Cultural Heritage category: 3433 books

Nuala Peadar, the beautiful owner of Seanagloree farm, has reconnected with her reclusive neighbor, Donal Jer, only to have him propose marriage to her twice in as many days. The first time, she refuses politely, the second time hotly, declaring she will have no man wedding her out of pity. However,...

Échantillons de culture populaire brésilienne Ces contes ont été recueillis au cours de mes voyages. Ils charmaient les heures fastidieuses des longues chevauchées sous le soleil brûlant ou dans les nuits fraîches. Les uns viennent des forêts vierges et des tabas indiennes, les autres...

 Three Sisters is a story of sisterhood, family and clan ties. The love that bind Two Feathers, Whippoorwill and Brings-the-Storm together as sisters are the ties that also save their people. Two Feathers  grows to be a brave and powerful leader. Whippoorwill has a love to encompass all. Brings-the-Storm...

"Clarence; or, A Tale of Our Own Times" is a 1830 novel of manners by Catharine Maria Sedgwick. Set in New York City, the narrative follows the travails of a young heiress called Gertrude Clarence arriving on the city's marriage market. The novel provides a rich and authentic insight into...

Tom Masters, a nineteenth century naval officer, is a round peg in a square hole. A tantalising glimpse of a stranger leads him to jump ship on a quest to find her. His adventures, interwoven with the life of a young Robert Louis Stevenson, take Tom from the Isle of Skye to Canada. There he encounters...

This is volume I of Catharine Maria Sedgwick's 1835 historical romance "The Linwoods; or Sixty Years Since in America". Set during the American Revolution, it uses day-to-day city life to explore the American character, defined by its relationship with Britain and France. The novel also...

All's Well That Ends Well is a play by William Shakespeare. It is traditionally believed to have been written between 1604 and 1605, and was originally published in the First Folio in 1623. Though originally the play was classified as one of Shakespeare's comedies, the play is now considered by some...

Songs from Dinosaki's Jukebox isn't a four thousand word wonder, but a full-length book replete with sometimes lurid, not necessarily P.C. tales of modern day travelers and their sometimes dark, sometimes hilarious, personal encounters with the ancient spirits and mythological creatures still haunting...

What happens when you discover your father didn't die in Vietnam, like your mother said he did, and he's white, not black like you? What happens when the future your family has set for you doesn't fit into your dreams? The Color of My Soul takes you on a journey through race and culture, family loyalty and self discovery.

To Madé, a Balinese girl who was brought up in the patriarchal tradition, a man's right to rule his wife's life is without limit. She grew up in a family where her father was a rule unto himself. Madé blames herself for the death of her first love, who dies in a motorcycle accident. Her initial...

Ladies and gentlemen, there are many American writers today who in their way are great, and many, many more during this man's life have come and gone—but Samuel L. Clemens, the delight of our fathers and our grandfathers, who. with his same brilliant wit and humor was wilting of the Mississippi...

His widow had The White Guard published in large part in the literary journal Moskva in 1966, at the end of the Khrushchev era. This was the basis for the English translation by Michael Glenny. This lacks the dream flashback sections. Set in Russia, beginning in late 1918, the novel concerns...

A collection of Travel in south India to lesser known beautiful, historical locales. Locales where buddhism had spread thousands of years ago and refound and restiored. Short stories about Indian black magic and life in India

Preceding the end of a previous relationship gone sour with Ex Terrell Marshall, Jeremiah Johnson throws his dating hat back into the dating game arena. His desire to not give-up on love in the same-gender loving community was considered special by some, and yet rare for many. Still, nothing could...