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“Valentine and Orson” is a romance which has been attached to the Carolingian cycle. Earliest English version (The Historye of the two Valyannte Brethren: Valentyne and Orson ... by Henry Watson) was printed by William Copland in about 1550.  The fairy tale adapted for the nursery...

Herein are 3 richly illustrated tales for children to read especially at Christmas time. Compiled and illustrated by one of the master illustrators of the late Victorian era – Walter Crane. It is uncertain if Walter Crane authored these stories, but sources seem to believe he did. The stories...

William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, a small country town. Stratford was famous for its malting. The black plague killed in 1564 one out of seven of the town's 1,500 inhabitants. Shakespeare was the eldest son of Mary Arden, the daughter of a local landowner, and her husband, John Shakespeare...

As the book opens, Amy Robsart has left her family home and has secretly married Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester. Amy's father, Sir Hugh and the man her father intended her to marry, Edmund Tressilian, have no knowledge of Amy's whereabouts and suspect foul play at the hands of Dudley's sneaky master...

Style Walter Raleigh, english scholar, poet and author (1861-1922) This ebook presents «Style», from Walter Raleigh. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected. TABLE OF CONTENTS -01- ABOUT THIS BOOK -02- STYLE

Old and New London George Walter Thornbury, english author (1828-1876) This ebook presents «Old and New London», from George Walter Thornbury. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected. TABLE OF CONTENTS  CENTRAL -01- ABOUT THIS BOOK...

The Harvard Classics - Shelf of Fiction represents a specific selection of the greatest novels, novellas and short stories of seven national literatures, namely: English, American, French, Spanish, German, Russian, and Scandinavian. Table of Contents: Vols. 1 & 2: The History of Tom Jones by Henry...

Heroic figures galloping across the loose sands of the Sahara, their flowing white kepis a symbol of the highest romance and adventure...or murderers and human derelicts, rejected by society and hunted by the police, seeking escape from prison in the ranks of the Légion Étrangère? Neither picture—so...

The ancient and mysterious ruins of Cambodia have long captured the imagination of visitors, more so now than ever before. In Destination Cambodia, Walter Mason charts an affectionate, intimate and deeply personal look at a Kingdom that has drawn him back again and again since his youth. Whether...

The remarkable characters in Humannature, a collection of original poems by Michael Walter, press against the boundaries of the human experience: here, a vampire dances with elderly belles-of-the-ball, a man falls from a skyscraper, and a witch is tried for the murder of her lover. Hummnature is an...

Surgery. Plant warfare. Fairy tales. Each of these finds a place in Altercations, a collection of poems by Michael Walter that explores one of life's most consistent themes: conflict. Whether by choice or by circumstance, conflict is often at the center of our daily experience, and these poems- sardonic, reflective, and hopeful- point to the necessity of staying strong throughout.

All About Drawing: Wild Animals & Exotic Creatures is an adventurous addition to Walter Foster's All About Drawing Series and includes material from the following children's Learn to Draw titles: Learn to Draw Reptiles & Amphibians, Learn to Draw Rainforest & Jungle Animals, and Learn...

"Visionary. This book should be in every reader's hands." –JACQUELINE WOODSON, National Book Award-winning author of Brown Girl Dreaming Young heroes decide that they are not too young or too powerless to change their world in this gripping, futuristic young adult novel by the New York Times...

Bestselling award-winning author Walter Dean Myers is back with a new book in his acclaimed Cruisers series. The Cruiser, an alternative newspaper published by Zander and his crew of middle school misfits, is alive and well. And now there's plenty to report on when LaShonda, one of the Cruisers, steps...