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Arms and the Man Arms and the Man George Bernard Shaw Arms and the Man was George Bernard Shaw's first commercially successful play. It is a comedy about idealized love versus true love. A young Serbian woman idealizes her war-hero fiance and thinks the… OL1066525W
Poems by John Keats Poems by John Keats John Keats Twenty-five poems by one of the English Romantic poets of the early nineteenth century. OL1455259W
Codex Sinaiticus Codex Sinaiticus British Library The Codex was hand-written in Greek by fourth-century scribes, only 300 years after the time of the New Testament, making it one of the earliest and most reliable witnesses to the biblical text. It c… OL15666040W
PRESIDENT OBAMA PRESIDENT OBAMA Poynter Institute for Media Studies Collects seventy-five newspaper front pages from Anchorage to Africa, capturing the emotion of this historic election. Includes highlights from fifty U.S. daily papers, a dozen international papers, … OL16633357W
The Saint John's Bible The Saint John's Bible Jackson, Donald "A full-color reproduction of the handwritten and illuminated work, The Saint John's Bible, in seven volumes"--Provided by publisher. OL16667601W
gtam shul dga' thang 'bum pa che nas gsar rnyed byung ba'i bon gyi gna' dpe bdams bsgrigs gtam shul dga' thang 'bum pa che nas gsar rnyed byung ba'i bon gyi gna' dpe bdams bsgrigs pa sangs dbang 'dus Collection of newly discovered Bon texts from Tamshul Gathang Bumpache Stupa in Tsome Dzong. OL18152201W
Bones, behaviour and belief Bones, behaviour and belief Gunnel Ekroth,Jenny Wallensten "The importance of the zooarchaeological evidence as a source for ritual practices in ancient Greece is gradually becoming widely recognized. Animal bones form the only category of evidence for Gre… OL23123009W
The American The American Henry James,Peter Collister A reprint of Henry James' "The America" that includes a textual history of the novel, background and source materials, and critical articles by James and others. OL276314W
Seyahatname Seyahatname Evliya Çelebi Evliya Çelebi (Ottoman Turkish: اوليا چلبى‎), was an Ottoman Turk who travelled through the territory of the Ottoman Empire and neighboring lands over a period of forty years, recording his commentar… OL2794658W
Bodleian Library, MS Fairfax 16 Bodleian Library, MS Fairfax 16 Bodleian Library. ca. 750 p. : 29 cm OL2866263W
The Bayeux tapestry The Bayeux tapestry Shirley Ann Brown The Bayeux Tapestry is a late eleventh-century embroidery, 68.5 metres/224 feet long, visualizing events leading up to the Battle of Hastings in 1066 and the subsequent Norman Conquest of England. In… OL4619163W
The Americanization of Edward Bok The Americanization of Edward Bok Edward William Bok The autobiography of the Dutch-born American editor, Edward Bok. OL5771555W
Sons and Lovers Sons and Lovers David Herbert Lawrence <p><i>Sons and Lovers</i>, a story of working-class England, is <a href="https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/d-h-lawrence"><abbr>D. H.</abbr> Lawrence’s</a> third novel. It went through various drafts,… OL81295W
A Christmas Carol A Christmas Carol Charles Dickens An allegorical novella descibing the rehabilitation of bitter, miserly businessman Ebenezer Scrooge. The reader is witness to his transformation as Scrooge is shown the error of his ways by the ghost… OL8193497W
The Sound and the Fury The Sound and the Fury William Faulkner In many ways this was an experimental novel, using several differing narrative styles. Divided into four parts, the author relates the same episodes from four different viewpoints, using a different … OL82870W
These 13 These 13 William Faulkner Contains: "Victory" "Ad Astra" "All the Dead Pilots" "Crevasse" ["Red Leaves"](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20080908W/Red_Leaves) ["A Rose for Emily"](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL14950… OL82889W
Go Down, Moses Go Down, Moses William Faulkner Contains: Was The Fire and the Hearth Pantaloon in Black The Old People The Bear Delta Autumn Go Down, Moses OL82918W
Os Lusíadas Os Lusíadas Souza Botelho,Luís de Camões *Os Lusíadas*, usually translated as *The Lusiads*, is a Portuguese epic poem written by Luís de Camões and first published in 1572. It is widely regarded as the most important work of Portuguese-lan… OL848771W
Poema de mio Cid Poema de mio Cid Anonymous El *Poema de mio Cid*, o *Cantar de mio Cid,* es un cantar de gesta anónimo que relata hazañas heroicas inspiradas libremente en los últimos años de la vida del caballero castellano Rodrigo Díaz de V… OL886738W
L'Éducation sentimentale L'Éducation sentimentale Gustave Flaubert Le 15 septembre 1840, vers six heures du matin, la Ville-de-Montereau , pres de partir, fumait a gros tourbillons devant le quai Saint-Bernard. Des gens arrivaient hors d'haleine ; des barriques, des… OL893802W
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