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Dead Garden (Tome 1) - L'héritière

Auteure: Cassandra O'donnell

Nombre de pages: 395

"Croyez-moi, devenir faucheuse et passer toutes ses journées en compagnie des défunts n’est pas le métier qu’on rêve de faire à seize ans... Mais bon, comme le dit si bien grand-mère, dans la vie on ne fait pas toujours ce qu’on veut. En particulier quand on grandit dans une famille comme la mienne. Mauvais sorts, disparitions inquiétantes, empoisonnements suspects... chez nous les distractions ne manquent pas. Quand s’ajoutent une série de meurtres inexpliqués dans le clan des puissantes sorcières Vikaris et la visite inopinée d’Hela, la déesse de la mort, je commence à me dire que ça fait beaucoup ! Il est grand temps de m’intéresser aux forces maléfiques qui se mettent à l’œuvre..." La romancière à succès Cassandra O’Donnell nous ouvre les portes d’un nouveau monde de fantasy, singulier et fascinant.

THE ADMONITION IN DEAD PEOPLE CASES AND HEREAFTER AFFAIRS

Auteure: أبي عبد الله محمد بن أحمد/الأنصاري القرطبي

Nombre de pages: 304

كتاب في الوعظ والإرشاد والعقيدة وأحاديث في ذكر الموت وأحوال الموتى وذكر الحشر والنشر والجنة والنار والفتن والأشراط ( علامات الساعة )، وقد رتب كتابه على الأبواب وجعل عقب كل باب فصلا أو فصولا يذكر فيها ما يحتاج إليه من بيان غريب أو فقه في حديث، أو إيضاح مشك

180 Masterpieces You Should Read Before You Die (Vol.1)

Auteure: Jules Verne , Lewis Carroll , Sigmund Freud , Charles Dickens , Plato , Mark Twain , Walt Whitman , Oscar Wilde , Edgar Allan Poe , William Shakespeare , Charlotte Brontë , Anne Brontë , Emily Brontë , Henry David Thoreau , Henry James , Louisa May Alcott , Victor Hugo , Frances Hodgson Burnett , Jane Austen , Herman Melville , James Allen , George Eliot , Walter Scott , Thomas Hardy , Daniel Defoe , Agatha Christie , Upton Sinclair , Anthony Trollope , Marcel Proust , Charles Baudelaire , William Makepeace Thackeray , Theodore Dreiser , Voltaire , Frederick Douglass , John Keats , James Joyce , Kahlil Gibran , Ernest Hemingway , H. G. Wells , T. S. Eliot , D. H. Lawrence , E. M. Forster , Marcus Aurelius , Hans Christian Andersen , Anton Chekhov , Leo Tolstoy , Fyodor Dostoevsky , Nikolai Gogol , Miguel De Cervantes , Wallace D. Wattles , Brothers Grimm , Herman Hesse , Sun Tzu

Nombre de pages: 19153

180 Masterpieces You Should Read Before You Die (Vol.1) encapsulates a breathtaking odyssey through time, presenting a tapestry of narratives that span across varied eras, cultures, and themes. From the profound depths of Dostoevsky's psychological explorations to the whimsical realms of Lewis Carroll, this anthology transcends the ordinary, offering readers a kaleidoscopic view of human experience through its divergence in literary styles, including epic poetry, groundbreaking novels, and profound essays. Not only does it capture the evolution of literature, but it also highlights pivotal works that have shaped our understanding of storytelling, identity, and existential inquiry, making this collection invaluable for its breadth and depth of human thought and emotion. The contributing authors and editors, pillars in the literary and philosophical worlds, bring to the table an unparalleled diversity of backgrounds. These figures, who have each left an indelible mark on literary and intellectual history, range from the existential ponderings of Marcus Aurelius to the introspective narratives of Virginia Woolf. Their collective works, reflective of various historical, cultural, and...

Studying the Dead

Auteure: Nicholas G. Meriwether

Nombre de pages: 335

Although academic study of the Grateful Dead began shortly after the group’s formation, the dramatic growth of scholarly literature only occurred after the band’s formal retirement of the name in 1995. One major incubator of much of this work has been the Grateful Dead area of the Southwest/Texas Popular Culture and American Culture Association. Inaugurated as a separate section in 1998 and nicknamed the Grateful Dead Scholars Caucus, it has produced almost three hundred papers over fifteen years, nearly a third of which have been revised for publication. Caucus presenters have also edited a dozen books and periodical volumes, all of which have drawn on Caucus presentations, some almost exclusively. Studying the Dead: The Grateful Dead Scholars Caucus provides an informal history of the Caucus and sketches its significance as a scholarly community, focusing on its increasing self-awareness, its ability to span diverse disciplinary and theoretical perspectives, and most of all, its contribution to our understanding of the Grateful Dead phenomenon. For the academy as a whole, the Caucus is a fascinating model for the development of discourse communities, from the role of orality ...

