Florence: 1074 books

I will mention one or two of the most common errors among women in charge of sick respecting sick diet.—One is the belief that beef tea is the most nutritive of all articles. Now, just try and boil down a lb. of beef into beef tea, evaporate your beef tea and see what is left of your beef. You will...

This colorfully illustrated multicultural children's book presents Japanese fairy tales and other folk stories—providing insight into a rich literary culture. Playful goblins with long noses, magic tea kettles and a delightfully brave hero who just happens to be one inch tall-these are some...

There is no doubt whatever but that every little girl and every little boy has heard of the country of Poland, and of its inhabitants the Polacks, or Poles, as you hear them more often spoken of. But there are countless numbers of these same children, I fear, who have not the slightest idea where Poland...

This book introduces contemporary Buddhists from across Asia and from various walks of life. Eschewing traditional hagiographies, the editors have collected sixty-six profiles of individuals who would be excluded from most Buddhist histories and ethnographies. In addition to monks and nuns, readers...

Victorian poets Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Robert Browning are as renowned for their passionate relationship as they are their poetry. How Do I Love Thee? revisits the life of the 19th-century poets from their courtship, carried out entirely through letters, to their sudden elopement to their tumultuous marriage marred by drug addiction and financial strife.

he following is not a child's story. It is intended for those who are interested in children; for those who are willing to stoop to view life as it appears to a child, and to enter for half-an-hour into the manifold small interests, hopes, joys, and trials which make up its sum. It has been thought...

This classic book contains a collection of sayings attributed to the great Greek philsopher and mathematician Pythagoras and his followers, amd will prove an interesting read for all. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly...

Análisis y reflexión en torno a la dinámica existente entre las mujeres y los medios de comunicación. En las páginas de este libro se refleja la búsqueda de una sociedad más justa y democrática.

Décryptez La Place d'Annie Ernaux avec l’analyse du PetitLitteraire.fr ! Que faut-il retenir de La Place, le roman aux tendances autobiographique et sociologique d'Annie Ernaux ? Retrouvez tout ce que vous devez savoir sur cette œuvre dans une fiche de lecture complète et détaillée. Vous trouverez...

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The extraordinary story of the breaking of an Ancient Greek code Homer is renowned as the finest of the storytellers who for countless generations passed down by word of mouth the myths and legends of Ancient Greece. Yet, for some 2,500 years, there have been persistent folk memories that his genius...

WHICH TREATS OF THE CHARACTER AND PURSUITS OF THE FAMOUS GENTLEMAN, DON QUIXOTE OF LA MANCHA

Celebrate The Power Of Eugene Debs. This book is your ultimate resource for Eugene Debs. Here you will find the most up-to-date 47 Success Facts, Information, and much more.In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about Eugene Debs's...

Their legends speak of "one born under the veil who will lead her people and whose blood shall return to her homeland." With a destiny determined eons ago, a young child is abandoned on the shores of North America by her Viking father and Woad mother. Such a desperate measure was taken in order...