The Sport of Fate. [stories.]

Publisher Marketing: Title: The Sport of Fate. [Stories.]Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC. The FICTION & PROSE LITERATURE collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. The collection provides readers with a perspective of the world from some of the 18th and 19th century's most talented writers. Written for a range of audiences, these works are a treasure for any curious reader looking to see the world through the eyes of ages past. Beyond the main body of works the collection also includes song-books, comedy, and works of satire. ++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library Dowling, Richard; 1880. 3 vol.; 8 . 12640.n.9. Contributor Bio:  Dowling, Richard The co-authors of the book are Stephen Watson and Richard Dowling. Stephen D. Watson, M. Ed. Stephen Watson has taught English at universities in Gumi, South Korea and Guangzhou, China for more than 9 years. Prior to that, he taught high school mathematics in Canada, Tanzania, and Guyana. He also participated in the Arcosanti arcology project in Arizona, and he contributed to greenbelt afforestation in Tamil Nadu, India. He has B. Ed. and B. A. degrees from Queen's University in Kingston, Canada. He completed his M. Ed. in Teaching Second Languages from the University of Southern Queensland, Australia in 2002. He has written a children's book entitled "Moss, the Bike-Riding Mosquito," published in 2008 and available online. He has also produced 3 musical CDs with songs. He plays guitar and sings all the songs on the 3 CDs, most of which were written by him. The 3 CDs are also available online under the following 3 titles: "in it for the long haul," "Peoples of the World - A New Day," and "Burst onto the Scene." Richard Dowling, M. A. Richard Dowling is an associate professor with the Asian Division of the University of Maryland University College, where he has taught English Composition, History, and Government courses in Asia for 20 years - in Guam, Japan, and Australia, with 15 of those years in South Korea. He received a B. A. in History and Philosophy from Wheeling University in 1966, and an M. A. in History from Duquesne University in 1968. He also completed two years of doctoral work in History at the University of Connecticut from 1968 to 1970. Subsequently, he received a B. S. in English from the State University of New York in 1990, and a permanent certificate to teach both English and Social Studies in grade 7-12 from the State of New York in 1991. In 2008, he published his first book "The Youth and Maturity of Humanity: Interpreting American, Modern, and Impending Global History as One Story." The book is available online. He introduced the Two Hands Approach in a preliminary form at the KOTESOL conference in Daegu, South Korea in October 2000.