Weird Tales from Northern Seas
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English |
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eBooks |
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Open Access |
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The buying of orchids always has in it a certain speculative flavour. You have before you the brown shrivelled lump of tissue, and for the rest you must trust your judgment, or the auctioneer, or your good-luck, as your taste may incline. The plant may be moribund or dead, or it may be just a respectable purchase, fair value for your money, or perhaps-for the thing has happened again and again-there slowly unfolds before the delighted eyes of the happy purchaser, day after day, some new variety, some novel richness, a strange twist of the labellum, or some subtler colouration or unexpected mimicry. Pride, beauty, and profit blossom together on one delicate green spike, and, it may be, even immortality. For the new miracle of Nature may stand in need of a new specific name, and what so convenient as that of its discoverer? "Johnsmithia"! There have been worse names.
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
In 1865, English author CHARLES LUTWIDGE DODGSON (1832-1898), aka Lewis Carroll, wrote a fantastical adventure story for the young daughters of a friend. The adventures of Alice-named for one of the little girls to whom the book was dedicated-who journeys down a rabbit hole and into a whimsical underworld realm, instantly struck a chord with the British public, and then with readers around the world. Dodgson's playfulness-with language, with mathematical puzzles, with testy creatures such as the White Rabbit, the Mad Hatter and the Queen of Hearts-still confounds and teases lovers of fantasy fiction today. Alice acolytes continue to unravel the book's strange riddles, and constantly find new meaning in the unexpected underlying themes, from the trials of early adolescence to the value of nonsense. The conundrums and delights of Alice ensures its ongoing influence over modern pop culture. This unabridged replica edition features the original illustrations by English artist SIR JOHN TENNIEL (1820-1914), and is a treasured addition to any library.
The WALLYPUG OF WHY – a Children’s Adventure in the Land of Why
Journeying through the land of WhyYou?ll meet the strangest company,Various creatures, great and small,And something odd about them all?A socialistic Cockatoo;A most mysterious thing?a Goo;The quaintest men; a charming maidTwo ancient ladies, prim and staid;The Wallypug?pray, who is he?I mustn?t tell you; download me, read me and see.=============KEYWORDS/TAGS: Wallypug of Why, Ancient, balloon, Bathing-machine, Belinda, Cockatoo, contemptuous, creature, Crocodile, cross, Crow, crown, delighted, Dinner, Doctor-in-law, Dumpsey Deazil, Fish, French, Gardener, gentleman, GIRLIE, Goo, gracious, Guineapig, halfpenny, handkerchief, Husher, island, Joke, kettle, King, love, Lucinda, Madame, Majesty, Mandarin, Mariner, meadow, Microscopist, Minstrel, mustard, Noun, ooob, Owl, Palace, Penguin, Pig, Piggie, Poodle, Porter, Pray, pretty, rose, Royal, rude, Schoolmistress, sea, Seal, sixpence, spectacles, Sphinx, spiders, Station-master, succeed, taxes, teapot, terrible, thank you, train, Wallypug, whisper, whole. Why, wink, Journey, land of Why, strange company, odd creatures, socialistic Cockatoo, mysterious creature,?quaint men, charming maid, ancient ladies, prim, staid, download, read,
A Witch Shall Be Born by Robert E. Howard
"A Witch Shall Be Born" is one of the original sword and sorcery novellas by Robert E. Howard about Conan the Cimmerian. It was written in only a few days in spring of 1934 and first published in Weird Tales in December 1934.The story concerns a witch replacing her twin sister as queen of a city state, which brings her into conflict with Conan who had been the captain of the queen's guard. Themes of paranoia, and the duality of the twin sisters, are paramount in this story but it also includes elements of the conflict between barbarism and civilization that is common to the entire Conan series.