
Essays on Education and Kindred Subjects
Transcendental Physiology
The Development Hypothesis
Progress: Its Law and Cause
The Nebular Hypothesis
Illogical Geology
Bain On the Emotions and the Will
The Social Organism
The Origin of Animal Worship
The Comparative Psychology of Man
The Factors of Organic Evolution
The Genesis of Science< Less
Who is this ragged old pauper lying dead in a ditch in Scotland in 1865, penniless and alone? Can it really be the Honourable George Spencer — son, brother and uncle of earls? Whose father was... More > the First Lord of the Admiralty? Whose sister is governess to Queen Victoria? Whose cousin and playfellow was the Lord Lucan who gave the fateful order to the Light Brigade? The relative of the Dukes of Marlborough and Devonshire, the familiar acquaintance of Prime Ministers? An alumnus of Eton and Cambridge, a scholar, polyglot, and one-time man-about-town? Whose great great great niece, Lady Diana Spencer, is destined to wed the heir to the throne?
Look closer. What is this strange black habit about the corpse? But hush — it is the body of a priest, a religious. The dead man has voluntarily renounced riches for poverty, comfort for the Cross, friendship with the mighty for fellowship with the poor. He has given up even his name and title for that of Father Ignatius of St. Paul. Here is his story.< Less
A family genealogy document about the Matthews, Spencer and Sercombe families of Rochester, NY and Toronto, Canada. This book is constantly being updated as new relatives are located. This version... More > was updated last on 02/20/2005. If you have more pictures, anecdotes or records that ought to be included in this book, or if you have better identifications for any of the pictures, or if you spot any errors, please contact Barb Matthews at barb@oncalldba.com. This book is an evergreen document that can be added to as additional material becomes available.< Less
