Wigwam evenings : 27 Sioux folk tales by Eastman, Charles A., 1858-1939

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The world's greatest short stories by Melville, Herman, 1819-1891, Maupassant, Guy de, 1850-1893, Kipling, Rudyard, 1865-1936, Gilman, Charlotte Perkins, 1860-1935, Machado de Assis, 1839-1908, Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1860-1904, Rilke, Rainer Maria, 1875-1926, Mann, Thomas, 1875-1955, Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert), 1885-1930, Joyce, James, 1882-1941, Pirandello, Luigi, 1867-1936, Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941, Kafka, Franz, 1883-1924, Mansfield, Katherine, 1888-1923, Kawabata, Yasunari, 1899-1972, Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961, Achebe, Chinua, Updike, John, Borges, Jorge Luis, 1899-1986

Table of Contents: “…Frola and Mr. Ponza, her son-in-law…”


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Hero-tales of Ireland by Curtin, Jeremiah, 1835-1906

Table of Contents: “…Art, the king's son, and Balor Breimenach, two sons-in-law of the king under the wave --…”


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Tales from the Taiwanese by Davison, Gary Marvin, 1951-

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Indian legends of the Pacific Northwest by Clark, Ella E. (Ella Elizabeth), 1896-1984

Table of Contents: “…-- A legend of Multnomah Falls -- Horsetail Falls and Beacon Rock -- Latourell Falls and the Pillars of Hercules -- Why the Columbia sparkles (Wasco) -- The ever-watchful eye (Wishram) -- The painted rocks at Naches Gap (Yakima) -- The origin of the Petrified Forest (Colville) -- Legends of Steamboat Rock (Colville) -- The hee-hee stone (Okanogan) -- The origin of the Spokane River (Spokane) -- The origin of Palouse Falls (Palouse) -- Beaver and the Grande Ronde River (Nez Perce) -- Destruction Island and Tatoosh Island (Makah) -- How Kwatee made the rivers and rocks (Quillayute) -- How Kwatee changed the world (Queets) -- A potlatch on the Oregon coast (Coquille) -- Why and when the tales were told -- The creation of the Klamath world (Klamath) -- In the beginning of the Modoc world (Modoc) -- The origin of the Chinook Indians (Chinook) -- In the beginning of the Nisqually world (Nisqually) -- The beginning of the Skagit world (Skagit) -- The beginning and the end of the Okanogan world (Okanogan) -- Creation of the Yakima world (Yakima) -- The story of the changer (Puyallup) -- The Changer comes to the Lummi (Lummi) -- Pushing up the sky (Snohomish) -- How raven helped the ancient people -- How the people got the sun (Quillayute) -- The Big Dipper and the Milky Way (Wasco) -- The Seven Sisters of the sky (Nez Perce) -- Two canoes in the sky -- the origin of Cassiopeia's chair (Quillayute) -- The earth people visit the sky people (Queets) -- The Northern Lights and creatures of the sky (Makah) -- Thunderbird and whale (Quillayute) -- Thunder and lightning (Nisqually) -- Thunder's spirit power (Skagit) -- Thunder and his son-in-law (Quinault) -- The battle with snow (Chehalis) -- the chinook wind (Yakima) -- How coyote made the Indian tribes (Columbia River tribes) -- Guardian spirits -- The Hazelnut, a guardian spirit (Yakima) -- The origin of guardian spirits and of sweat lodge (Sanpoil) -- The origin of the Root Festival (Yakima) -- The origin of the potlatch (Quillayute) -- Coyote and crow (Yakima) -- How coyote brought fire to the people (several tribes) -- How beaver stole the fire (Sanpoil) -- Coyote and eagle visit the land of the dead -- Memaloose Island, the Island of the Dead (Wishram) -- The mortal who married a merman (Coos) -- The maiden of Deception Pass (Samish) -- The maiden sacrificed to winter (Chinook) -- Legend of the White Deer (Umpqua) -- The coming of the white people (Wasco) -- The first ship (Chinook).…”


