Cultural Heritage category: 3433 books

The third book in The Dreaming Series; Spirits of the Rock continues to explore the characters' lives, their loves and the balance of the world in which we all live. It is a blending of modern culture with the ancient spiritual world of indigenous Australians. Learn of the Spirit Creatures of...

Howard Johnson, a widower, and Honus McDaniels, a bachelor, both live alone in their own respective cabins near a place called Flintlock Mountain. Their daily lives are still filled with awe, as the summer heat rolls into the Pemigewasset. Nearby dwells yet another old man, who seems to be in serious decline.

‘Irish Fairy Tales’ is a collection of stories originally edited by James Stephens, and accompanied by the illustrations of Arthur Rackham. It contains ‘The Story of Tuan Mac Cairill’, ‘The Boyhood of Fionn’, ‘The Birth of Bran’, ‘The Wooing of Becfola’, ‘Oisin’s Mother’,...

Все рассказы иронической прозы «Мир аж… больше чем мир»-это философские размышления о современной жизни на земле.О том, что зависть, злость и непонимание основ...

Elisabeth Charlotte, Prinzessin von der Pfalz, genannt Liselotte von der Pfalz war Herzogin von Orléans und Schwägerin von König Ludwig XIV. von Frankreich. Literarische und historische Bedeutung erlangte sie u. a. durch ihren Briefwechsel, der durch seine teils sehr unverblümten Schilderungen des französischen Hoflebens von besonderem kulturgeschichtlichen Wert ist.

Book set includes book one through three, complete story. The story starts in Kabul, Afghanistan were the Afghan president asked the USA for assistant in stopping the Taliban who has terrorized the city, from throwing acid on women’s faces, to poisoning the women trying to get an education....

The paths carved out by nomadic traders throughout the land of Somalia are ancient. Camel trains have long carried goods from market to market, nowadays, of course, new roads follow some of these ancient trade routes. Sadly, the wisdom which so easily found such easy pathways throughout the...

The book covers the subject of WWII women medical officers in-depth--something that has not been previously attempted. Since commissioning was not granted until April of 1943, their Army service was relatively short, and for the majority of the women medical officers, it was only an interlude in their...

David Serra un ejecutivo barcelonés está insatisfecho con la vida materialista y monótona que lleva. En un intento de llenar ese vacío interior entrará en contacto con un dojo en donde el maestro Okura le enseñará el arte de los antiguos guerreros samuráis. Durante ese viaje en búsqueda de la autenticidad descubrirá nuevos valores que le ayudarán a apreciar intensamente la vida.

Der Roman "Zur Strafe und als Belohnung" spielt in einem Landstrich des ehemaligen Sudetenlands, aus dem nach Kriegsende 1945 die deutsche Bevölkerung vertrieben wurde. Die Handlung erzählt jedoch über die Menschen, mit welchen der tschechoslowakische Staat die leer stehenden Dörfer besiedelt hat:...

Ovo je definitivno roman koji se ne ispušta iz ruke dok se ne dovrši i posljednja stranica. Odmah na početku postaje očitim i zašto. Naime, Vladimir Jakopanec koji kao emigrant preko dvadeset i pet godina živi i radi u Australiji, koji je svoje početno emigrantsko iskustvo, kao uostalom i većina...

Un florilège de mythes, de contes et de légendes permet de pénétrer dans l'imaginaire de Bornéo Le nouveau volume de la collection "Aux origines du monde" amène le lecteur sur l’île mystérieuse de Bornéo, où l’exploratrice Mady Villard s’était installée au début des années...

When Raven Dances tells the story of a girl growing up in in Seward, Alaska after World War II. It is also a study in mythology, reminding us that dangers lurk in the midst of happiness. Ms. Bigelow has obviously done a lot of research into the history of Seward, Alaska, a port often overlooked by tourists...

To die in a fire is one of the most terrible deaths. Who would want to die with the skin and muscles in ebullition “swallowing smoke, swallowing misery, swallowing one’s own consciousness”? This happened to thirty six people the last day of January 1980 in the Spaniard Embassy in Guatemala City....