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Cover of The Colony Of Cats
by Andrew Lang
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2015

Long, long ago, as far back as the time when animals spoke, there lived a community of cats in a deserted house they had taken possession of not far from a large town...
Cover of Cannetella
by Andrew Lang
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2015

There was once upon a time a king who reigned over a country called ‘Bello Puojo.' He was very rich and powerful, and had everything in the world he could desire except a child. But at last, after he had been married for many years, and was quite an old man, his wife Renzolla presented him with a fine daughter, whom they called Cannetella.
Cover of The Daughter 0f Buk Ettemsuch
by Andrew Lang
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2015

Once upon a time there lived a man who had seven daughters. For a long time they dwelt quite happily at home together, then one morning the father called them all before him and said: 'Your mother and I are going on a journey, and as we do not know how long we may be away, you will...
Cover of A French Puck
by Andrew Lang
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2015

Among the mountain pastures and valleys that lie in the centre of France there dwelt a mischievous kind of spirit, whose delight it was to play tricks on everybody, and particularly on the shepherds and the cowboys. They never knew when they were safe from him, as he could change himself...
Cover of The Story of Hok Lee and the Dwarfs
by Andrew Lang
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2015

There once lived in a small town in China a man named Hok Lee. He was a steady industrious man, who not only worked hard at his trade, but did all his own house-work as well, for he had no wife to do it for him.:'What an excellent industrious man is this Hok Lee!' said his neighbours...
Cover of The Story of the Fair Circassians
by Andrew Lang
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2015

'We were born in Circassia of poor people, and my sister's name is Tezila and mine Dely. Having nothing but our beauty to help us in life, we were carefully trained in all the accomplishments that give pleasure. We were both quick to learn, and from our childhood could play all sorts of instruments,...
Cover of The Fairy Nurse
by Andrew Lang
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2015

There was once a little farmer and his wife living near Coolgarrow. They had three children, and my story happened while the youngest was a baby. The wife was a good wife enough, but her mind was all on her family and her farm, and she hardly ever went to her knees without falling asleep,...
Cover of Blue Beard
by Andrew Lang
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2015

There was a man who had fine houses, both in town and country, a deal of silver and gold plate, embroidered furniture, and coaches gilded all over with gold. But this man was so unlucky as to have a blue beard, which made him so frightfully ugly that all the women and girls ran away from him...
Cover of The Brown Bear of Norway
by Andrew Lang
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2015

There was once a king in Ireland, and he had three daughters, and very nice princesses they were. And one day, when they and their father were walking on the lawn, the king began to joke with them, and to ask them whom they would like to be married to. 'I'll have the king of Ulster for...
Cover of Toads and Diamonds
by Andrew Lang
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2015

There was once upon a time a widow who had two daughters. The eldest was so much like her in the face and humor that whoever looked upon the daughter saw the mother. They were both so disagreeable and so proud that there was no living with them...
Cover of Little Lasse
by Andrew Lang
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2015

There was once a little boy whose name was Lars, and because he was so little he was called Little Lasse; he was a brave little man, for he sailed round the world in a pea-shell boat. It was summer time, when the pea shells grew long and green in the garden. Little Lasse crept into...
Cover of The Unlooked-for Prince
by Andrew Lang
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2015

A long time ago there lived a king and queen who had no children, although they both wished very much for a little son. They tried not to let each other see how unhappy they were, and pretended to take pleasure in hunting and hawking and all sorts of other sports; but at length the king...
Cover of How The Beggar Boy Turned Into Count Piro
by Andrew Lang
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2015

Once upon a time there lived a man who had only one son, a lazy, stupid boy, who would never do anything he was told. When the father was dying, he sent for his son and told him that he would soon be left alone in the world, with no possessions but the small cottage they lived in and a pear tree...
Cover of Fragments Under Glass
by Rebecca Siegel
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2016

Living among corpses…a death train destined for the Elbe River…bodies covered with lice…the murder of almost all close relatives…life in the Netherlands before, during, and after the Holocaust is perceptively written by Rebecca Siegel. She not only describes her experiences, but also delves...
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