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The essential collection of classic Christmas books and stories in one book:<br><br>The Abbot's Ghost, A Christmas Story, A. M. Barnard 1867 <br>The Sad Shepherd, A Christmas Story, Henry Van Dyke 1911 <br>Christmas Comes but Once A Year, Luke Limner 1850 <br>A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens 1843 <br>A Budget of Christmas Tales by Charles Dickens and Others, 1885 <br>The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain, Charles Dickens 1907...
| Автор | Charles Dickens |
David Copperfield (1850) by Charles Dickens (1812-1870) follows the story of a boy named David who's step-father mistreats him and he's sent to boarding school. The story continues to follow David to adulthood which was also was considered to be a more of an autobiographical account of the authors own life from childhood to adulthood.<br><br>Mermaids Classics, an imprint of Mermaids Publishing brings the very best of old classic literature to a modern era of digital...
| Автор | Charles Dickens |
A Tale of Two Cities (1859) by Charles Dickens (1812-1870) is a novel set during the French Revolution. "With well over 200 million copies sold, it ranks among the most famous works in the history of fictional literature. The novel depicts the plight of the French peasantry demoralized by the French aristocracy in the years leading up to the revolution, the corresponding brutality demonstrated by the revolutionaries toward the former aristocrats in the early years of the revolution, and...
| Автор | Charles Dickens |
Drawn from the myths and legends of the Algonquins, Iroquois, Sioux, Pawnee, and Northern and Northwestern Indians, these enchanting tales offer insights into tribal character and beliefs. Selected by the distinguished British anthropologist and folklorist Lewis Spence, they range in theme from romantic love to rivalry between warriors to victory over powerful forces. The details of their recounting evoke images of Native Americans' innermost aspirations and fears as well as their larger...
| Автор | Льюис Спенс |
This anthology comprises some of history's most hateful public addresses, consisting of speeches invoking racism, genocide, anti-Semitism, terrorism, and other extreme views. Selections range from an oration by Robespierre during the Reign of Terror that followed the French Revolution to Osama bin Laden's threats related to the terrorist actions of 9/11.Additional speeches include Andrew Jackson's Seventh Annual Message to Congress in 1835, promoting the Indian Removal Act;...
| Автор | Группа авторов |
"All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn. It's the best book we've had," declared Ernest Hemingway. Millions of readers around the world would agree, having climbed aboard the raft with young Huck and Jim, the runaway slave, to drift along the Mississippi on a voyage of adventure and self-discovery. This economical two-part edition includes the complete text of Twain's classic novel plus a student-friendly study guide. Created...
| Автор | Mark Twain |
The President's inaugural address reflects the current state of the nation and offers insights into the coming administration. This collection features the voices of twenty Chief Executives, from George Washington's 1789 oration to the 2009 speech by Barack Obama. Highlights include John F. Kennedy's exhortation to «Ask not what your country can do for you,» Franklin D. Roosevelt's assertion that «the only thing we have to fear is fear itself,» and Abraham Lincoln's...
| Автор | James Daley |
In a series of four books based on war, each with a different focus, G.S. Willmott has extensively researched war 'histories' and from them, has created 'his stories'.<br /> <br />This, the fourth and most compelling, recreates a multitude of experiences of the young men caught up in the frenzy and futility of World War 1.<br /> <br />Sex and death, eternal themes, bind together these individual stories; the shared experiences of love and death are the...
| Автор | G. S. Willmott |
This is an extraordinary story, one which provides insights into the dualities of human nature, especially against a background of war. We are confronted with the potential within all of us for both heroism and cowardice, honesty and deception, altruism and greed; there is, in the intensity of war-time, a heightened awareness of moral dilemmas, choices between good and evil which have eternally confronted humankind.<br /> <br />Weaving an intriguing narrative, the author confronts...
| Автор | G. S. Willmott |
In Rage, Rebellion – A volume comprising three feature pieces:<br /> <br />1. Backstage at the Revolution<br />While the African National Congress was a banned organization in South Africa, and the white minority ruled with gunfire, the ANC theatre troupe Amandla toured the world. Amandla is Power. Every performer is a trained soldier and musician, dancer. Here is their tour of Australia.<br />Beginning in darkness, the Overture is unlike any music theatergoers have heard...
| Автор | John Bryson |
Islanders, Far South – Three feature pieces and one column piece in one volume, events in the lives of southern fishing communities in Tasmania.<br /> <br />1.Pride of the Crayfish Fleet.<br />Life in the Bass Strait Islands, out of the Port of Lady Barron.<br /> <br />THE CRAYFISH I HOLD in my hand is forty years old. By whatever system of temporal measurement crayfish use, it is a very old man. In a few weeks its tail will be sliced into the white discs...
| Автор | John Bryson |