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JFK : reckless youth by Hamilton, Nigel

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Right here on our stage tonight! : Ed Sullivan's America by Nachman, Gerald

Table of Contents: “…Out of the Paley-ozoic ooze -- Videoville -- The columnist conspiracy -- The $375 extravaganza -- Very critical condition -- The magic of sullivision -- Barefoot boy with cheek -- Just a broadway baby -- Toast of the country -- It's the world, on line one -- Sacred sunday rite -- Semi-family man -- Extended family -- Unkindest cuts -- Backstage life (and death) -- Give my regards to La Scala -- Elvis has entered the building -- Newspaper wads at 50 paces -- The reds and the blacks -- The son-in-law also rises -- "And now, the Be-'uls!" -- Man without a country -- Echoes and after-images.…”


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Ride a cockhorse by Kennedy, Raymond, 1934-2008

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Fire and fury : inside the Trump White House by Wolff, Michael, 1953-

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The heirs of Muhammad : Islam's first century and the origins of the Sunni-Shia split by Rogerson, Barnaby

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Floating kingdom : a novel by Rabasa, George, 1941-

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Agatha Christie : a mysterious life by Thompson, Laura, 1964-

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Rainy River lives : stories told by Maggie Wilson by Wilson, Maggie, 1879-1940

Table of Contents: “…-- They made up their mind not to let their son-in-law go -- If you stop along, I will give youse a lunch -- She liked him as a brother -- pt. 4. …”


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Tiwi wives; a study of the women of Melville Island, North Australia by Goodale, Jane C. (Jane Carter), 1926-2008

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Shakespeare's life and times: a pictorial record. by Frye, Roland Mushat

Table of Contents: “…-- Farming the Land -- In The Reign of King James I: King James I Comes to London -- James I as a Theatre Patron -- Queen Anne and the Players -- Sir Dudley Carleton -- A Highwayman Comments on Hamlet -- Grooms of the Chamber at Somerset House -- Playing at Whitehall Palace -- Actors on Tour -- Shakespeare's London Apartment -- Shakespeare Sues an Apothecary -- The Welcombe Hills: A New Investment -- Davenant Tavern and Sir William Davenant -- William Camden -- Church of England Communion -- William Drummond of Hawthornden -- A Daughter's Marriage -- A Son-in-Law's Book -- A Brother Buried -- London and Blackfriars -- An Indoor Stage -- Francis Beaumont -- John Fletcher -- William Cartwright -- The Sonnets -- Dr. …”


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Folktales from northern India

Table of Contents: “…The tale of the four drunkards -- Seeing the world -- The virtue of Raja Rupa Angad -- How the banya baffled the robbers -- Kali Das and his parrot -- The boy and the monkey -- The metamorphosis of Raja Vikramaditya -- The greedy Brahman -- The lesson of the sadhu -- Banke Chhail and his wife -- The magic boat -- The Brahman and the sadhu -- How the raja went to the heaven of Bhagwan -- The parrot and the guru -- The piety of Raja Raghu -- The sadhu and the princess -- The prince and his animal friends -- The fool and the alphabet -- The weaver and the jackal -- The raja and the hansas -- The thakur and the goldsmith -- The discarded princess -- The tale of Rani Kamlapati -- Entertaining angels unawares -- The prince and the daughter of the Gandhi -- The Brahman's luck -- The devoted wife -- The boy and the merchant -- The height of virtue -- How Bhagwan gave a lesson to Narad Muni -- The wise and the foolish brothers -- The jealous stepbrothers -- The Kali Yuga -- The legend of Pipa the rajput -- Hari Raja and Moti Rani -- Eating and the evil eye : the introduction of turmeric -- The good old times -- How the raja got his just deserts [desserts] -- The soldier and his virtuous wife -- The raja and the hansa -- Shekh Chilli and the camel man -- Akbar and his son-in-law -- The reading of hearts -- The wise son of the weaver -- Why the boy laughed -- The princess and the thieves -- The contest of good and evil -- The fortunate wood-cutter.…”


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