31 títulos para "Sleeping Cat Books"

Lords of the Housetops

Various

As Carl Van Vechten notes in his preface to this collection, "In the essay and especially in poetry the cat has become a favourite subject, but in fiction it must be admitted that he lags considerably behind the dog." Van Vechten sought to mitigate this disparity by creating this collection of charm...

Les Misérables, Volume II

Hugo, Víctor

Volume two of five The unabridged form of this story runs to over 1,900 pages in either French or English, necessitating multiple volumes of this bilingual edition, which is designed to assist those learning French. The original French text appears on the right-hand pages of the book, with the corr...

The Picture of Dorian Gray

Wilde, Oscar

The Picture of Dorian Gray is the only novel published by Oscar Wilde. It tells the story of a young man obsessed with his own youth and beauty, as expressed in a portrait done by Basil Hallward, and terrified to lose it. He innocently wishes that the portrait would age instead of himself. As he des...

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Carroll, Lewis / Tenniel, Sir John

Lewis Carroll is the pen name of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson. On a summer day in 1862, he invented a story to entertain three little girls. This story became the novel Alice's Adventures Under Ground, later retitled to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, and often shortened to just Alice in Wonderland. T...

The Count of Monte Cristo, Volume 4

Dumas, Alexandre

Volume 4 of 4 Alexandre Dumas, born in France in 1802, is one of the most widely read French authors in history. His novels of high adventure have been translated into nearly 100 languages and made into more than 200 movies. A very prolific author, Dumas's published works total more than 100,00...

New Fairy Tales for Small Children

Comtesse de Ségur / Sterrett, Virginia Frances

FULL COLOR ILLUSTRATED EDITION (8 of 18 illustrations are in color)Sophie Rostopchina, the Comtesse de Ségur, was born in St. Petersburg, Russia, in 1799. She wrote her first novel at the age of 58, and continued to write novels and stories for children and young people. Her most well-known n...

The Count of Monte Cristo, Volume 3

Dumas, Alexandre

Volume 3 of 4 Alexandre Dumas, born in France in 1802, is one of the most widely read French authors in history. His novels of high adventure have been translated into nearly 100 languages and made into more than 200 movies. A very prolific author, Dumas's published works total more than 100,00...

Les Misérables, Volume I

Hugo, Víctor

Volume one of five The unabridged form of this story runs to over 1,900 pages in either French or English, necessitating multiple volumes of this bilingual edition, which is designed to assist those learning French. The original French text appears on the right-hand pages of the book, with the corr...

New Fairy Tales for Small Children

Comtesse de Ségur

Black & White Illustrated Collection for full color, see ISBN 978-0-9864006-3-6 Sophie Rostopchina, the Comtesse de Ségur, was born in St. Petersburg, Russia, in 1799. She wrote her first novel at the age of 58, and continued to write novels and stories for children and young people. Her most well-...

The Tales of Mother Goose

Perrault, Charles / Munro, D.J.

ILLUSTRATED EDITION At the age of 67, French author Charles Perrault lost his employment and decided to focus on his children. In 1697 he published a collection of short stories based on existing folk tales, Histoires ou Contes du Temps Passé. These stories, presented in this volume, are some of th...

The Storm is Coming

Various

Storms can come out of a clear blue sky, or they can build over a long period. They can take many forms, all terribly destructive: a tornado or hurricane that destroys all your belongings, an abusive spouse who destroys your sense of well-being, or human actions that can devastate an entire society....

The Fables of Jean de la Fontaine

Jean de La Fontaine

Jean de La Fontaine was one of the most widely read French poets of the 17th century. Born in Château-Thierry in 1621, his literary career did not truly begin until he was in his thirties and spending most of his time in the French capital, Paris. Among La Fontaine's most famous works are...