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Keeper of soles Keeper of soles Teresa Bateman A shoemaker repeatedly outwits a black-robed figure who knocks on the shoemaker's door and demands his soul. OL134661W
The shoemaker's wife The shoemaker's wife Adriana Trigiani Two star-crossed lovers--Enza and Ciro--meet and separate, until, finally, the power of their love changes both of their lives forever. Set during the years preceding and during World War I. OL16647194W
The Rich Man and the Shoe-Maker (An Oxford Classic Fable) The Rich Man and the Shoe-Maker (An Oxford Classic Fable) Brian Wildsmith A happy shoemaker - who sings beautifully while he works - is stopping his wealthy but miserable neighbour from sleeping. So the rich man hatches a plan to put an end to the shoemaker's sunny disposi… OL1703913W
Xiao ai ren yu xie jiang = Xiao ai ren yu xie jiang = Henriette Barkow A retelling of the Grimm fairytale of the poor shoemaker who becomes successful with the help of two elves who finish his shoes during the night. OL19940999W
The shoemaker and the tea party The shoemaker and the tea party Alfred Fabian Young George Robert Twelves Hewes, a Boston shoemaker who participated in such key events of the American Revolution as the Boston Massacre and the Tea Party, might have been lost to history if not for his… OL1994748W
The elves and the shoemaker The elves and the shoemaker Nick Page,Claire Page A poor shoemaker becomes successful with the help of two elves who finish his shoes during the night. OL21179865W
The ugly duckling and other stories The ugly duckling and other stories Hilda Offen Little red hen: The little red hen finds none of her lazy friends willing to help her plant, harvest, or grind wheat into flour, but all are eager to eat the bread she makes from it. Brer Rabbit's n… OL24195898W
The Shoemaker's Wife The Shoemaker's Wife Adriana Trigiani "Nestled high in the Italian Alps lies Vilminore, home to Ciro, close by lives Enza, a practical girl who longs only for a happy life for her family. When the two meet as teenagers, it seems it could… OL24346666W
The elves and the shoemaker The elves and the shoemaker Anne Walter The shoemaker and his wife are poor and they have no money to make more shoes. Then, one morning, they wake up to find a great surprise! OL24704723W
Left & right Left & right Joanne Oppenheim Two quarreling cobbler brothers who specialize in opposite feet learn it takes two to make a pair. OL2621291W
The elves and the shoemaker The elves and the shoemaker Otis Valdemire "A man wants his daughter to marry the king. The man tells the king that his daughter can make straw into gold! She can't, but the king tells her to do it. At night in a room full of straw, an imp co… OL27304468W
The Greedy Little Cobbler The Greedy Little Cobbler Tony Ross A cobbler who decides to charge lots of money for his services instead of bartering learns it doesn't pay to be greedy. OL2861401W
Shoes for everyone Shoes for everyone Mitchell, Barbara A biography of the half-Dutch/half-black Surinamese man who, despite the hardships and prejudice he found in his new Massachusetts home, invented a shoe-lasting machine that revolutionized the shoe i… OL3516406W
Class and Community Class and Community Alan Dawley "Dawley reflects on labor and class issues, poverty and progress, and the contours of urban history in the city of Lynn, Massachusetts, during the rise of industrialism in the early nineteenth centur… OL4613896W
Ivan takes a wife Ivan takes a wife Janet Evanovich Dear Reader:In a previous life, before the time of Plum, I wrote twelve short romance novels. Red-hot screwball comedies, each and every one of them. Nine of these stories were originally published b… OL48063W
Feet & footwear in Indian culture Feet & footwear in Indian culture Jutta Jain-Neubauer On the religious and historical significance of feet and footwear in Indian culture. OL544448W
Sausages! Sausages! Anne Adeney A poor man conspires with the village shoemaker to play a trick that will pay for a new pair of shoes. OL5707922W
The shoemaker and his elves The shoemaker and his elves Eric Blair An easy-to-read retelling of the classic tale of a kindly but poor shoemaker who gets unexpected help with his work. OL5716018W
The shoemaker extraordinaire The shoemaker extraordinaire Steve Light Hans Crispin is such a creative shoemaker that he manages to befriend a hungry giant, and together they scare off the village cobbler who tried to trick Hans. OL5954167W
Mechanics and manufacturers in the early industrial revolution Mechanics and manufacturers in the early industrial revolution Paul G. Faler Lynn, Massachusetts, once the leading shoe manufacturing city of the United States, was in many ways a model of the industrial city that much of America was to become. This study of the early industr… OL6332957W
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