Manuel Komroff
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Everyman's library volume 70
Great books of the Western World volume 5, 52
Barnes and Noble classics
Modern Library giants volume G36
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Great books of the Western World volume 5, 52
Barnes and Noble classics
Modern Library giants volume G36
More Series...
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English
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The story of the lives of three sons of an old drunkard are used to depict Russian character and investigate the concepts of good, evil, and faith.
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Marco Polo’s account of his journey throughout the East in the thirteenth century was one of the earliest European travel narratives, and it remains the most important. The merchant-traveler from Venice, the first to cross the entire continent of Asia, provided us with accurate descriptions of life in China, Tibet, India, and a hundred other lands, and recorded customs, natural history, strange sights, historical legends, and much more. From...
5) Mozart
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Pub. Date
1956.
Edition
[First edition].
Language
English
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A biography of the musical prodigy who composed his first symphony when he was eight years old, and completed almost a thousand works in his short life.
8) Napoleon
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Pub. Date
[1954]
Language
English
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A biography of the Frenchman whose empire dominated all of Europe in 1812, until his retreat from Moscow began his downfall.
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English
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In 1271 Marco Polo set out on a journey to China to meet the Mongol Emperor Kublaï Khan. He returned with stories that would take a lifetime to tell.
Featuring exotic creatures, strange customs, extraordinary legends, and political intrigues, The Travels of Marco Polo reveals the fantastical treasures of the East in the words of the legendary medieval explorer.
Conjuring up a forgotten world filled with mystery where wonder lurks around every...
12) The Apocrypha: or, Non-canonical books of the Bible.The King James version. Edited by Manuel Komroff
Pub. Date
1936.
Language
English
Series
Criterion collection volume 109
Pub. Date
[2001]
Edition
RSDL dual-layer edition.
Language
English
Description
Catherine, a German princess, married the Grand Duke Peter, the heir to the Russian throne. Because of his madness, she was able to seize the throne and become known as Catherine the Great.
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