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Salaambo is a historical novel by Gustave Flaubert, whose vivid plot bursts with exoticism, high drama and bloody violence. Set in Carthage during the 3rd century BC immediately before and during the Mercenary Revolt which took place shortly after the First Punic War. It's a tale of war between Rome...

Christopher Marlowe was an English playwright and poet of the Elizabethan era. Marlowe is thought to have been a great influence on William Shakespeare. The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus, commonly referred to simply as Doctor Faustus, is a play by Christopher Marlowe, based...

Step into the magical world of Ali Baba, a young Persian boy who discovers a cave filled with gold and jewels, the hidden treasures of forty deadly thieves. Unfortunately, his greedy brother, Kassim, cannot wait to get his hands on the riches. Returning to the cave, he is captured by the thieves and killed, and now the evil men want revenge on Ali Baba as well.

Learn English speaking and writing through this amazing book edition. It is a book on improving eloquence, proficiency and grammar in everyday communication.'How to Speak and Write Correctly' is not a manual of the styles to use in speaking and writing, nor is it a manual for grammar. It is...

This work by Brendan Halligan is comprised of four essays that explore areas of early Irish society and Old Irish, and were written as part of the author's undergraduate studies in Trinity College Dublin. The pieces cover four main themes:  the beginnings of writing in Old Irish; an examination...

The vast territory between the Mississippi River and the Pacific Ocean was once the Far West, beyond the frontier, the Indian country—the unknown. Beyond the great river which bounded it on the east was a fringe of settlements. Scattered through the more distant country were the trading-posts to...

The Book of Genesis (transliterated from Greek γένεσις, meaning "origin") is the first book of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament. This is a sweeping and poetic look at the beginning of man's relationship with God.Tradition credits Moses as the author of Genesis, as well as Exodus,...

Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) was one of the most well known writers of the 20th century. The City of Dreadful Night" paints a gritty, dark picture of a hot summer night within a walled city in the Orient. The narrator steps over sleeping people which mimic corpses and vividly depicts what he sees, feels, and hears in this death-like city.

Have you ever considered learning Korean, but been put off by the unusual look of the characters? Don't let yourself be scared away! Korean has been called "the most logical language there is". This Dictionary has been created for beginners who wish to learn the language. Everything needed to learn...

Ever tried out for something and didn’t make it? Or didn’t try out , in fear of failing? But what if you did it anyway? An average kid, with average friends, takes on the extraordinary goal in becoming America's FIRST kid senator but he must first get through the evil and powerful mayor,...

Frank Gelett Burgess was an artist, art critic, poet, author and humorist. An important figure in the San Francisco Bay Area literary renaissance. Burgess's novel "War the Creator" is an account of a young man he had met in Paris in July 1914, and saw again as a wounded soldier a few months later: "a boy who, in two months, became a man."

Après l'étude des insectes, ces infiniment petits de la Création divine, il n'en est peut - être pas de plus attrayante que l'étude des mots, ces infiniment petits de 1a Création humaine, aussi destructeurs les uns que les autres, les uns du sol, les autres de l'âme. Le jour où l'homme est...

A collection of non-fiction, fiction, poetry, drama, and speeches about African Americans. Subjects range from late 18th Century epistolary conversations between black Baptist preachers to 1930s testimony by ex-slaves.

Universal Assistant and Treasure House of Information to be Consulted on Every Question That Arises in Everyday Life by Young and Old Alike! Including: 521 Recipes * 236 Remedies * 150 Themes for Debate * How to Be Handsome * Mother Shipton's Prophesy * The Cure for Baldness * How to Distinguish Death...