Culture & Heritage
Ikom Folk Stories from Southern Nigeria
Elphinstone Daryell [1869-1917] was a British colonial administrator in southern Nigeria who had an interest in anthropology and folklore. T…
The Flame Tree and Other Folk-Lore Stories
Rosetta Baskerville was the wife of George Baskerville, a missionary in Uganda. Some of the folktales in this book, published in 1925, are s…
The Fortune of the Rougons
The first book in the 20-novel Rougon-Macquart Cycle. A monument of French naturalism. The sprawling tale of a family in Provence, during …
Oliver Twist
Titelheld Oliver Twist startet in dem zweiten Roman von Charles Dickens, damals seinen Leserinnen und Lesern auch unter seinem Pseudonym „Bo…
Where Animals Talk
Robert Nassau spent four decades as a medical missionary in Africa, arriving at Corisco Island, now part of Equatorial Guinea, in 1861; he a…
Nicholas Nickelby
Der junge Nikolas Nickleby muss sich Anfang des 19. Jahrhunderts in England durch den Verlust seines Vaters plötzlich in einer gefä…
Our Little Russian Cousin
This delightful little book is one of many titles in The Little Cousin Series. The author narrates details in the life of a fictional Russia…
Tall Tales Of Cape Cod
“The title of this volume is perhaps misleading. Tall Tales of Cape Cod they are, yes, but in a broader sense that are the feel and the basi…
The Improvement of Human Reason
The story revolves around Ḥayy ibn Yaqẓān, a little boy who grew up on an island in the Indies under the equator, isolated from the people, …
The King of the Snakes
Rosetta Baskerville was the wife of George Baskerville, a missionary in Uganda. Some of the folktales in this book, published in 1922, are s…
Мост через бездну. Мистики и гуманисты
МОСТ ЧЕРЕЗ БЕЗДНУ Мистики и гуманисты
Ни одна культура, ни один культурный этап не имеет такого прямого отношения к современности, как эпох…
El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha
La gran novela de D. Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra se ha leído, estudiado, analizado, representado, comentado a lo largo y ancho de to…
Longshanks
In 1828, young Tad Hopkins takes an adventure-filled trip down the Mississippi River to meet his father in New Orleans. Along the way he bef…
Blackfoot Lodge Tales
This work is a collection of tales told by Elders in a Blackfoot lodge centered around the tribe. In addition to the traditional stories and…
Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern
The Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, is a work of enormous proportions. Setting out with the simple goal of offer…
Un peu de ma vie
Ouvrage varié de souvenirs et de poèmes de cette écrivaine érudite, très connue à son époqu…
Leyendas de los Indios Guaraníes
Oliveira nos entrega, siguiendo la línea de sus Leyendas de los indios Quíchuas, un compendio de 14 historias guaraníes…
Little Peachling and Other Tales of Old Japan
Eleven fun tales from Japan for young and old folks. - Summary by kirk202
Забытое королевство
Забытое королевство
В юности Петр Гуляр бежал в Китай от Октябрьской революции и до конца своих дней жил в странах Востока. Как путешествен…
Scots Of The Riverina
This poem tells the story of a boy in Australia who leaves the farm at harvest time. "and to run from home was a crime." The story…