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Christmas Tales of Flanders is a collection of traditional stories and holiday tales from the old County of Flanders in Western Europe. Table of Contents: The Rich Woman and the Poor Woman The Story of Seppy The Enchanted Apple-Tree The Convent Free From Care The Witches' Cellar The Boy Who Always Said the Wrong Thing Hop-o'-My-Thumb The Emperor's Parrot The Little Blacksmith Verholen Balten and the Wolf The Mermaid The Story of the Little Half-Cock The Dwarf and the Blacksmith Percy the Wizard, Nicknamed Snail Simple John The Two Chickens or the Two Ears The Wonderful Fish The Frying-Pan Farmer Broom, Farmer Leaves, and Farmer Iron Little Lodewyk and Annie the Witch The Giant of the Causeway The Key-Flower The Ogre

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As the title claims, the book is a real collection of the best examples of the American humorous literature. The editor gathers valuable pieces by the prominent authors like Washington Irving, Benjamin Franklin, Mark Twain and many more. It was compiled at the turn of the 19th and 20th century and its aim was to bring relaxing notes into the craze for moral seriousness in all literature, which was characteristic of that period.

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This work gives a unique opportunity to dive into the world of ancient British poetry and legends. Here, a reader will find the primary sources for the epic stories about Gilderoy, Winifred, Bryan, Sir Cauline, King Estmere, Sir Guy, King Arthur, the Fairy Queen, and many more. A collection in three volumes contains numerous works by famous and anonymous authors adapted to modern English. The significance of this work is apparent. It was the first collection of ballades in English poetry of this size. It influenced the Romantic movement greatly and contributed to the revivals of ballades in England. Robert Burns, Wordsworth, and Coleridge based their lyric poems on this collection. Although, this work could never see the light of the day. Back in the 18th century, Irish Bishop Thomas Percy saved a manuscript almost set afire by a housemaid. It was an ancient collection of ballades, which inspired the Bishop for further research. Today, it's not just an important historical book; it is also a great source of study materials as well as an exciting read for anyone fond of history and British poetry.

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"Tales of Humour, Gallantry & Romance, Selected and Translated from the Italian" (translated by Thomas Roscoe, John Yonge Akerman). 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.

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This book features a comprehensive historical account of the First World War (1914-1918) based on official sources, diplomatic and state papers. Contemporaneously known as the Great War or «the war to end all wars», it led to the mobilization of more than 70 million military personnel, including 60 million Europeans, making it one of the largest wars in history. It is also one of the deadliest conflicts in history, with an estimated nine million combatant deaths and 13 million civilian deaths as a direct result of the war, while resulting genocides and the related 1918 Spanish flu pandemic caused another 17-100 million deaths worldwide, including an estimated 2.64 million Spanish flu deaths in Europe and as many as 675,000 Spanish flu deaths in the United States. Contents: Indirect Causes of the War – Political and Diplomatic History of Europe from 1866 to 1914, with a Chapter on the Historical Development of Japan The Balkans Direct Causes of the War Diplomatic Papers Relating to the Origin of the War, Collated From the Official Documents Great Battles of the Western Armies Naval Operations The War on the Eastern Front The Austro-Serbian Campaign Austro-Russian Campaign Russo-German Campaign Turkey and the Dardanelles Russian and Turkish Campaign Japan and the Far East The War in Africa The Western Front Italy Enters the War The Dardanelles and Turkey The War in Africa War in Arabia, Mesopotamia, and Egypt War in Syria and Egypt Aggressive Turkish Campaign at Dardanelles Campaign in Mesopotamia The United States and the Belligerents Austrian Propaganda Operations on the Sea Campaign on the Eastern Front The Balkans Campaign in Mesopotamia and Persia Western Front – Somme and Verdun War in the Air and on the Sea The United States and Germany The Russian Revolution Eastern Front Campaigns in Palestine, Arabia Mesopotamia, and Africa The Western Front The Italian Campaign The Great War's End Victory on the Sea The American Army in France The Peace Conference at Paris The Story of Canada in the Great War