Death and Garden Narratives in Literature, Art, and Film

Auteure: Feryal Cubukcu , Sabine Planka

Nombre de pages: 222

Death and Garden Narratives in Literature, Art and Film: Song of Death in Paradise explores the combination of two motifs, death and gardens, to show how the two subjects are intertwined and used in various media and cultural contexts. Using cultural, literary, film, and art history theories, the contributors analyze various death and garden sceneries in literary works by Arthur Machen, Agatha Christie, J.K. Rowling, as well as in superhero comics, films, and cultural and art contexts such as Ian Hamilton Finley's “Little Sparta,” the poetic verses from the Karoo Desert National Botanical Garden in South Africa, and the Australian wilderness.

The Secret Garden

Auteure: Frances Hodgson Burnett

Nombre de pages: 228

A ten-year-old orphan comes to live in a lonely house on the Yorkshire moors where she discovers an invalid cousin and the mysteries of a locked garden.

Leonora Kean (Tome 1) - Chasseuse d'âmes

Auteure: Cassandra O'donnell

Nombre de pages: 348

«Vivre, quand on a seize ans, au sein d’un clan de sorcières sociopathes n’est pas facile tous les jours, moi, je vous le dis. Entre les cours de sortilèges, de potions et de magie élémentaire des Vikaris, je suis au bout du rouleau. Alors, si en plus, on commence à ramasser les cadavres dans tous les coins, je sens que je ne vais pas tarder à provoquer un massacre. Parce qu’on peut dire ce qu’on veut : la patience, chez nous, n’est décidément pas un trait de famille... » Ils en parlent : « On ne s'ennuie pas une seule minute.» Le blog de ptit elfe (blog) « Moult rebondissements, aucun temps mort, aucune longueur.» La paupiette culturelle (blog) « Vivement le prochain tome!» Les Reines de la Nuit (blog) « J’ai retrouvé avec bonheur le ton irrévérencieux si délicieux de la narration.» Livrement vôtre (blog)

The Spike Garden

Auteure: Jim Hawkins

Nombre de pages: 196

"Dogs bark at those with whom we are angry, show their teeth to those whom we hate, and hump themselves on those that we desire. In short they display that which we are not permitted to display by the rules of the veil that calls itself polite society." "The child can take two paths to creating the adult. The first is the path of Pygmalion. He carved from ivory a statue that he loved. He made offerings and sacrifices and his statue was granted life by Aphrodite. Was the statue granted life because Pygmalion's diligence and sculpting skill pleased his patron? Or was it the beauty of the statue that pleased her? No, it was the sacrifices. The child must sacrifice much before the gods allow him to become a fully living adult. Pygmalion's statue aged and died with him. The child is cruelly denied this experience. The child must also give up its own life for the adult to live. Sometimes one or both of its parents must do the same. The second path that the child may take is that of Hephaestus."

Rooted

Auteure: Murray Andrew Pura

Nombre de pages: 161

Through meaningful stories and an intimate knowledge of Scriptural symbolism in this Rooted: Reflections on the Gardens in Scripture Ebook, author, pastor, and gardener Murray Andrew Pura demonstrates how Jesus’ life and your life as a contemporary believer are intertwined. Each of the five major gardens has something to say to Christians today: • The Garden of Eden, and our fall from innocence• En Gedi, and God’s love for us• Gethsemane, and suffering • The Garden Tomb, and the hope of resurrection• The River of Life, and God’s promisesVisit these gardens and draw inspiration and new understanding of the God who cultivates your life as a Christian.

Handbook of Death and Dying

Auteure: Clifton D. Bryant

Nombre de pages: 1146

Review: "More than 100 scholars contributed to this carefully researched, well-organized, informative, and multi-disciplinary source on death studies. Volume 1, "The Presence of Death," examines the cultural, historical, and societal frameworks of death, such as the universal fear of death, spirituality and varioius religions, the legal definition of death, suicide, and capital punishment. Volume 2, "The Response to Death," covers such topics as rites and ceremonies, grief and bereavement, and legal matters after death."--"The Top 20 Reference Titles of the Year," American Libraries, May 2004.

Shapes and Shadows

Auteure: Madison Julius Cawein

Nombre de pages: 58

In "Shapes and Shadows," Madison Julius Cawein weaves a rich tapestry of nature and emotion through his masterful use of imagery and symbolism. The collection, first published in the early 20th century, embodies the ethos of American Romanticism, celebrating the intricate interplay between the natural world and the human experience. Cawein's poetic form reflects an exquisite balance of lyrical beauty and meditative depth, inviting readers to explore themes of transience and beauty, often juxtaposing light and darkness in their various manifestations.

