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A Mountain of Gems - Fairy-Tales of the Peoples of the Soviet Land - Illustrated by V. Minayev
Open the book, and you will find yourselves in a world of magic. None of your old friends will be there -neither Jack the Giant Killer, nor Little Red Riding Hood, nor Cinderella or any of the others. Instead, together with Ivan the Peasant’s Son you will cross swords with Chudo-Yudo, the fire-breathing monster; follow Pokati-Goroshek the Rolling Pea into the underground kingdom and return from there on the back of an eagle; marvel at the cleverness of Zarniyar who outwitted the sly and cruel Shah; be filled with admiration at Boroldoi-Mergen, the brave hunter of the Altai Mountains who risked the life of his own son in order to save his people; delight in the resourcefulness of a simple w...
Alyonushka
Nine Russian folk tales, including "The Snow Maiden," "Father Frost, " and "The Swan-Geese."
Northern Lights
Fairy tales of Russian native peoples, including Chukchi, Evenk, Yukagir, etc.
A Mountain of Gems
Fairy tales (several from some, at least one from all) rendered into English from the Russian, Ukrainian, Byelorussian, Lithuanian, Latvian, Karelian, Estonian, Moldavian, Azerbaijan, Armenian, Georgian, Bashkir, Kalmyk, Turkmen, Uzbek, Tajik, Altai, Zazahk, Yakut, Buryat, Nenets, and Chukchi. The Soviet Union was a huge country, the largest in the world. Its neighbors were Alaska in the East and Scandinavia in the West. In the south it stretched as far as the Caucasus and Pamir mountain ranges, and in the North reached out into the Arctic Ocean.When the rays of dawn light up the sky of Khabarovsk in the Far East, the sun is only just beginning to set in Minsk, Kiev and other cities in the w...
Emelya and the Pike
A captured fish promises to grant lazy Emelya any wish if he sets him free, Features pop-up illustrations.
Ukrainian Folk Tales
CONTENTS:The Old Man?s MittenThe Little Straw Bull with the Tarred BackSir Cat-o-PussThe Cat and the CockThe Wolf, the Dog and the CatNibbly-Quibbly the GoatSerkoTrixy-Vixy FoxThe PolecatThe Goat and the RamSmily-Wily the FoxThe Poor WolfLittle Sister Fox and Little Brother Wolf
The Three Kingdoms
An illustrated collection of thirty-four traditional Russian tales including "Ivan the Fool," "The Fire-Bird and Princess Vassilissa," and "The Wise Maid and the Seven Robbers."
Selected Works in Two Volumes: Poetry
When Phoebe, a young niece of Pride and Prejudice's Mr. Darcy, is shattered by an unhappy romance, she retreats to Pemberley and is joined by kind-hearted Louisa Bingley, unmarried after three London seasons. Soon several handsome strangers also arrive, hopeful of winning the girls' hearts. As preparations for a ball that Mr. and Mrs. Darcy are to give gain momentum, mischief and love triangles abound, making life as difficult as possible for the Darcy family.
Ukrainian Folk Tales
Presents a collection of twelve Ukrainian folk tales with a surprising Slavic twists.
