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Cover of Persian Literature: The Sháh Námeh, The Rubáiyát, The Divan, And The Gulistan
by Firdusi, Omar Khayyam
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

Anthology of classic Persian (Iranian) literature, including The Shah Nameh by Firdusi (translationed by James Atkinson), The Rubiyat of Omar Khayyam (translated by Edward Fitzgerald), The Divan by Hafiz (translated by H. Bicknell, and The Gulistan by Sa'di (translated by James Ross). Both volumes in a single file.
Cover of Canada and the Canadians, volume 2
by Sir Richard Henry Bonnycastle
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

The second of two volumes, first published in 1849. The work begins: "Very surprising it seems to assert that the Mother Country knows very little about the finest colony which she possesses--and that an enlightened people emigrate from sober, speculative England, sedate and calculating Scotland, and...
Cover of Schiller's Suppressed Poems, in English translation
by Frederick Schiller
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

Poetry collection, in English translation. According to Wikipedia: "Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller (1759 1805) was a German poet, philosopher, historian, and dramatist. During the last few years of his life (17881805), Schiller struck up a productive, if complicated, friendship with already...
Cover of Taboo: a legend retold from the Dirghic of Saevius Nicanor, with Prolegomena, Notes, and a Preliminary Memoir, a short story
by James Branch Cabell
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

Classic short story. According to Wikipedia: "James Branch Cabell (1879 - 1958) was an American author of fantasy fiction and belles lettres... Cabell's work was thought of very highly by a number of his peers, including Mark Twain, Sinclair Lewis, H. L. Mencken, Joseph Hergesheimer, and Jack Woodford....
Cover of Adelphi: The Brothers, a Comedy
by Terence
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

Classic Roman comedy play. With active table of contents. According to Wikipedia, "Adelphoe (The Brothers) (160 BC) Adelphoe (also written Adelphoi and Adelphi, English: The brothers) is a play by Roman playwright Terence. It explores the best form of child-rearing...Publius Terentius Afer (195/185159...
Cover of Legends, Traditions, and Laws of the Iroquois or Six Nations, and History of the Tuscarora Indians (c. 1900)
by Elias Johnson
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

According to Wikipedia: "The indigenous peoples of the Americas are the pre-Columbian inhabitants of the Americas, their descendants, and many ethnic groups who identify with those peoples. They are often also referred to as Native Americans, First Nations, Amerigine, and by Christopher Columbus' geographical...
Cover of Shakespeare's Tempest, Trilingual edition (in English with line numbers and in French and German translations)
by William Shakespeare
Language: German
Release Date: December 15, 2009

Classic Shakespearean romance in English with line numbers and in French and German translations. According to Wikipedia: "The Tempest is a play written by William Shakespeare. Many scholars believe that it was written in 161011, although some researchers have argued for an earlier dating. While listed...
Cover of Othello, Trilingual Edition (English with line numbers and French and German translations)
by William Shakespeare
Language: German
Release Date: December 15, 2009

The Shakespeare tragedy, in English with line numbers and translated to French and German. According to Wikipedia: "The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in approximately 1603, and based on the Italian short story Un Capitano Moro...
Cover of Romeo and Juliet, Trilingual Edition (English with line numbers and French and German translation)
by William Shakespeare
Language: German
Release Date: December 15, 2009

The Shakespeare tragedy, in English, with line numbers, and translated to French and German. According to Wikipedia: Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written early in the career of playwright William Shakespeare about two young star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately unite their feuding families. It...
Cover of Hamlet, Trilingual Edition (English with line numbers and French and German translations)
by William Shakespeare
Language: German
Release Date: December 15, 2009

The Shakespeare tragedy, in English with line numbers, and translated into French and German. According to Wikipedia: "The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. Set in the Kingdom of Denmark, the play dramatizes the revenge Prince Hamlet exacts on his uncle Claudius...
Cover of Shakespeare's Henry the Fourth Part Two, Trilingual edition (in English with line numbers and in French and German translations)
by William Shakespeare
Language: German
Release Date: December 15, 2009

Shakespeare history play, Henry IV Part Two, in English with line numbers and in French and German translations. According to Wikipedia: "Henry IV, Part 2 is a history play by William Shakespeare, believed written between 1596 and 1599. It is the third part of a tetralogy, preceded by Richard II and Henry IV, Part 1 and succeeded by Henry V."
Cover of Shakespeare's Comedies, Trilingual edition (all 12 plays in English with line numbers and in French translation, plus 5 in German translation)
by William Shakespeare
Language: German
Release Date: December 15, 2009

All 12 Shakespeare comedies in English with line numbers and translated to French. And five of them translated to German. The 12 are: All's Well that Ends Well, As You Like It, The Comedy of Errors, Love's Labour's Lost, Measure for Measure, The Merchant of Venice, The Merry Wives of Windsor, A Midsummer...
Cover of Macbeth, Trilingual Edition (English with line numbers and French and German translations)
by William Shakespeare
Language: German
Release Date: December 15, 2009

The Shakespeare tragedy, in English, with line numbers, and translated to French by M. Guizot and in two German translations: by Christoph Martin Wieland and Dorothy Tieck. According to Wikipedia: "The Tragedy of Macbeth (commonly called Macbeth) is a tragedy by William Shakespeare about a man who commits...
Cover of The Merchant of Venice/ Le Marchand de Venise/ Der Kaufmann von Venedig, Trilingual edition (English with line numbers, and in French and German translation)
by William Shakespeare
Language: German
Release Date: December 15, 2009

Shakespeare comedy in English with line numbers and translated to French and German. According to Wikipedia: "The Merchant of Venice is a tragic comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1596 and 1598. Though classified as a comedy in the First Folio and sharing certain aspects...
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