Category Archives: books

Why Do Rabbits Have Short Tails? by Xu Guangyu

Posted on June 8, 2025 by The Mitr

A picture story book for children from China. Illustrations by Liu Jiyou Credits to the original scanner You can get the book here and here.

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The Ginseng Maiden

Posted on June 7, 2025 by The Mitr

A picture story book for children from China. Credits to the original scanner You can get the book here and here.

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ಕೆಂಪು ಜುಟ್ಟಿನ ಹುಂಜ (The Cock With The Crimson Comb In Kannada )

Posted on June 6, 2025 by The Mitr

A picture story book for children, translated from the Russian. ಹೇಳಿದವರು: ವಿಕ್ತರ್ ವಾಷಯವ್‌ You can get the book here and here.  

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Soviet Short Stories

Posted on June 5, 2025 by The Mitr

The present collection is composed of stories written by Soviet authors during the past decade, with the exception of the three pre-revolutionary stories by Maxim Gorky with which the volume opens. Original scan by DLI. Note: Scan quality is poor … Continue reading →

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തേരെഷ്ക (Tereshka in Malayalam) by അലക്സി ടോൾസ്റ്റോയ് (Aleksey Tolstoy)

Posted on June 4, 2025 by The Mitr

A picture story book for children. Note: Scan quality is extremely poor. You can get the book here and here

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കളിക്കോപ്പുകൾ (Games in Malayalam) by എ.ബർത്താ (A. Barto)

Posted on June 3, 2025 by The Mitr

A picture story book for children. Note: Scan quality is extremely poor. You can get the book here and here

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കലാവു പൊയ സൂര്യൻ (The Lost Sun in Malayalam) by കൊർനേയ് ചുക്കോവ്സ്ലി (Kornei Chukovsky)

Posted on June 2, 2025 by The Mitr

A picture story book for children. Note: Scan quality is extremely poor. You can get the book here and here

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Dmitry Ivanovich Mendeleyev His Life And Work (Men of Russian Science) by O. N. Pisarzhevsky

Posted on June 1, 2025 by The Mitr

This book deals with the life and works of the great Russian scientist Dmitry Ivanovich Mendeleyev. Mendeleyev’s work had many features that were typical of advanced Russian natural science as a whole. He possessed a breadth of vision that led … Continue reading →

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From Missionary Days To Reagan US China Policy by V. Vorontsov

Posted on May 31, 2025 by The Mitr

In this book V. B. Vorontsov, D. Sc. (Hist.), offers a history-oriented analysis of the policies pursued by the USA and China in the Pacific, the contradictions between them, and their tactics relative to third nations in the period from … Continue reading →

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The Roaring Nineties – A Story of the Goldfields of Western Australia by Katharine Sussanah Prichard

Posted on May 30, 2025 by The Mitr

Katharine Susannah Prichard’s The Roaring Nineties is a historical novel set in the 1890s during the Western Australian gold rush. It chronicles the lives of prospectors, miners, and their families as they navigate the harsh realities of frontier life. The … Continue reading →

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