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A new friend gives Hans and his sister Gretel enough money for one pair of ice skates, so Hans insists that Gretel enter the grand competition for silver skates, while he seeks the great doctor who consents to try to restore their father's memory.
2) The Inferno
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The Inferno, by Dante Alighieri, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:
• New introductions commissioned from today's top writers and scholars
• Biographies of the authors
• Chronologies of contemporary...
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The City of the Sun (1602) is a work of utopian fiction by Tommaso Campanella. Written while the author was imprisoned in Naples for his role in a conspiracy against Spanish rule in Calabria, The City of the Sun is regarded as an essential work of Renaissance political philosophy. Written in the tradition of Plato's Republic and Timaeus, the text imagines a peaceful society ruled by a theocratic monarchy and dedicated to communal values. "It is divided...
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Martin Luther entered a monastery as a youth and as a man shattered the structure of the medieval church. Luther spoke out against the corrupt religious practices that then existed. His demand that the authority for doctrine and practice be Scriptures, rather than Popes or Councils, echoed around the world and ignited the Great Reformation. Accused of heresy and threatened with excommunication and death, Luther maintained his bold stand and refused...
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From the mysterious Druids and noble King Alfred to the notorious Henry VIII and the Glorious Revolution of 1688, Charles Dickens traced his country's history for the benefit of young Victorians. Written with the beloved storyteller's customary panache, this series of historical vignettes reads like a fast-paced novel, rich in anecdotes and colorful stories. Dickens' unsparing, witty, and opinionated perspectives on the great pageant of English history...
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First published in 1739 to an unenthusiastic British public, Hume's "A Treatise of Human Nature" has since been referred to as one of the most significant books in the history of philosophy. Hume, a Scottish philosopher, claimed that he was attempting to discuss moral issues with a methodical reasoning, and proceeded to do so in this foundational text. Divided into three large sections, Hume begins his work with a discussion of human understanding,...
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On to Chicago: Rediscovering Robert F. Kennedy and the Lost Campaign of 1968 told the story (through historical fiction) of what likely would have happened in the 1968 presidential election had Senator Robert Kennedy survived his assassination and then went on to finish his campaign. The author, former Congressman James Rogan, followed his instincts as a lawyer and judge and tracked the evidence as he researched and wrote On to Chicago. To validate...
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I must tell you, though, that this is not a history lesson, but a storybook. There are many facts in school histories, that seem to children to belong to lessons only. Some of these you will not find here. But, you will find some stories that are not to be found in your school books, stories which wise people say are only fairy tales and not history. But, it seems to me that they are part of Our Island Story, and ought not to be forgotten, any more...
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IL: MG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 6
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"Noah Webster may be best remembered for the enormous and ambitious task of writing his famous dictionary, but for him, this accomplishment was a means to an end. His true goal was to streamline the language spoken in our newly formed country so that it could be used as a force to bring people together and be a source of national pride. Though people laughed at his ideas, Webster never doubted himself. In the end, his so-called foolish notions achieved...
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Canada From Afar is the fruit of the remarkable flowering of obituary writing in the London Daily Telegraph during the past ten years. These lively portraits of Canadians are informed, witty, sometimes quirky, occasionally iconoclastic. They include royal courtiers, politicians, businessmen, soldiers, sailors, airmen, scientists, explorers, novelists, artists, and even journalists. Among the prominent Canadians viewed from afar are persons such as...
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Dip into The A to Z of Alfie Zeller to find: Petty Officer Sam Zeller, who swam the Channel long before Captain Webb, in a straight line, without body grease in search of escargots, Pierre, who invented Chicken Marengo and was promoted to corporal by Napoleon, Alicia Zeller, who ran the séances at which Arthur Conan Doyle saw fairies. Meet Trooper Zeller, who survived the Charge of the Light Brigade, or would have done, if he'd been there, Zeb Zeller,...
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At a local teashop, a lady journalist encounters a brilliant detective who's able to decode and solve some of the city's most complicated crimes. This is a thrilling narrative, that hinges on the unique dynamic between its two protagonists.
Polly Burton is a young journalist who stumbles across an elderly man at a London teashop. She soon discovers his peculiar personality and dazzling intellect. Through a series of conversations, they discuss...
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Sherlock Holmes Handbook sums up a Canadian scholar's lifetime expertise about Sherlock Holmes – the characters and themes, the publishers and readers, Victorian London and the Houdini connection, radio actors and cartoonists, the fans who cling to Holmes's reality and the professors who tease out motifs from the fifty-six short stories and four novels. The first edition of Sherlock Holmes Handbook appeared in 1993. This edition catches up on new...
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Six Little Bunkers at Grandma Bell's is a children's book written by Laura Lee Hope, originally published in 1921. The novel follows the adventures of the six Bunker children - Russ, Rose, Violet, Laddie, Margy, and Max - as they spend the summer with their Grandma Bell in a small town. As soon as they arrive, the children are excited to explore the town and spend time with their grandmother. They quickly discover that Grandma Bell's house is full...
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Extrait : "Un bel esprit a dépeint, en ces quatre vers, le goût, très passionné, de nos pères pour les spectacles : Il ne fallait au fier Romain Que des spectacles et du pain. Mais au Français, plus que Romain, Le spectacle suffit sans pain."
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FANCY A JOB AS AN APPRENTICE COMPOSITOR?
(*a snotty-nosed subclass of the primitive species Homo erectus)
A tongue-in-cheek autobiography of an apprentice compositor learning his trade in London's Old Covent Garden during the so-called swinging 'Sixties, when youth culture was, for the first time, finding an identity in a post-war Britain.
Chapters include:
• The composer (music critics need not apply).
• Trots and trotting (Deli belly? Worse...
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This remarkable collection of quotations by John, Robert, and Edward Kennedy offers a wealth of advice and wisdom on leading a meaningful life. Within the book, the brothers opine, advise, and muse on many of life's issues and questions, from taking risks to solitude.
At once poignant, witty, and insightful, this small anthology-which includes twenty-four pages of beautiful photography of the Kennedys over the course of their lives-is a treasure...
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A critically acclaimed autobiography by one of America's greatest philanthropists Scottish immigrant Andrew Carnegie worked his way up from bobbin boy to telegraph operator to railroad man, learning key lessons along the way that would eventually lead to his unparalleled success in the steel business. Documenting a world of tariffs, insider deals, and Wall Street sharks, The Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie opens a window into the great industrialist's...
20) A Modern Utopia
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A Modern Utopia is a novel by H. G. Wells. Because of the complexity and sophistication of its narrative structure A Modern Utopia has been called "not so much a modern as a postmodern utopia." The novel is best known for its notion that a voluntary order of nobility known as the Samurai could effectively rule a "kinetic and not static" world state so as to solve "the problem of combining progress with political stability." To this planet "out beyond...
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