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The Flying Girl by L. Frank Baum - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)
The Flying Girl by L. Frank Baum - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)
L. Frank Baum
¥8.09
This eBook features the unabridged text of ‘The Flying Girl by L. Frank Baum - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)’ from the bestselling edition of ‘The Complete Works of L. Frank Baum’. Having established their name as the leading publisher of classic literature and art, Delphi Classics produce publications that are individually crafted with superior formatting, while introducing many rare texts for the first time in digital print. The Delphi Classics edition of Baum includes original annotations and illustrations relating to the life and works of the author, as well as individual tables of contents, allowing you to navigate eBooks quickly and easily. eBook features: * The complete unabridged text of ‘The Flying Girl by L. Frank Baum - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)’ * Beautifully illustrated with images related to Baum’s works * Individual contents table, allowing easy navigation around the eBook * Excellent formatting of the text Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to learn more about our wide range of titles
Money Never Enough:Learn to Unlearn to Relearn the New Economy
Money Never Enough:Learn to Unlearn to Relearn the New Economy
Dwayne Anderson
¥30.88
" The illiterate of the future are not those who can’t read or write but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn."- quote by Alvin TofflerWhat clearly he meant is that we need to learn and unlearn as we continue to stay updated with what that works and those that no longer works Much has changed since the baby boomers days ,including the path of staying ahead in today's digital age.To succeed from now , one must learn to accept the constant change to adaptation – continually unlearning old ‘rules’ and relearning new ones.That requires continually questioning assumptions about how things has changed , un-valid old paradigms, and ‘relearning’ what is now relevant to pursue in acquiring your wealth.This book is filled with excellent ideas and concepts of daily struggle to understand money science.There is a lot here in this book that can help an individual move toward financial freedom through understanding money and the mindset required to become wealthy, of which means you need to know what it is that separates the wealthy from the Not-so wealthy. What you need to know and identify with is what principles and what behavior the rich have , and that you need to relearn . Some of which , You have not taken action to Unlearn yet ,to stay Current and Get Ahead " Happiness that Money brings cannot last " ,With Money ,People cannot necessarily materialize everything , However without money many things cannot be done Accumulation of wealth with the pleasure to have comfort , luxuries , reputable status , financial influence, freedom and popularity are what money usually can help to achieve , its provides a centralized role in our lives , at a general necessity stage level as it helps to clothe and feed us ,to put a nice accommodation for stay and pay the bills. Money may not be everything, they may not even guarantee a happy life, but they are a pretty good basis to learn how to build happiness on ... for now I highly recommend this book to anyone who'd like to ignore the fluff available on the Internet and take action now.Now that being said, this book assumes you know about the basics like Cash Flow, budgeting, etc.It doesn't talk about investment mediums like stock market, bond, etc.And the best part is that unlike many books, this book tells you not to lead a frugal life
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Lewis Carroll
¥8.09
This Point Blank Classics edition includes the full original text as well as exclusive images exclusive to this edition and an easy to use interactive table of contents.
Finnegans Wake
Finnegans Wake
James Joyce
¥8.09
This Point Blank Classics edition includes the full original text as well as exclusive images exclusive to this edition and an easy to use interactive table of contents.
The Horse-Stealers and Other Stories
The Horse-Stealers and Other Stories
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
¥8.09
Twenty-two stories deal with an insane asylum, an old, retired Army officer, superstition, a matchmaker, an architect's trip back to his home town, and a man's efforts to have his brother released from prison.
An Honest Thief and Other Stories
An Honest Thief and Other Stories
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
¥40.79
One day, a stranger enters the apartment and asks for someone who does not live there. He leaves when told to do so but returns the following day and boldly steals a coat from the front hallway. But there is more to it in the Honest Thief than meets the eye. Other stories in this collection include: A Novel in Nine Letters, An Unpleasant Predicament, Another Man's Wife.
