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Celebrated Crimes is a collection of true crime stories, narratives and essays on famous criminals and crimes from European history, compiled by Alexandre Dumas, père, with the assistance of several friends. He featured Beatrice Cenci, Martin Guerre, Cesare and Lucrezia Borgia, as well as more recent events and criminals, including the cases of the alleged murderers Karl Ludwig Sand and Antoine François Desrues, who were executed. Table of Contents: The Borgias The Cenci Massacres of the South Mary Stuart Karl-Ludwig Sand Urbain Grandier Nisida Derues La Constantin Joan of Naples The Man in the Iron Mask (An Essay) Martin Guerre Ali Pacha The Countess De Saint-Geran Murat The Marquise De Brinvilliers Vaninka The Marquise De Ganges
The Books of Chinese Wisdom
Musaicum Books present to you a unique collection of the greatest ancient Chinese writings. This collection contains the most important books of the traditional Confucian canon, infamous military treatise, The Art of War, and the book of Chinese geomancy, better known as Feng shui. Contents I Ching Great Learning Doctrine of the Mean Analects Mencius Feng Shui The Art of War
Die Regulatoren in Arkansas
"Die Regulatoren in Arkansas" greift die Probleme der Kriminalität in Arkansas im 19. Jahrhundert auf. Nur den Regulatoren ist es gelungen, dem Chaos ein Ende zu setzen und die Übertreter mit der Todesstrafe zu bestrafen.
Spring and Autumn Annals
The Spring and Autumn Annals or Chunqiu is an ancient Chinese chronicle that has been one of the core Chinese classics since ancient times. The Annals is the official chronicle of the State of Lu, and covers a 241-year period from 722 to 481 BC. It is the earliest surviving Chinese historical text to be arranged in annals form.
The Ring of the Nibelung
The Ring of the Nibelung is a cycle of four German-language epic music dramas composed by Richard Wagner. The works are loosely based on characters from the Germanic heroic legend, namely Norse legendary sagas and the Nibelungenlied.
Wind River Westerns
Musaicum Books presents to you this unique and meticulously formatted collection of the greatest western novels by Arthur Murray Chisholm for your reading pleasure. Contents: The Boss of Wind River Desert Conquest or, Precious Waters The Land of Strong Men Six Rounds Fur Pirates The Come-On Easy Money Below the Jam A Thousand a Plate
Old Peter's Russian Tales
Old Peter's Russian Tales is a collection of the greatest Russian folk-tales for children. The first chapter tells of Maroosia and Vanya who live in a hut of pine logs in the forest with their grandfather, the forester Old Peter. This story is followed by twenty stories that Russian peasants tell their children told by Old Peter to Maroosia and Vanya. Table of Contents: The Hut in the Forest The Tale of the Silver Saucer and the Transparent Apple Sadko Frost The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship Baba Yaga The Cat who became Head-Forester Spring in the Forest The Little Daughter of the Snow Prince Ivan, the Witch Baby, and the Little Sister of the Sun The Stolen Turnips, the Magic Tablecloth, the Sneezing Goat, and the Wooden Whistle Little Master Misery A Chapter of Fish The Golden Fish Who Lived in the Skull? Alenoushka and her Brother The Fire-Bird, the Horse of Power, and the Princess Vasilissa The Hunter and his Wife The Three Men of Power—Evening, Midnight, and Sunrise Salt The Christening in the Village
The Autobiography of the Duke of Wellington
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, was an iconic figure in the British and world's history, most known for his victory over Napoleon Buonaparte at Waterloo in 1815. With Marshal Ney and Prussian general Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, Wellington defeated the French troops, bringing the Napoleonic era in Europe. Yet, the life of Wellington was full of other important events. Twice in his life, he took the position of Prime Minister as a member of the Tory cabinet. He also was appointed a Governor of Plymouth, a Commander-in-Chief of the British Army, and Constable of the Tower of London. His military career included numerous trips to different parts of the world, including Holland, India, Denmark, Spain, Portugal, and France. The prosperous army career of the Duke of Wellington includes many victories thanks to his strategic talent. The plans of his battles are still a subject of studies in military schools all over the world. A reader has a unique chance to learn about the most critical battles and political events of the Napoleonic era from the memoirs of Wellington. The book tells his life story from the beginning of his political career to the victory in the Battle at Waterloo.
Der Hund von Florenz
"Der Hund von Florenz" ist ein Abenteuerroman, der im frühen 18. Jahrhundert in Österreich und Italien spielt. Lucas Grassi hat seine Eltern verloren und lebt in Wien in extremer Armut. Der Junge hat einen Traum, – er will Kunst in Florenz studieren. Einst erfüllt sich sein Wunsch wie von Zauberhand, doch er hat seinen Preis – jeder zweite Tag muss er die Gestalt eines Hundes von Erzherzog Ludwig annehmen. Dieser Roman erzählt die Geschichte von Lucas' Doppelleben.
The Sheriff of Pecos (Western Novel)
The Sheriff of Pecos is a western novel by H. Bedford-Jones. Bedford-Joneswas a Canadian-American historical, adventure fantasy, science fiction, crime and Western writer who became a naturalized United States citizen in 1908.He wrote numerous works of historical fiction dealing with several different eras, including Ancient Rome, the Viking era, seventeenth century France and Canada during the «New France» era. Bedford-Jones produced several fantasy novels revolving around Lost Worlds. Excerpt: "Besides «Galway» Mike, who was reading the Pahrump County News behind the bar, there were three men in Mike's Place. One of the three was a stranger. He sat drowsily at the corner table, hat pulled over his eyes, whisky untasted. The other two stood at the bar. The tall, dangerous man who had a rattler skin about his white Stetson was speaking: «It's like this, Murphy. Right after the old man died, young Shumway went to the pen. He was caught dead to rights with a runnin' iron, y' understand–» «So I heard.» The large, red-faced man chuckled. «So I heard, Buck.»