One night, a cunning fox comes by. How will the Tomten guard the chickens, and help the hungry fox? These classic stories are a delight for young children, depicting the traditional Swedish character of the house elf, or tomten. This is a beautiful collector's combined edition of Astrid Lindgren's two classic Tomten tales, The Tomten and The Tomten and the Fox.

    From the streets of Amsterdam to remote Pacific islands to the jungles of Ecuador and beyond, each international adventure that emerges is a dramatic episode that could be directed only by the hand of God. The story of the five missionary martyrs in Ecuador comes full circle in the breathtaking true story of Dayuma, who left her tribe on a desperate odyssey into the unknown.

    The full text of Val�ry's book on Degas, with a long essay on Corot, others on Berthe Morisot, Manet, and Daumier, a personal recollection of Renoir, and writings on sculpture, portraiture, Italian painting, and several minor arts.

    The French authorities had banished him to a small alpine village, where he had to live incognito, cut off from friends and supporters. It ends with Trotsky's move to Norway, where the social democratic government granted him a temporary visa.