French Fairy Tales gathers regional stories from across France, preserving the voice of peasant tradition while offering lively reading for children and folklore enthusiasts alike. From the haunting "Legend of the Lake of Issarlès," where a beggar revealed as Jesus rewards one honest woman and condemns a selfish village to a lake's depths, the collection moves through comic enchantment, moral judgment, and rustic wonder. In "The Fairies and the Two Hunchbacks," obedience wins a hunchback a...

The Ryzon Baking Book opens with a brand trusted by New York's leading hotels, clubs, schools, and institutions, then turns that professional confidence into a practical home guide. Built on scientific research, expert testing, and consultation with noted cooking authorities, it argues that baking succeeds through exact level measurements, not guesswork, and offers reliable recipes meant to improve on older cookbooks. Its scope is broad and inviting, ranging from quick breads, pastries, pu...

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language, edited by Rev. Thomas Davidson and published in 1908, presents itself as a compact but remarkably comprehensive guide to English. Its preface frames the work as a practical successor to earlier editions, drawing on authoritative sources across languages and disciplines to cover pronunciation, etymology, technical terms, colloquialisms, compound phrases, and illustrated reference material. The opening guidance explains how to ...

Don't waste money on individual texts by a classic author. Get (nearly) all in 1, 2 or (at most) 3 FREE-FOREVER volumes. Save space in your ebook shelves.The works of Jane Austen as originally published but converted for easy reading by cross-platform ebook / ePUB standards. Organized alphabetically and by type of text for quicker navigation; a master table of contents leads you to specific tables of contents for each included work. This volume includes:

“Sign the papers, Michelle,” he continues to speak. “We are done. I am getting married to Natalia, and she will become the Luna of the pack, the same pack you so much love. We have nothing in common anymore. I reject you as my mate.”My heart shatters into a thousand pieces the moment his words reach my ears. I can feel the bond breaking and my wolf howling in my head. Everything inside of me is in great turmoil. I begin to feel dizzy, and my legs a...

Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, published in 1850, was an immediate commercial and critical success. This visual adaptation of the masterpiece brings alive the unforgiving Puritan society that ran on hypocrisy, superstition, and rigidity. Follow stoic Hester and two tortured souls as they navigate these treacherous waters to arrive at a fateful collision.

This provocative historical study traces flagellation from antiquity to the cloister, revealing how whipping became a tool of punishment, discipline, humiliation, and even devotion. Drawing on vivid anecdotes from Scythians, Persians, Romans, church fathers, and medieval chroniclers, it shows scourges at work in homes, schools, prisons, monasteries, and convents, where authority was often measured in lashes. The book begins with ancient heathen customs and Roman legal practice, detailing t...

Today, pierogi are the most recognizable Polish food in the United States and a symbol of Polish American identity. How did this humble dish attain such lofty status?Anna D. Jaroszyńska-Kirchmann explores the surprising history of pierogi, tracing how Polish cuisine evolved in the multiethnic landscape of the United States. When Polish immigrants crossed the ocean, they brought with them their traditional cuisine, which came to signify enduring attachment to homeland, family, relig...

Williamson Ace, the absolute cold hearted devil who rules the biggest mafia empire in the world. He doesn't beleive in love and happiness.Dolly Sylvester, a nineteen-years-old with a soft and innocent heart.Williamson Ace and Dolly Sylvester were arranged into a marriage for family business purpose. What will be the fate of Dolly Sylvester as a wife of the heartless devil, Williamson Ace?

Don't litter your ebook shelf with dozens of individual texts. Get all public domain publications by said author in 1, 2, or (rarely) 3 volumes FOR FREE!A NDAS "Digest" edition. The complete Public Domain (as of 2019) works of Jack London converted for easy reading by cross-platform ebook / ePUB standards. A master table of contents leads you to specific tables of contents for each included work. This volume includes:The Cruise of the SnarkJohn Barleycorn

He cut me off, his voice harsh, “Let me be clear. I don't want you now, and I will not want you in the future. Do you understand?”My wolf whimpered in my head, her tail tucked between her legs. I was speechless, powerless to speak around the massive lump in my throat. Tears came to my eyes and streamed silently down my cheeks. Nothing had changed.He didn't want me.***A bastard pup. That's all Brinley is....

Don't litter your ebook shelf with dozens of individual texts. Get all public domain publications by said author in 1, 2, or (rarely) 3 volumes FOR FREE!A NDAS "Digest" edition. The complete Public Domain (as of 2019) works of Jack London converted for easy reading by cross-platform ebook / ePUB standards. A master table of contents leads you to specific tables of contents for each included work. This volume includes:The Call of the WildA Daughter...