The Secret Garden (Illustrated Edition)

Auteure: Frances Hodgson Burnett

Nombre de pages: 192

Mary Lennox, a sickly and spoiled little girl, is orphaned to dim prospects in a gloomy English manor. Her only friend is a bed-ridden boy named Colin whose prospects may be dimmer than hers. But when Mary finds the key to a Secret Garden, the magical powers of transformation fall within her reach. The Secret Garden is a beautifully illustrated inspirational tale of transformation and empowerment.

Sorcerers of Dobu

Auteure: R. F. Fortune

Nombre de pages: 339

Ever since its first publication in 1932, Sorcerers of Dobu has been recognized as one of the great triumphs of anthropological research and interpretation in the field of ethnography. A rich source of information on primitive psychology, the book presents sociological analysis of the complex tribal organisation of the Dobuans. Originally published in 1932

Art Sales

Auteure: George Redford

Nombre de pages: 410

The Wedding of the Dead

Auteure: Gail Kligman

Nombre de pages: 436

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1988.

Gardening All-in-One For Dummies

Auteure: National Gardening Association , Bob Beckstrom , Karan Davis Cutler , Kathleen Fisher , Phillip Giroux , Judy Glattstein , Michael Maccaskey , Bill Marken , Charlie Nardozzi , Sally Roth , Marcia Tatroe , Lance Walheim , Ann Whitman

Nombre de pages: 744

"God almighty first planted a garden: and, indeed, it is the purest of human pleasures." --Sir Francis Bacon National surveys show that gardening has become the most popular, least exclusive hobby nationwide. From the balconies of Manhattan to the patios of Malibu to the backyards of Chicago, anybody with a few square feet of earth is doing their best to make their little corner of the world more gracious and beautiful. And the best thing is, you really don't have to be born with a green thumb to give life to a glorious garden. Anybody can do it with a little coaching. Which is where Gardening All-in-One For Dummies comes in. Puzzled by pruning? Baffled by bulbs? Can't tell a hosta from a hyacinth? Don’t worry! This all-in-one reference delivers the know-how you need to transform your little patch of the outdoors into a blooming paradise. Drawing upon the expertise of the National Gardening Association, it gets you up to speed on: Basic gardening skills—from understanding your microclimate to using gardening tools to managing pests and common plant diseases How to design, plan and build a garden landscape that reflects your unique sense of style Selecting, planting and...

Raised Row Gardening

Auteure: Jim & Mary Competti

Nombre de pages: 348

Easier and Cheaper to Set Up Than Raised Beds! For homeowners young and old looking for the easiest and most affordable way to grow the most vegetables, the Raised Row method shared in this breakthrough book is the new go-to choice. In the past decade, raised bed gardening has been wildly popular, but it requires buying wood or another material to build the raised beds, which quickly becomes expensive and labor intense. A raised row garden uses just soil and mulch, such as shredded leaves, to create raised growing rows and walking rows. This method is more budget-friendly, natural and just as effective to control weeds and see an impressive harvest your first year. Jim and Mary Competti, founders of the blog Old World Garden Farms, are the leaders of this gardening revolution. They’ve perfected and streamlined their method over several years. They spend only a few minutes per day maintaining a large garden that provides their family with food for the whole year. In this book, they share their secrets so anyone can do it too. Raised rows utilize straw mulch, compost and cover crops to enrich the soil you have and keep down weeds naturally. This way, no backbreaking overturning of ...

Fear and Nature

Auteure: Christy Tidwell , Carter Soles

Nombre de pages: 165

Ecohorror represents human fears about the natural world—killer plants and animals, catastrophic weather events, and disquieting encounters with the nonhuman. Its portrayals of animals, the environment, and even scientists build on popular conceptions of zoology, ecology, and the scientific process. As such, ecohorror is a genre uniquely situated to address life, art, and the dangers of scientific knowledge in the Anthropocene. Featuring new readings of the genre, Fear and Nature brings ecohorror texts and theories into conversation with other critical discourses. The chapters cover a variety of media forms, from literature and short fiction to manga, poetry, television, and film. The chronological range is equally varied, beginning in the nineteenth century with the work of Edgar Allan Poe and finishing in the twenty-first with Stephen King and Guillermo del Toro. This range highlights the significance of ecohorror as a mode. In their analyses, the contributors make explicit connections across chapters, question the limits of the genre, and address the ways in which our fears about nature intersect with those we hold about the racial, animal, and bodily “other.” A...

