Rio - Fiction & Literature 23

This vintage book contains two pioneering volumes on the subject of film making by V.I. Pudovkin. Considered two of the most valuable manuals of the practice and theory of film making ever written, ……続きを見る

The Dog Scrapbook: The Pomeranian Edition is a collection of the best writings on the charming world of dogs and dog ownership, including everything from essays and anecdotes, to poems and literary ……続きを見る

TOAD'S WISH "Hurrah!" shouted "Reddy." "School is out and no more lessons for two weeks!" and he threw his cap into the air. "Let's go home by the way of the village, so we can look into Daddy Willi……続きを見る

Sundry Experiments.-- Rub together a little dry powdered alum, and acetate of lead; both will become fluid. To a saturated solution of muriate of lime, add a saturated solution of sub-carbonate of ……続きを見る

This volume, composed of essays which on their appearance in the Atlantic have met with especial favor and which from their character seem to deserve a longer life than the paper covers of a magazin……続きを見る

I CHICK, D.D. Right in the very heart of Christmas-tree Land there was a forest of firs that pointed to the sky as straight as steeples. A hush lay over the forest, as if there were something very w……続きを見る

I am a realist,' said Mr. Edmund Lushington, as if that explained everything. 'We could hardly expect to agree,' he added. It sounded very much as if he had said: 'As you are not a realist, my poor ……続きを見る

The two great German offensives of March and April both failed, despite their extreme violence and the fact that the Allies were taken by surprise. Neither Amiens on the Somme, nor Béthune and Ypres……続きを見る

LOUQUIER had been crossed in love. The old phrase covers his case. The girl does not matter, the circumstances do not matter; nothing matters except that Louquier had fallen in love, and that the la……続きを見る

Fritz Bagger had just been admitted to the bar. He had come home and entered his room, seeking rest. All his mental faculties were now relaxed after their recent exertion, and a long-restrained powe……続きを見る

My hero's name was Bartek Słowik; but owing to his habit of staring when spoken to, the neighbours called him 'Bartek Goggle-Eyes.' Indeed, he had little in common with nightingales, and his intelle……続きを見る

THE CARRYING OF THE BABY. By Ethel Turner. Larrie had been carrying it for a long way, and said it was quite time Dot took her turn. Dot was arguing the point. She reminded him of all athletic sport……続きを見る

The object of the Portland Sketch-Book, is to collect in a small compass, literary specimens from such authors as have a just claim to be styled Portland writers. The list might have been extended t……続きを見る

The Library of Alexandria is an independent small business publishing house. We specialize in bringing back to live rare, historical and ancient Books. This includes manuscripts such as: classical f……続きを見る

My dear ladyーmy dear friendーyou have asked me to tell you a story, and I am going to try, because there is not anything I would not try if you asked it of me. I do not yet know what it will be abo……続きを見る

The Library of Alexandria is an independent small business publishing house. We specialize in bringing back to live rare, historical and ancient Books. This includes manuscripts such as: classical f……続きを見る

A Vinha Luis sahira para o colegio ainda criança e de lá para as escolas superiores; assim os anos tinham decorrido sem que nunca mais visitasse a terra natal. Dez anos, dez longos anos se tinham pa……続きを見る

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When the accident happened, Cordova was singing the mad scene in Lucia for the last time in that season, and she had never sung it better. The Bride of Lammermoor is the greatest love-story ever wri……続きを見る

Laurence Binyon For Mercy, Courage, Kindness, Mirth, There is no measure upon earth. Nay, they wither, root and stem, If an end be set to them 続きを見る

No part of a book is so intimate as the Preface. Here, after the long labor of the work is over, the author descends from his platform, and speaks with his reader as man to man, disclosing his hopes……続きを見る

A bout four o'clock on a September morning of 1665,ーwhen the sun was not yet shining upon his windows facing the Artillery Fields, and the autumnal dew lay wet upon his garden leaves,ーJohn Milton ……続きを見る

Brig. Gen. Frederick Funston, commanding Department of California. 2. Col. Wm. A. Simpson, military secretary 続きを見る

The Library of Alexandria is an independent small business publishing house. We specialize in bringing back to live rare, historical and ancient Books. This includes manuscripts such as: classical f……続きを見る

This book is written to enlighten, inform and entertain the reader with over 50 stories from emergency responders. Topics range from the funny, weird and strange to the serious and traumatic. The st……続きを見る

The story of Rome is the most splendid romance in all history. A few shepherds tend their flocks among volcanic hills, listening by day and night to the awful warnings of the subterranean voice,ーbo……続きを見る

Frau von Sigmundskron was not really much past middle age, though the people in the village generally called her the old baroness. Her hair was very white and she was thin and pale; her bold feature……続きを見る

Very little was known about George, the Dalmatian, and the servants in the house of Angelo Beroviero, as well as the workmen of the latter's glass furnace, called him Zorzi, distrusted him, suggeste……続きを見る

Writing in London on a day in winter with a murky sky and sloshy streets, the title of Alpine Photography is verily refreshing. It brings back days of sunlight and joyous experiment, and as we write……続きを見る

Le recueil de contes publi? sous le titre des Cent Nouvelles Nouvelles est tellement connu, que nous croyons pouvoir nous dispenser de parler ici de sa valeur litt?raire. Par un hasard singulier, qu……続きを見る