title | creator | language | description | tableOfContents | contributor | subject | created |
The Life of the Truly Eminent and Learned Hugo Grotius
Containing a Copious and Circumstantial History of the Several Important and Honourable Negotiations in Which He Was Employed; together with a Critical Account of His Works | Burigny, Jean Lévesque de, 1692-1785 | en | | | | | 2005-04-12 |
A Learned Dissertation on Dumpling (1726)
[and] Pudding and Dumpling Burnt to Pot. Or a Compleat Key to the Dissertation on Dumpling (1727) | Carey, Henry, 1687?-1743 | en | | | Macey, Samuel L. [Editor] | Satire, English; Dumplings -- Humor; Puddings -- Humor | 2009-02-17 |
Stories of Achievement, Volume III (of 6)
Orators and Reformers | Various | en | | The Orator Who Stammered, Demosthenes -- "The Learned Blacksmith", Burritt -- The Conquest of a Bad Habit, Gough -- The Slave Who Stole Freedom, Douglas -- The Boy Who Half-heartedly Joined the Church, Beecher -- The Boy Who Slept Under the Sidewalk, Washington -- The Man Who Fights the Beast, Lindsey. | Dickinson, Asa Don, 1876-1960 [Editor] | | 2006-06-15 |
Stories of Achievement, Volume IV (of 6)
Authors and Journalists | Various | en | | The Man to Whom Expression was Travail, Rousseau -- The Ploughman-poet, Burns -- How the Farm-boy Became an Editor, Greeley -- The Factory Boy, Dickens -- The Country Parson's Daughter, Bronte -- The Journal of a Brave and Talented Girl, Alcott -- The Troubles of a Job Printer, George -- "The Making of an American", Riis -- Rejected Manuscripts, Rideling -- How She Learned to Speak, Keller. | Dickinson, Asa Don, 1876-1960 [Editor] | | 2006-06-15 |
Told in the Coffee House
Turkish Tales | | en | | How the Hodja saved Allah -- Better is the folly of woman than the wisdom of man -- The Hanoum and the unjust Cadi -- What happended to Hadji, a merchant of the Bezestan -- How the junkman travelled to find treasure in his own yard -- How Chapkin Halid became chief detective -- How cobbler Ahmet became the chief astrologer -- The wise son of Ali Pasha -- The merciful Khan -- King Kara-Kush of Bithynia -- The prayer rug and the dishonest steward -- The goose, the eye, the daughter and the arm -- The forty wise men -- How the priest knew that it would snow -- Who was the thirteenth son? -- Paradise sold by the yard -- Jew turned Turk -- The metamorphosis -- The Calif Omar -- Kalaidji Avram of Balata -- How Mehmet Ali Pasha of Egypt administered justice -- How the farmer learned to cure his wife, a Turkish Aesop -- The language of birds -- The swallow's advice -- We know not what the dawn may bring forth -- Old men made young -- The bribe -- How the Devil lost his wager -- The effects of Raki. | | Tales -- Turkey; Folklore -- Turkey | 2009-12-02 |
The Pink Fairy Book | Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912 | en | | The Cat's Elopement -- How the Dragon was Tricked -- The Goblin and the Grocer -- The House in the Wood -- Uraschimataro and the Turtle -- The Slaying of the Tanuki -- The Flying Trunk -- The Snow Man. -- The Shirt-Collar -- The Princess in the Chest -- The Three Brothers -- The Snow-queen -- The Fir-Tree -- Hans, the Mermaid's Son -- Peter Bull -- The Bird 'Grip' -- Snowflake -- I know what I have learned -- The Cunning Shoemaker -- The King who would have a Beautiful Wife -- Catherine and her Destiny -- How the Hermit helped to win the King's Daughter -- The Water of Life -- The Wounded Lion -- The Man without a Heart -- The Two Brothers -- Master and Pupil -- The Golden Lion -- The Sprig of Rosemary -- The White Dove -- The Troll's Daughter -- Esben and the Witch -- Princess Minon-Minette -- Maiden Bright-eye -- The Merry Wives -- King Lindorm -- The Jackal, the Dove, and the Panther -- The Little Hare -- The Sparrow with the Slit Tongue -- The Story of Ciccu -- Don Giovanni de la Fortuna. | | Fairy tales; Folklore | 2004-05-01 |