Christmas Books, Tales and Sketches, Paperback - W. M. Thackeray

The Christmas Book, created by Dickens, was an important Victorian literary genre. This volume contains all of Thackeray's contributions to it, tog...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: W. E. B. Du BoisIntroduction by: Shawn Leigh AlexanderIn honor of the 150th anniversary of W. E. B. Du Bois's birth in Grea...

Reducere. AMONGST SACRED INSTITUTIONS LOST TO TIME, THE DRUG STORE LUNCH COUNTER REMAINS ONE OF THE MOST LAMENTED AND REVERED PIECES OF TRUE AMERICANA. THE C...

Reducere. Frances Harper: Poems, Prose, and Sketches (2021) is a collection of writing by Frances Harper. Harper, the first African American woman to publish...

Reducere. Vol. IV of Neotraditional contains the best selection of never before seen tattoo artwork. Includes paintings, drawings, flashes and sketches with ...

Reducere. The finest non-fiction by Ruskin Bond, a singular writer who has inspired and comforted three generations of readers, collected in a single volume....

Reducere. In Working South, renowned watercolorist Mary Whyte captures in exquisite detail the essence of vanishing blue-collar professions from across ten s...

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Reducere. Pachetul continte: • Balciul desertaciunilor Volumul I (562 pagini) • Balciul desertaciunilor Volumul II (562 pagini) Balciul desertaciunilor este ...

Collects all the tales of this master of the uncanny, the unnerving, and the terrifying. This book includes author's stories that reflect his profe...

"Criticism" is a collection of nine essays written between 1900 and 1990 that reveal the developing response to Vanity Fair. William C. Brownell, D...

DescriptionA New York Times Notable Book of the Year "The Alienist meets The City & The City in this brilliant debut that mixes fantasy and mystery...

Reducere. In this chronicle about life on the hippie trail, W. M. Raebeck provides a funky flashback to what now seems an easier era. Through her marginal fe...

This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base f...

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Reducere. This translation of Rumi's Fihi ma Fihi should easily become the standard English edition of this important collection of his discourses, conversat...

This lively synthesis of global history since the end of World War II offers a gripping account of an interdependent world and the challenges facin...

Reducere. This is the first and most complete collection of all 136 humorous sketches and tales that Samuel Clemens (1835-1910), a.k.a. Mark Twain, started w...

This collection of Christmas tales includes Dickens' classic, 'A Christmas Carol'. Short stories and poems by various authors are also featured.Pub...

Reducere. Stripped of the family so important to his Viking heritage, Matthias Bjork is now on the hunt for his sister. Despite combing the entire Wyoming Te...

Reducere. Christmas at Thompson Hall Christmas Day at Kirkby Cottage The Mistletoe Bough Not if I Know It The Two Generals The Two Heroines of Plumplington T...

Woven into the climactic events of the Napoleonic Wars, and set against a backdrop of gaudy elegance and cut-throat personal ambition, Vanity Fair ...

From William W. and J.A. Johnstone, the bestselling masters of the American West, comes a special holiday entry in the Jensen family saga. This tim...

Publisher: ELI s.r.l.Author(s): William M. ThackerayPublication date: 2015Dimensions: 198 x 210 x 21Cover type: Paperback / softbackRedescopera far...

Reducere. Two Christmas weddings--in beautiful Alaska! Mail-Order Bride After being jilted by her fiancé, Caroline Myers needs cheering up. So her aunts send...

Reducere. This book outlines the thrilling story of the onward march of the Church of Christ from the earliest times to the end of the nineteenth century. It...

This engaging book offers insight into the beginnings of radio astronomy and the role of a pioneering woman in astronomy. Includes an overview of s...

FOR THE JENSEN FAMILY, DANGER IS MERELY ANOTHER HOLIDAY TRADITION. At the Sugarloaf Ranch, Smoke and Sally Jensen prepare to welcome Preacher home ...

Set in the reign of Queen Anne, this title presents a story that follows the troubled progress of a gentleman and an officer in Marlborough's army,...

Publisher: Yiannis BooksAuthor(s): John WallerIllustration(s): 200 pen & ink water coloursNumber of pages: 128Publication date: 2008Dimensions: 214...

Ambrose Bierce's satirical flair is most prevalent in his tall tales and similar sketches, where all manner of human foibles are lampooned: the exc...

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Reducere. Inovator la vremea sa, devenit astazi un reper al literaturii clasice si considerat capodopera scriitorului, Balciul desertaciunilor reprezinta o s...

Takes readers on the full journey of the Sea Cloud, from its postwar ownership by Rafael Trujillo, to its use as a commercial cruise ship in Panama...

Reducere. This volume includes eight tales in new translations by David Magarshack: The Singers, Bezhin Meadow, Mumu, Assya, First Love, Knock...Knock...Knoc...

Contributor(s): Editor: Maria Tatar- Seven different tale types: "Little Red Riding Hood, " "Beauty and the Beast, " "Snow White, " "Sleeping Beaut...

The unbeatable combination of Hidden Pictures(R) puzzles with stickers and a Mad Libs-like fill-in-the-blank activity is unique to Highlights(TM). ...

Reducere. DescriptionWhat if it's all a lie? Since birth, human beings are bombarded by propaganda from the media, religion, schooling, government, culture, ...

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'Tis the season to be jolly! One of Australia's favourite storytellers is back with a collection of stories about everyone's favourite family holid...

With this spectacularly illustrated gift edition, a new generation of readers can walk beside one of America's most respected naturalists as he con...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Patricia HighsmithThe great revival of interest in Patricia Highsmith continues with the publication of this legendary, cul...

Reducere. Who has not been thrilled and not a little frightened by tales of ghosts, spirits, hauntings, and monsters? Some of the most fascinating accounts c...

Reducere. Professor Jones discusses the career of Augustus in the context of the turbulent times of the breakdown of the Roman Republic into civil war. He sh...

Reducere. About the AuthorHolly Webb started out as a children's book editor and wrote her first series for the publisher she worked for. She has been writin...

Reducere. "Sevastopol Sketches (Sebastopol Sketches)" is a collection of three works of historical fiction in which Tolstoy draws upon his real life experien...

Reducere. Nantucket's famous Christmas Stroll is always the first weekend of December and this year sisters Mandy and Emma, and Paul, the executive chef, wan...

Charles Dickens's first book, complete with all the pathos and comic invention of his later masterpieces Published under the pen-name 'Boz', Charle...

Reducere. Bringing to light an entertaining array of anecdotes, this collection of police stories recalls some of the strangest, funniest, and most poignant ...

A festive collection of classic seasonal stories, retold by a renowned folklorist, and beautifully illustrated with intricate paintings by Isabelle...