The Fate of Felix Brand (Esprios Classics)

The Fate of Felix Brand (Esprios Classics) PDF Author: Florence Finch Kelly
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1794750533
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Languages : en
Pages : 190

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The Fate of Felix Brand (Esprios Classics)

The Fate of Felix Brand (Esprios Classics) PDF Author: Florence Finch Kelly
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1794750533
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 190

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The Fate of Felix Brand

The Fate of Felix Brand PDF Author: Florence Finch Kelly
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 228

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"The Fate of Felix Brand" by Florence Finch Kelly. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

Felix O'Day (Esprios Classics)

Felix O'Day (Esprios Classics) PDF Author: F. Hopkinson Smith
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1716125014
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Languages : en
Pages : 260

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By-Ways in Book-Land (Esprios Classics)

By-Ways in Book-Land (Esprios Classics) PDF Author: Wm. Davenport Adams
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1794765344
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Languages : en
Pages : 134

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The Whirlpool (Esprios Classics)

The Whirlpool (Esprios Classics) PDF Author: George Gissing
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1794778985
Category : England
Languages : en
Pages : 476

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Mary Barton Illustrated

Mary Barton Illustrated PDF Author: Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
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Languages : en
Pages : 570

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A fascinating and complex tale of love, poverty, crime, and workers' rights in Manchester during the Industrial Revolution, Gaskell's novel provides an intriguing insight into the lives of workers ground down by long working hours and poor conditions. Helpful footnotes are given when the local dialect becomes too incomprehensible. A socially conscious work, like her subsequent novel, North and South, Mary Barton was highly praised upon publication. Despite being written well over a century ago, it remains as gripping and enjoyable today as it would have been then.This meticulous edition from Heritage Illustrated Publishing is a faithful reproduction of the original text and is beautifully illustrated with a number of atmospheric historical paintings that reflect the mood of the novel.Mary Barton is the first novel by English author Elizabeth Gaskell, published in 1848. The story is set in the English city of Manchester between 1839 and 1842, and deals with the difficulties faced by the Victorian lower class. It is subtitled 'A Tale of Manchester Life'.

Philippine Folk Tales

Philippine Folk Tales PDF Author: Mabel Cook Cole
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Languages : en
Pages : 184

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From time to time since the American occupation of the Islands, Philippine folk-tales have appeared in scientific publications, but never, so far as the writer is aware, has there been an attempt to offer to the general public a comprehensive popular collection of this material. It is my earnest hope that this collection of tales will give those who are interested opportunity to learn something of the magic, superstitions, and weird customs of the Filipinos, and to feel the charm of their wonder-world as it is pictured by these dark-skinned inhabitants of our Island possessions.In company with my husband, who was engaged in ethnological work for the Field Museum of Natural History, it was my good fortune to spend four years among the wild tribes of the Philippines, During this time we frequently heard these stories, either related by the people in their homes and around the camp fires or chanted by the pagan priests in communion with the spirits. The tales are now published in this little volume, with the addition of a few folk-legends that have appeared in the Journal of American Folk-Lore and in scientific publications, here retold with some additions made by native story-tellers.I have endeavored to select typical tales from tribes widely separated and varying in culture from savagery to a rather high degree of development. The stories are therefore divided into five groups, as follows: Tinguian, Igorot, the Wild Tribes of Mindanao, Moro, and Christian, The first two groups, Tinguian and Igorot, are from natives who inhabit the rugged mountain region of northwestern Luzon. From time immemorial they have been zealous head-hunters, and the stories teem with references to customs and superstitions connected with their savage practices. By far the largest number belong to the Tinguian group. In order to appreciate these tales to the fullest extent, we must understand the point of view of the Tinguian. To him they embody all the known traditions of "the first times"-of the people who inhabited the earth before the present race appeared, of the ancient heroes and their powers and achievements. In them he finds an explanation of and reason for many of his present laws and customs

Once in the First Times

Once in the First Times PDF Author: Elizabeth Hough Sechrist
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Category : Folklore
Languages : en
Pages : 240

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A collection of fifty-one folktales from the Philippine Islands which tell of animals, customs, and beliefs of the early Filipino people.

The Carabao-turtle Race and Other Classic Philippine Animal Folk Tales

The Carabao-turtle Race and Other Classic Philippine Animal Folk Tales PDF Author: Sylvia Mendez Ventura
Publisher: Tahanan Books
ISBN: 9789716300161
Category : Animals
Languages : en
Pages : 55

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Eight classic animal folk tales from the Philippines taken from the book, Filipino popular tales, collected and edited by Dean S. Fansler.

Anything for Billy

Anything for Billy PDF Author: Larry McMurtry
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1451607741
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 420

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A Pulitzer Prize winner’s western “does for the gunfighter what Lonesome Dove did for the trail riding cowboy . . . wistful appeal, larger-than-life characters” (Time). An electrifying take on the classic tale of Billy the Kid, the teenage outlaw of the American Old West, from award-winning, bestselling author Larry McMurtry. The first time I saw Billy, he came walking out of a cloud . . . Welcome to the wild, hot-blooded adventures of Billy the Kid, the American West’s most legendary gunslinger. Larry McMurtry takes us on a hell-for-leather journey with Billy and his friends as they ride, drink, love, fight, shoot, and escape their way into the shining memories of Western myth. Surrounded by a splendid cast of characters that only Larry McMurtry could create, Billy charges headlong toward his fate, to become in death the unforgettable desperado he aspires to be in life. Not since Lonesome Dove has there been such a rich, exciting novel about the cowboys, Indians, and gunmen who live at the blazing heart of the American dream. “This tale of random violence, unlikely romance and quicksilver friendships in the old West is a rip-roaring gamble with a tear in its eye, and it pays off in spades.” —Publishers Weekly “Entertaining and peopled with . . . beguiling characters. McMurtry drills a bull’s eye, proving that he is among the most versatile of our writers.” —Library Journal “Storytelling at its best, the West at its fiercest, and McMurtry in his prime.” —The Seattle Times