Alcott: 604 books

Maurice Traherne is wrongly accused of fraud and gambling and must play a careful hand if he is to win his love, Octavia, from the grasp of other, less honorable men and retain the trust of those who had faith in him. Traherne is temporarily crippled saving the life of his well-born friend, Jaspar....

A collection of twelve heart warming stories for children.Premise: a winter storm forces a family, who have gathered for the winter holidays, to stay inside and listen to their grandmothers stories.

Er was een zeer wijze, oude geest, genaamd Moeder Natuur, die in een prachtig paleis woonde, en een menigte kinderen had, die zij soms veel moeite had in toom te houden. Zoo lang ze haar gehoorzaamden, ging alles goed; maar als zij kuren uithaalden, of zamen kibbelden, was alles in de war, en ontstonden...

“Kerstmis zal geen Kerstmis zijn, zonder presenten,” bromde Jo, die languit op het haardkleedje lag. “Het is verschrikkelijk, arm te zijn!” zuchtte Meta en keek naar haar oude japon. “Ik vind het heel oneerlijk, dat sommige meisjes allerlei mooie dingen hebben, en andere meisjes...

This introductory textbook provides a thorough guide to the management of food and beverage outlets, from their day-to-day running through to the wider concerns of the hospitality industry. It explores the broad range of subject areas that encompass the food and beverage market and its main sectors...

'The Jevons Paradox', which was first expressed in 1865 by William Stanley Jevons in relation to use of coal, states that an increase in efficiency in using a resource leads to increased use of that resource rather than to a reduction. This has subsequently been proved to apply not just to fossil...

*This Book is annotated (it contains a detailed biography of the author). *An active Table of Contents has been added by the publisher for a better customer experience. *This book has been checked and corrected for spelling errors. On Picket Duty and Other Tales consists of 4 short stories...

In this charming collection of stories, the author of beloved novels such as Little Women re-imagines several classic fairy tales and fables, setting them among the austere beauty of the nineteenth-century New England countryside. A Modern Cinderella a satisfying treat for readers of all age.

Collection of Children's Books A Little Princess The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Peter Pan The Wind in the Willows The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Little Women Anne of Green Gables The Great Big Treasury of Beatrix Potter Andersen's Fairy Tales The Jungle Book Grimms' Fairy Tales Treasure Island The Prince...

Doctor Franck came in as I sat sewing up the rents in an old shirt, that Tom might go tidily to his grave. New shirts were needed for the living, and there was not wife or mother to "dress him handsome when he went to meet the Lord," as one woman said, describing the fine funeral she had pinched herself to give her son...

Meg, Jo, Beth et Amy vivent aux États-Unis et s'entendent plutôt bien pour des sœurs ! En pleine guerre de Sécession, leur père est parti sur le front, alors tout le monde travaille dur. Mais entre Meg la raisonnable, Jo l'impétueuse, Amy la raffinée et Beth la délicate, les discussions sont passionnées et la maison rarement silencieuse !

EDIZIONE REVISIONATA 30/10/2015. Durante la guerra di secessione americana il pastore March parte volontario come cappellano lasciando a casa la moglie, che lavora nella Società per l’Assistenza Soldati, e le sue quattro figlie: Meg, Joe, Beth ed Amy. Le sorelle March si trovano ad affrontare...

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Dressmaker comes a blockbuster novel that takes you behind the scenes of the filming of Gone with the Wind, while turning the spotlight on the passionate romance between its dashing leading man, Clark Gable, and the blithe, free-spirited actress Carole...

To and fro, like a wild creature in its cage, paced that handsome woman, with bent head, locked hands, and restless steps. Some mental storm, swift and sudden as a tempest of the tropics, had swept over her and left its marks behind. As if in anger at the beauty now proved powerless, all ornaments...