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A narrow street with dreadful "wynds" and "vennels" running back from it was the High street of Glasgow at the time my story opens. And yet, though dirty, noisy and overcrowded with sin and suffering, a flavor of old time royalty and romance lingered amid its vulgar surroundings; and midway of its squalid length a quaint brown frontage kept behind it noble halls of learning, and pleasant old courts full of the "air of still delightful studies." From...
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This production is part of a famous series produced by BBC of all of William Shakespeare's plays. The resulting films, renowned for their loyalty to the text, utilized the best theatrical and television directors and brought highly praised performances from leading contemporary actors. This romance revolves around a theme that occupied Shakespeare later in life: reconciliation. Wrongs committed by one generation -- here a wife unjustly accused of...
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This work brings together eight Arthur Conan Doyle mystery classics. When first gathered into one volume in 1908, the book was entitled Round the Fire Stories, since the author recommended that they be read ideally "'round the fire upon a winter's night." According to Barzun & Taylor in A Catalogue of Crime, "As one reads 'The Man with the Watches,' 'The Lost Special,' 'The Jew's Breastplate,' 'The Black Doctor' and the rest, one marvels again at...
28) The Winter Tales
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Hallie and Cory were surprised when they discovered that their grandmother knew about Mr. Snuggywhiskers. But how could she? They had met him when they climbed over a magic branch and, astonishingly, found themselves shrunken to mouse size and standing before the small, red door, with the cheese-shaped knocker, that led to his home.
In Hallie and Cory's second set of adventures with Mr. Snuggywhiskers, the friendly, well-spoken mouse who lives in...
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I began to write poetry for children out of my care and my love for them, especially for my nephews. I needed to express my love and care for them. It was an attempt to approach them and to relate to them in a way they’ll understand and appreciate and find useful later on. I wanted to excite them, catch their attention, and add a little extra joy and fun every day in their lives and mine. There are so many things I feel the need to tell them to...
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The snows were falling in Thicca Valley. Whispers of a bone-deep chill were creeping into every cabin, slipping beneath the doors and forcing their way through the smallest cracks around the window frames. Wind howled its way through the mountain roads and echoed in the mines like the ghosts of long-dead wolves, filling the air with a bite of ice and foreboding that only Deep Winter could conjure.
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"Winter Time Folk Tales" is an audiobook collection of traditional winter folk tales from around the world, compiled by folklorist Niina Niskanen. These captivating stories transport listeners to enchanting snowy landscapes, where magic and wonder abound. From frosty forests to cozy hearths, Niskanen's expertly selected tales capture the essence of winter through themes of resilience, friendship, and the power of storytelling. Whether you're curled...
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Threatening, gloomy skies. Dark, chilly days and even darker, colder nights. Whispering from the corner or the rustle of dead leaves? A vision of the future or your worst nightmare come true? A silly game or a portal into the unknown? Was that a creak on the stairs or just the wind whistling in the eaves? You don't have to believe in ghosts to enjoy a ghost story. Between these pages, you will find ghosts of all kinds. Not all ghosts are scary as...
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Believing his wife, Hermione, to be unfaithful, King Leontes of Sicilia, orders her new-born child abandoned in the wilderness. But when Hermione's fidelity is proven by the divinations of the Oracle of Delphi, Leontes is cursed to have no heir until his daughter is found. Sixteen years later, the abandoned child, now the shepherdess Perdita, returns to Sicilia seeking refuge, only to learn her true identity.
Known as "The Bard of Avon," William Shakespeare...
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Winner of the Tiptree Award and a Mythopoeic Award finalist, Cloud & Ashes is a slow whirlwind of language, a button box of words, a mythic fable that invites revisitation. Greer Gilman is the author of Moonwise. A graduate of Wellesley and the University of Cambridge, she lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She likes to quip that she does everything James Joyce ever did, only backward and in high heels.
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This book chronicles an urban winter's excursion colored by memories of the restaurants and places frequented by a charismatic and eccentric lifelong inhabitant of Minneapolis, Minnesota. Follow this enchantingly notorious celebrity as she dabbles in social interactions with former business associates and rises to the occasion with each person she meets in social settings. This adventure is narrated by a "twenty something" companion who (sometimes...
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Grandpa's Tall Tales is a heartwarming series of stories about an inquisitive young boy, Jack, and his special bond with his grandpa. Perfect for parent-child reading time, each story features common phrases for children to learn and join in with. The series is sequential, introducing new characters and building on the traits of the main characters as it progresses. The first story, "Winter Robin," sets the stage for the series and concludes with...
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