Literary Collections

Excerpt from The Seven Who Were Hanged: A Story Leonid Andreyev, who was born in Oryol, in 1871, is the most popular, and next to Tolstoy, the most gifted writer in Russia to-day. Andreyev has written many important stories and dramas, the best known...

"The Life of George Washington" from Josephine Pollard. American hymn writer, author and poet (1834-1892).Author: Josephine PollardPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date: Jul 09, 2015Number of Pages: 90 pagesBinding:...

"[...] "Shall I tell you what I really feel about the window?" Antonia now asked. Her back was to it as she sat, and its great cedar, cutting against the pale blue sky, made a distant background to her head. Like a Renaissance portrait, sombre, serene,...

A Childhood in BrittanyAuthor: Anne Douglas SedgwickPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date: Jul 09, 2015Number of Pages: 72 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 1514893525ISBN-13: 9781514893524

"[...] "And she ceased to love him?" He seemed now to interpret the gaze more fully. Did it not foresee? Did it not entreat-though so proudly? "Ah, I don't know. All I know is that she stuck to him, and that she was miserable. Poor, poor child!" Mrs...

lady Channice was waiting for her son to come in from the garden. The afternoon was growing late, but she had not sat down to the table, though tea was ready and the kettle sent out a narrow banner of steam. Walking up and down the long room she paused...

"Essays - Second Series" from Ralph Waldo Emerson. American essayist, lecturer, and poet (1803-1882).Author: Ralph Waldo EmersonPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date: Jul 11, 2015Number of Pages: 154 pagesBinding:...

Originally published anonymously, Nature was the first modern essay to recommend the appreciation of the outdoors as an all-encompassing positive force. Emerson's writings were recognized as uniquely American in style and content, and launched the idea...

"English Traits" from Ralph Waldo Emerson. American essayist, lecturer, and poet (1803-1882).Author: Ralph Waldo EmersonPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date: Jul 11, 2015Number of Pages: 158 pagesBinding: Paperback or...

It is natural to believe in great men. If the companions of our childhood should turn out to be heroes, and their condition regal, it would not surprise us. All mythology opens with demigods, and the circumstance is high and poetic; that is, their genius...

"The Master of the Inn" from Robert Herrick. Novelist who was part of a new generation of American realists (1868-1938).Author: Robert HerrickPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date: Jul 11, 2015Number of Pages: 66...

"The World Decision" from Robert Herrick. Novelist who was part of a new generation of American realists (1868-1938).Author: Robert HerrickPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date: Jul 11, 2015Number of Pages: 142...

Excerpt from The Man Who Wins: A Novel The Four Corners in Middleton made a pleasant drive from the university town of Camberton. Many a time in the history of the house a party of young fellows had driven over the old turnpike that started where the...

Excerpt from Outlines of Mormon Philosophy: Or the Answers Given by the Gospel, as Revealed Through the Prophet Joseph Smith, to the Questions of Life Every person, whether consciously or not, gradually builds up, from his observations and reason, a...

Il peristilio della casa di Teseo in Atene. Gira intorno un ordine di colonne doriche: in fondo, tra due ante sopportanti un cornicione s'apre la prostate, dove sono alcuni seggi ed il focolare domestico. Nel centro del peristilio ? eretto l'altare...

Sior Todero Brontolon o sia Il vecchio fastidiosoAuthor: Carlo GoldoniPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date: Jul 28, 2012Number of Pages: 74 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 147832418XISBN-13: 9781478324188

Storia di un Secolo dal 1789 ai Giorni Nostri Fascicolo Terzo dal 1859 al 1865Author: Quirico FilipantiPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date: Nov 03, 2012Number of Pages: 62 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10:...

The following curious history was related to me by a chance railway acquaintance. He was a gentleman more than seventy years of age, and his thoroughly good and gentle face and earnest and sincere manner imprinted the unmistakable stamp of truth upon...

I Profughi FiamminghiAuthor: Emilio PragaPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date: Nov 27, 2012Number of Pages: 44 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 1481105752ISBN-13: 9781481105750

Il viaggio della Magenta - 9781480197640Author: Enrico GiglioliPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date: Oct 27, 2012Number of Pages: 50 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 1480197645ISBN-13: 9781480197640

La Vie Errante - 9781491076651Author: Guy de MaupassantPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date: Jul 24, 2013Number of Pages: 132 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 1491076658ISBN-13: 9781491076651

Un giorno a Madera: una pagina dell'igiene d'amoreAuthor: Paolo MantegazzaPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date: Oct 01, 2012Number of Pages: 144 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 1480030465ISBN-13: 9781480030466

Considerazioni sul 1848: Dall'Avvenimento di Pio IX All'Abbandono di VeneziaAuthor: Carlo CattaneoPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date: Jul 28, 2012Number of Pages: 158 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10:...

"Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one's head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no tomorrow. To forget time, to forgive life, to be at peace." Oscar Wilde, The Canterville Ghost ...

In "The Tempest," Prospero uses magic to reclaim his dukedom and find a husband for his daughter Miranda.Author: William ShakespearePublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date: May 20, 2013Number of Pages: 78 pagesBinding:...

A collection of Tolstoy's lesser known, shorter works, What Men Live By and Other Tales is a worthwhile, excellent read that will leave you wiser for the experience.Author: Leo TolstoyPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication...

A journal is a scrapbook created using words; it is a time capsule filled with memories. This beautiful journal is filled with lined pages for you to record your treasured moments.Author: Patricia UratoPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing...

A Mother-to-be Journal to record all the precious moments of your pregnancy. Don't let the memories fade of your special 9 months of bonding with your baby. As your belly grows so will your heart. This journal measures 6 x 9 and has 100 pages for you to...

Admiramos en esta obra de Marti la capacidad para manejar las imagenes y mostrar en palabras con detalle fotografico lo que describe abriendo tambien espacio a lo especulativo, algo que siempre aprecian los verdaderos amantes de la literatura; y ello...

Als Gregor Samsa eines morgens aus unruhigen Traumen erwachte, fand er sich in seinem Bett zu einem ungeheueren Ungeziefer verwandelt. Und als er feststellt, dass es sich nicht um einen Alptraum handelt, nimmt das Schicksal seinen Lauf. Trotz seines...