Our Deceased Loved Ones Communicating with Us

Auteure: Ted Baxter

Nombre de pages: 254

This book summarizes seventy of my honoring-the-dead books that I was directed to write by the dead. The dead would direct me in my dreams, usually within a week after they die, to write a book for their loved ones. They would tell me what to write, what photographs to use, and to whom to send the book. This is the reason why I had decided to publish this book. The dead dont forget you after they die. Dont forget them. People dont change after they die. Ive had many good experiences and a few very bad experiences with them. If I was able to communicate with the dead, you can to. Its a very interesting story how I had acquired this capability, which I discussed in this book. I was not born with that capability. I also discuss two of my prior lifetimes, which have also helped me communicate with the dead. These are all things that I suggest that you know about. It all helps, like it has helped me. Its all true, and it can be verified in the seventy books that I have written. This book summarizes what is in those seventy books. This book gives a number of examples that nothing happens by accident. You can be whatever you want to be. I did it, and you can do it too. In this lifetime,...

101 Mystery & Detective Classics You Should Read Before You Die

Auteure: Jules Verne , Charles Dickens , Mark Twain , Fyodor Dostoyevsky , Oscar Wilde , Edgar Allan Poe , William Hope Hodgson , John Buchan , Anna Katharine Green , Bram Stoker , Charlotte Brontë , Anne Brontë , Emily Brontë , Arthur Conan Doyle , Frances Hodgson Burnett , Joseph Conrad , Algernon Blackwood , Guy De Maupassant , Ernest Bramah , Walter Scott , Thomas Hardy , Mary Roberts Rinehart , Daniel Defoe , Arthur Morrison , Agatha Christie , Marie Belloc Lowndes , Sax Rohmer , Alexandre Dumas , Washington Irving , Maurice Leblanc , Erskine Childers , Gaston Leroux , Wilkie Collins , Earl Derr Biggers , Marcel Allain , Richard Marsh , H. G. Wells , E. Phillips Oppenheim , J. S. Fletcher , R. Austin Freeman , E. W. Hornung , G. K. Chesterton , A. A. Milne , D. H. Lawrence , E. C. Bentley , H. P. Lovecraft , F. Scott Fitzgerald , Dorothy L. Sayers , Anton Chekhov , Robert William Chambers , Sheridan Le Fanu , Nikolai Gogol , Émile Gaboriau , Annie Haynes , Sapper , S. S. Van Dine

Nombre de pages: 23935

This collection includes the great masterpieces of thriller and mystery every fan of the genre should experience: Agatha Christie: The Mysterious Affair at Styles The Murder on the Links The Secret Adversary The Man in the Brown Suit The Secret of Chimneys The Murder of Roger Ackroyd Edgar Allan Poe: The Murders in the Rue Morgue The Masque of the Red Death The Fall of the House of Usher The Tell-Tale Heart The Cask of Amontillado The Purloined Letter Arthur Conan Doyle: A Study in Scarlet The Sign of Four The Valley of Fear The Hound of the Baskervilles Sherlock Holmes Stories G. K. Chesterton: Father Brown Mysteries The Man Who Knew Too Much The Man Who Was Thursday Wilkie Collins: The Woman in White The Moonstone Charles Dickens: Bleak House Great Expectations The Mystery of Edwin Drood Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë) Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë) Tenant of Wildfel Hall (Anne Brontë) The Secret Garden (Frances Hodgson Burnett) Tess of the D'Urbervilles (Thomas Hardy) Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad) Nostromo (Joseph Conrad) Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson) Treasure Island (Robert Louis Stevenson) Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Jules...

The Greatest British Classics Ever Written

Auteure: Lewis Carroll , Charles Dickens , Oscar Wilde , Robert Louis Stevenson , William Shakespeare , George Macdonald , Bram Stoker , Charlotte Brontë , Emily Brontë , George Grossmith , Weedon Grossmith , Arthur Conan Doyle , Frances Hodgson Burnett , Joseph Conrad , Jane Austen , George Eliot , Laurence Sterne , Thomas Hardy , Jonathan Swift , Daniel Defoe , Henry Fielding , Kenneth Grahame , Wilkie Collins , William Makepeace Thackeray , John Milton , John Keats , James Joyce , Ann Ward Radcliffe , H. G. Wells , W. B. Yeats , J. M. Barrie , G. K. Chesterton , T. S. Eliot , D. H. Lawrence , E. M. Forster , Sir Walter Scott , George Bernard Shaw , Mary Shelley , P. B. Shelley , Elizabeth Von Arnim

