Louisa May Alcott
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English
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Tantor Media presents a collection of some of the most popular Christmas stories read by two award-winning narrators. This special anthology will transport listeners back to the Christmases of their youth, when they first heard these holiday tales. From Henry Van Dyke's classic Christmas blessing, "Keeping Christmas," to Charles Dickens's popular tale of yuletide redemption, "A Christmas Carol," More Favorite Stories of Christmas Past has something...
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Español
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Descubre una magnífica biblioteca en un solo libro con '100 Clásicos de la Literatura'. Esta recopilación es un tesoro sin igual de historias emblemáticas, enriquecidas con personajes memorables y tramas que han marcado épocas. De las plumas de autores como Jane Austen, Louisa May Alcott, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Arthur Conan Doyle, hasta Victor Hugo, esta colección incluye obras de renombre como 'Mujercitas', 'Orgullo y Prejuicio', 'El Sabueso...
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English
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Three magical stories from three American authors, weaving magic creating true American Fairy Tales. In "The Princess Who Could Not Dance", a Princess learns to let go and let nature teach her how to dance. In "Rosy's Journey", a young girl embarks on a long journey to find her father. In "The Golden Windows", a boy learns what true riches he has in his life. Three magical stories from three American authors, weaving magic creating true American Fairy...
224) Little women
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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"An enchanting screen adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's original novel. As the Civil War rages on, the four sisters of the March family struggle to grow up without the guiding hand of their loving father." --
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Publisher
Wildside Press LLC
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
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Hours of great reading await, with tales from some of the 19th and 20th century's most renowned horror and dark fantasy authors! Explore the uncanny world of mummies, ancient Egypt, and dark sorcery, with these 20 stories:
• SYMPATHY FOR MUMMIES, by John Gregory Betancourt.
• SOME WORDS WITH A MUMMY, by Edgar Allan Poe.
• THE POWER OF WAKING, by Nina Kiriki Hoffman.
• THE MUMMY'S FOOT, by Jessie Adelaide Middleton.
• LOST IN A PYRAMID, OR...
226) Little women
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
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Set in New England during the Civil War, it chronicles the lives and loves of Jo, Meg, Amy, and Beth, four sisters who must rely on each other for strength in the face of tragedies both large and small, after their father leaves for battle.
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Library of America
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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"A collection of American Christmas stories spanning traditional, Civil War-era holiday storytelling to modern times in genres including science fiction, fantasy, westerns, humor, and horror that focus on Christmas morning, gifts, wise men, nativities, family, commercialism, or dinners."--
229) Little fillies
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IDW Publishing, a division of Idea and Design Works, LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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"Little Women meets My Little Pony in this new graphic novel interpretation of the literary classic about love, life, and sisterhood. Rainbow Dash, Twilight Sparkle, Fluttershy, and Rarity appear as the March sisters, who harbor dreams of life beyond Broncord, Massahoofetts"--
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English
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Noel: "Joy is just around the corner when Susan Sarandon, Penelope Cruz, Paul Walker and Alan Arkin fill out an all-star cast in this holiday classic. As five strangers come together on Christmas Eve, a story of peace, companionship, comfort, love and healing unfolds against the backdrop of New York City. Noel, with its stunning cast and inspirational story, proves miracles are closer than you think"--Container.
Christmas without snow: "A divorced...
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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A darkly luminous new anthology collecting the most terrifying horror stories by renowned female authors, presenting anew these forgotten classics to the modern reader. Readers are well aware that Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein: few know how many other tales of terror she created. In addition to Uncle Tom's Cabin, Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote some surprisingly effective horror stories. The year after Little Women appeared, Louisa May Alcott published...
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English
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This anthology of unabridged short stories represents some of the most significant works from the most influential American authors of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Included are Rip Van Winkle by Washington Irving, Young Goodman Brown by Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe, Mermaids by Louisa May Alcott, The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County by Mark Twain, An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge...
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Publisher
Canongate Books
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
The third of CSA Word's popular women's short story collections
CSA Word's collections of 'stories by or about women', narrated by such excellent readers as Rosalind Ayres, Juliet Stevenson and Harriet Walters are consistently fascinating - The Times
Nine unabridged works by time-honoured female and male writers exploring what love, family, and marriage mean. This collection brings together stories by Edith Wharton, Katherine Mansfield, Wilkie...
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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"As railroads, industry, cities, and technology flourished in the mid-nineteenth century, so did stories exploring the horrors they unleashed. This anthology includes ghost stories and tales of haunted houses, as well as mad scientists, werewolves, ancient curses, mummies, psychological terrors, demonic dimensions, and even weird westerns." --provided by publisher.
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e-artnow
Pub. Date
2017
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English
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Come along on this beautiful adventure called life and celebrate its various hues and colors. In this meticulously prepared collection, we have brought to you the most beloved Thanksgiving classics: Two Thanksgiving Day Gentlemen (O. Henry) The Purple Dress (O. Henry) Three Thanksgivings (Charlotte Perkins Gilman) An English Dinner of Thanksgiving (George Eliot) An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving (Louisa May Alcott) Aunt Susanna's Thanksgiving Dinner (Lucy...
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Publisher
e-artnow
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
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e-artnow presents to you this unique collection of the most exhilarating romances ever written, book which are sometimes with a happy ending, sometimes with a tragedy of the true heartbreak and sometimes lighten with the comedy of everyday: Romeo & Juliet (Play & Prose Version) Evelina & Camilla (Fanny Burney) Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen) Sense and Sensibility (Jane Austen) Mansfield Park (Jane Austen) Emma (Jane Austen) Persuasion (Jane Austen)...
