Monatsarchive: März 2017

Anne of Green Gables

Publiziert am 29. März 2017 von Jazzybee

Anne of Green Gables – Lucy Maud Montgomery

Anne Shirley is an 11-year-old orphan waiting for an adoption. By mistake she comes to Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert of Prince Edward Island, a brother and a sister who actually wanted to adopt a boy to assist them with the work on their farm. When Anne finally arrives she has plenty to learn – and not only at school.

This is part one of the Anne of Green Gables series and one of the best-selling children novels of all time.

Anne of Green Gables

Anne of Green Gables

Format: Paperback.

Anne of Green Gables.

ISBN: 9783849697242

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Summary of Anne of Green Gables (from Wikipedia):

Anne Shirley, a young orphan from … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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Through The Looking-Glass

Publiziert am 29. März 2017 von Jazzybee

Through The Looking-Glass – Lewis Carroll

“Through the Looking-Glass”, and What Alice Found There is the sequel to Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. The themes and settings of Through the Looking-Glass make it a kind of mirror image of Wonderland: the first book begins outdoors, in the warm month of May, the second opens indoors on a snowy, wintry night exactly six months later, on 4 November. In it, there are many mirror themes, including opposites, time running backwards, and so on.

Through The Looking-Glass

Through The Looking-Glass

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Through The Looking-Glass.

ISBN: 9783849697860

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Summary of Through the Looking-Glass (from Wikipedia):

Chapter One – Looking-Glass House: Alice is playing with a white kitten (who she calls “Snowdrop”) … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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Pride and Prejudice

Publiziert am 29. März 2017 von Jazzybee

Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen

To say nothing of the supreme excellence of the dialogue, there is scarcely a page but has its little gem of exact and polished phrasing; scarcely a chapter which is not neatly opened or artistically ended ; while the whole book abounds in sentences over which the writer, it is plain, must have lingered with patient and loving craftsmanship. . . . Criticism has found little to condemn in the details of this capital novel.- Austin Dobson

Never was there a book written which has given more harmless pleasure to those who have come under its spell. As we open its pages, we bid adieu to a world of sordid cares and troublesome interests, … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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The Blue Fairy Book

Publiziert am 29. März 2017 von Jazzybee

The Blue Fairy Book – Andrew Lang

Thirty-seven of the most familiar fairy tales. The loveliest collection of fairy stories that was ever printed is here, edited by Andrew Lang. These fairy tales are the old standard ones that have pleased and enchanted the children for generations, and will be treasured as a classic of English literature. This book is fully illustrated and includes tales like The Bronze Ring, Prince Hyacinth And The Dear Little Princess, East Of The Sun And West Of The Moon, The Yellow Dwarf, Little Red Riding Hood, The Sleeping Beauty In The Wood, Cinderella, Or The Little Glass Slipper and many more.

The Blue Fairy Book

The Blue Fairy Book

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The Blue Fairy Book.

ISBN: 9783849698188

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Paradise Lost

Publiziert am 29. März 2017 von Jazzybee

Paradise Lost – John Milton

Paradise Lost is an epic poem in twelve books, in English heroic verse without rhyme, by John Milton (C. P. P.) and was published in 1667. The subject is the fall of man, and the expulsion from Paradise.

Paradise Lost

Paradise Lost

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Paradise Lost.

ISBN: 9783849698300

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The Synopsis of Paradise Lost (from Wikipedia):

The poem is separated into twelve “books” or sections, the lengths of which vary greatly (the longest is Book IX, with 1,189 lines, and the shortest Book VII, with 640). The Arguments at the head of each book were added in subsequent imprints of the first edition. Originally published in ten books, a fully “Revised and … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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The Ecclesiastical History of England

Publiziert am 28. März 2017 von Jazzybee

The Ecclesiastical History of England – The Honorable Bede

Bede’s best-known work is the Ecclesiastical History of England. Completed in about 731, it consists of five books, in which he sketches the history of England from Caesar’s invasion in 55 B.C. through St. Augustine’s missions, the development of Christianity in Kent and the Council of Whitby up to his own days.

The Ecclesiastical History of England

The Ecclesiastical History of England

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The Ecclesiastical History of England.

ISBN: 9783849698591

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An overview of the book (from Wikipedia):

The Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum, or An Ecclesiastical History of the English People is Bede’s best-known work, completed in about 731. The first of the five books begins with some geographical background … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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The Dolorous Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ

Publiziert am 28. März 2017 von Jazzybee

The Dolorous Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ – Anne Catherine Emmerich

The meditations in this book will probably rank high among many similar works which the contemplative love of Jesus has produced; but it is our duty here plainly to affirm that they have no pretensions whatever to be regarded as history. They are but intended to take one of the lowest places among those numerous representations of the Passion which have been given us by pious writers and artists, and to be considered at the very utmost as the Lenten meditations of a devout nun, related in all simplicity, and written down in the plainest and most literal language, from her own dictation. To these meditations, she herself … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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Yoga or the Art of Transformation

Publiziert am 28. März 2017 von Jazzybee

Yoga or the Art of Transformation – William J. Flagg

A comparative statement of the various religious dogmas concerning the soul and its destiny, and of Akkadian, Hindu, Taoist, Egyptian, Hebrew, Greek, Christian, Mohammedan, Japanese and other magic. Thirty chapters deal with topics like

Modern Spiritualism On The Soul
Hindu Souls
Egyptian Souls
Chaldean Souls
Greek And Roman Souls
Neoplatonism On The Soul
Christian Souls
Relic Worship
Chinese Souls
Japanese Souls
The Possibility Of A Spiritual World Considered
Religion In General
The Evolution Of Social Virtue
Hindu Yoga
Chinese Yoga
Egyptian Yoga
Akkadian Yoga
Mohammedan Yoga
Hebrew Yoga
Yoga Of The Essenes
… and many more …

Yoga or the Art of Transformation

Yoga or the Art of Transformation

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Yoga or the Art of … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland

Publiziert am 28. März 2017 von Jazzybee

Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland – Lewis Carroll

This is the sequel to the book “Sylvia and Bruno”, a sentimental novel about two fairy children, first published in 1889, and forms the last novel Lewis Carroll published during his lifetime. This volume is beautifully illustrated by Harry Furniss.

Alice's Adventures In Wonderland

Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland

Format: Paperback.

Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland.

ISBN: 9783849699406

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Symbolism in Alice’ Adventures in Wonderland (from Wikipedia):

Some of the book’s adventures may have been based on or influenced by people, situations, and buildings in Oxford and at Christ Church. For example, the “Rabbit Hole” might have been inspired by the actual stairs in the back of the main hall in Christ Church. … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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Sylvie And Bruno Concluded

Publiziert am 28. März 2017 von Jazzybee

Sylvie And Bruno Concluded – Lewis Carroll

This is the sequel to the book “Sylvia and Bruno”, a sentimental novel about two fairy children, first published in 1889, and forms the last novel Lewis Carroll published during his lifetime. This volume is beautifully illustrated by Harry Furniss.

Sylvie And Bruno Concluded

Sylvie And Bruno Concluded

Format: Paperback.

Sylvie And Bruno Concluded.

ISBN: 9783849699505

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More Information on this book (from Wikipedia):

Two short pieces, “Fairy Sylvie” and “Bruno’s Revenge”, originally appeared in Aunt Judy’s Magazine in 1867. Some years later, in 1873 or 1874, Carroll had the idea to use these as the core for a longer story. Much of the rest of the novel he compiled from notes … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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