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Dear Reader, "Tree and Bird" is a story about friendship and love. For a tiny bird called the Feather makes a nest in the crown of the eponymous tree, unusual and lonely, and gives it a deep, mutual feeling. Soon comes a troubled time. Read and find out what adversities the heroes of the story will face ... Discover the mystery of love stronger than death. The book is available in three language...

Published in 1902, „The Valley of Decision” is Edith Wharton’s first full length novel set in late 18th century Italy. In it, Odo Valsecca, a young Italian raised by peasants, is plucked from poverty and dropped into the lap of luxury as the newly named heir to his cousin, a duke. It is the time leading up to the French revolution, and Europe swirls with conflicting factions and ideologies, some trying...