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by Frances Hodgson Burnett
A Little Princess
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The heroine of the story of the famous American writer Francis Burnett, Sarah Crewe, is a girl from a wealthy family. She gets all the best - the best toys, the most beautiful clothes, the most delicious goodies. But suddenly the luxurious life of little Sarah ends, and a new one begins, full of suffering and deprivation. But Sarah Crewe - a noble girl with a kind and loving heart - courageously and patiently copes with the difficulties that fell to her lot....
Number of pages: ~ 324 pages
Amazon Rating ~ 4.5/5

by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Emile
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  • Education
  • 1762
  • Autor: Jean-Jacques Rousseau
The novel treatise "Emile" is the main pedagogical composition of Rousseau, entirely devoted to the problems of educating a person. To express his pedagogical ideas, Rousseau created a situation where the educator begins to raise a child who has been left an orphan since childhood and assumes the rights and obligations of parents. And Emil is completely the result of his many efforts as an educator....
Number of pages: ~ 585 pages
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The Middle-Class Gentleman
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  • Humor
  • 1670
  • Autor: Molière
"The Middle-Class Gentleman" is a brilliant, sparkling comedy of the classic of French literature, Jean Baptiste Moliere. The attempts of an uneducated, ignorant, uncouth dork with big money to look like a noble nobleman cannot but cause laughter. The main character now and then gets into ridiculous situations, and those around do not miss the opportunity to use his mania for their own benefit....
Number of pages: ~ 90 pages
Amazon Rating ~ 3.4/5

by Kate Greenaway
Marigold Garden
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Kate Greenway was very fond of flowers, and they always occupied a special place in her paintings. The artist very accurately and realistically, and at the same time figuratively, depicted a variety of flowers, and also often used them as a decorative motif. Several Greenaway books have been dedicated to flowers, including "Marigold Garden", the second collection of her own poems. The decorativeness of beautiful flowering plants remains in the books of Greenway in a special artistic way....
Number of pages: ~ 41 pages
Amazon Rating ~ 3.5/5

by William Golding
Lord of the Flies
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Lord of the Flies is a 1954 novel by Nobel Prize–winning British author William Golding. The book focuses on a group of British boys stranded on an uninhabited island and their disastrous attempt to govern themselves. Themes include the tension between groupthink and individuality, between rational and emotional reactions, and between morality and immorality. The novel has been generally well received. It was named in the Modern Library 100 Best Novels, reaching number 41 on the editor's list, and 25 on the reader's list. In 2003 it was listed at number 70 on the BBC's The Big Read poll, and...
Number of pages: ~ 189 pages
Amazon Rating ~ 4.8/5

7 habits of highly effective people
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The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, first published in 1989, is a business and self-help book written by Stephen Covey. Covey presents an approach to being effective in attaining goals by aligning oneself to what he calls "true north" principles based on a character ethic that he presents as universal and timeless. Covey defines effectiveness as the balance of obtaining desirable results with caring for that which produces those results. He illustrates this by referring to the fable of the goose that laid the golden eggs. He further claims that effectiveness can be expressed in terms of...
Number of pages: ~ 413 pages
Amazon Rating ~ 4.6/5

A Fool for Love by Francis Lynde
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  • Fiction
  • 1905
  • Autor: Francis Lynde
Francis Lynde (November 12, 1856 – May 16, 1930) was an American author. He was born in Lewiston, New York, and wrote adventure novels set in the American West in the early 20th century. The Chattanooga-Hamilton County Bicentennial Library has a collection of his papers. His novels were set in the mountains of Colorado, Nevada, and Utah. Railroading and mining provided settings for his storylines. The main characters were often mining or railroad engineers. His collection of detective stories was titled Scientific Sprague. His story Moonshiner of Fact is set in the Appalachian Mountains of...
Number of pages: ~ 190 pages
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by Arthur Conan Doyle
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box
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  • Fiction
  • 1893
  • Autor: Arthur Conan Doyle
Miss Susan Cushing, a secluded lifestyle, received a small bag wrapped in paper — a cardboard box with coarse salt. After pouring out salt, Miss Cushing, in horror, discovered two unpaired human ears, male and female. They are cut off recently. Inspector Lestrade invites Holmes to investigate. Starting by examining the twine, packaging, and address on the box, Holmes begins the investigation....
Number of pages: ~ 22 pages
Amazon Rating ~ 4.5/5

by Thomas Paine
Common Sense
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Thomas Payne's Political Brochure, Common Sense, was an extremely influential document of the Revolutionary era. Since it was written and reasoned in a style that is easy to understand, the brochure has become extremely popular. He fired up revolutionary lights and supplied intelligent ammunition to revolutionaries throughout the colony. Study one of the most significant political writings in American history and find out the main arguments that Payne presented in his work....
Number of pages: ~ 49 pages
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by John Edward Mercer
Nature Mysticism
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  • Mystery
  • 1913
  • Autor: John Edward Mercer
A wave of Mysticism is passing over the civilised nations. It is welcomed by many: by more it is mistrusted. Even the minds to which it would naturally appeal are often restrained from sympathy by fears of vague speculative driftings and of transcendental emotionalism. Nor can it be doubted that such an attitude of aloofness is at once reasonable and inevitable. For a systematic exaltation of formless ecstasies, at the expense of sense and intellect, has a tendency to become an infirmity if it does not always betoken loss of mental balance. In order, therefore, to disarm natural prejudice,...
Number of pages: ~ 176 pages
Amazon Rating ~ 3.2/5