Freckles, a plucky orphan who has lost one hand, finds work with the kindly owner of a vast lumber camp and discovers the plot of a former employee to cut and steal some of the trees.
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Author: Stratton-Porter, GeneSummary: -
Author: Ibsen, Henrik - Author: Collingwood, HarrySummary:
This is a very well-written and seamanlike book. The hero is young Harry Collingwood, the same as the pseudonym of the author. His father has not returned from a previous voyage to sea, and is presumed to be lost. There are also some...
- Author: TOLSTOY, Leo NikoleyevichSummary:
Prince Stepan Kasatsky experiences a disappointment with his fianc ̌and decides to become a monk! There is a story line, but beneath it, Father Sergius struggles to find peace and, if not happiness, then at least contentment. But he is...
- Author: EELLS, Elsie SpicerSummary:
This book, subtitled "How and Why Tales from Brazilian Folk-Lore", is a collection of short stories, most of them etiologial myths from Brazilian Indian Folklore.
- Author: HALL, James NormanSummary:
Returning from the horrors of World War I James Hall and Charles Nordhoff follow a dream to tour the South Pacific. They later co authored “Mutiny on the Bounty”. This is a love story. A travelogue and an adventure...
- Author: Montgomery, L M.Summary:
Emily leaves New Moon Farm to live with her stern Aunt Ruth so she can go to school in Shrewsbury, but she finds it hard to feel at home in her new surroundings
- Author: Queensland GovernmentSummary:
A collection of emergency planning sheets covering various subjects including floods, fires, pets and other issues.
- Author: Sudermann, HermannSummary:
Two short plays, in Spanish, by German writer Hermann Sudermann.
- Author: Anderson, Poul WilliamSummary:
Riordan, a ruthless and wealthy hunter, needs one more kill to fill out his bucket list. He's faced down and brought home the wildest beasts on Earth, Venus, and even Neptune. But what he really craves is the hide of a Martian, and he'...
- Author: Montessori, MariaSummary:
The original outline of the Montessori method of education.
- Author: Grey, ZaneSummary:
Set in Middletown, USA, this tells the story of Daren Lane, who returns from World War I to a society of declining morals tired of hearing about the war.
- Author: Vega, Lope deSummary:
Comedies: The Remedy in Misery The Best Major The King
- Author: Hanshew, Thomas W.Summary:
Margot, Queen of the Apaches (the notorious French criminal gang) has been released on bail and vanished, Mr. Narkom has a series of inexplicable murders to solve, there is talk of revolution in Mauravania. And Cleek is missing. Hold...
- Author: Hanshew, Thomas W.Summary:
Meet Hamilton Cleek – man of mystery, and master of disguise and derring-do. Cleek’s exploits are, to say the least, highly improbable, but the book is enormous fun. The goodies are good and the baddies are very...
- Author: Montgomery, L. M.
- Author: GALE, ZonaSummary:
This is a gentle Christmas story, whose message is that if we didn't already have Christmas, we'd find a way to invent it. It's hard times in Old Trail Town as the Season of Giving approaches. The factory that employs...
- Author: Bierce, AmbroseSummary:
24 short stories in fairly typical Bierce fashion - ghostly, spooky, to be read (or listened to) in the dark, perhaps with a light crackling fire burning dimly in the background. Stories of ghosts, apparitions, and strange, inexplicable...
- Author: Blaisdell, Mary FrancesSummary:
A fictional diary of a rabbit. Grades 2-4.
- Author: Burroughs, Edgar Rice