The Dynamiter
The Dynamiter
Robert Louis Stevenson
¥8.09
More New Arabian Nights: The Dynamiter (1885) is a collection of linked short stories by Robert Louis Stevenson and Fanny Vandegrift. ? "Prologue of the Cigar Divan" "Challoner's adventure: The Squire of Dames" "Story of the Destroying Angel" "The Squire of Dames (Concluded)" "Somerset's adventure: The Superfluous Mansion" "Narrative of the Spirited Old Lady" "The Superfluous Mansion (Continued)" "Zero's Tale of the Explosive Bomb" "The Superfluous Mansion (Continued)" "Desborough's Adventure: The Brown Box" "Story of the Fair Cuban" "The Brown Box (Concluded)" "The Superfluous Mansion (Concluded)" "Epilogue of the Cigar Divan"
Pennsylvania Dutch Cooking: Traditional Dutch Dishes
Pennsylvania Dutch Cooking: Traditional Dutch Dishes
Josh Verbae
¥40.79
This cookery book contains original recipes from the Pennsylvania Dutch people and their many home lands. A wonderful collection of many tasty dishes that have been handed down from mother to daughter for generations. Their cooking was truly a folk art requiring much intuitive knowledge. Many of the recipes have been made more exact and standardized providing us with a regional cookery we can all enjoy.
Rasselas:Prince of Abyssinia
Rasselas:Prince of Abyssinia
Samuel Johnson
¥8.09
While the story is thematically similar to Candide by Voltaire, also published early in 1759 – both concern young men travelling in the company of honoured teachers, encountering and examining human suffering in an attempt to determine the root of happiness – their root concerns are distinctly different. Voltaire was very directly satirising the widely read philosophical work by Gottfried Leibniz, particularly the Theodicee, in which Leibniz asserts that the world, no matter how we may perceive it, is necessarily the "best of all possible worlds". In contrast the question Rasselas confronts most directly is whether or not humanity is essentially capable of attaining happiness. Writing as a devout Christian, Johnson makes through his characters no blanket attacks on the viability of a religious response to this question, as Voltaire does, and while the story is in places light and humorous, it is not a piece of satire, as is Candide.
Four Weird Tales
Four Weird Tales
Algernon Blackwood
¥8.09
This collection assembles four of Blackwood's greatest stories: "The Insanity of Jones," "The Man Who Found Out," "The Glamour of the Snow," and "Sand." ? The son of a preacher, Blackwood had a life-long interest in the supernatural, the occult, and spiritualism, and firmly believed that humans possess latent psychic powers. The autobiography Episodes Before Thirty (1923) tells of his lean years as a journalist in New York. In the late 1940s, Blackwood had a television program on the BBC on which he read . . . ghost stories!
Oblomov
Oblomov
Ivan Goncharov
¥40.79
The novel focuses on the midlife crisis of the main character, Oblomov, an upper middle class son of a member of Russia's nineteenth century landed gentry. Oblomov's distinguishing characteristic is his slothful attitude towards life. While a common negative characteristic, Oblomov raises this trait to an art form, conducting his little daily business apathetically from his bed.
The Precipice
The Precipice
Ivan Goncharov
¥40.79
The Precipice considered Goncharov's best work where he was able to realize his artistic ambition to the full. Dreams and aspirations of Raisky sounding like a sonorous chord, praising a Woman, Motherland, God and love.
Clarissa:The History of a Young Lady
Clarissa:The History of a Young Lady
Samuel Richardson
¥8.09
Clarissa, or, the History of a Young Lady is an epistolary novel by Samuel Richardson, published in 1748. It tells the tragic story of a heroine whose quest for virtue is continually thwarted by her family, and is regarded as the longest novel in the English language (based on estimated word count). It is generally regarded as Richardson's masterpiece. ? Clarissa Harlowe, the tragic heroine of Clarissa, is a beautiful and virtuous young lady whose family has become wealthy only recently and now desires to become part of the aristocracy. Their original plan was to concentrate the wealth and lands of the Harlowes into the possession of Clarissa's brother James Harlowe, whose wealth and political power will lead to his being granted a title. Clarissa's grandfather leaves her a substantial piece of property upon his death, and a new route to the nobility opens through Clarissa marrying Robert Lovelace, heir to an earldom. James's response is to provoke a duel with Lovelace, who is seen thereafter as the family's enemy. James also proposes that Clarissa marry Roger Solmes, who is willing to trade properties with James to concentrate James's holdings and speed his becoming Lord Harlowe. The family agrees and attempts to force Clarissa to marry Solmes, whom she finds physically disgusting as well as boorish.
The Secret Sharer
The Secret Sharer
Joseph Conrad
¥40.79
The story takes place at sea, near the Gulf of Siam. The young captain is unfamiliar with both his ship and his crew, having only joined their company a fortnight earlier. He soon encounters a naked swimmer holding onto the side ladder of the ship while he is alone at night on look-out duty. He helps the mysterious swimmer onto the boat and hides him in his cabin without the rest of the crew's knowledge.