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This book features a collection of articles and official accounts and records on events of the First World War (1914-1918), contemporaneously known as the Great War or «the war to end all wars», which was one of the deadliest conflicts in history, with an estimated nine million combatant deaths and 13 million civilian deaths as a direct result of the war, while resulting genocides and the related 1918 Spanish flu pandemic caused another 17-100 million deaths worldwide. Contents: What Caused the War The Defense of Liège The Great Retreat The Battle of the Marne How the French Fought The Race for the Channel The Last Ditch in Belgium Why Turkey Entered the War The Falkland Sea Fight Cruise of the Emden Capture of Tsing-Tao Gallipoli Gas: Second Battle of Ypres The Canadians at Ypres Sinking of the Lusitania Mountain Warfare The Great Champagne Offensive of 1915 The Tragedy of Edith Cavell Gallipoli Abandoned The Death-Ship in the Sky The Battle of Verdun The Battle of Jutland Bank Taking the Col di Lana The Battle of the Somme Russia's Refugees The Tragedy of Rumania Sixteen Months a War Prisoner Under German Rule in France and Belgium The Anglo-Russian Campaign in Turkey Kitchener Why America Broke with Germany How the War Came to America The War Message British Operations at Saloniki In Petrograd During the Seven Days America's First Shot German Activities in the United States Preparing for War The Capture of Jerusalem American Ships and German Submarines A Destroyer in Active Service East Africa Greece's Atonement The Italians at Bay Bottling up Zeebrugge and Ostend With the American Submarines Wounded Heroes of France The Battle of Picardy Bulgaria Quits The Fighting Czecho-Slovaks Six Days on the American Firing Line An American Battlefield Night Raids from the Air The American Army in Europe The American Navy In Europe Armistice Terms Signed by Germany Covenant of the League of Nations Treaty of Peace with Germany Treaty of Peace with Austria

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Traits of American Humour is a three volume edition which contains numerous short stories, sketches and tales, illustrating the character and wit of American people from North to South and from East to West. Table of Contents: Vol. 1: My First and Last speech in the General Court Hoss Allen, of Missouri The Widow Rugby's Husband The Big Bear of Arkansas Johnny Beedle's Courtship The Marriage of Johnny Beedle Johnny Beedle's Thanksgiving Aunt Nabby's Stewed Goose Decline and Fall of the City of Dogtown The Coon-Hunt A Ride With Old Kit Kuncker Seth Willett; The Elk County Witness The Two Fat Sals War's Yure Hoss? Bob Lee The Shooting-Match The Horse Swap Three Chances for a Wife The Yankee Amongst the Mermaids Captain Stick and Tony The Way Billy Harris Drove the Drum-Fish to Market Yankee Homespun The Indefatigable Bear-Hunter Colonel Crockett's Ride on the Back of a Buffalo Colonel Crockett's Adventure with a Grizzly Bear Colonel Crockett's, The Bear, and the Swallows A Pretty Predicament Vol. 2: The Editor's Creed Josh Beanpole's Courtship Peter Brush, the Great Used Up Cousin Sally Dilliard The Age of Wonders How Simon Suggs «Raised Jack» My First Visit to Portland Billy Warrick's Courtship and Marriage Our Town Falling off a Log, in a Game of «Seven Up» A Yankee Card-Table Dick M'Coy's Sketches of His Neighbours Kicking a Yankee Why Mr. Sellum Disposed of the Horse Metaphysics A Tight Race Considerin' A Shark Story A Bear Story The Best-Natured Man in the World Chunky's Fight With the Panthers A Bully Boat, and a Brag Captain Fydget Fyxington Doing a Sheriff The Muscadine Story Polly Peablossom's Wedding The Mother and Her Child Peleg Ponder Vol. 3: The Thimble Game Mike Hooter's Bar Story Cousin Guss The Gander-Pulling How Mike Hooter Came Very Near Walloping Arch Cooney An Interesting Interview Ben Wilson's Last Jug-Race Mike Fink in a Tight Place Our Singing-School Where Joe Meriweather Went To Georgia Theatrics Taking the Census A Family Picture Colonel Jones's Fight The Fastest Funeral on Record Old Tuttle's Last Quarter Race…

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Musaicum Books presents to you the collection of the greatest Swedish fairy tales: Knös Lasse, My Thrall! Finn, the Giant, and the Minster of Lund The Skalunda Giant Yuletide Specters Silverwhite and Lillwacker StompePilt The Girl and the Snake Faithful and Unfaithful Starkad and Bale The Werewolf First Born, First Wed The Lame Dog The Mount of the Golden Queen Old Hopgiant The Princess and the Glass Mountain Queen Crane Tales of the Trolls Charcoal Nils and the Troll-Woman The Three Dogs The Poor Devil How Smaland and Schonen Came To Be The Evil One and KittaGrau The Lady of Pintorp The Specter in Fjelkinge The Rooster, the Hand-Mill and the Swarm of Hornets Torre Jeppe The Man Who Died on Holy Innocents'

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The King James Version is an English translation of the Christian Bible for the Church of England, commissioned in 1604 and completed in 1611 under the sponsorship of James VI and I. The books of the King James Version include the 39 books of the Old Testament, an intertestamental section containing 14 books of the Apocrypha, and the 27 books of the New Testament. James gave the translators instructions intended to ensure that the new version would conform to the ecclesiology – and reflect the episcopal structure – of the Church of England and its belief in an ordained clergy. Noted for its «majesty of style», the King James Version has been described as one of the most important books in English culture and a driving force in the shaping of the English-speaking world.

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