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The Canadian Entomologist, Vol. XII., No. 2, February 1880 , has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work and hence the text is clear and reada...

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Odes to the mighty and majestic pet from across poetic disciplines, compelled by a cat's capacity to frustrate and delight while being at once comforting and enigmatic.

Von der Erstauffuhrung an war Der Exorzist ebenso beliebt wie umstritten als ein bahnbrechender Klassiker, der viele Filme beeinflusste und auch noch heute die Zuschauer schockiert und verstort. In der grausig-realistischen Geschichte geht um ein unschuldiges Madchen, das von einem grasslichen Wesen besessen ist. Die Mutter versucht ihm verzweifelt zu helfen und wird von zwei Priestern...

Brand-new short stories and poems on the theme of home from the UK's top YA authors, including Melvin Burgess, Marcus Sedgwick, Cat Clarke and Juno Dawson in support of Crisis, the national homelessness charity.

Imagine if "Billboard" compiled a list of the top 100 poems, chosen not by critics or professors but by the people themselves. That's the concept behind The Classic Hundred, and it works brilliantly. William Harmon found the 100 most anthologized poems in English, based on the ninth edition of "The Columbia Granger's Index to Poetry"-the most objective measurement of greatness available, representing consensus among the editors of some 400 ant...

Arabic poetry is the earliest work of Arabic literature. The pre-Islamic poetry is commonly referred to as the Jahili poetry, which translates to "The poetry of the period of ignorance". Poetry held an important position in pre-Islamic society with the poet filling the role of historian, soothsayer and propagandist. The poet represented an individual tribe's prestige and importance in the Arabian peninsula and mock battles in poetry would stan...

Originally published in 1882, this early work on The Greyhound Stud Book - Volume 1, is both expensice and hard to find in its first edition.Containing the names, colours, ages and pedigrees of Greyhounds Registered therein upto 15th August, 1882. A fascinating read for any historian. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing thes...

The American West is as varied in its inhabitants as in its landforms. Yet what has come to stand for "Western" writing is the myth of the wagon train and the lone gunman. In the Portable Wester Reader, William Kittredge has assembled stories, poems, essays, and excerpts that transcend the Western myth and explore the vast range of Western experience. With selections from more than seventy authors, and an introduction and headnotes by William ...