American Fairy Tales
American Fairy Tales
L. Frank Baum
¥8.09
American Fairy Tales is the title of a collection of twelve fantasy stories by L. Frank Baum, published in 1901 by the George M. Hill Company, the firm that issued The Wonderful Wizard of Oz the previous year. ? L. Frank Baum was doing well in 1901, better than ever before in his life. He had written two popular books, Father Goose: His Book and The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, and was determined to capitalize on this success. In addition to American Fairy Tales, Baum's Dot and Tot of Merryland and The Master Key appeared in 1901. ? Publisher George M. Hill sold the serialization rights to the twelve stories in AFT to five major newspapers, the Pittsburgh Dispatch, the Boston Post, the Cincinnati Enquirer, the St. Louis Republic, and The Chicago Chronicle. The stories appeared between March 3 and May 19, 1901; the book followed in October. The first three papers used or adapted the book's illustrations for their publications of the stories, while the Chronicle and the Republic had their own staff artists do separate pictures.
Περιπ?τειε? με την οικογ?νεια τη? Ανακυκλωσο?λα?
Περιπ?τειε? με την οικογ?νεια τη? Ανακυκλωσο?λα?
Ελένη Μέλλου
¥52.65
Η κα Ανακυκλωσο?λα με τι? π?ντε κ?ρε? τη? που ?ταν ανακυκλ?σιμα αντικε?μενα, Αλουμιν?νια, Γυαλ?νια, Πλαστικο?λα, Χαρτον?νια και Μπαταριο?λα, ζο?σαν σε ?να σπ?τι με ωρα?ο κ?πο κοντ? σε χωματερ?. Μετ? απ? μ?α μεγ?λη καταιγ?δα ?λα τα σκουπ?δια τη? χωματερ?? απλ?θηκαν παντο? και ο κ?πο? ?μοιαζε σκουπιδ?τοπο?. Τ?τε μ?νο προβληματ?στηκαν και σκ?φτηκαν να ξεχωρ?σουν τα σκουπ?δια, στ?λνοντα? για ανακ?κλωση εκε?να που μπορο?ν να ξαναγ?νουν χρ?σιμα υλικ?, κ?νοντα? οικονομ?α και στην εν?ργεια, προστατε?οντα? και τη γη. Τ?λο? η χωματερ? ?γινε ?να ωρα?ο π?ρκο με Παιδικ? Χαρ?.
Κρ?σταλλοι ΙI: 2η Τιτανομαχ?α
Κρ?σταλλοι ΙI: 2η Τιτανομαχ?α
Αντώνης Αναστασιάδης
¥84.20
Η σειρ? ?Κρ?σταλλοι? - ?πω? ?σω? γνωρ?ζετε - ευελπιστο?με ?τι θα ολοκληρωθε? σε μια δεκαλογ?α η οπο?α θα ξεκιν?ει απ? την δημιουργ?α του σ?μπαντο?, θα διαπερν? ολ?κληρο τον πανανθρ?πινο πολιτισμ?, θα φθ?νει στο παρ?ν και θα συνεχ?ζει στο μ?λλον, παρακολουθ?ντα? περιληπτικ? την εξ?λιξη του ανθρ?πινου πολιτισμο?. Στο 1ο βιβλ?ο ε?δαμε την ε?ρεση εν?? αντικε?μενου με περ?εργε? ιδι?τητε?, την μελ?τη και τελικ? το ?κοσμικ?? ταξ?δι στο οπο?ο παρακολουθ?σαμε την Μεγ?λη ?κρηξη, την δημιουργ?α γαλαξι?ν και των αστρικ?ν συστημ?των. Το 2ο βιβλ?ο αναφ?ρεται η δημιουργ?α του ηλιακο? μα? συστ?ματο?, η δημιουργ?α και η δομ? τη? γη?, η εμφ?νιση τη? ζω?? π?νω στην γη και η εξελικτικ? τη? πορε?α. Ολ?κληρη αυτ? η περ?οδο?, που κατ’ ουσ?α ξεκιν?ει περ?που πριν π?ντε δισεκατομμ?ρια χρ?νια, επενδ?εται απ? μυθολογικο?? αγ?νε? και μονομαχ?ε?, προσαρμ?ζοντα? την πραγματικ?τητα με μυθολογικ?? μορφ?? ω? φυσικ?? δυν?μει?, για αυτ? και ονομ?ζονται ?Υπερφυσικ???. ?τσι παρακολουθο?με το δρ?μα τη? αρχ?γονη? ζω?? π?νω στον πλαν?τη γη υπ? την μορφ? Υπερφυσικ?ν Δυν?μεων. Στο 2ο βιβλ?ο κυριαρχο?ν οι Τιτ?νε? με αρχηγ? τον Κρ?νο. Παρουσι?ζονται οι ανακατατ?ξει? στον πλαν?τη γη υπ? μορφ? επικ?ν μονομαχι?