Nombre de pages: 9537

The Greatest British Classics Ever Written encapsulates an unrivaled collection traversing the comprehensive spectrum of British literature. This anthology presents a curated selection of works that showcase not only the evolution of literary styles but also the thematic depth which has characterized centuries of English writing. From the cerebral comedies of Oscar Wilde to the haunting gothic tales of Ann Ward Radcliffe, and the pioneering science fiction of H.G. Wells, this collection emphasizes the diversity and significant contributions of British literature to the global canon. Standout pieces capture the essence of human condition, societal shifts, and the unending quest for identity and belonging within varied historical and socio-political contexts. The authors and editors, hailing from different epochs, bring together an impressive array of backgrounds, literary movements, and philosophical ideologies. This melting pot includes the romantic disillusionment of the Brontë sisters, the sharp social critique of Charles Dickens, the existential musings of T.S. Eliot, and the pioneering narratives of Mary Shelley. Their collective works represent a cross-section of the...

180 Masterpieces of World Literature (Vol.1)

Auteure: Jules Verne , Lewis Carroll , Sigmund Freud , Charles Dickens , Plato , Mark Twain , Walt Whitman , Oscar Wilde , Edgar Allan Poe , William Shakespeare , Charlotte Brontë , Anne Brontë , Emily Brontë , Henry David Thoreau , Henry James , Louisa May Alcott , Victor Hugo , Frances Hodgson Burnett , Jane Austen , Herman Melville , James Allen , George Eliot , Walter Scott , Thomas Hardy , Daniel Defoe , Agatha Christie , Upton Sinclair , Anthony Trollope , Marcel Proust , Charles Baudelaire , William Makepeace Thackeray , Theodore Dreiser , Voltaire , Frederick Douglass , John Keats , James Joyce , Kahlil Gibran , H. G. Wells , T. S. Eliot , D. H. Lawrence , E. M. Forster , Marcus Aurelius , Hans Christian Andersen , Anton Chekhov , Leo Tolstoy , Fyodor Dostoevsky , Nikolai Gogol , Miguel De Cervantes , Wallace D. Wattles , Brothers Grimm , Herman Hesse , Sun Tzu

Nombre de pages: 19155

180 Masterpieces of World Literature (Vol.1) is an unparalleled collection that stands as a testament to the enduring power of storytelling across ages and cultures. This anthology brings together a stunning array of voices, ranging from the tragic to the comedic, the factual to the fantastical, and the philosophical to the romantic. Within its pages, readers will find works that have shaped the course of literature and thought, from ancient epics to modern classics, offering a kaleidoscopic view of humanity's intellectual heritage. The diversity of literary styles and themes, from the existential angst in Dostoevsky's prose to the whimsical adventures in Carroll's tales, provides a rich tapestry of human expression. Notably, the collection does not shy away from juxtaposing the introspective poetry of Whitman with the sharp wit of Twain, showcasing the breadth of literary genius over time. The contributing authors and editors, a veritable who's who of literary giants, bring a wealth of backgrounds, cultures, and insights to this anthology. Their works collectively chart the evolutions and revolutions of literary movements, from the Romanticism of Keats to the Realism of Chekhov,...

Language in Use

Auteure: Adrian Doff , Christopher Jones

Nombre de pages: 260

Experimenting Landscapes

Auteure: Métis International Garden Festival , Emily Waugh

Nombre de pages: 184

Garden festivals are often a testing area for new ideas for landscape designers. On a small scale designers can experiment with innovative materials and explore emerging tendencies. The International Garden Festival in Métis in northern Quebec is probably the best-known festival in North America. This publication will explain the role of garden festivalsin landscape design and present a selection of 25 gardens from Métis.

Taking Out North Korea's Super Missile: (The Axis of Evil & West Coast 11/26)

Auteure: James Novak

Nombre de pages: 407

A rogue Chinese missile field commander duped Axis of Evil member nations into a joint attack on the United States with a North Korean super missile. When the commander pressed the launch button, a seven-nation, 60-megaton nuclear warhead was blasted into a flight path that was meant to end on California’s fragile San Andreas Fault. Fortunately for the United States, its Central Intelligence Agency learned of the pending missile attack and was able to respond with Operation Nonferrous, the only viable, quick-reaction plan it had available. TAKING OUT NORTH KOREA’S SUPER MISSILE (The Axis of Evil & West Coast 11/26) describes in complete detail all of the events that occurred before and after the launch button was depressed at the Lop Nor, China, missile complex on November 26. It is must-read material for anybody deeply concerned about rapidly unfolding, spiraling-out-of-control type of world events that can lead to nuclear war. It is must-read material also for those in love, those who have lost loved ones (esp. an infant), and for those special couples blessed with true conjugal love.

