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Cover of Histoires comme ça pour les petits, partie 6

Histoires comme ça pour les petits, partie 6

Le Crabe qui jouait avec la mer , Le Papillon qui tapait du pied

by Rudyard Kipling
Language: French
Release Date: February 9, 2015

Le Crabe qui jouait avec la mer:(The Crab that Played with the Sea): Avant les Temps Anciens et Reculés, ô ma Mieux-Aimée, fut le Temps des Tout Commencements ; et c'est à cette époque que le Doyen des Magiciens prépara les Choses. Tout d'abord, il prépara la Terre puis il prépara la Mer,...
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Histoires comme ça pour les petits , Partie 5

Comment naquit la première lettre, Comment l'alphabet fut fait

by Rudyard Kipling
Language: French
Release Date: February 9, 2015

Comment naquit la première lettre:(How the First Letter was Written): Il était une fois il y a très longtemps un homme Néolithique. Ce n'était ni un Jute, ni un Angle, ni même un Dravidien bien que cela eût pu se faire, ma Mieux-Aimée, mais peu importe. C'était un Primitif qui vivait dans...
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Sasquatch

An Origins: Urban Legends eShort

by C.M. Johnson
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

Each Origins: Urban Legends: Creatures eShort is a single chapter from the full Origins: Urban Legends: Creatures title, packaged as a mini eBook. Origins: Urban Legends: Creatures eShorts include Sasquatch, Snallygaster, Ogopogo, and Jersey Devil.
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by Florence Holbrook
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2014

For centuries the songs of Homer, the blind poet of Greece, recounting the heroic deeds of great Hector and lion-hearted Achilles, have delighted the children, young and old, of many lands. But part of our own heritage, and nearer to us in time, are these stories of Beowulf and Frithiof.The records...
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On Monsters

An Unnatural History of Our Worst Fears

by Stephen T. Asma
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2009

Hailed as "a feast" (Washington Post) and "a modern-day bestiary" (The New Yorker), Stephen Asma's On Monsters is a wide-ranging cultural and conceptual history of monsters--how they have evolved over time, what functions they have served for us, and what shapes they are likely to take in the future....
Cover of Origins of Chinese Auspicious Symbols
by Lim SK
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2016

Talk about Chinese culture and images of dragon boats, lion dances, red packets and mandarin oranges readily come to mind. Their common thread is that they are all considered auspicious symbols by the Chinese. This charmingly illustrated book takes you on a journey of discovery of many others. Understanding...
Cover of Légende Lithuanienne
by Adam Mickiewicz, Ladislas Mickiewicz
Language: French
Release Date: July 3, 2014

Extrait :  Les Grecs et les Romains, dans leurs histoires, nous ont transmis, en suffisance pour notre édification, des actes de  femmes vertueuses et d’un cœur quasi viril. Notre Lithuanie, elle aussi, ne manquerait point de semblables exemples,  si quelqu’un eût...
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by ALEXANDRE DUMAS
Language: French
Release Date: April 24, 2015

Les trois présents de M. d'Artagnan père   Le premier lundi du mois d’avril 1625, le bourg de Meung, où naquit l’auteur du Roman de la Rose, semblait être dans une révolution aussi entière que si les huguenots en fussent venus faire une seconde Rochelle. Plusieurs bourgeois,...
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by Alexandre Dumas
Language: French
Release Date: April 14, 2015

La chemise de la Sainte Vierge     [ Je n’ai jamais vu d’aspect plus original que celui de cette petite ville, placée entre l’étang de Berre et le canal de Bouc, et bâtie non pas au bord de la mer, mais dans la mer. Martigues est à Venise ce qu’est une charmante paysanne...
Cover of La bouillie de la comtesse Berthe et autres contes
by Alexandre Dumas
Language: French
Release Date: April 14, 2015

La bouillie de la comtesse Berthe      { Il y avait un jour un vaillant chevalier nommé Osmond de Rosemberg, lequel choisit pour femme une belle jeune fille nommée Berthe. Berthe n’aurait pas pu se mesurer, je le sais bien, avec les grandes dames de nos jours, quoiqu’elle...
Cover of Beauty and the Beast and Other Stories - Illustrated by John Hassall
by Anon
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2014

‘Beauty and the Beast and Other Stories – Illustrated by John Hassall’ contains three classics of the fairy tale genre: ‘Beauty and the Beast’, ‘Jack the Giant-Killer’, and ‘The Three Little Pigs.’ They are all decorated with John Hassall’s bold and charming black-and-white line...
Cover of Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen - Illustrated by Arthur Rackham
by Hans Christian Andersen
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013

This collection, Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen was originally published in 1932. It contains many of Hans Christian’s best-loved tales, and is illustrated by the charming colour plates and black and white drawings of Arthur Rackham. The stories include: ‘The Ugly Duckling’, ‘The Snow...
Cover of Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales - Illustrated by Milo Winter
by Hans Christian Andersen
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013

This collection, Hans Andersen Fairy Tales contains twenty-two of Hans Christian’s most well-loved tales, and is illustrated by the charming colour and black-and-white drawings of Milo Winter. The stories include: ‘The Tinder Box’; ‘The Ugly Duckling’; ‘The Little Match-Girl’; ‘The...
Cover of Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales - Illustrated by Anne Anderson - Part I
by Hans Christian Andersen
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013

This collection, ‘Hans Andersen’s Fairy Tales’ contains eighteen of Hans Christian’s best-loved tales, and is illustrated by the charming plates and black and white line drawings of Anne Anderson. The stories include: ‘Little Ida's Flowers'; ‘The Red Shoes'; ‘The Snow Queen'; ‘The...
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