ν και αγ?νων, οι καταστροφ?? και οι εξαφαν?σει? τη? ζω?? αλλ? και η εμφ?νιση ν?ων μορφ?ν ζω?? στην γη. Η 2η Τιτανομαχ?α φθ?νει ?ω? πριν 50 εκατομμ?ρια χρ?νια με την τελικ? επικρ?τηση των Υπερφυσικ?ν Δυν?μεων ?ναντι των Υπερκ?σμιων Δυν?μεων και κατ?πιν την διολ?σθησ? του? στην αλαζονε?α τη? εξουσ?α? η οπο?α θα προκαλ?σει την 3η Τιτανομαχ?α. Συνεχ?ζοντα? αυτ? το μαγικ? ταξ?δι και ?χοντα? ω? ?φορ?α? μετακ?νηση? στα ταξ?δια μα? τον Λευκ? Κρ?σταλλο, μ?σα απ? μ?θο, αλληγορ?ε?, αληθιν? γεγον?τα και πραγματικ?? επιστημονικ?? γν?σει?, στα επ?μενα βιβλ?α ο αναγν?στη? θα παρακολουθ?σει τον πανανθρ?πινο πολιτισμ?, απ? την δημιουργ?α του σ?μπαντο? ?ω? και σ?μερα. Τηλεγραφικ? τα 10 βιβλ?α που θα ακολουθ?σουν με ενδεικτικ?? ονομασ?ε?: 1η Τιτανομαχ?α: Σ?γκρουση Κενο?-Υπερκ?σμιου (Δημιουργ?α) 2η Τιτανομαχ?α: Σ?γκρουση Υπερκ?σμιου-Υπερφυσικο? (Ουρανομαχ?α) 3η Τιτανομαχ?α: Σ?γκρουση Φυσικο?-Υπερφυσικο? (Ζευ?-Κρ?νο?) 4η Τιτανομαχ?α: Σ?γκρουση Φυσικο?-Παραφυσικο? (Γιγαντομαχ?α) 5η Τιτανομαχ?α: Σ?γκρουση Φυσικο?-Μεταφυσικο? (Προμηθει??) 6η Τιτανομαχ?α: Σ?γκρουση Καλο?-Κακο? (Λευκ??-Μα?ρο? Κρ?σταλλο?) 7η Τιτανομαχ?α: Σ?γκρουση Κοινωνικοπολιτικο?-Αντικοινωνικοπολιτικο? (Πρ?τοι Πολιτισμο?) 8η Τιτανομαχ?α: Σ?γκρουση Ανθρωπισμο?-Τεχνοκρατισμο? (Νε?τεροι Χρ?νοι) 9η Τιτανομαχ?α: Σ?γκρουση Πολιτισμο?-Βαρβαρ?τητα? (Σ?μερα) 10η Τιτανομαχ?α: Σ?γκρουση Γ?ινων-Εξωγ?ινων (Διαγαλαξιακ? Ταξ?δια)
Billy Saves The Day: Self-Belief
Billy Saves The Day: Self-Belief
James Minter
¥40.79
For 7 to 9-year-old boys and girls. A lack of self-belief inhibits a child reaching their full potential. Help your child work towards becoming the best they can be. Billy Field is given an opportunity to act in the school play, but he tells himself he can’t do it. He convinces himself that he’ll never learn all the lines. Feeling unsure and vulnerable, he thinks of all the ways he can get out of playing a part. Instead, he becomes a member of the stage crew, and without even realising it, he learns the lines, not only for the main part but all the other parts too. Following an accident befalling Ant Turner who is playing the lead role, the play might have to be cancelled. Is Billy able to play the main part? Will Ant be well enough to save the day? Does Billy overcome his lack of self-belief? Billy Saves The Day is the sixth title in the Billy?Growing Up series. Each book addresses a unique topic—bullying, arrogant pride, jealousy, lying, stealing, lack of self-belief, understanding money, and secrets. Written to help parents, guardians and teachers deal with the issues that challenge pre-teen children; each topic is presented in a gentle way through storytelling. Setting the issues in a meaningful context helps children to understand the challenges, and to see things from a different perspective. The books act as ice-breakers allowing for discussions of difficult subjects. Additionally, each title is supported by a free activity book to reinforce the learning, while having fun. Buying this book today will aid your child to gain confidence in their abilities and believe in themselves.
Billy Wants It All: Value of Money
Billy Wants It All: Value of Money
James Minter
¥36.62
For 7 to 9-year-old boys and girls. Children, usually driven by peer-pressure, want the latest toys, electronics and clothes, but have little understanding of the value of money or where it comes from. This is essential knowledge for later years. Billy wants a new skateboard and games controller, but doesn’t understand why he can’t have them bought for him. He doesn’t pay anything towards other household costs, so why does he have to contribute to a toy? His mum and dad are presented with some large and unexpected household bills, but once Billy understands the challenges his parent’s face, it makes him respect them more, and understand how much they work to invest in their family. Does Billy get a new skateboard? Who pays for it? Can the family afford to keep their pet dog? Billy Wants It All is the seventh title in the Billy Growing Up series. Each book addresses a unique topic—bullying, arrogant pride, jealousy, lying, stealing, lack of self-belief, understanding money, and secrets. Written to help parents, guardians and teachers deal with the issues that challenge pre-teen children; each topic is presented in a gentle way through storytelling. Setting the issues in a meaningful context helps children to understand the challenges, and to see things from a different perspective. The books act as icebreakers allowing for discussions of difficult subjects. Additionally, each title is supported by a free activity book to reinforce the learning, while having fun. Buying this book today will help your child learn about the value of money and where it comes from.
Reshaping Reality:Creating Your Life
Reshaping Reality:Creating Your Life
Robin Marvel
¥48.74
We all have a story. Most of our stories have bumps and bruises that leave us at the fork in the road as to where to go next, feeling alone on the journey of life. Reshaping Reality will encourage you to shake your spirit awake from anything that is limiting you from your potential, propelling you into a life of purpose and meaning, giving you the support needed to grow, evolve, and empower your life. Today, you stop existing and start L-I-V-I-N-G. Readers who follow the Reshaping Reality exercises will:Gain tools to reshape programmed beliefs Discover what cycles you are stuck in and ways to break them Learn how to break patterns of self destruction Explore ways to reshape your inner child Empower mind, body and spirit by taking an active approach to your life "Reshaping Reality was very encouraging and spoke directly to me. It has helped me to be aware and let go of my bad habits and programming. I like to keep it's messages in my mind and it helps me to be kind and loving and to send good energy even to those people I don't like. Reshaping Reality is a lifesaver." -- Arnbjorg Finnbogadottir "Robin comes to life in these pages a loving and gentle soul who gives to you the exact tools to do the same in your life and that is powerful. What I love the most is through the exercises and her inspirational guidance you find your own strength and power once again and that you Love who you are." -- Adele Marie Learn more at www.RobinMarvel.com From the Modern Spirituality Series Marvelous Spirit Press www.MarvelousSpirit.com
Children and Traumatic Incident Reduction:Creative and Cognitive Approaches
Children and Traumatic Incident Reduction:Creative and Cognitive Approaches
Marian K. Volkman
¥65.99
What if we could resolve childhood trauma early, rather than late? We are understanding more and more about how early traumatic experiences affect long-term mental and physical health: ·Physical impacts are stored in muscles and posture ·Threats of harm are stored as tension ·Overwhelming emotion is held inside ·Negative emotional patterns become habit ·Coping and defense mechanism become inflexible What if we could resolve childhood trauma before years go by and these effects solidify in body and mind? In a perfect world, we'd like to be able to shield children from hurt and harm. In the real world, children, even relatively fortunate ones, may experience accidents, injury, illness, and loss of loved ones. Children unfortunate enough to live in unsafe environments live through abuse, neglect, and threats to their well-being and even their life. What if we could resolve childhood trauma fully, gently, and completely while the child is still young? We Can. Read Children and Traumatic Incident Reduction and find out how! "This book is a must for any therapist working with kids. Naturally, it focuses on the approach of Traumatic Incident Reduction, but there is a lot of excellent material that will be useful even to the therapist who has never before heard of TIR and may not be particularly interested in learning about it. The general approach is respectful of clients, based on a great deal of personal experience by contributors as well as on the now extensive research base supporting TIR, and fits the more general research evidence on what works". --Robert Rich, PhD Book #2 in the TIR Applications Series. Series Editor: Robert Rich, PhD Learn more about TIR books at www.TIRbook.com