Andrew Lang
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The Red True Story Book by Andrew Lang is a large collection of short stories derived from truth and history. Varying in topics, lengths, and cultural origins, The Red True Story Book depicts the stories of real people who endure curious happenings of history. Wilson's Last Fight follows the events leading to the death of a soldier, Major Wilson, in a 19th century battle against English settlers in South Africa and a Zulu tribe. In The Life and Death...
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Cada año, miles de personas en el mundo experimentan un duelo ocasionado por la separación de pareja.
En ocasiones, esto las lleva a tener sentimientos de minusvalía, depresión, enojo e impotencia.
La situación las rebasa, afectando su funcionamiento en otras áreas de su vida.
En este libro, la autora nos comparte su experiencia personal, plasmando los pensamientos y emociones que se generaron a raíz de su separación conyugal, así como las...
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"A Monk of Fife" by Andrew Lang. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are...
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There was once upon a time a couple of folks who had a son called Halvor. Ever since he had been a little boy he had been unwilling to do any work, and had just sat raking about among the ashes. His parents sent him away to learn several things, but Halvor stayed nowhere, for when he had been gone two or three days he always ran away from his master, hurried off home, and sat down in the chimney corner to grub among the ashes again...
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When twelve-year-old George meets silver-spooned Isabel at his grandfather's annual cricket match, he knows she is going to be his world. He does not know, however, that a decade on, he will realize that he does not belong to that world...
Inspired by a little statue from his grandfather's travels, George heads to China, to break free, from Isabel and find his own way in the world, a more purposeful world... Yet can he really, succeed?
He has just...
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You know what a MacBook is, but chances are you spent most of your life with a Windows PC.
While there is a learning curve, it's not as hard as you'd think. And, there are lots of advantages-especially if you have other Apple products like the iPhone, Apple Watch, iPad, and Apple TV.
This book is, meant to help users who are picking up a MacBook for the first time. While it's based on the MacBook Air (2020 model), you will be fine if you own any other...
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There was once upon a time a widow who had two daughters. The eldest was so much like her in the face and humor that whoever looked upon the daughter saw the mother. They were both so disagreeable and so proud that there was no living with them. The youngest, who was the very picture of her father for courtesy and sweetness of temper, was withal one of the most beautiful girls ever seen...
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This delightful collection of tales from the East is an edited version of the classic Arabian Nights stories-made accessible for children. Andrew Lang introduces the magic of these fairy and folk tales with such stories as "The Seven Voyages of Sindbad the Sailor," "Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp," and "The Little Hunchback." This book will be a well-loved addition to any child's library and provides a basic understanding of an older Eastern culture....
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Once upon a time there lived a King and Queen who had one charming daughter. She was so graceful and pretty and clever that she was called Graciosa, and the Queen was so fond of her that she could think of nothing else. Every day she gave the Princess a lovely new frock of gold brocade, or satin, or velvet, and when she was hungry she had bowls full of sugar-plums, and at least twenty pots of jam...
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Many years ago there lived a King, who was twice married. His first wife, a good and beautiful woman, died at the birth of her little son, and the King her husband was so overwhelmed with grief at her loss that his only comfort was in the sight of his heir. When the time for the young Prince's christening came the King chose as godmother a neighbouring Princess...
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Once upon a time there lived a King and Queen. They had three sons, two of them with their wits about them, but the third a simpleton. Now the King had a deer park in which were quantities of wild animals of different kinds. Into that park there used to come Norka and do fearful mischief...
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Once upon a time, in a large forest, there lived an old woman and three maidens. They were all three beautiful, but the youngest was the fairest. Their hut was quite hidden by trees, and none saw their beauty but the sun by day, and the moon by night, and the eyes of the stars. The old woman kept the girls hard at work, from morning till night, spinning gold flax into yarn, and when one distaff was empty another was given them, so they had no rest......
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Once upon a time, long, long ago, there were two brothers, the one rich and the other poor. When Christmas Eve came, the poor one had not a bite in the house, either of meat or bread; so he went to his brother, and begged him, in God's name, to give him something for Christmas Day. It was by no means the first time that the brother had been forced to give something to him...
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A collection of 26 tales told by Scheherazade to save herself and other young girls from death at the Sultan's hands. The story of the merchant and the genius -- The story of the first old man and of the hind -- The story of the second old man and of the two black dogs -- The story of the fisherman -- The story of the Greek king and the physician Douban -- The story of the husband and the parrot -- The story of the vizir who was punished -- The story...