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  • Pere Goriot

    Père Goriot marked the beginning of Balzac’s towering project La Comédie Humaine, his series of novels and short stories depicting “the whole pell-mell of civilization.”It is the masterful study of father Goriot, a man who has sacrificed everything for his daughters, and the other inhabitants of a Parisian boarding house in 1819.Goriot has literally bankrupted himself to shore up the finances of ... Read more

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  • The Whisperer

    Unpublished Stories from a Close Advisor to Former Israeli President Shimon Peres (1990–2016)

    by Yoram Dori ...
    “...excellent and captivating, written in a flowing style laced with sharp, and at times cynical and biting, humor—it leaves the reader wanting more. It was fascinating to read spicy, sometimes amusing, behind-the-scenes stories.” —Dr. Yitzhak KaufmanGo behind the scenes of Israeli politics with a front-row seat to history.For over two decades, Yoram Dori was the trusted advisor and close ... Read more

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  • The Mouse of the Opera

    by Tuula Pere ...
    Illustrated by Outi Rautkallio ...
    A curious wood mouse, Maurice decides to explore the opera house, which glimmers like a giant lantern from across the lawn. Lured by beautiful music, he sneaks in for a tour of the opera house’s rehearsals, wardrobe room, restaurant, and orchestra pit.The uninvited guest causes a great commotion, triggering a wild chase. Luckily, a gentle caretaker understands that even a little mouse can yearn ... Read more

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  • Père Marquette. Priest, Pioneer and Adventurer

    Enriched edition. Exploring the Legacy of a Jesuit Missionary in Early America

    In "Père Marquette: Priest, Pioneer and Adventurer," Agnes Repplier crafts a nuanced biography that delves into the life and times of Jacques Marquette, the renowned Jesuit missionary and explorer of the 17th century. With a style characterized by her eloquent prose and keen historical insight, Repplier artfully intertwines Marquette's religious zeal with his pioneering spirit, revealing how his ... Read more

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  • The Explorations of Pere Marquette

    by Jim Kjelgaard ...
    How big was this New World? Was it just a narrow strip of land between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans? In 1670 no one knew the answers to these questions. Perhaps the settlers on the east coast were too busy to spend much time wondering. It was not so with Jacques Marquette, the missionary from France. Almost as great as his love for the New World was his curiosity about it. Wondering about its ... Read more

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  • The Marriages of Père Olifus by Alexandre Dumas (Illustrated)

    Series Book 16 - Delphi Parts Edition (Alexandre Dumas)
    This eBook features the unabridged text of ‘The Marriages of Père Olifus’ from the bestselling edition of ‘The Collected Works of Alexandre Dumas’.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 ... Read more

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  • No Room for Small Dreams

    Courage, Imagination and the Making of Modern Israel

    by Shimon Peres ...
    In 1934, eleven-year-old Shimon Peres emigrated to the land of Israel from his native Poland, leaving behind an extended family who would later be murdered in the Holocaust. Few back then would have predicted that this young man would eventually become one of the towering figures of the twentieth century. Peres would indeed go on to serve the new state as prime minister, president, foreign ... Read more

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  • Le Père Goriot

    Le Père Goriot is widely considered Balzac's most important novel. This is the story of the relationship between a doting father and his two adult daughters. Blinded by his love for his children, Père Goriot can not see their flaws and gives them everything they ask for even though the giving destroys him. A cautionary tale about the dangers of placing society and money before all else. ... Read more

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  • Abandonment to Divine Providence

    Including 'Spiritual Counsels of Père de Caussade' and 'Letters on the Practice of Abandonment'

    Jean-Pierre de Caussade, of the Society of Jesus in France, was one of the most remarkable spiritual writers in the 18th Century. His works have gone through many editions and have been republished, and translated into several foreign languages. His repeated advice is to welcome the gifts from God that can only be experienced in the present moment. This abandonment to God won’t always give us the ... Read more

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  • Twenty Years After

    Series series Oxford World's Classics
    Twenty Years After (1845), the sequel to The Three Musketeers, is a supreme creation of suspense and heroic adventure. Two decades have passed since the musketeers triumphed over Cardinal Richelieu and Milady. Time has weakened their resolve, and dispersed their loyalties. But treasons and strategems still cry out for justice: civil war endangers the throne of France, while in England Cromwell ... Read more

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  • Ten Years Later

    Ten Years Later was written by Alexandre Dumas Pere and first published in 1850. D'Artagnan, a young swordsman intent on joining the king's musketeers, becomes embroiled in court intrigues, international politics, and ill-fated affairs between royal lovers. The book at hand is the second volume of the third serial. Louis XIV is well past the age where he should rule, but the ailing Cardinal ... Read more

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  • Père Marie-Benoît and Jewish Rescue

    How a French Priest Together with Jewish Friends Saved Thousands during the Holocaust

    Susan Zuccotti narrates the life and work of Père Marie-Benoît, a courageous French Capuchin priest who risked everything to hide Jews in France and Italy during the Holocaust. Who was this extraordinary priest and how did he become adept at hiding Jews, providing them with false papers, and helping them to elude their persecutors? From monasteries first in Marseille and later in Rome, Père Marie ... Read more

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