Maurice: 1983 books

        "Such accounts," said Glum, "are not to be made in money."     "Well," said Ogmund. And that was all he did say.     Then Glum looked at him with earnest eyes; and this time he did not blink at all. "Many a man goes abroad," he said, "who...

FOR me the strange story dates back to that autumn day when my uncle Dorgeroux appeared, staggering and unhinged, in the doorway of the room which I occupied in his house, Haut-Meudon Lodge. None of us had set eyes on him for a week. A prey to that nervous exasperation into which the final...

This volume contains two adventures which pit the gentleman thief Arsene Lupin against Sherlock Holmes, the world's most famous detective. In 'The Blonde Lady', Holmes must discover the identity of a mysterious female thief who is linked to Lupin, while in 'The Jewish Lamp' he finds out that the theft...

Extrait du livre : – Oh ! mais c’est effroyable ! s’écria Simon Dubosc. Écoutez donc, Edwards.   Et le jeune homme, emmenant son ami loin des tables groupées sur la terrasse du pavillon, lui montra, dans la Feuille des Dernières...

Under $15, and includes 15 preprinted, ready-to-cut designs! Make your own colorful pop-up cards simply by cutting, scoring, folding, and gluing ordinary papers and cardstock Detailed instructions and full-size patterns for 20 cards for birthdays, holidays, special events, invitations, and greeting cards.

This non-fiction snapshot occurred in a United Nations Peacekeeping Mission in Somalia shortly after the American troops withdrew. Remaining behind are twenty-two thousand multi-national troops and five hundred United Nations civilian staff. The general population is terrorized as two major warlord's...

This volume collects published papers and essays from widely scattered and inaccessible sources, some of which appeared for the first time when this book was originally published. In the first part of the book the subjects range from the theory of wages and recent trends in economic theory to economists’...

From seaside to countryside and from villages to towns, Somerset is a county where it's difficult to separate history and mystery. This intriguing, fast-paced, fact-packed compendium of places, people, and trivia reveals all sorts of answers to questions you might have wondered about, and the facts,...

Some months ago the Jewish world celebrated the eight hundredth anniversary of the death of Rashi, who died at Troyes in 1105. On that occasion those whose knowledge authorizes them to speak gave eloquent accounts of his life and work. Science and devotion availed themselves of every possible medium-lectures...

Much has been recorded over the years about cinema and its golden years, but what of the temples in which this entertainment phenomenon took place – the cinemas. How did they emerge and why? This book attempts to illustrate this, taking an average manufacturing town and describing the rise – and...

When Bela Bartók died in September of 1945, he left a partially completed viola concerto commissioned by the virtuoso violist William Primrose. Yet, while no definitive version of the work exists, this concerto has become arguably the most-performed viola concerto in the world. The story of how the...

The Library of Alexandria is an independent small business publishing house. We specialize in bringing back to live rare, historical and ancient Books. This includes manuscripts such as: classical fiction, philosophy, science, Religion, folklore, mythology, history, literature, politics and sacred texts,...

En ce livre, on parlera souvent de sagesse, de fatalité, de justice, de bonheur et d'amour. Il semble qu'il y ait quelque ironie à évoquer ainsi un bonheur peu visible, au milieu de malheurs très réels, une justice peut-être idéale, au sein d'une injustice, hélas! trop matérielle, et un amour...

Cet ouvrage est une réédition numérique d’un livre paru au XXe siècle, désormais indisponible dans son format d’origine.