Catalog Search Results
Author
Language
English
Description
Excerpt: "The magi formed one of the six tribes into which the nation of the Medes was divided in ancient times. To them was entrusted the special charge of religion; and, as priests, they were superior in education and training to the people in general. Among the Persians, "the lovers of wisdom and the servants of God" were, according to Suidas, called magi. It seems also, that they extended themselves into other lands, and that among the Chaldeans...
Author
Publisher
Project Gutenberg
Language
English
Description
Excerpt: "I began these memoirs when about twenty-five years old, having from youth kept a diary of some sort, which perhaps from habit made me think of recording my inner and secret life. When I began it, I had scarcely read a baudy book, none of which excepting "Fanny Hill" appeared to me to be truthful, that did, and it does so still; the others telling of recherche eroticisms, or of inordinate copulative powers, of the strange twists, tricks,...
Author
Language
English
Description
Excerpt: "We have heard a great deal of late concerning "the march of intellect" for which the present age is supposed to be distinguished; and the phrase has been rung in our ears till it has nauseated us by its repetition, and become almost a proverbial expression of derision. But we fear that, with all its pretended illumination, the present age must be characterized by some deeper and fouler blots than have attached to any that preceded it; and...
66) Calila y Dimna
Author
Series
Language
Español
Description
Si existe un monumento de nuestras letras al que merezca la pena volver una y otra vez este sería Calila y Dimna, la deslumbrante obra inaugural que, entre otras virtudes, tiene la de ser un libro plenamente vivo y un esplendoroso antecedente para la historia literaria de la lengua española.
Calila y Dimna presenta un aire sorprendente de modernidad, tanto en su estructura, en que las numerosas inserciones de unos textos y de unos cuentos en otros...
Author
Language
Español
Formats
Description
El Lazarillo de Tormes es la primera novela picaresca de la literatura española y una de las más populares de su historia. El Lazarillo de Tormes, publicada en 1554, es un esbozo irónico y despiadado de la sociedad del momento, de la que se muestran sus vicios y actitudes hipócritas, sobre todo las de los clérigos y religiosos.
El tema principal de El Lazarillo de Tormes es moral, y supone una crítica feroz al falso sentido del honor y a la...
Author
Language
English
Description
Excerpt: ""Twenty-five thousand people-and more on the way! Think of that!" exclaimed Mr. Richards, Terry's father. It was an evening in early April, 1859, and spring had come to the Richards ranch, up the Valley of the Big Blue, Kansas Territory. Excitement had come, too, for Harry (Harry Revere, that is, the clever, boyish Virginia school-teacher who was a regular member of the family) had been down to the town of Manhattan, south on the Kansas...
Author
Language
English
Description
Originally published in 1919, Some British Ballads is a collection of verses and narratives illustrated by Arthur Rackham. Many of the songs are taken from Francis James Child's compilation; The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, which he collected during the second half of the nineteenth century. This pioneering study into British folklore and song is a true gem, and contains the rhymes of "Clerk Colvill," "The Lass of Lochroyan," "The Twa Corbies,"...
Author
Language
English
Description
One Thousand and One Nights is a collection of Middle Eastern folk tales compiled in Arabic during the Islamic Golden Age. It is often known in English as the Arabian Nights, from the first English-language edition (c. 1706–1721), which rendered the title as The Arabian Nights' Entertainment. The work was collected over many centuries by various authors, translators, and scholars across West, Central and South Asia, and North Africa. Some tales...
Author
Language
Français
Description
Extrait : "PATHELIN : Par le Dieu qui me fit naître, dites plutt maître en l'art de plaider ! GUILLEMETTE : Ma foi, non ! Maître en l'art de tromper ! Pour sûr ! Je le sais bien, puisqu'en vérité, sans instruction et sans le moindre bon sens, vous passez pour l'un des hommes les plus habiles de la paroisse."
Author
Language
English
Description
Fairy Tales of the Allied Nations is stunning work, produced in the midst of the First World War, by a true genius of illustration. It was originally published in 1916, and contains a collection of folk and fairy tales from Belgium, France, England, Japan, Italy, and Serbia. It contains "The Buried Moon" (An English Fairy Tale), "The Serpent Prince" (An Italian Fairy Tale), "Ivy and the Chestnut Horse" (A Russian Fairy Tale), "The Hind of the Wood"...
Author
Series
Language
Español
Description
Había una vez una casa en el bosque en la que vivían tres osos: uno pequeño, uno mediano y uno grande. El pequeño tenía un tazón pequeño, el mediano tenía un tazón mediano y el grande tenía un tazón grande. Lo mismo pasaba con las sillas, las camas y cualquier otro objeto.
La colección Cuentos de bolsillo reúne los cuentos y fábulas de toda la vida relatados con una visión muy actual y acompañados por magníficas ilustraciones de artistas...
Author
Language
English
Description
Originally published in 1920 this charming book contains 'Puss in Boots' and many more of the oldest and most enduringly beloved fairy tales of childhood and is elegantly illustrated by the heavenly colour plates and black and white line drawings of Mabel Lucie Attwell. Contents Include: Puss in Boots; the Magic Mirror; the Goose-Girl; Brier Rose; The Iron Chest; Story of Blue Beard; Whittington and his Cat; and Cinderella. Many of the earliest children's...
Author
Series
Language
Español
Description
Había una vez una viejecita que vivía en una hermosa casita en el campo. Un día hizo un hombrecito de pan de jengibre, le puso uvas pasas en el lugar de los ojos y arándanos como botoncitos. La viejecita horneó la galletita durante unos minutos.
La colección Cuentos de bolsillo reúne los cuentos y fábulas de toda la vida relatados con una visión muy actual y acompañados por magníficas ilustraciones de artistas de primera línea. La redacción...
Author
Language
Français
Description
Dans cet ouvrage, l'histoire de Napoléon nous est contée en 23 brefs chapitres relatant les principaux faits de la vie de Napoléon.
Ses victoires, ses défaites, son mariage, sa captivité, sa mort...
Un livre idéal pour consolider sa connaissance sur la vie de ce grand homme.
Author
Language
English
Description
Thought to have been first written down in the 12th century by an author who is still unknown, "The Nibelungenlied," translated from Middle High German as "The Song of the Nibelungs," is an epic German poem reflecting the oral tradition, heroic motifs, and actual events and individuals from the 5th and 6th centuries. This remarkable work begins with an assurance of both joy and sorrow, though ultimately tragedy reins in "The Nibelungenlied." The early...
79) Slender Man
Author
Language
English
Description
One man's search for the truth about one of the most intriguing urban legends ever-the modern bogeyman, Slender Man-leads him down a dark, dangerous path in this creepy supernatural fantasy that will make you question where the line between dark myth and terrifying reality begins.
Lauren Bailey has disappeared. As friends at her exclusive school speculate on what happened and the police search for answers, Matt Barker dreams of trees and a black...
Author
Language
Español
Description
Flamenca es la bella esposa de Archimbaut, un caballero enamorado y celoso que la recluye en una torre, sólo le permite salir a los oficios religiosos y a tomar baños medicinales. En tanto, el virtuoso Guillermo se enamora de oídas de ella, la espía y apenas logra atisbar su rostro; aunque, con la ayuda de Amor, ambos se conocen en los sueños. Luego de largas dubitaciones, llegan los encuentros y el abandono a los placeres.
El román de Flamenca...
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Try our Materials Request Service. Submit Request