Snuggle up next to the fire on a cold winter's night with this collection of several classic holiday stories by the great Charles Dickens, including A Christmas Carol, The Cricket on the Hearth, The Chimes, The Christmas Goblins, The Poor Traveler, and The Holly-Tree, with several illustrations.
Snuggle up next to the fire on a cold winter's night with this collection of several classic holiday stories by the great Charles Dickens, including A...
Storms can come out of a clear blue sky, or they can build over a long period. They can take many forms, all terribly destructive: a tornado or hurricane that destroys all your belongings, an abusive spouse who destroys your sense of well-being, or human actions that can devastate an entire society. In this collection of short stories, poetry, non-fiction, and images, you will find the range of approaching storms, and the range of emotions involved in such cataclysmic events. Within these pages you will find Mother Nature on the warpath in the form of tornadoes, hurricanes, blizzards,...
Storms can come out of a clear blue sky, or they can build over a long period. They can take many forms, all terribly destructive: a tornado or hurric...
What is your idea of the trip of a lifetime? Is it flying off to parts unknown? Traveling through parts of Europe? Lounging on a sandy Caribbean beach? Or do you prefer to stay closer to home and travel through your imagination? Sometimes the trip of a lifetime can be the one you never expected to take. And sometimes a trip becomes quite memorable for the wrong reasons. In this collection of short stories, poetry, and non-fiction, you will find our contributors' ideas of the "trip of a lifetime." Perhaps you'll find your own ideas in these pages, or perhaps we'll spark the desire for you...
What is your idea of the trip of a lifetime? Is it flying off to parts unknown? Traveling through parts of Europe? Lounging on a sandy Caribbean beach...
Slipping Away: Life is unbearable under the rule of Grammy Greymark, and in their search for a new home the friends journey to the roof of the world. Skip is separated from the others and finds himself in another world; a world where mysterious power is his, if he will listen and learn from none other than an elder version of himself. The Travellers' Tale: Beneath the surface world lies a most miraculous place, a place of safety, from which to go forth traversing the winds of time. Soon the four will become seven, and yet, One. The Tree has awakened to ring in great change. Giants sleep in...
Slipping Away: Life is unbearable under the rule of Grammy Greymark, and in their search for a new home the friends journey to the roof of the world. ...
Turoldus Charles Kenneth Scott-Moncrieff Sarah E. Holroyd
The Song of Roland details the Battle of Roncevaux Pass in 778. During this battle, Emperor Charlemagne's nephew, Roland, was killed. The Song of Roland is one of the oldest epic French poems in existence, dating to between 1040 and 1115. It was written in Old French and later translated into modern French as used in this volume.
This bilingual edition is designed to assist those learning French. The English text appears on the left-hand pages of the book, with the corresponding French on the right-hand pages.
The Song of Roland details the Battle of Roncevaux Pass in 778. During this battle, Emperor Charlemagne's nephew, Roland, was killed. The Song of R...
Alexandre Dumas, born in France in 1802, is one of the most widely read French authors in history. His novels of high adventure have been translated into nearly 100 languages and made into more than 200 movies. A very prolific author, Dumas’s published works total more than 100,000 pages.
He died in 1870 and was buried in his birthplace of Villers-Cotterêts. In 2002, the bicentennial of his birth, he was reinterred in the mausoleum of the Panthéon in Paris.
Les Trois Musquetaires was published between March and July of 1844...
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Alexandre Dumas, born in France in 1802, is one of the most widely read French authors in history. His novels of high adventure h...
Alexandre Dumas, born in France in 1802, is one of the most widely read French authors in history. His novels of high adventure have been translated into nearly 100 languages and made into more than 200 movies. A very prolific author, Dumas’s published works total more than 100,000 pages.
He died in 1870 and was buried in his birthplace of Villers-Cotterêts. In 2002, the bicentennial of his birth, he was reinterred in the mausoleum of the Panthéon in Paris.
Les Trois Musquetaires was published between March and...
Vol. 2 of 2
Alexandre Dumas, born in France in 1802, is one of the most widely read French authors in history. His novels of high advent...