History of Garden Art

Auteure: Marie-luise Gothein , Walter P Wright

Nombre de pages: 783

Marie-Luise Gothein's History of garden art was first published in German 1913. It was re-published in English in 1928, with two extra chapter. This edition (first published as a CD in 2002) has been edited and revised by Tom Turner. It is now supplied as a pdf.

The Parks and Gardens of Paris

Auteure: William Robinson

Nombre de pages: 596

Radical Botany

Auteure: Natania Meeker , Antónia Szabari

Nombre de pages: 261

“Succeeds beautifully in discovering and entwining an entire tradition of speculative botany that will reshape plant studies and posthumanist theory.” —Stacy Alaimo, author of Exposed: Environmental Politics and Pleasures in Posthuman Times Science Fiction & Technoculture Studies Book Prize Winner Radical Botany excavates a tradition in which plants participate in the effort to imagine new worlds and envision new futures. Modernity, the book claims, is defined by the idea of all life as vegetal. Meeker and Szabari argue that the recognition of plants’ liveliness and animation, as a result of scientific discoveries from the seventeenth century to today, has mobilized speculative creation in fiction, cinema, and art. Plants complement and challenge notions of human life. Radical Botany traces the implications of the speculative mobilization of plants for feminism, queer studies, and posthumanist thought. If, as Michael Foucault has argued, the notion of the human was born at a particular historical moment and is now nearing its end, Radical Botany reveals that this origin and endpoint are deeply informed by vegetality as a form of pre- and posthuman subjectivity. The...

Travels Through Spain

Auteure: Sir John Talbot Dillon

Nombre de pages: 494

Travels Trough Spain, with a View to Illustrate the Natural History ... in a Series of Letters

Auteure: John-talbot Dillon

Nombre de pages: 498

25 Favorite Novels

Auteure: Jane. Austen , L. M. Montgomery , Eleanor H. Porter , Louisa Alcott , Charlotte Brontë , Emily Brontë , Jack. London , Frances Burnett , Thomas Hardy , Nathanial Hawthorne , Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell , David Herbert Lawrence , Emmuska Orczy , Willa Cather

Nombre de pages: 9399

The Prince of Shadow

Auteure: Curt Benjamin

Nombre de pages: 405

Llesho was seven when the Harn invaded his family’s mountain kingdom of Thebin. Sold into slavery on Pearl Island, he was, as far as he know, the sole survivor of his royal family. When Llesho was ten, the old man called Lleck secretly began to undertake the boy’s education. But when Llesho was fifteen, Lleck died, and his spirit visited the boy while he worked the pearl beds, revealing his true destiny to him. All six of his older brothers were still alive! Llesho must win his freedom, find and rescue his brothers, and with their help raise an army against the evil Harn. But as a pearl diver he would never be allowed off the island. So llesho petitioned his lord to be trained as a gladiator, thus taking the first step on a road that would lead to conflicts with sorcerers, encounters with the avatars of gods, and a dangerous journey in search of the widely scattered family he had never expected to see again…

The Time Machine and the Domaine

Auteure: Richard W. Bevis

Nombre de pages: 457

Why have so many cultures created what we call imaginative literature in the past, and still do? What prompts so many people to read literature? And how are we to understand the economy that links these producers and consumers? These and related questions plagued the author for a couple of decades before he began to set down the results of his research into the roles and functions that creative writing has had in various societies. More and more, the evidence seemed to point towards our feelings about the effects of time on our lives, and our memories of special places that enchanted or changed us. He illustrates his findings by examining a wide range of literary artifacts.

Grow Your Own Medicine: Handbook for the Self-Sufficient Herbalist

Auteure: Ava Green , Kate Bensinger

Nombre de pages: 174

Just starting to grow herbs? Then this one's for you! Learn how to grow your own medicine with this medicinal herb gardening book for beginners. If you're ready to distance yourself from Big Pharma and become naturally self-sufficient, then you've just found your pot of gold at the end of the rainbow! This book covers all the basics you NEED to know, including: 50+ Herbs and their medicinal, culinary, aromatherapy, tea and other uses How to get away from pharmaceuticals and become self-sufficient The TOP 10 mistakes people do that damages their beautiful gardens The natural way to keep pests away so your garden is endlessly flourishing Grow Your Own Medicine is filled with vibrant, rich colors and clear illustrations so that you feel like you're already IN the garden - before you even start reading! Ava Green takes her five decades of experience as a home apothecary and gives you the perfect guide for all beginner medicinal herb growers. Grow your own herbal medicine to: Avoid the negative side effects of conventional medicine Become your own herbal dispensary Prevent and treat the root causes of ailments with science-backed medicinal herbs Help a friend or family member in need...

