Culture & Heritage
Innocencia: a story of the prairie regions of Brazil
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Alfredo D'Escragnolle Taunay
The story of Innocencia, an 18-year-old girl who lives in the prairies of Brazil, is a twist on the traditional love triangle. The plot has …
Ramona, la Conquête américaine au Mexique
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Helen Hunt Jackson
Ramona (titre original : Ramona) est un roman historique de Helen Hunt Jackson paru en 1884 aux États-Unis. L'histoire est celle d'un…
Shan Folk Lore Stories from the Hill and Water Country
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William Charles Griggs
The following stories have been taken from the great[v] mass of unwritten lore that is to the black-eyed, brown-skinned boys and girls of th…
Yellow Butterflies
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Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews
The title of this historical fiction could as well have been "A Soldier’s Mother" or “An Unknown Soldier”. There are indeed butter…
The Flame Tree and Other Folk-Lore Stories from Uganda
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Rosetta Baskerville
Rosetta Baskerville was the wife of George Baskerville, a missionary in Uganda. Some of the folktales in this book, published in 1925, are s…
Black Tales for White Children
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Nancy Stigand and Chauncey Hugh Stigand
Chauncey Hugh Stigand wrote this book of 29 East African folktales together with his wife, Nancy Stigand. Stigard was an officer in the Brit…
Deirdre
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James Stephens
Beautiful, playful young Deirdre, caught in the crosshairs of Ireland's wily, chauvinistic King Conachur, who desires to marry her after his…
Ikom Folk Stories from Southern Nigeria
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Elphinstone Dayrell
Elphinstone Daryell [1869-1917] was a British colonial administrator in southern Nigeria who had an interest in anthropology and folklore. T…
Balloons
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Elizabeth Bibesco
Elizabeth, Princess Bibesco, was an English writer and socialite. The daughter of a British Prime Minister and the wife of a Romanian aristo…
Der Hungerpastor
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Wilhelm Raabe
Der Hungerpastor von Wilhelm Raabe erzählt die Geschichte des Schuhmachersohns und späteren Pfarrers Hans Unwirrsch, der aus einfa…
Oliver Twist Band 3
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Charles Dickens
Titelheld Oliver Twist startet in dem zweiten Roman von Charles Dickens, damals seinen Leserinnen und Lesern auch unter seinem Pseudonym „Bo…
The King of the Snakes and Other Folklore Stories from Uganda
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Rosetta Baskerville
Rosetta Baskerville was the wife of George Baskerville, a missionary in Uganda. Some of the folktales in this book, published in 1922, are s…
Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, volume 15
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Various
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…
Our Little Russian Cousin
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Mary Hazelton Blanchard Wade
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…
The Improvement of Human Reason
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Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Malik Ibn Tufail and Muhammad Ibn 'Abd Al-Malik Ibn Tufail
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, …
Where Animals Talk: West African Folk Lore Tales
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Robert Hamill Nassau
Robert Nassau spent four decades as a medical missionary in Africa, arriving at Corisco Island, now part of Equatorial Guinea, in 1861; he a…
Oliver Twist Band 2
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Charles Dickens
Titelheld Oliver Twist startet in dem zweiten Roman von Charles Dickens, damals seinen Leserinnen und Lesern auch unter seinem Pseudonym „Bo…