Flora: 300 books

In ancient Israel, only high priests were allowed through the veil into the "Holy of Holies" of the temple. Thousands of years later, this legacy continues with a baby girl. As the Great Depression looms, Naomi is born with the legendary "birth veil" over her face. In those superstitious...

Paris, an VI. Voilà un an que l'époux de Charlotte de Verteuil est mort au combat, dans les guerres de Napoléon. Tout juste sortie de son deuil, la jeune femme est bien décidée à profiter des plaisirs de la vie parisienne ! Accompagnée de son amie Emily Bingley, rencontrée lors de son exil...

Throughout history, arsenic has been used as an effective and lethal poison. Today, arsenic continues to present a real threat to human health all over the world, as it contaminates groundwater and food supplies. Handbook of Arsenic Toxicology presents the latest findings on arsenic, its chemistry,...

A history, above all one which claims to hold no original research, but simply to be a compilation of the work of Others, needs no introduction save the compiler's thanks to many who have been consulted. One word, however, may be said regarding the only accent used--the circumflex. This is put always...

Once upon a time there was an old sow who had three little pigs, and as she had not enough for them to eat, she said they had better go out into the world and seek their fortunes.

Titty Mouse and Tatty Mouse both lived in a house. Titty Mouse went a-gleaning, and Tatty Mouse went a-gleaning. So they both went a-gleaning. Titty Mouse gleaned an ear of corn, and Tatty Mouse gleaned an ear of corn. So they both gleaned an ear of corn.

Once upon a time there were two sisters who were as like each other as two peas in a pod; but one was good, and the other was bad-tempered. Now their father had no work, so the girls began to think of going to service.

In Bamborough Castle there once lived a King who had two children, a son named Childe Wynde, and a daughter who was called May Margret. Their mother, a fair woman, was dead, and the King mourned her long and faithfully. But, after his son Childe Wynde went to seek his fortune, the King, hunting in the...

Once upon a time there lived a gentleman who owned fine lands and houses, and he very much wanted to have a son to be heir to them. So when his wife brought him a daughter, though she was bonny as bonny could be, he cared nought for her...

Once upon a time there were three Bears, who lived together in a house of their own, in a wood. One of them was a Little Wee Bear, and one was a Middle-sized Bear, and the other was a Great Big Bear. They had each a bowl for their porridge; a little bowl for the Little Wee Bear; and a middle-sized bowl...

Il titolo dell'opera, Scirone, implica un viatico romantico, simbolico ed evocativo: il nome di un vento che trasporti questi componimenti in fuga, verso altri territori, altre culture, lettori, autori.

Dall'esperienza ultraventennale di una operatrice in prima linea, e dalla capacità sintetica dell'altro Autore, Operatore e redattore della Collana Corsi e concorsi, arriva la quarta edizione del Manuale Facile dell'O.S.S., riveduto, aggiornato all'aprile 2018 ed arricchito con nuovi contenuti, ma...

I find "Castle Blair" a bright, breezy story for children, most entertainingly told. The scenes are laid in Ireland. A bachelor uncle makes a home at Castle Blair for the children of his brother in India, in the English service, and for an orphaned niece from France, older than her cousins, who becomes...

Tre storie di angeli, tre storie di esseri umani, tre storie che ripropongono l’eterno quesito… Chi sono gli Angeli? Esseri di luce pronti a darci una mano quando siamo in pericolo? Anime trapassate con un compito da svolgere sulla terra? Entità che hanno il compito di mostrarci la realtà che...