AaBack's Grimm: Dark Fantasy Fairy Tale #2 Friends Reunited: The Janus Beast, The Rose Beauty, And The Cursed Duckling

Auteure: Kristie Lynn Higgins

Nombre de pages: 74

Type: novella and the word count is about 31,700 words The fairy tales you know with a wicked twist. Continue this novella fantasy action adventure series with the second book and enter a deadly world that could use a little hope and love and where somethings are as different as the moon and sun. Read the first story for free. Jane was transported to a world of fairy tales where she meets the Beast and the giant rose, Erosa. All is not happy endings for the world of AaBack's Grimm holds a dark and deadly secret for Jane. She believes she knows the Beast and Erosa from a lifetime ago, so she has to find a way to help them break their curse. What Jane doesn't know is that the Beast is about to reveal to her that he has a light and a very dark side. AaBack's Grimm Dark Fantasy Action Adventure Fairy Tale Series: #1 Tale Of Two Worlds: The Wizard, The Battle Mage, And The Werewolf #2 Friends Reunited: The Janus Beast, The Rose Beauty, And The Cursed Duckling #3 Dragon Scorned: The Towering Mountain Citadel, The Sword Of Cross-Worlds, And The Maximus-curse

Narratives for Young Readers on West Asia

Auteure: Arya Priyadarshini , Suman Sigroha

Nombre de pages: 175

Through critical textual analysis of the trauma narratives for young readers written in English on political conflicts and the violation of humanitarian values, this book recovers the response to trauma from the margins of the survivor spectrum. By focusing on the experiences of Syrian and Palestinian children, it elucidates how their stories are often portrayed in a manner that not only emphasises their resilience but also underscores the gravity of the experiences. The book sheds light on the multifaceted impact of the conflicts on the region and the psychological toll they take on the younger generation through the representation of their experiences in these narratives. The harrowing experiences of refugees, war victims and displaced persons from non- Western countries often lack a voice in the advancement of the trauma discourse. The theoretical approach utilised in this research thus employs child and adolescent psychoanalysis to extend the existing approach to trauma studies, and brings the neglected and under- represented trauma narratives to the fore. Many of the atrocities discussed in this book continue in the present times, which makes the study of this subject matter...

The Library of Girlhood

Auteure: Jules Verne , Lewis Carroll , Selma Lagerlöf , Johanna Spyri , Charles Dickens , Mark Twain , Robert Louis Stevenson , George Macdonald , Charlotte Brontë , Carolyn Wells , Louisa May Alcott , Frances Hodgson Burnett , Jane Austen , Gene Stratton-porter , Mary Mapes Dodge , Kenneth Grahame , Susan Warner , Martha Finley , Susan Coolidge , Jean Webster , Angela Brazil , Gertrude Chandler Warner , L. Frank Baum , J. M. Barrie , Eleanor H. Porter , E. Nesbit , E. T. A. Hoffmann , Hans Christian Andersen , Kate Douglas Wiggin , Lucy Maud Montgomery , Dorothy Canfield , Brothers Grimm , Madeleine L'engle , L.t. Meade

Nombre de pages: 8156

DigiCat presents to you this meticulously edited collection of the most revered and influential stories and biographies for the heroines of the future: Novels: Little Women Anne of Green Gables Series Rose in Bloom Pride and Prejudice Emma Jane Eyre Heidi Emily of New Moon Alice in Wonderland The Wonderful Wizard of Oz The Secret Garden A Little Princess Peter and Wendy The Girl from the Marsh Croft The Nutcracker and the Mouse King The Princess and the Goblin At the Back of the North Wind A Girl of the Limberlost Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm Mother Carey's Chickens Pollyanna A Sweet Girl Graduate Daddy Long-Legs Understood Betsy The Luckiest Girl in the School What Katy Did Patty Fairfield Two Little Women on a Holiday Mildred Keith The Wide, Wide World The Silver Skates Six to Sixteen The Wind in the Willows The Box-Car Children Five Children and It The Phoenix and the Carpet The Story of the Amulet The Railway Children Journey to the Centre of the Earth Great Expectations Rapunzel Cinderella Snow-white The Twelve Brothers Little Match Girl Little Mermaid Thumbelina... The Heroines of the Past: Biographies & Memoirs Helen Keller: The Story of My Life Harriet, The Moses of Her...

CHILDHOOD CLASSICS - Ultimate Collection: 1400+ Tales of Magic, Adventure, Fairytales & Legends

Auteure: Jules Verne , Lewis Carroll , Johanna Spyri , Mark Twain , Harriet Beecher Stowe , Oscar Wilde , George Macdonald , Charles Lamb , Mary Lamb , Howard Pyle , Jack London , Louisa May Alcott , Frances Hodgson Burnett , Andrew Lang , John Meade Falkner , Jonathan Swift , Maurice Maeterlinck , Daniel Defoe , Johnny Gruelle , Aesop , Hugh Lofting , Emerson Hough , George Haven Putnam , Anna Sewell , Rudyard Kipling , Beatrix Potter , John Ruskin , Kenneth Grahame , Eva March Tappan , Nathaniel Hawthorne , Susan Coolidge , Carlo Collodi , Thomas Bailey Aldrich , Georgette Leblanc , Jennie Hall , Carl Sandburg , Ruth Stiles Gannett , Evelyn Sharp , Gertrude Chandler Warner , Marion St. John Webb , L. Frank Baum , J. M. Barrie , Eleanor H. Porter , E. Nesbit , E. T. A. Hoffmann , E. Boyd Smith , Hans Christian Andersen , Kate Douglas Wiggin , Vishnu Sharma , Margery Williams , Mary Louisa Molesworth , Dorothy Canfield , Howard R. Garis , Brothers Grimm , Thornton Burgess , R. L. Stevenson , Miguel Cervantes

Nombre de pages: 14851

CHILDHOOD CLASSICS - Ultimate Collection: 1400+ Tales of Magic, Adventure, Fairytales & Legends possess an awe-inspiring aggregation of narratives that traverse the intricate landscape of youthful imagination. This anthology showcases an eclectic mix of literary styles, from the fantastical realms of fairy tales and legends to the adventurous seas of magic and exploration. It encapsulates the rich literary context of multiple periods, bringing together works that have significantly influenced the genre of children's literature. The collection highlights diversity through its inclusion of stories that span different cultures and epochs, making it a treasure trove of literary masterpieces that have enchanted readers young and old alike. The contributing authors and editors of this anthology are among the luminary figures of literature, whose collective work has shaped not just the genre of children's literature but also the broader landscape of literary history. These authors, hailing from diverse backgrounds and cultures, have contributed to various literary movements, from Romanticism to Realism, and their works reflect the societal, cultural, and historical contexts of their...

Every Girl's Library - 50 Classics in One Volume

Auteure: Jules Verne , Lewis Carroll , Selma Lagerlöf , Johanna Spyri , Charles Dickens , Mark Twain , Robert Louis Stevenson , George Macdonald , Charlotte Brontë , Carolyn Wells , Louisa May Alcott , Frances Hodgson Burnett , Jane Austen , Gene Stratton-porter , Mary Mapes Dodge , Kenneth Grahame , Susan Warner , Martha Finley , Susan Coolidge , Jean Webster , Angela Brazil , Gertrude Chandler Warner , L. Frank Baum , J. M. Barrie , Eleanor H. Porter , E. Nesbit , E. T. A. Hoffmann , Hans Christian Andersen , Kate Douglas Wiggin , Lucy Maud Montgomery , Dorothy Canfield , Brothers Grimm , Madeleine L'engle , L.t. Meade

Nombre de pages: 8155

Every Girl's Library - 50 Classics in One Volume is a monumental collection that showcases a wide array of themes, literary styles, and historical contexts, making it a significant cultural treasure trove for readers. This anthology brings together an astonishing variety of works, ranging from the imaginative realms of fantasy and adventure by Jules Verne and Lewis Carroll to the introspective and society-focused narratives of Jane Austen and Charlotte Brontë. The inclusion of tales by authors such as Hans Christian Andersen and the Brothers Grimm adds a layer of timeless folklore and fairy tale allure, showcasing the diversity and depth of the collection. The selection of these pieces underlines the anthology's ability to transcend generational boundaries, offering something invaluable to every reader. The contributing authors, a pantheon of literary giants, collectively embody a remarkable span of historical and cultural backgrounds. This eclectic group includes pioneers of literature who have shaped and been shaped by different literary movements such as Romanticism, Victorian literature, and the Golden Age of Children's Literature. Their individual and collective...

Nirvana: The Last Nightmare

Auteure: Osho

Nombre de pages: 175

Religion is not any ideology. Religion does not believe in any ideals. Religion is to become aware of the impossibility of idealism – of all idealism. Religion is to live here and now, and idealism goes on conditioning your mind to live somewhere else. And only the now exists. There is no other way to live. The only way is to be here. You cannot be there. The tomorrow is non-existent, it never comes, and idealism believes in the tomorrow. It sacrifices the today at the altar of the tomorrow. It goes on saying to you, ’Do something – improve yourself. Do something – change yourself. Do something – become perfect.’ It appeals to the ego. Idealism belongs to the world of the ego. It appeals to the ego that you can be more perfect than you are; in fact you should be more perfect than you are. But each moment is perfect, and it cannot be more perfect than it is.