The Princess of Tears

The Princess of Tears

Author: Reesa Grace

Publisher:

Published: 2018-10-18

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 9780648387213

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A little princess was born with streams of tears and unable to stop them. On the night when her tears flowed over the entire kingdom, an adventurous journey of self-discovery that she had never dreamt of began. Will she be able to get past her own self-doubt and grow up with the help of lovely friends she meets along the way?


Bartlett's Familiar Quotations

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations

Author: John Bartlett

Publisher: Little, Brown

Published: 2014-12-02

Total Pages: 5269

ISBN-13: 031625018X

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More than 150 years after its original publication, Bartlett's Familiar Quotations has been completely revised and updated for its eighteenth edition. Bartlett's showcases a sweeping survey of world history, from the times of ancient Egyptians to present day. New authors include Warren Buffett, the Dalai Lama, Bill Gates, David Foster Wallace, Emily Post, Steve Jobs, Jimi Hendrix, Paul Krugman, Hunter S. Thompson, Jon Stewart, Elizabeth Kubler-Ross, Barack Obama, Che Guevara, Randy Pausch, Desmond Tutu, Julia Child, Fran Leibowitz, Harper Lee, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Patti Smith, William F. Buckley, and Robert F. Kennedy. In the classic Bartlett's tradition, the book offers readers and scholars alike a vast, stunning representation of those words that have influenced and molded our language and culture.


The Treasure That Eyes Cannot See and Other Stories

The Treasure That Eyes Cannot See and Other Stories

Author: Nadejda Hristova

Publisher: WestBow Press

Published: 2015-10-16

Total Pages: 64

ISBN-13: 1512710008

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Four tales with delightful characters will take you to an imaginary world where you will be encouraged to ponder some of the difficult questions in life: Will the things I possess make me happy? Who are my friends? Am I a real friend? Join Little Bear as he learns a new meaning of friendship. See what happens when a spoilt princess spends three days with a peasant family. Meet Little Sunflower who suffers as the result of the greed and lies of another. And discover the exquisite treasure that eyes cannot see.


Bartlett's Familiar Quotations

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations

Author: Geoffrey O'Brien

Publisher: Little, Brown

Published: 2022-10-25

Total Pages: 2788

ISBN-13: 0316375314

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From ancient Egypt to today, enjoy a sweeping survey of world history through its most memorable words in this completely revised and updated nineteenth edition. More than 150 years after its initial publication, Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations now enters its nineteenth edi­tion. First compiled by John Bartlett, a bookseller in Cambridge, Massachusetts, as a commonplace book of only 258 pages, the original 1855 edition mainly featured selections from the Bible, Shakespeare, and the great English poets. Today, Bartlett’s includes more than 20,000 quotes from roughly 4,000 con­tributors. Spanning centuries of thought and culture, it remains the finest and most popular compendium of quotations ever assembled. While continuing to draw on timeless classi­cal references, this edition also incorporates more than 3,000 new quotes from more than 700 new sources, including Alison Bechdel, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Pope Francis, Atul Gawande, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Hilary Mantel, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Claudia Rankine, Fred Rogers, Bernie Sanders, Patti Smith, and Malala Yousafzai. Bartlett’s showcases the thoughts not only of renowned figures from the arts, literature, politics, science, sports, and business, but also of otherwise unknown individuals whose thought-provoking ideas have moved, unsettled, or inspired readers and listeners throughout the ages. Bartlett’s makes searching for the perfect quote easy in three ways: alphabetically by author, chrono­logically by the author’s birth date, or thematically by subject. Whether one is searching for appropriate remarks for a celebration, comforting thoughts for a serious occasion, or simply to answer the question “Who said that?” Bartlett’s offers readers and schol­ars alike a stunning treasury of words that have influ­enced


The Dybbuk and the Yiddish Imagination

The Dybbuk and the Yiddish Imagination

Author: Joachim Neugroschel

Publisher: Syracuse University Press

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 444

ISBN-13: 9780815628712

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The Dybbuk is arguably the most famous play in the Yiddish repertoire and plays an intrinsic part in the cultural system that created the Yiddish imagination. Along with this new translation, this text offers a variety of literary works spanning the 17th to the 20th centuries.


The Grandmother

The Grandmother

Author: Božena Němcová

Publisher: DigiCat

Published: 2022-09-15

Total Pages: 246

ISBN-13:

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"The Grandmother" is a novella written by Czech writer Božena Němcová in 1855. It is her most popular work and is regarded as a classic piece of Czech literature. The main action of the novel takes place during the first one or two years after the Grandmother has come to live at the Old Bleachery with her daughter's family, to help manage the household. The father is frequently absent due to his job as equerry to the local noblewoman, which takes him away to Vienna during the winter. This most frequently read book of the Czech nation was published more than 300 times in Czech alone and translated into 21 other languages.


Fairy Tales for Kids

Fairy Tales for Kids

Author: Wanz Kurniawan

Publisher: BookRix

Published: 2016-01-26

Total Pages: 73

ISBN-13: 3739633506

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Who doesn’t like fairy tales? Each and every one of us would have heard fairy tales in our childhood either from our parents or from our grand parents. Fairy tales are stories, which may not necessarily be real stories but are very imaginative and informative. Many of these stories have deep morals for the children to learn and inculcate in themselves. Some fairy tales are very famous and are well known by every child across the world. Such stories are usually fiction but make the children think a lot and inculcate reasoning and creative skills.


Secret of the Mummy

Secret of the Mummy

Author: Bjorn Street

Publisher: Bjorn Street

Published: 2012-09-03

Total Pages: 199

ISBN-13: 1623098645

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Epic romance, heroism, adventure, and mystery... Ancient Egypt circa 1500 B.C... a magical time when the Divine Princess Hatshepsut rose to power as Pharaoh, the first all-mighty FEMALE leader in Man’s history! But there was a secret so shocking it had to remain hidden for the millennia, shrouded in secrecy, entombed and sealed with her mummy! Was it love? Or mysticism or the paranormal? Or political intrigue? What is the... “SECRET OF THE MUMMY”? And what is the secret of the strange ankh amulet that was found in Hatshepsut’s tomb, clutched in her mummified hand and held over her heart as her mummy lay sealed in her sarcophagus for the millennia? Scientists discovered that this ankh, the religious symbol for “life”, has peculiar atomic properties that they are STILL trying to unravel! How do the Egyptian gods, pyramids, hieroglyphics, mysticism, and the paranormal fit into the puzzle? And what about passion and romance, and the power of LOVE – a force so powerful that it can move mountains, change the course of history... and endure for eternity? What role does Love play in unraveling these mysteries? The links... the threads, the clues are all contained herein. All is revealed... in the “SECRET OF THE MUMMY”! (The first clue – don’t believe everything you see!)