Culture & Heritage
The Romance of a Mummy and Egypt
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Théophile Gautier
The account he gives, in his novel, of the ancient city of Thebes, of the great necropolis in the valley of Biban el Molûk, of the sub…
Genji Monogatari (The Tale of Genji, Version 2)
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Murasaki Shikibu
Genji Monogatari, or The Tale of Genji, is a Japanese classic novel from the eleventh century. Supposedly commissioned by members of the Imp…
Prejudices, First Series
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H. L. Mencken
Mencken sharpens his pen and in a collection of short essays delivers acerbic opinions on issues and persons of the time. Among his targets…
Stories from the Adirondacks
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Albert A. Young
A collection of five stories all of which take place in the Adirondack Mountains of upstate New York, and most which contain elements of som…
Flor de Santidad. Historia milenaria
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Ramón Del Valle-Inclán and Ramón del Valle-Inclán
Esta historia milenaria cuenta la seducción de una ingenua pastora, Adega, por un peregrino a quien ella identifica con Dios y del qu…
Deutsche Hausmärchen
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Johann Wilhelm Wolf
Johann Wilhelm Wolf war Germanist und Schriftsteller, sein Schwager Wilhelm von Ploennies war Leutnant, Militärschriftsteller und Ü…
More Newspaper Articles by Mark Twain
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Mark Twain
"More Newspaper Articles by Mark Twain" fills in the gaps left by the first collection of newspaper articles: "Newspaper Arti…
Promenades japonaises
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Emile Guimet
Voyage d'Emile Guimet avec Félix Régamey, dessinateur. Regard sur le pays, les paysages, la société, et histoire…
La Main enchantée
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Gérard de Nerval and Gérard De Nerval
La Main enchantée ou "La Main de gloire".Edition 1901. Préface de Jules de Marthold très intéressante.…
Ontario Public School Geography
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Unknown
This Ontario Public School textbook, published in 1922, contains some fascinating facts of a world which no longer exists. It seems politica…
Stories of the Scottish Border
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William Platt
Nothing seems to be known about Mr and Mrs William Platt, the writers of Stories of the Scottish Border. What they produced is an eccentric …
Les Natchez
Read by Christiane Jehanne
François-René de Chateaubriand
Voyage en Amérique de Chateaubriand, peuples indiens. Drame « cornélien », un très beau roman : amour, amit…
On an Irish Jaunting-Car through Donegal and Connemara
Read by Frank Lennon
Samuel Gamble Bayne
This book gives a brief glimpse into the social history of Ireland in the early part of the 20th Century. During his 1902 tour through the n…
The Whys of Cooking
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Janet McKenzie Hill
An entertaining yet informative look at the history of Crisco, its place in the "modern" kitchen, basic recipes and how to set up …
The Town Traveller
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George Gissing
The town traveller is himself a British salesman, living in a lower class part of London in the Victorian era. The story depicts his interac…
Memorias de un vagón de ferrocarril
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Eduardo Zamacois y Quintana and Eduardo Zamacois Y Quintana
Este vagón personificado nos cuenta en primera persona su vida y las historias de los pasajeros aventureros que montan en él. …
Two Sides To Every Question: From A South Australian Standpoint
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Maud Jean Franc
'Two Sides to Every Question’: From a South Australian Standpoint is a meditation on poverty, wealth, and social aspiration set in the free …
The Golem: A legend of old Prague
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Rudolf Lothar
Rabbi Loeb creates a clay man to house a perfect soul that he hopes will not be blighted by human prejudices. The plan does not go as he hop…
The Prairie Wife
Read by Jennifer Perree
Arthur Stringer
GeeGee has fallen, in love that is. Witty, funny, intelligent. Gee Gee's Letters to her friend tell the unscripted story of the adventures i…