Mr. Bailey centered all his plots in the animal, bird and insect worlds, weaving natural history into the stories in a way that won educator’s approval without arousing the suspicions of his young readers. He made it a habit...
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- Author: Bailey, Arthur ScottSummary:
- Author: TROLLOPE, AnthonySummary:
Henry Jones, an insurance clerk, knows that his uncle has disinherited him. The will, made out at the last minute in favour of Henry's charming cousin, lies neatly folded in a volume of sermons in the uncle's book-room. Only...
- Author: WALLACE, EdgarSummary:
A stranger and foreigner arrives at the offices of a small publication in London only to be faced by the “editor” whose face is completely swathed in a veil. Nothing is as it seems, and it quickly becomes evident...
- 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: Blaine, Captain JohnSummary:
An action adventure story of Boy Scouting taking place in pre-reveloutionary Russia.
- Author: Cowan, Sam K. (Sam Kinkade), b.Summary:
This is not a war story, but the tale of the making of the man named Sergeant Alvin C. York. York is best known for his bravery in World War I where, caught by the enemy in a cove on a hill in the Forest of Argonne, York held his ground...
- Author: Pu, SonglingSummary:
????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? "Story of a Marriage Biography" for more than one million...
- Author: Bower, B. M.Summary:
...Four trail-worn oxen, their necks bowed to the yoke of patient servitude, should really begin this story. But to follow the trail they made would take several chapters which you certainly would skip – unless you like to...
- Author: Vega, Lope deSummary:
Comedies: The Remedy in Misery The Best Major The King
- Author: Simak, Clifford D.Summary:
In a future time, the solar system is powered by one energy source, controlled by one huge organisation, which has plans to use this control to dominate the planets. Unknown to them, a couple of maverick scientists accidentally develop...
- Author: Smiles, SamuelSummary:
A biography and history of early rail road development in Great Britain by George Stephenson, 1781-1848 and Robert Stephenson, 1803-1859
- Author: ABBOTT, JacobSummary:
Jacob Abbott wrote many historical books for children. He was careful to ensure historical accuracy, and as he said himself in the preface to this book "Whatever of interest ... these stories may possess is due solely to the facts...
- Author: Keller, HelenSummary:
The World I Live In by Helen Keller is a collection of essays that poignantly tells of her impressions of the world, through her sense of touch, smell, her imagination and dreams. My hand is to me what your hearing and sight together...
- Author: Benavente, JacintoSummary:
About the author : Jacinto Benavente y Martn̕ez naci ̤en Madrid, el 12 de agosto de 1866 y falleci ̤en Madrid, el 14 de julio de 1954. Ejerci ̤de dramaturgo, director, guionista y productor de cine espaǫl. Fund ̤el Teatro Arts̕tico,...
- Author: Vardon, HarrySummary:
1905 guide to the game of golf including rules and equipment.
- Author: Forbes, F. A. (Frances Alice), bSummary:
A short and rather old fashioned biography a great saint. Don't expect subtlety; it's unapologetic hagiography. The saint is presented as a figure of pristine brilliance, courage and integrity and his persecutors as conniving...
- Author: Forbes, F. A., (Frances Alice)Summary:
Vincent De Paul [c. 1581 - 1660] was a man renowned during his own century for his compassion, humility and generosity. During the days when galleys were part of any countries' war machine and these galleys were rowed by convicts...
- Author: Anderson, Poul WilliamSummary:
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- Author: Pohl, FrederikSummary: