Nina: 1774 books

The writings of author and traveler Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904) introduced many Western readers to the otherworldly space of Japan. This unauthorized 1919 biography of a unique figure in literary history is based on his candid correspondence with his Irish half-sister, Mrs. Atkinson. For as Kennard notes,...

Main themes: love, woman as its object and its source, emigration as a cultural experience, the philosophy of spiritual ascent, compassion for the animals, for the world. (One of main characters of the novel is Stacey, the cat adapted by heroine who then perished, but she came in critical time to...

Miguel is a young man, born and raised in the high mountains of central Mexico. This area is often called a monarch butterfly habitat, but to Miguel it is home. In the news today, we hear about the endangered butterflies, but not so much about the beleaguered young people of the area. Todays youth,...

Als Impressionist zu gelten war für Monet eine Auszeichnung. Er war es aus tiefer Überzeugung und blieb es bis an das Ende seines langen Lebens. Er begnügte sich mit einem einzigen Genre, dem der Landschaftsmalerei. Hier aber brachte er es zu einer Vollkommenheit, an die keiner seiner Zeitgenossen...

Hester Durant accepted the proposal of a stranger, the Earl of Grey Cliffs, because he promised to provide for her if she would care for his troubled son. Mostly she agreed because of his anguished eyes. But on arrival at her new home she discovered eccentric relatives and a mystery surrounding the...

  I was in my mid-teens when my first poem spilled out of my heart. It was, however, void of any hope or expression of any confidence in a God's love. It ends with the question, "Is there no answer for my agony?" This poem was not included in my first published collection in 1982,...

My Meadow: The eternal landscape of our souls under the sunlight and darkness of the aspects of modern life, such as SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CRISIS: And we were wondering what were the first of us following? We didnt know, not even this time. FAMILY: Your fears are the robbers of my happiness, Mum. Send...

This book provides insights into the education and schooling of Syrian and Palestinian Syrian children inside and outside Lebanese refugee camps. It describes what is happening to these children and young refugees in terms of their schooling. Investigating the perspectives of children, their parents,...

Married for their baby? Or for real… Crown Prince Frederick of Lycander needs a wife and an heir, and discovering he has a secret son with beautiful supermodel Sunita makes him determined to claim them both! But Sunita has no desire to live and raise baby Amil as part of Frederick’s...

Novel LANDINGS is about a woman-artist, who, in search of recognition, Love, harmony, landing in different geographical points and cultural-social circles. Narration goes on from first face in forms of journal comments; correspondents, thoughts, sincere tales about events of last 24 years of her life; her quest succeeded in one main point : harmony. For wide circle of readers.

Collection of poems and short stories - about the beauty of the world, about the vicissitudes of life, situations, relationships, in the form of prose or rhyme reflecting the aesthetic and sometimes ironic vision of the author. The book designed to help the reader learn some truths of life and in general to raise his (her) spirits

Seminar paper from the year 2009 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Topic: Miscellaneous, grade: 2, Loughborough University (Politics, International Relations and European Studies), course: Federalism in Theory and Practice, language: English, abstract: Austria can be often found in...

Drawing on years of practical experience Nanny Smith will help every parent and every baby through this potentially traumatic time to enjoy the ease of life without nappies. Featuring Nanny's 10-step plan for guaranteed success the book answers common questions with sane practical and loving advice....

Catherine excels at helping desperate people disappear. But now she must use her unique skill set to find a missing woman in this electrifying novel from the author of The Burial Society. Eva Lombard is being followed. Or so she suspects. . . . Eva and her husband, Peter, are in Hong...